7/25 - PNC Music Pavilion - Charlotte, NC - Post-Show Discussion

[Augustus]

Had fun. Hated the show.

Ramz and I dipped sometime after Twist

You dudes Aug'd that shit? Hetty!!!!

I would have left during Mike's.

[mbw]

Had fun. Hated the show.

Ramz and I dipped sometime after Twist

You dudes Aug'd that shit? Hetty!!!!

Plunking down hard earned dough to see the phish and missing Reba cuz you left early is akin to taking an upper decker in your own toilet.

Leave them alone, they had mail order drugs to do.

[VDB]

Agree with the commentary from PG and bvaz.

Raged it with a 13-person crew and we all appreciated the experience. Fine times were had.

[sophist]

It really makes ya wonder doesn't it?

How in the hell can they STILL be so sloppy THIS far into a tour.......I mean seriously.....even the worst lower level bands seem to play with more consistency than this. It's almost as if Trey's worst fears have come true.....

2014 = THE YEAR OF THE NOSTALGIA ACT

I haven't heard a lick of this show yet... but I can't abide this charge of Nostalgia act. Even if I just take the special Wedge as an obvious example, this band is trying new things and touring on a entire new and vital album.

Nostalgia acts MAY have a new album out when they go on tour, but they will bury one or two tracks from it early in the show - usually with some sort of apologetic "bear with us while we play a couple of new songs." This is generally met with groans and a bee-line to the beer stand.

When Phish starts up Fuego, the crowd goes nuts. This is a band still charting new territory and being creative. Will they have off nights? Sure. Sounds like last night may have been one of them. I don't know. But an off-night does not a nostalgia act make.

The new songs got zero reaction last night.  I'm talking complete silence.  You can hear this on the SBD. 

[sophist]

Had fun. Hated the show.

Ramz and I dipped sometime after Twist

You dudes Aug'd that shit? Hetty!!!!

Plunking down hard earned dough to see the phish and missing Reba cuz you left early is akin to taking an upper decker in your own toilet.

If they ever played Reba correctly, you would be right.  Last night was another anti-climatic version. 

[mehead]

First listen thru first set. Zero energy IMO.  Too bad after a Mike's opener.  Thought Tube was straight forward.  Bowie was Bowie.  Broken Heart and Golgi were rough to say the least.

Listened to set 2 this afternoon.  Awful.  Couldn't care less about the segue from Twist into Circus.  I seriously lol at the Piper > Rift.  This after having 4 days off too. Wow. This should easily hold as worst show of tour when it's all said and done.  If it doesn't, oh boy. 

[runawayjimbo]

It really makes ya wonder doesn't it?

How in the hell can they STILL be so sloppy THIS far into a tour.......I mean seriously.....even the worst lower level bands seem to play with more consistency than this. It's almost as if Trey's worst fears have come true.....

2014 = THE YEAR OF THE NOSTALGIA ACT

I haven't heard a lick of this show yet... but I can't abide this charge of Nostalgia act. Even if I just take the special Wedge as an obvious example, this band is trying new things and touring on a entire new and vital album.

Nostalgia acts MAY have a new album out when they go on tour, but they will bury one or two tracks from it early in the show - usually with some sort of apologetic "bear with us while we play a couple of new songs." This is generally met with groans and a bee-line to the beer stand.

When Phish starts up Fuego, the crowd goes nuts. This is a band still charting new territory and being creative. Will they have off nights? Sure. Sounds like last night may have been one of them. I don't know. But an off-night does not a nostalgia act make.

The new songs got zero reaction last night.  I'm talking complete silence.  You can hear this on the SBD.

I mentioned in LST that I'm pretty sure I heard an "Awww, come on" over the shitty stream when they started up Winterqueen.

[Lifeboy]

Had fun. Hated the show.

Ramz and I dipped sometime after Twist

You dudes Aug'd that shit? Hetty!!!!

Plunking down hard earned dough to see the phish and missing Reba cuz you left early is akin to taking an upper decker in your own toilet.

If they ever played Reba correctly, you would be right.  Last night was another anti-climatic version.

Seems to be an on-going theme for 3.0 Rebas (and Bowies, I might add)

2014 = THE YEAR OF THE NOSTALGIA ACT

If anything, 2014 seems like the farthest they've been from a nostalgia act since '09, IMO.

Tons of new material, jammed out Fuegos, they dropped a lot of the predictable set 2 cover jams (C&P, R&R etc.), jamming a couple older songs in new ways.  I'd say they seem more excited and revitalized by the new material than ever in 3.0. Trey's always going to have good nights and bad nights. I don't think he sounds particularly better or worse than the last few years. Bout the same, IMO.

I would have to agree with this for the most part. I was totally down-and-out with this band until last fall. They seem to have found a new wave of energy.

[susep]

I was totally down-and-out with this band until last fall.

[McGrupp]

Had fun. Hated the show.

Ramz and I dipped sometime after Twist

You dudes Aug'd that shit? Hetty!!!!

Plunking down hard earned dough to see the phish and missing Reba cuz you left early is akin to taking an upper decker in your own toilet.

I don't know what else to say other than I was just kinda over the show by that point. Crowd was not engaged, neither was I.

Plus we heard the rest of the show clearly from the lot.