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Stevie Ray Vaughan — Riviera Paradise
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ddbz
(The Midwest)
Posted: May 11, 2013 - 08:25
 
As far as I am concerned, watching a video of him playing guitar is one of the most beautiful things to see.

fuzzy
(GWN)
Posted: May 11, 2013 - 08:19
 
I so love this. Add a crackling fireplace, red wine, woman, nice soft rug...ks'nuff.

old_shep
(Iowa)
Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 13:10
 
Just think where he could have gone.

dplant
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 16:34
 
I hate to say it, as I'm a Stevie Ray Vaughan fan, but this is too close to easy listening jazz. Its like mushroom soup music...

aaronm
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 16:25
 
It's objectively good music, but it's a bit sleepy for my current mood.  

jackiewelsh
(ATX)
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 08:39
 
My town's favorite icon! (next to willie)  This is one of my favorite tunes of his

hidey
(NZ)
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 00:14
 
A unique and remarkable track from SRV, such a shame he's not around to add to his repertoire... {#Guitarist}

Hippostar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 15:32
 
Very nice.  Good to see he's capable of something other than twelve bar blues.

OHMish
(Copenhagen)
Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 06:22
 
 2cats wrote:
I have no words.
 
Who wrote this? {#Smile}

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 08:02
 
For some reason I always think of Hendrix's instrumental at Woodstock when I hear this. Same mood or something.

Lichenia,
(uk)
Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 09:03
 
chilling out in the afternoon sun this time with a little help from the red
Still the same effect

Lichenia,
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 22:18
 
love SRV and this a new one for me, and its excellent for waking up in the morning too.

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°37', E4°88')
Posted: Jul 01, 2012 - 11:56
 
Outstanding!

misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California)
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 14:11
 
Now on Smooth Ninety-four's Midnight Moonlight show, Stevie Ray Vaughan...

demenshea
(Foothills of the Sierra Nevada Range)
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 14:11
 
I do think the guitar work in this song is lovely but it's lacking the usual SRV energy.  It's a bit too much like smooth jazz for my taste, but i understand it's allure as a seduction song!

07734
(Lost Angels)
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 14:10
 
Yeah... I wondered if I'd accidentally switched to the wrong station until I heard the SRV guitar. 
 
marcel wrote:

I'm afraid I have to agree with you...

 



marcel
(some 10.000 km east of paradise)
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 10:50
 
 Fredrikson wrote:
i don't get this. sounds like muzak to me..

edit: and it's about 25 minutes longer than it needs to be. since it's basically 20 seconds looping i don't see why it couldn't be a bit shorter.
 
I'm afraid I have to agree with you...


galste
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 10:49
 
Very nice. Takes me away.

ziakut
(Unmoon)
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 10:48
 
This is classic and mellow. Love it! Can't help but hear this in some high budget porno though...{#Sad}


jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 10:48
 
Oh just perfect!

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 17:57
 
Sweeeeet.

jberko
(Franklin, TN)
Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 06:28
 
Stevie's contribution to the Jeff Beck rocker-turns-jazz collection. 

Fredrikson
(Stockholm)
Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 06:22
 
i don't get this. sounds like muzak to me..

edit: and it's about 25 minutes longer than it needs to be. since it's basically 20 seconds looping i don't see why it couldn't be a bit shorter.



amatura3
(Alpharetta, Georgia, USA)
Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 06:50
 
For sure, need that rewind button.

 deckfisher wrote:
Absolutely fabulous! This song never gets old.
 


martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 06:48
 
Love this song. Always makes me think of the Hendrix tune at the closing of Woodstock movie. 


deckfisher
(in the hills outside Denver)
Posted: Jun 17, 2011 - 14:38
 
Absolutely fabulous! This song never gets old.

RedTopFireBelow
(Jersey shore, USA)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 10:13
 
{#Clap}

I don't care how many times i hear this Stevie tune...  I fall in love with it over and over and over again.    Truly one of the most beautiful tunes i've ever heard...    Perfect for love making, smoking a dub in the garden, or contemplating life.  Thank you Stevie...  play this for me as i climb to heaven, will ya?


jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 10:08
 
 Cynaera wrote:

American Alrlines gives away those headphones?  Crap - I'ma have to fly somewhere, because my headphones are broken.  {#Lol}  Um, what kind of headphones did you order?  I always lean towards Koss.
 
Having been a Koss owner, I recommend Sennheiser HD 280 Pro as a great set of relatively-inexpensive, full enclosure cans that fold up for travel.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 23:29
 
 ober9000 wrote:
I'm sitting at my desk, listening thru a pair of cheap throwaway American Airlines giveaway headphones.  It still sounds magnificent.  I'm afraid to think what would happen to my soul with real headphones (and yes, they are on order)
 
American Alrlines gives away those headphones?  Crap - I'ma have to fly somewhere, because my headphones are broken.  {#Lol}  Um, what kind of headphones did you order?  I always lean towards Koss.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 23:26
 
 Stingray wrote:


At least he was older than 27!

Why complaining?
I am still with you!
 
Darling Stingray - I was referring to the GOOD ones. {#Wink}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 23:24
 
 RocknAustin wrote:
I was eating dinner on Tuesday or Wednesday night at a burger joint (Huts) in Austin, Texas sometime in the 80s.  Stevie Ray V walks up to the band bween songs.  The band that was playing then announced that SRV and his band (Doulble Trouble) needed to play before a live audience because they were supposed to play a Carnagie Hall later that week.  It was one of the most powerful and yet intamate shows that I have ever seen.  Huts seats about 200 people.
 
ENVY. What year was that?


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 23:23
 
 TwinEngine wrote:
Santana included a live version of Riviera Paradise on his "Sacred Sources 1: Live Forever". (I believe Bill rejected my upload of that. {#Frown})  This CD also includes material by Hendrix, Gaye, and Marley, and a very dissonant piece by Coltrane called "Ogunde", right after the SRV. In Riviera Paradise, when I hear Stevie play the strings behind the nut — that helpless existential cry — I think of the mournful Coltrane song that follows, how they must be coming from the same place. Back to back, a guitar and a saxophone, crying.
  Holy cow - I think this might be worthy of reconsideration. Please resubmit the live SRV of "Riviera Paradise", with "Ogunde" by Coltrane. What a beautiful, haunting mix that would be! I was told that if an initial submission was rejected, don't give up if you believe in it. Send it again.  I've got seven songs in review (they've been there for at least six months), but eventually, the die will be cast. I'm okay with waiting.  I love your ideas, though - don't give up!



RocknAustin
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 23:19
 
I was eating dinner on Tuesday or Wednesday night at a burger joint (Huts) in Austin, Texas sometime in the 80s.  Stevie Ray V walks up to the band bween songs.  The band that was playing then announced that SRV and his band (Doulble Trouble) needed to play before a live audience because they were supposed to play a Carnagie Hall later that week.  It was one of the most powerful and yet intamate shows that I have ever seen.  Huts seats about 200 people.

TwinEngine
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 23:15
 
Santana included a live version of Riviera Paradise on his "Sacred Sources 1: Live Forever". (I believe Bill rejected my upload of that. {#Frown})  This CD also includes material by Hendrix, Gaye, and Marley, and a very dissonant piece by Coltrane called "Ogunde", right after the SRV. In Riviera Paradise, when I hear Stevie play the strings behind the nut — that helpless existential cry — I think of the mournful Coltrane song that follows, how they must be coming from the same place. Back to back, a guitar and a saxophone, crying.



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 23:06
 
 cc_rider wrote:
Favorite Stevie-wise, I go back and forth between this and 'Lenny'. Just so flowing and perfect. Damn.
 
Me too - "Riviera Paradise" and "Lenny" always make me want to be on a veranda in the deep south, sitting on a porch swing, sipping a mint julep or a shot of good whiskey while the warm rain falls over a lush expanse of grass, roses, and wysteria vines... I love SRV's music..... {#Meditate}{#Sunny}

diannemck56
(Sacramento)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 14:28
 
This song brings tears to my eyes. I'm thankful for the music he made and miss the music he would have shared with us all these years.

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 14:27
 
 cc_rider wrote:
Sort of a 'George Benson' feel, but with Stevie's signature sound. So perfect...
 
That could be an interesting pairing for a CD.


anisbet
(Sacramento)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 14:25
 
Can't see Stevie on the Riveria...

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 14:25
 
 S-curvy wrote:
This is my favorite SRV number.  Probably because it both clearly reveals his amazing evocative skills, and it falls outside his signature Texas blues-rocker mold.  For sure, I'm not criticizing his blues-rocker work even a tiny bit — I'm crazy about it — I just love this exception to the norm.

It is so sad that he's gone.

  Favorite Stevie-wise, I go back and forth between this and 'Lenny'. Just so flowing and perfect. Damn.



bentonian
(Longmont, CO)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 14:24
 
Sounds like 3:00am easy listening radio. I'm drifting off... so sleepy...

pinklife
(St. Augustine, FL)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 14:23
 
{#Sleep}

davem
(Wishing it was Cuttyhunk)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 14:23
 
 steuss wrote:
One of my absolute favorite SRV compositions.  A rare 10.

 

I'm usually too lazy to bother, but I have to agree with this one.

Paul_Skybreakers
(Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 08:08
 

Great elevator muzak!



Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 08:02
 
 Stingray wrote:
HEARD STEVIE is rehearsing with
Elvis and Jimi...

TRUE...?
 
With Jimi maybe, but i've heard Elvis is eating burgers at the "Heavenly Diner" all the time... {#Lol}

Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 07:56
 
Yeah, great blues track!! Sit back and enjoy! Now I can't work anymore... (16:55h)

2cats
(Oklahoma)
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 07:55
 
I have no words.

steuss
(So. Cal. by way of Austin)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 18:04
 
One of my absolute favorite SRV compositions.  A rare 10.


ober9000
(north of the equator, south of Chippewa Falls)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 11:32
 
I'm sitting at my desk, listening thru a pair of cheap throwaway American Airlines giveaway headphones.  It still sounds magnificent.  I'm afraid to think what would happen to my soul with real headphones (and yes, they are on order)

jameyp
(New York via Austin)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 11:26
 
Simply wonderful.  Always makes me stop what I'm doing to: think, dream, smile {#Daisy}

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 11:26
 
Sort of a 'George Benson' feel, but with Stevie's signature sound. So perfect...