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| Dana_Montroy | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 12:06 Not a good song to start a weekend - and it's not even a full moon. Just to kick this back into a normal drive it should be followed by Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 12:03 The_Enemy wrote: I give Béla full points for trying. I think this is "interesting" music but I can't say I like it. And double points to Bill for playing it. I love being exposed to new stuff on RP. It's a lovely melody and sounds good when anyone plays it well. this is played well, I suppose. I just don't think that the banjo is the lead here and the other strings are carrying the day. |
| The_Enemy (...is within) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 07:51 meinthecorner wrote: This is sweet. not everyone's cuppa', for sure, but it's just that kind of little surprise that keeps me listening here on RP. I give Béla full points for trying. I think this is "interesting" music but I can't say I like it. And double points to Bill for playing it. I love being exposed to new stuff on RP. |
| LifeIsMusic | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 07:44 Pretty Cool. I like it! |
| ddrain (Paris, France, + 8 h) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 07:43 un massacre insupportable An unbearable massacre !!!  |
| Tana (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 07:43 Interesting to try this with a banjo, but as one who has played it on the piano for many years, I just think piano is more fluid for Beethoven. |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 14:31 This is sweet. not everyone's cuppa', for sure, but it's just that kind of little surprise that keeps me listening here on RP. |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 14:23 dedawson wrote: Hahaha! |
| pjlk (Southern New Jersey) | Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 14:23 So beautiful...thank you! |
| jpfueler (Burleson Texas, (South o' Ft Worth)) | Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 20:18 cohifi wrote: Don't say harpsicord......nobody plays that well except on the Stranglers Golden Brown.(~_^) |
| midreaming | Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 17:26 impressive - banjo completely robs this song of it's ethereal sense |
| rashad | Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 17:23 aaaah. 's why i will love RP to my dying day. |
| Eric_Denison (British Columbia) | Posted: Sep 17, 2011 - 12:20 Definition of a gentleman: One who knows how to play the banjo but doesn't. Well, if he plays as well and with as much artistry as Bela than I'm glad that he does. |
| lkovathana (Chicago, Illinois) | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 03:17 sweet |
| StoneyG (Just east of The Rockies; north of the 49th) | Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 18:49 cohifi wrote: Don't say harpsicord......nobody plays that I laughed. |
| gatorade (Peninsuland) | Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 18:27 Love the accompaniment, but not so much the banjo. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: May 14, 2011 - 11:40 Good schhhtufff!!  |
| dedawson (You never know where you're going til you get there) | Posted: May 14, 2011 - 11:37 sub-arctic wrote:  Couldn't have said it better. |
| MJdub (California) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 21:24 Play me the third movement on a banjo and I'll be impressed  |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 21:22 jpfueler wrote: anybody know if this is around on Harpsicord or Spinet? Don't say harpsicord......nobody plays that |
| jadewahoo | Posted: Mar 12, 2011 - 09:00 This has a really boring plucked string backbeat. |
| jpfueler (Burleson Texas, (South o' Ft Worth)) | Posted: Jan 08, 2011 - 18:06 anybody know if this is around on Harpsicord or Spinet? |
| haretic (toward Abad, just south of Maitri) | Posted: Jan 08, 2011 - 17:54 The strings here are very nicely done. Too bad about that damn banjo, though. |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 03:03 Well, I love this. |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Nov 06, 2010 - 09:56 Well, that was plucky. |
| samsamsupersam (Shanghai) | Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 19:56 Fits right in there with the symphony for the jews harp http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/12/orchestral_jews.html |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 19:37 sub-arctic wrote:  |
| curufinwe (San Francisco, CA) | Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 19:37 jhorton wrote: I keep waiting for the kazoo section to kick in, but alas, it never comes......... This song is completely hilarious. You are so right, substitute the violins with kazoos and it would be perfect. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 07, 2010 - 19:50  bela wide by *phil-light ©2004-2010 *phil-light Bela Fleck, 10/27/2004. Stubb's BBQ, Austin. . |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 10:03 Nope. He went too far with this one. Just stay with your regular schtick, Bela. You can drive a Kenworth at Le Mans but it won't compete with the Ferraris. |
| musicmaniac (South of Memphis, East of New Orleans) | Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 09:57 sub-arctic wrote: Hahaha! How freakin' perfect is that? |
| bars76 (Scotland, UK) | Posted: Mar 28, 2010 - 18:41 cayenne wrote: Banjo and cello together are like drinking corn whiskey in a Scottish castle. ROTFL ... LMAO!!! |
| jhorton | Posted: Mar 28, 2010 - 18:38 I keep waiting for the kazoo section to kick in, but alas, it never comes......... |
| sub-arctic (63°50' N) | Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 04:59 |
| GawgaBoy (State of Confusion) | Posted: Jan 24, 2010 - 18:03 scottflory wrote: hopefully he does something other than just arpeggiating chords....nope - not much No, not on this cut. Other cuts show his prowess on his instrument. All in all an excellent album, one of my favorites. |
| plaice3 | Posted: Jan 24, 2010 - 18:03 horstman wrote: I feel like I'm tip toeing through a hilly billy town on my way to stealing all their presents.  Like the violin, though ... |
| tpa29970 | Posted: Jan 24, 2010 - 18:03 Thank goodness I happened to be wearing my smoking jacket and holding my brandy-snifter. Otherwise, I might not have enjoyed this. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Dec 24, 2009 - 08:02 I feel like I'm tip toeing through a hilly billy town on my way to stealing all their presents. |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Nov 22, 2009 - 21:56 I saw this dude open for Lyle Lovett at Mud Island Amphitheater in Memphis, 1996 I think it was. He does some amazing things with the banjo. Excellent. |
| bkrontz (Times Square) | Posted: Nov 22, 2009 - 21:56 nate917 wrote: Dude, that's the song. I think your quarrel is with Beethoven. LMAO |
| Kokoloco53 (Safford, AZ) | Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 12:18 Absolutely, but let's not quarrel with the master. Simplicity in music, easy to play notes sometimes are not as easy as it seems to make them come out perfectly. You can't hide or muddle through. The essessence is bare, pure, deep, unflawed. But best of all is what peace and happiness it can bring to your soul. Wonderful. Dude, that's the song. I think your quarrel is with Beethoven. |
| mmshock (British Virgin Islands) | Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 12:18 Amazing. Bela Fleck is not just for hippies anymore. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 12:15 WooHooo! This is splendid! I must have been living under a rock ... |
| nate917 (2,815 miles from home) | Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 10:55 scottflory wrote: hopefully he does something other than just arpeggiating chords....nope - not much Dude, that's the song. I think your quarrel is with Beethoven. |
| scottflory | Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 10:44 hopefully he does something other than just arpeggiating chords....nope - not much |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 10:40 colt4x5 wrote: amen! after listening for a few minutes, it sounds more like a harpsichord than a banjo. Considering the fact that the harpsichord is plucked rather than struck, your observation is rather apt. |
| colt4x5 (in the thick of it all) | Posted: Jul 19, 2009 - 19:56 SuzenJueL wrote: This is like Classical Bluegrass. The banjo is just GENIUS in this! amen! after listening for a few minutes, it sounds more like a harpsichord than a banjo. |
| smdeeg (SillyCone Valley) | Posted: Apr 15, 2009 - 16:03 inindian wrote: I previously rated this a 7...perhaps mostly on the melody, but today it feels like "just because you can doesn't mean you should". Pretty much. It's not bad, and the novelty effect is certainly there. Calling it a 5 though. I just find that the sound of the banjo detracts from the feel of the piece rather then adding to it. I would have been much more impressed had he taken the core of the music and modified it to fit the timbre of the instrument to produce something that worked together. |
| hobiejoe (All at sea again) | Posted: Apr 15, 2009 - 15:55 An 8, because and despite the banjo. 10 for chutzpah, though. |
| triskele (Far out) | Posted: Apr 15, 2009 - 15:54 this is just so cool...... |