Phish - Summer Tour 2010 - In Conclusion

 Here's my awful and pointless notes regarding summer 2010. They get more useless as the shows went on because 22 of the 29 gigs I consider "must hear"/"you can't go wrong with this" shows (if you're reaching for some 2010, that is). This summer 2010 run blew-my-mind. Just INSANE energy throughout. Incredible stuff. It started hot and then just got hotter and hotter and HOTTER AND HOTTER AND HOTTER!!!!!! To the point where I kept thinking "surely they've peaked" and then NOPE! Along comes yet ANOTHER banger!!!

Best full shows:
6/11
6/13
6/15
6/17
6/20 - Very relaxed and fun, a family-laden affair
6/22
6/24 (one of the BEST!!!)
6/26 (THIS FRIGGIN SHOW!)
6/27 (SECOND SET OF THE SUMMER!)
7/2 (SECOND SET OF THE SUMMER VOL. 2)
7/3 (SHOW OF THE FRICKIN TOUR HOLY CRAP!!!)
7/4 (AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN 7/3!)
8/5 Literal fire - the hottest gig ever played
8/6 A very small step down but still incredible
8/7 8/5 on steroids
8/9 THIS SECOND SET HOLY MOTHER EFFING CHRIST
8/12 Sloppy performances but FANTASTICAL jamming and segues - RARITIES!
8/13 Set 1 is excellent, Set 2 is mind blowing. Fantastic segues.
8/14 - X Factor galore. Segue heaven. Inspired 2nd set segues and choices.
8/15 - First set as good as 8/14. 2nd set is top 5 or 6 of summer!!!
8/17 - First set SLAYS, excellent setlist, 2nd set KILLS
8/18 - 1 word, RIPPING


Individual Show highlights:

6/11 -
All of Set 1
Bowie>Light>Maze>Ghost
Antelope
Show of Life (debut)

6/12 - (Low energy and sloppy Trey in set 2)
All of set 1 except Stash
Rock and Roll>Jam
Number Line>EPIC Jam>20 Years
Suzy Greenberg>Waste
Squirming Coil>Waste Reprise!!!

6/13
Set 1
Drowned>Jam
Tweezer>Twist>Piper>Free
You Enjoy Myself

6/15
Tube
KDF
Slave
AC/DC
Bathtub Gin
46 Days>Idea>2001>Simple (HOLY SCHNIKES!)
Theme From the Bottom
Heavy Things
First Tube

6/17
Punch You In the Eye
Stash (EXPLOSIVE)
Walk Away
Divided Sky (Am I crying?!)
Sugar Shack (new arrangement)
Alaska>Golgi (SICK SEGUE!)
DWD>Sand (DWD WILL RIP YOUR FRIGGIN FACE OFF!)
Mike's Groove

6/18 (skip the first 41 minutes...)
Possum
The Moma Dance
Reba
Cavern
Haley's Comet
Light>Billy Breathes
Tweezer>Theme From the Bottom>Harry Hood> Velvet Sea(!!!)
Stealing Time
Double Tweeprise encore

6/19
Tweeprise>Chalkdust
Funky Bitch (HOTTEST THING EVER OMG)
Axilla>Fluffhead(!!!)
Bathtub Gin
Suzy Greenberg
Rock and Roll>spacey Jam>Free
Joy
David Bowie
Show of Life (SICK)
The Squirming Coil (PIANO SOLO!)

6/20
Brother (!!!)
Back On The Train
Undermind
Gotta Jibboo (Trey AND MIKE on guitar!!!!)
Roggae (DAT SOLO YO!)
Sleep Again
Run Like an Antelope
Carini>The Mango Song>Wilson>Drowned (WTF!?)
Piper>2001>YEM

6/22
Lit O Bit (only time played)
Camel Walk>Possum
Divided Sky (EPIC)
Dirt
Kill Devil Falls (12 minutes of AWESOME!)
Dr. Gabel
Antelope (DESTROYER OF WORLDS OMG)
Mike's Groove
Sneakin Salley>Light>46 Days
Golgi Apparatus
Loving Cup
First Tube


6/24
David Bowie (awesome opener!)
Ocelot (exceptionally slinky)
Reggae Woman
Gumbo>Timber
Birds of a Feather
Reba (PERFECT!!! Very Zappa tonight!)
THE ROVER!!!!!!!!!!!
DWD>Crosseyed and Painless>Nothing>20 Years
Harry Hood>Fluffhead(?!?!)
YEM

6/25 (Great show, just not very consistent)
Alumni>Letter>Alumni (First since 1999 and 1994!)
Free Man In Paris
Summer of '89
SOAM
Time Turns Elastic
Golgi Apparatus
CDT (18 minutes!!!)
>Prince Caspian
Alaska>2001(MICHAEL JACKSON!)>Light>Possum (SEGMENT OF THE SHOW FUR SURE!)
Character Zero (Jammed out!)
Shine a Light

6/26
Crowd Control
Kill Devil Falls (HOLY CRAP!)
AC/DC Bag
Tube
In The Aeroplane Over the Sea (SPECTACULAR!!)
Number Line
NICU>46 Days
Suzy Greenberg (FRIGGIN HOTTER THAN HELL!)
Rock and Roll>Jam>Free
Fast Enough For You>Sparkle (Gorgeous and powerful)
Tweezer (MELTDOWN!)
Silent in the Morning
Slave to the Traffic Light (FREAKING EPIC!)
Show of Life
Good Times, Bad Times

6/27
Walfredo (!!!!!!!)
Mellow Mood
Divided Sky (15 minutes!)
Tela (FREAKING EPIC!!!)
My Soul (RIPS!)
Bathtub Gin
Brian and Robert
Run Like an Antelope
Meatstick>Saw It Again>Piper>Ghost>Jumpin Jack Flash>Saw It Again (HOLY M-EFFING SHIET! JAM OF THE SUMMER!)
YEM

6/29
The Connection
Down With Disease
Ocelot
Reba (PHENOMENAL SOLO!)
Funky B
Undermind
The Ballad of Curtis Loew (!!!!)
David Bowie
Mike's Song>Simple>I AM THE WALRUS>Weekapaug Groove(!!)
Joy (extra poignant tonight)
Golgi Apparatus

7/1
Llama
Roses are Free
Kill Devil Falls
Time Loves a Hero (awesome!)
Alaska
The Moma Dance
Divided Sky
Light Up or Leave Me Alone(HOTTEST THING EVER!)>Free
Wading in the Velvet Sea
Suzy Greenberg
Reggae Woman (FREAKING HOT!)

7/2
Buried Alive
AC/DC Bag (INSANE!)
Vultures
Back On the Train
Stash
Chalkdust Torture
Drowned>Jam>46 Days(EXPLOSIVE!)>20 Years>LIZARDS(HOTTEST LIZARDS OF 3.0!)
CARINI (FREAKING EVIL!)>F YOUR FACE (First since 1987!)>2001>YEM (BEST OF 3.0 SO FAR!)!!!!
HOLY CRAP THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!

7/3
Destiny Unbound (!!!)
McGrupp (!!!)
Bathtub Gin (FREAKING INCREDIBLE!)
Mountains In the Mist (!!!)
NICU
Gumbo
Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan (HOT!)
Strange Design (!!!)
Sanity (EVIL!)
Rock and Roll>Jam
Prince Caspian>JAM>Tweezer!
Possum
Loving Cup

7/4
Star Spangled Banner (ACAPELLA!)
Punch You In the Eye
Forbin>Mockingbird (!!!)(WORLD DESTROYING)
Camel Walk
Ocelot
Heavy Things (Terriffic!)
DAvid Bowie (INSANE!)
Gotta Jibboo (MIND MELTING!!!)
DWD>Piper>Ghost (HOLY MOTHER OF EFFING CHRIST!)
Julius>Mike's Song>Tela>Harpua>KILLING IN THE NAME OF>Harpua>Week Groove
First Tube


8/5
Possum (RIPS!)
Wolfman's Brother
The Divided Sky
Funky B (HOLY CRAP!!!)
Kill Devil Falls (HOLY CRAP AGAIN!)
Haley's Comet (HOTTEST EVER?!)
Sample In a Jar>NICU
Antelope
Down With Disease>Free (OUT OF THIS WORLD!!)
Alaska (FREAKING RIPS!!!)
Back On The Train (HOTTEST EVER!)
Maze (OH MY GOOD LORD!)
Joy (ultra climactic)
Tweezer>Fluffhead
Loving Cup>Tweeprise


8/6
Chalkdust Torture
Guyuute
It's Ice
Cities>Moma Dance
Bathtub Gin (the jam is EPIC!)
Rock and Roll>Jam>Ghost
Mike's>Simple(15 MINUTES!!!)>BDTNL
Show of Life
Seven Below>Weekapaug
YEM

8/7
AC/DC Bag>Foam (ATOM BOMB!)
Jibboo (BEST OF 3.0 HOLY EFFING CRAP!)
Reba (just for the incredible solo!)
Sleep Again
Army of One (HEAVY)
46 Days>Jam>Tube (HOTTEST THING EVER PLAYED ON EARTH!)
Wilson>Light>Jam>20 Years>Harry Hood
Theme From the Bottom (FREAKING INSANE!!!!)
2001>Suzy Greenberg (EVEN HOTTER THAN THE SUN!)
First Tube


8/9
Down With Disease (Opener, SHREDS)
Camel Walk
Ocelot
Light Up Or Leave Me Alone (FREAKING AWESOME!)
Stash (Sick jam)
Cavern (just album perfect!)
The Wedge>Possum>Julius (INSANE!)
Sand (HOLY EFFING CHRIST THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!!)
Prince Caspian>Jam>Tweezer>Jam>Reggae Woman>Jam>Piper>Type II Jam>Mist (MAGICAL)
David Bowie (PERFECTLY performed)
Quinn The Eskimo


8/10 (Set 1 was a DOWNER, Set 2 was UNBELIEVABLE!)
Squirming Coil (Bad opener, killer version)
Ya Mar
Timber (OUTRAGEOUS!)
Divided Sky
Walk Away
Roses are Free>Limb By Limb
Antelope (Back half RAGES)
Party Time (Best PT yet!!!)
Mike's>Crosseyed>Hydrogen>Groove (HOLY EFFING CRAP)
Carini (HOLY CRAP THIS IS INCREDIBLE - TYPE 2 EVIL!)
>Free (That segue from Carini was sick...)
You Enjoy Myself (just INCREDIBLE...)


8/12 (Sloppy first set playing but EXPLOSIVE energy)
Punch You In The Eye
Roggae (Explosive finale jam)
Cars Trucks Buses>Sample in a Jar>NICU (A PARTY RAGER!!!)
Wolfman's Brother
Time Turns Elastic
Drowned>Jam>Gotta Jibboo>Bathtub Gin (HOLY EFFING CRAP!)
My Friend, My Friend
Twist
Split Open and Melt>Type II Jam>Dog Faced Boy>Harry Hood>Golgi (INCREDIBLE!)
Fee>N02>Kung>Fire(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)


8/13
Chalkdust Torture (RIPPING)
Guelah Papyrus
Axilla>I Didn't Know (Vacuum solo!)
Walls of the Cave (SICK - First since Coventry!!!)
Train Song>Number Line (HOLY FREAKING CRAP NUMBER LINE IS INSANE!!!!)
Ocelot (FREAKING JAMMIN!)
Curtis Loew
Possum
Halley's Comet>Light>Type II "chill" jam>Light>46 Days>Maze (ALL ARE FREAKING SICK)
Meatstick>Mango Song (OUTTA NOWHERE)
Fluffhead
Julius (Straight fire!)
Contact (from 3:30 onwards!!! - SICK JAMMING)
Slave


8/14 - "Live At Alpine Valley 2010"
Tube
Suzy Greenberg (HOLY CRAP!!!)
Funky B>Reba>F Your Face (!!!)
Alaska
Jam out of BOTT
Taste (FREAKING EPIC JAM!)
Gumbo>Antelope
Down With Disease>Jam>What's The Use>Scent Of a Mule (HOLY CRAP INSANE DIDNT SEE THIS COMING THIS IS SICK!)
Mike's Song>Dirt(!?!? Insanely gorgeous!)>Sneakin' Sally>Weekapaug
Bug
Mighty Quinn


8/15
Tweezer (OPENER! - some very nice chill jamming)
AC/DC Bag (more uptempo than usual. Great.)
On Your Way Down (Just freaking PERFECT!)
Divided Sky (shredding)
Moma Dance
Farmhouse (a downer tonight, but some great lead work)
Ghost (HOLY CRAP THIS IS UNBELIEVABL!)
Theme From The Bottom (again, HOLY CRAP!)
BBFCFM (Headbanger madness!)
YEM>Piper>Psych Jam>2001 (MOTHER EFFING INSANE!!!)
Character Zero (longest sustained note of all time)
Oh Sweet Nuthin!
Cavern


8/17
Fluffhead (opener! - performed FLAWLESSLY, best of summer!)
Cities (super funky tonight!)
Funky B
>Wilson (INSANE WILSON WITH CRAZY TOY GUITAR SOLOS!)
Reba
Walk Away (freaking ROCKS HOLY CRAP!)
Wolfman's Brother (Ultra funky)
Possum (RIPPING)
Lengthwise>Maze
Halley's Comet>TREY RIPCORD
Mike's Song> (HOLY CRAP THIS IS FUNKY)
Simple> (JUST LIKE 94, JUST AS AWESOME)
Number Line> (14 MINUTES!!!)
Caspian> (Wonderful jam!)
Rock and Roll>
Weekapaug
Loving Cup
Show Of Life
Golgi Apparatus


8/18
Down With Disease (short but RIPPING)
>Sample In a Jar (DANG TROY YOU'RE RIPPING SON!)
Ocelot (Very chill and lengthy jamming. Slinky, then raging)
Chaldust Torture (short but RAGING!)
Bathtub Gin (INCREDIBLE!!!!!)
Tube
Destiny Unbound (A FRIGGIN STEAMROLLER!)
Antelope (DESTROYS WORLDS)
Axilla>Timber>Light>46 Days>My Friend (SMOKIN!)
Harry Hood (FREAKING INSANSE)
>Tweezer (FACE MELTING!)
You Enjoy Myself (again...RIPPING!)
Suzy Greenberg (did I say RIPPING?!)