This is a must-have show, much moreso than anything
from April 1992, in my opinion, even though that
month bore witness to Spectacular Phish. I don't
want to go into set 2 as much as I did in the review
of the Tweezer from this set. The Mike's is simply
awesome. Gliiiiiiiiide's ending is sustained (by
Trey) through the opening of the MikeS. Damn this
version is uppity (which would ordinarily be a BAAD
thing, of course). Trey adds a few "Its his song"s
and at one point even says "Sing us your song, Mike"
in the opening. Trey teases Tweezer again (he teases
Tweezer throughout this set, making this set the True
Precursor to the 5/7/94 Bomb Experience). Once the
jam segment starts, Trey apparently doesn't even try
to play MikeS... Well, he dances around the MikeS
typical licks with excellent teases of Wilson,
Tweezer, Reba, Lizards and Stash! The Reba "tease"
isn't really a tease. Trey basically plays the
entire pre-jam segment of the tune! Anyway, this is
one hell of a Mike's Song, and no collection is
complete without this show (to think that I went 300
hours before I got my FIRST copy of this show!). Page
is really chaotic in this version, too, not to
mention Mike and Moses Heaps. The Wilson tease is a
BLAP BOOM BADITTY BOOM DITTY BOOM from Trey (well,
the SECOND wilson tease is, anyway). This is a crazy
version, and perhaps is my favorite. At just after 8
minutes, Mike starts fucking singing MMGAMOIO (Mind),
and does a verse of it, before they close MikeS with
the typical MikeS close.
H2 finally kicks in just after 10 minutes. Phhheww.
but WAIT! In the beginning of Hydrogen, Trey does
the circus signal (that is usually followed by an
"everyone scream on a different note" occurrence),
but they don't actually follow through on the
signal. A vibration of life begins, instead. THEN,
ON TOP OF THIS, Mike starts f#cking 'singing'
'NITROUS' -- "... Your nose light and your eyes
heavy." !#$*^%$(@!* AND THEN, THEY START THE GOD
DAMN KUNG CHANT!!! Kung is done in its entirety, and
is clearly articulated. Then Page starts up H2 again
(after Mike references Nitrous one last time). 13:30
or so at this point, when H2 really begins, making
this the most crazy Mikes->H2 reviewed to date
EASY). H2 is fine.
Weekapaug starts at around 16:30, and Mike's opening
solo is funky and quick as usual, but, frankly, is
not as upbeat and exciting as it can get. At 19 and
a half, Trey starts singing Have Mercy, even though
everyone is still jamming out Weekapaug. DeWitt
finally gets a clue and kicks back into the reggae
Have Mercy mode at 20:15, but after one little verse,
kicks the rythym back into Weekapaug mode (as if to
say, 'f#ck this, let's rock..'). Mike and Trey keep
singing Have Mercy, though, until about 21 and a
half, when the trip to Weekapaug begins anew, with
everyone skying to the occasion. By 22 and a half,
the jam quiets down, and Mike starts singing "I
[pause] WANT TO ROCK AND ROLL ALLL NIIIGHT, AND PARTY
EVVERY DAY.." [repeat again and again and again
etc.] So, yeah, they start jamming out "Rock and
Roll All Night" (KISS). Someone dressed up like Gene
Simmons was in the crowd, and apparently got clean
SBDS of this show from Page (which were then put on
DAT..). Anyway, everyone jams out this Kiss song for
about a minute, and then Weekapaug comes back in sooo
magnificently, and soooo strongly, that an ordinary
person would probably SEE GOD and KNOW THE TRUTH --
at once -- in one mystical ecstatic moment, at this
time, in this version...
Seriously, though, this ending jam is really as good
as it gets. When the final verse comes back in, it
is basically depressing, because you really want them
to wail out the final post-Kiss tease jam FOREVER.
This version ends after nearly 25 minutes, and should
be listened to AT ALL COSTS. FEFY (Fast) comes in
next (one of my favorite versions **ever**), and WOW,
WHAT AN AWESOME CHOICE for the next tune, after this
unbelievably energetic version. Get this weird,
crazy version at all costs (get this set!). I give it
a 8.0 (which means nothing, so disregard it) (A-).