Phish 11.02.1998 West Valley City, UT Complete Dark Side of The Moon

[@theromannumeral]

Dragged a few high school buddies with me from Idaho to see this show. The epicness was probably wasted on us. Didn't realize what we were witnessing for our first phish concert. Just assumed they did stuff like this at every concert. Was blown away then and still am 20+ years later

[@flowersfordevin6090]

Joseph Thomas damn that’s crazy I was born on this day

[@coreylanger7515]

@@flowersfordevin6090 cool

[@MrThewhackness]

Now that’s a helluva first show!

[@xyentropyx]

I just learned that this show existed today. My band, Tetradactyl, is going to cover Dark Side of the Moon and Phish is my favorite band and ketamine is crazy.

[@John-xe5kr]

@@xyentropyxhope u did this masterpiece justice! A little side note from a fellow musician: Enjoy the k holes post shows!😉

[@WisdomHouseCreative]

I was there. Saw the first night in Vegas (and in L.A. before that) but couldn't get tickets for Halloween. When we drove up to Salt Lake, we to listened Dark Side on the way. When Trey told his story during Harpua, it felt like he was telling our story. What a night!!!

[@Mooc2]

Were you worried that when you got back home you were gonna find out that your cat died?

[@read_icculus]

@@Mooc2worth it for that show

[@illuminotmereloaded6896]

Nice! I missed first night in Vegas cuz I got arrested at the Greyhound station in Denver on the way out from Michigan. When I got my belongings back on the morning of the 30th, my money and tickets were missing. I thought I was fucked, but made the rest of the damn bus trip anyway and met up with two of my closest friends at the Riviera. I had to pee super bad, so the first thing I did in the room was use the bathroom, and when I was washing my hands there was this weird ticket on the counter. I was like "what the fuck is this?" And they were like "It's your ticket!" Unforgettable moment. So they flew back on the 1st and I had to hitch a ride, which was common for me back then. I waited on the on ramp to I-15 for a long time. At least a couple hours. Saw an accident while I was waiting. Chick in a small sedan rear ended a pickup truck or something. Hope she was okay! I was starting to worry I would not make it because "it's like an 7 hour ride". Finally I got a ride from these two dudes from Altoona, PA who were in town for Halloween and convinced them to do the E Center, as I had done it the previous year after Vegas and was wowed by that show. The Slave especially. It was the first time Phish put me into something of a trance. We got to lot just in time to buy tickets at the box office, and I hung solo for the show 2 rows off the floor on Fishman's side. I had done Europe that summer, and one of the dude's in the row in front of me knew The MOMA Dance. I was impressed by that. I'm not sure if the band ever taught it in the states. Because I had hitched a ride, I especially felt like I was in that Harpua story. When I exited the show I ran into this random dready girl and she had the best line. She said, "How'd you like that Harpua?" I laughed and acknowledged her clever quip, and then we went our separate ways. Never saw her again...that I am aware of.

[@Feldman742]

SET 1 00:00:28 - Tube 00:14:27 - Drowned 00:30:07 - Jesus Just Left Chicago 00:42:35 - Driver 00:46:24 - Bittersweet Motel 00:51:05 - Limb By Limb 01:06:38 - Wading in the Velvet Sea 01:12:30 - Sample in a Jar SET 2 01:18:55 - Down with Disease 01:28:05 - The Mango Song 01:37:35 - The Moma Dance 01:45:06 - You Enjoy Myself 02:09:21 - Harpua 02:15:02 - Speak to Me 02:15:38 - Breathe 02:17:51 - On the Run 02:22:35 - Time 02:29:24 - The Great Gig in the Sky 02:34:05 - Money 02:40:35 - Us and Them 02:48:15 - Any Colour You Like 02:51:47 - Brain Damage 02:55:53 - Eclipse 02:57:31- Harpua ENCORE 03:04:40 - Smells Like Teen Spirit

[@grant5603]

Might be the best show ever on paper. And not far from it overall

[@grant5603]

Looking at that set list, I think Mango Song was a decoy

[@John-xe5kr]

@@grant5603ur right, mango song was def a decoy.

[@JackHope3]

I attended a bunch of great Phish performances, but the opening notes of Speak to Me gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Not sure it exists, but I would love to see a pro-shot video of this show with remixed soundboard audio someday. The sound reactions of the audience are simply amazing.

[@amykay487]

It’s in the archives. I’m crossing my fingers for a “dinner and a movie”

[@alanbunder9068]

It's Brain Damage for me; serious goosebumps everytime the crowd goes nuts.

[@Preconceivedanomaly]

ty

[@ph0zz]

At one of the Watkins Glen festivals they had a large screen showing clips from various shows. One song shown there was from this show, so yes there is a video in the archives. It looked like a single camera though, nothing fancy. Sadly, as of now "dinner and a movie" has come and gone without this one being broadcast, so it's not looking like we're seeing this anytime soon.

[@JackHope3]

@@ph0zz i remember seeing a single video camera set up at a lot of shows, including a camera on the “balcony” at the Bomb Factory in 1994. That would be another show I would love to see, even if it was only a single view

[@bendone3978]

Definitely best phish show I ever saw by far. There was virtually nobody in the stands except maybe the first sections. I heard attendance was under 3,500 in the Ecenter that holds over 10,000. Probably their most undersold show ever.

[@clintparker4476]

This is my favorite show to listen to, I saw them frequently in Noblesville Indiana in the late 90s and early 2000s, but this one is great.

[@BeBopScraBoo]

ARE YOU SHITTING ME????

[@c.h.7989]

Honestly, this makes me tear up. I miss these days and being young.

[@joehynes5452]

Been a minute since I gave this show a listen. Days like this where the internet is great!!

[@JD-USA]

Set 2 Start of Down with Disease: 1:18:21 Start of Harpua: 2:09:20 Start of Speak to Me: 2:15:02

[@bgcashlin]

James Daily you the real mvp

[@NewThoughtMediaNetwork]

Starting seeing Phish in the late 80's in VT...this is still one of the BEST EVER....so fun to have been there....

[@bgrace94]

Never try to cut miles off the tour and skip a show; you may just miss Trey attempt Great Gig in the Sky

[@kylegancarz]

i think that's fishman "singing" it, not trey. i don't think trey would be able to "sing" the rest of the album after something like that.

[@jessequinton4379]

*NSYNC covers -> Fukuoka Policeman

[@danielmydans5303]

this was my first phish show and while the other 40 I have been to since were amazing nothing touches this one. Unbelievable

[@mattmiller4917]

Set two, regarded in context, is the most audacious thing Phish has ever done.

[@pji1979]

I love this comment, but can you elaborate on it (if you're still around)?

[@mattmiller4917]

@@pji1979 I mean, it's pretty straightforward: busting out with rock's most iconic album, played in full, during the midst of a fall tour, having just played the entirety of VU's classic, Loaded, just two nights before--and doing so in the middle of one Harpua, which would have finished the show were it not for ... wait for it ... Smell Like Motherfucking Teen Spirit as an encore. Yep, audacious. And it's not even the best show of the tour. This is why '98 remains their best year.

[@pji1979]

@@mattmiller4917 Got it. I think the fact that they supposedly learned Dark Side of the Moon on the tour bus is amazing. 1997 was my favorite year for pure Phish, but the first time covers in 98 were awesome: Terrapin Station, Dark Side, Sabotage, Trenchtown Rock, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Layla, 1999

[@mattmiller4917]

@@pji1979 I did the whole Euro '98 summer tour (except the festival show in Germany), and most of the fall tour, so I am biased toward '98. I mean, I saw a lot of shows in '97 too but not as many as '98 and none in Europe in venues that seat less than a thousand.

[@randomperson-dy6kj]

@@pji1979 They did Loaded by The Velvet Underground for the traditional Halloween show ‘costume’ (a choice many people whined and moaned about, which is also a Phish Halloween tradition, lol) then just randomly busted out DSotM a couple days later. Epic.

[@davidscherzer]

Who was expecting this 2 hours and 15 min into the show? As amazing as them playing Dark Side, they close with Smells Like Teen Spirit - this is the one show I wish I had been to.

[@deadheaddev3999]

This show was on my birthday, and a HELL of a show it was! Moma is my favorite Phish tune, and not to mention getting a YEM and a Harpua that leads to a Dark Side of the Moon! Incredible show! Thanks for the post! ;)

[@_grateful_zen_4515]

Unreal show. Thank you for this man!!

[@MyFEELGOODWay]

I didn’t become a Phan until 2016. And have been to about 25 shows in the years since then. I’ve been listening to some Podcasts on Osiris. Undermind. And am learning so MUCH about Phish I didn’t know. On the latest episode they mentioned this show and was reminded that I had been wanting to listen to it. So, here I am, cleaning house with it in my headphones, and I AM BLOWN AWAY! And I haven’t even gotten to the Pink Floyd part yet! What a TRIP! This is honestly my first listen to 1.;0 Phish and wow, If I wasn’t already a Phan, I certainly would be NOW! Wowow!

[@oldps9]

Echoes performed by Phish would be epic.

[@mcs68419]

Please god

[@punkerpoo45]

I wss there front row.. and i lived about 10 min away!! Thanks to all that stayed away so we who came could get this show... one of the BEST in phish history, PERIOD!!!

[@flowersfordevin6090]

Chris Fitzsimmons that’s fucking dope I was born on this day wish I could have seen this show

[@thebigd2189]

Start of Time when the crowd goes nuts...AWESOME! Great to here Floyd get the recognition they deserve. AND PHISH TOO 😛

[@herby1presents604]

That Tube > Drowned < JJLC opener was so crunchy

[@njnature]

We took this trip to Garden Grove. It smelled like Lou Dog inside the van. This ain't no funky reggae party, 5 dollars at the door. It gets so real sometimes, who wrote my rhymes? I got the microwave I got the VCR I got the deuce deuce in the trunk of my car Oh, yeah. Music from Jamaica, all the love that I found

[@nooneknows413]

wrong band??

[@njnature]

@@nooneknows413 I musta been Xtra tuned up that night

[@njnature]

@@nooneknows413 did you catch the new SublimeXStckfigure single featuring Bradley Nowell? They took the riff from their own version of Scarlett Begonias

[@jessequinton4379]

Wailers will be there The Damned The Jam The Clash Maytals will be there Dr. Feelgood too New wave new brave

[@njnature]

@jessequinton4379 I call our most gracious host Gnu Dog after the late great Lou Dog. Binge listening to Sublime...as usual. It's eight oh five, this is Phyllis from the office. The cat is out on the patio 🤣 if it jumps one more time, you butts are out in the street.

[@seangould1316]

Trey's solo on Down with Disease was FIRE!!!!

[@wafflcoptr]

Cautiously, tepidly getting into this band. Plenty of their stuff is just too weird, but there's no denying how tight they are as musicians, and very cool, chill guys from what I understand.

[@tracyhill6166]

@wafflcoptr How are you liking them 5 months in? I'm in the same cautious boat.

[@wafflcoptr]

@@tracyhill6166 going all 3 nights for their United Center shows in October!

[@Jayski423]

@@wafflcoptrthose were some good shows. Do you get IT now? I hope to see you at the next one!

[@scottbubb2946]

That's some mighty good bass geetar playin' on "Us and Them"/"Any Colour You Like." Boy howdy, these here boys is hotter than a rattlesnake's belly in the Texas desert at high noon!

[@benjaminrhule2744]

That DWD I HAVE TO SAY RIPPED MY FACE OFF HOLY SHIT!! THANKS FOR SHARING THIS AS TO THIS IS WHEN MY PA BOYS GOT ME HOOKED!!!

[@TheLastRenaissanceMan]

Harpua played at the “E” center. Trey loves everything… how did I not get it until now. Hahahaha

[@jonathanbletzacker1512]

I was at this show, it was amazing. Almost everyone fit on the floor and you could freely walk around the floor without any problems, there were hardly any people there. There was a huge, extremely long break between the two sets, probably prepping for DSOTM. But after they did smells like teen spirit, they played tubthumping, I just check some websites and it says that that song was first played later that month in 1998 in the Hamptons, not true! They played it in SLC, I remember because it sounds horrible, but I just knew Phish was messing around and just giving the fans everything, best show ever!

[@JacobTell]

NEVER MISS A SUNDAY SHOW.

[@smickens1990]

+Jacob Tell Sorry to burst your bubble, but it was actually a Monday show.

[@JacobTell]

+smickens1990 Tis true! Never miss a Monday show!

[@mcgo0097]

Listening to this is mentally exhausting. The epicness.

[@michaelbonior6406]

I was there , I also tapped ! Some crazy odd mics too ... DATS in the basement.

[@tzvetlinvelev224]

This is my favorite show

[@BruceBowman42]

We need more crazy Harpua

[@fbskier20]

I can’t believe they learned dsotm THAT DAY

[@grant5603]

I don’t believe that. I think they would’ve rehearsed it as an option for Halloween

[@carriedunn950]

John’s mic is never loud enough for moma, breaking my heart

[@YEM_FIRENZE]

Wasn't expecting to hear Drowned, good stuff!

[@jqlarson]

Would have been great to be at the dead goat bar the night before. I've been there

[@bstorch2966]

best phish show evfer!!!

[@bstorch2966]

4 years after my comment.. im here listening again on the shows 24 year anniversary.. still bangs.. this was my first solo show.. and with the under 500 cr5owd in a big arena it was like a private show..lol

[@AlexTEWright]

Everyone seems to hate the SLTS cover they did that night, and that may be why they hardly ever did it again, but it's actually one of my favourite Phish covers. Please tell me there's someone else who actually likes it too?

[@evanfitzgerald5072]

I'm agree with you in that it was a good cover. I think nirvana fans don't like it because they messed up the words a bit. Not sure why the phans aren't feeling it

[@melton9992]

+Billy Wright Hahaha I'm way too down, cool way to end this show!

[@punkerpoo45]

I was at this show and believe me when I say the very few that WERE there....FUCKING LOVED IT AND ROCKED OUT!!! Fuck the haters, which usually r the 3.0 kids that weren't taking there trust fund money on the cuz they weren't born yet....ahh the good old days of phresh phish!!!

[@jpconnolly831]

Well, is it me or... pre-empt ~ huge Harpua fan, although not considered a cat lover, Poster will never die for me!!! This Harpua story, meh but holy guitar strings batman, how many covers did they just sandwich here...and Floyd, the Harpua sandwich was made with Floyd!!! Super Sick!!!

[@cpcoro773]

Hey Phish, save some "Dark Side Of The Moon" for the rest of the bands to cover.

[@StationOfTerrapin]

one of my lds youth leaders went to this haha

[@bradcrabtree9276]

Cool. Cuz I am an LDS leader and was there too! Been to every Utah show since 92 Saltaire. But this show was by far and away the best. Can't wait for Dead & Co. at USANA!

[@NewThoughtMediaNetwork]

I was at Salt Air in 92 as well...Now THAT was a show....

[@punkerpoo45]

@@NewThoughtMediaNetwork not compared to this one

[@RatSplatigan]

​@@bradcrabtree9276I hate to be the akshully guy but the first (and only) show at Saltair was Aug 21 1993. It's the only Utah show I missed. My first show was the Triad Amphitheater 6.9.94. I took my Deadhead LDS brother in law and his wife to the DSOTM show. She made him leave at setbreak and he was not at all happy when he heard about the rest of the show!

[@bradcrabtree9276]

@@RatSplatigan Right you are! 93' indeed...my ride to Eugene for the Dead fell through and I ended up at the smelly shores of The Great Salt Lake seeing a spectacular show with only a few other people. I still have tapes of that 1st show and DSOM 98'!

[@craigp2569]

Awesome!

[@radiokarma7018]

This band gives more of a shit than any band ever. Stay brave forever!

[@BrendanMcMahon-gx4rd]

Trey was rolling every time he "Welcome to the EEEEEEEE Center", right? I have just always assumed that, but i have no actual knowledge to back that up

[@MrPolGonzalez]

What a caos with the pink floyd songs...

[@katejankovsky7633]

What a night....so much room to dance on the floor. Oh,u skipped Salt Lake? Sorry for ya🌸

[@metatronquebd7677]

Yessss

[@Coloradobadbro]

is there a soundboard official release of this show? I'm down with bootlegs, not complaining but i'd pay for a sweet recording of this show.

[@jpconnolly831]

Not on Livephish or nugs... I missed the Vegas Run but picked up Utah thru to Worcester in this run...all i can tell u is there was what seemed to be nobody at this show. Maybe its me or perception, but seems to me that Phish like to tease and do their best shows when nobdy's there and then never release it; it becomes pholklore then.. Side note- We danced around the entire place and during the second set, while dancing "obnoxiously" according to security was asked to return to my seat. Although I can't confirm, my response was, as told to me, "Join me and do a flashlight dance man, we dance here cause this is our seat!" we were on a ramp no where near seats

[@Coloradobadbro]

word, well I can totally see them getting kicks outta playing their best when nobody is there, like on bittersweet motel where they cut their heads off on all the photos with the fans in europe. This is better than nothing though, my first phish show was Mcnichols arena denver fall 97, they changed my whole musical outlook, now i'm really hooked to zappa and phish was the gateway band to that

[@jjd112777]

Utah has a streak of epic shows. So does Boise

[@punkerpoo45]

@@jjd112777 c'mon dude they played boise ONCE, it was epic w the peaches en regalia, tease of another one bites the dust, sick Frankenstein etc...but alas only played there once

[@jjd112777]

@@punkerpoo45 well TWICE actually - and both shows are fire - FYI protip: just because its not listed on the live phish app doesn't mean the show didn't happen ;)

[@ProgRockDan1]

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[@jonclark3491]

Wait this really happened?

[@reeceschrock396]

Yuhh!

[@darrellbryant2985]

👋

[@voidenterthehighlights]

Skip the great gig in the sky

[@cannabispins2776]

21 people didn't make the drive from Vegas to Utah >>>>>^^^^

[@kingVibe111]

I think this was recorded for a movie but phish hated it

[@BeBopScraBoo]

where's the damn source info?

[@keepondrinkin2]

As a Phish fan, I love this. As a Pink Floyd fan, I hate it.

[@stnz908]

Nirvana? MTV schlock, imo. Oh, well; to each their own. Great Dark Side tribute. They don't try to imitate the covers, they always do it their own way.

[@afwagner]

:)

[@alexvimo8739]

🎊 🌚 🎊

[@tabe8850]

Captivated crowd. Haha dad joke

[@robbae]

3.0, meh, dicks 12 and utica 10 slayed. this. this was the real phish. sorry you missed it. everything since is weaksauce. bye best band. you ruled so hard!

[@sgbskates]

Check out Alpharetta night two from this past weekend. They've still got it!

[@chrismason6392]

Robby McN haha ibwas around for both not as shredding but you can't say the don't have it that's silly your just old now

[@TVelev]

ur weaksauce

[@fluffhead7105]

-jaded vet

[@TearDownThisWall]

Dark Side starts following 2 hours of something else.

[@nognuisagoodgnu]

PHiSH 💨💨🎣

[@DAVINOENTERPRISES]

A

[@BeansMaskSheen]

too much bass on this one, but still listenable

[@8spec]

Fuck off scott

[@punkerpoo45]

Ur an idiot Scotty

[@callmesnake9120]

... - “No one ever”. PLM

[@vertyisprobablydead]

I hope most people got Trey's ecstasy joke. "e center"