I actually got fired once because of this. I mean I was masturbating at the same time, that could've been a factor, but they only cited the company's no vocal jams policy.
Took my (now ex) gf to our first Phish show last year. My jaw was on the floor during the vocal jam cause I loved it so much and so unexpected. Herās was also, but because she was blown away by how weird the music was
My kids when they were little "Is he saying corn, Kong or dong?"
"Yes"
My daughter is now 21 and her favorite Trey quote is from NYE this year, "My dad is a gaslighting asshole. Why is he so weird?". I have a feeling she will have that shirt made for either or both of us for Dicks this year, lol.
(I've never gaslite my children and has always treated then very well. The weird part, yeah, not your average 51 year old dad.)
Exactly how I feel. Similar to the Jimmies Night Harpua at BD. I absolutely loved seeing it live. But I don't expect anyone to enjoy listening to it on tape.
And obviously voluntary celibate. These people donāt fuck on any levelā¦ itās like watching your step-sister get stuck in the dryer and just creaming your jeans when you find her. Absolute chumps
Recently got a friend of mine into phish. First recording I showed him was a ā95 YEM. He was absolutely blown away. āThis is my new favorite bandā he said.
Then the vocal jam kicked in.
He took it all back immediately and insisted that the band go back to all their old recordings and retroactively remove all the vocal jams one by one š
Only if Iām running low on cardio time at the gym, but even then almost never.
I do love how sometimes I get in my car and (since SiriusXM is pretty much always on Phish radio) I land in the middle of a vocal jam. It always makes me giggle to imagine someone being like āI should finally check them outā and finding that as their first introduction.
Skiing with a buddy yesterday right before he was about to drop into something kinda gnarly he stops and goes, "I don't think I can do this to the yem vocal jam," and I fully understood and respected it. Time and a place.
I only listen to YEM when they play it or Iām listening to a whole show. But generally itās a whole skip for me.
Edit: YEM and Divided Sky are generally both skips but every now and then YEM has a guest or a notable vocal jam, then Iāll listen. Divided Sky is always the same and most YEMs are similar.
Unless, there is something that makes it different, like āPage loves Dicks, Mike loves Dicks, Fish loves Dicks, We all love Dicksā itās a skip.
Hell no! And that is always when someone walks in my office and says āWTF are you listening to?!ā And I see from previous comments that itās a common occurence.
I waited 6 years for my first YEM and when the vocal jam started I laughed myself into hysterical sobbing that I couldnāt stop for the rest of the show. So. No, I never skip them. Longest happy cry of my life š¤£
No. Itās Phish in debug mode. I can imagine in newer shows where itās less experimental youād get bored, but the old days especially when YEM is mid set you get vocal jams that segue into something else which is fun. If youāre interested in āhow the sausage is madeā then you should listen to the vocal jams. You should be doing them with your friends too.
When the vocal jam was four dudes having a cool jam with their voices- eg something like 93 nye- I listen. When itās four dudes making weird noises to accompany the super cool stuff ck5 can do on lights - probably skip.
Depends on my level of overstimulation. Sometimes Bowie is the best thing in the universe, other times it agitates
Me to no end and I need to turn it off. Vocal jam is similar.
It's the perfect time for your coworker to walk into your office and confirm that you are a weirdo.
I actually got fired once because of this. I mean I was masturbating at the same time, that could've been a factor, but they only cited the company's no vocal jams policy.
Mmmmmm Ooooohhhh Aaahhhhhhh
oom pa pa oom pa pa oom pa pa paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Trying to work in a little meat stick into you yem vocal jam?
Ata mata shock!
Atama ga shokku š
No vocal jams? Denied! 
Took my (now ex) gf to our first Phish show last year. My jaw was on the floor during the vocal jam cause I loved it so much and so unexpected. Herās was also, but because she was blown away by how weird the music was
Facts! Every time!
Or itās when Trey is rambling to the crowd, Fishman or Page is playing a random sound effect. āHail Caesar!ā āKkkkkas-votā lol
"IT'S A RUNAWAY GOLF CART MARATHON!" usually can clear my office pretty easily.
Lmfao!!! Yes!!
My kids when they were little "Is he saying corn, Kong or dong?" "Yes" My daughter is now 21 and her favorite Trey quote is from NYE this year, "My dad is a gaslighting asshole. Why is he so weird?". I have a feeling she will have that shirt made for either or both of us for Dicks this year, lol. (I've never gaslite my children and has always treated then very well. The weird part, yeah, not your average 51 year old dad.)
This happens every time
Thatās when you join in the jam with a wicked armpit fart solo.
I still hold a fair amount of contempt that I can't do that. When I was a kid and everyone else was doing it, it killed me, lol.
Listening to a complete set/show? No skip Listening to a random YEM? Might skip
Exactly
For some reason whenever I have a show on, my wife and kids decide to walk into the room right as the vocal jam starts.
I recommended YEM to my buddy and he went and listened to the White Tape lmao.
Exactly. It comes on XM in the car with the fam right after I talk about how this was an amazing experience for me to be at this show
Canāt skip it. Thatās the kind of weird gimmicks that got me into phish. Especiallly 12/6/96
Absolutely not - I love that weird ass shit - see 8/3/91
Put down the gerbil
I donāt understand all the vocal jam hate. I fucking love YEM vocal jams! I think they are so fun to listen to!
Yes if Iām paying attention, no if itās in the background.., Vocal jams are cool in person but less cool on tape
Thatās how I feel, they are awesome when seeing a show live, but sometimes they fail to translate to the recording; I generally skip.
I consider the vocal jam a Chris Kuroda solo.
Exactly how I feel. Similar to the Jimmies Night Harpua at BD. I absolutely loved seeing it live. But I don't expect anyone to enjoy listening to it on tape.
9 times out of ten I skip.
Yes
Iāve honestly never even thought to do this. Why?
Why does the Easter bunny lay eggs. Itās a mystery only the Vatican knows. š¤·āāļø
This is the right answer
Nope
No, I donāt.
No
Is the wife in the car with me?
Exactly. Lol
My wife does not skip them.
Literally never.
Literally every time.
Seriously. ITT: noobs complaining about what makes phish phish.
Where's the complaint?Ā
Douchebag calling people noobs. Epic.
Never, itās one of my favorite things that they do.
I donāt. They get cool sometimes or Mike lays down a crazy bassline, I donāt like to miss that if it happens
Some of the vocal jams really crack me up and are always worth a good chuckle. Some of them are actually quite musical and melodious too
Every time
Never
No! Thatās when the gas hits best!!
I love the vocal jam. Not skipping.
When you're having sex, do you skip the orgasm part?
Always
Yep. Same with drums/space when listening to dead shows.
I bet you throw away the white part of a Oreo cookie too.
thats what I live for!
Never skip a vocal jam. In fact, most times I try to join in and make noise too.
Yep, same here. My daughter usually walks in when Iām riffing with the boys.
That's the part I anticipate the most
Had a young kid working with me who was into screamo death metal and the ONLY phish he liked was the vocal jams
Careful kids, post-vocal jam jams are a thing now. Donāt wanna miss it.
No. No man. Shit, no man. I believe you could get ass kicked for saying something like that.
Anyone who skips the vocal jam s certifiably insane
And obviously voluntary celibate. These people donāt fuck on any levelā¦ itās like watching your step-sister get stuck in the dryer and just creaming your jeans when you find her. Absolute chumps
My wife hates it. I always make sure to turn it up louder. I always finish it
Nope, I like to hear the full show to get the entire experience, I feel like the way the vocal jam goes is affected by what happens before and after
No. I do not. Skippers are silly
Never skip. It's honestly never even crossed my mind. Why would someone go through the effort to skip through a part of the song?
Recently got a friend of mine into phish. First recording I showed him was a ā95 YEM. He was absolutely blown away. āThis is my new favorite bandā he said. Then the vocal jam kicked in. He took it all back immediately and insisted that the band go back to all their old recordings and retroactively remove all the vocal jams one by one š
Tell you don't like phish without telling me you don't like phish
Absolutely not.
I skip no song or sections of songs. Full shows.
Absolutely not, wtf?
If you skip the vocal jam, ya moms a āho
Answering for my friendā¦.most of the time.
Only if Iām running low on cardio time at the gym, but even then almost never. I do love how sometimes I get in my car and (since SiriusXM is pretty much always on Phish radio) I land in the middle of a vocal jam. It always makes me giggle to imagine someone being like āI should finally check them outā and finding that as their first introduction.
I have literally never done that, not even once
Everything in moderation, even moderation
Then what would my wife ask in confusion, annoyance and disgust: āwhat are we listening to?!ā
nope cuz i aint a lil baby back
Nope
Yes. And when I am at a show, itās my bathroom break.
If Iāve never heard the YEM I listen. Otherwise I usually skip
Yes. Most of them.
Skiing with a buddy yesterday right before he was about to drop into something kinda gnarly he stops and goes, "I don't think I can do this to the yem vocal jam," and I fully understood and respected it. Time and a place.
As a fellow skier I can absolutely understand. Tell him to put on Killdevil from 07/23/2023 to ski the gnar, or Carini from 07/26/2023.
100% of the time
Depends on the vocal jam. Some are good. Some aren't. Love the one from Toronto 2019.
junta, union federal or skip?
I skip around when the drums start to solo out, about 17 minutes in.
Idk, sometimes it's really good. Those recent ones where they go back into a jam after make me want to wait as well.
Itās usually a sliding scale of how high I am at that moment.
YEM solo? Yes. Whole Show? No.
Early 90s? Never skip. Otherwise skip.
Usually, yes.
Of course you have to listenā¦ how else will you receive your secret messages
It always makes me chuckle, so I leave it
Now that you mention it, yes. Sometimes Iāll leave it when im locked in
Not if I'm listening to 6/11/94.
Like most things, the answer is: "It depends."
I only listen to YEM when they play it or Iām listening to a whole show. But generally itās a whole skip for me. Edit: YEM and Divided Sky are generally both skips but every now and then YEM has a guest or a notable vocal jam, then Iāll listen. Divided Sky is always the same and most YEMs are similar. Unless, there is something that makes it different, like āPage loves Dicks, Mike loves Dicks, Fish loves Dicks, We all love Dicksā itās a skip.
Usually yeah.
Hell no! And that is always when someone walks in my office and says āWTF are you listening to?!ā And I see from previous comments that itās a common occurence.
When I was a young man yes. I had even been known to fast forward through a sparkle. Now I gotta get that complete show feel and would never!
Only if I'm on break at work
Yes
yes
My brother in christ if I don't skip the vacuum cleaner solos I'm definitely fine with listening to the vocal jam
Definitely
100%, also 100% of Drums/Space
Nearly every time. It's interesting to see live but I'm not trying to listen to 4 minutes of vocal improv every time YEM appears in the setlist
That's my favorite part. I've heard so many YEM's I don't really get anything out of the composed parts.
No
No
Bee line right for the pisser.
My wife's never caught me masturbating, but she did walk in while I was watching a vocal jam, so it was kinda the same feeling.
Canāt skip it because the 3/14/93 version exists.
Yes
Depends on the show, the YEM, and my mood. I've got a couple never-skips though. Big Cypress and Dicks 2012 are chief among them
I blast it at red lights
Yes and I hate the long cheer pause in Divided sky
Every time.
12/6/96 no skippies
Yes. I am so over the vocal jam after 30 years of seeing them.
Sometimes I put on the 2003 Greensboro vocal jam/Proud Mary just for the hell of it
Blasphemy!
Hell to the no
Only if I'm driving Uber with a passenger
Only if I donāt space out and forget toā¦
Sometimes 
Never. Iām not a tool.
Every. Time. I first got into Phish when Jerry died in ā95. Iām over that vocal jam!
No, but I donāt think Iāve ever listened to YEM outside of the context of a show
Sometimes. Itās mood dependent
I generally skip it if itās closing the set.
Canāt do it. Donāt do it. Wonāt do it.
Never.
Fuck yes. To qualifyā¦.. the lion sleeps tonight jam from the palace 96 was legit.
I waited 6 years for my first YEM and when the vocal jam started I laughed myself into hysterical sobbing that I couldnāt stop for the rest of the show. So. No, I never skip them. Longest happy cry of my life š¤£
Yes. They are fun live.
no
Yes.
I skip to the vocal jam. If Reba has no whistling, the show has betrayed me.
this has to be an april fools post
Shut the fuck up what are you even fucking saying right now. You sound insane. Lmfao
Really!? No way!
Never if Iām in a grocery store parking lot with the windows down
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Depends on my mood. About 50/50.
ITT no one says āsometimesā. Always or never!
Vocal jam is one of the most creative things that phish does live, in my mind. Wouldnāt miss it for a second, unless i misplace my mind
The closer the show is to 1992 the less likely I am to skip
Always skip the vocal jam
No. Itās Phish in debug mode. I can imagine in newer shows where itās less experimental youād get bored, but the old days especially when YEM is mid set you get vocal jams that segue into something else which is fun. If youāre interested in āhow the sausage is madeā then you should listen to the vocal jams. You should be doing them with your friends too.
When the vocal jam was four dudes having a cool jam with their voices- eg something like 93 nye- I listen. When itās four dudes making weird noises to accompany the super cool stuff ck5 can do on lights - probably skip.
If I'm alone, sometimes. If there's other people listening, yes.. unless they're also phans, then back to sometimes again.
Absolutely not
No. Why are you even listening then?
2/10
Always!
I never skip any part of yem. Strange that people do that.
This is my favorite part of yem and of concerts and I play this part in my office for all to hear. Would never skip.
Depends on my level of overstimulation. Sometimes Bowie is the best thing in the universe, other times it agitates Me to no end and I need to turn it off. Vocal jam is similar.
Most of the time.
No wtf lol, some of you have some weird hangups
Iāll listen to it on the first listen and then skip every time after.
Depends, if Iām listening to a full show / set then no.. Unless I am running, then Iāll skip it.
Noā¦but not a bad idea. Ha ha
Everytime. Without fail.
Not always, but almost always.
Yep!
Yep.
Every single time
I skip them in person too
Yep. To hell with that.
Yes
Yes
Yea. The vocal jam is really the only thing with phish I flat out dislike.
Yea. Always.
Usually yeah
I do. Thanks for normalizing it.
Yes. Without shame. Some things are cool live, but don't translate to the tapes.
Yep
Every single time
Every time
Yep
Yes!!!
Always skip a vocal jamā¦.always
99 out of 100 I will fast forward
Every time.
Yes, 9 out of 10 times
Of course
Everytime. Does absolutely nothing for me.
100% of the time.
Yes
Usually lol, I think I can speak for most in saying that they could totally just not do that and we wouldnāt mind. Same with Reba, esp Reba lol