, attached to 1998-12-29

Review by spreaditround

spreaditround SET 1:

Rock and Roll: Standard. >

Funky Bitch: Standard. >

Punch You in the Eye: Standard. >

Horn: Standard.

Ginseng Sullivan: Standard.

Split Open and Melt: A ‘jamcharts’ version, but this one does not stand out at all for me.

Brian and Robert: Standard.

Guyute: Standard.

My Soul: Standard.

Free Bird: Standard.

SET 2:

Free: I just don’t see anything special about this one. Yes, it has some of that reverse reverb and yes this one is more Trey led than Mike which is a little different than this time period. But it’s not jamcharts worthy. No sir. >

Limb By Limb: Solid enough version especially for Page. >

Also Sprach Zarathustra: Dance party USA, one of the better versions out there I think. Super long intro. Tons of effects. Would have been a blast to witness live. >

Boogie On Reggae Woman: Standard.

You Enjoy Myself: Fine enough version. Mostly funk oriented like the Worcester one. Don’t see how it would make jamcharts, but it does.

ENCORE:

Divided Sky: Rare placement. I guess the band was really happy with this show and felt they needed to put an extra special exclamation point on it here. This is a good version.

Summary: This is a good Phish show, don’t get me wrong. There are bunch of tried and true tunes that – when crushed – would indicate a stellar show. But outside of that sick 2001, what really stands out? For me, nothing really. So, I think the current rating of 4.573/5 (192 ratings) way off base. Obviously, I am in the big time minority. I give it a 3.8/5. Better than average, but not by much.
Replay Value: Also Sprach Zarathustra


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