Moma Dance - Phish

Farm Aid 1998

[@low72]

Feels like I should be an undercover cop with cool sideburns with a African American detective partner (with an afro and side burns) riding shot gun in our undercover car from the 70's, cruising through the streets of San Francisco or something....I like this.

[@overhang88]

This is the best ever. I have never seen a band groove on it so hard, check the drummer. These must be the most chilled dudes in the world. 5 stars from me, its stuff like this that makes life just that little bit better.

[@outtanuttin]

Ive listened to a lot of phish. They never cease to amaze me, how four people could be that synergistic and connected is just a miracle. Even if one "messes up" its like they all mess up, at the same time, in the same way. It is truly absurd.

[@wolfmansbrother854]

I love it! Some people just don't "get it" one of my favorite versions of Moma Dance, and it's on CMT! Priceless!!!!

[@fivespeed42]

Too bad they're just a shell of their former selves these days... 95-00 really was peak phish, didn't get any better

[@MrJDP1974]

I was there and it was COLD! Anyone else there? I think there were probably about 20 heads there! It was crazy to see all these guys in John Deere hats start to stand up and get their funk on! LOL! I will never forget this one..for some reason. It was just odd..lol!

[@genewexler253]

Fishman is really the MVP here. He's flexing his drum muscles big time.

[@chrisjavarone]

+Gene Wexler Fishman is always the MVP ma man

[@SKOJCV]

trey with that '94-'96 stance again at times. good to see him wail like he can. great stuff.

[@diatroptoff94]

this has got the groove to make you move. whoever this guitar player is hes got the feel!

[@beeris4breakfast]

This was phun. People had no idea what the hell was going on. I remember when they came on it was like a tornado. We were all on the lawn and then everybody just (reasonably relaxed) rushed down into the pavilion and it was a Phish show for about half an hour. I remember leaving to drive home to NY after and feeling like we should be going to the next show but it could have just been all the green tea and cliff bars I ate. ;)

[@njphishphan]

man- i was lucky enough to be at hampton, and will be at many shows this summer and i am extatic!!!! cant wait to see all my head friends again. i want to hear a moma dance. my fav moma dance is probably from portland 98'. they were spot on. tube screamers make me happy :)

[@mirv5000]

Nice memories. I remember watching this and Toby Keith making fun of them, called them pish. He really sounded silly. I still haven't forgotten how stupid that was. They wailed.

[@sellthemanicans]

YEAH! Absolutely adore the intense funk of the Black Eyed Katie.

[@MarcoEsquand0las]

hit up alpine, goin to chicago, missed deer creek =( life changing to say the least.

[@Phishboy26]

They ripped into this one. Best Moma Dance ever.

[@truthawaits4u458]

I remeber when this aired. I waited for hours watching a lot of bad country artist to push record on the vcr! Lol . They played an impromptu jam with Neil young then played down by the river with him. These guys can do anything!

[@CruznN4th]

phish on CMT? wtf. lol. i love it.

[@justinmays3733]

Brian O'Donnell it was because they were doing live footage of farm aid that year as sort of a telethon thing. pretty neat tho.

[@SueFraccaroli]

11 dislikes? whoever disliked this literally must have just looked up any phish video purely to dislike it without listening to it and stumbled upon this one. I dont care what music you like or dont, you have to respect something like this. I am a huge death metal fan, big hip hop fan, and i fucking dig this. I wish people would stop being so goddamn dismissive.

[@Hipster420]

Man this really sounds like an old Robin Trower jam.....sweeeet beats ;-)

[@SKOJCV]

trey with that '94-96 stance again. great shit.

[@fiofunk]

this is funk-love-groove

[@bmcelvan]

@hitsfromthebong557: agree completely about the 90s phish - they do seem to really be getting back into it though - took about 2 years but they are getting there - I like to say that Trey is finally getting his fingers back

[@DnMZen]

100% Pure Groove. kangfirmed

[@jonathanbogush0580]

reminds me of sooooo many summers with the boys!

[@MafiamanLL]

gotta love the fist pump at 7:32

[@istewart867]

yeah this is one of the best moma dance's ive seen/heard anywhere. this is what phish is about whether you "get it" or not

[@danjmcl]

@sullivangang 1 second ago they have more musicianship then both bands under their belt. Listen to Foam and i guarentee neither the dead nor allman bros could ever play something that difficult. Their composition skills are divine. The play in every key and in every mode, and arent limited to blues jams or simple grooves.

[@philipehuevos]

so good

[@AdventureVanMan]

HELLZ FUCKIN YEAH!!!!!!!

[@amberific1976]

This was one COLD ASSED day and it was soo weird to see all the John Deere hats bobbin to what i still refer to as the Black Eyed Katie Jam (with words).

[@TheTaoistdragon]

yeah baby!!

[@LSDandDMTargoodforme]

this is so amazing that i feel the need to comment it a second time! trey and fishman absolutely destroy this

[@streetvan1997]

Funk it up Mike~~!!!!!

[@hddvt]

Check out "Phish opening number"

[@jdogg402]

good gracious

[@justinmays3733]

these guys never cease to put a smile on my face. its like you can feel their happiness in jams like this and its so great.

[@rrtierney]

@zeromeobass i'm gonna lay it down for you man. i loved the gd and allmans but didn't really care for phish. it took me about 6 months of trying them over and over again to really "get it". harry hood from a live one did that for me, it all made sense to me. phish jams had such an incredible sense of direction that i think grateful dead jams just never had. obviously gd from 1970-77 was unreal, but phish's jamming conversation and themes that they work with is just so much more impressive.

[@MikeIppolitogroove35]

Why must people compare. Umph is just next in line. They are super fuckin talented and I imagine phish was somewhat of an influence to them as the dead was to phish. And though their music is similar in some ways, I think they're different in more; cresendos, progressions, improv and approach among other things. One thing is for certain, they're both extremely hard working bands and just a fuckin joy to watch, to listen to, or at least appreciate if your fan of music and its not your cup of tea

[@fiofunk]

really hoping for "halleys comet..." and YEM, Fluffhead, Waste, & Fee, & Lawnboy & Moma dance (come on & dance, the mama dance!)..........among others. LOVE PHISH! play it strong & kindly, my music-loving brothers~ can't wait for the Gorge

[@BenFredrick78]

you read my mind a.k.a. my past

[@walterodim82]

I bet it will be great again....but DON'T expect greatness right away, these next several yearas need to rise up to a PEAK PERFORMANCE at an unknown future performance. I can't think of any other current band who's rise and fall of a single experience encompass' the entire tour. Each tour is its own show, its own experience...phish shouldn't be critiqued on a show to show basis, but a tour to tour/ year to year basis.

[@ufoengines]

every time i listen to trey play a solo i want to break my damn fingers. how does somebody learn to play like that?

[@beeris4breakfast]

I drove pretty far just to see them play this mini gig. Worth it. I love Neil Young but the place was dead all day until they hit the stage and the pavilion just flooded with kids and it was on.....for a moment. Awesome moment in Phish History. This song has been in my head the last few days. I already feel the one coming on this MSG run :) I feel the winds.

[@Crackhouts]

CMT?

[@MrBalaw28]

Holy S*$#@ that was Funking EPIC!!!

[@cletusthefetus4]

lol it doesnt some people were hatin on this kid sayin it would be impossible for him to have seen phish

[@easy2foley]

the moment ends

[@JustinCiambra]

Gordon never looks too thrilled about anything. This is a sick moma

[@SPINUNDRUM]

@thedadsnitch word brother - nice to read your post

[@cletusthefetus4]

I was at Walnut creek 97, and im 19. This makes me 8-9ish at the time.

[@TheEccentricHippie]

Oh. don't listen to those people. All they care about is stats and drugs. None of those kinds of people give a shit about the music at all.

[@SSStroger]

What ever I was doing in 1998, i was wrong. i should have been where this was.

[@pebblesanddirt]

this is probably the funkiest song ever played on CMT

[@SpassMacher2000]

how long do Phish shows usually last

[@puntiagudos]

i didnt know mike used a 5 string bass on this song.

[@bargainbob3722]

yeah. step it up farm aid!

[@PrimusSucksOnThis]

Fish was turned down way too low.

[@writer125]

WOW, that was absolutely amazing. Phish smoked. Thanx for posting this.

[@rv01gt]

Thank you phish for getting me through this terrible rainy day :)

[@WharfRat44]

i love you guys!

[@wyattkriplin4111]

@smokasomeweed Funk is a reggae rip off you say? Thats about as stupid as the name smokasomeweed? what are you 5 lol im gladd your going through the whole i like bob marley and smoking weed therfore i am all knowing.. False bob marley first of all isnt even that good, there all multiple peoplee that were way more talented and were not recognized because they werent MAINSTREAM. Sad to say but the bob marley craze is equivalent to being a hipster these days. Not to mention how much more complicated phish is, They have 4 people in there band and can harvest sounds it would take a symphony of musicians to play. So saying funk is a rip off or your trash ass nigga bop is just down right ignorant.

[@Nightwishmaster]

@MrJas1991 Yes?

[@axwell21]

Fish is in the zone here. Might be a little blazed too considering Willie Nelson is in attendance and he always has some good stuff.

[@danielsmota07]

How can I describe this song? jazz? soul? funk?

[@Madcatcon199]

all three in one!!

[@kochs1000]

ok kiddies get ready for the custival lol

[@bmcelvan]

@sullivangang : sorry dude have to disagree about Allman brothers. Have Seen ABB at least a dozen times and they are great but not nearly like Phish (I compare when both bands are on.) Mostly I say this because ABB are blues Jams and that's about it - Phish can and do play EVERYTHING! I don't compare phish and the dead - it's just not worth it but the dead can play a ton a genres as well!

[@danjmcl]

@zeromeobass if you dont get it then dont call them an atrocity, they are super intelligent, try listening to songs like divided sky, foam, and reba, and listen from the compostitional side of it, not weather or not its simple and catchy. Theyre slick as they come and play almost all genres of modern music. Thats why people love them, because theyre more talented than any band out there.

[@rrtierney]

@zeromeobass also i wouldn't consider phish, the dead, or the allman bros jam bands. when these bands were forming the term "jam band" didn't exist. these 3 bands just completely did their own thing and made their own place in music, i don't think they deserve to be lumped in with "Jam bands" who all kind of just became the same thing. jamming songs relentlessly with their given genre of music. phish, the dead, and the allmans knew when to jam and when not to. the disco biscuits and moe. DONT

[@smithson876]

@AtmaRising Well put man. That's really good advice for a musician ma thank you. Simplicity is the key. Somehow we have to teach everyone to "listen" to music and treat it as art and realize that a certain level of quality is necessary for it to be classified as art or music. It makes me sick to my stomach to see the garbage that passes as music these days. No thought, skill or passion put in to any of it. So disgraceful.

[@Horus515]

People don't say that, do they? I think you probably mean " ate mushrooms" or "smoked weed" but I doubt very many people smoke ICE before a phish concert, lol, that actually sounds friggin ridiculous. Also no one is trying too hard to be anything. People are just living life as it makes them happy, even if it makes you uncomfortable and aggressive.

[@whitneyOU]

@zeromeobass I feel that way about some jam bands (Umphrey's, Cheese) but Phish is SO INCREDIBLE, especially live. But I respect anyone's opinion bc I hate when Cheese fans freak on me for not loving them. Incredible crowd at both Um and Cheese shows but I just can't get behind the music. PHISH ROCKS!

[@theseanze]

Yeah, it figures, Phish goes onto live TV on a network for a typically different crowd, expose themselves to a new audience, and poorly represent themselves. This is the most boring rendition of Moma Dance I've ever heard. But I'd be sketched on live TV too...

[@phreak89]

i got into them a little too late to get to see them live but i'm the reunion is gonna be at Big Cypress for a a 10 year aniversery cause i'll be living within 50 miles of it. and even if it is'nt, i'm not gonna miss it wherever it is either, it'll be my first show and hopefully not my last.

[@fox2mike28]

I just wanna see a Phish show regardless of how good they are. They broke up the same year I really started falling in love with them. Just once I want to clap twice between phrases during Stash, scream the obvious during Wilson, and get raped by Mike's bass during a Weekapaug Groove.

[@satch1979]

I don't care if this isn't the "best" version of this song, or the tenth best version of this song or the worst version, it still sounds good. It takes a whacked out Trey on some serious medication to eff up a song, and that's not the case here.

[@rrtierney]

@fox2mike28 if that's what you want you are going to have an amazing time. don't listen to what people here say, if you took a show from this year and put it in the 90s people wouldn't have even cared/noticed a difference. they would have rocked out as always

[@mosman22]

While i agree that post hiatus they were def on a downslide. How can you say that they fell off after 97' i went to some of my best shows in 98' the worcester coliseum run in the fall was effing balls.

[@PhactorPhiction]

I remember when this was on and they cut Phish's set short on TV. The square commentators for Farm Aid kind of ragged on Phish. I was little disappointed with this version, but Trey laid out the thrash.

[@njphishphan]

Yeah it was great! i got a really nasty one the other night at Fenway. the show kicked ass, hope they keep up the momentum for the rest of the summer tour. You goin to any shows?

[@Controlforsmilers]

Anyone know if any of this is out on DVD? I taped it to VHS, but the sound's terrible; I need a digital copy. This entire set was sic- Runaway, Moma, Down by the River w/ Neil...love it.

[@rainbowpagun]

@amberific1976 shit you think us farmers dont know how too get down peace &love ps john deere thats how we roll when we getting dirty grow yor own

[@treenug18]

Farm aid was on last night on some music channel on time warner made me think of this clip! Oh Gordooooo Slap THAT SHIT BIIIIOTCH!!!!! hahAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA>>>>>>>>>>>

[@mollyphoenix9871]

The moment ends, the moment ends ;)

[@rrtierney]

@zeromeobass it took me a really long time and now they are my favorite. its a completely different way to listen to music, you have to give your ears a break

[@wisco4wsp]

My god do they GET DOWN for this one....all on throw down

[@satch1979]

Who cares? It's still better than 90% of what you find on youtube, so quit acting like you know something other people don't. Just share in the groove.

[@Feldman742]

I dunno, they're both pretty solid. I think I'm gonna have to go with this one though. I like the wah that Trey has going in the beginning... very funky.

[@TheGuelahPapyrus92]

Wheres fish's dress?

[@NicoSozo]

@pepieski123 "Why phish on cmt?" because 12 years ago CMT was hosting the Farm Aid concerts maybe!? which had all kinds of musicians and bands

[@stewart591]

the best version of this is 6/26/04 alpine valley day one download this and youll shit yourself by far its the funkiest one they ever did

[@seanyt003]

@smokasomeweed i love bob marley but i love phish too, not sure if they can be compared but hey i know what an herbless day can do

[@rrtierney]

@whitneyOU i tried all jam bands for years, but i've realized phish is the only one really worth anything. they are unbelievable

[@ChrisMcGuire634]

Why does Fishman have that piece of plexi-glass in front of his ride between him and Mike? He's had it from about 96 on.....

[@andy23822]

@wartfacedfreak Ya' just don't get it do ya buddy! This is one of those jams that just can't be duplcated..........

[@LSDandDMTargoodforme]

although this is by far the gnarliest moma dance ive heard...i cant hear page at all and can barely hear fishmans vocals =\

[@pm2007est]

Does fishman have psycadelic tips in his hat, cus he is gone fishin, aha, anybody know wher to get sid, let me know if so

[@heyassmanx]

all these dudes have degrees in music and smoking ice is smoking crystal meth, i dnt think phish supports smokin meth

[@Mellow_Moode]

Phish on CMT...talk about happy accidents.

[@hassaan561]

this is my fav. moma dance because it keeps getting better and better as it goes up till the end. peace

[@oicbro]

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[@RyanKuhlmann]

Gordon doesn't look too thrilled with Trey's enthusiasm there at the beginning, but this is awesome!!!

[@gbmike99]

i think i'm still in the moment..candyflipping camp bisco july 08 haha wish every day i could go back