The Fizzle Out

Phish Live Shows
#21

lol, that set looks like something from a dream. I have not listened to it yet though. Is it as good as it looks on paper? (if your not sick of those songs)

Seriously though I love when the set mellows out not at the end, but mabey one song before the last one and then comes back to rage. A good example of this was the Trey show I saw a few weeks back. The last three songs of the set were Whats Done, Bar 17, followed by a raging 20 minute Gotta Jibbo. I took a break smoked a little, and really had a chance to take everything in before it was kicked into gear again.

As much love as I have for this show, 8/09/04 was a huge fizzle out. The first set was straight balls to the walls jamming, on every song. Then they come out for set two and play what might be the slowest first half of a second set ever. I still enjoyed it, and think most of the songs were well played, but man if you drove a long way for that show and were expecting a raging sencond set to follow the first I can see how people would be pissed.

#22

12/31/98’s third set really Fizzled for me. After 2 Great sets the Boys came Back out with a Classic combo of Jim>ALS>Simple. But the Simple jam really didnt do much. Granted they were still fighting off hundreds of Balloons. But the Hood/Tweeprise/Llamaand then a Guitar Gently Weeps encore really made the show pretty anticlimactic. Overall, a really Good Show, but going into ALS it had the potential of being an all time great, IMO.

#23

^ I don’t like that show’s second set. I like the ending though.

A New Year’s show that fizzled out was 12/31/97…

#24

^Well, thats what makes Phish so special. Because I thought that second set, the Tweezer>Cities especially was fantastic

#25

Don’t forget that Antelope either, one of my favorites.

#26

Umm, I wasn’t

#27

Uhm OK.

:wink:

#28

Many say Ween 98 Fizzled big time.

I don’t really hear it on tape, I’m not seeing trey walk off, and the loop fits; it’s ghost!

I will admit, however, that it’s all sloppy after the Wolfman’s.

#29

I love the Piper, though. And I love the Ghost until they cut it off so soon.

#30

me too, greg. I wasn’t there, so I totally dig it.

#31

For what it’s worth, if I had been there in person, I may have hated it or it might have freaked me out. Which is why I think listening to tapes of a show is so valuable. Hindsight is 20/20.

#32

I heartily agree. Everytime I TRY to get into post-hiatus shows, a horribly unstupendous uninspired lame You Enjoy Myself makes me realize that I am destined to be a Ninties Phish guy. Makes me glad I saw 50+ shows before Cypress, and none after the “first” hiatus. There…I said it again. Chastise me again…

Sure, post hiatus had it’s MOMENTS…but damn.

#33

I think Mike’s Groove was more the “I’m a 90s guy” song than YEM. Mike’s Groove was fucking BORING post-hiatus.

#34

^Agreed.

#35

Summer of 03 called and wanted all haters to listen to the YEMs from Camden, Alpine Valley, and IT.

#36

^I’m with ya man. The Alpine 03 YEM is a great jam…very good communication between the band members. IT is also very good.

I like certain points of pretty much every post-hiatus YEM, but I agree most of them are not very inspired throughout the song. 2.26.03 is one I especially like. YEM->Clone drools

#37

The IT YEM is great. Seriously. The energy is like a 94 YEM, and Mike’s bass solo quotes Frankenstein.

#38

That’s one or two out of how many pathetic boring-uninspired post-hiatus YEM’s?!?!?!?!?

IT was a serious moment in Phish not to be denied, true. Very inspired playing and tight all the way through.

And I totally agree with you about later Mike’s, gregs…

#39

Agreed.

#40

IT just owns face