I must say, I love the album cover!

 gatorade wrote: 
I agree... Every time I hear this song, it makes me want to hear "Linus and Lucy" right after it!

 triviagal wrote: 
Ya, you have to appreciate RP's (I'm assuming Bill's) sense of timing, connection, and humour. Sometimes it's a game we play around the office to determine what the ties are.

 unclehud wrote: 
I saw George live. He actually reaches inside the piano and plucks the strings. Wild.

 unclehud wrote: 
That IS a great version.

a) Did not see this segue coming! (Bohemian Rhapsody to Cast your Fate)
b) Like Winston but prefer the original on this one.

"Any way the wind blows" - the last line from Bohemian Rhapsody & now "Cast Your Fate to the Wind".  Pretty cool!

George Winston is not my favorite, but I love this song. Why not just play Vince's tunes?

 idahoTux wrote: 
Maybe George is plucking his guitar strings.  Don't know.  While I like Vince's trademark sound a LOT, this is best done by the James Gang.  Guess you had to be there.

End already....gah!

At the end of this tune, where is that string sound coming from? Is Winston plucking the piano's strings by hand ?? 

 Papernapkin wrote: 

Love Vince, but I like this version better.  Vince Jazzes it up too much for me. 

 On_The_Beach wrote: 
Seriously...this version is painfully stuffy and cramped sounding.

I dunno. I liked his December album all those years ago, but since then it's sounding more and more like generic lounge music (and if I wanna listen to Vince Guaraldi I'll listen to Vince Guaraldi, not a "new age" cover).

Bill:  James Gang version, please!  Joe Walsh could play ...  well, he could play a lot LOUDER than George Winston.  And passionately, back then, too.

 abulaabula wrote: 
Then I shoot the fox.

am lovin this one, makes me want to run through an open field with grass and flowers that come up to my waist. It is a sunny day, full of life. As a friendly fox goes frolicking by, I stop to gaze at the distance mountains, only to see a hovering rain cloud looming

Though I love a lot of George Winstons music I like Vince Guaraldi's 1962 original virgin of Cast Your Fart To The Wind better.

Playing lots of notes. . . but not necessarily in the right order. 

This might have been around a while but is it any good?

No.

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Mute 

 snowcat wrote: 

December is one of my all time favorite Holiday/Christmas CD's. It stays in heavy rotation at my house from Thanksgiving through the New Years. Wonderful, wonderful album...

 ThePoose wrote: 
How about "Break Like the Wind?"

I used to stare out at a winter moon listening to 'December' when I was 18.  Don't have the CD anymore but it sure had an impact on me, even though I'm a heavy alternative music fan.

 dmax wrote: 
The point is well-taken.  If you've played the piano a long time, you can hear differences between a Steinway, a Baldwin, etc., and this has that Yamaha grand sound that, in the day, we described as canned and lifeless (Yamaha has improved greatly since then).  But I'm guessing that production values, rather than the piano itself, explains what some of us are complaining about.

Through headphones he seems to be playing with hammers.  It kinda hurts.

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
Sounds like it was step-entered in MIDI

this sounds like The Sims music. but that's not really a bad thing

 Droidac wrote: 
Agreed, I'm sipping a good shiraz right now. A big merlot is yummy, but any big wine is good. I wouldn't compare this version of the tune to a big wine, I'd compare it to a so-so wine. Anyway, enough of my whining, cheers  

 inindian wrote: 
Mmmmm, I could go for a big merlot right now. Song = kinda bland, but merlot = yummy!