WOHSHSIHP! PHISHSHOW! WOHSHSIHP! PHISHSHOW!

[Bennyboy]

Tonight and all weekend! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO! PHISH IS BACK! I wish I could be there but I will be monitoring the fstiviteis and getting the downloads!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxCUBXL7Too

[Bennyboy]

1. IT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0eKNuFE-Fg

[Bennyboy]

2. Phish and Neil Young....

Down By The River http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YK_XPZ_Xhg
Runaway Jim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIWAArdQEu8&feature=related
Both from Farm Aid

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. That was pretty wild...Neil was sporting a "Torgo" from "Manos The Hands Of Fate" look...

[bbernardini]

3. Oh, does that start tonight?

I knew it was March, but I couldn't remember when. Yet another in the list of approximately 20 billion concerts I'd like to go to this weekend, but can't due to a previous work commitment. (Not that I had even the remotest chance of getting tickets.)

[Bennyboy]

4. Well follow the show and get the music here!

As soon as the shows are over they will be available here:http://phishthoughts.com/nospoilers/
And they will be unmarked with setlist so you can kind of get the experience down without knowing what is coming.....

and next day livephish http://www.livephish.com/
will have the MP3's for free for a limited time....


Frankenstein! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWf6mKLjAvI&feature=related

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Thanks for all the links. n/t

[Bennyboy]

6. FREEBIRD! (with Wynonna Judd, Sam Bush, The McCoury's etal)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32jEcI6n-Rc

[malta blue]

7. thanks for the link

My friend will be there tonight :woohoo:

[Bennyboy]

8. F*cky Lucker!

I am in CA and I am so stoked for these shows. Imagine the energy when the lights go down tonight....

[malta blue]

13. I know!!!

Her bro is really ticked he didn't get tix to this, but I think he got Camden, and is going to Bonaroo

[Bennyboy]

14. I am so trying for the Roo....

Don't know if it will be cooler seeing Phish Phans getting their faces melted by Springsteen or Springsteen fans getting their faces melted by Phish.

[lazyriver]

9. I was fortunate enough to see this particular Phish show...

Nassau 4-03-98. It was awesome...crowd in a frenzy & swingin' from the rafters during the Tweezer reprise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08r9kY9MhgM&feature=related

Wish I could be in VA right about now.

[Bennyboy]

10. A veggie grilled cheese would be just about right.....

with an ice cold Sammie Smith's to wash it down! Shakedown street comes back to life!

[lazyriver]

11. I can almost taste it now. Is it even possible there will be any

place on earth happier than Hampton, VA in just a few short hours?

[Bennyboy]

12. Laughing, laughing, fall Apart (Sparkle)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdqvmLkdi5k&feature=related

[Bennyboy]

15. Crosseyed and Painless! (Talking Heads cover)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3xQayo_r4g&feature=related

[StrongBad]

16. Can you post the setlist when you get it??

[Bennyboy]

18. I will be on a NO SETLIST spoiler night.....

so I can listen to the show on one of the links above, without knowing the list. So it won't be immediate but after I listen to the show tonight.

If you are really that up for the list go here and it will be listed as soon as it happens and someone posts it.....http://www.phantasytour.com/phish/boards.cgi

[Bennyboy]

20. Se List! (Smoking show too)

SET ONE

Fluffhead, The Divided Sky, Chalk Dust Torture --> Sample in a Jar, Stash, I Didn't Know*, The Oh Kee Pah Ceremony --> Suzy Greenberg, Farmhouse, NICU, Horn, Rift, Train Song, Water in the Sky, The Squirming Coil, David Bowie

SET TWO

Backwards Down the Number Line, Tweezer --> Taste, Possum, Theme from the Bottom, First Tube --> Harry Hood, Waste, You Enjoy Myself**

ENCORE

Grind, Bouncing Around the Room, Loving Cup

Unbelievable show.

[StrongBad]

48. Just got the downloads

Holy fuck! They are back!

[Bennyboy]

49. Wait till you get to Sunday.....

Mind=BLOWN!

[Taverner]

17. Well it will be available on mp3

Sure, there's nothing like being there

But Phish, always considerate of their fans, will record this.

[Bennyboy]

19. OMMFG! Fluffhead to open!

The Holy Grail of Phish songs and they open with it!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8_coTbqjwM And all reviews have been pretty positive. Guess there was a stop start thing in YEM but other than that a great time was had by all. Great setlist too, which I will post tommorow....

BUT FLUFF? HOLY FUCKING SHIT!

[malta blue]

35. That has been my fave so far....

And the version of Stash from that Friday night had me bopping in the car.

LOVE LOVE LOVE that Phish let us download the shows for free on www.livephish.com

[Bennyboy]

37. Yeah, so cool...

Almost like being there...except for...well a lot of things, but pretty cool. I thought Friday was the heat. I can't imagine how high the energy was in the room, but you can almost hear Trey smiling when he is singing...

[malta blue]

38. I love Trey's smile

:loveya:

When he was doing his "thing" in upstate NY, I saw him a couple of times. He was a regular at a local coffee shop. I went in one morning with my daughter and I guess he saw that look of recognition on my face. He put his finger to his lips - shhhh.. I smiled and winked, and sat in the booth behind him. My daughter asked why he shushed us. I explained that he was a famous musician and that he was trying to enjoy his breakfast without anybody bothering him. She then turned around and put her finger to her lips at him (she was 7 at the time). As we left, he gave us that awesome Trey smile and wished us a pleasant day. Needless to say, my kid thought that was the bee's knees.

[Bennyboy]

39. Oh man, that is a great story.....

Made me smile too....

[Bennyboy]

40. Oh man, that is a great story.....

Made me smile too....

[Bennyboy]

21. Nice review....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_en_mu/music_phish_concert_review

HAMPTON, Va. – Phish caught another keeper at the Hampton Coliseum when it mattered most, blasting a five-year breakup into the past with a crisp, focused show that proved the Vermont foursome is refreshed and ready for the road again.

To be fair, this wasn't the fearless or flawless Phish of the 1990s pre-breakup heyday. But on a Friday night that buzzed and crackled with anticipation, their missteps were few, the jamming was spirited and the mood on stage mostly playful and loose — a far cry from the emotional and musical shambles of their "farewell" show some five years prior.

They opened by nailing the hairpin transitions and turbulent passages of their most challenging material: the old stuff. "Fluffhead," an ecstatic prog-rocker and major crowd pleaser, kicked things off by staking a claim from deep within the vast Phish songbook; they held that hallowed ground in the first set with "Divided Sky" and "David Bowie," also from their 1989 debut album "Junta."

But a most encouraging sign was that Phish clearly aims to keep innovating; an a capella "jam" that typically launches from the end of "You Enjoy Myself" (another "Junta" track) was one of the best such vocal segues the band's ever concocted. The odd meshing of mouth-sounds, beatboxing and caterwauling has historically been a thing of throwaway whimsy; on Friday, it quickly developed into a nighmarish wall of what came to sound like deep, spooky electronica gone wickedly wrong.

They also rejiggered the happy-go-lucky "Water in the Sky," changing it from astral bluegrass into an earthier, more dance-friendly shuffle; and debuted the heavy caliber rocker "Backwards Down the Number Line," a strong candidate for inclusion on their upcoming album.

>>>>>SNIP<<<<<<<<<<<

[Bennyboy]

52. Another great review...

On Spot for sure: http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/ace-cowboys-phish-hampton-review-trey-rod-and-the-three-jeters/

To accurately describe what it’s like having the popular rock band Phish back on the Hampton Coliseum stage, let me steal a quip from that lovable ol’ drunkard Arthur when he tells Linda about owning a yacht: “It doesn’t suck.”





This weekend was absolutely top-drawer, a once-in-a-lifetime gala event. This weekend was all about energy, and not in that typical hippie bullshit geodes and quartz kind of way; not “energy, brah.” This weekend was about everyone’s stories being interwoven with their own, connected by being part of something bigger, a participatory séance, the resurrection of a lost world. This weekend was about thousands of people at the exact same time falling collectively back in love with something they once adored so much.

Page is getting most of the accolades, and deservedly so. I’m not sure if he’s louder in the mix than ever before, but he played magnificently this weekend. Fishman and Gordon, as well. I made a joke on my Twitter page that Trey is now the worst player in the band, though I really don’t believe that. Page, Mike and Fishman clearly all had better weekends than Big Red, but there’s an unfair burden on Trey – no matter how well or poorly Page and Mike and Fish play, all eyes will always be on Crimson Dago. Everything he does on stage is magnified and parsed and agonized over.

Trey’s got the unenviable task of playing the hero or the goat every single night. It’s like he’s the A-Rod on a team full of Jeters. He’s become Trey-Rod. Let’s take him out from under the microscope for a while. He fucking nailed every single melodic, chirpy jam on the run; he just needs to find his sea legs on the so-called Type II jams. And he will. Anyone really want to go on record and doubt him? Just say so.

SNIPAGE>>>>>>

[Tripper11]

22. Thanks for the updates, links Bennyboy!

I really hope they put something together for us out here on the West Coast
A couple nights at the Gorge near the end of the summer would do nicely!

[Bennyboy]

24. Be sure to listen to last night....

As stoked as you are to see them this summer,oyu will be TEN TIMES as stoked after just the first set. Pure sicnkness. vauumn solo, no wankery, just getting to it.

I am hoping Red Rocks, Shoreline, Hollywood Bowl and then the Gorge. Divided Sky!

[Bennyboy]

25. Last Night (Saturday)

even tighter jams. Looks like they are shortening things up a bit and getting down to it right now. (But they are still Phish). Sets are full of monster songs. Only set in Phishtory with melt, Reba,Hallys and Antelope together.

Set I: Back On The Train, Runaway Jim, Brian and Robert, Split Open and Melt, Heavy Things, Punch You in the Eye, Gumbo, Reba, Mexican Cousin, It's Ice, Halley's Comet, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Guelah Papyrus, Lawn Boy, Run Like An Antelope


Set II: Rock and Roll, Limb By Limb, Ghost, Piper, Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother, Prince Caspian, Mike's Song> I am Hydrogen> Weekapaug Groove, Character Zero
Encore: A Day in the Life (Beatles cover,which they killed)

[Bennyboy]

26. Sunday setlist (first set)

Set 1: Sanity, Wilson, Foam, Bathtub Gin, Undermind, AC/DC Bag, My Friend My Friend, Scent of a Mule, All Of These Dreams, Maze, She Thinks I Still Care*, Army Of One, Tube, Cars Trucks Buses, Frankenstein**

*George Jones cover, sung by Mike
**Page on Keytar

[Bennyboy]

27. Page on Keytar (Frankenstein)

?v=0

[Bennyboy]

28. Sunday Set two....

* Set One

* Sanity

* Wilson

* Foam

* Bathtub Gin

* Undermind

* AC/DC Bag

* My Friend, My Friend

* Scent of a Mule

* All Of These Dreams

* Maze

* She Thinks I Still Care*

* Army of One

* Tube

* Cars Trucks Buses

* Free

* Frankenstein**

* Set Two

* Down With Disease^

* Seven Below

* The Horse >

* Silent In The Morning

* Twist

* 2001

* Moma Dance

* While My Guitar Gently Weeps

* Wading In The Velvet Sea

* Slave To The Traffic Light

Encore:

* Contact

*BUG

*Tweezer reprise

People on line are calling this the best Phish show since 95.(how it could top Big Cypress is beyong me, but until i lisen to it,,,that is all i got to go on). Apparently the DWD is 20+ minutes long and is pure Phish at the the top of their game...

[Bennyboy]

31. Awesome.

Just finished the first set and all I can say is wow.

[Bennyboy]

29. 85 songs, three nights.....

Some huge bustouts (Fluffhead) some new, some new to them but old as hell, a couple of great Beatles covers. They're back and Summer is going to be something.

[RadiationTherapy]

30. marked *beep*

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

32. IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was there for saturday night. They were so on point and tight. So funky, so incredible. Best Ive heard them in YEARS.

WOW. Ive listened to all three nights repeatedly and can't stop listening to it over and over and over! :woohoo: I am so happy I get to see them again in June :)

[Bennyboy]

33. Coolbeans!

Only saturday? Wow. The first set Sat is smoking, IMO the second is the weakest of them all. But even then it is better than most post Hiatus shows. Really they are back and I can't freaking wait till they melt my face.....

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

34. The first set was chalk full of goodness,

The second set was so funkadelic I couldn't believe it. Ghost, Piper, Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother was MIND BLOWING. Like so amazing. I really loved the second set a lot, maybe more then the first....but after the first set, everyone was totally mindblown. The second set was just so hot that I danced my ass off nonstop.

Do you have tickets for any shows this summer?

[Bennyboy]

36. No tickets, I live in CA

And I am looking for the Shoreline, Gorge, Red Rocks, Hollywood Bowl run. Bigger venues so tickets won't be so ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

41. Im hoping phish can grant that wish for you soon

:)

I can't stop listening to these three nights....they are really amazing

[Bennyboy]

42. Right now Loving Cup is the stunner

for me. never really dug the song but the one from Friday is incredible. The DWD is stupendeous and While My Guitar.....Oh boy....

[StrongBad]

50. Have they ever played Hollywood Bowl before?

I don't seem to ever remember them playing there. Then again, I only moved to L.A. 3 years ago. If they played here I'd flip out!

[Bennyboy]

51. Nope. Just a rumour as of now....

Can you imagine the lighting set-up there? God that will be something (gotta keep it positive). No West Coast dates are confirmed, but the red Rocks, Shoreline, Gorge and LA dates are the end of July, first of August apparently. With Shoreline being during the week (SUCKS).

[Bennyboy]

43. Second Set Sunday is the best playing by any band since......

Well, forever. GOOD GOD. Down with the disease...While My guitar, 2001 and Slave are just incredible. Trey's playing is some of the best I have ever heard.

I cannot be happier that the best band in America is going to be melting faces again.

[malta blue]

44. listening to DWD right now, trying to not bop right out of the cube

:bounce::bounce:

When I wrote that story I told you above about my daughter and Trey, I remembered this part later.....

That day, she asked me to play some Phish for her so she knew who the man who shushed her was. I put on Reba, figuring it was a catchy little tune. My kid ran around for HOURS singing it - it was so cute.

She has been enjoying these shows too - she is 9 now - and she was soooo excited when she heard Reba from the Sat. show. Now I have to upload the shows to her mp3 player for her :D

[Bennyboy]

45. My kids loved Phish

Especially Big fat Furry Creature From Mars.....They would bop to that all day long. Reba another fave and antelope, it was like they were jsut aiting for the words "Run like and Antelope" almost as if they were actually playing it.

So from a critical point of view, did you think the Reba was not quite IT, on Sat?

[malta blue]

46. IMHO, the Sat. show is the weakest as far as musical performance goes.

I love the set list, but I think it was a little off.

Who knows? After Fluffhead and Stash (still my fave song from all three shows so far) on Friday night, they set a pretty high standard for themselves.

I love the DWD from Sunday, and wow - While My Guitar Gently Weeps was spectacular. I like Stash the best because the song itself is very near and dear to me - and they just cleaned up with it.

[Bennyboy]

47. OMFG! The Lights were spectacular! (YouTubes)

Been looking at some of the Youtubes of the weekend (yes I am obsessed!)and I gotta say as smoking as the shows were the lights really bring it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjPn_4kmBc The jam in Chalkdust here, do some browsing around. The vocal jam in YEM is the schnizzles too. Chris Kuroda out does himself here.

There are a bunch more here too...http://vimeo.com/3523062