Rotation Game Results Thread

Sorry…but I gotta say, that seems like a pretty lame Free. I do love the Fishman double whammy in the second set though.

8/7/09 DA GORGE, Quincy, WA

I: The Wedge (6:32), The Horse -> Silent in the Morning (10:01), Ginseng Sullivan (5:34), Wolfman’s Brother (21:12)–>Have Mercy (6:22), Round Room (11:00), Funky Bitch (9:42)

II: N.I.C.U. (5:00), Roggae(9:00), Buffallo Bill(3:00)-> Ghost* (33:33), Train Song (2:21), Simple (4:45) ->waves (17:00)->Circus (5:00), The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg (8:05)

E: Bold As Love

*with Vibration of Life


8.08.09 The Gorge Amphitheatre

I:Icculus (6:10), Mike’s (7:44) -> I am Hydrogen (2:56) -> Leprechaun (6:13)*, Uncle Pen (3:31), Blue & Lonesome (3:00), Stash% (11:26) -> TMWSIY > Avenu Malkenu > TMWSIY (8:45) > The Lizards (10:17)

II: Timber (9:23) > ACDC Bag (9:09)> 46 Days (12:53), Mountains in the Mist (7:01), Talk (2:48), Sloth (4:32) -> Reba (7:11)^ -> Weekapaug Groove (6:29) Slave To The Traffic Light (14:27)

E: Misty Mountain Hop (8:54), Good Times, Bad Times (8:30)->Rotation Jam#(18:25)

*First time played since 7/31/93
% Type II Jamming. Around 8 Minutes in, the tempo begins to slow down (at which point smoke begins to billow from backstage) eventually evolving into a spacey ASZ-esque type jam. Unfinished.
^Instead of whistling, the tune was played eerily on the Theremin by Page

Last time Played 08-10-97



8.11.09 Toyota Park

Set I. Julius (12:00), It’s Ice (18:57)-> Tela (9:17), Roggae (11:32) -> Take Me Back To Chicago* (6:43), Possum (12:11)

Set II: Cities# (21:58)-> Oblivious Fool** (3:57)->Don’t You Wanna Go% (6:21), Limb by Limb (10:20) Song I Heard the Ocean Sing (18:59) -> Tweezer Reprise (4:42)

E: Peaches En Regalia (13:17)

*Chicago cover, first time played, Page on vocals

Three Little Birds jam, reggae jam

** Last played 11/17/97
% Last Played 9/28/95
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8/13/09 - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center - Darien Center, NY[/b]
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Set I: Ha Ha Ha (5:10) -> Poor Heart (4:57), While My Guitar Gently Weeps (7:30), The Landlady (5:01), Bug (9:12) , Wilson (7:25) > You Enjoy Myself (27:13)

Set II: Ambient Jam (12:05) -> Fluffhead (16:51), Hap-Nappy* (8:25), ASIHTOS (7:27) ->It’s Ice#, Heavy Rotation$ (19:13), Timber Ho (11:00)

E: Mr. Completely (14:04), Amoreena** (7:23)

  • GRAB tune. First time played by Phish.

Finishing the unfinished version from the previous night

$First time played
** Last played 8/13/97

[u]8/14/09 - Meadows Music Theatre - Hartford, CT[/u]

Set I: Take the A-Train* (8:19), Dinner and a Movie (4:03) -> Catapult (1:47) -> Dinner And a Movie (2:46), Backwards Down the Number Line (26:11)->La Grange** (9:09)

Set II: Sand (11:22) -> Manic Depression% (10:43), Llama (6:30) -> Free (10:10) -> Roggae*** (14:52) > Steep > Swept Away (6:02) ->Ghost (23:45)

E: Maze (10:00)
E2: Sweet Adeline (2:06)

-First set cut short due to sound problems, Trey promised to make it up in the second set.
*Last played 4/13/94, last time as show opener 4/20/90
**Last played 9/22/99
% Hendrix cover. First time Played.
***Divided Sky teases during the soaring part of the jam

[size=100]8.15.09 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD[/size]

Set I: Pebbles & Marbles (16:13), Mike’s Song (14:23) -> Vultures (8:30)-> Cayman Review*(18:09) -> Piper** (9:59) -> Weekapaug Groove (10:05)

Set II: Light Up Or Leave Me Alone (14:32) -> Chalkdust Torture (9:18),Sneakin Sally#(22:13)-> Gumbo^ (10:01) Mozombique (4:00), Harry Hood (15:32)

E: jam (6:13)–>Tomorrow’s Song (2:24)->Llama (6:07)

*First time played, TAB original, Page on clav for entire song
**Once in a Lifetime teases during jam
#With 2001 and B.E.K. teases
^ Includes a Start/Stop Jam

8.16.09 | Saratoga Performing Arts Center | Saratoga Springs, NY

SET I : Ghost (17:49) -> Ya Mar* (11:11) ->Rift (9:40), Seven Below (10:50), Meat** (12:13), Reba (18:22)

SET II: 2001# (25:33) -> Tweezer (10:48)-> Camel Walk## (13:45), Sparkle (4:20) > Simple (7:11) > 46 Days### (11:22) -> She Said, She Said^ (9:45)->Have Mercy (7:30)-> Sneakin’ Sally (11:52)

E: Piper% (4:41)

*Camptown Races teases
**With long, extended, porno funk ending
#Sneakin Sally and Camel Walk teases

Includes B.E.K. Jam

With Page funking the clav.

^Beatles, first time played

Alright, so who’s in charge of sending this shit to Phish’s management. We should explain that the shows were developed one song at a time and that the OKP is nothing but badasses.

should we start the Rotation Game Results Game?

where all shows are listed and we do the +1 -1 thing to figure out the best…or just open a poll??

[size=100]Phish | The Moon | The Milky Way Galaxy | 10.31.09[/size]

2001 (24:05) -> David Bowie* (22:22) -> Cities* (12:56) -> Spock’s Brain (38:03), Makisupa Policeman (8:00)->The Divided Sky (21:34), You Enjoy Myself^ (12:45)

Set II%: Five Years -> Soul Love -> Moonage Daydream, Starman, It Ain’t Easy, Lady Stardust, Star -> Hang on to Yourself > Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City -> Rock 'n Roll Suicide

Set III: Big Black Furry Creature From Mars (8:00) -> Carini (8:18), Down W/ Disease (23:57) -> Waves (9:12) -> Down W/ Disease (3:02) -> If I Could (8:30), Life On Mars? (7:57) Bathtub Gin (34:09) ->Dave’s Energy Guide# (12:29)> Catapult (1:32)> Fame@(8:39)->Scent of a Mule^^ (8:23)

ENCORE: Harpua** -> Beat It@@ -> Harpua

*Type III jamming!
^No tramps were used for obvious reasons. Replaced with regular jumping.
% Musical Costume was David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars”

Jam contained “Standing on the Moon” and “Mountains of the Moon” teases

@ David Bowie cover. First time played.
^^ Glowring orgy attempted, but they just floated away
** Story is about Jimmy going to the moon.
@@ Michael Jackson cover…with Fishman moonwalking!

[size=100]8.20.09 | Loring Airforce Base | Limestone, ME[/size]

SET I : Ya Mar (12:31) -> Spill The Wine* (8:03), Colonel Forbin

Well, we kinda struck out on the Rotation Fenway setlist, with the only songs played were Gin and Poor Heart…We did pick a Skynard cover, but it was the wrong one, we had Freebird…

2 songs correct but they were in the wrong sets.

Well, JB 06-02-03 Rotation Setlist did not do well…Only song we got right was Timber but it was in the wrong set…

OUR list…
06-04-09 Jones Beach-Wantagh, NY

Set 1: Reba, Party Time*, Tube, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Taste, Axilla II, Cavern ±>Run Like An Antelope^

Set 2: Mike’s Song -> TMWSIY -> Avenu Malkenu -> TMWSIY, Billy Breathes, HaHaHa-> Sanity**->Oh Kee Pah Ceremony->Suzy Greenberg, Halley’s Comet->Weekapaug Groove

E: Ginseng Sullivan, Andelman’s Yard%, Ride Captain Ride

*First time played
+w/ alternate lyrics
^with extended reggae ending, over 20 minutes total
** With Insane in the Membrane (Cypress Hill) teases
% Mike Gordon original, never played live with Phish

ACTUAL list…

06/04/2009 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, NY

Soundcheck: Twenty Years Later

1: Grind, The Divided Sky, Ocelot, The Squirming Coil, Punch You in the Eye, Dirt, NICU, Ghost, Run Like an Antelope

2: Water in the Sky, Birds of a Feather, Drowned, Meatstick, Time Turns Elastic, Waste, You Enjoy Myself

E: Rock and Roll

We got the Antelope right spot right set. Not bad.

OUR list…

06-05-09 Jones Beach-Wantagh, NY

Set 1: Kung#->Manteca, Carini, Stash, Buried Alive-> AC/DC Bag ->Undermind*, Harpua## >Water in the Sky^, Golgi Apparatus

Set II : DWD (14:30) -> McGrupp (9:55) -> David Bowie (12:35), Slave To The Traffic Light (13:47) -> Roses are Free (8:17) -> Free, The Squirming Coil (9:26)

E : Esther, Sweet Adeline

#Only 2nd time ever as opener, See 06-26-94
*w/ long funky jam 20min+

Poster Nutbag is killed by a Flood, Trey mentions Jones Beach as being real sandy

^^ Up Tempo Version

ACTUAL list…

06/05/2009 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, NY

1: Wilson, Buried Alive, Kill Devil Falls, AC/DC Bag, I Didn’t Know, My Friend My Friend, Ya Mar, Theme from the Bottom, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Split Open and Melt

2: Down With Disease -> Twist > Piper > Backwards Down the Number Line, Free, Twenty Years Later*, 2001 > Slave to the Traffic Light

E: A Day in the Life

Not bad at all here either…we matched AC/DC Bag (Correct set) and Slave (Correct set) and got the DWD opener of set II dead on.

OUR list…

06/06/09 - Comcast Center - Mansfield, MA

Set 1 : Birds Of A Feather (9:14), Hey Bulldog* (4:59), The Sloth -> Funky Bitch, Tell Me When the Whistle Blows^->Spock’s Brain (17:14), Bathtub Gin** (18:13)

Set 2:Scents and Subtle Sounds (22:31)-> Catapult (2:25) -> Jam (14:01) -> Lizards (11:33), Ghost (18:09) -> Seven Below (8:50)

E: Harry Hood (18:03)

*Beatles cover, first time played.
^Elton cover, first time played. From the album “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.” Sung by Page. Bluesy jam slowly fades into Spock’s Brain, 17 minutes total
** With band barking along (ala Hey Bulldog) with their parts instead of singing

ACTUAL list…

06/06/2009 Comcast Center (Great Woods) - Mansfield, MA

1: Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan, Nothing, Back on the Train, Golgi Apparatus, Sparkle, Gotta Jiboo, Lawn Boy, Let Me Lie*, Taste, Makisupa Policeman, Prince Caspian

2: 7 Below, Fluffhead, Scent of a Mule, Heavy Things, Harry Hood, Possum, Bug

E: Contact, Julius

Notes:* debut Phish performance (from Trey’s solo album “Bar 17”)

We matched 7 Below (Correct set) and Harry Hood.

Our list…

06-07-2009 - Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ

Set 1: Runaway Jim -> Big Black Furry Creature From Mars (6:33), If I Could, Limb by Limb (12:28) Destiny Unbound (5:47) -> Born To Run (16:54)*, Crosseyed & Painless (21:00), Squirming Coil** (11:44)

Set 2: Tube (17:21) -> Waves (11:43) -> Tweezer (14:28), Poor Heart (3:01), Fluffhead (16:30)

Encore: Sanity^ (6:12), Vultures (8:32)

ACTUAL list…

06/07/2009 Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Fee, Wolfman’s Brother, Guyute, My Sweet One, 46 Days > The Lizards, The Wedge, Strange Design, Tube, First Tube

2: Sand, Suzy Greenberg, Limb by Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sugar Shack*, Character Zero > Tweezer

E: Joy*, Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope > Tweezer Reprise

Notes:* debut performance

We matched Tube and Tweezer (Correct set)

OUR list…

06-09-2009 - Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC

Set 1: Punch You In The Eye (9:28), Sundown* (9:00), Foam (8:23)>Rock and Roll (6:45)-> Sparkle (4:35) > Maze (13:48) > Mock Song* (7:21), The Connection!!!^ (4:08), Frankenstein (5:21)

Set 2: The Curtain With->Piper (21:13), Dirt^^ (5:10), Theme From The Bottom (14:08) Guyute(9:00)

E: Izabella -> Catapult -> Izabella % (12:57)

*Gordan Lightfoot cover (Mike on vocals)
**With Brother teases
*** Spacey reggae intro
^first time played, country 'n western style
^^ last played 11/29/03
%Jammed out in 12.06.97 styling

ACTUAL list…

06/09/2009 Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC

1: Kill Devil Falls, The Moma Dance, Sample in a Jar, Stash, Dog Faced Boy, Gumbo, Tube, Lengthwise, The Divided Sky, When the Cactus is in Bloom^, Bold as Love

2: Backwards Down the Number Line > Ghost > Fast Enough for You, Halley’s Comet > Maze, Alaska*, Theme from the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus, Possum

E: Loving Cup

Notes:^ by Bill Monroe - debut performance, * debut Phish performance

We matched Maze and Theme (Correct set, almost exact placement)

For Asheville, we also got a first time cover with Mike singing, just the wrong one.

Strrrreeeeeetching, I know. :slight_smile:

OUR list…

06/10 - Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN

Set I : Llama-> Lizards-> Tela-> Wilson-> AC/DC Bag-> Colonel Forbin’s Ascent-> Famous Mockingbird-> The Sloth-> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters-> The Divided Sky

Set II : Ghost (34:31) -> Twist (12:21) ->Pebbles and Marbles(13:12), Split Open & Melt(11:00)

E: Rocky Top, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Possum

  • Set one full Gamehendge with narration. Last played 07/09/1994 (Great Woods)

ACTUAL list…

06/10/2009 Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, TN

1: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, Ocelot, Foam, Train Song, Undermind, Mike’s Song > I am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Squirming Coil, Character Zero

2: Back on the Train, Waves > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > David Bowie, Army of One, Reba, Hello My Baby, Julius > Cavern > Harry Hood

E: Frankenstein

LOL. Pretty close.