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I agree with you about Light from last year's Dick's run. It's my favorite jam of last year's tour.
I'm going to go and listen to this year's Dick's run again on Phishtracks and give it a fair shot. Usually my gut is correct but I hear your passion on the subject and you're not alone, that's for sure. So I agree to suspend my judgement on the subject.
Regarding the Tahoe Tweezer. I've heard this "long is not always better" argument to the point of wanting to break shit and I'm going to address it. Just because I think the Tweezer jam is the coupe de grace for 3.0, stop assuming (and that goes for everyone else touting the same argument) that it's because I'm giving it extra credit for being LONG. The fact that it went 37 minutes means nothing to me. I've stated already in another thread that my favorite single moment of the tour was the Piper> Slave at Northerly Island, a show that I otherwise rate as just above the middle of the pack this year. Do I give it extra credit for being interesting for most of the 37 minutes? Yes, absolutely. Did I personally enjoy the jam? Absolutely. It sounds like you didn't as much, and that's fine, I get that and respect it.
My point with the Tahoe Tweezer is that the "ending crescendo" you refer to, which btw is close to six minutes long, has an orgasmic and totally organically inspired call-response interactivity which elevated the experience to a near life-changing event for those who found it inspiring. I'm trying to not sound hyperbolic, but it's difficult because it was a ONCE-IN-A-CAREER event of mammoth import. THAT'S why I rate it so high. Stand-alone musically, you can certainly make the case that you're making and hold your head high and firm in it. I grant you that. However, those such as yourself who choose to tear down the merits of the Tahoe Tweezer are all doing so in order to build up some other piece of music that you think is better, for this or that reason (it doesn't matter) while completely ignoring the social and career significance of the EPIC MOMENT that was that jam. You simply cannot separate it from the time and space in which it was birthed without immediately losing key perspective. It's the same thing, by the way, which makes it difficult to objectively criticize the FYF show last year. I personally thought that musically the show is not as good as the other two shows of the run, but the EPIC MOMENT that was the FYF show cannot be denied. YOU MUST YIELD YOUR POSITION ON IT TO HISTORY. Yes, it's like that.
All that being said, I live in the Burlington VT area and I am instantly in fellowship with you as you speak of the scene at Nectar's (which still exists, for fans not from this area).
I respect you and your feelings/thoughts on the subject. You make a lot of sense. And you're not wrong. I just believe you're looking at it with the wrong lens, if you will.
I also must admit that I have not been to Dick's and cannot by nature of that fact really appreciate your experience there. So I yield to your experience. However, you must also recognize that your experience at the venue colors your interpretation of the music you heard within it.
Finally, I can't agree with you about the Gorge '11 being better than this year. I own all four shows and love them all but this year's shows were tremendous. I wil admit, though, that the 1st set of 8/5/11 is better than either first set this year. Anyway, I feel like a millionaire comparing my yacht to someone else's. We are rich in Phishiness.