Watch Phish Bust Out "Mike's Song" At First Vegas Supershow: Exclusive Clip From "Vegas 96"

Phish capped off their 1996 fall tour with a stop in Las Vegas that soon became legendary for its special appearances (Primus' Les Claypool), covers (from Zappa to Zeppelin) and general wackiness (Elvis impersonators, yodelers). Fans can re-live the experience November 20th with the release of Vegas 96, the fourth title in JEMP Records' series of epic Phish performances, but we've got a sneak peek at "Mike's Song" right here (the limited-edition version of the set includes a DVD and forty-page book of photos and more).

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Song Stories

“Baby Got Back”

Sir Mix-a-Lot | 1992

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”

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