Sunday 02/21/2010
by Lemuria
Phish Strikes Olympic Gold?
We're receiving daily reports of Phish "sightings" during NBC's coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, including:
- Ocelot was played during trials for the ski jump on 12/26/09.
- First Tube was used in the bump to a commercial about the upcoming bobsled competition on 2/20/10.
- Tweezer Reprise (a good 3 minutes worth!) was the background music for the Ono speedskating segment late on 2/20/10.
- Kill Devil Falls (the version from Joy) was played over the PA at the Canada vs. USA men's hockey game 2/21/10, with about 15 seconds left in the first period. They played about 20 seconds of the chorus before the puck was dropped again.
- Axilla (Part II) (from Hoist) was played with about 8 minutes left in the second period at the same game.
Thanks to Andrew Cogan, Christopher Herrick, Christopher Lusk, Jeremy Pinquist, and Shaun McGrath for these recent reports - and to Scott Bartmanm who some time ago reported that Piper was used in cuts to commercials at the Olympics four years ago!
Other recent sightings include Good Morning America on 12/27/09; Seven Below as background music on 93XRT in Chicago in December 2009, advertising an upcoming concert by another band; and an Albany, NY, sportstalk radio show (104.5 WTMM The Team's Sound off with Sinkoff) has used Sparkle and other Phish songs as background music while Alan Fish reads promos.
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