Woke Up This Morning…
"Makisupa Policeman" (Bruno)
On the ultimate stoner holiday, 4/20, let’s take a look at the band’s lone reggae song and herbal reference, “Makisupa Policeman.” This article was first posted a year ago today and I excerpted the intro below with a link to the entire piece.
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Of all the musical genres in which Phish dabbles, reggae is, perhaps, the least significant. With mere passages of “Harry Hood” and “Slave” flirting with a roots-based groove, “Makisupa Policeman” is Phish’s lone original foray into the genre. A relic from the band’s stonier days, “Makisupa” is actually the first known publicly played Phish original, making its debut on 10.23.84. Mentioning this fact in Philadelphia on 11.29.03, Trey also also noted that its lyrics were written by Tom Marshall as a kid. Though it was the “original Phish song,” the band’s homage to ganja has been somewhat of a rarity throughout their career. Always eliciting comedic cheers with Trey’s chosen “keyword,“ ”Makisupa” is Phish’s only musical reference to many fans’ recreational smoke. Usually highlighted by the creative dub lines of Gordon, this song has played multiple roles throughout Phish’s career….Read on!
Click here to read the entire post strewn with audio clips!
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“Makisupa -> Night Nurse -> Makisupa” 10.26.2010 II
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“Makisupa” 10.4.99 Normal, IL II
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Mr P, I hope they bring that back. Hampton Suspicious Minds anyone?
@Ain’tNoTele
You going to MPP again?
I love circus clowns and bears and things LW
El Dude secretly loves Roggae, he’s just afraid to show it 😉
if life were easy………..
Nice to see the AC show from the 29th getting some love. That was the only night of the 3 that I attended, so it has a special place for me. Plus I was feeling bad after I got too f*’ed up at Amherst to enjoy that show, so I was sober down front and watching like it was a classical performance. Won’t forget that one, esp the Sand, Slave, and Corrina too
And I love Roggae, ftr. I’ve never seen it live, though
Listening to some mic-less Amazing Grace from 93′. I love how everybody is shushing the people cheering to hear them sing. Nice band-audience connection.
Just started up the RR 95′ Mike’s Groove.
I want to be scared by this song
just had a tooth pulled. that sucked.
bb planting ideas in my brain, without reading
gave Sand>Carini a good spin with some afternoon accouterments, earlier
yea, BK – everyone took the mic-less stuff dead serious
did you at least get some caine, Telas? sox broke their losing streak!
BRUINS!!
(30 minutes late sorry)
Love this dissonance in the second jam in Mike’s
Likelihood of Phish ever doing the second jam in Mike’s again?
@Palmer
12/1/95 Mikes no spoilers? If you didn’t know that was going into Weekapaug, awesome
My favorite version
@BK
Did I see that you were hitting Camden earlier?
I was on the fence about MPP until my buddy pulled pits for Sunday.
I skipped the second night last year, so sorry in advance if it doesn’t smoke again 😉
Glad folks are checking out some of the lesser known fall 98 highlights
6 different injections of it!!! and a bottle of hydrocodone. the mouth full of blood is less than desirable.
fuckin A those Sox. Needed that win. Shit is downright ugly. Beckham and Rios getting benched for sec.
Two-jam Mike’s is coming back this summer, mark it. Not in Bethel, but it will happen.
Probably while I am nice and cozy on couch tour.
I’m hitting both nights MPP – going to try and meet some BB’ers there.
This RR Mike’s is nuts!!!!
@el dude, guyute and anyone else in charlotte. just got down here, gonna be here for 6 months or so, lookin to rent a house or apt. would like some suggestions on where would be a good place/area to live?
stoppin in from the phone during 1st intermission
damn Hawks up 3-0 after 1 period
could be another early night
laterz kids
@brother…lucky I’m on a bedtime drive by. Hit me up at cannondawg at gmail.
@Leo….email sent
1000!