Phish | 12.04.09 | Possum | Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

[@gregesten9778]

A friend of mine went to a show and thought they're saying, "awesome". It was hysterical!..

[@AtacamaHumanoid]

That's what I thought when I first heard it. And I thought it was actually pretty awesome that way.

[@allysonmckinney5111]

Greg Nice a dude a took to a show... thought they were saying toss em' ... Likeeee 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@andym6977]

Beautiful!

[@TK-fk4po]

That's funny - I've heard this song a million times and never thought of that. Now next time I see it that is what I will be thinking! LOL

[@sadydramirezy7493]

Same here, I saw them at Magnaball ( 1st time ever) and couldn't understand, so I sang the same word. Lol awesome! awesome, awesome!!!

[@mathewgladden8914]

A lovely homage to Skynyrds Swamp Music, and Swamp Music an Homage to Jerry Reeds mystery train...an homage to Elvis Mystery Train....an homage to junior parkers original mystery train 1953. Amazing!

[@THEmanTHATSwhite]

dude this is phantasitc quality for a camera you bring to a concert

[@petedavidson3272]

Trey always crushes this song.

[@barclaydonaldson8863]

Very true...amazing the places that trey explores in this tune...1990s trey...was so legit

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Well he should. He wrote it, didn't he?

[@jen2dope]

Damn this is my favorite Possum

[@lorrieh6402]

it's a very good Possum.

[@brandonbohn8841]

I LOVE comments on Phish videos. I hardly ever see anything hateful or nasty! But, that's Phish fans! Love these guys!

[@omghai2u]

this song fucken sucks

[@bookemdanno5596]

10 people are clearly deaf. There is no other explanation. Even if Phish, jam bands, or Blues aren't your things, it is physically impossible to hear this song and not start bobbing your head or grooving in some way or another. If we ever contact intelligent life from somewhere other than Earth, this is the kind of song you let aliens listen to if you're trying to explain music to them. Stellar from top to bottom. I know it's old(er), but thank you for posting!

[@themersh4064]

If Jesus Christ Himself came down and gave a new sermon these same people would downthumb it. They don't know their ass from a hole in the ground because this is a great Possum.

[@brucebrandy9433]

@Jonathan Birch You are in need of hearing assistance. Or a sense of musical taste. Or both, perhaps, since your comment blows chunks and exhibits an ignorance yet to be seen any where in this Galaxy.

[@alexbourgon]

I 100% wouldn't show phish to aliens the first time. It would be more ideal to show aliens a song with a deep heavy soul feeling. Not a bunch of audible nonsense. Which is what phish is. A knockoff grateful dead (one of the all time greats)

[@alexbourgon]

Phish has maybe a handful of songs that are good. Not amazing.

[@alexbourgon]

Especially not knowing is psychedelics are part of their culture, to someone who has never tripped, they listen to phish for 1 minute and avoid them for the rest of their life

[@Thadmotor1044]

Another great Jam band post Jerry Garcia . 500 new jam bands across the US .and counting . Some playing possum . rip Phil , influenced so many

[@Krazy_Shorts]

Great stuff!! Trey changes up that solo every time, and it kicks ass every time!

[@CurseOfZeSnail]

This right here is an excellent possum

[@Krazy_Shorts]

Yes...this is a great...I was at the Hartford CT show on 6/18/2010, and Possum was AMAZING as well, go find it!

[@AtmaRising]

09 and 10 were sick years. A lot of rips and the band becoming cohesive after some time off. Great stuff!

[@bryansmith3009]

I got this possum that lives in my backyard and hes always creepin up to see so unexpected scaring the shit out of me

[@BoatsByGeorge]

Possum always does it. Always.

[@gags5503]

they opened with possum in portland it was so solid! ohh yeah sick jams! Check out MEAT and Carini from Portland Mike was laying down some sick bass

[@AtmaRising]

amazing quality! great job man! A++

[@MrSivart102887]

That Augusta show was AMAZING! been to about a dozen since and that one still sticks out in my mind. The Tiny venue the parking lot and the two winter hats i bought and brought home that i still have after losing a couple times ahaha amazing night

[@angeroftheworld]

My favorite Phish song, and I was at Portland too when they opened with it, nasty!

[@benringenberg6265]

Madison Square Garden is such a cool venue, anyone who hasn't caught a show there should try. Right by Times Square and the train takes you right to the venue, so no worries about getting to messed up to drive. Only bad thing is I always hear about a bunch of busts during a run. I never personally saw busts going down, but the papers the following day always listed high arrest numbers.

[@gregesten9778]

Thanks

[@samueladams4218]

Heard this coming in on the morning drive, their channel. Was Live from Ohio in 93. Caught it from the middle, mostly instrumental part. Trey must have been listening to Vince Gill or Jerry Reed. I'm impressed!

[@daveleafey9283]

Amazing

[@maaya8775]

Ya! Thanks!

[@moheganson]

Nice man! Ya, crazy Reba encore if I recall correctly...

[@paulgibby6932]

7:15 "the Drop"

[@moheganson]

@gags5503 best Possum I've ever heard was at the Augusta Civic Center on 10/19/10. It closed out the first set and I thought the roof was gonna blow right off of that tiny venue. I had the song in my head for at least 3 days after that show :-) Insane.

[@rossbooth4635]

Trey shreds this version, holy hell.

[@metalheadneji]

Sweet performance.

[@TheRealForrestGeorge]

I come from atop the mountain baby Where the people come to pray I come from atop the mountain baby Where the people come to pray There ain't no truth in action 'Less you believe it anyway I was riding down the road one day and Someone hit a possum I was riding down the road one day and Someone hit a possum The road was his end His end was the road So they say Whoa possum... possum, possum... POSSUM Whoa possum... possum, possum... POSSUM Whoa possum, possum Your end is the road I was riding down the road one day and Someone hit a possum I was riding down the road one day and Someone hit a possum The road was his end His end was the road So they say Whoa possum... possum, possum... POSSUM Whoa possum... possum, possum... POSSUM Whoa possum, Your end is the road Whoa possum, possum Your end is the road

[@vinnielalumia]

Forrest George I thought it said someone yelled possum lol

[@randybailin4902]

Other-worldly guitar work.

[@samueladams4218]

He's good, but check out JJ Cale, James Burton, Vince Gill or Jerry Reed!

[@ianmurawski8165]

Just so you guys know if you don’t remember, I got all my three yeses from phish

[@flaccidego9468]

People be careful. Yesterday I had 2 Phish tickets sitting on the counsol of my car. Somebody smashed the window and left 2 more.

[@onsigon]

?

[@mikeyd9764]

If Possum dont get your juices flowing, you're phucking dead!!!!

[@brinkleystone985]

Wow

[@heyitsmespider6792]

Putin for my New Years show yesterday! Hello 2023🥳

[@refrigerator4659]

Hell yes

[@pariswalker4907]

swamp song sure does sound like this!

[@antlerking69]

Gonna watch a hound dog catch a coon

[@drewb2048]

This is the same riff from Skynyrd’s “Swamp Music”. I love this song, just giving credit where it’s due.

[@alcarlson6591]

Drew B fogerty, but I don’t think it’s the same at all

[@alcarlson6591]

Ah nvm I read the wrong song name

[@alcarlson6591]

I’ll have to check that one out

[@WeAreNotAmused]

Some performance are better than others 1988-89 axilla was. Superlative. Explosive jam the oceanic wave. Was a tsunami of intensity. I don't need to hear. It again Still. Deeply imbedded in my memory

[@maaya8775]

🥰

[@fullblowngaming]

found one in my recycling box today, callin' him "old blue

[@elifrenchfrishorts]

POSSUM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@MindDetergentNJ]

People put down 2009. But this trey was so flawless during this run haha

[@sadydramirezy7493]

I really hate it when KZbin cuts Anastacio's solo with ads! 😡

[@orderoftheark8902]

Anyone ever notice this sounds exactly like swamp music

[@SpoooTV]

fucking love mike gordon.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

As much as love the lighting in this video, I also think it is NOT for epileptics!

[@pango-y8j]

I have had the same thought, my 83 year old sister is an epileptic, and I sent her Phish videos. She graduated Berkeley 64. Lives in San Francisco California. She now says her favorite band is jgb. Her favorite Phish song is meat stick 🍄🐟🐟🐟🍄

[@BrandonOutside]

Me to Trey’s tone: “get in my ears!”

[@TerrapinStation]

Ugh… 25 years ago… I’m old. Officially.

[@Robertpoolemusic]

SWAMP MUSIC

[@davidmccumber8804]

I play air guitar for the entirety of the video

[@kellenkramer6434]

David McCumber haha my air guitar skills are at 100% every time trey plays lol

[@punkiejunkie1000]

Sic

[@franram7426]

Armadillo sequel ? ? ?

[@MusicalPhish]

@gags5503 hell yes he was, I was front row right in front of mike!

[@adamttown]

Wordsmiths

[@UngratefulLiving420]

They always throw it down at MSG

[@JMBraz1]

Your end is the road……

[@ChrisG1392]

a very strange stage - with the audience right behind the band

[@johndickson7455]

...Possem...Lives..! ( great Stolen riff..)

[@JerseyShoreCollector]

When did Phish jump the shark?

[@pango-y8j]

Never. You are thinking about the fonz 🍄🌍🧬🐟🐟🐟🌍🌍🍄

[@gregesten9778]

HarpuaFSB, do u have a "Split Open and Melt" video?..

[@HarpuaFSB]

Nope, sorry!

[@MrSivart102887]

chances are if you go to a phish show you are going to see this song but it always kicks ass anyways!

[@bcdigiart141]

Your end is the road......

[@stefanierogers7503]

Eric Campbell

[@ArthurCordaro-j5e]

Does anyone like Jesus Left Chicago?

[@Yellowsunism]

gevalt

[@JAMES45229]

Lynyrd Skynyrd Swamp Music

[@ArthurCordaro-j5e]

Smoking Squirrel Epidemic in Pet Semetary from La-Hamburglars 18 Ice Cold Air revival tour?!$

[@FHCHSOTA]

uhhhh yeah and that's not "Swamp Music" by Lynyrd Skynyrd? RRRRRRIGHT. Nice rip off.

[@briandirling2025]

Damn I think you may be right,I had to go find it and listen still both awesome songs tho

[@antlerking69]

It's a tip of the hat to the best 😚

[@sonofmagni3192]

The light show is f'ing annoying.

[@TheBerndude]

Intro reminds me of “Swamp Music” by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[@pango-y8j]

Opossum the only Marsupial in the Western Hemisphere 🍄🌍🧬🐟🐟🐟🧬🌍🍄