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R1/W20: 10-21-1995 Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE
birdman:
Thanks Aug....you rule. karma :beers:
birdman:
I wrote this in response to a question asked by Jedi regarding why I liked 10/21/95 so much...not quite a review but it sums up my feelings pretty well.
We drove fourteen hours to Lincoln Nebraska for this one show.We had a buddy living in Lincoln at the time and he happened to live 3 blocks from the venue, Near the big phallic building (state house?) It was homecoming weekend for the Cornhuskers and they won the game that day (big surprise), so the atmosphere was joyful and people were looking to get down. It was my first show since Sugarbush and my first exposure to the fall 95 sound. Add two hits of superclean blotter and you have all the ingredients for an EPIC night.
Well, the boys opened with Tweeprise for the first time ever and later closed the set with it. Talk about starting on an upbeat note... Trey looked good with his short,Eric Clapton hairdoo and he was smiling his big shit eating grin. The meat of the set was fairly old school and raging. Chalkdust, Guelah, a BEAUTIFUL REBA, Wilson, my first KUNG (in response to the two girls running around with a HUGE Kung banner), and one hell of a smoking GTBT. Solid 1st set Typical for Fall 95..but remember this was the 1st experience I had with this massive amount of energy the boys were spewing so I was P.U.M.P.E.D for set 2.
Let it be known that I was a bad head and lost all my shit(physical shit, not mental) during break and had to send a sober friend to find it...he did. I was scolded justly. MMW was the setbreak serenade.
So set two begins right where the first left off:
Also Sprach Zarathustra, David Bowie, Lifeboy, Sparkle, You Enjoy Myself, Purple Rain. Not best ever versions, but way above average ...Perma grin, eyes closed, spinning on the general admission floor in the midst of one of the best dance parties I have ever witnessed. I was lifting off
Remember...Fall 95 power behind all these tunes and then I got the hood...I thought I was out of juice but I was wrong. wham. I know those of you who have been to *that* place understand what I was going through...that entire loss of self, that oneness...it sounds corny when expessed like that, but thats how it was...absolutely perfect, pure bliss. When it was over I was practically bawling like a baby. Orgasm to the thousandth degree. I vowed to never stop searching for that feeling as long as I live.
The suzy was sweet and the Highway to Hell Encore was so off the hook that I though I saw people levitating (literally, to this day I still cant comprehend what I saw) ,pounding their fists and whipping their necks like there was no tomorrow.
Funny how an out of the way show that most have never heard is my 2nd favorite show of all time. But, thats what makes the Phish experience what it is.
After the show we were sitting on my friends porch, enjoying a cool Nebraska fall eve. A girl who had just seen the boys for her first time was trying to put into words what she just witnessed. Finally she says" Its like, just when it cant get any more crazy, they are able to harness and create more energy." Aptly put. Phish dropped a (p)h-bomb on lincoln that night.
VA $l!m:
thnks for reminding me that i'm in lincoln right now... :roll:
but seriously, people here still talk about this show like it was yesterday.
birdman:
Feels like only yesterday...can it really have been 11 years ago? :-o Fuck, Im getting old :frustrated:
August:
Reprise-first time this appeared as an opener.sure it caught alot of people off guard.
Chalk-this is something you would expect to open a show.a real rippin' version.Trey's tone sounded nice.they also did the modulated ending, which they do when they close a set with this tune, which i found to be cool.
Guelah-Reba-Reba had a straightforward, 95 feel to it.played well and focused.no whistling but into>
Wilson>CTB>Kung-the band was doing their old school Wilson vocals with the crowd, which is pretty rare.segued nicely into>CTB.standard version, but good>Kung.really trippy version with Fish being quite active.i like when they throw this in the middle of nowhere.again, nice segue into>
Lizards-very well played.
Design-Army-standard 95 fare.
GXBX-nice black and white tease.you would figure they would close the set with it but>>>>>>
SUPER SMOOTH SEGUE>>>>>reprise!so good!
2001>Bowie-bowie jam was long, but not too different or stand-outish.the end was sick, though.i liked how they went to the end part once, then got real heavy and fast.the ending really made it for me.
LIfeboy-Sparkle-"anybody need anything while I'm up?"
YEM-really energetic for the entire composed part.Trey rox the mini-kit for the beginning of the jam, then joins in on the thick funk.
Purple Rain-kickdown.last was 12-30-94 and not again until Euro 96.
Hood-well played 95 version.again, you would think it would close the set, but no......
Suzy-some more "beat it" teases for the halloween ponderers.was that a "stairway" solo by Trey?this version is complete with another reprise ending (sort of).
Highway to Hell-only one on fall 95 tour.
i really enjoyed this show and would give it a solid
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