FAQ - Gotta Jibboo

[Chad M.Fagin]

just came in, figured I'd share it with everyone else
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Subject: FAQ - Gotta Jibboo

>
> Hello All -
>
> I wanted to quickly share with you a little about the possible origins of
> the song, "Gotta Jibboo." Last night I was reading Doctor Suess to my
> girlfriend's kid and, lo and behold, pages 24-25 of "Oh, the THINKS you
can
> Think!" says, "And what would you do if you met a JIBBOO?" Note the
> spelling, which is exactly as phish.com has spelled it. Also, there is a
> great and colorful illustration showing a shadowy JIBBOO waving to a man
on
> a dark street.
>
> Now I can't say for certain that this is the origin of GOTTA JIBBOO, but
we
> do know that Tom and Trey wrote songs after reading to their kids (see
Blue
> & Shiny, 5-11-99), and if that's not where it came from, it's awfully
> coincidental, huh?
>
> -Adam
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> seth adam scheinberg
> seth...@hotmail.com

[Cleeetus Gazebo]

Just so long as Trey and Tom are not saying that little kids should "keep
drinking too"!

Steve

www.liquidlobster.com

[Mspun]

well dammit.... I want Trey and Tom to write a song about the Star Bellied
Sneetch's..... or better yet... Mike!

[Q]

This is a cool find, and may well explain the NAME of the song...but, as for
the song itself...I think it is the jammin'-to-I-Can-See-Clearly-Now song
(or other appropriate soul/R&B/funk stuff Phish has stated they liked to
practice jamming along to). I've only heard four versions of this song, but
after the initial lyrics section when it gets to Trey's solo part he is
absolutely teasing the melody of 'I can see clearly now/the rain is gone.'
During his solo tour he even played the 'orginial' song so I'm pretty sure
that the tease is intentional. Trey doesn't stay with the tease too long on
a couple of versions I've heard, but the one from the 5/11/99 9:30 Club show
and the one from 10/10/99 are pretty blatant. I'm always hoping for a
Gotta JibBoo->I Can See Clearly Now->Gotta JibBoo.

Regards

Matt
Q...@footbag.org

Here's to a world full of listening and understanding.
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Chad M.Fagin <cha...@home.com> wrote in message
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[Greg Cera]

Hey All,

To add to the connections between Trey an Dr. Suess...
During the November '98 Chicago run, I got a chance to meet Trey. I
asked him how he had enjoyed Chicago so far on his visit. He said he was
having a great time. He mentioned that he and the rest of the band had
visited the Dr. Suess museum in Chicago that morning and thought it was
wonderful. He said that he bought a few pieces of Dr. Suess original art
work.

I guess all that means is that the band must have some kind of interest
in Dr. Suess to go as a group to a museum dedicated to him the morning
after a show.

Peace and good luck with MO.
Greg

[Cleeetus Gazebo]

Greg Cera <gpc...@nwu.edu> wrote in message
news:38D7CE1E...@nwu.edu...

>
> I guess all that means is that the band must have some kind of interest
> in Dr. Suess to go as a group to a museum dedicated to him the morning
> after a show.

I always though Fishman would have made a great Dr. Seuss character.

SDD

[GnPhsn2]

have i landed on the planet cornball. does anyone really care about the orgin
of a song that was probabally written in five minutes.

[Mspun]

>have i landed on the planet cornball

Yes, Yes you have. And you may direct any questions of local customs to the
giant pickle we all refer to as "El Presidente".
Of course, El Presidente will be the first to point out that everything is
Kosher :)

[ISawGener]

>does anyone really care about the orgin
>of a song that was probabally written in five minutes.

rmp cares about EVERYTHING that the band does - and don't pretend you aren't
anal about it. we compulsively read a newsgroup about a band and debate crap
about them that is very insignificant to most anyone else - that's pretty anal
in and of itself.

peace out
Jack
ISaw...@aol.com

[Matt]

They killed the President...

thank you Thom Yorke

http://community.webtv.net/lullasigh/MattReynoldsGrowing

[GnPhsn2]

Yeah your right!

[SCincident]

I know 'Gotta Jibboo' is the actual title and all, but every other times he
sings it, it sounds to me like he's saying, "Ganja goo!".

Maybe it's just me. I dunno.

[Mspun]

>I know 'Gotta Jibboo' is the actual title and all, but every other times he
>sings it, it sounds to me like he's saying, "Ganja goo!".
>
>Maybe it's just me. I dunno.

The Jiboo from the Fillmore (trey solo) you can hear him say ganja goo IMO

[Cleeetus Gazebo]

Mspun <ms...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000322111048...@ng-xe1.aol.com...

> The Jiboo from the Fillmore (trey solo) you can hear him say ganja goo IMO

woke up this morning...ganja goo!

Cleeeetus

www.liquidlobster.com

[moe Phan]

In article <8bb2s0$7mt$1...@bob.news.rcn.net>, "Cleeetus Gazebo"
<clee...@meatstick.com> wrote:

In Jamaica, if you meet a farmer, he'll take all the little hairs and
goo from his plants after he trims them and roll it into little ganja
goo balls, and put each ball on a toothpick. Then you light up a ganja
goo ball and inhale it through your nostril.

-moephan

[Matt]

every time i have heard the song i thought he would say Gaja
Goo...sometimes it's obvious he says gotta jibboo, others you can't tell

http://community.webtv.net/lullasigh/MattReynoldsGrowing