Please consider the following in terms of rock music only, not jazz/classical/etc:

What is the longest song that you are willing to sit through?

What is the shortest recording that you are willing to admit constitutes an actual song?

What is the shortest song that contains an actual bona fide jam?

What is the longest song that does not contain a jam?

Please rank from most preferable to least:
a) ’60s psychedelic jams
b) ’70s southern rock jams
c) ’90s jam-band jams

What do you suppose led to the a dearth of jamming in the ’80s?

Does the MC5’s “Kick Out The Jams” really count as kicking out the jams or is the song structure and performance too tight for the jams to have been actually kicked out?

Name your favorite rock jam.

Name your least favorite rock jam (please be specific, ie, don’t just say Phish).

Do you think that the Hear Factor, Season 2 discs contained any jams? Do you think we’ll ever know for sure?

OK, now you guys tell me there’s a lack of clarity on the term jamming. Some of you feel that the more it’s planned out the less it’s jamming. I’m not so sure that I agree. I think, in part, the term refers to a communal activity among musicians that involves the stance of jamming. As a group, let’s define what we mean when we talk about jamming.