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The Squirming Coil
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SKU: A0.1598279
By Phish. By Trey Anastasio. Arranged by Michael Mollo. This edition: pdf, streaming. Classical, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 5 pages. Michael John Mollo Publishing #1169049. Published by Michael John Mollo Publishing (A0.1598279).The lyrics of “The Squirming Coil” offer an enigmatic link between the demon seed horror of Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby, Indiana Jones’ discovery of the well of souls in a “lost” city in Egypt, the hubris of Icarus during his escape from Crete, the adventures of Poster Nutbag’s primary pal, Jimmy, and the tragic murder of John Lennon outside The Dakota. Through ingesting the fictional tannis root, a fungus also known as Devil’s Pepper, we can decipher the riddle in the rhyme and discover we are being cautioned against seeking favor, fortune or fame, at any price. When we deal with the devil, the cost is invariably going to mean our soul.
On a musical level, “The Squirming Coil” is a fabulously energetic and cerebral pièce de résistance – not an epic of “Fluffhead” or “You Enjoy Myself” proportions – but a stolid landmark of an earlier era in Anastasio compositions. However, the compositional mastery is not the means by which one version of “Coil” can be segregated from another. The composed portion of the song is largely consistent in style and content. Where things can get interesting is in the often painfully sweet piano-based outro that Page tends to deliver in quiet solitude at the end of the set or encore in which it appears. Therein lies the key to finding the good stuff. “The Squirming Coil” proper, as defined by the Lawn Boy studio version, is roughly six minutes long. Any more than that, and you can bet Page was showing off in some way. “Coil” is therefore one of the true examples where longer is probably better.
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