Phish - "Ghost" - 11/17/97

[@jakeenglish3448]

I'm so happy I've finally heard this band. So glad I gave them a chance.

[@thetruth34o9]

never too late as long as you're alive

[@johnnyt3392]

How old are u Jake?

[@deweytucker5413]

Great decision

[@braddsmith2081]

Jake English welcome brother! Even if you’ve been with Phish from the beginning, you cannot fathom their depths

[@michaeldriscoll5602]

One of the best decisions you had ever made.

[@moheganson]

There are sections of this jam that are so beautiful that when I'm stressed or depressed, I break down and cry and realize there is happiness and life is good. Peace :)

[@moheganson]

9:45-13:35 is what stuff dreams are made of. #WhiteWidow

[@UnderBarrowBog]

You and me the same brother

[@corybutler573]

Sounds like you are actually just a whimpering little baby who can't handle life. I am just kidding, please don't take that seriously because I am shedding tears as I type this right now.

[@thetwerpene4682]

Almost thumbed it down before I finished reading. Maybe that's the issue in this world, we'e all too quick to fight and defend rather than to be patient. Love, respect. @Cory Butler

[@cosmicslopass]

Love is real my friend. NFA

[@theloniouszappa]

97-99 where outstanding years (and the best years) for the spacey jams. So glad I got to see then live during this time

[@Nuthane]

I wish everyone in the world, and all of time, can feel the emotions I've felt because of this jam. Pure transcendence and joy in life.

[@braddsmith2081]

Nuthane I’m right there with you

[@123danks]

They can’t unfortunately. But we can🔥🤩🔥

[@deweytucker5413]

Well Said

[@FlowerSupply420]

Yep, direct connection to God.

[@ryanhall7538]

Best ghost of all time!

[@superjay42]

If I had to pick one single Phish jam to illustrate their improvisational abilities, it'd probably be this one. Taken as a whole, this Denver show is one of the best I've ever heard and has some amazing jams - Tweezer, Reba, this Ghost, the YEM, Wolfman's, and DWD were all fantastic specimens of that fall 97 funky sound.

[@moheganson]

True, this is the greatest 1st set ever. as far as Tweezers I love the 12/6/97 Tweezabella that is funk galore

[@jahread3322]

Tweezer 2/28/03

[@mikezimmerman9547]

Jesus Christ thank you for this post. This is the most incredible jam ever. Even for Phish.

[@drewpearson9433]

One of the tightest Ghost jams on the planet. Unreal!!! Such a journey on the improv jam coaster!!!

[@Gumbo72203]

Mike's descending bass run notes at 12:57, 12:58, and 12:59 exactly underneath Trey's screaming wah pedal notes are the gates to heaven.

[@danhicks100]

+Gumbo72203 Dude spot on man. Bliss.. PS I dig your band!

[@kevinbarry1764]

+Mike Hamilton Me too brutha! I have like 5 "go-to" jams that can always take me out of whatever funk I'm in and bring me that sense of joy and euphoria only music can provide..... only PHISH music can provide.... SO incredibly grateful for this band and their wealth of amazing music they've given this world!

[@johnromani8801]

whats the other go to jams?

[@johnmarston8876]

John Romani You Enjoy Myself 6/11/94 Ghost 7/6/98 Down with Disease 9/14/99 are all blazing hot

[@moheganson]

2/20/03 Gibboo, 2/28/03 Tweezer, & 12/6/97 Tweezabella

[@edleng69]

phish will allways be phish im 20 and there my favorite band and ive never been to a show but i still love this band and will go to a show when there close by

[@moheganson]

They are quite gifted.

[@cosmicslopass]

8 years later.... this dude is full fledge wook on phish tour for sure.

[@humuhumunukunuku]

Not only my favorite Ghost, but possibly my favorite Phish jam of all time. Truly epic

[@moheganson]

It is definitely the GOAT and certainly one of the most beautiful Phish jams ever :)

[@moheganson]

humuhumunukunuku Only jam I put ahead of this one is Went Gin but it's close. This one has more beautiful sections but that Went Gin just keeps peaking until the end. Never ending bliss

[@darrenklein6090]

Same.

[@princehartsea]

This isn't even my favorite Ghost jam let alone my favorite Phish jam of all time, but I can acknowledge that (in my view) it is the objective best Phish jam of all time. That's Phish for ya. It doesn't make sense.

[@slandersir7255]

@@princehartsea you don’t make sense

[@Jichael.mackson]

Woop woop I’ve finally found the best ghost holly shiiiiii this is great

[@davidthomaschwclmt5925]

Listened to this way too many, yet not enough times

[@dg4510a]

RIP Harris Wittels who brought me here

[@Jason-or4mc]

A N I M A L C O N T R O L

[@dentonschultz6838]

Right at 14:11 the beat change coming out of that teased riff is straight dance town! trey sets himself up so nicely for that chunky riff.

[@setlisttees5770]

I try to listen to this at least once a month. This was one of the first shirts that was ever requested for us to make! We put a ghost with an Afro on the front. Thanks for posting!

[@MrJayFoo]

SetListTees Snap! That was you guys? Never got my hands on one unfortunately..

[@setlisttees5770]

MrJayFoo Ha! It's never too late my friend. Check out www.setlisttees.com/discoghost if you want. In the meantime, I'm glad I subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to more awesomeness!

[@MrJayFoo]

SetListTees I'm definitely gonna check that out!! Thanks for subbing and letting me know they were still available!

[@zackarysimon8396]

+MrJayFoo If these are available after MSG, im getting one immediately. This is the song/date that got me into phish. Hold me a smal, for the love of Icculus!

[@setlisttees5770]

+Zackary Simon Small officially held!

[@bathtub_jim7652]

I was at this show. Absolutely incredible.

[@BongJabbar]

f*ck I'm jealous. My first show was in 2011. I like the new incarnation of Phish, but in my opinion, it doesn't even come close to 90s Phish. It seems like they used to take more chances. Their jams were dirtier, just straight filthy. If anyone know of good 3.0 shows like that, let me know, I'm sick of being the curmudgeon always complaining how Phish aren't what they used to be lol

[@alexkickscan]

@@BongJabbar I'm with ya man. 90s is full of filthy jams. My first shows were 2009. Actually haven't seem the Phish since 2015 so if anyone has good recommendations from then on post em!

[@errandwolfe7686]

Me too. Both nights and Champaign after. Champaign is filthy af too.

[@timharper4246]

@@BongJabbar man my first show was in 93 and let me tell you, you're just as blessed to be catching 3.0 shows as back then. It's apples and oranges. They weren't better back then.. Just different. With that being said, 12/07/97 and 8/09/98 were some highlights of 90s shows that I caught✌

[@BongJabbar]

@@timharper4246 lol I absolutely disagree with saying it's just as good now. But I really do appreciate the positivity you sent ✌My aunt who's now 50 saw Phish between '90-'93. She lost interest as soon as they blew up. Imagine that lol

[@fedorovexpress]

GOD! What a jam! This might be one of my favorite Ghosts next to the one from the IT Festival

[@deweytucker5413]

I keep coming back to this one. Hose bliss

[@toddkrajewski]

Bro, I'm not sure if it's my PTSD from Afghanistan but I cry a lot since relistening to all the shows I grew up on from 91 to present.

[@conjandysecurity]

I hope it's from happiness... That's the good stuff. Have a great day!

[@totallycullen133]

"Raging space funk."

[@Jason-or4mc]

Page side Rage side. Feels like Crazy Fingers on this one.

[@markjtyrrell]

The audio quality is really great! Plus kept me boppin' at my desk all morning. I was at the 5/22/00 Radio City show for that Ghost, which you can hear here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX7dfaiHjbqYnpI, but this one might be my favorite. This is much more energetic than the much chiller one from Radio City.

[@sourcerolls]

I was there with all of the buddies I had made in the first two months of college… turned out to be lifelong friends and this is a jam worth listening to once a year at least

[@caseb9583]

Top 10 one of the best Phish shows ever and this jam is one of the highlights. Also the Denver Jam

[@frankiemaier1736]

The yem is simply incredible

[@TankWilliams__Jr]

Cohesive and inspired pinnacle jam from the entire catalogue.

[@johnnyt3392]

This and 7/29/98 Gin

[@marty.warner]

the amount of funk that pumps through this could heat an oven

[@samsaraa2001]

if they only played half this good now, i might start coming back to shows. thanx for the post!!

[@ivandad]

love this ghost and Radio City

[@Pick_A_Pun]

Man was 1997 a fine year for me and Phish :)

[@anthonyrusso9234]

Dawn Vitale 96 throgh 98 off the Hook

[@jgfunk]

Anthony Russo totally. I still think 98 summer tour is underrated. 97 fall though, freaking fantastic

[@BDB78]

A year after I graduated h.s. I was in such complete awe of their music back then. Un-fucking-believable. I distinctly remember specific jams of songs friends would play for me and how I couldn’t believe that 4 dudes could produce such a sound. I’m still in awe to this day of what they’re doing, but that late 90s Phish is utter bliss. They really stretched their creative ideas and took them to places I feel they haven’t gone since. Still, there were some incredible jams on their last tour that I’ve heard. But the 90s….what a band!

[@jonathonroiko7474]

These boys are the truth

[@toddkrajewski]

Also dude 1997 to 1998 was a freaking awesome year for Phish. They were in another world for those 2 years. Like bonkers.

[@kennybagpipes]

I find myself glued to the desk.

[@Henroll-]

this year was beyond funk

[@golfwanghooligans1]

this is THE ghost. whole show is fire taboot

[@philmehellinabucket6610]

And to think this was on my 27th birthday.love this

[@cletussd]

Wow this brings back "some" memories =) I still have my ticket stub from this show somewhere.

[@dccowboys1]

I swear to God, I saw Casper appear out of the corner of my eye towards the end of this jam.... Too bad he never spoke.

[@moheganson]

Bruh what u smokin I want some

[@upyanuts]

May be their best jam ever…

[@davetepl]

Surprised isn't the precise word. Disappointed is the precise word I would use to describe how I feel when I look at the comment section of this video. There has not been an utterance at the reception of a gargantuan blow to the mind that is this performance for two years? Does anyone but me get nourishment from this video? I understand that there are a finite number of phans & that many of the ones who have this performance as a regular part of their life have probably commented here already. But no new ears listening to this? No new eyes watching this? With the sheer overwhelming amount of music out there, cross- referenced, connected by chance via algorithm, word-of-mouth, more people with more time on their hands sitting watching videos during the pandemic, just simply the millions of glitches in people's online experience SOMEWHERE in cyberspace that would lead someone here, that's a lot of potential for hundreds if not thousands of young birds or blokes to just STUMBLE in here. If that has been going on for the past two years, NO COMMENT FROM ANY OF THEM? It's the same phenomenon with other phish performances that are considered "best-of", go-to, introduce your friends during the 420 dance. Folks, it just doesn't add up. Either that, or maybe we're just not as special as we thought we were 😶

[@CraigKeidel]

New listener here, this is the first Phish jam I've picked up after reading a pretty good article earlier today about a new Phish fan's intro to the band. I'm pretty apprehensive about jam bands on the whole, I find most of them just use the title "jam" to noodle endlessly and often lose the point of a jam... Moe included, these last few years, sad to say. Big Dead fan though, and the first 7 minutes (as of this writing) are promising. We'll see how I feel when they really get into it, though.

[@CraigKeidel]

Could have done a few measures shorter at some of the passages, but overall pretty good. I'll give 'em a go once I'm done with my Motorhead kick. In regards to why there's not a surplus of new ears on it, I'd say a lot of it comes down to rock not being the dominant genre in popular music anymore, and most music being written with an ear to keep it short and friendly. Hell, no matter how good Atom Heart Mother is by Floyd, you're hard pressed to find many people in Gen Y or Gen Z willing to commit 30 minutes to a song. 21 minutes on a random track on KZbin is going to turn most off on time alone, I reckon Phish only shows up to people already initiated into long jam tracks... And amongst those, most probably already know the name Phish.

[@davetepl]

@@sethbaker5261 right on. And I thought I was a new Phan. I got an ipod touch for me b-day that year and I put a large collection of live show recordings I had put off listening to. I had them just because, I wasn't a Phan. One by one, each song lured me in, much like the Dead 10 years earlier. Yeah I was a latecomer to that too, way late. But each song would get me, like kernels of popcorn, just randomly every week, month, year whatever. You have an amazing road ahead, young man.

[@Jichael.mackson]

I’m here man recent new PHAN hi 🌟

[@jasonhansing29]

I was there that faithful night. My second show. This song this jam changed me

[@Warmech]

That tweezer opener is so nasty

[@moheganson]

Yup. This is the greatest 1st set ever and general consensus of Phish. net would agree

[@BongJabbar]

@@mohegansoneasily the best 1st set i've ever heard

[@xDmindless]

religious experience. thanks mrjay

[@FlowerSupply420]

Yep, direct connection to God

[@michaelspotts6795]

This was the year of the Funk. Dat Philly funk jam tho...

[@MrVanity717]

this is a good grooving ghost, a rockin' ghost - prague 97'

[@ianfinnneman4352]

I thought Prague was 98

[@johnmarston8876]

It was

[@jburre]

This is really good. IT ghost? Probably my favorite. Chalk dust is amazing from there too

[@golfwanghooligans1]

15 years old today. how fast they grow up...

[@mbeutel5854]

23yrs and still so pine fresh

[@castironpandanruin6907]

you are not wrong my friend...you are not wrong.

[@radiokarma7018]

Eargasm

[@billynapurejr4757]

Awesome band

[@humuhumunukunuku]

This is currently my favorite Ghost of all time. Transcendent...

[@marcbeaudry5103]

Uh I like this. A lot

[@24skeemers]

By far my fav ghost version

[@moheganson]

love it a 9:28 everything starts to really settle in

[@Magick_People]

thought i lost this one...real glad i didnt

[@thevillageshaman]

1st live phish song. CSU. Science

[@wizzlemane7308]

That good good. Miss the snappy intro.

[@davidthomaschwclmt5925]

This whole jam! Like how tight 9:30-10:00 is too. Like flying down a spiral tube.

[@jgfunk]

Even that little Fishman fill at 12:27 is great

[@feeltheflo2215]

love it

[@moheganson]

GOAT

[@ProtozoaSound]

THE BEST Ghost, and I'm sorry if you don't agree but its the TRUTH. 7/6/98 Ghost is nuts but a lot of it is just coked Trey on insane mode, but this has 3 distinct "movements" that each blend into each so smoothly, and they're ALL tight as hell here

[@moheganson]

No questions, hands down, yes this is the best ghost. 9:45- 13:35 is some of the most beautiful music any artist has ever produced. That section is everything Phish represents to me. Peace

[@1997Ghost]

7.23.97 is the best ghost

[@moheganson]

Why everyone so high on rcmh Ghost 2000?

[@PickpocketJones]

7/23/97 is the best, you should be ashamed rather than sorry for claiming otherwise.

[@seanyboi234]

This Ghost is money.

[@moheganson]

I'm high as a kite off OG Kush and 9:28 is the spot where I start smiling

[@moheganson]

and 11:11 is blast off

[@firstube]

Cuts off on such a great part. Pffft good job

[@jmlrugby11]

10 minutes on = the good stuff

[@bobirkeland5980]

all i have to say is oh my god

[@musicisthevibeoflife]

nice visuals

[@billynapurejr4757]

Phish rocks Richmond virginia

[@golfwanghooligans1]

its all love man, phish is a beautiful thing. for the record i love that ghost too, pure pornofunk

[@KevinConwell23]

10:05 CHILLS every damn time.

[@cool_username07]

How did I get here from a Jamiroquai video

[@deweytucker5413]

Wow, wow, wow

[@josephmoore1212]

stay away ghost busters

[@Nuthane]

gotta love Bill and the boys but if they even come close to this ghost... SO HELP ME GOD

[@DerekCOlsen]

I see what you did there.

[@CraigKeidel]

I ain't... I ain't afraid of no Ghost!

[@golfwanghooligans1]

highly debatable. its up there though

[@devonspeas7518]

holy crap town

[@cameronengdahl459]

WOW

[@deweytucker5413]

Imagine being in a band where people argue over what version is the best and why.

[@Katatopianos]

One of my absolute favorite Ghost jams is from the 8/9/97 Alpine Valley show. I remember it being really spooky and beautiful like most in 1997 but maybe it's because I was at the show that that one really stood out to me. It was followed by a tight and super energetic Taste.

[@ABFB206]

A pretty good case could be made that 13:01 was the peak of human civilization.

[@jgfunk]

Maybe we're splitting hairs, but civilization's peak I thought was at 13:13. 😉

[@jgfunk]

The original peak of society can be found here at 824. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoe1gYpph6aEjrs

[@Gumbo72203]

1st Set, FTW

[@moheganson]

Gumbo72203 best set in 97

[@robertduggan2085]

I was at this show

[@Henroll-]

this show and philly. must have been a phucked up year to tour with these guys

[@conjandysecurity]

I caught a bunch in 97'. I was 21 and didn't have to much to worry about. Deer Creek thru Went was my favorite week on earth. This band provided a majority of my life's soundtrack.

[@mikee7326]

Stretch it out Mike!!

[@forthedoggiesguitars2277]

That’s a keeper.

[@matthew7674]

no Ads. ever. I

[@goldiecob]

top 5 Ghost

[@moheganson]

goldiecob more like top 1

[@FlowerSupply420]

@@moheganson top 5 jam is what he meant.

[@Warmech]

Trey is not the old trey. The other 3 are better then ever, but something is missing from trey. I still love it, but what once was, will never be again. It's ok though, so many shows from the 90s to listen to! And phish can still throw the best party in town!

[@davidgunnells]

Another great Ghost, 7/23/97: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpjGgXuno7iLf9k

[@ianfinnneman4352]

I love 7/23/97. My all time favorite Ghost. Watching the lights, I thought a space ship was taking off.

[@smccormack2]

My first Phish show, and that Ghost remains one of my all-time favorite single jams.

[@terrapinbrad]

It's still the first place I want to be, but I hear ya...

[@TimMcGowan-q7t]

best Ghost ever

[@rafi54mariner]

Miiiike

[@kkaluger]

Was there both nights.

[@moheganson]

You lucky SOB

[@marcbeaudry5103]

Fall 97 was evidently a great run. What other runs are worth noting?

[@WharfRat44]

Marc Beaudry Island Tour, Summer 97, Fall 98.

[@Cowface]

Summer 2015

[@iambetterthanyou500]

Marc Beaudry all 94. That shit is bonkers

[@shaunfromny]

Fall 95

[@moheganson]

Marc Beaudry some great shows in summer 93 and esp. NYE 93. Fall 94. April 98. Summer fall 95. Fall '99 leading up to Cypress. Incredible Hood on 12/18/99

[@brianmackercher5445]

okay no if you think that you know of a better ghost somewhere OUT THERE in JAMBANDLANDIA well I got news for you SISTAFRIEND-- THIS IS IT, BABY. wizelcome to tha jizzungle , bebe.

[@dvada18]

+brian mccarthy 7/23/97

[@kingeugene7975]

5-22-00

[@Gumbo72203]

+King Eugene Nah. 5/22/00 is one of the greatest jams of all time, but this... this is pretty much untoppable. 5/22/00 rules so hard, SO hard. But its such a different beast.

[@ianfinnneman4352]

7/23/97 is just as good. I like it better. But to each their own. Once you get into best ever territory, it's always going to be a matter of personal preference, although a top 5 consensus can be fairly easy to agree on sometimes. We might not always agree on the top spot, but that's usually about five versions that most people can agree on any one of those being the best.

[@brianmackercher5445]

excellent analysis, thank you.

[@Pilgrim22]

Is this the Ghost they talk about in the Phish book?

[@slandersir7255]

Yes

[@iambetterthanyou500]

Dead child floating in the ether exacting revenge

[@evoshandor11]

Happy 25th McNichols GHOST....AW YEAH

[@adgw1423]

Ah, memories of when Phish was Phish. Look, 3.0 is fun for what it is, but you can't go in expecting the old days. 50 year old Trey + frat douches getting word of Phish. Sigh.

[@Nixo66]

Sigh. Some asshole always has to say this. I hope you feel extra special today.

[@AlexA-xj8ql]

masterbnation

[@RJ-hm9gi]

97 tour was in Europe

[@BongJabbar]

NOTHING beats '97 Phish (in my opinion)

[@DrumPhanatic]

where do you get these background visuals?

[@MrJayFoo]

+Collin Anderson These are from a program called "Electric Sheep" you can find packs of them on archive.org

[@DrumPhanatic]

do androids dream them up?

[@zackarysimon8396]

+Collin Anderson The robot starts to think, I wonder what it dreams?