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- From: Rich Fromm 04-Jan-1993 0018 <fromm@rock.enet.dec.com>
- Subject: more NYE thoughts
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.054801.8228@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU>
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 05:48:01 GMT
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- koverber@cs.ulowell.edu (Kurt Overberg) writes (Subject: NYE Set List)
-
- |Set I
- |=====
- |<dunno, big intro jam>
-
- that was "Buried Alive"
-
- |II
- |==
- ...
- |My Sweet One
- |Stash (everyone in audience clapped along with woodblocks!)
-
- they did the Big Ball jam in between these
-
- |III
- |===
- |Mike's Song -->
- |I am Hydrogen -->
- |Weakapaug Groove
-
- i'd have to check the tape to be sure, but i don't think they did "I Am
- Hydrogen"; i think it was more like:
-
- Mike's Song ->
- midnight countdown (with Auld Lang Syne) ->
- Weekapaug Groove
-
- anyway, a few comments...
-
- the narration between Col Forbin and Mockingbird, and the narration during
- Harpua, were pretty wild; anytime they were doing something like that, or
- Fishman playing vaccuum, i couldn't help but thinking how strange this was
- going to be to somebody who just happened to be listening to the radio the
- next day and flipped past WBCN, not knowing what was being broadcast
-
- did anybody see who came out of the Mockingbird suit? our guess was that it
- was the Dude of Life, but that's just a guess; having this guy in a big bird
- costume hovering above the stage was kind of funny at first, but it got tiring
- by the time it was over
-
- while trey was right in that it was kind of neat to do a barbershop quartet
- without mics in front of 6,000 people, i think it was even more incredible that
- they were able to get 6,000 people to be totally silent; it really worked
- pretty well - in fact, it was quieter than most of the times where they've
- tried it for 1 or 2 thousand people
-
- while the acoustics sucked (what do you want from a hockey rink?), i still had
- a good time at the show; it was a bit bizarre seeing phish in such a large
- venue - if they continue to play arenas, they really do need a new sound
- system; i ran into many people that i knew, but it was also one of the only
- shows i've been too where i DIDN'T run into a bunch of people that i knew
- were there
-
- if a tree is run, it should definitely be from a tape from WBCN - it sounds
- a hell of a lot better than any audience tape possibly will; i've got sets
- 2 and 3, but unfortunately we were still driving home when set 1 started,
- so i don't have all of it
-
- glad to hear that the triple at the Y was nice, ellis; the double rooms were
- about the size of prison cells; we made the best of the situation, and ended
- up staying up until about 6 am; unfortunately our only hope of musical
- enjoyment there was by cranking up the volume and using jeff's headphones
- as speakers - oh well; if i had to do it again i'd probably bag the Y and
- just drive home
-
- a nice healthy dose (thanks j) of phish; so, how long 'til spring tour?
-
- - rich (the guy with the neato twirling thing)
-