The Verdict:
So, the first show of fall 2010 is a festival show. That said, within the confines of what you'd expect of a festival show, it's a really good one. The setlist is of the greatest-hits-but-greatest-hits-for-a-reason variety, and the guys play like they know they only have to be up there for around ninety minutes, which is a rare treat. You can almost feel the heat radiating out of the headphones.
There's one interesting blip, minus a somewhat-of-a-surprise "YEM" set closer, and that's the "Hood" -> "Light." The segue is as good as it looks on paper, but, frankly, otherwise both songs are just standard, by-the-book versions. So don't get too excited.
Hah! Maybe that should be the mantra for Phish '10: "Don't get too excited."
The Live Review:
10/8/10: Okay, so the first show of fall tour is a festival show, at ACL.
10/8/10: So my dream of a #phish that doesn't just play two first sets every night probably isn't going to come true.
10/8/10: At least not right away.
10/8/10: Disease opener again!
10/8/10: Well, at least they brought Machine-Gun Trey to the festival.
10/8/10: Disease lands nicely into a short but sweet Cities.
10/8/10: Possum is next.
10/8/10: They are just dismantling Possum. It seems sort of boring at this point to me...
10/8/10: ...but I could imagine just being a dude at this festival and thinking 'Whoa! Who they hell ARE these guys?!' about now.
10/8/10: Wolfman's, CDT. Setlist is just what you would expect, but, since it's 2010, there's that ridiculous energy to them.
10/8/10: Rock and Roll is getting a little weird after an excellent little rock jam.
10/8/10: '09-style ambient fade at the end of the jam.
10/8/10: Nice jump into 2001.
10/8/10: Number Line is next, out of the 2001 fade-out.
10/8/10: Great Number Line -B Hood.
10/8/10: Partway through the Hood build we've got a -> Light. That's the most interesting thing that's happened in awhile!
10/8/10: Light gets taken out for a short, Type I jam that lands back in the song's outro.
10/8/10: They don't really play that outro very often live, do they?
10/8/10: Page tears up Suzy, and then...YEM?
10/8/10: Interesting choice for ACL. I like it.
10/8/10: Fast-paced, bass-heavy version of YEM. Nicely done.
10/8/10: Trey and Mike both throw down fantastic solos at the end of this YEM.
10/8/10: Nice, smooth transition from Cavern > First Tube in the encore.
10/8/10: This is absolutely a festival set, but it's a great festival set. The context where Phish 2010 makes the most sense.
10/8/10: Lest the Hood -> Light look like a jam, though, the magic is mostly in the segue. Rest of the set is the usual.
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