, attached to 2014-10-28

Review by title3jimi

title3jimi Never posted a review on here, but I'd like to use a post from PT I made (uncut, despite the fact it may not make complete sense) that I think sums up my experience of the show well...

I also had a lot of fun. I'm from Vermont, had been to SF a few times priors. I feel more kinship with SFers than I do with many of my cohorts back east. Love that town despite it being hollowed by the tech industry these days. Stayed and raged the shows with a friend I hadn't seen in 4+ years, met a lot of her cool friends, generally just had a blast partying with good beer, wandering around the city, eating solid food and going to museums. The fact the Giants also won the World Series while the shows were in town added to the fun. You could really feel the energy in the city those couple days - Tuesday is was downright excitement, Wednesday was uncertain nervousness. A cool x-factor any way to take it (seeing shows or no), but I do think it was that energy after the loss that led to Tuesday night being the best *standard* Phish show of the tour (Halloween is the undisputed champion, for obvious reasons). The collective energy of the city and the Phish crowd as well had an impact of the band it seemed.

Unfortunately for you OP, BGCA 2 really took the cake for me. Loved aspects of all 3 shows. Loved all 3 shows overall. But that Hood to end Tuesday's show summed it up for me. One last send off after a bad loss to a hopeful and historic city. I usually hate Phish's standard "masturbatory rock ending" tool they employ often, but after its second wave in that Hood it was clear they just wanted to keep playing that night. A truly flawless set, in my opinion. A rocking Loving Cup (quite oddly the only single song encore of the whole tour... as if to say "let's just let this night be") and they sent you off back into a city so sacred to the Phish world.

Afterthought but Bill Graham is quite possibly my favorite venue I have every seen Phish, giving the hallowed ground of MSG a run for its money.


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