yeah i had assumed there would be sound issues with the set up they use… but still seems like all had a great great time
i re listened to the Gin a minute ago and it is very good… must have just been too busy working to pay attention properly the first time it came on
I’ll send you the other half of the burrito, Jeff. Sorry about that 
sounds awesome
Trey is playing some fucked up shit at the end of Stash. He sounds like Pharaoh Sanders.
i have listened to the show once the whole way thru so far, and I must say, they sound FANTASTIC! This is the Phish I was hoping for. Jamming as usual & playing on point. I haven’t decided what I like the most…although, I am definitely a fan of Ocelot.
listening to Gin now and its AWESOME.
damn I didn’t see this thread last night. I wrote a bit in the “SICK, Fenway that is” thread in general phish.
I’ve got the first set downloading now!
BWAHA!
“In the 9th spot…please don’t smoke (laughing) in Fenway Park…”
Hahaha… I frickin’ love the State!
one other thing I forgot to mention about Fenway was Fish’s playing definitely seemed more spry and lively than at Hampton…I was glad to hear that, because he seemed rusty for the most part at Hampton, I thought.
i listened to the entire show yesterday and it’s pretty damn good for a tour opener. definite jitters from the boys in the first set, imo… playing felt a little guarded i guess. second set was hot, tweezer especially… composed part of bowie was well played, the jam climax left some to be desired for me, just not as intense as i’d like. i really dig TTE for the most part, some of those sections are cool as hell, i think once this one finds its legs it’s gonna be a monster. i like the end of Light a lot, cool vocal overlays. curtis lowe ruled!!! they really packed in a lot of awesome tunes, much like the hampton shows, set lengths were big and the hit factor is there…
i don’t think the show was EPIC by any means, on paper it looks that way, but it’s a tour opener and it sounds like one, imo. some great jamming indeed, but they’re just getting their legs back and things will loosen up and get more intense as the tour rolls on.
one thing that really stood out, for better or worse, was trey’s use (or overuse!) of his swelling guitar licks. (that sound we talked about in a different thread, lots of bending and pitch shifting) it’s almost like he really falls back on using that technique too much during this show, not as much shredding at all, which i really wanna hear him get into…i want some machine gun licks damnit!!! ;D that and it seemed like in a lot of the jams trey wasn’t giving page as much space to create as he should…a majority of the jams never got to Type II or especially not Type III…trey led all the way almost every time. not a bad thing i guess, but i want more voices from the other three to change and shift a jam.
mind you, i’ve only listened to it all once, so my opinion could change…that’s just how i’m feeling right now. solid solid show overall and i’m sure i would have flipped my shit if i was there in person, let’s be honest.
my $0.02
I listened to this last night too.
^I think you make some valid points. This is a strong tour opener. But I do agree with you about Treys technique and the lack of jams thus far. It sounded like they were on the cusp of breaking free of the chord progression/theme in both DWD and Tweezer, but decided not to stretch out too much and pulled it in.
I felt like this happened at Hampton a couple times too. In both Tweezer on the first night and Ghost on the second. I get a sense that they want to be spot on tight before they start letting loose.
I’m not expecting too much type 2 this week and am still extremely stoked for things to come because Fenway souned like a very strong tour opener to me.
^ yeah, that’s kind of the underlying factor there… tight jams, nothing straying too far away for the sake of getting that live connection back (it don’t matter how much you rehearse, a show in front of thousands, harnessing that energy, cannot be replaced) plus, i think they are mindful of the fact that MANY people are seeing them again for the first time in 5+ years, so they want to deliver a lot of tunes to them, a lot of “OH SHIT THEY’RE PLAYING XXXXX!!!” moments to all the fans…much like at hampton…quenching that thirst people have before they REALLY let loose and get crazy and weird. it will happen, i have much faith in that!
This show has a lot of the dissonant '94/'95 energy. Good for me. Maybe bad for others. They needed to revisit the intense energy.
Love that quaint-quiet 94’ crowds…Gotta love the beginning of any Wilson:
DUN NAH, DUN NAH (silence) DUN NAH, DUN NAH (more silence)
And Yes, 94’ had a sick intensity level to the music…
sorry for the parentheses on this convo… noob here.
whats this type I, II, III youre talking about? you arent talked about Phish 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 are you?