PHISH, TUESDAY 06/30/1998
THE GREY HALL
Copenhagen, Denmark
Soundcheck: Roggae, The Moma Dance, Ha Ha Ha, Birds of a Feather, Water in the Sky

SET 1:

Limb By Limb: Strong way to open the show and tour. They sound great!

Ghost: Fire in the belly out of the gate, I love it – this has some brief HOSE moments in the late 9’s and early 10’s. They back it off at the 11 minute mark, funk it up for about a minute and then suddenly end it with Trey saying we hope you enjoyed that as much as we did and then a bunch of banter.

Water in the Sky[1] - Cool new arrangement. >

Bouncing Around the Room: Standard. After the song some more funny banter. We will honor that request if you stop screaming. Banter is over, we are going back to our old ways.

Tube: Standard.

Stash[2] Trey is quite sloppy in the section right before the lyrics start. Sound issues at 2:50. Pretty loose jam. Has a good bit of tension that they build in it but by the 11 minute they quiet this one down and back off that big wall of tension. Yet, at the same time they keep things very dissonant. It’s really cool and an exercise in how well they are listening to one another. Things get really weird at the 12 minute mark, in a good way. 45 seconds later they are definitely working their way to Cities and segue into it nicely! Would recommend this Stash even though it doesn’t have it’s typical climax and big finish->

Cities: Standard.

Roggae[3] First one ever is played close to the vest. More sound issues after the song is over at 6:35.

Guyute: Standard.

Beauty of My Dreams: Intro is a little sloppy. >

Funky Bitch: Played a little slower than usual. Trey’s solo at first is much more subdued and the band brings it down to match how he starts it of quietly.

Train Song: The crowd is dead silent for the beginning and beyond, impressive. Bunch of veterans in attendance.

David Bowie: Some dude perfectly times his scream requesting Bowie as they let loose the first creepy sound that would lead you to believe a Bowie or Maze is inbound. The first part of this jam briefly explores some upbeat, major mode territory but then descends into typical Bowie territory. Good enough Bowie and a fine way to close out the set.

SET 2:

The Moma Dance[3] - The first few measures of this intro are not what we would come to expect of a typical Moma so that is notable. Trey is entertaining as he teaches those in attendance how to do the dance.

Birds of a Feather: Standard.

Wolfman's Brother: This one starts off as your basic Fall 97 funk jam but at the 8 minute mark quickly evolves into that sparse ambient style of jam that was front and center at the Island Tour shows. This 4 minute segment is awesome, tons of head space and room to breathe. This jam will seriously put you into a dream like state, it’s incredible. Would recommend! Awesome segue into Frankie Says.->

Frankie Says: Another awesome ambient jam that has a digital delay loop jam of sorts. Would recommend! Cool segue that will catch you by surprise as they have lulled you to sleep into Antelope >

Run Like an Antelope: Solid!

Lawn Boy: Standard.

Ya Mar: In the mid to late 7’s kind of sounds like a Macarena tease which would make sense since Trey referenced it during the Moma Dance. After this Fish takes a drum solo and puts on a clinic!

Ha Ha Ha: Funny banter leading into this one.

Mike's Song: Pretty decent Mike’s. Just the one jam. ->

Swept Away > Steep > - Standard

Weekapaug Groove: Wow, that was really short.

ENCORE:

Brian and Robert[3] Love Trey’s sustain in a couple different spots in this one.

Summary: Exceptionally long first set clocking in at 1:44. The second set is long to at 1:25. The entire show clocks 3:12 making it easily the longest of the tour and the third longest two set show of the year (Fillmore at 3:24 and 11.27.98 at 3:36). Pretty cool show, very songy and very, very long with a few good highlights. The current rating of 3.963/5 (82 ratings) seems fair to me.

Replay Value: Stash, Wolfman's Brother, Frankie Says

[1] Debut of "new" faster arrangement.
[2] Unfinished.
[3] Debut.

This show marked the debuts of Roggae, The Moma Dance, Brian and Robert, and the "new" faster arrangement of Water in the Sky. Ghost included a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. Tube contained a Sand tease. Stash was unfinished. The Moma Dance included the band teaching the audience the simplistic "dance" that accompanies the song.

SHOW RATING
Your rating:
Overall: 3.963/5 (82 ratings)
JAM CHART VERSIONS
Stash, Roggae, The Moma Dance, Wolfman's Brother, Ya Mar
TEASES
Sand tease in Tube, San-Ho-Zay tease in Ghost