first day of music in the books. I am a slime ball already. The show last night was pretty amazing, especially the second set.
It was overwhelming at first for me, when the band started playing. The sheer scale of this event and the massive amount of people in that field was a lot to take in. I guess i didn’t really know what i was getting myself into with the concept of a Phish festival.
by the time the second set started i had cooled down, and felt like i had found my footing. @marleyfacedboy and i found a much more chill location and found our groove.
the music
the first set felt like a back to back hits warmup set. I liked it, but the second set was where i personally found the groove and became comfortable inside this wild vessel that is Phish Mondegreen
We stood in line for water during almost the entirety of “what’s going through your mind” which is pretty ridiculous. The lines to get water are really not cool at all. It seems classic at this point for festivals to fuck over attendees in this way to sell more water. I thought Phish would be above that but apparently not.
the meat of the set for me came for the segment between “Light” and “Prince Caspian”. “Light” descended deep into a dark, chaotic jam, down, down, down… until they landed smoothly in “Prince Caspian” for a moment of triumph.
“crosseyed and painless” was a party and then they went into “lonely trip”. The ballad was sweetly sung and i think it will sound nice on a relisten for sure.
“Everything’s Right” was a ton of fun and whole encore was epic. Overall it was a great first day and my first ever Phish festival show.
very happy to be here. Very glad that there are still 3 more days of music. It’s time to eat some pancakes and get ready for another day.
phish 8/15/24 setlist
SET 1: The Moma Dance, Back on the Train, Wolfman’s Brother, Funky Bitch, Roggae, NICU, A Wave of Hope, Sand
SET 2: What’s Going Through Your Mind -> Chalk Dust Torture -> Light > Prince Caspian, Crosseyed and Painless, Lonely Trip, Everything’s Right
ENCORE: Saw It Again > Possum, Slave to the Traffic Light
