PHISH, FRIDAY 07/12/1996
MELKWEG
Amsterdam, Netherlands

SET 1:

Wilson: Standard. >

Divided Sky: A little sloppy but nothing to egregious.

Horn: Standard.

Split Open and Melt: Below average version, it’s chugging along and then it’s not – it just peters out into nothing basically, then Page teases something that I can’t put my finger on and then the traditional ending.

Ya Mar: This one is kind of interesting. There is a super quiet, chill section and then it sounds like they are going to go into BBFCFM, but that doesn’t happen and they go into Funky Bitch >

Funky Bitch: Seems like it’s played faster than normal out of the gate. This one gets super quiet too and Mike whispers lyrics rather than belting them out. It eventually levels out and they get louder and end it like normal. Strange version.

Taste: Way below average. It’s like no one had any interest in playing this at all. Trey especially – no solo.

Theme From the Bottom: Standard.

Tweezer: Standard. >

Llama: Standard.

SET 2: It's Ice[1] Great jam, Page rocks this one, would recommend! ->

Prince Caspian: Standard for the era >

Mike's Song[1] Short, no second jam. No power or oomph behind this, very noodly ->

Run Like an Antelope[1] It does it’s typical thing then mellows way out and into… ->

Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Jam[2]: Comic relief.

NICU[1] Trey: Your guys jam is to weird, we are going into one of our songs, lol. ->

Slave to the Traffic Light[1] Standard.

Suzy Greenberg: Nice and funky. Solid offering right here.

SET 3: David Bowie[1] Standard ->

Free[1] Standard.

Hello My Baby:

ENCORE:

Bathtub Gin: Standard.

Johnny B. Goode: Standard.

Summary: I have listened to this only one other time. When I got the tape back in the spring of 97 and me and buddies were driving from OH to SC for spring break. We all laughed at it and I decided there was no reason to ever pull it back out. I was in the ‘sloppiest show ever’ crowd. But upon relisten, it’s not that it’s sloppy. It’s that this is basically a sound check played in front of a paying audience. This show was a very difficult ticket and I think it’s lousy that the band decided to get wasted and play this waste of a show. Old man yells at clouds? Sure probably. But, I stand by my opinion. Would rate this one as a 1/5. The only redeeming quality is the ‘unique’ nature of this show and It’s Ice.

Replay Value: It’s Ice