, attached to 1997-08-02

Review by spreaditround

spreaditround SET 1: Theme From the Bottom: Standard, loud and awesome ending before the lyric refrain.

Ginseng Sullivan: Trey picks this one with blazing speed, impressive.

Ghost: Trey takes this to full summer 97 in the late 7’s with that crazy tone. Good Ghost but never quite breaks out of the pocket. They seemed content to just sit in there until it fizzles out and ends.

Dogs Stole Things: Standard.

Divided Sky: One of only 4 times played in 97, released on Live Bait Vol. 4. LOL, dude on the Phish.in source during the long pause “Those guys are f*** idiots!” Rip roaring all timer!

Wolfman's Brother: First the funk, then the rage. The funk is fine, about what you would expect from summer 97. But the rage section is seriously knocked out of the park. They truly crush the hell out of it! This is a must hear version! Would highly recommend!

Water in the Sky: Standard.

Split Open and Melt: It’s good but nothing that really grabbed my attention or spoke to me.

SET 2: Down with Disease: Almost three minutes of effects and craziness to intro before Mike does his thing to kick this one off. This version doesn’t stand out much for me outside of the last minute and half which is pretty cool! ->

Tweezer: This one gets into an interesting space in the early 13’s. A nice mix of Trey’s pornofunk and that cool high pitched tone that debuted in 97. By the late 14’s this is transitioning into a hard rocking jam that is tinged with Sweet Emotion from Mike. Extremely cool! The hose is in full effect and then things start to slowly start like DWD. Then there is basically a full return to DWD in the early 17’s. More or less. At about 18:10 it’s obvious that this is going to go the JBG route or honestly could have gone Olivia’s Pool too, but not… ->

Johnny B. Goode: Standard. >

Sparkle: Standard.

Wading in the Velvet Sea: Standard.

Loving Cup: Standard. >

Tweezer Reprise:

ENCORE: Harry Hood – Must have been a cool moment when Trey had Kuroda turn off the lights. How long did they stay off for? Good Hood, but to me nothing really stands out. Would not care to revisit, too many other great versions. Trey says “Mount Hood” at the very end.

Replay Value: Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Down with Disease, Tweezer, Harry Hood

Summary: I am not quite as high on this show as the overall rating on Phish.net: Overall: 4.315/5 (165 ratings). I would rate this as an even 4 out of 5. The first set I thought was very good, actually better than the second set – very long to coming in at 91 minutes. It is a very good show with significant highlights but there are some holes. For instance, after Tweezer the show is basically over until the encore. Big nosedive.


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