deadmessengers
| | Posted: Jun 10, 2004 - 09:39 | |
Meh - Another display of guitar wankery. Yeah, Pat Matheny can play. So can a lot of people.
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dave_porter
(London, England) | | Posted: May 28, 2004 - 05:11 | |
Hairfarmer wrote:
There's a live DVD of a show from the most recent tour. GET IT!!! My wife and I saw this tour in Greenville and it was the best Metheney show I've seen yet (out of four)! The current line up is amazing and should not be missed.
I was at one of his nights at the Winery in San Jose - great show, the best I've seen him play. And the venue (the old Paul Masson Winery, famed from many an old jazz concert video) was perfect. A still, fine, California evening and Pat - bliss 8) Before the show, you could wander up to the stage - even read the set list beside Lyle's keyboards. They included "September Fifteenth", to my utter delight...  |
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Platypus
(here, now) | | Posted: May 01, 2004 - 19:15 | |
some of his stuff is pretty interesting, but so much of it veers way too close to "easy listening".... almost like an elevator version of Al DiMeola at times. i guess it just depends on your mood.
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rulebritannia
(Sussex countryside, England) | | Posted: Mar 24, 2004 - 15:03 | |
Ouch. This is among the many cool sounds I've missed over the years where RP has brought me back in the loop. I don't know whether to love RP for shaking me out of my tree or to resent it for making me feel clueless. OK....RP is awesome!
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MTL_Robbie
(Boulder, CO) | | Posted: Mar 24, 2004 - 15:00 | |
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mperry
(Columbia, MO) | | Posted: Mar 12, 2004 - 12:19 | |
sharkartist wrote:This is the song that introduced me to Pat Metheny some 20 odd years ago. It inspires wonderful memories of soaring in my hang glider over La Cumbre peak in Santa Barbara with this cassette attached to my side and this song in my headphones ...yes!! Sheer bliss!!!!
same for me....except for that hang-gliding part.
I'v really enjoyed Metheny (and Mays) ever since. More play in RP is fine with me. |
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wxman
(Bethesda, Maryland) | | Posted: Mar 12, 2004 - 09:18 | |
misterlee wrote:10th floor, please.
lol |
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veegez
(Burnsville, mn) | | Posted: Feb 18, 2004 - 08:46 | |
Hairfarmer wrote:
There's a live DVD of a show from the most recent tour. GET IT!!! My wife and I saw this tour in Greenville and it was the best Metheney show I've seen yet (out of four)! The current line up is amazing and should not be missed.
Will do, Thanks! :)
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veegez
(Burnsville, mn) | | Posted: Feb 18, 2004 - 08:45 | |
Cynaera wrote:Oh, man - that sounds like heaven! Anybody ever see the movie "Fandango" with a very young Kevin Costner in it? There's a wedding scene at night, with paper lanterns and twinkly lights, and Kevin's character is dancing with the bride to "It's For You" by Pat Metheny. It was the first time I'd ever heard the guy, but it opened a door for me that never closed again.
That was a cool soundtrack. The movie was alright also. "It's For You" is positively one of Mays/Metheny's best, IMHO. |
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Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2004 - 08:06 | |
I used to love Pat Metheny, and there are still some songs of his that I enjoy, but I find that most of them seem like he's just noodling around with the same old sounds. Metheny's playing style is instantly recognizable, but a bit boring I'm afraid.
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Hairfarmer
(Asheville, NC) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2004 - 20:00 | |
veegez wrote:
Wow! That's incredibly cool, especially since it involved your dad. You'll never forget that.
I've myself have blown opportunities to see him. :( Too busy, tickets are too expensive, etc. Bad excuses. I should have went with my buddies to see him during his "Offramp" tour, but oh well. I have his live "Travels" Cd which gives me an idea what he would have sounded like live. That's something. I guess.
There's a live DVD of a show from the most recent tour. GET IT!!! My wife and I saw this tour in Greenville and it was the best Metheney show I've seen yet (out of four)! The current line up is amazing and should not be missed. |
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Cynaera
(Somewhere in the wild, wild west) | | Posted: Dec 28, 2003 - 11:42 | |
sharkartist wrote:This is the song that introduced me to Pat Metheny some 20 odd years ago. It inspires wonderful memories of soaring in my hang glider over La Cumbre peak in Santa Barbara with this cassette attached to my side and this song in my headphones ...yes!! Sheer bliss!!!! Oh, man - that sounds like heaven! Anybody ever see the movie "Fandango" with a very young Kevin Costner in it? There's a wedding scene at night, with paper lanterns and twinkly lights, and Kevin's character is dancing with the bride to "It's For You" by Pat Metheny. It was the first time I'd ever heard the guy, but it opened a door for me that never closed again.
Love his technique and the mood his music creates, no matter where I am or what I'm doing. And if I wasn't such a big chicken, that hang-gliding experience would be my idea of the perfect Metheny setting, although he does lend himself to sunsets on the California/Oregon coast...
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riffster
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Nov 17, 2003 - 06:06 | |
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philarktos
(Vancouver, BC) | | Posted: Oct 27, 2003 - 15:22 | |
ludwig7 wrote:Yes, I third the request for more Pat and Lyle. Maybe some of the more fusion-leaning stuff off of First Circle and Still Life Talking.
I also got turned on to this group back in the early '80s. Went to see them on their First Circle tour. Show started with all the band members entering the hall from different corners, all playing different beats on different types of drums. As they approached the stage, the rhythms also moved closer and closer together, until at the moment they reached center stage they all hit the same rhythm and launched into the first song on the album. Wonder how many rehearsals it took to get that trick down just right.
Saw them do that in Vancouver . I uploaded the "First Circle" title track, but got back a "Sorry". Too long perhaps.
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misterlee
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justDave
(Ventura, CA) | | Posted: Oct 17, 2003 - 09:43 | |
Still my favorite Metheny album. Though his work with Dave Holland on "Beyond the Missouri Sky" certainly is right up there on my list.
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anonymous
(Isle of Man - UK) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2003 - 05:13 | |
 Very nice |
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veegez
(Burnsville, mn) | | Posted: Aug 07, 2003 - 05:54 | |
Originally Posted by eddief:
Good track from a solid album. This song brings back a great concert memory. Even though it was close to 15 years since I first saw him while sitting in the last row of the upper balcony at the American Theatre, I can still honestly say it was one of the best shows I have ever seen. Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, his piano player, complimented each other fabulously, not too mention the amazing band behind them both. Three standing O's later, Pat was finally finished. As we headed next door to the Mayfair hotel to check out my dad's jazz trio after the show, in walks Pat Metheny and he wants to sit in. It was almost like we had our own private concert as he played for almost an hour. This time....we were in the front row! What a great night. :)
Wow! That's incredibly cool, especially since it involved your dad. You'll never forget that.
I've myself have blown opportunities to see him. :( Too busy, tickets are too expensive, etc. Bad excuses. I should have went with my buddies to see him during his "Offramp" tour, but oh well. I have his live "Travels" Cd which gives me an idea what he would have sounded like live. That's something. I guess. |
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ludwig7
(Long Beach, CA) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2003 - 19:20 | |
Yes, I third the request for more Pat and Lyle. Maybe some of the more fusion-leaning stuff off of First Circle and Still Life Talking.
I also got turned on to this group back in the early '80s. Went to see them on their First Circle tour. Show started with all the band members entering the hall from different corners, all playing different beats on different types of drums. As they approached the stage, the rhythms also moved closer and closer together, until at the moment they reached center stage they all hit the same rhythm and launched into the first song on the album. Wonder how many rehearsals it took to get that trick down just right.
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eddief
(America's Center (St. Louis), MO) | | Posted: Jul 17, 2003 - 14:51 | |
Good track from a solid album. This song brings back a great concert memory. Even though it was close to 15 years since I first saw him while sitting in the last row of the upper balcony at the American Theatre, I can still honestly say it was one of the best shows I have ever seen. Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, his piano player, complimented each other fabulously, not to mention the amazing band behind them both. Three standing O's later, Pat was finally finished. As we headed next door to the Mayfair hotel to check out my dad's jazz trio after the show, in walks Pat Metheny and he wants to sit in. It was almost like we had our own private concert as he played for almost an hour. This time....we were in the front row! What a great night. :)
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Monkeysdad
(Chatsworth, CA) | | Posted: Jul 17, 2003 - 14:35 | |
Heavenly, the man is a master.  |
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philarktos
(Vancouver) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2003 - 09:11 | |
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sharkartist
(Pasadena, CA) | | Posted: Jun 27, 2003 - 06:48 | |
This is the song that introduced me to Pat Metheny some 20 odd years ago. It inspires wonderful memories of soaring in my hang glider over La Cumbre peak in Santa Barbara with this cassette attached to my side and this song in my headphones ...yes!! Sheer bliss!!!!
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veegez
(Burnsville, mn) | | Posted: Jun 27, 2003 - 05:34 | |
Originally Posted by skymunky:
not my cup of tea but I get where it's coming from.
Nice. might get into him "in my later years" when I'm "living in my beachhouse with my wife and labrador, and the kids have all left for college"
No need to wait. Heck, I got into Metheny while I was in high school(early 80's). Just stumbled onto hearing his 1977 Pat Metheny Group album while browsing in some record shop. The guitar sounded "unique", it was closer to rock than jazz and there were hooks a plenty. A bunch of albums and about 15 CD's later, I still enjoy him very much. :) |
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skymunky
(Sydney Australia) | | Posted: Jun 16, 2003 - 23:41 | |
not my cup of tea but I get where it's coming from.
Nice. might get into him "in my later years" when I'm "living in my beachhouse with my wife and labrador, and the kids have all left for college"
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Xiren
(Denver, CO) | | Posted: May 27, 2003 - 13:32 | |
Yea yea yea. More Pat Metheny...
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