Alright guys, this is a show that is very very near and dear to my heart, as it was my FIRST SHOW!
It was a hot and gorgeous day in Atlanta, GA, when Phish unleashed a MONSTER of a show. Beginning with a great My Friend, My Friend and culminating with a killer 1-2 Fluffhead, Antelope knockout combo, the first set had me hooked from beginning to end.
When the band broke out a sweet ass Ha Ha Ha-->David Bowie (at over twenty-five minutes long it scoffs at the notion that it's not a jam vehicle :-D) early on in the second half, my love for the band was solidified.
This show gets easily lost, being sandwiched in between the Mud Island Tweezer(which everyone was raving about before the show) and the Runaway JAM! from raleigh the next night, but I think the setlist, improv level and fun level should allow this show to compete with both of them.
Here are the mp3's of the second set. Thanks go out to AlumniGreens who is going to post the mp3's of the entire 3rd set (and seed a bit torrent of the show)!
Until then, I'd say, go ahead and enjoy the second set! The Bowie is DELISH!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jwf7fi
And to make things ultra-confusing, the first set is next! (Thanks AlumniGreens!)
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=E9FEA2367B777DCD
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Thursday, June 15, 1995
Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA
Set I: My Friend My Friend, Sparkle > AC/DC Bag, The Old Home Place, Taste, The Wedge, Stash -> I Didn't Know, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: My Sweet One, Ha Ha Ha > David Bowie, Strange Design, Theme From the Bottom, Scent of a Mule, Acoustic Army, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Frankenstein
Show Notes: Stash was unfinished and melted into I Didn't Know, which was performed in an eerie, slower fashion and featured Fishman on trombone, Mike on electric drill, and Trey on megaphone. Fans of Page will want to seek out this odd, atypical Bowie, as he dominated the jam segment. Bowie also included some odd chanting, including the phrase "Send me on my way" (although not in a manner similar to the Rusted Root song of the same name).
Now discuss!
looking foward to the Bowie>I agree whole heartedly that Bowie qualifies as a jam vehicle as this version will beautifully demonstrate :beers:
great show
:beers:
Here's the second set guys!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jwf7fi
Again if anyone has a line on the first set, please let me know!
Still looking for the first set?
I can mp3-it and sendspace it here. Or seed it to bt. Or both. Just let me know what'cha need.
Since I'm at work, I've been doing the mp3s for all of these. If you can put them up @ sendspace, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Jephrey
Quote from: AlumniGreens on July 24, 2006, 12:16:53 PM
Still looking for the first set?
I can mp3-it and sendspace it here. Or seed it to bt. Or both. Just let me know what'cha need.
AlumniGreens, you are the mizzanne! I would love it if you do both!!!! I'm at about 50 percent trying to get it redownloaded, and can help seed hopefully by midnight tonight. If you can do mp3's of the first set, that would be freaking AWE-SOME!
Until then, here's the run like an antelope!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/q3dsyl
I'm u/l set I (in its entirety) to sendspace right now. Could take a little bit to finish.
In 4-5 hours, I should have a whole bunch of seeders on the Placid show that I upped this morning. When that one "goes over the top" I'll get this torrent started.
Quote from: AlumniGreens on July 24, 2006, 01:04:54 PM
I'm u/l set I (in its entirety) to sendspace right now. Could take a little bit to finish.
In 4-5 hours, I should have a whole bunch of seeders on the Placid show that I upped this morning. When that one "goes over the top" I'll get this torrent started.
Dude, you rule. Thanks, btw for all of the April, 1992 shows, I grabbed most of them and had been waiting for them for a while. The 4/19 Weekapaug is SICK, SICK, SICK!
Also, do you know what source of the show you have? I have the NAK 300 (and that's the one I'm re-downloading), but maybe you have a different one? The NAK 300 sounds alright, but it's not the "best" sounding source that I've heard from that summer, so I'm hoping that POSSIBLY...you might have a better source? If not, thanks still! You rule!
No luck - I've got the Nak300 recording too. I'm 99.9% sure I grabbed it from the hub, so we've probably got identical copies. It seems like, for whatever reason, 95 is an uneven year for recordings. This one isn't bad, though (imo).
Good call on the show. Some of these under-the-radar ones are gems in their own right. And I see what you meant in that other thread about good songs to follow a sick Bowie. :)
Quote from: AlumniGreens on July 24, 2006, 01:26:05 PM
No luck - I've got the Nak300 recording too. I'm 99.9% sure I grabbed it from the hub, so we've probably got identical copies. It seems like, for whatever reason, 95 is an uneven year for recordings. This one isn't bad, though (imo).
Good call on the show. Some of these under-the-radar ones are gems in their own right. And I see what you meant in that other thread about good songs to follow a sick Bowie. :)
Haha yeah. My second show was 11/21/95 and after the sick Simple-->Bowie-->Take Me to the River-->Bowie we got GLIDE! And let me tell you, after those three hits of paper, I WAS GLAD TO BE A GLIDE!
Okay: here's set 1: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=E9FEA2367B777DCD
Thanks a million again Alumni!
the burger balls show!
summer 95 is a weird tour for me.
people say that 96 was when the band was changing, but to me, summer 95 was the tour that they seemed to be working things out.a ton of new material, mixed with the extended jams that were seen during fall 94....this tour saw alot of hit or miss shows, with a sprinkling of super-drawn out jams.anyway...
My Friend-always a great opener.my fav tune..i liked the ending with the loops
Sparkle-ACDC-the bag was pretty rippin'.played real well and the placement was good in the third slot.
Homeplace-Taste-i like the beginning of the earlier taste.fishman has a little more interpretation of the song during these versions.not a big taste fan, this one was early, so i cant knock it.
Wedge-well played.another one of my favorite tunes.
Stash-here is where the set starts to heat up.the jam was really cool.quite dissonant.Trey misses the big "realease"note, but it was no biggee.unfinished into...
Didnt Know-best version ever of this.complete with trombone and megaphone.really trippy.
Fluff-Antelope-both were solid.nothing too out of the ordinary for the antelope, but way cool.i liked it.
MSO-Hahaha-nice page solo in the MSO.hahaha was one of my favs during 95.i still love it.
i did 3 shows this summer, and i knew that there was mad new stuff being played.hahaha was the only one were i was completely sure of the title!
Bowie-nice and long (not too long).cool little vocal jam-ish in the middle of it.this one doesnt completely kill me, it is great, but i didnt think it was too noteworthy, aside from the length.i really liked the minute or so before the ending of this, though.
Design-Theme-two more new ones.this theme arrangment is nice.different than the one that would be seen in the fall of 95 which is different than the one they settle on.great jam in theme.
Scent-i dont like scent to begin with, and this jam portion really fell flat.i liked the later 94 mule duels.
Slave-Bouncing-Frank-the slave kinda went nowhere and didnt really do much.wasnt really digging on the slave.
i am gonna give this show a B.
the stash>IDK-fluff-antelope is a heavy four hitter.
nice pick, faux.
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Faux - just a heads-up re: seeding this one. Although there's only one source recording in the db for this show, it looks like there are 3 different transfers. I don't know what's up with it, except that the fileset I have matches the most recently seeded version:
http://db.etree.org/shn/17238
Seems safe to assume that it's the "best" of the 3, so I'll go ahead and start the torrent in about an hour, when the 12.16.95 seed from this morning becomes self-sustaining.
MFMF - Great intro into a tight first verse. What a great opener. Tight
Sparkle - Nice version
Bag - Very nice version. Crisp and clean.
OHP - The source sounds nice during this. OK.
Taste - I've grown to love this song. This version is kinda slow, but I like it like this. It seems different and that's good. Cool
Wedge – YES. Great tune, and this is good placement IMO. And the playing continues to rock.
Stash – This sounds very good. Some more really good playing. Huge piece of tension after the singing part ends for over 6 minutes. The tension begins right after the singing part and is evident by 6minutes. At about 930 the tension builds a little differently and around 11:00 the tension's building hard. At 11:30 Trey didn't want to release yet, and even the release at 11:50 went quickly back to tension allowing another release at about 12:12. Sweet transition to
I Didn't Know – Slow version with a didgeridoo (sp?) sound. This is cool.
Fluff – Another good selection with good placement. The flow of this set is killer! Great version.
Antelope - Way to keep the energy going into setbreak! I like the jam in this. Intense, but a nice section before the final build-up. Tension at 8:10 releases at 8:35. I like how not too much time is spent building up, it rages a couple times and then slows for the end part. Great version. This is my kind of Antelope. Little off to start the run, run, run part, but turned out good.
A very high quality set brought to you by Phish. I REALLY liked this set in a general way. Nothing jumped out and bit me hard, but every song had highlights and were just plain played well. This is a top contender for a first set... 4.45/5.0
Jephrey
Another thing to note is that during the I didn't know, trey sings a line about the burger balls! (I just noticed this today....it's about halfway through, when the band starts trippilly slurring their words)
Set I:
My Friend: Always a welcome opener, too bad I missed most of this when I was there. :-(
AC/DC Bag: Raged!
Old Home Place: Nice treat
Taste: I love the versions from Summer '95
Wedge: Well played
Stash: Solid
I Didn't Know: Probably one of my strangest Phish moments while not on LSD. Awesome version!
Fluffhead: Tight
Antelope: Great version!
Set II:
My Sweet One: Nice opener
Bowie: HOT!
Slave: Great version!
Decent show. I give it a 4.0 out of 5 for this tour.
I just noticed that Atlanta, GA is the first city repeated during the show club...weird. You'd think that Noblesville,New York City or somewhere else would be first?
Another notable thing about this show, in the Stash-->I Didn't Know, it's a very similar style to the Stash fest Stash-->Dog Faced Boy from Florida later that year. Sure the Atlanta Stash isn't at all comparable to the Florida Stash...but the Dog Faced Boy and I Didn't Know styles are EERILY similar. That said, I wish they had finished the Stash in Atlanta after I Didn't Know, I think they had an opportunity to make that portion of the show EPIC and it's an opportunity that passed them by.
Phish was always kind to ATL
even their last ATL show was hot!!!!
think about it
2/20/93
4/23/94
this show
Halloween 96
7/23/97
8/6/98
7/3 +7/4/99
6/23 + 6/24/00
7/26/03
top notch phish for the most part.
Quote from: phan003 on July 26, 2006, 12:42:30 AM
Phish was always kind to ATL
even their last ATL show was hot!!!!
think about it
2/20/93
4/23/94
this show
Halloween 96
7/23/97
8/6/98
7/3 +7/4/99
6/23 + 6/24/00
7/26/03
Ahem...lets not forget 11/9, 11/10, 11/11/95 :clap:
oh def good shows
too many to remember off the top of my head
Set I
MFMF - Always a great opener. Very good version
Sparkle - Can't complain about getting it this early. Almost serves as an Oh Kee Pah going into
AC/DC - This set is shaping up to be as hot as a summer day in Atlanta
Place - Nice breather tune and a fitting choice: "the town," Atlanta, is a good match for the song
Taste - Another song I go hot and cold with. Thought it seemed a little out of place here. But not bad.
Wedge - Another great opener, this time mid-set. And what a run it opens
Stash - Agree with aug on this one. Really enjoyable, dissonant version, leading up to
IDK - which comes out of nowhere. Performed slowly, almost chanted, When the drill & trombone start - forget it.
Fluff - Perfect, perfect closer to a very good first set. Well played.
Antelope - Wow. Past 70 minutes into the first set, and here comes Antelope anyway. Nothing epic, but still very, very solid. Most of my favorite Antelopes fall into the 8-12 minute category, anyway, and I enjoyed this one.
Solid "A" for the first set. Maybe my favorite of the show club, so far. If not, it's right up there. Set II to follow.
MSO - I say good choice. It doesn't damper the set later on, and it's a good tune to start things off. I like the song. Typical version.
Ha Ha Ha - Some say novelty... Not me. I like this song and Spock's (which I wish was played more). Maybe I listened to my VFC benefit concert too many times. Short and sweet.
Bowie - Believe the hype??? - Strange eerieness. Vocal jams in songs that don't typically have them is a sweet thing. So, I'll believe the hype as far as experimentation goes. It is a highlight and a good jam but it doesn't groove the way I want it to. But still very good. Nice tight ending section, although I usually look for a more enthusiastic style (I doubt anyone knows what I mean here)
Strange Design - I love it but Page's voice wasn't great on this one. It was OK
Theme - This is one of those songs that I at one point didn't like and then loved it, and now there are versions all over the place. This one isn't the crispest.
SOAMule - Typical 95 duel, but the 95 duels are awesome. I liked this a lot
Acoustic Army - Very cool. I liked this version.
Slave - Straight up good version.
Bouncing - probably my least favorite Phish tune. I try to like it or consider it in a different light... I thought I could after understanding that it was written like an african beat but I can't. It's a fine encore though. No complaints.
Frankenstein - Phish rules.
I may differ from all of you or maybe it's just a different day. I prefer first set over set 2. I'm going with a 4.113 overall but this set is around 3.9
MSO, HHH - no offense intended to fans of these songs, but . . .
Bowie - imo, the 2nd set really gets under way here. And after the first set, my hopes are up for the 2nd. Some weird reverb during the first "Bowie" chorus. Standard composed section. Jam starts, and you can tell it's summer, not winter, '95. Very mellow and sparse at first. Through the hlafway point, it's closer in spirit to Nov/Dec 94 than to Dec 95. Maybe not one of my absolute favorites, but this Bowie is *well* above average. Ending seemed fine to me
Design - Seems a little bit off. Still a new song at this point.
Theme - Enjoyed this one more than usual.
Scent - I don't usually listen for this one. Semeed fine.
Slave - Not my favorite version. It just seems off to me. Not up to par compared to the rest of the show.
Bouncing - Ack! you know something else is coming, though
Frankenstein - Solid
For me this show is top-heavy. Although I always enjoy a good Bowie, and this 2nd set has a very good one, the first set is where the action is. (Though the early Theme is a keeper). Set I grade: A, Set II: B, show grade B+ (solid, above avg.)
Good show!
MFMF - nice opener, good work by Trey
ACDC -great jam
OHP - good
Taste - good version for 95; better than fall 95 imo but needs a couple years
Wedge - I like this song, wish they played it more. good version
Stash - Whe I first heard this, I hadn't seen the setlist, show notes, or other reviews. Great dissonance in the jam. Nice turn around 8:30 and then around 10:30. Diggin' it. The jam doesn't totally resolve and then gets mellow - cool. But then - Stashus-interruptus!! On to I didn't know with a very cool, spacey mid section. I'm wondering what CK is doing with the lights. Now, it would be really cool if they broke back into stash (stash>kung>stash 5/8/93 or the 11/95 monster that faux mentioned). But they didn't - oh well, still great stuff. and won't complain about:
Fluffhead
Antelope - love both of these tunes. "typical" versions, which means pretty damn good.
Set 2
MSO - OK tune, not my favorite for an opener
Hahaha - I like it
Bowie - very good version with dissonant jam. Either this or stash is the highlight of the show.
Strange Design - always like this one
Theme - good 95 version - I like the vocal harmonies. Like Taste, best versions start about 97
Scent - OK
Slave - I've heard better ones
Bouncin
Frank - nice ending
Enjoyed the show. B+
Thanks Faux
Ok. Let me begin by saying that I absolutely love this show...I adore it. I wanted to wait a little bit to give my thoughts on the show, because I wanted other people to remark on it first. It was a pretty hot day in Atlanta and I had spent the weekend there with my best friend checking out Georgia Tech with his parents. We stayed out in Buckhead and drove to the show and stopped at the Wendy's right off of I-85 in Lakewood on the way. The first thing that I noticed was that everyone in Wendy's was obviously going to the show. The next thing I noticed was that one of the Kid's toys was a "burger ball" or a tiny tot sized inflatable beach ball died to look like a wendys hamburger complete with a layer of tomatoes, onions, cheese and lettuce. I didn't think much about it and ate my food and then we made our way to the lot...
My friend's dad had a hip replacement, so luckily for us he had a handicapped sticker. We parked litteraly next to the tour busses in the first row at Lakewood. The ONLY time I've gotten a good parking spot at that venue (normally since Parking is free or included in the cost of tickets, the lots fill up almost as soon as they open). We parked and me and my friend threw some disc, drank sodas, joked around and hung out with his rents. Our friends from school soon made it down and joined us in the lot where we proceeded to walk around. We walked around and I remember thinking "this is really cool, it's like a tailgate party or a picnic". As the capacity will tell you (14,000 out of 18,000 tickets sold----compared to LJVM selling out HARD that fall) it was a fairly laidback scene. Nobody offering drugs or even selling glass or anything...and there was AN ICE CREAM TRUCK. I promptly bought a teenage mutant ninja turtle, and we chilled out and chatted with the Ice Cream Truck people who were pretty effing cool. It was awesome. Etc.
We decided to go in, and on the way in, I noticed a few boxes stamped "BURGER BALLS" and people pulling out pieces of plastic sitting there on the ground before you got to the entrance. I thought it was some kind of Wendy's promotion like when you go to the ball game and they hand out those little wooden batts, or mugs, or stadium cushions or whatever. So I was like "sweet". We walked in, and grabbed a spot on the lawn and IMMEDIATELY I noticed EVERYONE had a burger ball. People were playing catch, writing things on the balls in sharpie...I was just like "damn, this is cool". I think I got in on a hack circle. We were all just having a great time getting to know our neighbors.
I was a little bit of a show virgin at this point. And hadn't been exposed to too much phish (I knew I liked Icculus and Sanity....but the rest was kinda....alright)...but I knew My Friend My Friend. Everyone was trying to guess the opener...and when they busted into it...I was like "SWEET, I KNOW THIS ONE!" I loved it! It didn't take me long to start dancing and grooving just like everyone else. When they started up sparkle...I was like "hey! I know this one too!" and got down as hard as I could. The rest of the set is pretty much a blur because a kind soul on the lawn hooked me up with a few puffs of nug...but when they got to stash...I knew somehow that things were getting intense...and I was hooked...needless to say. I had a great time. Fluffhead and Antelope both BLEW MY MIND. Little did I know that the Bowie in the second set was going to TAKE IT AWAY. I knew absolutely none of the songs from the second set...but I knew they were BAD ASS! I was hooked! And would have went to Raleigh the next night if we hadn't hit a snag on the road the next day...
Here's some thoughts on the show. The first set is mainly light and fluffy until you do get to Stash...and I think it's a great version....ending or no ending. It's very intense and methodical...as is the I Didn't Know that followed it up. At the show the Fluffhead was my highlight, and on tape it's the I Didn't Know that shines through. For about a year afterwards, I thought that I didn't know ALWAYS sounded like that. I was like that's such a weird, trippy and sad song. When I heard the "upbeat" and jazzy version, I thought it was "funny", but I thought that the version I was familiar with was the "real" version. Little did I know...
The second set starts off in the jazzy summer vein with "My Sweet One". It's a cool song, and I like it...even as the opener. Ha Ha Ha is an ENTIRELY underrated song. I love it, still do...and get jazzed for it every time. It reminds me of a mutated version of "Frankenstein" except Phishier. I love it...and it's perfect leading into David Bowie. Short rockin tune...david bowie. This Bowie doesn't seem to be loved here. But, I think it's entirely perfect. This Bowie to me sounds like an orchestral work. It truly sounds like an improvised composition. It is also a very very extended excercise in tension and release. After the opening (I always love the echo effect on the vocals for David Bowie), the song spaces out quickly. Trey is spacily noodiling and Page STEPS IT UP and carries the jam while Trey atypically and un rockstarily spaces over top. Mike makes a lot of cool sounds too...and the space effects are THERE. This Bowie jam definitely tells a story to me...and it reminds me of some of the cooler Dead Space moments. The Bowie jam builds and comes together a few times...only to dissipate to absolute space and lack of momentum many times. I love that about it. It chugs and builds momentum....and then disolves into space. Only to pick up 2 minutes later where it was a couple minutes prior. It's space, but it's orchestral space, and I love it. It at the same time seems to amble and go with purpose. And it's sick. Then it builds into the "SEND ME ON MY WAY AWAY (ksdfjdkjlwerweou)" Jam as the music is as chaotic and evil sounding as possible. I LOVE IT. There isn't a moment during this jam that bores me (even tho I can understand if it bores you). It's so psychedelic, so dark, so orchestral...so opposite of almost any other phish jam that I love it. And then just as the SEND ME ON MY WAY builds up...AGAIN...it dissolves into more space! The band is purposfully not letting the jam stray too far in one direction, which definitely works. This is themeless chaotic improv at its best. Loves it. By the time they get to the ending...DAVID BOWIE TURNS HAPPY! This is a light hearted and happy bowie ending! Instead of slamming you with a sledge hammer like Bowie normally does (and after all of that dark psychedelic improv, you'd think they would), they gently nudge you along the ending. I love it. Love the ending. Love the jam. Love the beginning. Such a great bowie. The entire band seems to be on task, and the space actually sounds great (to my ears). I don't know if you guys understand what I mean by "orchestral", but that's how I feel about the Bowie jam and only way I can describe it....it sounds like an orchestral piece (albeit a weird psychedelic one) written based on an epic poem or story. I guess I love this jam a little too much...but it was my first extended improv piece live...and it is a good one;)
They followed it up with Strange Design, and strange design quickly became one of my favorites when I got the tapes. I love the song...and while this version isn't the best...I love the song. So yeah, I dug it :)
The theme that follows is AWESOME. I don't really dig post '95 themes (except for the post hiatus ones which rock)...and my favorite Theme's were all from Summer '95. This Theme is TREMENDOUS (tho not as good as VFC Benefit or shit...the Theme before the Tweezer later that summer FLPAC? Nassau? I dunno?). Great Theme. I'm surprised every time on tape by how good it is.
Scent isn't a song I love...but it was perfectly placed at the show. By this point in the show, the stage was LITTERED with the burger balls, all of which seemed to make their way throughout the night on stage (and it was before things were routinely cleared from the stage). The mule duel was cool because it featured page playing the keys with burger balls and trey and page throwing burger balls back and forth. Perfect placement for the song too (imo).
The Slave is a great one I think. Sure it's not the BEST slave. But it is AWESOME. I'd take this slave over 11/21 any day of the week (a slave that I think is perfectly segued into...but isn't exactly the most soaring slave of all times). It is a great slave. And I never thought it was that great until I relistened this week...and I was like (halfway through) "Damn, this IS a good slave".
Bouncin...I was hooked at this point...no stopping it now...and frankenstein was just the icing on the cake.
All and all, I can't rate it...it was a great show. Not even the most classic show that week...but definitely Deserving of a B+/A-/A
I always have loved the second set more than the first set...but I can understand if you like the first set more...they are both STRONG!
Quote from: fauxpaxfauxreal on July 26, 2006, 09:24:42 PM
The Slave is a great one I think. Sure it's not the BEST slave. But it is AWESOME. I'd take this slave over 11/21 any day of the week (a slave that I think is perfectly segued into...but isn't exactly the most soaring slave of all times). It is a great slave. And I never thought it was that great until I relistened this week...and I was like (halfway through) "Damn, this IS a good slave".
first off, you are the longest post writer here! :beers:
now about this slave... its good, but it aint no 11/21/97, that my friend is THE slave IMO... nothing soars higher and mightier than 11/21/97... every time i hear slave i expect it to sound like 11/21...
anyhoo, great review, and its great how similar so many of our 1st shows were....
Quote from: jedifunk on July 26, 2006, 09:40:00 PM
Quote from: fauxpaxfauxreal on July 26, 2006, 09:24:42 PM
The Slave is a great one I think. Sure it's not the BEST slave. But it is AWESOME. I'd take this slave over 11/21 any day of the week (a slave that I think is perfectly segued into...but isn't exactly the most soaring slave of all times). It is a great slave. And I never thought it was that great until I relistened this week...and I was like (halfway through) "Damn, this IS a good slave".
first off, you are the longest post writer here! :beers:
now about this slave... its good, but it aint no 11/21/97, that my friend is THE slave IMO... nothing soars higher and mightier than 11/21/97... every time i hear slave i expect it to sound like 11/21...
anyhoo, great review, and its great how similar so many of our 1st shows were....
Well that bit about the 11/21/97 slave was post whoring on my part, I admit :D...I knew you'd chime in. I do think this one does soar slightly higher.
As far as the highest soaring slave is concerned...I am very very extremely partial to 12/30/93 and 12/9/95. I think 12/9/95 might be the most majestic slave these ears have heard.
11/21 is pretty good tho ;)
Oh, and typing the most words is not the same as saying the most stuff ;)
i didnt say that you say a lot, just that you traditionally have VERY long posts!
Quote from: jedifunk on July 26, 2006, 10:02:16 PM
i didnt say that you say a lot, just that you traditionally have VERY long posts!
:frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated:
I was fishing for compliments!
Did I say that I loved it about the bowie jam yet?
:-D :-D :-D
Relistened to the slave after the later discussion. I still don't think it quite reaches its potential. Has moments where its on the edge of greatness...but then backs away. Still, it *is* a powerful version. I'll stick with a B+ for show (literally, very good; well-above avg). It wouldn't surprise me to see someone make a case for a half-grade higher.
:beers:
Thanks for your post faux! I had totally forgotten about the burger balls until I read your blog, those things were freakin everywhere!!! :-D
ok another dank "under the radar" show from Atlanta '95 :beers:
My Friend>tight, great opener>ending is trippier then usual(a subtle sign the band is pumped).
Not a big fan of early Bags(saw the monster 14Sept.99 version last night on youtube :-D)but this one rocks w/ some interesting feedback near 4:45, from there Trey rips it up>high energy soloing by TA, has that classic '95 almost wash sound effect.
Taste>I love it when Trey takes over the jam while Page comps like a mad man>soaring peaks by TA not as sustained as later versions will become but good nonetheless esp. for new material(ALO was not yet released).
Wedge>I love Fish's opening drum intro although this one is brief.
Stash>crowd cheers, t&r time>I like how Trey admits ripping off Monk's Jump Monk for the jam chords>Trey lifts-off at 5:02>dark melodicism, the band lunging into deep tension right away>very tight playing almost sounding restrained yet as I type the energy intensifies>near 8:30 Trey shifts subtely w/ Mike following>variation w/ ascending riff into darker melodicism>great tone by Trey>excellent jamming here>TA setting up the release w/ howling cries into trilling before 11:30 mini-release>the cool thing about this Stash and others is how after the release they will return to tension usually accenting their previous jam however this one returns to more of an ambient sound before the > into IDK.
'Lope>cool harmonics by Trey before the fall into jam>jam begins dank>dark melodicism like the earlier Stash>synopocated>clean, tight, focused playing, nice leads by senor Trey>every so slightly ahead of his bandmates>Page responding nicely>jam raging along well>TA switching it up w/ added tension>howling release into choppy, poly-tonal Trey>back to release w/ cont. tension building>searing Trey>Rocco.
set II
MSO>fun
Bowie>jam opens ominously>subtle communication w/ atypical spacing>very cool>wha like effect>Tweezeresque chromatics into more space>back to traditional sounding Bowie but Page is influencing the jam into atonal variations>sounding similar to Stash in its mini tension jams back to theme>I've noticed Mike is low in the mix here>nice flying jam near 12:00>fuses w/ earlier tensions>eastern sounding>descending run into classic '95 wash effect>carthritic jamming>march sounding>Page on clav?>sounds like Fall'94 esp. w/ chanting>heavier sounding>Trey rockig out chords metal style>Fish picks up the tempo>Trey w/ '72 Garcia dissonance>into funk chording, nice jam here>reminds me of Jam 3 at Name that Jam(Bowie from 26Nov.94)>Its Ice tease subtle>scary build>release back into Bowie>cool trill segment>hot ending.
Slave>jam begins patiently w/ harmonic variations>knowing the ALO Slave was on its way undoubtedly helped raise the bar in this tunes jam>everyone sounding collective as the jam begins to open up>unusually more chording by Trey in this version>near 9:00 min Trey begins unleashing before he returns to voicings sort of an ascending mix of chord voicings and brief solos>trill into upper octave soloing/voicing>howling Trey lifts off, screaming leads, Trey trying to muster all he can before outro and thank you's.
Bouncin'>another ALO feature(now I know why Faux likes this tune as an encore :-D).
Conclusion: Great show esp. the Stash, Antelope, Bowie and, Slave. Preety much a straight t&r show(improvisationally speaking)which is to say very good>indeed there are many interesting "mini-jams" that were spawned.
I would like to note the similarity between this show's construction and that of 26Nov.94>both open w/ My Friend and feature blissful Bowie/Slave set 2 jams.
Grade: A-
Excellent choice Faux, back under the radar> :beers:
Thanks guys, the only reason I mentioned the Slave is because everyone seemed dismissive of it...and yes it is truly A POWERFUL version (even though it's not the "best").
And yes, maybe that is why I like Bouncin' in general (both as an encore and as an opener)...but I also just like the pop songs in general (only one I don't really like is Cavern...ok Zero got old too.).
And yeah, I like how you described that part of bowie as "march like" it is like the Bhatan Death March of marches.
Possibly like the Imperial March (but not really) :roll:
Yea - one of the "problems" is that the average Phish show is very good - great. These "average" shows, and song versions, get compared to the totally un-fuckin' believable shows. I find that I'm almost spoiled by those.
I liked this Slave (and most slaves). IMO this slave, like most of them, really soar. But it's not the best version, some soar more, so at least for myself when I say something like it's not may favorite, it may sound like I don't like it, but I do.
Same with Bouncin - I always smile during this song. They're all about the same so there is not much to comment.
Hope this makes sense, its just something that came to mind as I was listening and reviewing this week, that here was a really good show but I wasn't blown away cause 11/21/97 was still in my head from last week.
Quote from: slslbs on July 27, 2006, 02:47:48 PM
Yea - one of the "problems" is that the average Phish show is very good - great. These "average" shows, and song versions, get compared to the totally un-fuckin' believable shows. I find that I'm almost spoiled by those.
ditto that's why we should all aim in showcasing lesser known, "under the radar" performances. :beers: > coffee and bowls at this hour. :-D