Review of Lille 6/25/97 

1st Set: 

Oblivious Fool: I like this new song.Check out Brian's homepage for a
sample of this one. 

Dog Stole Things: See Vienna. 

Taste: Very long Taste.Again some impressive work by Page and Trey. 

Billy Breathes: Nice to hear.Trey kind of missed his solo. 

AC/DC Bag: Great one.Started very slow, very funky. It ended very
fast.Great solo by Trey.Probably the highlight of the first set with My
Soul. 

My Old Home Place: Nice to hear it. 

Theme from the Bottom: Good version. 

Wading in the Velvet Sea: See Strasbourg. 

I Saw it Again: See Vienna. 

Limb by Limb: See Vienna. 

My Soul: Very long  compared to the other ones I've heard.Great set closer
and probably the best My Soul I've heard. 

1 hour 15 minutes. 
  
2nd Set: 

Down With Disease: Very Long.Contained an amazing Jam. 

Jam: You can find everything in that Jam.Slow moments, loud moments,
mellow parts, reggae, just name it. 

Words: Best version I've heard of this song.Also the longest. 

Down With Disease: During Words you could feel Trey was heading back to
DWD.They just did it perfectly.The DWD jam was long. Much longer thab they
did last february in Amsterdam.They didn't finish the song.They didn't
sing the end but jammed straight into what is (I guess) a new song. 

Time: Really don't remember this one. 

Mc Grupp: During Time you could hear the theme of Mc Grupp played by
Trey.This was a reggae version.They played Mc Grupp as if it was a reggae
tune.Get the tapes for this Mc Grupp.Page's solo was very quiet.Trey and
Mike were in front of Fish's drums just looking at Page. 

Makisupa Policeman: This set was geeting really wild.Mc Grupp into 
Makisupa???!!!!! Is there anything more you can wish???  Trey and Fish did
some weird sounds during the song. 

Cecilia: At the end of Makisupa Trey put a chair in the middle of the
stage and took Fish's place on the drums.Fish sang Cecilia with no
instruments.He  played with his sticks on his legs and sang this old Simon
&Garfunkel tune although he didn't know all the lyrics. 

HYHU: Fish came in front of the audience like he always does after he
sings. 

Rocka William: Trey continued playing the drums.In the meantime Fish took
Trey's guitar, Page took Mike's bass and Mike began to play on Page's
piano.  This song is so dark.It's almost a horror movie. 

Run Like An Antelope: While Mike was still playing on the piano Trey
started to play Antelope.This si an epic verion.It was about 13 minutes,
maybe more, but it's certainly one of those Antelopes that are going to be
remembered.At the end of the song Trey introduced the whole crew. 

Encore: 

Guyute: Is there anything more to say.Playing Guyute as an encore.I don't
think this happened before.Really well played. 

Set 2 + Encore 1 hour 30 minutes. 
  
If you have any comment , questions please email me at stanleyr@glo.be 

Note: Fishman cut his hair.He's almost bold and is wearing costumes. 
      Trey isn't using his drumkit anymore.The megaphone for Fee isn't
there anymore. 
      The new songs are amazing.When they play the old songs they play
it much better than they used to.Don't look at the setlists.Listen to the
tapes and go the shows.You will be surprised how good they are..........