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Phish — Dirt
Album: Farmhouse
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7

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Total ratings: 1375









Released: 2000
Length: 4:29
Plays (last 30 days): 2
Washed up on shore
Washed up on shore

I'd like to live beneath the dirt
A tiny space to move and breathe
Is all that I would ever need

I wanna live beneath the dirt
Where I'd be free from push and shove
Like all those swarming up above

Beneath their heels I'll spend my time
(Shout your name into the wind)
I'll wriggle in the earth and dew
(Shout your name into the wind)
And sometimes I will think of you
(Shout your name into the wind)

And if you ever think of me
Kneel down and kiss the earth
And show me what this thought is worth
I'll never hear your voice again

Shout your name into the wind
Shout your name into the wind
Shout your name into the wind
Shout your name into the wind

Shout your name into the wind
Shout your name into the wind
Shout your name into the wind
Shout your name into the wind
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 lovelyhelicopter wrote:

That guitar. .



That *bass* guitar..

That guitar. .
One of the most delicate songs I know.

A tiny space to move and breath.
 pbouchar wrote:

I have only ever appreciated two Phish songs: A Picture of Nectar” and this one. Stands out a bit like Terrapin Station does for the Grateful Dead. 



I remember seeing 3 GD shows in Vegas in '92, I believe it was at The Silver Bowl. And Fish was playing at one of the major casinos. I have seen GD numerous times as well as The Dead and Dead and Co.  I never got to see Fish but can appreciate what they have accomplished. Had to comment because my favorite Grateful Dead tunes are Lady with a Fan > Terrapin Station and if A Picture of Nectar holds a candle to that, I need to have a listen.   
For a first date I asked my now wife if she liked "Phish" as Phish happened to be coming to town and some friends and I were going. Thinking I was asking her out for a date that would involve fish, she readily accepted and ended up at a Phish concert!
The docufilm with Trey Anastasio describing and demonstrating hir rig is most interesting. He ceratinly knows his stuff!
I got kind of tired of these guys long ago when these guy's were jam banding at Nectar's  multiple times a week, and I was pretending to be a student. But after Dan Archer helped them put out Pictures of Nectar they really stepped up their game!
 Kajukenbo wrote:

For my first date with my (now) wife, I asked her if she liked Phish. She said yes, assuming I was asking her out for fish for dinner. Instead I took her to a Phish concert. I figured that if she was cool enough to hang with me during a Phish concert, she'd be OK to date. She still isn't a Phish fan, but the reasoning seems to have held so for the last 20+ years!



Great story....
I have only ever appreciated two Phish songs: A Picture of Nectar” and this one. Stands out a bit like Terrapin Station does for the Grateful Dead. 
I met Pat VanDyne at a Phish concert. She has turned into a complete psycho pig nowadays.........
For my first date with my (now) wife, I asked her if she liked Phish. She said yes, assuming I was asking her out for fish for dinner. Instead I took her to a Phish concert. I figured that if she was cool enough to hang with me during a Phish concert, she'd be OK to date. She still isn't a Phish fan, but the reasoning seems to have held so for the last 20+ years!
Reminds me of listening to this track 22 years ago in the hot tub under the stars.
I read the book over Covid and now I finally get it. Love these guys and their creativity.
I'm playing this for my friend at his celebration of life in a week or so here. I hope it all works out.
Extra points for using the word wriggle.
Very pleasant, good guitar riffs
 jules44 wrote:
More Phish please!!
 
AGREED
Nothing wrong with a Phish ballad on RP

From Glenn Miller about  an hour ago to Phish.

Cool indeed
 jhorton wrote:
I tried hard to like this band for my hippie daughter in Vermont.

I was not successful. 
 

Love me some Vermont,,,,,,, Lucky Girl she is........and nice work for trying.
I work at it everyday with my 18 year old bohemian hippie girl who has more depth,knowledge ,and wisdom  than many a people I meet twice,thrice, her age. 
 jhorton wrote:
I tried hard to like this band for my hippie daughter in Vermont.

I was not successful. 
 

Not successful?!?

Don't blame yourself, jhorton. That was down to the band.
I nice warm hug brought to us in song form.
 jhorton wrote:
I tried hard to like this band for my hippie daughter in Vermont.

I was not successful. 

 
Hippie daughter?   You mean she is a back-to-the-lander?   
life changing.....
If I had one bit of advice for this band it would be for Trey the lead singer to blow his nose before he does a vocal track. 
Always welcome a little Phish to RP. This song fits in quite nicely with the RP vibe. Thanks RP!

PS: 
I'm guessing Hoosfoos doesn't much like Phish.....{#Smile}
not a phish fan per se, but this song does make me wanna lite up  


 Gregfine wrote:
A Phish ballad is a special thing, indeed.

 
I was thinking the same thing! Not a bad tune to my ears, it's a 7 from me for now.

I was also thinking to myself that I don't hear a lot of Phish (and the Doobie Bros) among a few others; well I got some Doobies earlier and now some Phish...what else can I ask for and get?

Long Live RP!


I tried hard to like this band for my hippie daughter in Vermont.

I was not successful. 
A Phish ballad is a special thing, indeed.
I like it!  Solid 7 with this first listen. 
Worst band ever. The epitome of suckery.
Yes, I echo that. More Phish please.
More Phish please!!
 HonduranRed wrote:
i just saw them in Colorado this past weekend. If you have a chance, go see them..they are master musicians who have a great time just playing music for us. 
 
will do!
After a couple tasty Heinekens I love this tune.  Right arm bill and w. Thx. CHIANGRAI thailand
  For All Practical Purposes
Shout your name into the wind.
 Hoosfoos wrote:
Absolute shit.

 
agreed
Absolute shit.
BLECH. Jam-band make-out music.
 
Don't worry, Trey, you'll get your opportunity to "live beneath the dirt".
Not saying that I wish it upon you, even though I don't particularly care for your music.

Hearing these guys live is like hearing the same song over and over again, only with a new title. 
 Quixmundi wrote:
Phish always leave me waiting for something to happen - which never does
 High praise, though I think it of more as proposing something beautiful and allowing me to finish the thought.
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the holy moly world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners and B.F. Skinner...  we love this splendiferous song...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
most excellent
These guys just laid down one of the best runs of their storied careers over the past few weeks.

Absolutely unbelievable the level they continue to perform at.

Oh, and this is a beautiful song...one for anyone's memorial setlist:)
i just saw them in Colorado this past weekend. If you have a chance, go see them..they are master musicians who have a great time just playing music for us. 
Yay!!! See you soon boys!! Thanks for playing them RP----It would be nice to have a couple of live cuts too :)
"Old man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you..."
Saw them live at The Gorge and Lake Tahoe last week. Their live music is SO much different. If you haven't listened to a live show, well... I have no way of telling you what you're missing.

This song is soooo marvelous...  love it...
 
 Quixmundi wrote:
Phish always leave me waiting for something to happen - which never does
 
Well put. There's no there there. 
 Carl wrote:

Didn't Chris Martin say something like, "In Coldplay we have one rule when we're writing and that's that everything has to be completely original"?
 
Really why is all their stuff nearly the same, not very original in IMHO.
 Forest267 wrote:
Hearing Coldplay's "Clocks"... wonder if they are Phish fans.
 
Didn't Chris Martin say something like, "In Coldplay we have one rule when we're writing and that's that everything has to be completely original"?
Hearing Coldplay's "Clocks"... wonder if they are Phish fans.
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one of my favorite Phish tunes.  thanks for playing!
love love love love  {#Dance}
Sad yet profound.  It resonates for me.  A new favorite.{#Music}
Nice !
no thank you.  {#Cowboy}
Everybody in my flower covered volkswagon van loves this song! {#Roflol}
 DoctorHooey wrote:
Excellent EXCELLENT musicians and terrific composers singing horrible lyrics with awful AWFUL nasally amateurish vocals. Phish's insipid, lazy lyrics and wretched singing keep them from being truly great. So close but so far.
 
ok, who writes worse lyrics?  Phish or Paul McCartney?    For me, no one is a worse lyricist than McCartney, with Paul Simon coming close...


I am hearing Coldplay    Clocks.....only me ?
 Yamson wrote:
Actually I like this a lot better than most of the regular Phish fare.
 
Phish Food is pretty good as well...

Ya, it's called Lower Wacker in Chicago.

 RadioDoc wrote:
Sounds like Dandy Warhols trying to sound like Phish.  Neither of which is good.
 
Sounds like Phish sounding like Phish to me. 

It's all good for Vermont's finest. 
Phish always leave me waiting for something to happen - which never does
 RadioDoc wrote:
Sounds like Dandy Warhols trying to sound like Phish.  Neither of which is good.
 
Hilarious! Still enjoying this.  

 DoctorHooey wrote:
Excellent EXCELLENT musicians and terrific composers singing horrible lyrics with awful AWFUL nasally amateurish vocals. Phish's insipid, lazy lyrics and wretched singing keep them from being truly great. So close but so far.
 
That really sums it up quite well.

Excellent EXCELLENT musicians and terrific composers singing horrible lyrics with awful AWFUL nasally amateurish vocals. Phish's insipid, lazy lyrics and wretched singing keep them from being truly great. So close but so far.
mmmm dirt
expressing my opinion is a fundamental right in my country and hopefully yours...never shut up, never be quiet, never stop expressing yourself...Oh, and I do like this song - 8

Good night moon! {#Umbrella}
 swruch wrote:
I'm always amazed when I come over to the site here to check out what song is
playing - or to get more info - and I see all sorts of hated / vitriol being spewed.
Such pent-up aggression over music?  Is there any music that is so bad that
it can provoke such outbursts?

Maybe I'm too passive - if I don't like the thread of tunes that's playing, I have
about 10 other stations I can listen to.

Save the vitriol for the health care debate. ;-)
 
It has been my observation that the anonymity of the Internet has always provided people with a place to express anything and everything.  It goes with the territory.  Then again, honesty does sound vitriolic at times.  Also, and I mean this in a friendly way, but reading people's aggressive comments about music indicates that it is not pent-up at all.  :)  As to music that is so bad it can provoke such outbursts - The Shags.

somtimes somehow for freedoms sake
 RadioDoc wrote:

Careful.  You could say the same thing about the comments.  Actually, the comments are truer than the music.  What you read here is what people feel, which is what art of any kind is about.

So lighten up.

 

The Midewest is truly the voice of reason  ;) 
 jmassoglia wrote:
Well said, if you don't like the music go somewhere else.
 
Careful.  You could say the same thing about the comments.  Actually, the comments are truer than the music.  What you read here is what people feel, which is what art of any kind is about.

So lighten up.

Sounds like Dandy Warhols trying to sound like Phish.  Neither of which is good.
Well said, if you don't like the music go somewhere else.  I may not always like the songs being played, but commercial radio is worse by far.  The appeal here, to me, is exposure to new artists and music I would have missed.
I'm always amazed when I come over to the site here to check out what song is
playing - or to get more info - and I see all sorts of hated / vitriol being spewed.
Such pent-up aggression over music?  Is there any music that is so bad that
it can provoke such outbursts?

Maybe I'm too passive - if I don't like the thread of tunes that's playing, I have
about 10 other stations I can listen to.

Save the vitriol for the health care debate. ;-)
I like patchouli and this song.....I must be a hippie.....
dang, I had a free ticket to go see them in Knoxville last night but couldn't go

bummer!
dude you don't know hippies then—- love the earth— it is what makes us (you too, live) without (earth) you would be long gone- sorry but true
 ilibjorn wrote:
Why hate hippies? Because they are not sheep that want to worship the aristocracy and wave flags blindly to stupid causes?
 
Maybe "hate" is too strong of a word.  Oh, one reason is patchouli. Not a bad song though.

PHISH IS BACK!!!!!!!!THANK YOU RADIO PARADISE (purposefully or not) for celebrating their return!!!!!! I'm soooooo happy!
{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Bananapiano}{#Guitarist}{#Bananasplit}
If you're too young or too lucky to have lost someone you love yet, you may have trouble appreciating this song. If, sadly, you aren't, you probably won't - at least in my interpretation. {#Cry}

I LOVE this song, and the segue from Christians and Lions - Skinny Fists was amazing!

Thanks again Bill.
It's been a long time since I've heard this one. Nice and tender, I like it.
ilibjorn wrote:
Why hate hippies? Because they are not sheep that want to worship the aristocracy and wave flags blindly to stupid causes?
Touché!!!
Yay PHISH! I really like this whole album!
Golly gee whizz folks .. this is a delightful ballad .... what's NOT to like??
Wow, so much phish hating! If you hate hippies, then you have some serious issues. One of my favorite phish songs, brings back some memories! Or lack of...
dignan2 wrote:
They make me hate hippies even more than I already do. Without a doubt one of the most irritating fucking bands ever.
Why hate hippies? Because they are not sheep that want to worship the aristocracy and wave flags blindly to stupid causes?
Excellent Bill. Thanks...
All you can . This Phish is .
Aahhhhh, PHISH! One of my favourites from my favourite Phish album! Thanks Bill, this saves my day .....
sunny_day wrote:
I don't think I would want a girlfriend who loves Phish. I dunno why. A gut feeling.
OH WAIT, I FORGOT SOMETHING...BLAH, BLAH, BLAHBLAH, BLAH, BLAH
dharmanavy wrote:
BLAH, BLAH, BLAHBLAH, BLAH,BLAH
bakedjake wrote:
My girlfriend loves Phish.
I don't think I would want a girlfriend who loves Phish. I dunno why. A gut feeling.
BLAH, BLAH, BLAHBLAH, BLAH, BLAH
Yamson wrote:
Actually I like this a lot better than most of the regular Phish fare.
Similar feelings. Not a Phish fan, but this is interesting.
Great!!!Thank you !!!!!!!!!
Actually I like this a lot better than most of the regular Phish fare.
Thank you
littleRoom wrote:
"I'd like to live beneath the dirt A tiny space to move and breathe is all that i would ever need I want to live beneath the dirt Where i'd be free from push and shove like all those swarming up above Beneath your heals i'll spend my time" Great Song, more from Farmhouse!!!
Lovely song, but it might be wise for them to enunciate some alternative aspirations regarding future incarnations. Careful what you wish for.
Leslie wrote:
Don't forget to add the Dead to that list.
And Dave Matthews Band :nodhead:
Maybe if you heard some early stuff by Phish, stuff off of the album Junta, you might like them more. They were more lively back then, this song is a bad example of what Phish can really do.
"I'd like to live beneath the dirt A tiny space to move and breathe is all that i would ever need I want to live beneath the dirt Where i'd be free from push and shove like all those swarming up above Beneath your heals i'll spend my time" Great Song, more from Farmhouse!!!
mucre wrote:
i bet your favorite band would make me want to voluntarily puke and pee in a bucket and then drink it. lighten up and enjoy love, mucre p.s. i dont like phish either
Oh heck, he's from New York, allowances must be made.
Originally Posted by stubbsz: Very odd how RP listeners react pretty negatively to a pretty good song. Nothing outstanding... but this band attracks those types that decide to hate everything they do without listening to it. But they are in good company... Van M, Elvis C etc..
Don't forget to add the Dead to that list.
First time I have heard this song. Very nice.
Very odd how RP listeners react pretty negatively to a pretty good song. Nothing outstanding... but this band attracks those types that decide to hate everything they do without listening to it. But they are in good company... Van M, Elvis C etc..
Originally Posted by dignan2: They make me hate hippies even more than I already do. Without a doubt one of the most irritating fucking bands ever.
i bet your favorite band would make me want to voluntarily puke and pee in a bucket and then drink it. lighten up and enjoy love, mucre p.s. i dont like phish either
Always got a soft spot for anyone who takes their music that seriously selflessly, even if the results make me hanker for a good fat joint. (pimp)
Dank
Stinks like Phish.
They make me hate hippies even more than I already do. Without a doubt one of the most irritating fucking bands ever.
My girlfriend loves Phish. They make me want to vomit.