Phish - Summer 2012, Leg #2: The "Cliff Notes" highlights

 As usual, "**" means "great FULL show". More asterisks means "HOLY CRAP THAT WAS INCREDIBLE BLAH BLAH BLAH

Basically, if there are asterisks, proceed directly to that show!

SUMMER TOUR 2012, LEG 2, show/song highlights

8/15/12 Long Beach, CA (Set 1 is ok, SET 2 IS MOTHER EFFING MANDATORY LISTENING. HOLY MOTHER OF CRAP!!!!!!!!)
Suzy Greenberg
Kill Devil Falls
Cool It Down
Bathtub Gin (INSANE TYPE I)
Rock and Roll (25 MINUTE TYPE II ADVENTURE! MUST HEAR!!!)
>Ghost (ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!)
>Limb By Limb (MANDATORY!!!)
Guyuute
Dirt
Harry Hood (MUST HEAR!)


8/17/12 San Francisco, CA** (Near flawless first set with a TERRIBLE ripcord. MUST HEAR second set!)
ACDC Bag
The Moma Dance
Possum
Corinna
Sand
Funky B
Roses are Free (HORRIFIC RIPCORD)
Down With Disease (17 minute BEAST!)
>BOAF (DESTROYS)
>Tweezer (TYPE II INSANITY!)
>Twist
Chalkdust Torture
Shine a Light


8/18/12 San Francisco, CA (Set 1 was WONDERFUL. Set 2 was horrific confusion )
Runaway Jim
Wolfman's Brother
Beauty of a Broken Heart
Ocelot
Maze (HOLY CRAP!)
46 Days (DESTROYS WORLDS)
Tube
Circus
Sugar Shack
Split Open and Melt (MIAMI 1989 DARK STAR!)
Simple
2001


8/19/12 San Francisco, CA*********** (A+ first set, out of this world MAGICAL 2nd set!)
Crowd Control
Reba (EFFING MAGICAL!)
Free
>Mound
>Walk Away
Back On the Train (NASTY!)
Gotta Jibboo (See above)
Roggae
David Bowie
Crosseyed
>Light
>Sneaking Sally (HOLY CRAP THAT SEGUE!)
>Theme
Rocky Top
Reggae Woman
YEM
Ride Captain Ride
Tweeprise


8/22/12 Kansas City ** (Just ok first set. A+ for effort. Some great song choices. INCREDIBLE 2nd set that looks terrible on paper but is MUST HEAR!!!! ONE OF THE BEST SETS OF THE YEAR!!!!)
Skin It Back
Moma Dance (EXTRA MUSTARD!)
Bathtub Gin (Terrific Type I)
Stash (Unique major key jam)
Curtis Loew
Kill Devil Falls
Funky B (GET IT PAGE!)
Antelope (Kills)
Tweezer (Great blissful band jam)
>Piper (Like it's 1999, baby!)
>Mike's Song
>Number Line
>Heavy Things (BEST EVER?!)
>If I Could (!!!!!)
>Weekapaug Groove (!!!!!!!!!!!)
>Harry Hood (MAGICAL!)


8/24/12 Pelham, AL************ (ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE SHOW! LOOKS LIKE NOTHING ON PAPER, BUT THE VIBE AND ENERGY AND CROWD INTERACTION SKYROCKET THIS SHOW! PURE FIRE BANGER PARTY FROM START TO FINISH!!!!!)
Possum
Cities
Sample
Timber
Back On the Train
Lawn Boy
Down With Disease
Gumbo
The Wedge
Julius
Cavern
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Rock and Roll (17 min beast!)
>The Lizards
>Sand (HOLY HELL GREATEST SAND IVE EVER HEARD HOLY MOTHER EFFING HELL ON ANOTHER LEVEL!!!)
>Twist (INCREDIBLE)
>Birds of a Feather (SEE SAND!)
>Reggae Woman
>2001
>Waste (BEAUTIFUL)
>Slave
Good Times Bad Times


8/25/12 Atlanta, GA (Most skippable first set award goes to....A+ WORLD DESTROYING 2nd SET!!!!)
Cars Trucks Buses
Ya Mar
My Soul
Roses are Free
>Number Line
Kill Devil Falls (Great version!)
>Golden Age (GLORIOUS! A+++)
>Free (FANTASTIC)
>Light (EXCELLENT)
>Velvet Sea (CHEFS KISS)
>Chalkdust Torture (A+++++)
>What's the Use
>Joy (Heartwrenching!)
Antelope (Destroys!)


8/26/12 Charlotte, NC* (Pelham Party, round 2! 2nd set looks "songy" but is actualy phenomenal. Terrific FLOW and placements tonight! A wonderful SLEEPER set!!!)
Heavy Things
Ocelot
Funky B
Fluffhead
My Sweet One
David Bowie (A+!)
Crosseyed and Painless
>McGrupp (A+!!!)
>Mike's Song
>Bouncing
>Axilla
>Tweezer
>Harry Hood
>Weekapaug Groove
Suzy Greenberg
BBFCFM
>Tweeprise


8/28/12 St. Louis, MO** (BALLS TO THE WALL 1st set, UIC 2011 vibes!!! ABSOLUTELY DESTROYS!)
Runaway Jim
Ocelot (A+++ DONT SKIP!)
I Didn't Know
The Curtain (One of the best performed versions ever!!!)
>Mound
Sample in a Jar
The Sloth
Camel Walk (BEST OF THE SET SO FAR)
Possum
Mighty Quinn
Chalkdust Torture (1.0 WORTHY!!! INSANE!)
>Frankie Says (AWESOME, first since 2010)
>Undermind
>Sand (AMAZING SEGUE, INCREDIBLE 1.0-worthy version, lengthy, A+++++++++++++++, A CUT ABOVE MOST EARLY 3.0 SANDS! X FACTOR MAGIC!!!!)
>Walk Away
Limb By Limb (HOTTEST ROCK AND ROLL PEAKING THIS SIDE OF 12/6/97!! HOLY CRAP! X FACTOR AGAIN!)
Julius (Red hot yet "jazzy)
>2001
You Enjoy Myself (A+++)


8/29/12 Oklahoma City, OK********* (.NET REVIEWS ARE 100 PERCENT WRONG. WE LISTENED TO A DIFFERENT SHOW! OUTSTANDING ON ALL FRONTS. 2.8 RATING?! WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!?!)
Kill Devil Falls
Rift (A+, flawless reading!!!)
Wilson (OFF THE CHARTS)
>Number Line (HITTING ALL THE RIGHT NOTES)
Moma Dance
Divided Sky (FLAWLESS)
Wolfman's Brother (Type I X Factor Magic!)
>Axilla (LETS FREAKING GO!)
>46 Days (BONKERS!)
Ya Mar
Faulty Plan (DESTRUCTIVE)
Antelope (1.0 WORLD DESTRUCTION)
Down With Disease
Birds of a Feather
>My Friend My Friend (BLACK HOLE)
>Rock and Roll (ONE OF THE JAMS OF THE YEAR!!! LONG BEACH RNR GOT NOTHING ON THIS ONE!)
>Twist (GREATEST 3.0 TWIST SO FAR. MAGICAL LIKE FALL 97. A+ MICRO JAM!)
>If I Could
>Light (ONE OF THE BEST FORGOTTEN LIGHTS EVER PLAYED!)
>Harry Hood
>C Zero
>Suzy Greenberg
Slave to the Traffic Light
Loving Cup


2012/08/31 Commerce City, CO******** - "F YOUR FACE" (Typical 2012 experience, just with extremely extended song lengths. When it's great its MAGICAL and when it's not, it's not for lack of trying. Classic show for a reason. Not overrated, but I enjoyed other shows as much or more.)
You Enjoy Myself (One of the best played in 3.0 to date. A+++ version. THIS is where the show really starts!!)
Ocelot (TERRIFIC)
Undermind (MAGICAL X FACTOR PERFECTION. JAM OF THE SHOW, TOP 10 JAM OF THE YEAR)
Runaway Jim (20 minutes. A+++ for effort)
Farmhouse (Gorgeous, but a crazy 8 minute ambient swamp outro?!?!?!)
Alaska (See Ocelot! )
Chalkdust Torture (A++++ 1996 FIRE IN YOUR EARS 20 MINUTES OF AMAZEBALLS!)
Emotional Rescue (Terrific but NO JAM?! BOO!)
F Your Face (Flawless and perfect )


9/1/12 Commerce City (Overrated show, but 2nd set is BOMB. LIGHT IT JAM OF THE WHOLE YEAR. ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL AND INCREDIBLE LIGHT!)
Run Like an Antelope
Tweezer
Fluffhead
Funky B
Golgi Apparatus
Golden Age (A+ for effort jam!)
Prince Caspian (OUTSTANDING A++++++++++++!!!!!!!!!!!)
Light (MUST HEAR! POSSIBLY JAM OF THE YEAR! ONE OF THE GREATEST JAMS OF ALL OF 3.0!!)
Reggae Woman
Mike's Song
>No Quarter
>Weekapaug


9/2/12 Commerce City** (FACE SMASHER FIRST SET! GREATEST SAND OF 3.0! INCREDIBLE PIPER!)
Cars Trucks Buses
AC/DC Bag (A+!)
Down With Disease (ONE OF THE BEST SHORT DISEASES OF 3.0!!!)
Bathtub Gin (HOSE ALERT!!!!)
Back On the Train
Rift (PERFECTION!)
Free (KILLER)
Ride Captain Ride
Maze (KILLER!)
46 Days (GUITAR ANNIHILATION!)
Sand (GREATEST SAND OF 3.0! NO HYPERBOLE! 24 MINUTES! MOST IMPROVISATIONAL SAND EVER PLAYED! EVEN BETTER THAN LIGHT FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE! MUST HEAR PHISH! JAM OF YEAR VOL. 2)
>Ghost
>Piper (WEIRDO LITTLE PIPER! DONT MISS! FANTASTICAL!)
>Twenty Years Later
The Lizards (A++++++++)
Harry Hood (MAGIC)