08-30-13 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Friday, 08/30/2013
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Set 1: Ghost, NICU, Icculus, Heavy Things, Theme From the Bottom > Esther, The Moma Dance > Ocelot, Stash, Lawn Boy, Limb By Limb, Easy To Slip[1]

Set 2: Punch You In the Eye > Sand, Say Something > Walls of the Cave > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Harry Hood[2] -> Silent in the Morning > Twist > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Oh! Sweet Nuthin’, Meatstick[3]

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Unfinished.
[3] Japanese lyrics.

Notes: This show was officially webcast via LivePhish.com. Prior to Heavy Things, Trey noted that it shares the same chords as Icculus, but has very different lyrics. This show featured the Phish debut of Easy To Slip, a Little Feat cover previously played by Mike Gordon. Harry Hood was unfinished. This show featured the first performance of Oh Sweet Nuthin’ since August 15, 2010 (120 shows). Meatstick contained the Japanese lyrics. Continuing a tradition of wordplay at shows performed at Dick’s, the first letters of the songs played at this show in reverse order reveal the message “Most Shows Spell Something.”

Call me crazy, but I thought this show was amazing.

Ghost opener! No way anyone called that. Icculus and Esther in the first set and then ending with a Little Feat debut. Great versions of Ocelot and Stash as well. That Stash jam got into that sweet melodic territory with Page just taking the ball and running it. Sand was straight up nasty. Say Something might be my new favorite 3.0 tune (dat high Mike voice). Walls got really intense and Twist > Slave to end the show was borderline euphoric. Totally my kind of encore too. Love both of those songs. Probably my favorite show of the run.

All of that is completely ignoring the fact that conceptually it is one of the most unique setlists they have ever played.