I agree in ways.. All I will say on this is this... The band feels they have an obligation to please the money paying fans.. While most heads such as myself are bored with certain songs we have seen 25 + times, a lot of people there are there for the first time or 5th and still never hear "that"or "those" songs. Last year was a total blowout in GA you had to know they would not do that again, plus there is more tour and a festival coming up, they have to save some special stuff for that. Thou the show last night was not as expected do to the rain, they obviously had a little less time than they wanted. And I know I myself love getting a 4 or 5 songs set jamtacular!! But most people want to see a lot of songs, as well as it is a tough choice for the band, it is really hard to play 20 plus songs every night then, one night play twelve, there will be a ton of people there like myself who will love it, but there will be a bunch of people comparing lists feelings ripped off at the fact they got half the songs.. Just saying. So I know they pretty much just came out and ripped through everything after the events of the evening but I bet it was mainly due to the storm and the time they lost..Like I bet there was a nice little jam in store after mound originally intended...
A small word on the tour, I felt this tour has been wonderful. They have been playing a lot of fresh feeling sets even the occasional older feeling set, I know they have the heavy staples in there, but it seems like every night they try to at least do a few things they have not even touched on the tour and that is refreshing, after the last few tours where it felt like they only picked 40 songs to play the whole run.. There has not been a lot of heavy jams, they do get lost in the big setlist's,but in a way they are that much more enjoyable when they do happen, at least for the moment that is. I don't know maybe I am just trying to not be jaded in my old age ha , I have been to way too many bad shows like The Jones Beach Closer last summer. Flat setlist, flat show, way over hyped.. So I know these shows happen and sometimes it is where people expect the craziest show, But it seems to me like everyone is being way too harsh.. Just love you some Phish, I can be a hater too. but ripping the whole tour apart. There is no band that has not played a bad show. It happens. And there is no year phish has not played at least a few shows that were not so amazing. So lets suck it up like we always do, and get back out there and give the band the energy they need to be taken where we want them to go... I think that makes the most sense.. Lets all show up to Super Ball 9 ready to rage on a new level and get what we want from them.. I'm ready ...