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N1 Wednesday
Sure, there were a few exciting moments and the make-up (quickie) sex of the last four songs. But overall a fairly uninspired set with fairly uninspired play. The good news is this is par for the course when the band tries to play a single-set show, and the next 3 nights are all standard two-setters.
N2 Thursday
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N1 Wednesday
The only question about last night’s ranking is best show since ___? This assumes you put an asterisk on NYE.
Add up the improv, factor in the quality of the WoH, throw in no S2 downtime & I’m putting it ahead of anything from 2023. This includes the Greek Tweezer->Simple show and all the MSGs. It’s probably better than anything from 2022 though I’ve blocked most memories from those tours. Maybe Shoreline21? A masterpiece.
N2 Thursday
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N3 Friday
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N1 Wednesday
I need to relisten to a few versions, but I’d be shocked if last night isn’t the 🐐 CDT—which is incredible given how many legendary versions there are.
Best back-to-back shows since Shoreline 21, and I bet that band sounds like ass vs this one.
One of the best shows of 4.0, and it pains me to put it below a <gap>, but it just doesn’t have the horsepower to keep up with Thursday despite the superior Q1.
@chopaganda @ry_storm @justinbruce
Hot take: Phish hasn’t played an elite 30+ minute jam with real flow, cohesiveness, hose, and musical substance since the 12-30-19 Tweezer. Where all 4 members are contributing to a sum greater than its individual parts. There have been a few great 20ish minute jams (Deercreek Simple 21, MSG AWOH 23, etc) but there aren’t many of those either. They’ve been more adventurous lately but the real musical substance just isn’t there IMO #phish
@ry_storm @chopaganda @justinbruce
Nobody leaves the internet buddy. Also, I muted your incessant fluffing on Twitter--didn’t realize you were also Fluffstadon 🤣
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