Lyrics:

It's hidden far away
But someday I may tell
The tale of metal tangle
When into your world I fell
Without you now I wander soaking
Secretly afraid
'Cause in your grasp the fears don't last
(And some of them have stayed)

I wheeled around because I
Didn't hear what you had said
And saw you dancing with Elihu
Up on Leemor's bed
And I was foggy rather groggy, you helped me to my car
The binding belt enclosing me, a Sample in a Jar

And on the market stands unfolding
With all their willies and their wares
I shuffle by alert but numb
To all the glances and the glares
And I think of you unheeding
All the times I raise my cup
It's now I know that you knew that
I'd soon end up end up

I wheeled around because I
Didn't hear what you had said
And saw you dancing with Elihu
Up on Leemor's bed
And I was foggy rather groggy, you helped me to my car
The binding belt enclosing me, a Sample in a Jar

You tricked me like the others
And now I don't belong
The simple smiles and good times seem all wrong

     vandal wrote: 


Somebody has been taking his B vitamins. Good for you!

 federico wrote: 
No, but you're still wrong.

 crazy wrote: 
the temptation to utter "phish" and "dead" in the same sentence should be avoided.

(except in a sentence thrashing the undertalentedandoverrated phish and honoring the dead. then it's ok.)

 federico wrote: 

 federico wrote: 
you are not alone.

 federico wrote: 

I think the opposite.

 romeotuma wrote: 
Every time I have seen Phish live, I have ALWAYS been arrested...

 federico wrote: 

Well, I don't think they're horrible, but they're not great either. Maybe they're one of those bands that are much better live?

 federico wrote: 
You had to be there!

I am not alone here in thinking that phish are vastly overrated, am I?

More Phish Please

"Saw you dance with Peter Mayhew??"

 crazy wrote: 
Your screen ID says it best.

God! kill this already!

dionysius wrote: zactly

sample this throw the phish back and bury the Dead!

I really enjoy Phish, but...all those melodies start sounding like the same phucking song after a while. It does take me back to a half-drunken afternoon on the grass at Chico State, watching the youngsters try out their new band (1987.)

JoJopugs wrote: musikalia wrote: Phascinating!

Sorry. 2

Phishy and/or poppy. Can't decide how I feel, but I DO have a strong desire to chew bubble gum.

WonderLizard wrote: Hmm. I tried to get it, but I just don't. I even trying googling for more info on the sculpture: https://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A624&page_number=9&template_id=1&sort_order=1 However, I still don't get it. It reads like gibberish to me. In fact it kind of goes hand in hand with this article. https://worsethanfailure.com/Articles/Failing_the_Turing_Test.aspx I appreciate your post though.

If someone ever said, what's the most "pop" song Phish does, I would think this must be in the top 3 (Suzzie Greenberg & Chalkdust Torture). That being said, this is a good "intro" to Phish, and can get a non-Phish-head listening.

Is that the same rif from L&R's No New Tale to Tell?

milehighYinzer wrote: They place very little emphasis on lyrics in their earlier stuff, like this. I still think that their lyrics are brilliant, though. I guess this isn't your thing. :D

One of the greatest bands of all time. Anastasio is a genius. Yes, their lyrics are goofy. So what. They're musicians, not poets.

More Phish, please.

LizDeines wrote:A 6 year old can write their lyrics. I'm just glad they didn't go into a 45 minute long jam session that lacks any rhythem.

JoJopugs wrote: Please do not ever write "phact" ever again.

Don't like all their stuff, but this one comes across fine.

Funny lyrics, I like it.

fncll wrote:They have alot of material out there,perhaps one should visit the library before they paint it with such a broad brush!!

more phish, PLEASE!!!

Doctor: "You see those flasks over there, I want you to fill one for me." Fletcher: "What, from here?" Classic.

Easy to swallow, but dry, worn and generic. Meh.

tony620d wrote: Nice try, but it's the other way around smart guy.

i have to turn my speakers off until its over.

Just one of many beautiful Phish songs. They made the 90's fun.

MCKY wrote: Let's correct one thing first. Trey Anastasio wrote "Sample in a Jar". Little Feat covered it in a Phish tribute album (Sharin' the Groove: The Music of Phish) a few years ago. So much for, er, fetid counterculture types... The lyrics to "Sample in a Jar", below, don't IMHO point to Stevens's poem. "Anecdote of the Jar" is more closely related to Umberto Boccioni's sculpture, Development of a Bottle in Space, in NY's Museum of Modern Art. Both define space by building it around the object (i.e., the jar/bottle) rather than defining the object by its place in space. (I tried inserting an image of the sculpture, but I'm not smart enough to do that. Find it here: https://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A624&page_number=9&template_id=1&sort_order=1) "Sample in a Jar" It's hidden far away But someday I may tell The tale of metal tangle When into your world I fell Without you now I wander soaking Secretly afraid 'Cause in your grasp the fears don't last (And some of them have stayed) I wheeled around because I Didn't hear what you had said And saw you dancing with Elihu Up on Leemor's bed And I was foggy rather groggy, you helped me to my car The binding belt enclosing me, a Sample in a Jar And on the market stands unfolding With all their willies and their wares I shuffle by alert but numb To all the glances and the glares And I think of you unheeding All the times I raise my cup It's now I know that you knew that I'd soon end up end up Chorus You tricked me like the others And now I don't belong The simple smiles and good times seem all wrong

penguinja wrote: Did you upload it?

Go phish for some tone!

Perhaps I'm over-intellectualizing on this, but have alwasy wondered if this song was a reference to Anecdote of the Jar Wallace Stevens I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. The wilderness rose up to it, And sprawled around, no longer wild. The jar was round upon the ground And tall and of a port in air. It took dominion every where. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, Like nothing else in Tennessee. Some of the songs comments speak of change and transformation

JoJopugs wrote: This isn't even a Phish song.. it's a remake of a Little Feat song.. how many of you smelly hippies knew that?

Yup. Smells like a sample in a jar, all right.

fncll wrote: Too bad Trey can't sing either. I think that's my main problem with Phish- they're great musicians and I love their jams, but Trey's voice makes me sad. And I will continue to bitch about this every time RP plays a Phish song that is not Divided Sky- why oh WHY is Divided Sky not on RP???

seekinggrace wrote: Indeed. A nice change!

Piss? Piss!

Great song. It's also nice to hear a Phish song on RP besides "Bouncin' Around The Room".

Great tune. Always gives me a little smile, even though I can never figure out what Trey is talking about.

Yeah, Trey can play. Too bad they couldn't write a good song to save their lives.

JoJopugs wrote: Pissant in a Passat

stickittotheman wrote: Regardless of you horrible use of the non-word "irregardless", I agree.

Queue wrote: Teeny bit. They actually have other stuff that sounds exactly like stuff Zappa's would've done.

number6 wrote: Whoops, I think you misread my post. This is actually the only album by Phish I have NEVER owned. I own everything else. I love them live, but I can see why people don't. They do go off a bit.

Anyone else hear a teeny bit of Zappa in this?

mezzanine wrote: That makes two of us. I adore this album. I bought it, thought I would just love these guys. Went to their first live show I could get to (Champaign-Urbana ca 1993 or 1994), and was majorly let-down. Call me whatever name(s) you feel appropriate, but I never could get into the Dead. And when Phish came and overjammed and overplayed for two and a half hours -- just like the Dead -- and never once playing a single tune off of Hoist -- their most recent album -- I felt a little betrayed. Still love this album, though. Great stuff all the way through. I just don't enjoy a 10+ minute repetive jam. Probably never will. Boooooring. Can't disconnect my brain enough "to let the music flow, man".... When I want a 30-minute piece of music to enjoy, I listen to classical.

Spliff wrote: Verified

This is the only Phish album I've never owned.

Hoist hooked me too...(:

Here is a little Phish Phact For all of you: This tune is about driving in your car! You being the sample and your car being the jar! I think that this is the type of thinking that non - Phish heads don't get or care for.

Platypus wrote: it's very funny for me to be on the other side of an issue like this, but as an old deadhead who originally had a hard time getting in to Phish, I found that they greatly improved over time. Their songwriting became more economical, melodic and overall just less wankery. They were wankers - totally talented, but they too often overwrote and overplayed just 'cause they could. I love these guys, and think Trey is truly a genius, but although I gladly now listen to live versions of the older stuff, still really don't reach for those early studio albums. Sad to see them go - but I wish the Dead had made the same decision. . . I totally respect them for it. (Trey's solo stuff is really good, so no worries)

Irregardless, Tre can wail. The guy simply plays the heck out of the guitar.

I am grateful for this CD as it brought them to full public light and therefore into my music collection. Not Phish Head here, but love this CD!

No "scat" involved in this sample. Think of another bodily orifice.

Does that make this song SCATalogical in nature?

I've never been a big fan of these guys. Not that they are bad, they just never hooked me. And now they're gone - oh well. (pimp)

This sample has tested positive for boring and over-produced tripe.

Yeah, the songs on this album are a lot less complex than on the preceding ones (even Rift had some pretty complex ones, such as It's Ice.) Regardless, there are some great tracks on here, and this is one of them!

alotlikeyou wrote: Funny, that's how I got into Phish.

this album was a major let-down for me. following Junta, Lawnboy, and Nectar with this much more "poppy" sound was too much of a shock to my system. still has a few good tracks on it though. actually, come to think of it, the downward spiral kind of started with Rift, didnt it?

Yeah this is some pretty good stuff. I call the Hoist Album the Phish Primer. It's the one I use to hook (no pun intended) new phans. It's never failed me. I start 'em on Sample and before I know it, they know all the words to Golgi Apparatus. Thanks for playing this.

I completely agree with you. I used to go out of my way to see them. Now I can barely get myself to see them when they come to me. I need to though, many good memories to relive.

So nice to hear some stuff from the older albums, their studio stuff has been all downhill from Billy Breathes on (IMHO)

I had no idea these guys are so damn good!

kinda cool

Of course I like it - Little Feat covers it on their \"Chinese Worksongs\" album. I didn\'t realize that this song had any commercial airplay. Come to think of it, I don\'t think I\'ve heard any Phish on the radio. Have I?

Great song, but like most Phish, so much better live. Read somewhere that the horse being \"Hoist\"ed on the cover was for the original album title: \"Hung like a Horse\". Don\'t know if it\'s true.