Subject: 11/19/96 You Enjoy Myself
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 19:39:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:  Charles Dirksen 

11/19/96  Municipal Aud, KC, MO

YEM starts up >right after a special Bob Newman Vibration of Life.
Opening is standard. Pace is definitely UpBeat. The pre-Nirvana
segment begins at around 1:15, with Fish whipping the hi-hat, and
Page, Mike and Trey sustaining miscellaneous soft, enchanting tones.
Not terribly dramatic or long, though.  Nirvana at 2:50.  Flawlessly
executed with excellent, Hornsby-esque chords from Page.  Mike's solo
section at 3:33 is dark and confused.  Pre-charge section is
powerfully performed.

"Boy" at 6:07 after an average scream. BMGS/WUDMTF segment is
definitely a sciosh quicker than usual, it seems.  Nice clavinet work
from Page between WUDMTF lyrics (I assume this is the clav and not the
moog.. the moog what's used in Frankenstein, right?  I'm no moog
connoiseur).  Tramps jam around 8:10.  Signals from Mike for the
trampolines moves.  Nice Hammond action from Page!  Mike steps on That
Bell a few times, after jumping on the trampolines. (Trey respectfully
accompanies Page after getting off the tramps)

Jam segment approximately starts at 10 minutes with Trey strongly and 
quickly repeating the same chord... backed by Fish's solid, 
traditional YEM rhythm (a bit upbeat, though, akin to the 12/9/95 
Albany YEM, for example).  It isn't quite the same chord over and over 
again, actually. Anyway, a wholesome funky jam.  Dead stop at 11:03.. 
then again after a few measures.  And another dead stop.  Nice funky 
jam!!

At 13:15 Trey begins soloing mellowly.  He teases part of the melody
line of Oye Como Va around 13:40.  Jam begins climbing in
intensity, and at 14:50 ish, as if on cue, they all stop, except for
Trey, who appears to tease Groove is in Your Heart.  But then the jam
returns to something more appropriate for YEM, and JUST RAGES!!! =^]
Dead stop at 15:40 but Page sustains a chord, and Mike repeats this
erie melody line on his bass.. before all 4 dramatically return for
yet another few measures of exceptionally strong YEM jamming!  

At just after 17 minutes, Trey starts singing "Groove is in your 
heart" and I believe Page or someone gently accompanies him.  Fish 
shrills "Groove is in your heart" once or twice, too.  Trey appears to 
have gone to his mini kit at around this point... Fish starts singing 
again.  Mike keeps playing the same Groove is in your Heart 
melody/bassline over and over again.. he starts improvising more by 
18:20ish.  Fish won't stop singing "Groove is in your heart."

By 19:30, Fish and Mike are funking away, with Trey on the mini-kit
and Page.. soon comes in on the clav around 19:50.  Not quite a bass
and drums section, even though Fish and Mike are the most prominent
(Trey and Page are still contributing to this semi-melodious
Mike-driven groove).  Excelllllent Mike in here, fwiw!!

At 21:14 the closing WUDMTF segment starts but Fish keeps playing, and
even lets out some more "Groove is in the heart" vocals.  Mike also
took a bit longer to quit playing bass. :)  At 21:45 Fish forcefully
quits the drums and a very quick vocal jam begins. If there was ever
any doubt that the members of Phish are weird, this vocal jam
definitively resolves the matter.  Total time 25:38, easy A-/B+ rating
for this above avg-awesome YEM.

two cents
charlie