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Phish cover · Talking Heads
117 performances since 1984, with 104 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 91 on 2000-09-24.
Cover of Talking Heads·debuted 12.01.84·Nectar's, Burlington
Birmingham proper finally got a "Cities" and it was one to remember. Coming as the second song of the night, the band shows they're ready to let loose. Mike leads the jam early and the slow funk gradu…
Sticky clav-led funk rock is shaped by Trey's melodic bluesy riffing to start. Major key tonalities then take over, and the band rides out this bliss-rock feel until the "Cities" chords come back in t…
> from "Mike's Song", play is fluid, almost languid, great bass and drums accented by Trey's liquid tone and Page, who twice 'sprays' synth across the stage. Following a really cool line, listen for t…
Things build slowly at first as Trey and Page politely occupy the same tonal space. Mike and Fish, by contrast, are driven and focused throughout. Trey eventually finds firm footing and digs his heels…
Summer '24 Phish truly blurs the line between "average-great" and notable. Perhaps a case in point, here. Precision play from the jump before, come the 6:00 mark, Trey unleashes a series of savage lic…