So Friday night I got to see Trey for the first time since last April. I had not heard any of his "pop oriented" songs preferring to hear them live first. W/O going into a song by song review let it suffice to say that Trey has been practicing and his new band rips. He also seems to be a HELLUVA lot happier on stage than I have been used to seeing the past couple years.
It was great to hear the Orchestral Guyute over the P.A. preshow and it really got the crowd going. Anyone that thinks Phish is not still on Trey\'s mind has not heard Come As Melody. As far as being poppy? Yep. I like it too. Lyrics that are catchy and FUN to sing,great music to back it and Back-Up singers that just kill! I do not know if it is just my age but I really connect w/ what Trey is doing right now. He is still the master of his Guitar and if he chooses, Shine can be his "Touch of Grey"(in that it will be a hit single which he is not used to and it is catchy and has a chorus which is uniting and uplifting)or if you prefer his "What Would You Say"(seeing as Dave is primarily responsible for this change in direction imo).
Oh and Chris Kuroda seems to have reinvented his lightshow also which was refreshing. He is actually using a set!
Sat. Vegoose
Started w/ Devendra Banhart. Pleasant surprise. This guy and his band bring back a 60\'s folk rock feel good feeling to their show and were a blast. Even invited a random woman up to sing her own song w/ his guitar! Cool guys.
Wandered to Cheese and well just danced my butt off in good hippie fashion. Over to Blackalicious bailing out on the last bit o\' cheese. CROWDED tent so only saw 2 tunes b4 cruising over to get some food and then MULE. Phil was next and w/ an appearance by Warren this was some of the best P&F I have ever heard! Now after the energy flow had been ratcheted up by Phil Beck just did not cut it so Primus it was. Primus SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So so so good. There were tapers search it out! Dave & Friends nxt. Naaah lets bail I got moe. to get to!!!!!!
moe latenite What happened to me? OMG moe. was just that good. Charlie Hitchcock on Meat was really good!The whole show was a highlight. Too much to go into but GTBT>Moth? Dirty Deeds and Devil went down to Ga.? SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR!
Sun. Vegoose
missed ALO(bummer!) UM was good. Sleater-Kinney not my kind o\' music @ all.
moe. was just killin\' it when we decided to check out Ween. Well after 1/2 a song it was back to moe. Trey up next and though he repeated songs(understandable really) it was a great set and I feel he is really glad that people in general are accepting of the fact that everyone needs to grow and all change is not great but can be good. TOTALLY forgot abt Digable because Trey\'s set was that good to me.
Arcade Fire next. Good altrock but again not to thrilling to me. Panic to end the Festie reminded me of GD shows there so much it was scary, but that good scary ya know? Trey sitting in was killer and funny to see George step up his game after Trey left. haha
Did not even try to go to Phil. Did not feel the need to beg for a ticket.
Halloween Panic. Crystal Method are pure dance bliss!!!!!!!! Method sat in w/ Panic and DBB for the start of 2nd set as they played through the setbreak. Who knew a Dance Party would bust out @ WSP? SICK!!!!!!!!!! Panic is the shit. You don\'t like it you just don\'t get it. Cool run w/ it.
This event was AWESOME and plan on coming next year!
I wore a balloon hat the entire fest that my friend That Balloon Guy(Mike) made for me. As soon as I get the pics emailed to me you will see this magical hat. and it was a magical hat. Take my word for it!
On a sidenote: Spoke w/ Charlie H. in the VIP tent and yes that was his posting on the Particle board and yes Particle KICKED him out and yes I will never see Particle again after meeting this guy and hearing him rip it up the nite b4 w/ moe. He is unsure of what his new project will be as he found out the same day everyone else did and he is kinda shaken ya\' know?
