06/08 - Darien Lake PAC - Darien, NY - Post-Show Discussion and Review

[mattstick]

I've been trying to find a way to say something similar... if they're not going to jam they should play shows like this.

[postjack]

Nellie Kane had "it" for me. I don't know why, but it gave me the chilly teary-eyed heebie jeebies on the way to work today. I didn't even think I liked bluegrass anymore.

mellow mood was great too.

short drive to work.

[phishtube]

Interesting energy last night under the big tent...


With so many first timers for the tour it was really hard not to be dissapointed when they aborted what could have been a Golden Age jam of epic proportions. They made up for it with a DEEP Weekapaug and inspired 2K1. There was no going through the motions. I'm not even going to comment on the first set due to my bias for that kind of 1st set setlist.   SMOKIN'

[UncleEbinezer]

I have not heard anything, but wow, its certainly getting some love.  Can't wait to hear.

[mattstick]

Nice of Trey to drop an early Happy Birthday tease into 2001 for me.

[McGrupp]

Psyched to listen. Looks like the most "different" setlist of this tour so far, and certainly the most interesting.

[Hicks]

Unfortunately when Trey is mixed higher than everyone else like he is, it's not really feasible to ignore the instrument that is the loudest.

/reality

Still looking forward to checking this out though.

[macaronihead]

Buffffffalooooo Billlllll(s)!!! ha fun to hear that. All us poor Bills fans had a blast with that.

[khalpin]

Nellie Kane - So what did the sign say?  Solid.  Good vocals
Mellow Mood - Trey's solo started off sounding a bit awkward, but after a couple measures I thought it worked okay.  The vocals sounded good on this one, which is nice because it's like nails on a chalkboard when they're really off on this.
Buffalo Bill - Kickdown!  Short and sweet.
Kill Devil Falls - Nice and energetic.  I dug the solo.  It seemed smooth and not forced.
Wolfman's - I'm noticing a trend here.  They actually sound tight.  The jam isn't adventurous, but it IS good.  Love what Trey does from 7:00 - 7:05.  Reminds me of the old days.  More playing like this please. 
Rift - Real slow.  And a bit of a painful botch by Trey midway through with a few sour notes.  This one ain't making the highlight reel.
Undermind - Solid
Ride Captain Ride - Not a fan of the song, but seemed to be a decent version.  Although, the end seemed like they might've been staring at each other for a couple seconds thinking, "I forget...are we going to jam this or not?"
Ice - Trey starts in the wrong key.  Fishman goes "what the hell?" and almost aborts but then continues.  Ouch.  Too bad...because the rest of it is actually real tight.  Page was starting to sound real nice in the "jam" section.  Would've been nice if Fishman let him have at it for a little bit before kicking back into the reprise.
DFB/Brian & Robert - bathroom break
46 Days - Needs more cowbell.  Solid.
Limb by Limb - This one sounds good, too.  They really are on the same page here.  Tight Phish!  It was moving along real nicely but then Trey does some "out of key soloing" around 5 minutes in and then again from 6:00 - 6:15.  That's just rough to listen to.  He seems to do that a lot nowadays.
Character Zero - Set closer.  I went back and listened to Trey's solo a second time, because I was pretty turned off by it while not paying too close attention on my first listen.  It's actually not bad, but it seemed at the end that Trey ran out of ideas and wanted to just end it.  Which actually is a good thing.  I'd much rather Character Zero be concise.

All in all, this is a great 3.0 first set.  For 1.0, it'd be a solid set but grading on a 3.0 curve, it's great.

[khalpin]

Buffffffalooooo Billlllll(s)!!! ha fun to hear that. All us poor Bills fans had a blast with that.

I didn't put two and two together.  Darien...That's great!

[Multibeast12]

I must say all the hype is making me excited to listen to this show.

On a side note, Phish really love playing Harry Hood this summer don't they. They have a lot of repeats and they have other songs they could play. Kinda getting turned off when every other show has a Hood, #line, and Zero in it. Either way. That seems to be my hate for today

[Undermind]

This is the sign!

[mehead]

This is the sign!

rulz

[blatboom]

 :hereitisyousentimentalbastard

that's fucking awesome

[rowjimmy]

Except that song blows.

BTW, the sign was brought and help by the dudes from OPT who were tweeting for yemblog last night.