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In one of the most memorable scenes in Cameron Crowe’s epic rock movie Almost Famous, the guys in Stillwater celebrate together when they find out that they made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Jason Lee, as Stillwater’s front man Jeff Bebe, leads the group through a seemingly spontaneous rendition of “The Cover of 'Rolling Stone',” a lament from the perspective of a frustrated musician imagining the rush he’d get from seeing his mug on the front of rock’s seminal magazine.

The song certainly fits the era, as it was a top ten hit for Dr. Hook (later Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show) in 1972. Its debut and lone appearance at the tour opener in Inglewood on 2/14/03 was also one of the most appropriate Phish song placements ever – the band was about to appear on the magazine's cover for the first time in the issue dated March 6, 2003. 

Watch The Cover of 'Rolling Stone' on YouTube Phish “My Sweet One,”“On the Cover of ‘Rolling Stone’” – 2/14/03, Inglewood, CA. Video by silverchair97

 

 

 

 

(Silverstein)
© Evil Eye Music (BMI)

Ha, ha, ha, I don't believe it
Da, da, ah, ooh, don't touch me
Hey, Ray!
Hey, Sugar!
Tell them who we are

Well, we're big rock singers
We got golden fingers
And we're loved everywhere we go
(That sounds like us)
We sing about beauty and we sing about truth
At ten thousand dollars a show (right)
We take all kind of pills that give us all kind of thrills
But the thrill we've never known
Is the thrill that'll get ya when you get your picture
On the cover of the Rolling Stone

(Rolling Stone)
Wanna see my picture on the cover
(Stone)
Wanna buy five copies for my mother (yeah!)
(Stone)
Wanna see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rolling Stone
(That's a very, very, good idea)

I got a freaky old lady name a cocaine Katy
Who embroideries on my jeans
I got my poor old gray haired daddy
Drivin' my limousine
Now, it's all designed to blow our minds
But our minds won't really be blown
Like the blow that'll get ya when you get your picture
On the cover of the Rolling Stone

(Rolling Stone)
Wanna see our pictures on the cover
(Stone)
Wanna buy five copies for our mothers (yeah!)
(Stone)
Wanna see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rolling Stone

(Hey, I know how, rock and roll!)

(Ah, that's beautiful)

We got a lot of little teenage blue-eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian Guru
Who's teaching us a better way
We got all the friends that money can buy
So we never have to be alone (no!)
And we keep getting richer but we can't get our picture
On the cover of the Rolling Stone

(Rolling Stone)
Wanna see my picture on the cover
(Stone)
Wanna buy five copies for my mother (I want one!)
(Stone)
Wanna see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rolling Stone
On the cover of the Rolling
(Stone)
Gonna see my picture on the cover
(Man, I don't know why we ain't on the cover, baby)
Gonna buy five copies for my mother
(Stone)
(We're beautiful fellers)
Wanna see my smilin' face
(I ain't kiddin' ya, ah, we would make a beautiful cover)
On the cover of the Rolling Stone
(Fresh shot, right up front, man)
(I can see it now, we'd be on the front)
(Smilin', man ... oh, beautiful!)