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Heya comment #83: Thanks for that curated collection of Lifehouse tracks! Great. As you may know, in 2000 Pete put together a band to present Lifehouse as a whole. It ain't the Who; it includes an orchestra as well as rock band, but it's available on a commercial DVD called Music From Lifehouse, and has a pretty solid, if brief, booklet about his very Dead-like vision for the tale (a band and its community of listeners as one, the audience as central as the band--truly, the ambition was insane, to film live shows and have the "story" emerge organically depending on what happened in the audience, etc.....very Pranksterish in its ambition and perhaps futile over-reach). Of course he also put out a comprehensive 6CD Lifehouse Chronicles on his own website, but I'm pretty sure that's sold out.

Fiddle About was written by John Entwistle not Creepy Pete. I believe it is about Pete and his uncle, but he didn’t write it.

Truckin', Sugaree, Mr. Charlie, Beat It On Down The Line, Loser, Jack Straw, Next Time You See Me, Tennessee Jed, El Paso, Big Railroad Blues, Me & My Uncle, Run Rudolph Run, Black Peter, Playin' In The Band, Casey Jones, Ramble On Rose, Mexicali Blues, Big Boss Man, Cryptical Envelopement-> Drums-> The Other One-> Me & My Uncle Jam-> The Other One-> Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia, You Win Again, Not Fade Away-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Not Fade Away

I do like both bands, but if I have to choose one it will be The Who.Perhaps if The Doors were around longer I might have a different choice? For me, Quadrophenia is THE best studio album of all time, period. Rock on

....very nice.

PHISH, TUESDAY 10/31/1995 ROSEMONT HORIZON Rosemont, IL Soundcheck: Guyute, Suzy Greenberg (x2), Jam, Suzy Greenberg, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Jam SET 1: Icculus, Divided Sky, Wilson > Ya Mar, Sparkle > Free, Guyute, Run Like an Antelope, Harpua[1] SET 2: I Am the Sea[2], The Real Me[2] > Quadrophenia[2], Cut My Hair[2], The Punk Meets the Godfather[2], I'm One[2], The Dirty Jobs[2] > Helpless Dancer[2], Is It In My Head?[2], I've Had Enough[2], 5:15[2], Sea and Sand[2], Drowned[2], Bell Boy[3], Doctor Jimmy[2] > The Rock[2], Love, Reign O'er Me[2] SET 3: You Enjoy Myself, Jesus Just Left Chicago[4], A Day in the Life > Suzy Greenberg[5] ENCORE: My Generation[6] [1] Narration from Mike about raccoons. [2] Phish debut; Dave Grippo on alto saxophone, Don Glasgo on trombone, Joey Sommerville on trumpet and Alan Parshley on French horn. [3] Phish debut; Dave Grippo on alto saxophone, Don Glasgo on trombone, Joey Sommerville on trumpet and Alan Parshley on French horn, Leigh Fordham sang Keith Moon's original part. [4] Dave Grippo on alto saxophone. [5] Dave Grippo on alto saxophone, Don Glasgo on trombone, and Joey Sommerville on trumpet. [6] Phish debut; acoustic. Harpua included a story from Mike about a dream about raccoons. The Michael Jackson references continued, as Trey teased the audience by saying that Jimmy was listening to the Halloween album while the band played a Beat It tease. Also, the second set was preceded by recorded Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' and Thriller teases from Michael Jackson's Thriller album. The second set "musical costume" was The Who's Quadrophenia and was performed with Dave Grippo on alto saxophone, Don Glasgo on trombone, Joey Sommerville on trumpet and Alan Parshley on French horn. During Bell Boy, crew member Leigh Fordham, clad in a bell boy outfit, sang Keith Moon’s original part. All of the Quadrophenia songs, as well as My Generation, were Phish debuts. YEM was almost 40 minutes long, contained teases from Trey of The Real Me and DEG, and was preceded by the audience chess move. The chosen fan, dressed as a Wookiee, cracked under the pressure and could not choose a move on stage, prompting a quote from Fish that “Wookiees can’t play chess.” The Rock was teased after the failed move. Jesus Just Left Chicago featured Grippo on alto saxophone; Suzy Greenberg featured Grippo, Glasgo and Somerville. My Generation was performed acoustic. Before My Generation, the crew set up a Keith Moon replica drum set on stage. After the song, Fish and Trey destroyed the drum set a la The Who. Finally, a stagehand brought out a large plunger. Trey pressed it and set off a huge explosion backstage. This show was officially released as Live Phish 14. In the soundcheck, Suzy Greenberg was performed three times: the first with only Grippo, the second with the band and Grippo, and the third with all of the horns, alternate lyrics, and Bell Boy quotes. The jam through the end of the soundcheck was played with horns.

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Not too excited about this one. Most Dave's Picks look like more-of-the-same-that's-already-released to me. He always says/writes that their are unique qualities to the show involved. I usually don't notice those... At this point in the game such statements on his part actually annoy me and sour my expectations.However, I do think 10-12/71 is really good stuff. The Saloon Band period with confident Barrelhouse piano added as a second lead instrument; so fine! Really unhappy with what they did to 12/14. Icecreamkid says: "As long as there are clean breaks between the songs it should be fairly easy to reassemble the songs in the correct order." Well, the way GDM track-indexes releases often means that a song's track includes all the time between it and the first actual note of the next song. Even a count-in is part of the previous song's track. Stitching this together in real order without many warts will require dumping all the tracks into an editting software and retracking. People here already expressed valid complaints about the idea of making one complete set the bonus disc (a mere First Set as the spectacular bonus- not spectacular enough! The Second Set only available as the subscriber bonus- too cruel!), so I see the reasons not to have gone that route. And the "no (royalty-payment-requiring) covers" rule certainly limited what could be done. Ultimately I would have rathered 12/14 be kept for a complete release. BUT, BIG PROPS to GDM/Dave for EXPLAINING their actions! I have commented on many release threads that explaining controversial actions would be a good thing. Ultimately, I would like explanations in the release booklet, not in an ephemeral video. But that's the next step. This step, offering any explanation, greatly pleases me and I extend my thanks. I hope explanations will become a part of each release. Most of us have at least one quibble with pretty much any release and explanations will do much to smooth ruffled feathers...

That about sums it up. Did someone mention Box Set?

Then its better, but we all have different tastes. To truly and objectively judge and compare one musical composition to the next, one has to apply the Mozart Rule. See Emily Play does, in fact, have more notes per minute than anything on Meddle. So it's settled. (kidding of course, I'm a big fan of Echoes). Of course we could apply Jim's rule: If you like it, it's really good.