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So I just got home from being abroad and read the recaps for the past two nights (12/28 and 12/29). The first night was apparently stellar, and the second night was apparently meh. My main concern was the yelling during reba that was referenced in the recap and the subsequent comments. Does anyone know why this happened? People are talking about energy levels etc but I'm really hoping for a more legitimate answer. It's really concerning that the audience would interrupt a potentially great jam. I'm just hoping this doesn't become a pattern.
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Why isn't people exhalting pure joy during Reba at the Garden not a "legitimate reason"? Again, sometimes you just had to be there. Doesn't mean your oppinion is less valid, simply less informed.
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The notion that the audience disrupted a potentially great jam is pure conjecture. On "tape" it sounds like the Reba jam simply kept on going to where it was headed in the first place.
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There was a glowstick war
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@themefromthepossum said: There was a glowstick warHardly a war. Someone threw like 50 glow sticks from the sections right behind the floor which sparked a small reaction. The subsequent crowd eruption just kinda happened. I do think it took Trey out of his "moment" but he settled right back in. The band was all smiles and seemed to enjoy it. IMO it was an awesome moment
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@Jayem - it really was. not necessarily musically but emotionally maybe the emotional highlight so far for me and frankly and its starting to bother me how many people I'm seeing who just can't accept that a crowd could have that kind of a reaction to Phish
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I was within the first 10 rows or so at the show and I thought the 'what is going on?' Reba cheering was incredible and intense. The audience wasn't interrupting anything, it wasn't a negative thing. It wasn't a problem. Like, @harroldHOOD said, an intense vibration of energy shouldn't bother anybody. This is my opnion and take on it. I looked back and didn't see a glowstick war. From my perspective, there was not a glowstick war. At first, I wondered if the house PA was out and it came back on at that moment. Or maybe Mike's bass was weak and the mix was fixed at that point.
I think, to me, it appeared to be and felt like an intense wave of energy vibration. i don't know how else to explain it... it was a unified nut busting. and it was neat.
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Please discourage the attendees from yelling randomly, it confuses those of us on the couchThank you
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@TheDeputy said: I was within the first 10 rows or so at the show and I thought the 'what is going on?' Reba cheering was incredible and intense. The audience wasn't interrupting anything, it wasn't a negative thing. It wasn't a problem. Like, @harroldHOOD said, an intense vibration of energy shouldn't bother anybody.That is EXACTLY what it was. I was up in 222 row 18 or 19 and you could fell a wave of cooler air rise up at that moment it was unreal. It was like a huge thank you to the band. There was not one thing negative about that moment. NOT ONE THING!
This is my opnion and take on it. I looked back and didn't see a glowstick war. From my perspective, there was not a glowstick war. At first, I wondered if the house PA was out and it came back on at that moment. Or maybe Mike's bass was weak and the mix was fixed at that point.
I think, to me, it appeared to be and felt like an intense wave of energy vibration. i don't know how else to explain it... it was a unified nut busting. and it was neat.
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Spontaneous eruption of energy.That is the legitimate answer.
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@johnnyd said: Spontaneous eruption of energy.There have been a number of them. The energy has been awesome.
That is the legitimate answer.
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There ya go @nrw830 It was a good thing, there's nothing to worry about.
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I am clearly in the minority here. Yes I was there for the "you had to be there" people. I found the crowd reaction completely out of place in that moment. A soft, blissful moment is not the time for the crowd to try to drown out the band. It came across to me as much of the crowd being focused on the party around them and not dialed into the music being played. But hey I come from a time when the crowd would actually be quiet for a Page Coil solo (and not use him for glowstick target practice) or to let the band sing a capella with no mics so flame away if you must.
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@johnnyd said:
Spontaneous eruption of energy.Yes, really fantastic. When I first read couch tourers were complaining that it interrupted a jam and derailed the rest of the show I thought that is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard about a Phish show. It's all about being there, being in the moment and feeding off the energy. I am all about couch tour but it ain't the same.
That is the legitimate answer.
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@GrooveHolmes said: I am clearly in the minority here. Yes I was there for the "you had to be there" people. I found the crowd reaction completely out of place in that moment. A soft, blissful moment is not the time for the crowd to try to drown out the band. It came across to me as much of the crowd being focused on the party around them and not dialed into the music being played. But hey I come from a time when the crowd would actually be quiet for a Page Coil solo (and not use him for glowstick target practice) or to let the band sing a capella with no mics so flame away if you must.but you see...that was the great thing about the moment. we were ALL dialed into the music and the entire building felt the need to let phish know how happy we were with the current situation. no offense but you sound a little cranky...
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@GrooveHolmes said: I am clearly in the minority here. Yes I was there for the "you had to be there" people. I found the crowd reaction completely out of place in that moment. A soft, blissful moment is not the time for the crowd to try to drown out the band. It came across to me as much of the crowd being focused on the party around them and not dialed into the music being played. But hey I come from a time when the crowd would actually be quiet for a Page Coil solo (and not use him for glowstick target practice) or to let the band sing a capella with no mics so flame away if you must.I get what your saying. It was an awkward time to have it happen but to me that was what made it cool. It wasn't the cheesy cheer after "Let's get this show on the road" in Bag or at the start of a song. It was so random but so genuine. I disagree that it was the crowd enjoying the party around them. As awkward as the timing was it seemed perfect to me.
As for Page's solo in Coil I agree and had to close my eyes because the assholes throwing glowsticks at him were making me so mad I was having trouble enjoying just how beautiful that was.
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Glow stick fueled crowd rage during type 1 Reba Jam. That's the garden for ya
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F'ing glowsticks. So 1998. Nothing like a self-centered attention whoring crowd to ruin a good jam. Yeah it looks cool and all, but you guys don't have nothin' on Kuroda. I know I'm in the minority here, but will there ever be a day glowsticks just fade away? I liked them the first time around, now it's just getting old and annoying.
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Yeah, when the crowds energy is centered around the sight of sticks in the air, the crowd becomes reliant on them for energy. Makes me wana buy 100, yet I would never. How to refocus this energy is the real question.
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It was not a glowstick war. There was a small eruption of green glowsticks and one section freaked out, which triggered the rest of the crowd. The energy was amazing in there and the building was literally rocking back and forth all night. Listening back, yes, it may have "ruined" the jam for those who were not there, but really what else do you expect from 18,000 people who are raging? I'm going to listen back to Reba and smile about that moment the crowd couldn't contain themselves.
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Total energy. I could feel it at home on my couch! I wasn't surprised a bit when it happened, I felt the jam was beautiful and about to go off, im sure the crowd felt that emmensly.
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@stella said: it may have "ruined" the jam for those who were not there, but really what else do you expect from 18,000 people who are ragingFirst, once upon a time, I was shot in the damn eye by stupid a'holes that were "there" throwing glowsticks around. While I was paying attention to the band (the main reason why I go to the show). Don't put down and isolate people because they couldn't be there, you elitist twerp. I'd expect people to rage on their own ground, and not feel the need to draw the attention away from the primary reason why they're there. IMHO glowsticks are dumb, and a real annoyance to people there, not there, and the band, I'm sure is over it (especially when it effects their playing, when they're worrying about whether one s going to pelt them).
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@jezmond, Sorry you got hit with a glowstick. I personally hate them but for the 1,000th time THERE WAS NO GLOWSTICK WAR! Some guy threw about 50 of them. A small group cheered. 10-15 seconds later the crowed erupted. Watch the video. At 8:11 you hear a small cheer. About 8:19 the place blows up. How did this become about glowsticks.
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It was a spontaneous eruption of a shared energy! Saturday night Phish show in the Garden!
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I've been noticing the crowding cheering as the band walks on stage, between songs and during peaking jamming moments.
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