8/17/12 #phish Live Review, Set One: Bag opener.
This will be my first time listening to these BGCA shows, pretty interested to see what I think of them. I had tickets for all three but at the last minute couldn't get off work. 2012 ended up being the only year of 3.0 when I saw no Phish shows.
I was really gutted at the time, but the consensus on the shows seemed to be that it wasn't that great of a run (N3S2 aside). I guess I'll see (or hear).
High-energy take on Bag to start. > Moma.
Momentum continues with a tension-y take on Possum. Trey sounds great.
Corinna!
And yes, I am a little miffed, even six years later, that I missed Corinna.
Great solo from Trey in Corinna. The hits keep coming with Sand. I will never not love a first-set Sand.
Mike is killing it here.
Oh man, HUGE Type I Sand going down here.
Great little solo from Trey in Halley's Comet comes to a weird stop before dropping into Funky Bitch. Sort of weird.
Nonetheless, this set continues to rock.
Man, I don't know if it's because I've been listening to 2018 Phish lately or what, but Trey is just SHREDDING this first set into the ground.
Roses is a great late-set choice.
Roses is getting another outro jam. Seems like they want to keep the momentum from the Worcester version going.
Some MFMF droning from Trey beneath the jam. -> MFMF
Ooh, I *really* like the idea of closing the first set with Slave.
Mike taking a lot of the melodic lead during the early parts of the jam.
Man, how can a show with this great of an opening set have a 3.4 on phish.net? I guess maybe I'll find out in the second set?
8/17/12 #phish Live Review, Set Two: Classic choice of DWD for the second set opener.
Fast-paced jam coming out of the Type I solo at the end of Disease.
Mike is way up front again. Loving that. A lot.
Everyone contributing on this jam, not just Trey soloing. So good. Keeps circling the Woman From Tokyo melody.
Jam getting more ethereal. Still a full-band improv session.
Wild, cascading guitar loops from Trey. So cool. Page matching.
Shit, I'm sad I missed these shows six years ago now just because of this Disease jam.
Heavier guitar section now.
Trey teasing Birds, it sounds like.
Jam peters out, Birds starts after the fact.
TWEEZER
Once again, a Mike-heavy start to the jam here.
Almost a plinko-style jam now. This is really great.
Massive rock peak now...returning a bit to a Type I Tweezer sound.
Plinko sound fading back in.
Spacey, almost arrhythmic jam now. Trey playing a loop/siren.
This is not only unlike anything I've heard from 2012 so far, it's unlike pretty much everything I've heard since.
-> Twist
Great interplay continuing through Twist. Are they really that dialed this show in particular? Maybe it's just a surprisingly great SBD mix?
Short, but great Type I Twist there.
Piano outro > Wading
Sort of a weird bounce from Wading > Chalkdust > Joy.
Looks like the set is going to end with an extra-chaotic Antelope.
Nevermind. Set continues with Shine A Light.
The back half of this set has been pretty weird, tonally.
Okay, now end set.
First Tube encore. First Tube? Flub Tube? Either way, here we go!
Apparently, all the bad reviews of the show reflect that uneven fourth quarter.
I mean, sure, that wasn't the best closing sequence, but man, three quarters of that show are rock-solid. How many Phish shows in 3.0 could you take or leave except for the third quarter?
The opening set here was straightforward, but incredibly well-played and constructed. The Disease > Birds > Tweezer sequence was probably the most inspired jamming I've heard from the band all year thus far.
I am both happy for present me and sad for six-years-ago-me because of this show.
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