01/01 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY - Post-Show Discussion and Review

[PIE-GUY]

Trey during this run watching him closely via the flash video streams is starting to show signs of inner confidence and it's showing in his playing, He's really not missing many notes that affect the flow of any of their songs, the rock peaks which many of you are somewhat bitterly complaining about are getting much more intense and really reaching a climatic height again!! Phish did do a lot of this in the early to mid 90's if you think about it, not everything was about the jams. If you watch Trey's approach to both his vocals, such as the way he nearly flawlessly sings those versus to My Friend My Friend, and the way he is just strutting with confidence in the Sally jam right after small vocal jam it's starting to show. He is again standing back looking into the crowd with that eager look on his face just running through the chords in most of these songs!!

This kind of makes the point I've been trying to make all along. I like this style of Phish. This is the Phish I got into in 1992-94.

[Buffalo Budd]

Trey during this run watching him closely via the flash video streams is starting to show signs of inner confidence and it's showing in his playing, He's really not missing many notes that affect the flow of any of their songs, the rock peaks which many of you are somewhat bitterly complaining about are getting much more intense and really reaching a climatic height again!! Phish did do a lot of this in the early to mid 90's if you think about it, not everything was about the jams. If you watch Trey's approach to both his vocals, such as the way he nearly flawlessly sings those versus to My Friend My Friend, and the way he is just strutting with confidence in the Sally jam right after small vocal jam it's starting to show. He is again standing back looking into the crowd with that eager look on his face just running through the chords in most of these songs!!

This kind of makes the point I've been trying to make all along. I like this style of Phish. This is the Phish I got into in 1992-94.

My favourite kind of Phish and it's not like they don't jam at all.  They set the bar very high in terms of jammiong in the latter part of the 90's through 2004 so that now, we don't accept a 3 - 4 minute extension of a song.  It's gotta get way out there, which is cool, if that's how you like your Phish.  I enjoy that as well but I'd rather they drop that sort of 30 min improv once every couple of shows as opposed to every night.  I'm happy with a 10 minute Ghost or a 12 minute Tweezer.  I am also grading their jamming on a 3.0 curve.  I still feel they haven't gotten to where they want to be and there will be more improvement if they keep going at this pace.  But right now, I'm happy with where they are and where I feel they're going.  I guess I just love 

[birdman]

Fluffer.

[sophist]

Fluffer.

well that's a fitting title for our festival of blow jobs....

[Buffalo Budd]

Fluffer.

You know it 

[emay]

I felt that Trey was a little more on point with his rhythmic guitar playing in this show more than the other two MSG shows.
Some parts of 12/30 it seemed like he couldn't keep in sync with fishman for the life of him...

[blatboom]

not only does Trey miss notes he misses entire runs.

[Hicks]

not only does Trey miss notes he misses entire runs.

And then people still say he "nailed" it.   :roll:

[G. Augusto]

not only does Trey miss notes he misses entire runs.

And then people still say he "nailed" it.   :roll:

You guys talkin' about the NYE run?
HEY YO!

[Poster Nutbag]

not only does Trey miss notes he misses entire runs.

is this sarcasm?? 

[Hicks]

I don't see how anyone could listen to the Twist, Simple sequence and not think it is easily the best 20 minute sequence of the run.  Probably some of the best improv I have heard since the Greek Light.

[Poster Nutbag]

I don't see how anyone could listen to the Twist, Simple sequence and not think it is easily the best 20 minute sequence of the run.  Probably some of the best improv I have heard since the Greek Light.

Yes, this is my favorite Twist of 3.0... I like it better than the oye coma va teased out Twist... any others worth a note?? Crossyed is awesome to start it off and it's a really good Salley too, bursts with some energy and Trey really just "nails" it...   

[WhatstheUse?]

I don't see how anyone could listen to the Twist, Simple sequence and not think it is easily the best 20 minute sequence of the run.  Probably some of the best improv I have heard since the Greek Light.

I can't see that.   

I just re-visited this segment -- I enjoyed it a lot, Trey's playing is on point.... BUT..... where's my type 2 yo?!

The only REAL jamming out of this segment is literally the last 2:30 of Simple.  Everything else is pretty straight forward.

[Hicks]

I don't see how anyone could listen to the Twist, Simple sequence and not think it is easily the best 20 minute sequence of the run.  Probably some of the best improv I have heard since the Greek Light.

I can't see that.   

I just re-visited this segment -- I enjoyed it a lot, Trey's playing is on point.... BUT..... where's my type 2 yo?!

The only REAL jamming out of this segment is literally the last 2:30 of Simple.  Everything else is pretty straight forward.

It may not be type II but the Twist has the effortless quality that has been missing, so I give high marks for that.

[Poster Nutbag]

I don't see how anyone could listen to the Twist, Simple sequence and not think it is easily the best 20 minute sequence of the run.  Probably some of the best improv I have heard since the Greek Light.

I can't see that.   

I just re-visited this segment -- I enjoyed it a lot, Trey's playing is on point.... BUT..... where's my type 2 yo?!

The only REAL jamming out of this segment is literally the last 2:30 of Simple.  Everything else is pretty straight forward.

aiming for balance... I find this post to be anti-1/01/11-love hate...