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What's The Use? · August 15, 2015 at Merriweather Post Pavilion | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·What's The Use?

CHARTED · JAM

Phish track · Set 2 · #17

What's The Use?

A 5-minute version from Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on 2015-08-15. Charted by the community.

DATE · 2015-08-15·SHOW · Merriweather Post Pavilion·LENGTH · 5:09·Teases

78TRACK

OF 72 VERSIONS

#9

ALL-TIME · #2,531 · 93rd percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

What's The Use?

2015-08-15·Merriweather Post Pavilion·Columbia, MD

2015 SUMMER·Set 2·POS 17 / 175:09

78SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v9 of 72

#9 OF 72 · WHAT'S THE USE? CATALOG

0:005:09

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT3:49of 5:09

DYN dB6.8tight

ONSET/s2.4open

BPM162era 3.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

22

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

100

Recognition12%

43

Energy12%

34

Groove12%

62

Harmonic9%

11

Duration9%

0

Volatility8%

100

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

Charted jamPHISH.NET →

PHISH.NET JAM CHART · CURATOR NOTE

"What's the Use?" is sandwiched inside a solid version of "Steam."

TEASES

From this showSet 2 · 11 SONGS

2015-08-15 · Merriweather Post Pavilion

Columbia, MD · 2015 SUMMER · SHOW SCORE 84

84SHOW

Set 2

II-1Halley's Comet6:15 II-246 Days16:22 II-3Bug6:24 II-4Steam5:31 II-5What's The Use?YOU ARE HERE5:09 II-6Steam1:06 II-7Piper15:43 II-8Tweezer6:28 II-9NO23:48 II-10Tweezer1:01 II-11Walls of the Cave10:59 OPEN FULL SHOW PAGE→

Other versions72 OF · SONG PAGE →

SAME SONG · RANKEDSWIPE →

12.30.15Madison Square GardenNew York · NY88 06.25.00ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut CreekRaleigh · NC87 08.27.21Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA87 07.15.16Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA82 07.04.99Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta · GA81

From this show3 TOP CUTS

SHOW STAND-OUTS · 2015-08-15SWIPE →

1·12Run Like an Antelope14:5688 1·5Roggae8:5485 2·19Piper15:4385

SONG →/songs/whats-the-use SHOW →/shows/2015-08-15-merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-md METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/32360 · v3.2

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DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

0:001:172:353:525:09

JAM IN · —PEAK · 3:50SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-9.5 dB

Loudness4.2 dB

Dynamic range6.8 dB

Rhythmic density2.42/sec

Brightness1717 Hz

Flatness0.005

Harmonic variance0.049

Feature curves · over time0 → 5:09

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:002:355:09

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:002:355:09

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:002:355:09

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:002:355:09

Tempo162–172 bpm · avg 165

0:002:355:09

Spectral flatnessTonal → noisy. Low = pitched; high = wash

0:002:355:09

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN93RD PERCENTILE

Popularity11%22

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%100

Recognition12%43

Energy12%34

Groove12%62

Harmonic9%11

Duration9%0

Volatility8%100

Review5%50

SCORE FORMULA · v3.3 · RECALIBRATED 2026-05-13OPEN METHODOLOGY →

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.25 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH5:09standard

BPM162average

DYN dB6.8compressed

RHYTHM2.4/smoderate

PEAK3:50at 74%

JAM IN—auto only

PHISH.NET JAM CHART · CURATOR NOTE

Teases

"What's the Use?" is sandwiched inside a solid version of "Steam."

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 2

II-1Halley's Comet6:15 II-246 Days16:22 II-3Bug6:24 II-4Steam5:31

II-5What's The Use?5:09

II-6Steam1:06 II-7Piper15:43 II-8Tweezer6:28 II-9NO23:48 II-10Tweezer1:01 II-11Walls of the Cave10:59

11 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 84

Merriweather Post Pavilion · Columbia, MD2015 Summer · RANKED #2531 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

Run Like an AntelopeSET 1 #12 · 14:56

RoggaeSET 1 #5 · 8:54

PiperSET 2 #19 · 15:43

2015-08-15VIEW SHOW →

RELATED· OTHER What's The Use? VERSIONS72 TOTAL

#SCOREVENUEWAVEFORMDATELENGTH

#0288Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2015-12-306:33 #0387ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut CreekRaleigh, NC

2000-06-2510:09 #0487Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2021-08-279:12 #0582Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2016-07-156:25 #0681Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta, GA

Sign in to suggest correctionsTRACK ID · 32360· DATA VERSION v3.3