06-30-98 The Grey Hall

06-30-98 The Grey Hall - Freetown Christiana, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sound Check: The Moma Dance, Frankie Says, Ha Ha Ha, Birds of a Feather, Water in the Sky*

1: Limb by Limb#, Ghost*, Water in the Sky*, Bouncing Around the Room, Tube, Stash -> Cities, Roggae**, Guyute, Beauty of my Dreams, Funky Bitch, Train Song, David Bowie

2: The Moma Dance^, Birds of a Feather, Wolfman’s Brother -> Frankie Says, Run Like an Antelope^^, Lawn Boy, Ya Mar, Ha Ha Ha, Mike’s Song > Swept Away > Steep, Weekapaug Groove

E: Brian and Robert+

*New arrangements (as on the album “The Story of the Ghost”). #Opened Monday night’s rehearsal. **First time played (original). ^First time played (original); music is similar to “Black-Eyed Katy”, but with lyrics; Trey taught people the “Moma Dance” which involved tapping the right foot at a certain spot). ^^With “Dark Star” (Grateful Dead) tease by Page during intro. +First time played (original); opened Monday night’s rehearsal.

This is an okay show, but nothing too crazy in terms of improvisational prowess going on here. The focus of the band and the show is more on the new material. The highlight for me is the Stash->Cities. Definitely a gem. I also enjoyed hearing the first new Ghost arrangement, it had a lot of drive and energy, though unfortunately I feel that had been lost over the coming years and I do wish they’d go back to the original, thicker arrangement. Some of the new stuff sounded a bit raw and unpolished…almost sloppy (Roggae, B&R and Moma stand out in particular, tho B&R never sounded good live IMO).