@lumpblockclod said:

@Real_out_casty said: [quote]"Certainly a step up from the previous first sets of tour so far." I stopped reading this review after this absurdity. I understand we all have our opinions and the many contributing factors that shape them, but this is readicculus. Sunday was show #120 for me and I'm hard pressed to find a better 1st set. So I'm skeptical. Admittedly, I haven't listened to all of Mann1 yet, I would put 6/22 & 6/26 set I's above this set I. I'm not trying to discredit any, just wanted to give more credit to the previous shows. What is great though, I've heard or read reviews from people whose opinions I respect and they all have a different show being "the best" so far. Our experiences are circumstantial, but Phish is on a level now unlike anything I've seen. It is known. Sorry, just my 2 cents, now I can finish reading.

So, I clicked on your list of shows and all I can say is I'm simply dumbfounded at your statement that you'd be hard pressed to find a better first set than Sunday. But, hey, to each their own...[/quote Yeah, sorry, my point was not written well. The shows mention was to say I've been around a while. But I should've been more clear, saying instead hard to find a better one in this era. I don't compare shows now to back then. They were a totally different band. Curious, which 2 songs do you say are all time? Reba? Pua? Dvdsky? Julius? any way you'd say, I'd disagree with best ever. I was pretty burned out at that time and I dosed too hard, 10 strip