I have had a \u00a0bittersweet feeling about Phish reuniting again ever since I heard the news of them getting back together. \u00a0Sweet because I will now again be able to see one of my favorite live bands of all time. \u00a0I will be able to go to the large venues that I miss because no other band can play them. \u00a0I will be able to enjoy the community that Phish creates at their shows. \u00a0Bitter because I put that part of my life away. \u00a0I come to the fact that Phish was done and was never coming back. \u00a0I was very upset when they announced that they would be breaking up, but I got over it. \u00a0I finally accepted the fact that I would never be able to see Phish again and I was alright with that. \u00a0I was on to new and different things.<\/p>\n
So 5 years have passed and PHISH is back. \u00a0I was locked out of all the the lotteries to get any Phish tickets. \u00a0Thankfully, they announced another day at Jones Beach, so I was able to purchase tickets.<\/p>\n
It has been 5 years since June of 2004 since I have last seen Phish. \u00a0I was pumped to be able to go see them after so many years. \u00a0It will be good to see Trey on stage with the boys. \u00a0Not his lame ass Trey band. \u00a0I was excited to see Trey in his natural surroundings. \u00a0See him in that familiar setting again. \u00a0The drive from Jersey to Jones Beach sucked. \u00a02 hours of way too much traffic. \u00a0Such a pain in da ass to get to Jones Beach during rush hour, but I finally parked around 6:15 by my boys car.<\/p>\n
A week before Stack and I almost got killed in a tornado down at Del Fest, but that is a story for another day. \u00a0Today is suppose to be all about Phish. \u00a0We drank a couple of beers as we waited to enter the infamous Jones Beach Amphitheater. \u00a0This is such a beautiful venue and a perfect place for Phish to bring back the magic after 5 years. \u00a0We started to walk in around 8:00 and the band still was not on. \u00a0The sun was starting to set. \u00a0The phans were smiling as we entered either from the rainbow that was out earlier or because one of the best live bands back again.<\/p>\n
We walked in as they started with “Runaway Jim.” \u00a0Stack and I were walking throughout the whole venue trying to find our seats. \u00a0The place was packed. \u00a0Everyone was all over the place. \u00a0All the aisles were filled up with people dancing away. \u00a0I have not experienced this kind of concert in years where seats just did not matter. \u00a0We were still walking through all the bodies as “Foam” came on. \u00a0Man this is the perfect song trying to navigate through a sea of people. \u00a0As we walked it felt like the foam was getting thicker. \u00a0And it just keeps getting harder. \u00a0We were trying to walk up to our seats through a ton of people, so we ended up just stopping and turning around and watching this band that we all came to see. \u00a0Next highlight for me was “Cities.” One of my favorite covers that Phish does. \u00a0I was so glad to see this song live for the first time. \u00a0Wish they jammed it out a little more, but I still enjoyed myself. \u00a0Next highlight of the first set was “Reba” and then “Possum.” \u00a0“Reba” has to be one of the most intricately performed songs that the band does. \u00a0I wanted to hear how the band would pull this off. \u00a0This was the one song that the boys really jammed on. \u00a0They really surrendered to the flow and let it all hang out during “Reba.” \u00a0 Next song, “Possum,” is just a fun song that I personally love to hear live. \u00a0A fast paced song that got the place going. \u00a0They closed out the set with 2 soft songs, but still good to hear.<\/p>\n
Now, the start of the second set was the old school Phish that I am used to hearing. \u00a0The start of the set starts out with Mike’s Song > Simple > Wolfman’s Brother > Weekapaug. \u00a0The boys really came out of the gates on the fire for the second set. \u00a0The highlight for me was “Simple.” \u00a0The whole place was going nuts during it. \u00a0We were close to the top of a tier and everyone was dancing and twirling during “Simple.” \u00a0The energy during just this song was just off the chain. \u00a0The combination of the energy of the crowd and the song is what I chase for at Phish shows. \u00a0It puts you on a whole new level.<\/p>\n
This new song called “Kill Devil Falls,” I really enjoyed and seems like it has much potential. \u00a0A more old school sounding song like more classic rock. \u00a0It had a more blues tone to it. \u00a0I thought it was a cover at first. \u00a0Trey was doing a little banter before this song which I enjoyed. \u00a0I love when artists conversate with the crowd. \u00a0It is why I love Yonder so much. \u00a0And “Loving Cup,” was the perfect way to end the second set. \u00a0And we fall down drunk.<\/p>\n
Overall, I was very happy to see Phish again live. \u00a0I do enjoy that they played a ton of songs during the show; however, I would like to see some songs jammed out a little more. \u00a0I would have loved to hear “Cities” jammed a little bit more and the start of the second set could have spanned over 45 minutes or an hour, not 30 minutes. \u00a0I am excited to see what they do from here and see their progression now. \u00a0I see a lot of people calling this era Phish 3.0 and it fits. \u00a0They are different from anything they have played before. \u00a0Right now I am just excited that they are back and I can see them live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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