[ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Béla Fleck — Magic Fingers
Log in above to post your comment
jhorton
Posted: Mar 08, 2011 - 15:31
 
Liked, " Happy Feet," better.

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Mar 08, 2011 - 15:31
 
 shutter wrote:
Props to Bela's proficiency on the banjo but, sorry, his stuff is like listening to a classical tuba concerto.  Just doesn't quite do it for me.
 
I must agree, and the analogy is good. The only time I saw them perform (Hardly Strictly Bluegrass) they played what was basically background music, albeit at high volume. There's no real soul there, even if the soullessness is performed well.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 07:55
 
 VermontBread wrote:
Victor... Quite simply the best bass player in the world.
 
{#Notworthy}


nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Oct 02, 2010 - 01:59
 
 VermontBread wrote:
Victor... Quite simply the best bass player in the world.
 
A real treat!



shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: May 27, 2010 - 08:45
 
Props to Bela's proficiency on the banjo but, sorry, his stuff is like listening to a classical tuba concerto.  Just doesn't quite do it for me.


VermontBread
(Dubai, UAE)
Posted: May 27, 2010 - 08:43
 
Victor... Quite simply the best bass player in the world.

dctrpunda
(the thin line of here)
Posted: Feb 21, 2010 - 11:14
 
haven't read through the thread to see if this has been said already, but sounds like an interpretation of "Why Don't We Do it In the Road"

Clark_Kent
(Krypton...well, almost (Vienna))
Posted: Feb 21, 2010 - 11:13
 
I hate banjos...

That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)
Posted: Dec 20, 2009 - 15:23
 
 nimesay wrote:
for a minute I thought I was listening to my coworker's cheesey cool jazz muzak station.  But no, it's RadioParadise...  Bummer.
  

One of the things that makes RP work for me and others, is the diversity of music we hear. I've heard music
from the 40's through the present, country, jazz, R&R, blues,ethnic, eclectic and exceptional. In fact, it's played so that I never feel like I'm listening to, too much of one thing. Radio Paradise is a one of a kind, it's the only station where you can hear Billy Holiday, Johnny Cash, and Pink Floyd back to back. It just doesn't get any better than this !   

paulpaar
Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 01:57
 
BF = t greatest. Telluridebin 2004 kicked my head vertically UP as I gripped for Mr. Sun's TV Station. Colleague's rite: boring tune. Maestro at t wheel.

No comment rating.

nimesay
(los angeles)
Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 09:34
 
for a minute I thought I was listening to my coworker's cheesey cool jazz muzak station.  But no, it's RadioParadise...  Bummer.

netstv
(Martinez, CA)
Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 09:32
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

magic, yes

**  8 **

 
agree

stkman
(Texas)
Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 20:00
 
great song BF plays some great stuff on banjo, Victor is just amazing , him with just a drummer  and you will see things ya didn't think could be done on a bass

superfido
(Sweden)
Posted: Oct 04, 2008 - 11:21
 
Sure, good at the banjo, which is an instrument I love.  But, the song is just boring really.{#Zip-lip}

calypsus_1
Posted: Oct 04, 2008 - 11:18
 

magic, yes

**  8 **



parrothead
(could be anywhere in the great USA)
Posted: Jul 01, 2008 - 17:09
 
secretagent214 wrote:
Anything by Bela Fleck is great. I remember when I first heard him and the Flecktones. I was walking around at a big music festival in Atlanta. Huge temporary stages were set up with all kinds of big name bands blasting the amps at full power. A little sax could be heard somewhere underneath, and after some searching I found them on a little stage with the volume low (relatively anyway) and a small crowd gathered around composed of people who actually seemed to enjoy the music. Especially considering I had no idea who they were, I was awed. It was definately the highlight of the festival.
Good story, I saw Bela with Nicklecreek in Asheville NC (which was there last concert together) and he was great, just him and the banjo. Each member of Nicklecreek joined him on stage for one song each.
jesspra
(County of Kings, New York)
Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 07:27
 
Bela Fleck is (almost) to banjo what Hendrix was to electric guitar... he greatly expands it's range of expression.
themotion
(ten minutes from now)
Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 06:41
 
radioparadisehead wrote:


You just called Victor Wooten "terrible" and an "undeserving artist."

You should have to wear a t-shirt that says, "I said Victor Wooten is terrible."

No joke, you would get laughed at constantly.


... Good idea. Here, majortom, put this on:


sirrus
(Fredneck, MD)
Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 06:39
 
DoctorHooey wrote:


Amen. Drumitar = instant muzak


I agree. The "engineering" behind it is novel and innovative but has always diminished the quality of the sound of the band IMO.

With that said, Future Man is a pretty darn good percussionist in his own right. He took on some more traditional (as well as some unconventional) percussion instruments at one performance I attended and rocked the house.
Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 06:39
 
(writes crosses in the roof)

A Béla Fleck song that I dont find completely annoying. Who'd have thunk it?
DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 06:35
 
thatslongformud wrote:
Future Man needs to be Hit To Death In The Future Head with that drumitar BS....


Amen. Drumitar = instant muzak
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Jul 21, 2007 - 18:57
 
I so cannot stand this banjo stuff
radioparadisehead
(The Dirty Dirty)
Posted: Jun 20, 2007 - 08:52
 
majortom505 wrote:
Terible song!! What's the point of playing it, to take up some time? Can this please!!!! There are way too many deserving artists to play tripe like this!!!!


You just called Victor Wooten "terrible" and an "undeserving artist."

You should have to wear a t-shirt that says, "I said Victor Wooten is terrible."

No joke, you would get laughed at constantly.
sans
(Philly)
Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 12:33
 
TELLURIDE!
coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Apr 02, 2007 - 19:44
 
bogle raf
algrif
(Slightly west of Zero)
Posted: Mar 18, 2007 - 05:50
 
That was nice. I bumped from 7 to 8 and the average went from 7.3 to 7.4

buddy0407
(In Los Angeles where the tide continues to rise...)
Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 14:28
 
Gak!
Darrooon
(sjc»ca»us)
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 22:13
 
ThePoose wrote:


Ask Victor that question, and he'll set you straight.

I'll gladly put Victor & Jaco up on identical pedestals.
Wilmshurst
(My pineal gland)
Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 13:00
 
I saw them this summer. Excellent show. Bela and the boys jammed with their two travel bands in different combos. Most worked realy well.
ThePoose
Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 12:53
 
GregX59 wrote:


You know, I'm starting to think he's the best, ever. He's got it all - rock solid support, incredible solo ability, amazing dynamic range. I'm starting to think Jaco didn't have anything on Victor Wooten.


Ask Victor that question, and he'll set you straight.
ThePoose
Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 12:52
 
radiojunkie wrote:
Listening to that bass...
Who's Victor Wooten?


If you have to ask that question, you are clueless about the fretless--or any bass--player, for that matter.
celadonstone
(the Lowcountry of SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise))
Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 12:51
 
The drumitar might not be cool. But the guijo is....
http://www.superchikan.biz/guijo.htm
ThePoose
Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 12:49
 
crockydile wrote:
Wow. Victor Wooten on bass is amazing...I'm assuming that's the cat.


And it sounds like a fretless bass. Jaco Pastorius, who invented the fretless electric bass by ripping the frets out of his Fender with a pair of pliers and coating the fretboard with epoxy, called frets ''speedbumps.''
thatslongformud
(don't call it Frisco)
Posted: Apr 27, 2006 - 22:03
 
Future Man needs to be Hit To Death In The Future Head with that drumitar BS....
Mari
(Broome, WA)
Posted: Apr 27, 2006 - 22:01
 
... Magic Mouth ... ...
rKokon
(Colesville, MD)
Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 13:00
 
MajorTom505 sort of has a point, but I have a reason: I dislike horns and strings together as the two featured instruments. If the stringed instrument is a plucked banjo, I like the combo less.

But I will not judge this artist's total output by one infelicitous pairing.
secretagent214
Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 12:56
 
Anything by Bela Fleck is great. I remember when I first heard him and the Flecktones. I was walking around at a big music festival in Atlanta. Huge temporary stages were set up with all kinds of big name bands blasting the amps at full power. A little sax could be heard somewhere underneath, and after some searching I found them on a little stage with the volume low (relatively anyway) and a small crowd gathered around composed of people who actually seemed to enjoy the music. Especially considering I had no idea who they were, I was awed. It was definately the highlight of the festival.
crockydile
(The swamps of Houston)
Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 12:56
 
Wow. Victor Wooten on bass is amazing...I'm assuming that's the cat.
psycholynx
(Corona, CA (outside L.A.))
Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 12:54
 
rah wrote:
anyone else hearing the melody to "Ain't No Sunshine..." running through this?
God thank you...this has been in my head since this album was in release. I just couldn't figure out what my mind was almost singing along with.
OCDHG
(...fruit flies like a bananna)
Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 08:17
 
It's a 10, with a 5 point penlty for the drumitar. Future Man annoys the crappouta me.
meghan89
(between 2 vertices)
Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 08:17
 
this is sugar-scratchin' an itch I had! Thanks!
I love bluegrass, Earl Scruggs, Tyminski, the McMurry Brothers. This is a little outside of that line, but still very, very, very good.





BKardon
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Oct 19, 2005 - 17:52
 
oesvends wrote:


Howard Levy. He also plays the, uhm, synth on this song.

Yup, good old Howard, from Skokie, Illinois. I miss the early days of the Flecktones.
oesvends
Posted: Oct 05, 2005 - 01:24
 
Chunnamark wrote:


Anyone know who that is? (please no responses that include the words "synth" "axe" or "drumitar")


Howard Levy. He also plays the, uhm, synth on this song.
Chunnamark
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 07:33
 
Xeric wrote:
Woohoo! That harmonica! Makes me GRIN!


Anyone know who that is? (please no responses that include the words "synth" "axe" or "drumitar")
labkpr
(Here and Now!)
Posted: Jul 22, 2005 - 22:34
 
He is thick as thievs with my favrorite artists......... seen him once as a backup banjo......... (if there is such a thing). Okay I admit, it was a Bluegrass Festival!!!



There,

I said it.
tg3k
(The Jungle - 459.62 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Jun 23, 2005 - 11:20
 
majortom505 wrote:
Terible song!! What's the point of playing it, to take up some time? Can this please!!!! There are way too many deserving artists to play tripe like this!!!!

New around these parts pardner?

If Bela Fleck counts as tripe in your book, I wonder how you can stand a lot of the other music here on RP.
Beanie
(There's a shortage of perfect Karma in this world -- it'd be a shame to damage yours)
Posted: Jun 23, 2005 - 11:15
 
Somebody bring me a plate of etouffee, would ya? 8)
(former member)
(Right Here)
Posted: Jun 08, 2005 - 18:16
 
GregX59 wrote:


You know, I'm starting to think he's the best, ever. He's got it all - rock solid support, incredible solo ability, amazing dynamic range. I'm starting to think Jaco didn't have anything on Victor Wooten.


Ouch! That made me sweat just to read it - let's call it a draw and leave it at that - I mean, Jaco can't defend himself, so I feel the need to step in here, for decency's sake, if nothing else - breathe everybody!
majortom505
Posted: May 10, 2005 - 10:59
 
Terible song!! What's the point of playing it, to take up some time? Can this please!!!! There are way too many deserving artists to play tripe like this!!!!
GregX59
(Omaha, NE)
Posted: May 10, 2005 - 10:56
 
mezzanine wrote:


He's the mofo playing the bass.

http://www.victorwooten.com/


You know, I'm starting to think he's the best, ever. He's got it all - rock solid support, incredible solo ability, amazing dynamic range. I'm starting to think Jaco didn't have anything on Victor Wooten.