Onward to 6 19 19 Toronto
I remember really enjoying this show, but everyone else hates it for the chill 2nd set.
Been eager to revisit this one!
Set 1 begins with a short but excellent Bag with a great move into 555
in the 2nd slot. Good 555. Absolutely ripping Trey on this!
Ultra chill and excellent Ocelot. Lots of patience on this one. A great
sleeper!!! Awesome slow build peak finale!!!! Killer Ocelot!!! Wow!!!
Sample up next. Pretty sick Trey shredding on this - it goes nuclear!!! Holy crap!
Up next is a 12 minute Stash. Song itself isnt impressive. Like Ocelot,
however, the jam gets going into a cool, kina chill and blissful zone of
sorts. Its definitely "building". Solid jam, but not anything amazing.
Almost highlight worthy but just missed the mark. A+ for effort.
The Wedge is The Wedge. After a rare Frost and a really nice standard
Halley (Page is all over this), we get the debut of the soon-to-be-epic
Ruby Waves!! Solid version but nobody could predict the beast laying
within!
Lawn Boy and YEM to close!!! Standard but strong.
Really dug this set! Its definitely CHILL but in the nicest, most
relaxed way. Ocelot, Sample and Ruby, maybe Stash are the highlights. If
you can dig chill Phish, its a great listen.
Set 2
The set opening Plasma is terrific. Its multisectional and packs a
wallop in its short run time. Short but stellar stuff!! Plus, it
features the greatest segue of all time into....
The following version of The Final Hurrah is even better, lasting
probably twice the length and going full-blown type 2 multisectional as
well. It reaches a natural conclusion. Some of the finest playing of the
year so far. X Factor magic!!!!!!!! TERRIFIC STUFF!!!
TFH concludes and up next is for the ages Wingsuit. Holy mother of crap on a cracker if this doesnt melt your face then nothing will.
Also, seriously, A+ set construction/flow!!!!
Picking us back up, next we get a giant, 15 minute Golden Age!!!! Golden
Age is incredible. Along with the St. Louis Twist, its probably the
best jam since Mexico.
Starts funky, gets reflective, ends in that 1999-style kind of haziness.
So Golden Age basically fades out perfectly. Page sees his chance and they launch perfectly into IAWITW. Again, the set construction is just perfect!!! Killer version as well - THOSE SYNTHS!!!!!!
After being taken on an intergalactic voyage with the first part of the
set, Caspian leads us into a rare If I Could to cool us down before 46
Days sends us home happy.
Almost. We get Drift While Youre Sleeping as the encore. Eh.
All in all, this was easily my favorite show since the first of
the tour, 6/12 in St. Louis. Its not perfect, and I understand the
dislike, but the highlights speak for themselves. In no way is this
anything approaching a bad gig and sections of it are as good as
anything played so far in 2019.
THIS SHOW IS UNDERRATED. I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL!
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