190Also Sprach ZarathustrafunkKicking off what would become the instant classic "numbers" show, Phish unleashes the version of "2001" we've been waiting for. A 17 minute true representation of the power of "2001". The intro alone is 7 minutes (longer than some 3.0 versions). This take is Phish as tight as the entrance to the MGM. It's a full sledgehammer of groove that is impossible not to dance to. Moves into "1999" to form 30 of the best opening minutes to Phish you will find. · 118 BPM
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1781999funkComing after a massive, show-opening "2001", "1999" makes its third appearance in a Phish setlist. The band wastes no time getting down and they find a groove together almost immediately. By 13:00, the party jam has turned into frenetic energy. Soaring play from Trey towards the end of the jam as they clunkily > into "555". · 118 BPM
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181555blissAfter years of waiting and speculation, "555" finally gets jammed. The big shift comes at 6:15 with a quiet and patient turn for bliss mode jamming. As the jam starts ascending to its peak, Trey adds bluesy notes to the fray which prevents further ascent; > "46 Days." · 89 BPM
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18446 DaysdarkIIAfter some typical rocking the jam falls into a black hole of sinister cosmic energy and claws its way out the other side for an uplifting conclusion. · 118 BPM
15:06
135Strawberry Letter 2389 BPM
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183Twenty Years LaterII> from "Strawberry Letter 23". The first set-closing "20YL" doesn't disappoint. By 6:20, Trey has played the jam away from a typical jam from the song; this is lighter. Behind his deft playing and Fish's fantastic drumming, this jam truly takes off. By 10:30, the band is locked in, the prowess of their great jamming in Fall '21 on full display. Things get a bit swampy before Trey guides the band back into the song proper. · 89 BPM
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SET 2MAIN9 TRACKS·1:154 CHARTED
274Seven BelowSkirts around the edges but stays mostly within the framework through 12 minutes, after which the jam briefly settles delicately before a rising wave of hard-rock takes over, a sound further explored in the following > "If 6 Was 9". · 129 BPM
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2—If 6 Was 9A great cover choice for the "numbers" show, and a great jam from the "numbers" show, full of Trey guitar pyrotechnics, gnarly and powerful jamming, and an absolutely soaring finale. Hendrix would've been proud. · 144 BPM
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2—Five Years152 BPM
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280Two Versions of MeambientTough to count the number of times this really cool Phish song has been celebrated, but this version counts. For once, '21 vocal delivery evinces bygone eras, and the music assumes that millennial, poorman's, stately melancholy. This might have been enough for us, but Trey strums the band (listen for terrific Page on piano) into a beautiful passage of remarkable - and timeless - improvisation, before the band, shirking too much trussed up beauty, breaks for a more pressurized calm in the form of NO2. · 99 BPM
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253NO296 BPM
4:33
246Army of One123 BPM
4:27
245My Sweet One83 BPM
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281First TubeMore "Numbers Show" madness, as this is the only version to date which makes a significant departure from the usual celebratory outro, including a generous "Seven Below" tease and an alien synthesizer finale > "Character Zero". · 129 BPM
<p>This show featured a setlist with all songs featuring a number in their name in descending order including the Phish debut of If 6 Was 9 and several bustouts: 1999 (last played July 26, 2017, or 131 shows), Five Years (last played October 31, 2016, or 148 shows), Two Versions of Me (last played November 27, 2009, or 436 shows), and NO2 (last played September 6, 2015, or 193 shows). Trey teased L.A. Woman in Also Sprach Zarathustra and Seven Below in First Tube. Page teased Frankenstein in 1999. In place of the usual number of days lived, Grind featured the band singing the setlist ended by noting that the songs added up to “4,680 digits.”</p>
By the numbers8 STATS
RUNTIME2h 42mwith break
LONGEST16:51SEVEN BELOW
SHORTEST1:50GRIND
AVG SONG9:35across 17
JAM CHRT9charted
SEGUES90.53 per song
DEBUTS0no firsts
JAM TIME12%of 163 min
SONG DURATIONS · 17 IN ORDER0–17 MIN
SEVEN BELOW 16:51
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