The Verdict:
[Note: This show is short of links and videos because it's not on phishtracks.com and there aren't any good videos on YouTube. Sorry!]
This show might have a more typical amount of songs in the second set, but oh boy that doesn't much matter.
The first set is a great collection of straight-on greatest hits, but with just enough modern flavor to keep things fun and interesting instead of old and stale. First off is a "Mike's Groove" with "Ass Handed" as the meat. "WAN" features a gorgeous solo from Trey after a rocky start. "Gin" is the easy highlight, following its '15-typical path to a Type 1.5 climax. Then, amidst some more first-setty songs, "My Pet Cat" makes an appearance. I'd love to say "Zero" is a joke to end the first set, but it's a huge, cacophonous version and if I could link you to it, I would.
The second set starts off weirdly, with "Antelope," and then there's a hint at weirdness with a loopy, dissonant ending to "Fuego." "Jim" and "No Quarter" are both nice setlist choices, but don't get out of the box (of course). "Simple" really kicks things into high gear late in the set, though: here's a jam that starts off with a huge bliss riff, but then departs from it to revisit the loopy madness from "Fuego" before building up a double-time "Ghost"-style riff...and then getting ripcorded into "46 Days."
This might seem like an unfair trade; however, "46 Days" only makes it about a minute before a flawless transition into "Sally," which departs on a chunky funk jam before transitions back into "46 Days."
It's a great close to a solid, fourth-quarter-heavy set before "Makisupa" > "First Tube" wraps up the run.
The Live Review:
10/22/16: Mike's Song opener. I feel like in my personal experience, this bodes ill.
10/22/16: But I like being wrong.
10/22/16: I feel like Mike's has been shorter since the mini-second-jam phase of '15.
10/22/16: > Ass Handed > Groove. Hahahahaha
10/22/16: Mike's Groove sequence is pretty rote, minus the Ass Handed.
10/22/16: On the upside, Trey's laying down more of the pretty melodic stuff he was playing last night.
10/22/16: Well, if you like Trey Guitar Stuff a lot, you should listen to that Groove.
10/22/16: I like Waiting All Night, and if you disagree, we should not be friends!
10/22/16: Sample.
10/22/16: Sample might be the most 'basic' Phish song, but if I don't get to dance on a huge lawn to it once a summer, I feel like shit.
10/22/16: Gin is next.
10/22/16: S1 setlist miles apart from last night's weird, fun variety. This is more of a greatest-hits feel.
10/22/16: That said, they're rocking everything so far and right now are modulating the Gin jam up into PEAK SPACE
10/22/16: Neat repeating riff post-peak. Back into the Gin riff, now.
10/22/16: > Rift.
10/22/16: Solid take on Rift. Stash next.
10/22/16: For my money, Stash has been super-dull lately. And by 'lately' I mean 'since '11 or so.'
10/22/16: They've been playing longer versions this year and a bit in '15, but length doesn't seem to translate to interesting exploration.
10/22/16: Maybe this one'll be different.
10/22/16: I should clarify that I really like Stash as a song. It just seems to hold a place similar to Slave these days...
10/22/16: ...in the sense that after the composed section, there's a 'jam,' but it's predictable where it goes and how it gets there.
10/22/16: Well, I'm happy to report that this version is calling my bluff a little. Sinister little section in the jam w/ Trey noodling.
10/22/16: Mega-peak. Well, that version wasn't exactly unpredictable, but I feel like a dick for complaining about Stash now, so...
10/22/16: Funky Bitch! I feel like I haven't heard this on in awhile. Page clearly hasn't either he's GOING TO TOWN on the organ
10/22/16: Any time Page goes to town on his organ, you know to pay attention.
10/22/16: THAT WAS A DICK('S) JOKE
10/22/16: Your Pet Cat is a super-weird choice late in this classics set, but okay, cool.
10/22/16: The cat-screech samples are hard on the ear, but less so than the opening riffs of Stealing Time and KDF :)
10/22/16: Zero to close the first set.
10/22/16: I am so sick of Zero, but the tones Trey's been experimenting with during the solo lately are making me pay attention again.
10/22/16: That was a show-ending Zero, not a set-ending one. Good god.
10/22/16: Antelope opens the second set because up is right and down is white.
10/22/16: Monster build and peak in Antelope. Phish is really pumped to be in Georgia this weekend.
10/22/16: Been you to have any healthcare reform, Paul Ryan?
10/22/16: > Fuego.
10/22/16: Heavily distorted tone from Trey leads to some looping/atonal soloing madness at the end of Fuego.
10/22/16: More somber soloing now. Loops continue in the background. Page on electric piano.
10/22/16: Okay, I'm enjoying the hell out of this whacked-out Fuego ending.
10/22/16: > Jim.
10/22/16: Is this a...plinko jam? In 2016? Sweeeet.
10/22/16: Seriously, it's awesome. Pre-second-verse plinko jamming.
10/22/16: Neat! A standalone No Quarter after a rockfest jam to end the Jim.
10/22/16: Solid No Quarter > Simple.
10/22/16: So far, this set is rivaling last night for energy. It's just missing that monster Disease jam.
10/22/16: Typical Simple jam fading after a few minutes.
10/22/16: Fading back in with a jam that sounds like the Bend Simple on just the right amount of Xanax.
10/22/16: Uh-oh Trey is jamming on one of Those Riffs.
10/22/16: Sounds like a mash-up of the '15 Dick's Disease riff and the '14 Dick's Ghost riff.
10/22/16: Leaving the riff now for loop madness jam.
10/22/16: Trey revisits the riff briefly during a build, but then the jam transitions back into a murky funk space. Page on clav.
10/22/16: Would be great for a -> Ghost if that hadn't been played already.
10/22/16: I guess I read Trey's mind. They're basically playing the Ghost intro riff at double speed right now.
10/22/16: Weird move from Trey ripcording into 46 Days just as the jam was building back up.
10/22/16: Oh, well. Can't complain much about a 16 minute Simple :)
10/22/16: Whoa. Just made a great transition from the first verse of 46 Days into Sneakin' Sally.
10/22/16: Aside from the 20-minute space jam kind, this is my favorite kind of Phish.
10/22/16: Such a smooth transition.
10/22/16: Super gnarly funk turned into straight rock and roll.
10/22/16: Familiar Phish alchemy at this point, but almost always great anyway.
10/22/16: Transition back into the lyrics.
10/22/16: Vocal breakdown.
10/22/16: Back out of vocal jam into 46 Days. Shit!
10/22/16: For those of you keeping score at home, that's a fourth quarter with a monster Simple jam, then 46 Days -> Sally -> 46 Days.
10/22/16: End set, I think. Makisupa is kicking off the encore.
10/22/16: Lyrics about listening to funk.
10/22/16: > First Tube.
10/22/16: Huge feedback ending to close the show.
10/22/16: Well, that ended up being a great show. Really well played 'hits' set to open...
10/22/16: ...and a great, fourth-quarter-heavy second set with a huge jam.
10/22/16: Fuego > Jim sequence was no slouch, either.
10/22/16: That's enough Phish for now. Will likely be back early next week with the Grand Prairie two-night run.
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