VU - the first "Jam Band"?

LCB · Post by **LCB** » 26 Aug 2006 03:46

no: jam bands suck.

vu does not suck, ipso facto they're not a jam band.

logic is cool

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 26 Aug 2006 04:53

mg196 wrote:Well Candy, when I think of Jams, I think of bands playing songs on and on and on...like 25+ minute "I'm Waiting For My Man" jams and such. I know they have some "studio jams", but I am talking more about noodling around with a song for 20 minutes or more. Sister Ray sometimes approached 45 minutes in some of their live jams!

Oh yeah, I agree,, I was just pointing out that the VU took it a step further - Sister Ray was a "jam" to begin with

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 26 Aug 2006 07:01

Well, it's hard to argue with LCB's logic!

MJG196 · Post by **MJG196** » 26 Aug 2006 15:48

I cant listen to some VU stuff during their Jam Band days. I like it when the stuff is pared down, like at Max's.

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 26 Aug 2006 18:58

I don't mind the shorter stuff, but sometimes it's over before I can really "get into" it. That's why I like the longer stuff. I've even had a friend blend two versions together so that I have over 60 minutes of "Sister Ray"!!! Bring it on!!!

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 26 Aug 2006 21:10

tarbaby2 wrote:I've even had a friend blend two versions together so that I have over 60 minutes of "Sister Ray"!!! Bring it on!!!

That's artificial...

Better living through chemistry!

BRING IT ON!

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 27 Aug 2006 03:58

Yeah, it's artificial... but it's SOOOOOO good!!!

Can't ever get enough Sister Ray!

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 27 Aug 2006 04:19

What two versions?

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 27 Aug 2006 04:20

mg196 wrote:I cant listen to some VU stuff during their Jam Band days. I like it when the stuff is pared down, like at Max's.

How ironic. That recording of 'Some Kinda Love' is the most "jam-band moment" of The VU.

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 27 Aug 2006 05:39

Candy Velvet asked which two versions of Sister Ray my friend joined for me. They are...

Sister Ray (38.00) ? The Matrix, San Francisco ? Quine Tapes (disc 2)

Sister Ray (24.03) ? Family Dog, San Francisco ? Quine Tapes (disc 1)

It's not a perfect match, but the Matrix version is very long and dreamy and ends very quietly. Then, putting the Family Dog version next, with it's slow and lyrical beginning, they just sort of flow together for me into one very long and extended "jam".

I know it's artificial, but I like it. Listening to it/them alone in the dark I can sort of drift away into a "never-never land" of my own imagination.