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I would love to see this one covered again. Imagine an ambient fade-out of Tweezer and out of nowhere... Mike tells a story about image, personality, and self-awareness. Some people might never recover from something like that...
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Seen and Not Seen
Music/Lyrics: Talking Heads, Brian Eno
Vocals: Mike (lead), Page, Trey (backing)
Original Artist: Talking Heads
Original Album: Remain in Light (1980)
Albums: Live Phish 15
Debut: 1996-10-31
Historian: Mark Toscano
No write-up could do justice to the incredible segue between “Houses in Motion” and this song at Phish’s 10/31/96 performance of Remain in Light. As each element of the former got stripped down to almost nothing, Mike surrendered his bass to Trey as a recliner and floor lamp were brought out on stage for him, from which he would deliver this most radio-unfriendly tune. The "almost nothing" then slowly became "almost something" as Fish played percussion, Karl Perazzo played drums, Trey played bass, and Mike played comfy chair. Comfy chair made Mike tell a story about a man and his face, and the whole audience held their faces in their hands, some in despair, some in glee. We all held our faces. Mike held his face. Listen to the story. Let it cradle your head in its arms like a comfy chair – a comfy chair telling a story through Mike’s face.
"Seen and Not Seen" – Phish, 10/31/96, Atlanta, GA
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I would love to see this one covered again. Imagine an ambient fade-out of Tweezer and out of nowhere... Mike tells a story about image, personality, and self-awareness. Some people might never recover from something like that...