This is a lovely history, but it's got a glaring omission: the 7/15/99 Meatsick from Holmdel, NJ. A twenty minute second-set-opening opus that tops all versions to-date, in my opinion. Winds up in a delectable millenial-melodic ambient groove that the band was typical for at the time. It also just predates the Oswego version and includes a full explanation from Trey in terms of what it's all about, so from a historical perspective, it seems to be also crucial. Shocks my brain you missed this one! (It's like when the first Phish Companion didn't have the 1998 Starlake Jim on its list of best versions, but I digress...)
Of course 7/15/99 isn't mentioned as the greatest Meatstick ever despite clearly being the greatest Meatstick ever. They also don't mention the 8 minutes of Melt jamming after the Kung.
I'd bet a couple bucks that if that you replaced the Melt with Tweezer that the setlist would read Meatstick -> Tweezer -> Kung -> Tweezer -> Some Song They Teased For Half A Second -> Tweezer -> Bouncin. And then people would call it a 75 minute Tweezer for reasons I'll never understand.
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I'd bet a couple bucks that if that you replaced the Melt with Tweezer that the setlist would read Meatstick -> Tweezer -> Kung -> Tweezer -> Some Song They Teased For Half A Second -> Tweezer -> Bouncin. And then people would call it a 75 minute Tweezer for reasons I'll never understand.
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'which band member has the biggest meatstick?'
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