2012-06-23 Burgettstown, PA

 6/23/12 Burgettstown

Set 1

Funky B - Ooh! A FB opener! I'm sure this has happenned before but I can't remember one. Awesome raging version that feels even hotter than usual (and it's ALWAYS hot!). Terrific way to kick open the proverbial door! Check out Trey and Mike playing/singing together. Very cool.

Backwards Down the Number Line - FINALLY a version in an understandable slot in the set! I love the song but will also admit that sometimes it can be a bit of an energy-suck late in a 2nd set or so. It's actually refreshing to get it so early in the show - how about that? All in all a very fine version that doesn't push any boundaries but keeps the FB energy going once Trey starts hitting those late-song peaks. No real reason to revisit it but it was highly enjoyable all the same!

Gumbo - Very nice! Strong version tonight that feels like it has some extra sauce factor. Great stuff!!!

Maze - Absolutely insane Maze! This is some 1995 stuff!! Just demented!!!!!

Torn and Frayed - Awesome!!! Wish this stayed in the rotation longer. They played it a number of times in early 3.0 and then it pretty much vanished. Great version that sounds rehearsed.

Moma Dance - Very lengthy intro on this one. Awesome version as always. Like Funky B, does it ever disappoint?! Terrific Type I awesomeness!!!

Scent of a Mule - Epic highlight as always!!!! What is there to say? Everyone going nuts and giving us a whacky 'ol time. Is that a theremin Page is playing?!

46 Days - Short but hot as hell.

You Enjoy Myself - A red hot YEM to close a red hot set. What else to say?


All in all, this set absolutely destroyed set one of 6/22/12. The entire set (even Number Line, though I refrained from listing it) felt full of extra passion and fire lacking in the show prior. The entire set flowed great from start to finish and everything felt like they were having a blast from the first notes to the last. Really, really great first set all the way around!!!!

 

Set 2

Gotta Jibboo - Wish they would make this a monster again, but like most recent versions of Sand it does it's Type I role with aplomb. Great opener to the set getting us up and grooving right off the bat. Extra heat in this one. Great set opener!

Mike's Song - Rips it right out of the gate!! Sometimes Trey limpwrists the sucker but not tonight! Powerfully hard-hitting, it is. The groove in the jam just kills. So. Much. Strength. Seriously, this thing just POUNDS. Fantastic M's Song!!!! Trey is just RIPPING and the whole band is exploding like a nuclear bomb! A+++

>Simple - No Hydro tonight!!! Straight into Simple. Rocks hard then heads into some plinko-style Type II before ending up in another random 1999 ambient space outro for 2 minutes. It's like they took a 1999 Simple and condensed it from 25 minutes down to 9

>Light - Great stuff! Around 4:45 you can feel the jam start to creep towards darker areas very slowly. You know we are going somewhere. By 6:30 Trey is doing some ghostly whailing, Mike kicks in with his effects, and the jam starts to head into spooky space funk territory. By 8 minutes Trey has his looper going in the background and starts to lick it up instead. Page is on the piano and Mike is still being nasty. Things start to get a little quiet, but not TOO quiet. Minimalist, rather, like something outta 1997. Somehow this turns into a fun, upbeat kinda tropical jam!!! The kind you would easily expect a Ya Mar or NICU to be the result of. Trey even seems to hint at NICU around 11:30 for a bit! Some good ring modulation stuff from Trey for a bit and we somehow wind up back at Weekapaug!! THIS WAS AWESOME!!! MUST-HEAR!!!

>Weekapaug Groove - FANTASTIC!!! You get exactly what you expect and then some. It's 10 minutes and around 6 minutes in we go into 1999 outer space land again!!! Terrific WG and an incredible sandwich that all was. A+++

>Seven Below - Rising from the dark ambience of WG's outro. This ain't no Lazy River ride! This is tidal waves smashing into you for 10 minutes! Gnarly and nasty! FANTASTIC!



Seriously - That Mike's>Simple>Light>Groove>Seven Below was truly outstanding, 51+ minutes of must-hear (for early 3.0) Phish. Dang....



Bouncing Around the Room - Is BATR. Is nice. That is all

Julius - Good stuff! Nothing special. Just a fun-as-always late 2nd set Julius to keep the party going.

>Slave to the Traffic Light - Great as always, but as with Julius nothing special tonight.

The Lizards - Ooh, a Lizards closer? Never seen that before! See Julius and Slave.




All in all, an absolutely outstanding second set. I thought set 2 of 6/22 was amazing but this possibly put it to shame! And don't forget the first set either!!! This was definitely in the top 3 or 4 shows of the year so far. Fantastic gig from START TO FINISH!!!!!!