excellent food for thought! it is indeed sad that the most distance this vehicle has seen lately is a modal shift to a major key jam, usually in G. while this is in fact by most standard definitions "type II", it is incredibly boring.. stash has taken the same road, often exhausting the type I jam to the point where trey finds a niche in the major 3rd, ultimately resolving moments later to the original key, which boosts the energy of the performance, but not by much.
that being said, i could listen to the boys rage a type I bowie untill the day i die! this tune, though perhaps past its prime, always brings the energy to an unparalleled level, regardless of the ground they cover. i can't WAIT to see what they do with it at MSG!