902VickersMASTODON EXCLUSIVE
Going to post videos of my Top 5 Favorite Jams of 2023 daily leading up to next leg and then will release a playlist of my top 32. Still tinkering with order but have my top 5 set. Starting with #5... (#goose)
No. 5
3/30 Wysteria Lane - Ryman Auditorium N1, Nashville TN
The Rysteria - absolutely massive double peak monster. Here’s a clip of the first one
No. 4
3/8 Drive - The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
Incredible first jam highlighted by this brilliant section of blissful jamming #goose
No. 3
4/1 Madhuvan - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville TN
Might come as a bit of a shock as I’m cooling a little on my former No 1 and it dropped in my rankings.
That being said, absolutely amazing jam that I feel gets to the goods even quicker than the Raleigh Madhuvan. Dark Synth>Beautiful Bliss>Melodic Happiness>Raging finish. Here’s the part that puts a big smile on my face. #goose
No. 2
3/26 All I Need - Agora Theatre, Cleveland OH
I’m a sucker for a bliss section/peak and it doesn’t get much prettier than this one so far this year #goose
No. 1
3/24 Echo of a Rose: The Met, Philadelphia PA
Argument against: seemingly one-dimensional
Argument for: it’s a perfectly executed dimension
This jam steadily builds / shifts until you find yourself in a SF Wysteria like dark frenzy. Just when you think it has hit its climax, it somehow find another gear and absolutely devastating peak. It may seem like a standard Goose peak but is anything but.
Don’t overthink it. When the dust settles on 2023 Q1, this is the jam we will all remember
Will Dennis
Chop@902Vickers Fair argument. Still can’t put this ahead of the Wysteria because of just how nuts the rhythm section is for both Wysteria jams. But this is reasonable.
@chopaganda will likely keep listening and re-adjusting too. Not sure that the Echo is truly the “best”, but it feels the most unique/special and at least the one I keep coming back to most. Also love listening to Trevor in this clip, underrated in the Echo overall due to Rick destroying the universe (when Rick does his slide thingy at 3:29, Trevor accompanies him perfectly)
Brad Solari@902Vickers @chopaganda This is one of the few times I disagree with you. Great jam but not 1. The first 15 mins don’t do much (except sound a lot like Money is For Nothing by Dire Straits) and the last half is fun upbeat 4 on the floor dance music with multiple peaks, but it doesn’t have the IT factor or a section to go back to. Again, love it. Fun jam. But not 1.
I have it at 5 on my list behind AIN (1), Wysteria (2), Madhuvan (3), and Drive (4). Similar top 5, just different order. 🤷♂️
@vriphish76 @chopaganda feels like the majority of everyone’s top 5! I think a lot of people have Echo at #5 too. I personally think they’re just so locked and build to one of their most explosive peaks ever. But can see the other side where it feels like not a lot happens until the end
@902Vickers @vriphish76 This is why I HATE ranking jams for the most part--especially when they come from different songs.
I can put together a list of fairly objective factors to rank shows: amount of improv, setlist flow, uniqueness of setlist, minimal steps in dog shit (via lame song or lame jam), quality of play (flubs/transitions/changes).
But I don't get how you can argue the Cleveland AIN vs. the Philly Echo. It's like arguing about whose favorite color is best. PURPLE! NO! BLUE!
Agree that it’s all subjective, that’s the beauty of music. With that said I absolutely love ranking jams. It’s fun.
Don’t go back to Rockdale@902Vickers great jam that has no chance of winning JOTY. But I guess we have some time before all that. Tomorrow we get Phecho’d. Nice list
@Backeasyjim @902Vickers “No chance of winning JOTY” 🤣
Well Matt, it’s currently my JOTY until something better beats it. 🤷♂️
haha..That's less a comment on the jam (which is excellent) and more on what criteria people vote for in these things.
@Backeasyjim I’ve always loved the melodic, blissful peaks (why I was so drawn to you 94-95 Hood/Reba/Slaves) and this for me is an example of Goose doing it so well. If I was a betting man, I think we’ll get better Madh, AIN, WLa versions later this year. Not sure we’ll get a better version of No. 1
Rosey@902Vickers @Backeasyjim He’s going to Butter Rum us for the No 1 prize! The GOAT Rum.
@902Vickers @Backeasyjim It’s why we often agree. I am the same. Big sucker for those gorgeous jams.
KCReprise@vriphish76 @902Vickers @Backeasyjim The first jam came out of the gates hot, but this final jam is so patient and gorgeous. It may not be unique, but it’s exactly what I happen to most enjoy.
@902Vickers Yeah. This over the Wysteria is problematic.
@chopaganda @902Vickers No chance. Wysteria was the jam of the Ryman run for me.
@Rosey @chopaganda some have said I have Madhuvan bias. I think the Madh is a little more dynamic and the bliss section is gorgeous. 2nd Wysteria peak is phenomenal but doesn’t quite get there imo (1st peak definitely does). Both great but I prefer the Madh at least right now
@902Vickers @chopaganda I know it may be sacrilege, but Madh doesn’t sniff my top 10 #Goose tunes. So we all fight our own biases.
B@Hosewood and @JiveGoose are driving this “cooling” off. When will folks stop bowing down to the pod and their #goose takes? In this case, there’s one other person to blame though. #blamevickers
@BDunn @Hosewood @JiveGoose haha i actually usually have the opposite reaction when they put down the jam I like (I.e. I dig in to my position further). A lot of the reason I moved it down is because of the strength of 1 and 2.
@902Vickers @BDunn @Hosewood @JiveGoose I’ve very nervous about your 1&2 given what’s been put out. Guessing the Echo of a Hose is one. But if you put the Philly Bor(ne)ing up there, I’ve lost all faith in Goose fans to do the right thing.
@BDunn @chopaganda @902Vickers @JiveGoose I appreciate the sentiment of Philly Borne. They were definitely try to let the jam come to them rather than force it. Unfortunately, the jam never really arrived.
@Hosewood @BDunn @902Vickers @JiveGoose Full agreement. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out. Makes for a fun adventure in the moment but doesn’t prove to be memorable on tape.
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@chopaganda @BDunn @902Vickers @JiveGoose fine. But it feels pretty much the same as MetaText to me 🤷♂️
@Hosewood @BDunn @902Vickers @JiveGoose I think the UI is much better. But on top of that, you can actually edit posts and it has a built in gif search.
@chopaganda @902Vickers @BDunn @Hosewood @JiveGoose if the Cleveland AIN is not 1 or 2 then we have a problem. 🤣
@902Vickers I’m not angry about this being ahead of the Wysteria. But I’m very concerned about your top 3 now.
@902Vickers If your rankings aren’t causing chaos, you’re not doing a good enough job.
@chopaganda you’re right, these rankings need more Cap Butter Rum
@902Vickers heh. I’m currently listening to that Wys. I’d have it 4 or 5. Haven’t quite been able to nail down the order yet. #goose
@Backeasyjim my 4 and 5 are very close. May switch the order over time
@902Vickers I can’t decide on my 5th. I think I have my top 4 in some order. (Drive, echo, Wys, mad). Nothing surprising. I might do something less chalky and put Nash Rock or Cap Tumble in the 5 slot
@Backeasyjim @902Vickers no Cleveland AIN???
@vriphish76 @902Vickers it’s up there. But I think Cap Tumble is top 5
@Backeasyjim @902Vickers Interesting. Seems a bit underrated. I have it at 2. And the Cleveland AIN at 1. 🤷♂️
In fact for my money if you took the first half of the Wysteria jam and combined it with the 2nd half of the Clev AIN jam, it would easily be the current JOTY.
Point being, no jam so far this year has 2 elite sections yet (like the previous 2 JOTY winners).
@vriphish76 @902Vickers Cleveland AIN is in my top 10. It’s an excellent jam. It does get a bit “boring” for me. I wish they had really developed Peter’s piano sequence around the 15 min mark or so.
If we want a multisectional masterpiece maybe we have to wait. But I’d put Nash Mad up against the 2021/2022 winners and I think it would be competitive. It doesn’t have discrete sections per se’, but it doesn’t really have to. A bit of slop and chaos services a jam with unclear boundaries.
@Backeasyjim @902Vickers Agree to disagree on the AIN. It is anything but boring from 17 mins to the end. Its absolutely gorgeous stuff.
The Madhuvan first jam is basically a 726 jam into a Cleveland Rockdale jam reprise expanded. Great and all but it’s been done before and was not totally original improv. But to each their own. 💪
clifff@vriphish76 @Backeasyjim @902Vickers I’ve only listened to most of this tour once or twice so not drawing any lines in the sand… but I may go listen to the Cleveland Rockdale now cause I’m currently a little obsessed with the Nash Madhuvan
@clifff @Backeasyjim @902Vickers as in the 3/10/22 version that made the elite 8 last bracket. Go check it out. It has a very similar section around 11 mins in.
@clifff @Backeasyjim @902Vickers actually it’s from about 9 mins until about 14:30. It’s definitely VERY similar, almost a reprise of the same jam. Slowly builds up the same exact way and he plays some of the exact same licks.
@vriphish76 @Backeasyjim @902Vickers dang, good call on this similarity. Still love this Mad but does take it down a notch
@clifff @Backeasyjim @902Vickers That’s my take. I still have it as my 3rd ranked jam so far this year. Think it’s amazing. Just can’t put it at 1 because I feel like I have kind of heard it before. 🤷♂️
@vriphish76 @clifff @902Vickers the similarities to 3/10 Rockdale aren’t as vivid to me but I can see why someone would think that. Different keys but still some overlap in the sequence and motif.
Pete ⭕️ 
@902Vickers when 1 becomes 5, hmm 🤷🏼♂️
@Phreba have a feeling people will say this for all the top 5 😂
@902Vickers oh for sure. I wouldn’t even attempt it, I find ranking goose to be so difficult, they’re too consistent!