the first set was utterly forgettable...the extremely boring list could not overcome the pretty decent, solid playing. boogie is a mere shadow of its once great self and has now been relegated to filler status. the set was punctuated by a ripping julius, but not as good as mansfield, albany or even syracuse...a little too late to save the set
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set 2 on the other hand and was solid in both list and playing, they yelled "Fish came to New York" ala Albany in the fulffhead and just crushed the opening three pack. Cities was the real linchpin of the set and a great call by Phish. Funked out, stretched out and fully in 2nd set mode, this Cities was damn good. With a nice segue into Free, the garden was a non-stop dance party for these two tunes. Halley;s is frustrating as all hell as is 2001. Nothing going new and nothing being done that makes me think that MSG2 is any better than any other show in 2009