Verdict:
This show starts off with a first set that's more like what we've come to expect from Summer 2010 first sets and less like what we've gotten the last two nights. There's no real standout jam or song here, but the entire set flows nicely, and there are little surprises ("Mexican Cousin," the mini-jam in "Bag," the alternate lyric in "Vultures") that make it clear that the guys are having fun. The don't sound like they're trying to stay awake throughout the set like they did on 7/1.
The second set is weird (for a second set), but is good unless you want to belabor the lack of a marquee jam. "Drowned" goes long but doesn't really go deep...and that's about it. "46 Days" and "Twenty Years Later" both deviate slightly from their typical direction (vocal jam and 2.0 darkness jam, respectively). The "Carini" > "Fuck Your Face" segue is just ridiculous, and couldn't have happened with a better pair of songs. The "YEM" is 23 minutes long and features nearly full versions of "Proud Mary" and "Get Back" in the vocal jam. So, much like the first set, there's a lot of energy here and some fun playing around. Which is par for the course for a solid Summer 2010 show so far. Just no jams, still.
Phish - 7/2/10 "You Enjoy Myself" from Phish on Vimeo.
Live Review:
7/2/10: Doing 7/2 now. Probably going to hit 1,000 tweets, too. There might even be one semi-decent jam or something to get excited about!
7/2/10: Buried Alive opener! I'll be happy to eat my words if this show turns out to be a barn burner.
7/2/10: AC/DC Bag next. Sounds a bit more energetic already than last night. Hopefully the guys got some sleep/caffeine.
7/2/10: Trey and Page Buried Alive tease in Bag.
7/2/10: Weird, synth-y tones from both Trey and Mike during the mini-jam.
7/2/10: Vultures! It's like they're reading my mind.
7/2/10: 'Like a potato to the throat' alternate lyric.
7/2/10: The outro jam is...wait for it...Trey noodling with the whale pedal. SURPRISE
7/2/10: Wolfman's, with a full-on Mike takeover about halfway through. I'm already liking this way better than either of the last 2 shows.
7/2/10: Trey soloing over some almost-plinko funk from Mike and Page now.
7/2/10: Goes all-out rock and roll for the peak. Great bit.
7/2/10: BOTT next. I don't know why, but I never get sick of this song in first sets. Same (mostly) with Wolfman's.
7/2/10: This is some serious Marty-McFly-At-The-Enchantment-Under-The-Sea-Dance guitar solo shit here.
7/2/10: Trey's shredding The Wedge again. This always freaks me out. His playing is something like 400% better than last night.
7/2/10: MEXICAN COUSIN!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA
7/2/10: Okay, now that I've calmed down a bit, the obligatory late-S1 Stash.
7/2/10: Subtle, mellow section slowly building to higher tension in the middle of this jam. Page with some great piano work.
7/2/10: Great Stash, even though it didn't deviate much from the 3.0-usual Composed > Mellow Tension > Rock Tension > Peak structure.
7/2/10: Looks like Sparkle, CDT to close.
7/2/10: CDT is yet more totally ridiculously good Trey shredding. Is this a different guitarist than last night? Is Trey a alien?
7/2/10: About 9 minutes into Drowned, the guys move from typical Type I to a Page-led funk jam.
7/2/10: Now Page and Mike are stacking arpeggios on top of each other. Pretty neat.
7/2/10: 46 Days with vocal jam outro > Twenty Years Later.
7/2/10: The outro on this version seems more drawn-out and distorted than usual. Very 2.0-sounding, to me.
7/2/10: Super-uptempo Lizards is next. Page is owning his piano solo.
7/2/10: Trey struggling a little bit with his chosen instrument, the guitar, here in this particular version of LIZARDS
7/2/10: Late-set Carini! This is during one of those periods when Carini wasn't allowed out to play for long. Nice to hear it, regardless.
7/2/10: Oh, amazing-as-all-hell Carini -> FYF. BOOM
7/2/10: Feedback gives way to > 2001.
7/2/10: This is by no means an old-school 2001, but it's got some legs.
7/2/10: YEM time. This second set has finished really strongly for a 2010 show.
7/2/10: Trey and Mike tease FYF in YEM.
7/2/10: Trey hits another great rock peak at around 14:00, and Mike follows up with a SERIOUS bubble-
bass solo.
7/2/10: Proud Mary in the vocal jam.
7/2/10: Now Get Back.
7/2/10: Day in the Life encore.
7/2/10: Well, that show doesn't win any awards for balls-to-the-wall jamming. But, it's much better than either of the last two shows.
7/2/10: And better than most of Summer I before Merriweather and Camden. High energy, good song choices and solid playing throughout.
7/2/10: Didn't make it to 1,000 tweets, though. I'll have to come back for 7/3 soon.
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