SET 1: You Enjoy Myself[1] -> Simple > Mountains in the Mist, Chalk Dust Torture[2], Bathtub Gin
SET 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman > AC/DC Bag > Piper > Twist[1] -> Scents and Subtle Sounds, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Loving Cup
You Enjoy Myself and Twist were unfinished. Chalk Dust concluded with a rave-up akin to the ending of The Mango Song.
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, attached to 2003-07-09
A great rare 25 min. Bathtub Gin first set closer. I love the second ambient half of the jam but it remains a pretty solid jam. Recording time's are per LivePhish release
5:05 Liftoff, Page on Grand, Fishman on the ride, Mike and Trey exchanging runs and licks.
6:30 Trey picks it up a bit playing a quick lick and really locks into Fishman here.
7:18 Page strays over to a synth adding a nice layer to the growing jam. He alternates with the Grand Piano giving a nice contrast.
8:15 Gordo locks into a nice rhythm and Trey shows some patience, hanging on a lick while Page builds the sound on the piano.
9:15 Great interplay from Page and Trey!
9:40 Seems like Trey has two options here, lay a screaming high bending note and go into typical Gin peak OR lay a vamp on a funky chords. He opts for the latter.
10:20 Page starts to funk it up on the clavinet. Trey is in rhythm guitarist mode with Page and Gordo really leading the way.
11:40 Fishman goes over the woodblock. Trey comes in with a melody and Gordo eventually takes over the line. Absolutely seamless building of a jam between those two here.
13:00 Trey puts on an effect and plays a three note melody that blends in nicely with the funk. Page is tearing it up on the clavinet, matching Fish's woodblock.
13:53 A small part of the jam, but when Trey switches over to a chord vamp here and Fishman hits an opening hi-hat, well, that is subtle stuff right there but it absoutely drives.
14:40 Trey builds a nice rhythm off a scratching pattern.
15:00 Fishman explodes with Trey and the jam takes it up a notch.
15:21 Fishman goes back to the block with Page on the Organ and Trey finally releases a bending note.
17:10 Trey lets out a nice note here but it seems like Fishman is the one who is really pushing the jam. The jam never really peaks too hard but it's a nice upbeat funk jam.
18:00 Trey lets out a howl from his guitar, Fishman slows up the beat and moves over the ride, Page plays some great lines with his wurlitzer(not sure?) and organ alternating lines. Very Pink Floyd esque.
18:40 Fishman slows it down and things get a little weird. Page and Trey are playing outside and with each other, making for a strange effect.
19:30 Full on ambient space jam. Trey noodles over some tom hits from Fishman...Page lays down some super spacey effects.
20:40 Page comes in with organ, Fishman steadies a beat on the toms and Trey shows some nice patience here.
21:30 Mike hits a low note that seems to signal a shift into major but Trey stumble around for a bit here.
22:05 Page has built a nice background sound and the jam has structure but is extremely ambient.
24:20 Trey comes back in with the Bathtub Gin melody. Nice patience here with Fishman counting back in on the hi-hat and Trey not pushing the tempo. I like how they let it patiently find it's way back to the main Gin theme.
Review by Hose_jam
A great rare 25 min. Bathtub Gin first set closer. I love the second ambient half of the jam but it remains a pretty solid jam. Recording time's are per LivePhish release5:05 Liftoff, Page on Grand, Fishman on the ride, Mike and Trey exchanging runs and licks.
6:30 Trey picks it up a bit playing a quick lick and really locks into Fishman here.
7:18 Page strays over to a synth adding a nice layer to the growing jam. He alternates with the Grand Piano giving a nice contrast.
8:15 Gordo locks into a nice rhythm and Trey shows some patience, hanging on a lick while Page builds the sound on the piano.
9:15 Great interplay from Page and Trey!
9:40 Seems like Trey has two options here, lay a screaming high bending note and go into typical Gin peak OR lay a vamp on a funky chords. He opts for the latter.
10:20 Page starts to funk it up on the clavinet. Trey is in rhythm guitarist mode with Page and Gordo really leading the way.
11:40 Fishman goes over the woodblock. Trey comes in with a melody and Gordo eventually takes over the line. Absolutely seamless building of a jam between those two here.
13:00 Trey puts on an effect and plays a three note melody that blends in nicely with the funk. Page is tearing it up on the clavinet, matching Fish's woodblock.
13:53 A small part of the jam, but when Trey switches over to a chord vamp here and Fishman hits an opening hi-hat, well, that is subtle stuff right there but it absoutely drives.
14:40 Trey builds a nice rhythm off a scratching pattern.
15:00 Fishman explodes with Trey and the jam takes it up a notch.
15:21 Fishman goes back to the block with Page on the Organ and Trey finally releases a bending note.
17:10 Trey lets out a nice note here but it seems like Fishman is the one who is really pushing the jam. The jam never really peaks too hard but it's a nice upbeat funk jam.
18:00 Trey lets out a howl from his guitar, Fishman slows up the beat and moves over the ride, Page plays some great lines with his wurlitzer(not sure?) and organ alternating lines. Very Pink Floyd esque.
18:40 Fishman slows it down and things get a little weird. Page and Trey are playing outside and with each other, making for a strange effect.
19:30 Full on ambient space jam. Trey noodles over some tom hits from Fishman...Page lays down some super spacey effects.
20:40 Page comes in with organ, Fishman steadies a beat on the toms and Trey shows some nice patience here.
21:30 Mike hits a low note that seems to signal a shift into major but Trey stumble around for a bit here.
22:05 Page has built a nice background sound and the jam has structure but is extremely ambient.
24:20 Trey comes back in with the Bathtub Gin melody. Nice patience here with Fishman counting back in on the hi-hat and Trey not pushing the tempo. I like how they let it patiently find it's way back to the main Gin theme.
, attached to 2003-07-09
(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...)
I was somewhat disappointed with the July 8th show at Chula Vista this tour. But the next two nights at Shoreline Amphitheater solidified my freakish love for Phish. As I drove up the California coast from L.A with my brohans I was unable to contain my excitement. I released this adrenaline with sporadic screaming, violent banging, and even by drinking pee. I just didn't know what to do with myself. We were seeing Phish that night!
When they busted "YEM" to open the first night I knew that the shows were going to rock. And when they segued into "Simple" and Trey and Page were weaving and spiraling around each other creating the beauty that only Phish can create, I understood why my pre-show excitement led me to drink my friend’s urine. They played a mellow "Mist", an energetic “Chalk Dust”, and a crazy twenty-five minute Gin to end the set. Perfect beginning.
They opened the second set with an extremely funky "Boogie on Reggae Woman" where Mike's bass was making my entire body vibrate. Then came a solid "AC/DC" bag followed by "Piper" into "Twist" into "Scents and Subtle Sounds". The second half of "Scents" was so tight. I couldn't believe they ended the second set with “Mikes Groove”. It wasn't spectacular but the fact that it was “Mike’s Groove” sent my body into advancing craze. “Loving Cup” was a solid encore. After it was over I was exhausted both physically and mentally. My feet rarely stopped moving and my mind was constantly appreciating the insane musical peaks that Phish reached.
Review by Anonymous
(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...)I was somewhat disappointed with the July 8th show at Chula Vista this tour. But the next two nights at Shoreline Amphitheater solidified my freakish love for Phish. As I drove up the California coast from L.A with my brohans I was unable to contain my excitement. I released this adrenaline with sporadic screaming, violent banging, and even by drinking pee. I just didn't know what to do with myself. We were seeing Phish that night!
When they busted "YEM" to open the first night I knew that the shows were going to rock. And when they segued into "Simple" and Trey and Page were weaving and spiraling around each other creating the beauty that only Phish can create, I understood why my pre-show excitement led me to drink my friend’s urine. They played a mellow "Mist", an energetic “Chalk Dust”, and a crazy twenty-five minute Gin to end the set. Perfect beginning.
They opened the second set with an extremely funky "Boogie on Reggae Woman" where Mike's bass was making my entire body vibrate. Then came a solid "AC/DC" bag followed by "Piper" into "Twist" into "Scents and Subtle Sounds". The second half of "Scents" was so tight. I couldn't believe they ended the second set with “Mikes Groove”. It wasn't spectacular but the fact that it was “Mike’s Groove” sent my body into advancing craze. “Loving Cup” was a solid encore. After it was over I was exhausted both physically and mentally. My feet rarely stopped moving and my mind was constantly appreciating the insane musical peaks that Phish reached.
, attached to 2003-07-09
For now, let's nestle back into the warm summer wind of 2003. Two pendulum-esq shows in, with moments swinging from very amazing to very questionable, show #3 is about the time the band starts to find an identity within the tour. Let me put it another way, if Summer 2003 was a pirate map, there would be a series of squiggly dotted lines connecting 7.7 and 7.8 with a HUMUNGOUS X over Shoreline night 1 before the squiggly lines continue onward to the next treasure. 7.9.03 is what a Phish show is all about.
When You Enjoy Myself opens a show, it is already worth the price of admission. Period. With a full-circle nod to the final show Phish played at Shoreline in 2000, encoring with YEM, Phish completes their journey back to the venue with a show opening YEM. This YEM has a softer feel and tone. Juxtaposed against the still smoldering show-opening 2.26.03 YEM, this one has a laid back, breezy vibe from the get go. Patiently and diligently working its way through the composed section, the jam actually hits a fiery little peak before ebbing back into warm ethereal-ness. YEM settles into a patient groove, short and sweet, for about 60 seconds as it then seamlessly bubbles into Simple. A true -> . What an opener. Normally I have about 13 exclamation points when I say that, but show deserves respect for how mellowly it permeated the venue. Exclamation points would take away from the subtlety and beauty of the jam and segue. Simple gets into a pure, soft, heartfelt jam that swirls like a leaf in the wind. This is a special version. It sways like a giant oak limb in the breeze, leaves detaching without violence and dancing in the soundscape of Shoreline. The flutter to the ground and land in the Mist. Perfectly constructed set so far. True, organic beauty. Compared to the first two shows, one might think this is from a different year, let alone tour, entirely. Chalk Dust gets into an extended type-1 jam, still with a soft edge, but a hard rocker any way your ears hear it. A great jam to follow up Mist. Bathtub Gin sashays into the setlist. And I do mean sashays. With the rhythm section taking control from the get go, Mike and Fish anchor this 26-minute, intergalactic multibeast. A first, trey is nimbly picking. Then Mike takes over about 8 minutes in. A deep, soulful bassline, Fish wastes no time picking up on it and dancing around the woodblocks to make this a softcore porno funk groove. Truly sultry playing. The groove starts to evaporate into some more Trey led (what sounds like) tension and release style peaking, but it doesn't quite get there. Instead it takes a right turn at Albuquerque and ventures off into deep space. Passing the Orc Cloud, this Gin teeters on the event horizon of space jamming (not just noise, but actual jamming). Trey and Mike have some great interplay while Page is doing something just amazing with his affects... no idea how to describe or quantify the sounds... pure space. The jam finally loops around a passing comet and slingshots back into Earth, returning into a subtle Gin theme before dissolving peacefully into another, short, interstellar episode. An amazing, complete set. Wow.
Set 2 starts off with promise. A spunky Boogie On gets the ball rolling but never becomes fully realized. In fact, I think this was planned: to have it be a funky, energized springboard for whichever song came in next. Without missing a beat, literally, they drop into AC/DC Bag and really get after it. Trey NAILS the peak and this is a hot rendition. As it twinkles down in the outro, Piper builds up. Still containing that soft tonal edge, Piper immediately takes off into a smooth orbit of a jam. Much UNLIKE Winter 2003 Pipers, this one is not bouncy or percussive. It is, in fact, very unique in how it steadily gets out there. It keeps going, and going, like a spaceship without a re-entry plan. It really goes. I can't quite put my finger on the sounds and tones, but man is it ever unique. Pretty, spacey, pretty spacey, and downright focused, this Piper finally settles down some 17 minutes later into a humble and patient jam. This jam dissolves into Twist. Twist, now this is a fun version. The first 4 minutes of the jam are rocking, high-energy and full of zest. Then it breaks down in BRILLIANT fashion. Some uber-nimble tones and picking from Trey led to 3 complete start/stop segments highlighted by Mike giving an off-tone, single note, "bewwwwwww." It's giggle Phish! You'll laugh to yourself for sure upon hearing it. Twist then takes on the theme of the second set and dissolves into really eerie space. Some more crazzzzzy affects from Page highlight the 3 minute psychedelic venture, and Mike is hammering some weeeeeird bass affects as well. Great stuff to listen to. Then, you hear it. Those circus-esq notes. Over the space you hear them. Tumbling in. Scents and Subtle Sounds intro. Just fantastic. Man, do I love those intro notes. SASS is beautifully played, really truly beautifully played culminating in a cathartic climax. A must hear version, absolutely. After some brief discussion and what sounds like an Antelope tease, Mike's Song drops in next. This version is weird. It is not dark or gritty, like Mike's typically are, no. It is screech-y and loop-ridden. I am not the biggest fan of this Mike's. Also, it's peak, though the typical notes, are not played in typical fashion. I'm not sure how else to describe it other than... weird. Hydrogen drops in next to form the natural Mike's groove and it played very well. Weekapaug shuffles into the mix and has a raucous, superball (the toy, not the festival) type of jam. It really is fun! It really BOUNCES. Complete with a full band breakdown with Fish yet again on the woodblocks, there is some circus-esq playing that is, again like Twist, downright funny. Great way to end the show! Loving Cup is timely, rocking encore with nothing else to be proven after this amazingly fluid show! A true gem!
Must-hear jams: You Enjoy Myself -> Simple, Bathtub Gin, Piper > Twist -> Scents and Subtle Sounds, Weekapaug Groove
Probably-should-listen-to jams: Chalk Dust Torture, AC/DC Bag
Review by FunkyCFunkyDo
For now, let's nestle back into the warm summer wind of 2003. Two pendulum-esq shows in, with moments swinging from very amazing to very questionable, show #3 is about the time the band starts to find an identity within the tour. Let me put it another way, if Summer 2003 was a pirate map, there would be a series of squiggly dotted lines connecting 7.7 and 7.8 with a HUMUNGOUS X over Shoreline night 1 before the squiggly lines continue onward to the next treasure. 7.9.03 is what a Phish show is all about.When You Enjoy Myself opens a show, it is already worth the price of admission. Period. With a full-circle nod to the final show Phish played at Shoreline in 2000, encoring with YEM, Phish completes their journey back to the venue with a show opening YEM. This YEM has a softer feel and tone. Juxtaposed against the still smoldering show-opening 2.26.03 YEM, this one has a laid back, breezy vibe from the get go. Patiently and diligently working its way through the composed section, the jam actually hits a fiery little peak before ebbing back into warm ethereal-ness. YEM settles into a patient groove, short and sweet, for about 60 seconds as it then seamlessly bubbles into Simple. A true -> . What an opener. Normally I have about 13 exclamation points when I say that, but show deserves respect for how mellowly it permeated the venue. Exclamation points would take away from the subtlety and beauty of the jam and segue. Simple gets into a pure, soft, heartfelt jam that swirls like a leaf in the wind. This is a special version. It sways like a giant oak limb in the breeze, leaves detaching without violence and dancing in the soundscape of Shoreline. The flutter to the ground and land in the Mist. Perfectly constructed set so far. True, organic beauty. Compared to the first two shows, one might think this is from a different year, let alone tour, entirely. Chalk Dust gets into an extended type-1 jam, still with a soft edge, but a hard rocker any way your ears hear it. A great jam to follow up Mist. Bathtub Gin sashays into the setlist. And I do mean sashays. With the rhythm section taking control from the get go, Mike and Fish anchor this 26-minute, intergalactic multibeast. A first, trey is nimbly picking. Then Mike takes over about 8 minutes in. A deep, soulful bassline, Fish wastes no time picking up on it and dancing around the woodblocks to make this a softcore porno funk groove. Truly sultry playing. The groove starts to evaporate into some more Trey led (what sounds like) tension and release style peaking, but it doesn't quite get there. Instead it takes a right turn at Albuquerque and ventures off into deep space. Passing the Orc Cloud, this Gin teeters on the event horizon of space jamming (not just noise, but actual jamming). Trey and Mike have some great interplay while Page is doing something just amazing with his affects... no idea how to describe or quantify the sounds... pure space. The jam finally loops around a passing comet and slingshots back into Earth, returning into a subtle Gin theme before dissolving peacefully into another, short, interstellar episode. An amazing, complete set. Wow.
Set 2 starts off with promise. A spunky Boogie On gets the ball rolling but never becomes fully realized. In fact, I think this was planned: to have it be a funky, energized springboard for whichever song came in next. Without missing a beat, literally, they drop into AC/DC Bag and really get after it. Trey NAILS the peak and this is a hot rendition. As it twinkles down in the outro, Piper builds up. Still containing that soft tonal edge, Piper immediately takes off into a smooth orbit of a jam. Much UNLIKE Winter 2003 Pipers, this one is not bouncy or percussive. It is, in fact, very unique in how it steadily gets out there. It keeps going, and going, like a spaceship without a re-entry plan. It really goes. I can't quite put my finger on the sounds and tones, but man is it ever unique. Pretty, spacey, pretty spacey, and downright focused, this Piper finally settles down some 17 minutes later into a humble and patient jam. This jam dissolves into Twist. Twist, now this is a fun version. The first 4 minutes of the jam are rocking, high-energy and full of zest. Then it breaks down in BRILLIANT fashion. Some uber-nimble tones and picking from Trey led to 3 complete start/stop segments highlighted by Mike giving an off-tone, single note, "bewwwwwww." It's giggle Phish! You'll laugh to yourself for sure upon hearing it. Twist then takes on the theme of the second set and dissolves into really eerie space. Some more crazzzzzy affects from Page highlight the 3 minute psychedelic venture, and Mike is hammering some weeeeeird bass affects as well. Great stuff to listen to. Then, you hear it. Those circus-esq notes. Over the space you hear them. Tumbling in. Scents and Subtle Sounds intro. Just fantastic. Man, do I love those intro notes. SASS is beautifully played, really truly beautifully played culminating in a cathartic climax. A must hear version, absolutely. After some brief discussion and what sounds like an Antelope tease, Mike's Song drops in next. This version is weird. It is not dark or gritty, like Mike's typically are, no. It is screech-y and loop-ridden. I am not the biggest fan of this Mike's. Also, it's peak, though the typical notes, are not played in typical fashion. I'm not sure how else to describe it other than... weird. Hydrogen drops in next to form the natural Mike's groove and it played very well. Weekapaug shuffles into the mix and has a raucous, superball (the toy, not the festival) type of jam. It really is fun! It really BOUNCES. Complete with a full band breakdown with Fish yet again on the woodblocks, there is some circus-esq playing that is, again like Twist, downright funny. Great way to end the show! Loving Cup is timely, rocking encore with nothing else to be proven after this amazingly fluid show! A true gem!
Must-hear jams: You Enjoy Myself -> Simple, Bathtub Gin, Piper > Twist -> Scents and Subtle Sounds, Weekapaug Groove
Probably-should-listen-to jams: Chalk Dust Torture, AC/DC Bag
, attached to 2003-07-09
Somehow left out Piper in my intitial review, sorry about that:
After the Chula Vista show we drove to some point north of L.A. and holed up in a motel. We made the long drive to Shoreline the following day. Got to love driving by Gilroy, CA - garlic capital of the world. We checked into our hotel in Mountain View, hit a liquor store and rolled into the lot around 5:30.
Cops were being complete pricks making people pour out coolers of beer. That's how it was on 10/6/00 but they got more mellow for the next day and the same held true for this two-day Shoreline run. So we are sitting there drinking beer when a ticket broker tells us he has 3rd row tickets. Malcolm and I talk him down to $90 for the pair. So I take off to sell my sec 201 or 202 (whatever it was it was in the 200's: not a bad seat). The extra situation was unreal, so many people had them, and lawns were being miracle left and right. After 45 minutes I found some dude that gave me $25 bucks for it. I lost $20 bucks on the whole thing but as this night turned out, I could care less.
I ambled in and found my seat. So the Ticket Broker guy was incorrect in saying we were 3rd row; we in fact were 7th row, just a couple of rows in front of junkbondking. Great seats, better than the 8th row seats I had for Phoenix and Chula; the Shoreline seats were much more centered. Malcolm walks in and sits down next to me, and a few minutes later out walks the band. Shit eating grins all around us not to mention on stage.
SET 1: You Enjoy Myself: Jesus, you've got to be kidding?! Is this a dream? You have to love a band that does this kind of stuff: 10/7/00 last show before hiatus at Shoreline and they encore w/ YEM. First time back at Shoreline and what do they open w/? That's right folks, freakin' YEM! Damn I love this band! This was a smoking YEM, Cactus dropping bombs all over the damn place - woo hoo, 17 minutes of bliss for this guy! There were a couple of Simple teases in there somewhere, no vocal jam and segue into ->
Simple: We indeed have it Simple! Pretty good version - not too long clocking in at 10+ minutes >
Mountains in the Mist: After the blistering start to this show, I was pleased w/ this selection. Trey's vocals sound great.
Chalk Dust Torture: I kid you not when I say this Chalkdust is fire. Machine Gun Trey at his finest here. Awesome.
Bathtub Gin: The band really means business tonight as was made apparent here. Holy cow, this Gin is just insane. This was my 63rd show and I love the fact that twice in this almost 27-minute song that I had to look at my setlist notes to realize "Oh yeah, this is still Gin!" No other band has ever been able to take me on such a roller coaster ride w/ songs of this nature; and alas they are still doing it to me! Love it! The whole band was such an intense groove machine throughout this monster, always listening to one another while maintaining their own distinct playing.
SET 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman: Standard as they get but still a great tone setter coming out of set break. >
AC/DC Bag: Completely smoked, hot fire through and through. >
Piper: Quickly into the jam at the five minute mark. Very fast paced as you would expect. By the early 8’s this one has settled already and just one minute later it has gotten evil, downright intimidating. Some really interesting effects briefly from Page around 9:35 or so. From here until the mid 11’s the jam is fairly aimless – everyone kind of seems to be looking around wondering who wants to take the helm. Well, that someone is Fish as he stops crashing cymbals, hits the wood blocks and we are off and running and this jam is ramping up. Mike is throwing down some liquid base and then hitting his fight bell indicating his approval of all that is transpiring. Eventually this turns into another Trey led shred fest for about three minutes. Once this slows down, Mike is playing the most melodic notes starting at 16:45 – absolutely beautiful! From here Mike leads the band into a deep space jam, ethereal. Fantastic Piper. >
Twist: Some excellent jamming here and no wasted space and an extremely cool segue into… ->
Scents and Subtle Sounds: I was excited to hear this after seeing the Phoenix debut a couple of nights ago. After reading a review on Phish.net I have realized what that middle jam in this song sounds like to me: Sparks. It is very similar. I know very little when it comes to the technical side of music. All I know is that the middle jam does have a similar sound to Sparks and the end jam is similar to a Hood or a Slave. It matters little to me. What mattered to me this night was the way this song MOVED ME. The lyrics are beautiful number one. But during the jam I found myself getting very verklempt. I was so touched during this tune and couldn't help but feel that this song says a lot about the upside of Phish's future – looking back on this review 20 years after having written it – I couldn’t have been more wrong. Definitely a classic in the making.
Mike's Song: My buddy Malcolm called this one! I didn't think the night could possibly get any better and then they drop this atomic bomb on us! The place just erupts as the opening notes ring out. YEEEEEEEESSS! This Mike's would be relatively standard but very well played at the same time. Just the fact that they were playing Mike's this deep in the set, I was at a loss for words. 10-minute Mike's w/ a segue into >
I Am Hydrogen: Thank you, thank you, thank you Phish. So classic, so old school. Pretty well played and a segue into >
Weekapaug Groove: Mike just brings the house down as usual. Again pretty standard Mike's Groove as a whole but very solid too. A ten-minute Weekapaug ends the set. Page has a nice funky breakdown with Mike adding some nice accents. The band says nothing after first set and after second set, they didn't need to. They looked pretty pleased, we sure were!
ENCORE: Loving Cup: A more appropriate song could not have been played in this spot. Yeah, it's played a lot maybe overplayed. Didn't matter tonight one bit. "What a beautiful buzz" indeed. After my disappoint w/ the Phoenix and Chula shows, I felt like this show completely validated just why I was on tour -> you never know when the band is going to sneak up and grab you. Well they did tonight, and this guy was back on the train (yes, I am a dork).
Replay Value/Summary: Would highly recommend Bathtub Gin and Piper. Then I would say it wouldn’t hurt to listen to YEM, Simple, and Weekapaug.
Malcolm, I am really glad I was able to share this show w/ you bro - I will never forget it. People, haggle w/ ticket brokers - trust me on this one, it just might be worth your time like it was for us tonight. The energy of the band just rolling off the stage was incredible. It was like a heatwave coming off the band and enveloping the whole amphitheater, the boys were FEELING it tonight! Back to our sweet hotel (good work on that one Malcolm) for some late-night partying. Ah, the best of times this night folks; the best!
Score: 4.2 out of 5
Review by spreaditround
Somehow left out Piper in my intitial review, sorry about that:After the Chula Vista show we drove to some point north of L.A. and holed up in a motel. We made the long drive to Shoreline the following day. Got to love driving by Gilroy, CA - garlic capital of the world. We checked into our hotel in Mountain View, hit a liquor store and rolled into the lot around 5:30.
Cops were being complete pricks making people pour out coolers of beer. That's how it was on 10/6/00 but they got more mellow for the next day and the same held true for this two-day Shoreline run. So we are sitting there drinking beer when a ticket broker tells us he has 3rd row tickets. Malcolm and I talk him down to $90 for the pair. So I take off to sell my sec 201 or 202 (whatever it was it was in the 200's: not a bad seat). The extra situation was unreal, so many people had them, and lawns were being miracle left and right. After 45 minutes I found some dude that gave me $25 bucks for it. I lost $20 bucks on the whole thing but as this night turned out, I could care less.
I ambled in and found my seat. So the Ticket Broker guy was incorrect in saying we were 3rd row; we in fact were 7th row, just a couple of rows in front of junkbondking. Great seats, better than the 8th row seats I had for Phoenix and Chula; the Shoreline seats were much more centered. Malcolm walks in and sits down next to me, and a few minutes later out walks the band. Shit eating grins all around us not to mention on stage.
SET 1: You Enjoy Myself: Jesus, you've got to be kidding?! Is this a dream? You have to love a band that does this kind of stuff: 10/7/00 last show before hiatus at Shoreline and they encore w/ YEM. First time back at Shoreline and what do they open w/? That's right folks, freakin' YEM! Damn I love this band! This was a smoking YEM, Cactus dropping bombs all over the damn place - woo hoo, 17 minutes of bliss for this guy! There were a couple of Simple teases in there somewhere, no vocal jam and segue into ->
Simple: We indeed have it Simple! Pretty good version - not too long clocking in at 10+ minutes >
Mountains in the Mist: After the blistering start to this show, I was pleased w/ this selection. Trey's vocals sound great.
Chalk Dust Torture: I kid you not when I say this Chalkdust is fire. Machine Gun Trey at his finest here. Awesome.
Bathtub Gin: The band really means business tonight as was made apparent here. Holy cow, this Gin is just insane. This was my 63rd show and I love the fact that twice in this almost 27-minute song that I had to look at my setlist notes to realize "Oh yeah, this is still Gin!" No other band has ever been able to take me on such a roller coaster ride w/ songs of this nature; and alas they are still doing it to me! Love it! The whole band was such an intense groove machine throughout this monster, always listening to one another while maintaining their own distinct playing.
SET 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman: Standard as they get but still a great tone setter coming out of set break. >
AC/DC Bag: Completely smoked, hot fire through and through. >
Piper: Quickly into the jam at the five minute mark. Very fast paced as you would expect. By the early 8’s this one has settled already and just one minute later it has gotten evil, downright intimidating. Some really interesting effects briefly from Page around 9:35 or so. From here until the mid 11’s the jam is fairly aimless – everyone kind of seems to be looking around wondering who wants to take the helm. Well, that someone is Fish as he stops crashing cymbals, hits the wood blocks and we are off and running and this jam is ramping up. Mike is throwing down some liquid base and then hitting his fight bell indicating his approval of all that is transpiring. Eventually this turns into another Trey led shred fest for about three minutes. Once this slows down, Mike is playing the most melodic notes starting at 16:45 – absolutely beautiful! From here Mike leads the band into a deep space jam, ethereal. Fantastic Piper. >
Twist: Some excellent jamming here and no wasted space and an extremely cool segue into… ->
Scents and Subtle Sounds: I was excited to hear this after seeing the Phoenix debut a couple of nights ago. After reading a review on Phish.net I have realized what that middle jam in this song sounds like to me: Sparks. It is very similar. I know very little when it comes to the technical side of music. All I know is that the middle jam does have a similar sound to Sparks and the end jam is similar to a Hood or a Slave. It matters little to me. What mattered to me this night was the way this song MOVED ME. The lyrics are beautiful number one. But during the jam I found myself getting very verklempt. I was so touched during this tune and couldn't help but feel that this song says a lot about the upside of Phish's future – looking back on this review 20 years after having written it – I couldn’t have been more wrong. Definitely a classic in the making.
Mike's Song: My buddy Malcolm called this one! I didn't think the night could possibly get any better and then they drop this atomic bomb on us! The place just erupts as the opening notes ring out. YEEEEEEEESSS! This Mike's would be relatively standard but very well played at the same time. Just the fact that they were playing Mike's this deep in the set, I was at a loss for words. 10-minute Mike's w/ a segue into >
I Am Hydrogen: Thank you, thank you, thank you Phish. So classic, so old school. Pretty well played and a segue into >
Weekapaug Groove: Mike just brings the house down as usual. Again pretty standard Mike's Groove as a whole but very solid too. A ten-minute Weekapaug ends the set. Page has a nice funky breakdown with Mike adding some nice accents. The band says nothing after first set and after second set, they didn't need to. They looked pretty pleased, we sure were!
ENCORE: Loving Cup: A more appropriate song could not have been played in this spot. Yeah, it's played a lot maybe overplayed. Didn't matter tonight one bit. "What a beautiful buzz" indeed. After my disappoint w/ the Phoenix and Chula shows, I felt like this show completely validated just why I was on tour -> you never know when the band is going to sneak up and grab you. Well they did tonight, and this guy was back on the train (yes, I am a dork).
Replay Value/Summary: Would highly recommend Bathtub Gin and Piper. Then I would say it wouldn’t hurt to listen to YEM, Simple, and Weekapaug.
Malcolm, I am really glad I was able to share this show w/ you bro - I will never forget it. People, haggle w/ ticket brokers - trust me on this one, it just might be worth your time like it was for us tonight. The energy of the band just rolling off the stage was incredible. It was like a heatwave coming off the band and enveloping the whole amphitheater, the boys were FEELING it tonight! Back to our sweet hotel (good work on that one Malcolm) for some late-night partying. Ah, the best of times this night folks; the best!
Score: 4.2 out of 5
, attached to 2003-07-09
Just to keep you honest, this is a great Piper, it could even be the best one of 2.0.....but no Piper can knock Prague 98 off of the Gold medal pedestal. There is a thread on Phish.net somewhere about this and I went through every single best ever Piper that people suggested as being able to compete with Prague 98, but nothing compares to the guitar solo journey Trey takes us on with that superlative version. In fact, that is probably my favourite guitar solo by anyone, ever in the entire history of modern music....it's that good! He really takes the listener on an extended journey of discovery, if you can stay focused on it for the duration. He is truly on fire for the entire show with many best of versions for me....even Loving Cup.....everything except Golgi, which is a hot mess. But best ever Piper....Prague 98.
Review by lofus99
Just to keep you honest, this is a great Piper, it could even be the best one of 2.0.....but no Piper can knock Prague 98 off of the Gold medal pedestal. There is a thread on Phish.net somewhere about this and I went through every single best ever Piper that people suggested as being able to compete with Prague 98, but nothing compares to the guitar solo journey Trey takes us on with that superlative version. In fact, that is probably my favourite guitar solo by anyone, ever in the entire history of modern music....it's that good! He really takes the listener on an extended journey of discovery, if you can stay focused on it for the duration. He is truly on fire for the entire show with many best of versions for me....even Loving Cup.....everything except Golgi, which is a hot mess. But best ever Piper....Prague 98.
, attached to 2003-07-09
After the Chula Vista show we drove to some point north of L.A. and holed up in a motel. We made the long drive to Shoreline the following day. Got to love driving by Gilroy, CA - garlic capital of the world. We checked into our hotel in Mountain View, hit a liquor store and rolled into the lot around 5:30.
Cops were being complete pricks making people pour out coolers of beer. That's how it was on 10/6/00 but they got more mellow for the next day and the same held true for this two-day Shoreline run. So we are sitting there drinking beer when a ticket broker tells us he has 3rd row tickets. Malcolm and I talk him down to $90 for the pair. So I take off to sell my sec 201 or 202 (whatever it was it was in the 200's: not a bad seat). The extra situation was unreal, so many people had them, and lawns were being miracle left and right. After 45 minutes I found some dude that gave me $25 bucks for it. I lost $20 bucks on the whole thing but as this night turned out, I could care less.
I ambled in and found my seat. So the Ticket Broker guy was incorrect in saying we were 3rd row; we in fact were 7th row, just a couple of rows in front of junkbondking. Great seats, better than the 8th row seats I had for Phoenix and Chula; the Shoreline seats were much more centered. Malcolm walks in and sits down next to me, and a few minutes later out walks the band. Shit eating grins all around us not to mention on stage.
SET 1: You Enjoy Myself: Jesus, you've got to be kidding?! Is this a dream? You have to love a band that does this kind of stuff: 10/7/00 last show before hiatus at Shoreline and they encore w/ YEM. First time back at Shoreline and what do they open w/? That's right folks, freakin' YEM! Damn I love this band! This was a smoking YEM, Cactus dropping bombs all over the damn place - woo hoo, 17 minutes of bliss for this guy! There were a couple of Simple teases in there somewhere, no vocal jam and segue into ->
Simple: We indeed have it Simple! Pretty good version - not too long clocking in at 10+ minutes >
Mountains in the Mist: After the blistering start to this show, I was pleased w/ this selection. Trey's vocals sound great.
Chalk Dust Torture: I kid you not when I say this Chalkdust is fire. Machine Gun Trey at his finest here. Awesome.
Bathtub Gin: The band really means business tonight as was made apparent here. Holy cow, this Gin is just insane. This was my 63rd show and I love the fact that twice in this almost 27-minute song that I had to look at my setlist notes to realize "Oh yeah, this is still Gin!" No other band has ever been able to take me on such a roller coaster ride w/ songs of this nature; and alas they are still doing it to me! Love it! The whole band was such an intense groove machine throughout this monster, always listening to one another while maintaining their own distinct playing.
SET 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman: Standard as they get but still a great tone setter coming out of set break. >
AC/DC Bag: Completely smoked, hot fire through and through. >
Piper: >
Twist: Some excellent jamming here and no wasted space and an extremely cool segue into… ->
Scents and Subtle Sounds: I was excited to hear this after seeing the Phoenix debut a couple of nights ago. After reading a review on Phish.net I have realized what that middle jam in this song sounds like to me: Sparks. It is very similar. I know very little when it comes to the technical side of music. All I know is that the middle jam does have a similar sound to Sparks and the end jam is similar to a Hood or a Slave. It matters little to me. What mattered to me this night was the way this song MOVED ME. The lyrics are beautiful number one. But during the jam I found myself getting very verklempt. I was so touched during this tune and couldn't help but feel that this song says a lot about the upside of Phish's future – looking back on this review 20 years after having written it – I couldn’t have been more wrong. Definitely a classic in the making.
Mike's Song: My buddy Malcolm called this one! I didn't think the night could possibly get any better and then they drop this atomic bomb on us! The place just erupts as the opening notes ring out. YEEEEEEEESSS! This Mike's would be relatively standard but very well played at the same time. Just the fact that they were playing Mike's this deep in the set, I was at a loss for words. 10-minute Mike's w/ a segue into >
I Am Hydrogen: Thank you, thank you, thank you Phish. So classic, so old school. Pretty well played and a segue into >
Weekapaug Groove: Mike just brings the house down as usual. Again pretty standard Mike's Groove as a whole but very solid too. A ten-minute Weekapaug ends the set. Page has a nice funky breakdown with Mike adding some nice accents. The band says nothing after first set and after second set, they didn't need to. They looked pretty pleased, we sure were!
ENCORE: Loving Cup: A more appropriate song could not have been played in this spot. Yeah, it's played a lot maybe overplayed. Didn't matter tonight one bit. "What a beautiful buzz" indeed. After my disappoint w/ the Phoenix and Chula shows, I felt like this show completely validated just why I was on tour -> you never know when the band is going to sneak up and grab you. Well they did tonight, and this guy was back on the train (yes, I am a dork).
Replay Value/Summary: Would highly recommend Bathtub Gin and Piper. Then I would say it wouldn’t hurt to listen to YEM, Simple, and Weekapaug.
Malcolm, I am really glad I was able to share this show w/ you bro - I will never forget it. People, haggle w/ ticket brokers - trust me on this one, it just might be worth your time like it was for us tonight. The energy of the band just rolling off the stage was incredible. It was like a heatwave coming off the band and enveloping the whole amphitheater, the boys were FEELING it tonight! Back to our sweet hotel (good work on that one Malcolm) for some late-night partying. Ah, the best of times this night folks; the best!
Score: 4.2 out of 5
Review by spreaditround
After the Chula Vista show we drove to some point north of L.A. and holed up in a motel. We made the long drive to Shoreline the following day. Got to love driving by Gilroy, CA - garlic capital of the world. We checked into our hotel in Mountain View, hit a liquor store and rolled into the lot around 5:30.Cops were being complete pricks making people pour out coolers of beer. That's how it was on 10/6/00 but they got more mellow for the next day and the same held true for this two-day Shoreline run. So we are sitting there drinking beer when a ticket broker tells us he has 3rd row tickets. Malcolm and I talk him down to $90 for the pair. So I take off to sell my sec 201 or 202 (whatever it was it was in the 200's: not a bad seat). The extra situation was unreal, so many people had them, and lawns were being miracle left and right. After 45 minutes I found some dude that gave me $25 bucks for it. I lost $20 bucks on the whole thing but as this night turned out, I could care less.
I ambled in and found my seat. So the Ticket Broker guy was incorrect in saying we were 3rd row; we in fact were 7th row, just a couple of rows in front of junkbondking. Great seats, better than the 8th row seats I had for Phoenix and Chula; the Shoreline seats were much more centered. Malcolm walks in and sits down next to me, and a few minutes later out walks the band. Shit eating grins all around us not to mention on stage.
SET 1: You Enjoy Myself: Jesus, you've got to be kidding?! Is this a dream? You have to love a band that does this kind of stuff: 10/7/00 last show before hiatus at Shoreline and they encore w/ YEM. First time back at Shoreline and what do they open w/? That's right folks, freakin' YEM! Damn I love this band! This was a smoking YEM, Cactus dropping bombs all over the damn place - woo hoo, 17 minutes of bliss for this guy! There were a couple of Simple teases in there somewhere, no vocal jam and segue into ->
Simple: We indeed have it Simple! Pretty good version - not too long clocking in at 10+ minutes >
Mountains in the Mist: After the blistering start to this show, I was pleased w/ this selection. Trey's vocals sound great.
Chalk Dust Torture: I kid you not when I say this Chalkdust is fire. Machine Gun Trey at his finest here. Awesome.
Bathtub Gin: The band really means business tonight as was made apparent here. Holy cow, this Gin is just insane. This was my 63rd show and I love the fact that twice in this almost 27-minute song that I had to look at my setlist notes to realize "Oh yeah, this is still Gin!" No other band has ever been able to take me on such a roller coaster ride w/ songs of this nature; and alas they are still doing it to me! Love it! The whole band was such an intense groove machine throughout this monster, always listening to one another while maintaining their own distinct playing.
SET 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman: Standard as they get but still a great tone setter coming out of set break. >
AC/DC Bag: Completely smoked, hot fire through and through. >
Piper: >
Twist: Some excellent jamming here and no wasted space and an extremely cool segue into… ->
Scents and Subtle Sounds: I was excited to hear this after seeing the Phoenix debut a couple of nights ago. After reading a review on Phish.net I have realized what that middle jam in this song sounds like to me: Sparks. It is very similar. I know very little when it comes to the technical side of music. All I know is that the middle jam does have a similar sound to Sparks and the end jam is similar to a Hood or a Slave. It matters little to me. What mattered to me this night was the way this song MOVED ME. The lyrics are beautiful number one. But during the jam I found myself getting very verklempt. I was so touched during this tune and couldn't help but feel that this song says a lot about the upside of Phish's future – looking back on this review 20 years after having written it – I couldn’t have been more wrong. Definitely a classic in the making.
Mike's Song: My buddy Malcolm called this one! I didn't think the night could possibly get any better and then they drop this atomic bomb on us! The place just erupts as the opening notes ring out. YEEEEEEEESSS! This Mike's would be relatively standard but very well played at the same time. Just the fact that they were playing Mike's this deep in the set, I was at a loss for words. 10-minute Mike's w/ a segue into >
I Am Hydrogen: Thank you, thank you, thank you Phish. So classic, so old school. Pretty well played and a segue into >
Weekapaug Groove: Mike just brings the house down as usual. Again pretty standard Mike's Groove as a whole but very solid too. A ten-minute Weekapaug ends the set. Page has a nice funky breakdown with Mike adding some nice accents. The band says nothing after first set and after second set, they didn't need to. They looked pretty pleased, we sure were!
ENCORE: Loving Cup: A more appropriate song could not have been played in this spot. Yeah, it's played a lot maybe overplayed. Didn't matter tonight one bit. "What a beautiful buzz" indeed. After my disappoint w/ the Phoenix and Chula shows, I felt like this show completely validated just why I was on tour -> you never know when the band is going to sneak up and grab you. Well they did tonight, and this guy was back on the train (yes, I am a dork).
Replay Value/Summary: Would highly recommend Bathtub Gin and Piper. Then I would say it wouldn’t hurt to listen to YEM, Simple, and Weekapaug.
Malcolm, I am really glad I was able to share this show w/ you bro - I will never forget it. People, haggle w/ ticket brokers - trust me on this one, it just might be worth your time like it was for us tonight. The energy of the band just rolling off the stage was incredible. It was like a heatwave coming off the band and enveloping the whole amphitheater, the boys were FEELING it tonight! Back to our sweet hotel (good work on that one Malcolm) for some late-night partying. Ah, the best of times this night folks; the best!
Score: 4.2 out of 5
, attached to 2003-07-09
This show was hit and miss, even for 2.0 standards. I brought my friend Jerry to see his first show, and he was blown away, but this was my first taste of sloppy Phish, and I was not all that happy. YEM> Simple was a great way to start the show, but they were both sloppy, as was the CDT. After this show, everyone was going on and on about the Gin. It was good, but for me the show was all about the Piper. This Piper is phenomenal! I'll go ahead and say it; BEST Piper ever! The Twist was very nice, and I love the psychedelic segue into Scents. This was the first time I have heard Scents, and I liked it, but thought it needed some serious work. Some of the riffs reminded me of a Who song in places!
A sloppy Mike's Groove closed.
My buddy Jerry got to hear two of his all-time favorite covers at this show: Boogie On and Loving Cup. He and I grew up on Exile on Main Street, and we raged this encore hard!
Overall, the show was okay, but really good at times. So much better than the next night .
Review by jcmarckx
This show was hit and miss, even for 2.0 standards. I brought my friend Jerry to see his first show, and he was blown away, but this was my first taste of sloppy Phish, and I was not all that happy. YEM> Simple was a great way to start the show, but they were both sloppy, as was the CDT. After this show, everyone was going on and on about the Gin. It was good, but for me the show was all about the Piper. This Piper is phenomenal! I'll go ahead and say it; BEST Piper ever! The Twist was very nice, and I love the psychedelic segue into Scents. This was the first time I have heard Scents, and I liked it, but thought it needed some serious work. Some of the riffs reminded me of a Who song in places!A sloppy Mike's Groove closed.
My buddy Jerry got to hear two of his all-time favorite covers at this show: Boogie On and Loving Cup. He and I grew up on Exile on Main Street, and we raged this encore hard!
Overall, the show was okay, but really good at times. So much better than the next night .
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