Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 18:43:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Charles Dirksen 
To: "Daniel W. Schar" 
Subject: 8/27/88 YEM

08/27/88  Penn State, State College, PA

  "This next song is called You Enjoy Myself, and we're hoping you all
enjoy myself during this next song." (Trey)

Opens as the YEMs of today do, and as 8/6/88 does (unlike 4/15/86, and
12/6/86... guitars just start strumming in those openings). 1, 2,
1-2-3-4 {boom}

This version sounds much more refined than 4/15 and 12/6/86.  They
definitely worked on it. ;)  Sounds akin to the versions of today in
the opening (although there isn't a big Pre-Nirvana segment, like
there is today).  The whole pre-charge is very standard -- all of you
would be able to hum along with most of this. ;)  At 5:21 charge
begins.

No screaming before "Boy".. WUDMTF segment fairly laid-back,
standard.  There's basically a Page & Mike section after the WUDMTF
(what would today be the tramps jam section, only with a more active
Mike).  Trey comes in with some chords around 8:15 or so.  But
primarily Mike & Page (with Fish just keeping the groove and adding
some cool fills here and there).

Trey is just lightly chording in r&b fashion in here, not taking
center stage at all.  Page and Mike are much more prominent than he
is... until about the 10 min point, when Trey starts jamming.

Don't have much to say.  Typical melodic noodling from Trey.  He's
always been good... ;)  No teases of anything.  He's about as active
as he usually is ... not as intense as he was on 4/15/86, until about
12:30, when he gets more excited...  Page is on the piano in
accompaniment for the final minute or two of the jam segment.. Great
interplay in here.  Trilling from both Trey and Page, as they've often
done.  There's so much jamming in the end... niiiice.. At 15:29 it is
Bass & Drums time.  Typical funky stuff.. Not much with just Fish and
Mike.. Page and Trey come in after about 30 seconds, and start
grooving along.  At around 16:50 or so, they segue nicely into Funky
Bitch.  Great segue, great old YEM.. (notice also that this version
basically jams harder than the ALO version.. ;-)  (C rating)


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