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Link Sunday, 08/16/2009
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

Soundcheck: I Been Around, Kids, I Kissed a Girl, Beauty of My Dreams

Set 1: Llama, MomaThe Moma Dance, Guyute, Anything But Me, CTBCars Trucks Buses, CDTChalk Dust Torture, GolgiGolgi Apparatus, BowieDavid Bowie, Cavern > Possum, Ocelot, AntelopeRun Like an Antelope

Set 2: BDTNLBackwards Down the Number Line -> Twenty Years Later, Halley'sHalley's Comet > R&RRock and Roll, Harpua -> I Kissed a Girl[1] > HYHUHold Your Head Up > Harpua, YEMYou Enjoy Myself

Encore: Grind, I Been Around[2], Highway to Hell

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Debut.

Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon

Notes: The Harpua narration centered on a depressed Jimmy calling on his Spirit Guide who happened to be a “funny little man wearing a dress” who spoke truth through song (in this case, I Kissed a Girl). This show featured the Phish debut of I Kissed a Girl (described by Trey as “so wrong on so many levels”).  After Harpua, Trey remarked to Fish that he was waiting for the day when Fish went to see Katy Perry and she performed a Phish song, prompting Fish to declare, “I don’t apologize to Katy Perry for that. I only apologize to [the audience].” Prior to the encore, Trey stated that it was hard to play the last show of the tour because they felt like they could just keep going.  Before starting the debut performance of I Been Around, Trey explained that they were playing it because he realized that it was the one song off of the upcoming album (Joy) that they hadn’t played live.

This show was part of the "2009 Late Summer Tour."

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waxbanks , attached to 2009-08-16 Permalink
waxbanks Every song from Chalkdust through Antelope (save Ocelot) is an ideal first-set closer. It's just that kind of show: every song seems like the climax to something. Excellent CTB, fun first set, but the second frame is where it's at, of course. Backwards > Twenty unites two best-version-yet performances - lovely segue too - and Harpua is a rapturous thing, even with one of the Worst Ever Fishman Songs. Closing with YEM: classy. We can accept that the pre-hiatus 'anything goes' vibe is long gone and enjoy a show like for what it is: a working band of middle-aged men at their empathetic best but no longer as hungry as they were even five years ago. Similar show to Hartford in some ways, and both are stronger than the MPP show they bracket, but neither offers a jam with the end-to-end excellence of Maryland's 46 Days. But this show is what it is: a three-hour celebration of second chances, fellowship, and the healing power of The Rock and Roll. Amen.
Score: 3
BrotherGhost , attached to 2009-08-16 Permalink
I dig Phish in just about all their musical styles and feel like we got a great mix of things at Saratoga... Llama was a crazy opener (my funguys were still on and the was they just came out and tore into that blew me away), from there we got some funk, some great story telling and whistling! Old school torture , a good beer break with David Bowie which kept me in my seat through the set break...I was at this show with a friend of 20+ years and Backwards Down The Number Line had us hi-fivin and really just savoring the moments...what a cool song it is. I saw some intense rockin from the crowd (fittingly)during Rock & Roll, I lit up a smoke for the latest edition of Jimi's saga and loved the good old goofiness they gave us. One of my favorite tidbits was Trey telling us how much fun he was having there in Saratoga Springs and it really is a great , great venue and town.
Score: 2
NoFIller , attached to 2009-08-16 Permalink
NoFIller Pretty solid unordinary Number Line jam. Worth a spin for sure.
Score: 1
OswegoDevo , attached to 2009-08-16 Permalink
I LOVE BEING FROM SARATOGA! It was really cool that Trey lived here, just makes it seem all that more special.....this was one the only shows I actually couldn't get a ticket for, but SPAC is so beautiful that we had a group of like 20 of us hanging right on the back gate where you could hear it perfeectly, and we had the entire lawn for just us!
Score: 0

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