From: Charlie Dirksen
09/29/95  Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Beautiful venue.  I'd highly recommend catching a show here.
Typical amphitheater-style, but no lawn... and small.

YEM opens up standard, without much of a pre-Nirvana segment/build at
all.  Nirvana kicks in around 2:55, and is ok, but Trey is as accurate
as he usually is in this section.  Mike's solo-section around 3:45 or
something sortof snorks around awryly, and there isn't anything
especially endearing.  Page's keyboards and Trey's guitar don't sound
to be entirely in tune with each other, either (to put it nicely).
Trey's first shot at The Note is hit well, and he jams well around
it.  The second Note is sustained, although not flawlessly.
(pre-Charge section basically run-of-the-mill-tight).

"Boy" at 6:23 after an ok scream.  WUDMTF has spunk, but is otherwise
bland.  Tramps segment (where Trey and Mike jump on the trampolines)
begions at 8:30, and Page solos well, but nothing unduly impressive.

Jam segment begins at 10 minutes.  Trey softly, delicately noodles in
the opening minute, before, at 10:49, beginning to milk a Highly
Groovy, Catchy Theme!!! =^]  I really enjoyed this theme at the show,
but wished he'd reallllly milked it.  He drops it within 40 seconds or
so and starts soloing in more typical YEM fashion.  The jam begins
That Steady YEM crescendo -- the music proceeds from soft, melodious
interplay into a more resounding, fulfilling, passionate, frenzied
Groove.

By 13 minutes, the jam is grooving in typically inspiring YEM fashion,
and is still building in intensity.  Trey is clearly still leading the
groove, with Mike, Fish and Page merely providing a strong bottom to
his 'doc frolicking.  Trey makes the 'doc scream around 14:10 or so,
encouraging a dramatic close to the jam.

At 14:30 bass and drums segment begins, but with effects from Trey
thrown in.  Mike doesn't come out In Front Soloing until 15:10 or so,
actually.  Fish is pounding the toms markedly well in accompaniment at
first.  Mike employs that rich, chocolate-caramel-marshmallow 'doc
effect in this Oh so short B&D segment.

At 15:56 or so, the closing WUDMTF segment kicks in.  Vocal jam
contains a strange vocal groove that starts in the vicinity of 17
minutes.  It sounds like they are vocalizing around inaudible words
(Trey is most prominent).  I cannot make out any words,
unfortunately.  A very queer theme.  Some mouth clacking noises for
awhile in this vocal jam, not to mention some scary, phlegmmy noises.
Total time:  20:36.  Cool vocal jam, all things considered.

Well.  I enjoyed dancing to this first set YEM at the show, of course,
but really.. this doesn't deserve anything more than a

C       Reasonably good, straightforward version.
        Not terribly interesting, or long, in light
        of many other versions, but still contains
        some meritorious jams.  Solid.

two cents
charlie

(in shock at how unremarkable this YEM is in light of all of the
summer 1995 versions)