------------------------------
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 09:44:43 -0500
From: Bart Frazier willet43@hotmail.com
To: dws@archive.phish.net
Subject: H.O.R.D.E. Show
If you wanted to add notes to the 7-11-92 show, John Popper came on stage
while Trey and Mike were on the trampolines. There was an empty trampoline
for Popper, which he proceeded to to jump in in sync with Trey and Mike. On
first impact, he went straight through, bursting all of the springs and
falling on his ass. He pulled the wire out of Mike's bass, which he quickly
replaced. Popper then got up, looked around, and walked off stage. The
crowd, being very congenial, laughed very little. I forget which song it
was, but I am sure the band members remember.
Bart Frazier,
Centreville VA
From: Sam Shaw <71044.2055@compuserve.com>
Subject: HORDE Jones Beach
Reply-To: 71044.2055@compuserve.com
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 07:13:04 GMT
Hi all,
I just returned from the Jones Beach HORDE... it's 3:00 am. After checking
out digest #428, I realized that there will probably be 6 or 7 reviews of
today's show, so I'll keep it short.
I have a couple of friends who toured HORDE, and I'm told today's was the
hottest. For one, Phish had been playing second to last for the first
three
shows, and (to our surprise) headlined this one. Also, they'd been playing
fairly boaring set lists (sparkle every night) and tonight they sizzled.
The list was...
Sweet Adeline
Chalkdust
Bouncin'
Divided Sky
Fluffhead
Maze
Uncle Penn
Glide
Possum
Divided & Fluff were VERY tight. Durig Maze, I thought they might
explode.
The highpoint of the evening for me, though, was Glide. During Fish's
opening percussian, Trey dedicated the song to David Ullrich, a friend of
mine who died July 4 of lukemia. It really meant a lot. Uncle penn was
right
on target, as was possum... a great show, all in all. If anyone has a good
copy of Phish's set, PLEASE let me know. David's family would really be
grayeful...
Surrender to the flow,
Sam
------------------------------
------------------------------
From: Matt Laurence
Subject: Jones Beach HORDE
Reply-To: mlaurenc@world.std.com
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 23:00:07 GMT
Well, the Horizons Of Rock Developing Everywhere show at Jones Beach was
something of an expereince. Jones Beach Theater was pretty nice, though
it would have been nicer if the day hadn't been so rainy and grey.
Rainy enough, in fact, that the crowd got caught in a downpoour during
ARUs opening set. This didn't dampen anyone's spirits, however. The show
was great, and this time PHISH was the headliner, coming on last after
Blues Traveler and with a slightly longer set. Still not long enough,
but better than nothing. And it was a very good set, too! Check out
this list:
Chalkdust
Bouncin'
Divided Sky
Fluffhead->
Fluff's Travels
Uncle Pen
Maze
Glide-> Vacuum break -> Glide
Possum (3 language cues: Simpsons,Oom Pa pa, and fall down)
The set was 1:10 in length, far too short. But the band was NOT sloppy at
all,
playing really tight and hard, and surprisingly, nobody from any of the
other bands came out and jammed with them, not even Popper! The show was
also apparently different than previous nights in a few ways: they had
some
bizarre processions around the venue with many key members of the bands
playing
percussion instruments and people carrying signs and effigies and such,
very
Bread and Puppet tyupe of thing. They also had the New York Scottish
Bagpipe
league (or something like that) come on, and they played some stuff while
Traveler joined in making it a sort of Rare Air-like tune, and Popper
started
singing "Swing Low," then turning it into "Gilligans Island!" They then
paraded
around the venue again,. with the bagpipes. Kinda cool, if a little weird.
Everyone played a good set, though I think Widspread Panic should have
opened - they were the least inspiring - and ARU come next when more
people were inside to appreciate them. The Spins were GREAT, though I
really
think that the singer needs to work on his stage patter a little ("Say
yeah!
Say HELL yeah! How ya feelin' people?" all seemed a little trite, and he
added
some even stupider stuff (though when he shouted "Jack Shit for President"
during Shinbone Alley, that was pretty damn funny)). Like the ARU-Panic
segue where one band kept playing as the other one came on, joined in, and
tool=k
over, The Spins led right into Traveler, and THEIR two-band jam was not
just
cool, it was inspiring. It;s a really neat sight to see two drummers
playing side
by side in perfect unison. It was VERY hot. And Traveler didn't disappoint
me as much as I expected they would after everyone's reviews. They did
drive
some folks away, and I DID fall asleep during two songs (more a comment on
my state of fatigue rather than their playing), and it was irnoic since
we met on Phishhead outside who kept complaining about how much air time
Snooze Traveler was getting in HORDE. I liked that, and it turned out to
be literally true. But they were good, and completely bearable since Phish
closed out the night. Overall, it was very good show, despite the fact I
did 11 hours of driving to see a 7 hour show. But all in all, if it came
right down to it, I'd do it again!
I hope everyone else's experiences were as fulfilling, especially Robert
T.,
who I saw in his fourth row center seats.
Matt
------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: David Berger
Subject: HORDE@Jones Beach
Reply-To: berger@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1992 02:29:19 GMT
THis poist about the Horde at Jones Beach is being cross posted
to the Spin Doctor's Mailing list and Phish mailing list.
Yesterday, I went to see the Horde at Jones Beach. The day started well.
While waiting for my friend outside Penn station, I was approached
by a Born Again Christian, who told me that I would see the Holy Ghost
yesterday. If that could be interpreted as Mark White's increadable Bass
playing last night, then maybe I did. Otherwise, I guess not.
I got there, and was informed imediatly that ther was no tapeing. Shit...
I was stuck. I had no place to stash my stuff, and there was nothing
stealth about my mike stand. But after some talking with security, we
eventually got the ruling overturned. Everuything was golden, except
we still weren't alowed to use mike stands. So I held my mike over my
head
for all five bands. Quite tiring, but worth it. (before you ask me for
dubs, I don't have two working decks at the moment. I had to borrow
one for the show.) The rain came down during ARU. They were fun,
and seemed to play well, but I was to involved with the strange tapeing
logistiics of the show to really appreciate them.
ARU, with the help of John Popper, jammed into the WSP set. At this time,
I was settled, and got to watch the show. They played great.
Next came the Spin Doctors, my favorite of the five bands. They played
a very hot set, including a very long and very sweet House with Arnie
Lawrence (old time friend of SD and BT) playing sax. Chris was jumping
all over the place, doing cartwheels and things. Much more so then
normal.
Perhaps it was because the stage was so much larger than the ones they are
used to. He told everybody that NOW, NORML, and Planned Parenthood
were forbidden from entering. They were censored. Chris gave a good,
but short speech about it. He says that 'you should know information
has been witheld from you.' The croud had the largest reaction to the
NORML rejection. Even though most people on the spins and phishnet
would disagree on my stance (how many other straight-edgers are there
on these nets?) I would think most of you would agree that Birth Control,
AIDS prevention, and the women's movement are all much more important
issues
than Marijuana's legality (or lack thereof.) Anyway, enough of my
politics...
At the end of Jimmy Olsen's Blues, the Spins set jammed into Blues
Traveker
playing Gloria. Chris was up singing with John Popper on that one.
Highlights of the Blues Traveler set were Support Your Local Emporar,
where
Richard Vink, the BT's sound man came on and played 12 string accoustic
guitar.
I've never seen a board guy called up to play as a guest. (I wonder who
ran the
board for that song.) Arnie Lawrence came back and played with BT, as
well.
Perhaps the coolest thing that BT did was their last tune, which had a
guest bagpipe section, as the band played Swing Low, Sweet Chariot into
Giligan's Island. (Yesm, they played the whole them,e song...) But
I thought BT was sloppy. They used to be one of my favorite bands,
haveing
been watching them from the early Wetlands days. They used to be hgreat.
They
just can't seem to cary it anymore.
After another setbreak came the closer of Phish. They played really well.
Its been a while since I've seen a phsih show: I used to see them all the
time.
I'd forgotten just how good they were. Unfortunately, by this time, I was
pooped from stnading up with my mike for so long. Phish did one
thing that I though was particul;ary notworthy. As they started Possom,
whcih had an extra long intro, Trey played the harmonica part of a
vers to BT's But Anyway. I relaly thought that was cool.
Anyway, taht's my Horde story.
------------------------------