Heavy Rotation
Heavy Rotation has not been seen in 88 Phish shows.
It was last played: 2022-09-03.
It was played at 0.15% of live shows.
It has been performed live 3 time(s).
Music/Lyrics: McConnell
Original Artist: Page McConnell
Original Album: Page McConnell (2007)
Vocals: Page
Debut: 2015-07-22
Historian: Mockingbird Staff
A tongue-in-cheek stab at a radio single that never was, "Heavy Rotation" was a staple of Page's solo shows during the fallow years between Phish 2.0 and 3.0. Phish attempted it just once, on 7/22/15, amid the flurry of tunes given their debuts at the tour-opening Bend shows in summer 2015. That evening, the song's author couldn't quite nail down the squirming coils of its interval-hopping melody line, and it got away, put back on the shelf for the foreseeable future. Fans of the song can however visit the original studio version on Page’s 2007 eponymous album.
Watch Heavy Rotation on YouTube Page McConnell, “Heavy Rotation” promo video
Albums: Page McConnell
Lyrics:
(McConnell)
© Who Is She? Music, Inc. (BMI)
And on and on until the
Motion is slowing down
The heavy rotationâs
At the end of its run
The dawn is gone and now
A nightâs worth of memories that
Have come up again
The second timeâs no fun
And on and on the thread of
Total distractionâs not
My best course of action
If my engine should stall
If all evolves it could be
Your praying mantis
I donât know if I planned this
If itâs what Iâd call
But the music that came and went
Amusements that paid the rent
Rules that were slightly bent
Never too far
And engagements that paid the bills
With nothing but time to kill
The only thing I wish still
Held me apart
And on and on, life thatâs
Just held together with
A knot. I can weather
Not the storm but the calm
Iâm hanging on until my
Treads get some traction
Then Iâm flung into action
If I like it or not
And on and on until
Past tension release
Iâm flying into the pan
Iâm frying [??]
And ride beyond until
The waves have no glory
Itâs the end of the story
But itâs short of defeat
The music that came and went
Amusements that paid the rent
Rules that were slightly bent
Never too far
And engagements that paid the bills
With nothing but time to kill
The only thing I wish still
Held me apart
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