PHISH, MONDAY 07/06/1998
LUCERNA THEATRE
Prague, Czech Republic

SET 1:

Buried Alive: Killer opener, band means business after last night’s mess! >

AC/DC Bag: The part that would typically be the launchpad for the jam – they go right into a nasty funk jam filled with many loops, very sick! They slide right into Ghost, really nice segue! ->

Ghost: Trey in full, unabated, unabashed rock star mode here. He crushes run after run, it’s impressive, raw and right in your face. Super aggressive. The theme that develops around 13:20 and lasts for about 15 seconds, I feel like I know it but cannot unfortunately place it. The last minute of this delve into another funk jam. It also has a little stop start to it for a full 15 seconds. Easy all timer and highly recommended. ->

Cities: This one starts off fast! At about the one minute mark they take a beat to recalibrate it and slow it down to it’s normal tempo. This turns out to be a pretty standard Cities other than Trey taking a little solo at the end.

Limb By Limb: Treys intro lyrics are so delicate, lol. This version is strong, great soloing and overall band interplay. Excellent mid set selection.

Train Song: Good placement!

Roggae: Good jam but nothing out of the ordinary that would bring me back for replay value.

Maze[1] - Trey messes up this line: And I take a wrong turn and I'm on the wrong path. During the middle of Trey’s raging solo they literally all stop on a dime and Trey tells everyone how much they have enjoyed playing in Prague. He counts off 1,2 a 1,2,3,4 and they launch right back into that fierce jam without ever missing a beat. Practiced or not (which of course it had to have been practiced) this was a legendary feat. Would recommend!

Golgi Apparatus: Sloppy.

SET 2:

Julius: Absolutely smoking! >

Meat: Standard. >

Piper: Like Ghost, this is just incendiary but has more staying power and jam time as this one runs hard through 14 and a half minutes. It toys with a quirky, kind of bluesy jam but that is short lived and dissolves into the ambient abyss for almost 3 and a half minutes before segueing into Makisupa. Easy all timer and highly recommended. ->

Makisupa Policeman[2] -- Fun version.

David Bowie: Standard. Solid.

Loving Cup: Another rocker.

ENCORE:

Possum: This was so much fun! Has those little funk interludes that just set this apart from a normal version. Would recommend.

Summary: Sick show. I like set one better than set two. They were out to redeem themselves from the shit show that was the prior evening. They certainly found redemption! Amazing Phish show right here.

Replay Value: Ghost, Maze, Piper, Possum

[1] Jam halted while Trey thanked the crowd.
[2] Lyric changed to "Came to Vermont."

The Maze jam was halted while Trey humorously thanked the crowd. Golgi ended with Hip Hop Hooray quotes by Trey. The last line in Makisupa changed to "came to Vermont." Trey called Page "Petroff" before he took a piano solo. Trey let Fish take a drum solo but told the crowd to whistle if he (Fish) went on too long. Trey added that they had a "band rule" that they all begin whistling if Fish, who likes to ramble when he talks, ever talks for longer than two minutes. Fish took a boring "drum solo," which drew whistles from the crowd. Piper contained a Lady (Little River Band) tease from Page and Trey and Possum contained a Stash tease from Trey. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SHOW RATING
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Overall: 4.575/5 (327 ratings)
JAM CHART VERSIONS
Ghost, Roggae, Maze, Piper, Loving Cup, Possum
TEASES
Lady tease in Piper, Stash tease in Possum, Hip Hop Hooray quote in Golgi Apparatus