I wanted to review this "show" despite it not being a full two-set performance because it turned out that Phish didn't just show up and play Fuego tunes for an hour like I expected them to. Sure, it's still mostly Phish-lite, but there are some neat tidbits here that deserve acknowledgment.
Listening at the end of October, it's amazing how much tighter the Fuego songs have gotten live since this performance. "The Line" is well done, but the others all have their shares of wince-inducing moments that are mostly worked out now, a few months down the road.
The highlights here, though, are the "Undermind" (for its usually weird mini-jam), "Carini" (for its energy and surprise placement during this kind of performance), and "Twist" (which actually unfolds into a legit jam and signals the coming of the minimalist, blues-inflected "Twist"s that would show up again and again throughout the summer.
You can see the whole thing here, if you want.
The Live Review:
6/24/14: Gonna take on the Live on Letterman performance real quick, because why not?
6/26/14: We start with that stripped-down-sounding approach to 46 Days.
6/24/14: There clearly hasn't been enough Undermind this year, now that I think about it.
6/24/14: Undermind is one of those songs that works really well in the 'mini-jam' format.
6/24/14: Halfway To the Moon sounds SO MUCH BETTER NOW than it did in June.
6/24/14: Yeah, that was awful. Carini next was a great surprise, though.
6/24/14: Fish just switched beats in this jam in a really jarring way.
6/24/14: Page has some great fills, though, and now Mike is driving toward the conclusion.
6/24/14: Nice trilly outro jam to Devotion.
6/24/14: Surprisingly hot mini-jam out of 555, there.
6/24/14: Twist starts off in a minimalist mode much like 46 Days did.
6/24/14: This is the version that convinced me that they were gonna take Twist deep this summer. I was wrong, but I'm still a believer.
6/24/14: Zero'd.
6/24/14: Zero is Zero and The Line is The Line. The end.
6/24/14: Solid versions of The Line, 46 Days, and 555. Surprise Carini was decent. Undermind was better than usual in its short form.
6/24/14: Love that Twist, though. Worth the free price of admission itself. Rewatching on YouTube: https://t.co/FdPC7ChNwX #phish
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