Utica Synergy

[bezerker]

this thread should be titled " Ironhorse HHL"  and it should say kinetic buquebus tied with best jam so far this year.  i would say the synergy was the sleeper jam of the year so far,  but not tied with best.

[bdfreetuna]

Utica Synergy sounds ser indeed.

However it does not = Iron Horse HLH

Utica Gladys IMO is the best jam of the weekend and probably the best jam of the year to date.

....

But Breakfast has yet to live up to last years Utica Mayfly and Daniel Street "Space Oddity". OK Iron Horse HLH maybe ties these two...

that Synergy was sick but it aint there quite yet.

[ds673488]

i agree, i thought the ustica gladys was the best jam of the weekend

[bezerker]

i agree, i thought the ustica gladys was the best jam of the weekend

that jam really wasnt anything special imo.  definetly not even close to best jam of weekend or year for that mater

[booztravlr]

But Breakfast has yet to live up to last years Utica Mayfly and Daniel Street "Space Oddity". OK Iron Horse HLH maybe ties these two...

I came in here to basically say the same thing. That Space Oddity might not ever be topped. It\'s probably why they haven\'t played it since.

i agree, i thought the ustica gladys was the best jam of the weekend

that jam really wasnt anything special imo.  definetly not even close to best jam of weekend or year for that mater

Gladys def seemed like a regular Gladys to me too. IMO, Tribal Funk Affliction (with opening jam) was the song of the weekend.

[jocelyn]

Gladys

Overrated.

:duck:

[Gordo]

I\'ve listened to this Synergy twice now and don\'t see the enormous praise.  It\'s good but really?  After listening to the Friday STL I\'d say that jam takes the cake in a duel. Can\'t comment on the Gladys or HLH everyone\'s talking about yet.

Gladys

Overrated.

:duck:

Generally speaking or specifically said Gladys?

[ds673488]

in general i think gladys is an overrated song, although i love the jam section

[jocelyn]

^^^ that

[Klout]

2008
1. noho HLH
2. UTiCA SyN

those two are EPIC and a flip flop reversable tie but with a slight edge to the HLH because its more diverse.

I would probably put kinetic queeb at #3 for the year but its not  in the same leauge. its one of the best ever recorded but the unheard upstate versions kinda trump it even though they don\'t count. they were just more experimental. plus the jam is split in two parts so it cant compare fairly with the top 2 straight up jams even though both jam sections of the queeb are fantastic.

there is quite a few jams that are just a notch below these that are hard to sort out.

there are also some sleeper jams out there  I have to listen to a few more times that rival the top 3.


keep listening to the syn tho if your not convinced yet. It\'s not your average jam but man its so fuckin tasteful. the one repeating riff by timmy reminds me of the creation of the universe or something equally epic that I cant quite put my finger on in my subconscious primal archetypal awareness. you can hear the crowd just start coo\'ing when he lights it up after the take down around the 11 minute mark. seriously, listen to it again. its not as balls to the walls as  noho hlh but its just as good. guaranteed to go down in history as one of the best jams ever by this band.

gladys is overated in general and so is the utica version. It\'s more or less standard for the first jam section then there is a quick take down and a long weird bass solo->hard edged but kinda meh peak out. its unique but really nothing epic. It was amazing live tho! and still a classic and always very fun tune, but still overated.

Just for comparisons sake I think the DS-SO is not as good as noho HLH and smashes the utica syn in a cage match but the syn is on a different wave length. the 07 utica mayfly is def out there too but there is a lot of really out there mayflys. The jam is not nearly as focused and driven and doesn\'t really hold a candle to the HLH, SO, or the SYN in my book.

[peaches626]

I like Gladys a lot, totally unique tune.  Never heard a song like that from another band.  Always have a lot of fun with it.  Utica Gladys was a TON of fun, but I don\'t know if it was the best jam of the year... It would take me a long time to try to whittle that one down...

[Vassillios]

What about the rush jam... the one the video was made out of?

And sleeper jams... ones that weren\'t recorded... are always the best:

(denver tunage and puppetry, fort collins mayfly and scheme....)

wheres that motherfucker angelo?

[bdfreetuna]

Yeah Rush jam from Mill Street was up there too.

Rush is just so well conceptualized.

[ds673488]

rush in general rocks, i never get sick of it

[Yoda]

Synergy has joined the ranks of ep 2, ep 3, scheme, queeb, rufus, TLATG>OE, in my mind.  Love every second of the composed part and its possibly their best type II jam vehicle.

Not sure if I agree with this statement.  Ep 2, TGSOT, Buquebus, Rufus are top shelf because they\'ve stoof the test of time; I would put OE on that list too.  Ep 3 is good, but hasn\'t been played nearly enough to be called epic. TLATG is good, but I wouldn\'t put up there with some of the gems TB has created.  Synergy is fun; my only issue with it is that unless the band has unlimited time, I\'ve just lost the potential for 2-3 songs because it\'s never shorter than 25 minutes; that being said, I don\'t mind the 25+ minute Buquebus.