08-19-12 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

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#1

Sun, Aug 19, 2012
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

Set 1: Crowd Control, Party Time, Axilla, Reba, Free, Mound > Walk Away, NICU, Back on the Train, Gotta Jibboo > Roggae, David Bowie[1]

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless > Light[2] -> Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley[2] -> Crosseyed and Painless Reprise > Theme From the Bottom > Rocky Top, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Meatstick[3], Bug, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Ride Captain Ride > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Mind Left Body tease
[2] Crosseyed and Painless tease
[3] Japanese lyrics.

Notes: This was the third of three pay per view performances. The intro to David Bowie included Mind Left Body teases by Mike. Light and Sneakin’ Sally both included Crosseyed and Painless teases. Meatstick included Japanese lyrics. Alumni Blues was teased prior to Bug. Prior to Ride Captain Ride, Page said, “We had a lot of fun tonight. Thank you guys. I hope we can come back here and play again.”

#2

I got a tingle in my cock when Mike was doin that MLBJ tease. This was the only show so far this tour I truely wish I was at. Hopefully one of the shows I see this weekend is equal or better!

#3

Dang. Even without the notes, this setlist looked crazy good! Go Phish, Go!

#4

^ Get the show Katie. This is one for the books.

#5

wait so what was Mike teasing in YEM?

#6

^would like to know this as well

#7

Wasn’t expecting Crowd Control but what a pleasant surprise. I enjoy that song and it always seems appropriate. PARTY TIME! Now this my jam and my friend Dania called it! Was worth the 6 hr drive just for that! Then a rockin’ fist pumpin’ Axilla… got energy goin’! After, the guy behind me and I really felt Reba was gonna be in the first 3 songs, we were one off! Damn and it was a good one, one of those songs for me that after I hear it, I don’t really care what they play lol. Free started up and bam! when they dropped, Mike funked it up! and Fishman was hittin’ hard. Mound was such a great song to see. Now the Walk Away was a bit hesitant, seemin’ like Fish or Trey didn’t know who to take the lead but man they made up for it in the jam, Trey just fuckin’ smoked it. NICU was a good chill/bob dance song with an always welcome Play it Leo!! Man o man, BOTT was a good, concentrated build up to just an amazing burst of energy it was awesome!Jibboo was soo sick, they laid into it early and Trey and Co. just built it up and up keeping the tension building and sustaining with patient jams. SO glad to hear Roggae after I thought we were gonna get it in the LBC as Fishman was quoting it and this one was awwesome with a great, powerful, start stop ending. Bowie was just a scorcher as Trey kept bringing it down and goin and goin at the end! So great. with the variations being played in each song in the first set, I knew we were in for a special second!

I felt the C&P opener and was glad they saved it til I got there on Sunday! lol And holy shit fuck, I moved from the floor up to balcony, directly behind/above Fishman(being a drummer, I like to watch) and am I glad I moved, this was hard core dance party central! After a little weird jam, Light was great and then shit got even fuckin’ weirder and the energy just kept building and growing in the arena, it was amazing to see it from this point of view as I never do. Wow if the dance party wasn’t already in full swing, Sneakin’ Sally just kicked it up to the fuckin amazing energy notch. and then to go back into C&P, holy shit the crowd was goin nuts! So great to have a breather like Theme, but even that shit was intense as fuck! Again, sober! now Rocky Top was hoe down central, the place just erupted with all out dancing. I felt Boogie was gonna be played tonite so it was so amazing to hear it at that placeement when the dance party was full on, they just kept it goin and goin… and when I heard Meatstick being started up auuuhhyaaaaa!! shit got cray cray. :laughing: I love Bug and so appropriate to play it when they did, really enjoyed it and got to think about the nite and everything and it was just great. Of course the inevitable YEM. but wowee was this a grrrreat one and being rite behind fishman, felt special to get some hot play from him and Gordo! the place was poppin off and Trey joined in the dancin! amazing vocal jam! almost as good as the song, powerful, energy. have been waiting for a Ride Captain and was so great to shout out SF Bay with the band! woo hoo!! tweeprize was all hell/heaven hardcore fuckin’ party time dance riot and it was aamazing ! great way to end my week and second (and unfortunately) last show I’ll probly be catchin’ this year! have a great time at the rest of the shows everybody!!! I’ll be on couch tour! woop woop!

#8

Got a new pair of headphones today and am anxiously waiting to dl this show… :problem:

#9

#10

Locked and loaded, preparing to listen as soon as I get a chance :astonished: :thumbup:

#11

Finally listened to/watched this second set last night…and wow. Just a ton of peaks, but what really hit me hard was that Light. I’ve never really been sold on Light, even when I’ve been present for some crazy Light jams, but this one totally takes it to a whole other level. That second set totally made that whole weekend pass worth while. I can’t wait to see how they finish off this tour.

#12

If anybody recorded this stream, please, for the love of God, hit me up!

#13

they finally finished reba!

i havent seen them finish reba since 95 or 97, cant remember

crowd control should have opened long beach because of the obvious crowd control issues long beach had. bill graham was super smooth, no hassles at all.

the jam from walk away was ALMOST as insane as the jam from long beach quinn, but the eskimo wins the surprise jam battle for the run

#14

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finally got to watch this one yesterday. Tape delay couch tour hurricane session.

Fucking awesome show! No looking back from Axilla on. Straight rager!

#15

This second set is fucking awesome. The last half of the C&P jam and the Light are just spectacular. I would definitely hold the Light jam as a contender for best jam of 2012 (haven’t heard all of leg 2 yet though) and definitely tops in 3.0. Totally unique and stunningly beautiful. When the jam was winding down I was really hoping they didn’t melt into something slow, which they so often do nowadays after a long jam, but thank friggin god they dropped into Sally. This is what I’m talking about, you come out of a long jam with something either funky or rocking…NOT a slow ballad. I like a lot of the slow Phish material but it totally sucks the energy out of the air after an awesome jam. The rest of the set is great too, but quite frankly I’m surprised I haven’t heard more NOIZE about the first half of this set.