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| Phish - You Enjoy Myself |
Phish - You Enjoy Myself Youtube Music Videos and LyricsAlbum:
Junta Released:
1988 Boy
Man
God
Shit
Boy man
Boy man
Wash uffitze drive me to firenze
Writer/s: BYRNE, DAVID / FRANTZ, CHRIS / WEYMOUTH, TINA / HARRISON, JERRY / ENO, BRIAN
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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LyricFindYou Enjoy Myself Song Chart This Phish classic came to define their live shows and is probably their most popular song. Rolling Stone magazine named it #85 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar songs, where they explained that Trey Anastasio wrote the song in the summer of 1985 when he was 20 years old and traveling in Europe with Phish drummer Jon Fishman. Said Anastasio: "I was coming up with these little bits, but I never really sat down to write anything. We'd be sitting around the bonfire with, like, 20 people, watching the stars and listening to the waves crash, and I'd be strumming along. I'd play something like the opening part of the song, and it would stick in my head. And the next week, we'd be standing on the street, and I'd come up with another part. I would just glue them together - the song is like a travel journal." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France) This was the last song Phish played before going on hiatus. On October 7, 2000, they played an extended version in their encore at a show in Mountain View, California. After the show, the 4 band members locked themselves in a trailer and stayed there for about 4 hours. When they came out, they had decided to quit, feeling that the grind of touring and the size of their operation had gotten so they couldn't enjoy the music anymore. They regrouped in 2002, but made sure to limit their touring schedule. At some shows, Anastasio and bass player Mike Gordon bounce on little trampolines while performing this. They saw the trampolines at a yard sale one day and thought they would be great for their show. This is not all that unusual in the world of Phish. At their last concert in Coventry, Vermont, the trampolines were given out to the crowd in a farewell gesture at the end of the song. The trampolines were passed back and fans jumped and danced on them during the show. (thanks, HooHah - Tenfaly, NJ) The first half of the song is instrumental. The second half of the song includes understandable lyrics, "Boy. Man. God. Sh-t." and a phrase sung in the background in a very mumbled, unintelligible manner. The most common interpretation of the mumble is "Wash Ufizzi, drive me to Ferenzi" referring to the Ufizzi museum, Italy and the town of Ferenzi, also in Italy. The band members lately say they forgot what it is. (thanks, Jeff - Kendall Park, NJ) When Phish broke up in 2004, Anastasio explained he was sick of playing the same songs over and over: "I gotta do something new. I cannot spend my entire life going around the country playing 'You Enjoy Myself.'"