, attached to 2015-07-29

Review by Bogotafee5514

Bogotafee5514 The First set really did it for me at this show. The energy was insane inside Grand Prairie when they took the stage and opening with Tube is one of the best ways Phish can start a show and this version was also a poignant tip of the hat and tribute to Harris Whittals, the Houston native who made clear in his Podcast, Analyze Phish that Tube was his favorite song and his passing is a true loss to the community. Im glad i can say i was in the audience with him at the NYE MSG 2012 shows. Sharing in the Groove with him who did a lot of positive things for the band and its fanbase by raisning awareness and bringing positive vibes regarding the band to those who arent necessarily into phish is someting i will happily and gladly build upon to keep his memory and spirit alive. RIP Harris, wish it didnt happen and we could have hung out. My first ever Guelah Papyrus had me super pumped and was a perfect placement and one of those Phish songs for long time fans that is engrained in your phish DNA that when out of the blue they start playing it live in front of you(i was three people back from Mike during the first set and beginning of the 2nd) the music just clicks and sets off all these receptors in your brain pertaining to music reward centers and GP(do you think trey chose GP because it has the same initials as the venue, Grand Prairie that the show was played in-answer is yes of course Trey thought of this!!!) hit on all of them that had been waiting to fire until this moment!! The choreographed dance Mike and Trey do for GP is an absolute treat and only enhances the im seeing the greatest American rock n roll band play a show feelings and also took me back to 1.0 days seeing them play YEM and the dances and trampolines. Next up PYITE. Love this song and is another that is engrained in my musical dna starting from age 17 and just listening to Phish ever since and PYITE being such a prominant song in this soundtrack. Upon relisten what i thought was an exceptionally tight and patiently built version truly holds up and should be a go to version for lovers of the song in the recent vintage. The intensity kept up and the old school vibes with poor heart and NICU. NICU is more classic phish and again they are hitting on the musical pleasure receptors in my DNA. Divided Sky was a great choice in this venue bc the craziness and nuclear energy built up during the divided sky pause was a true test in breaking the sound barrier. The crowd as has been mentioned was just bonkers for this show. Being so close to the stage and indoors on a summer tour stage just was really amazing and im still pinching myself. Steam is one of my favorite 3.0 songs and was really nice to see them play and sing the complex song lyrics and song structure so close up. Plus the steam effects were quite appropriate considering the sweltering summer heat just outside the doors. And just to add im blown away by the lyrics of steam and the story it tells and am constantly amazed every time ive scene it for them to get all these lyrics out in such a meodic way. It aint no Waiting All Night but they still pull off a catchy melody through the ryhme scheme. The new song, Mercury does this in a similar way. Every show you see Phish its a thrill as the set unfolds and you begin to observe to yourself what songs you have collected and how well during the set the songs being played all mesh together. Dallas 7/29 somehow everything just felt magical and exactly what i wanted to hear without even knowing it. I could not have predicted the Squirming Coil as the set closer although its a perfectly reasonable pick but for whatever reason it wasnt in my head and for somewhat good reason as the Coil doesnt get to squirm as frequentlty as you might think. So in that sense even though its such a common song every phish fan knows and loves getting it live is a really big treat and had been quite a while i realized since the sunset had been so in my reach. Seeing Page playing his baby grand so close to where i was standing was truly a magical phish moment for me. I had not been this close to the action yet thus far in 3.0. I was so happy to hear this song and the classic phish songs played the first set

The second set opening CDT and subsequent type II jam is a vivid memory of just loving the improv as its going down and being blown away by what they were creating in the ether. This jam belongs with the rest of the standout jams of summer '15. It modulates from a minor to a major at the end and has an awesome last couple minutes that could have gone on for another 10 minutes but it was still a nice 16 minute jam. Simple came next and i was really hoping the CDT was gonna be the jamlet to the more expansive Simple ah la the porno funk of Dicks Simple 2014 alas was not meant to be and instead got a really cool -> into Silent In The Morning which was very spacey. Ive grown to hate the Line and this show i began my Line dance which is to shoot air free throws. I never want to shoot air free throws again. Since we were not at the Mann in Philly Feugo didnt go deep but the Harry MF Hood to close the set was so very welcome and peaked hard. This was a special Summer '15 Hood!! Wow The Connection is encore which i happebed to be living in Houston the summer of '04 where I bought Undermind the day it came out on cd and the first week or two would listen to exclusively on my sony discman riding the metrorail to work. Make your connection-get off on the right stop which on the day was going to see phish at the movies in houston showing their coney island show just so happened to pass a fellow fan in his classic logo tee getting off the train as i was getting off. Dont know why always stuck with me but guess was living with my gf that summer new to the city and looking for some kenship. Anyway the First Tube closer managed to rage and peak harder than the second set closiing Hood and that Folks is how You Texas Tube step when youre phish in texas on an evening in late July. Soplando En El Viento.


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