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| impediguy | Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 14:51 I don't know exactly why, but I was awestruck by the intro. I guess it's not about the banjo after all. Any instrument put into the hands of an artist so possessed with genious and magic as Bela Fleck transcends into a visceral spell which I helplessly become entranced by and bound to. |
| Det (Lower Saxony Germany) | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 11:55 like - but me mp3 downloader won't not downhost that * thing.... |
| vanmas (Leiden, Netherlands) | Posted: Jun 04, 2012 - 05:02 I love sitar or Indian (classical) music... But this is elevator music... |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 11:14 rough1 wrote: please, i beg of you, stop playing this tedious kind of music I beg to differ. This is EXACTLY why I come to RP, to hear this eclectic mix. I don't like everything either, but I LOVE the mix. Keep it coming, Bill and all others responsible. |
| rough1 | Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 18:21 please, i beg of you, stop playing this tedious kind of music |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 01:55 The sound of that drum, impressive ! Other than that..#6 |
| shayde (Berlin, MA) | Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 01:55 I understand how some people would find this annoying - but I find it builds delightfully from a steady rhythm up to something truly beautiful. The first bridge is PERFECT - a shift in key that is is a delight. Shivers! Past that, Jeff Coffin picks up the pace in his flute playing, and he and Bela launch into a give-and-take jam that rolls along delightfully, right up to the second bridge... Mmmmmmmm. |
| crispynz1 | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 15:19 The_Seeker wrote: Perhaps the most goddamned annoying album cover of all time. Mirrors the music |
| evansdad (CT) | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 07:05 Surprisingly boring... |
| smadanayr (Anglesey U.K.) | Posted: May 21, 2011 - 15:37 ! |
| The_Seeker (Buxton, UK) | Posted: Feb 16, 2011 - 05:06 Perhaps the most goddamned annoying album cover of all time. |
| Rabid_Engineer (Europa!) | Posted: Feb 16, 2011 - 04:59 ScottishWillie wrote: ohaganclan wrote: I would like Bill to play Mark Knopfler's "Going Home" after this song. I think you will hear that they have the same melody. I have to disagree with you. While "Shanti" uses a very similar melody, it is not exactly identical. It is (in its MO) more like Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812 or Haydn's Symphony No. 94, in my opinion. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Nov 13, 2010 - 18:36 maryte wrote: For some reason, this sounds an awful lot like Knopfler's Local Hero soundtrack.  Was going to post, but you've nailed it. I just finished watching the DVD of "Local Hero," and again, I remember why I love it so much. Someone needs to upload that theme! I would, if I had it. What a great movie, and a beautiful soundtrack. Béla Fleck is great, but this just makes me ache for the Knopfler soundtrack... |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Sep 11, 2010 - 07:50 Great song off of one of my favorite albums!  |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Sep 11, 2010 - 07:40 I was pretty tired of Bela for a while, but this is just lovely. |
| fevertree (P'cola, FL) | Posted: Jul 09, 2010 - 10:24 Shanti, Shanti, Shanti  |
| AvoidingWork (Home of Big Boy #4004) | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 12:46 Deadwing wrote: Another vote for Local Hero (a movie near and dear to my heart) This is quite pretty though... I just read down and realized I have already posted about this DOH! I've done the same thing on other songs. Getting old is hell.  |
| swissgraphics (Atlanta, Ga) | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 12:46 Met Bela before a show at Auburn's outdoor amphitheater in the fall of 1999. I asked him if he thought they might play this song. Unfortunately, he said cause it was cold out, that it would throw the tuning off with his sitar bridge that he uses for this tune. (That might have been his polite way of saying "No." I'm a performing musician – I get it. No harm.) But this was always a favorite from this album. AMAZING band. Most talented group of musicians in the modern era. RP should add "New South Africa" if they don't have it already. |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 12:41 This is a great album!  Funny though, I tried uploading my favorite song from it; Step Quiet, just a beautiful song and it got insta sorried and yet they play this one! |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 05:13 The Prodigy should do a drum and base version.... |
| AdyMiles (Wolverhampton, UK) | Posted: Sep 28, 2009 - 06:03 This is so freaking annoying. Can't wait for it to stop |
| ScottishWillie (The Scottish Lowlands) | Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 11:08 ohaganclan wrote: I would like Bill to play Mark Knopfler's "Going Home" after this song. I think you will hear that they have the same melody. |
| ohaganclan (Newland NC) | Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 14:26 Deadwing wrote: Exactly what I was just thinking!! I would like Bill to play Mark Knopfler's "Going Home" after this song. I think you will hear that they have the same melody. |
| SuzG (at my desk) | Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 14:22 Perfect timing for me! con paz... |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 14:19 Another vote for Local Hero (a movie near and dear to my heart) This is quite pretty though... I just read down and realized I have already posted about this DOH! |
| notremotely | Posted: Oct 15, 2008 - 12:45 I always wondered what happened to Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute. now I know. |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Jul 12, 2008 - 15:48 For some reason, this sounds an awful lot like Knopfler's Local Hero soundtrack.
Exactly what I was just thinking!! |
| hungoverdrawn | Posted: Jun 11, 2008 - 03:46 maryte wrote: For some reason, this sounds an awful lot like Knopfler's Local Hero soundtrack.
More than somewhat, I'd say...  |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 05:08 prickelpit96 wrote: Nice song, but wrong time.
It's about noon here and nobody expects me to fall asleep right now. But I will soooooooooooon....  Still playing????  |
| Baby_M (a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 05:07 maryte wrote: For some reason, this sounds an awful lot like Knopfler's Local Hero soundtrack.
Agreed. That's a good thing in my book. |
| maryte (Blinding You With Library Science!) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 06:32 For some reason, this sounds an awful lot like Knopfler's Local Hero soundtrack. |
| Inamorato (Twin Cities) | Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 19:24 This song has a pleasing mix of picked and bowed strings. |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Dec 05, 2007 - 10:13 It seems like a nice elevator ride. |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Oct 23, 2007 - 03:27 Nice song, but wrong time. It's about noon here and nobody expects me to fall asleep right now. But I will soooooooooooon.... |
| danimal3114u (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 08:39 Love this track. It's so simple and peaceful. Makes me think of sitting in a field in the middle of the summer and looking up at the sky. |
| NeuroJoe (North Tijuana, USA) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 08:34 In my Winamp window the artist shows up as "Bla Fleck", presumably because of the special "e" character. I think they may be right for this song at least. |
| Daveinbawlmer (Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.) | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 20:50 Boring. |
| MrsAustin (New Hampshire) | Posted: Jun 19, 2007 - 10:43 trekhead wrote: They should tour with Ben Affleck , just for giggles.
*snarf* coffee everywhere!  |
| shayde (Natick, MA) | Posted: Jun 19, 2007 - 10:41 This piece has the most awesome bridge in it. Shivers. |
| Kristi (Athens, GA) | Posted: Jun 19, 2007 - 10:41 drover wrote: "Galway meets Bangalore" doesn't do much for me.
To each their own. I like it.  |
| gonzafr (Northridge, Ca) | Posted: Apr 17, 2007 - 14:29 Wow.. his Banjo almost sounds like a Sitar! niiiiice |
| Lotus_Miata (High in the Mountains Above Southern California) | Posted: Apr 17, 2007 - 14:27 It's great to hear that the Little Drummer Boy is getting work. Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum |
| cattgirl813 (On the beaten path) | Posted: Apr 19, 2006 - 06:45 CCinSB wrote: Something about the sitar that calms my soul. I love the sound.
Kind of nice to hear a different, softer side of Bela Fleck. I wouldn't necessarily queue it up all the time, but it's a nice change of pace every once in a while. |
| Coppertop (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Apr 04, 2006 - 16:10 I thought it was the Moody Blues :) |
| CCinSB | Posted: Apr 04, 2006 - 16:08 Something about the sitar that calms my soul. I love the sound. |
| mephisto (Chile) | Posted: Mar 20, 2006 - 22:36 troubadour27 wrote: "Mary" followed by "Shanti" - very clever.
And again, almost one year later. Genius. |
| iMacomania (Bavaria - Germany) | Posted: Jan 06, 2006 - 14:15 majortom505 wrote: What's with this Bela Fleck???? This sounds like Japanese Steak House Music. P-U
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| serendipity_blue (Nowhere you'd like to be) | Posted: Jun 29, 2005 - 11:51 This is kinda boring. 
Good to fall asleep to. |
| bodie8 (Chico, CA) | Posted: Jun 29, 2005 - 11:51 majortom505 wrote: What's with this Bela Fleck???? This sounds like Japanese Steak House Music. P-U
Wholeheartedly agree. As a long-time Bela fan, I've gotta say, this is about as bland as it gets. |
| 85on95 (east of there) | Posted: Jun 14, 2005 - 18:38 Bela Fleck and The Flecktones.....a great show, lots 'o talent there, absolutely worth doing. |
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