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| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: May 19, 2005 - 04:59 Trustocity wrote: I KNOW this dude has a ponytail. It's just that bad.
Which guy? The sax player? 'Cause at the time of this recording the sax player was BALD. Oh yeah, and Bela, the banjo man, had a fairly normal non-ponytail do. |
| meatbee (behind the orange curtain) | Posted: May 04, 2005 - 13:43 I'd rather hear Jaco Pastorius' version of "Blackbird". |
| srbarry (Upstate NY) | Posted: May 04, 2005 - 13:42 And another thing, it's too damn long. |
| lukekingland (Dallas, unfortunately) | Posted: Apr 19, 2005 - 22:06 *DING* "Floor five, Linens, Kitchenwear and Handbaskets." :-& |
| Trustocity (Boston, baby) | Posted: Apr 05, 2005 - 06:42 I KNOW this dude has a ponytail. It's just that bad. |
| Trustocity (Boston, baby) | Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 13:36 radiojunkie wrote: Please, play some OTHER Bela. (Just not Lugosi)
Or, y'know, like, DON'T. |
| Fnords | Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 13:18 Brings to mind an elevator in Telluride. |
| GregX59 (Omaha, NE) | Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 13:18 Man! Incredible! The spirit of Jaco lives on. |
| MisterVErb | Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 13:18 i really love bela and this album, but not so much this song - play us some more bela, something different? |
| (former member) (Right Here) | Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 13:17 I totally detest the mixing of this piece - my take is that Bella sounds like he's muttering about how annoying this song was to begin with (yeah, heresy) and how, no matter what can be done with it, it's still an annoying song. |
| bev (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 13:14 Generally like Bela Fleck. Don't enjoy this song. One bit. Oh well. Sh*t happens... |
| radiojunkie (a sleepy bordertown (NY/CT)) | Posted: Mar 06, 2005 - 19:23 Now THIS is getting dangerously close to old-time Elevator Music. You know, when you couldn't play the Beatles' own "Michelle" because those long-haired boys might UPSET some people... Please, play some OTHER Bela. (Just not Lugosi) |
| diane (seacoast, nh, usa) | Posted: Jan 21, 2005 - 13:45 I thank RP for bringing Bela Fleck into my little world. I'd never heard of him & them. Michelle, however, just doesn't translate well in this version. It's almost annoying, but not quite. :-s |
| beelzebubba (Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?) | Posted: Jan 21, 2005 - 13:43 I like Bela Fleck, but if you like this stuff, you should check out the 'Pickin' On' series. Some of that stuff blows this out of the water. Butch Baldesari and company taking on the Allman Brothers, The Stones, Aerosmith, Zepplin, Beatles, Pink Floyd. Some real incredible stuff. Purists might hate it, but if you like bluegrass and like different arrangements of your old favorite classic rock, it's definately worth checking out. |
| kidkool (Orlando, FL) | Posted: Jan 21, 2005 - 13:41 Why Bill???????????? :puke: |
| fractalv (Malibu, CA) | Posted: Jan 21, 2005 - 13:41 Nice to hear Bela Fleck here, though this may not be the best representation of their works. |
| Thor | Posted: Dec 08, 2004 - 05:59 Although Howard Levy is an incredible "harpist", I don't miss him at all in the current Flecktones lineup/sound. I think they did the right thing by parting company after the first few albums. |
| gilbo (Glasgow - Scotland - UK) | Posted: Dec 08, 2004 - 05:53 Not my cup of tea |
| coentje (Rotterdam or anywhere...) | Posted: Nov 08, 2004 - 16:09 8O Isn't this what they play in Chinese restaurants because they don't want to pay for the original songs? |
| Danny_G (Lima) | Posted: Nov 08, 2004 - 16:06  |
| OCDHG (10-E-C) | Posted: Sep 25, 2004 - 16:46 Roverfish wrote: I don't disagree with ya, but I guess I take the "better some than none" view. And you and I both know there are some who know none of Bela. And that's a shame. This is nice, but I really liked the Bluegrass Sessions. Got anything there, Bill? Good luck getting anything resembling bluegrass played. I'd love to hear that too, though. :nodhead: |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: Aug 26, 2004 - 21:44 Businessgypsy wrote: So many great Flecktones tunes - so many people to be introduced to this great group of musicians... why play this beautifully executed but somewhat smarmy example? Would you promote Sinatra by playing his duet with Bono?
I don't disagree with ya, but I guess I take the "better some than none" view. And you and I both know there are some who know none of Bela. And that's a shame. This is nice, but I really liked the Bluegrass Sessions. Got anything there, Bill? |
| decorgirl | Posted: Aug 26, 2004 - 21:43 You can never have too many banjos and harmonicas, I always say. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 26, 2004 - 14:56 So many great Flecktones tunes - so many people to be introduced to this great group of musicians... why play this beautifully executed but somewhat smarmy example? Would you promote Sinatra by playing his duet with Bono? |
| janeanger (Delaware, USA) | Posted: Apr 26, 2004 - 14:54 sadly, i had never heard any bela fleck sans dave matthews before this. i'm happy i have. |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Mar 19, 2004 - 19:24 djboombastic wrote: FYI - This song is NOT on the Live Art album.
you're absolutely right - "Oh Darling" is on the Live Art album. "Michelle" is on Cosmic Hippo. |
| matthead (Manhattan, KS) | Posted: Feb 24, 2004 - 23:03 TreborG2 wrote: lol ... didn't recognize it was the beatles till half way in.. :)
Haha, neither did I. I didn't catch on until I started humming the melody along with it. Then I thought "wait a minute... I know this song!" Well, melody. You know what I mean. |
| tictocsailor (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Feb 24, 2004 - 23:03 I like this a lot. I'm surprised by the not so hot ratings. The RP listeners seem to like just about everything from the Beatles, and they like Bela, so I would have guessed this would be a winner! That's ok though. Just another surprise from RP! |
| sleepless (Washington, DC) | Posted: Feb 03, 2004 - 14:23 Yay! wonderful... plus they'll be in DC in May in Concert!!!  |
| tovarisch | Posted: Jan 13, 2004 - 20:24 I still like Bela, but you don't ever have to play this track again... |
| snarf (Silver Spring, MD) | Posted: Jan 13, 2004 - 20:21 Sounds like Sesame Street. This song brought to you by the letter "G". |
| drH (Armpit, Earth) | Posted: Jan 13, 2004 - 20:20 This is beautiful. Anyone who rated it less than 3 should be ashamed. Dammit. |
| cashoe | Posted: Dec 24, 2003 - 08:29 Bravo. Bela & co. took a song that everyone knows (be it love or hate, we all know it) and turned it inside out and upside down. Proof that a great musician can make cheezy sound sublime. |
| djboombastic (Calgary) | Posted: Dec 03, 2003 - 18:27 FYI - This song is NOT on the Live Art album. |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Nov 23, 2003 - 11:12 Leslie wrote: Edgar Meyer is on the bass.
unless I'm mistaken and Meyer was a guest on this track, it sounds to me just like Vic Wooten, the Flecktones' own amazing bass-cadet. |
| CubsFan | Posted: Nov 23, 2003 - 11:07 Mayeb it's part of that whole Blue Grass revival thing...I'm underwhelmed |
| Leslie (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Oct 23, 2003 - 14:27 SuperWeh wrote: Well I wish they would play stuff like this on elevators. Nice bass-work too btw, who's playing? |
| jovino (San Francisco, CA) | Posted: Oct 23, 2003 - 14:23 Funny, but... um... NO! :headshake: |
| SuperWeh (Delft) | Posted: Oct 03, 2003 - 03:05 Art_Carnage wrote: They can put out good stuff. Unfortunately, this is just bad elevator music.
Well I wish they would play stuff like this on elevators. Nice bass-work too btw, who's playing? |
| timc (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON (2512 miles from Paradise, CA)) | Posted: Sep 02, 2003 - 13:06 Sucko-barfo. This is an experience that I don't need to relive.  :puke:  |
| ozgo (Netherlands) | Posted: Aug 23, 2003 - 09:57 Horrible. |
| n4ku (right here) | Posted: Aug 23, 2003 - 09:55 I love the Flecktones, but this is just wrong. |
| MsJudi (Houston, TX) | Posted: Aug 23, 2003 - 09:55 Neat version. |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Jul 13, 2003 - 13:31 3rd floor. Foundations. 4th floor. Men's suits. 5th floor. Kitchen ware. |
| basstooner (Washington, DC) | Posted: Jul 03, 2003 - 07:40 Fly on Victa!!!  |
| thedavid (Chula Vista, CA) | Posted: Jun 12, 2003 - 23:24 "Classical Banjo", I have NEVER experienced. And Basswork extraordenaire. |
| TreborG2 (VA - somewhere east of paradise) | Posted: Jun 12, 2003 - 22:32 lol ... didn't recognize it was the beatles till half way in.. :) |
| josephthelevite (Scottsdale, AZ) | Posted: Jun 02, 2003 - 18:02 great banjo player, but no thanks on the kenny g sound |
| philarktos (Vancouver) | Posted: May 23, 2003 - 13:49 Not often that I find myself consulting the nuances between "sucko-barfo" and whatever comes just a notch above.I'm more than usually tolerant of some of the genres that some purists deride as "elevator music" but this really did conjure up a shopping mall. It was my least fav. Beatles' treacle-pop in the first place. :( |
| RYNWY (Casper, WY) | Posted: May 23, 2003 - 13:37 outstanding  |