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The other thing to remember is that we're dealing with sound, but in a finite spectrum. There are only so many chords, only so many octaves. The rest is is all manipulation of space in terms of rhythm, pace, whole/half/quarter notes, rests, etc. Major key, minor key, dissonance. Unless they changed instruments all their music sounds pretty much the same to anyone not familiar with the nuance of their style. So it's sort of a dead end argument.
The Gin became great in my view because it didn't quit. The early part of the jam was interesting but, because they didn't give up on it and they let it find legs, it got better and better until it was epic. That's one of things with these jams. They've had some short jams this tour which I think have been superior to anything they've done on the longer, more heralded pieces, but part of the experience as a listener is the journey, so length becomes a factor in enjoyment. It's part of the mystery of exploration.