Tbh I'm not sure I've ever listened to any Metheny, though David Blamires is a fixture in my guitar teacher's cover band.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:10 (four years ago) link
still life (talking) is just so wildly good
I bought this just for the first track and didn't really travel any further inland but thats all changing now!
― saer, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:23 (four years ago) link
It's definitely one of my favorites along with Bright Size Life and Offramp.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:44 (four years ago) link
If you like the first track, also check out "The First Circle". Similarly epic and complex composition with euphoric vocals.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:47 (four years ago) link
Thats the one with Yolanda You Learn on it? I like that track a lot, I should go inland with that record too!
I'm not really an albums person so tracks are usually disassociated for me and I'm not good with names
― saer, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 14:23 (four years ago) link
Same album, but you should check out the title track
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
I've been listening to the first PMG album from 78 on LP a lot recently. Sounds so good. Some really nice grooves.
― Sund4r, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
Apparently that and New Chautauqua, which is a possible favourite, got p negative reviews in the contemporary RS record guide? It's not that surprising but does anyone have access to those? I enjoy reading quasi-ideological rockcrit pans from the Golden Age.
― Sund4r, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
This is probably exactly backwards but I get a real Larry Heard travelling astral dream paths vibe from this album.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
The trio recording Rejoicing on ECM is very nice, great version of “lonely woman”
― brimstead, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
(The Horace silver one...)
― brimstead, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 23:37 (four years ago) link
pat goes really wild on the guitar synth at one point
An out of nowhere find but at parts really interesting listen is this podcast discussion I found a few weeks ago between Alan Alda and Pat Metheny.
https://www.aldacommunicationtraining.com/podcast/pat-metheny-discovering-spontaneity-music-everything-else/
― earlnash, Thursday, 12 March 2020 01:42 (four years ago) link
I’ve always wondered what a conversation between those two would be like.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 13 March 2020 03:40 (four years ago) link
I've been spinning Gary Burton's 'Ring' quite a bit lately, featuring a quite-young Metheney. He doesn't sound anything like himself, but it's good early ECM listening.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 13 March 2020 05:05 (four years ago) link
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls is incredible, a recent discovery for me. whats the closest in sound to that one in his catalogue?
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 13 March 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
Travels or Offramp have Nana Vasconcelos on them which means they have his percussion and wordless vocals – but that’s about it, really. AFWSFWF is really a completely unique entry in Metheny’s catalogue.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 04:41 (four years ago) link
It reminds me a bit of the longer, mostly instrumental pieces on Destroyer - Kaputt
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 05:01 (four years ago) link
As Falls Witchita... is such a great record.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 07:05 (four years ago) link
Last Train Home from Still Life (Talking) is also so crazily evocative.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 07:06 (four years ago) link
the self-titled pat metheny group record from 1978 is absolute bliss
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 April 2020 02:51 (four years ago) link
Ha, that's the one I posted about a few weeks ago. So nice.
― Sund4r, Thursday, 2 April 2020 02:56 (four years ago) link
At this point I'm going to worry that every bump of an artist related topic will be about them dying of COVID-19 related complications.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 2 April 2020 03:06 (four years ago) link
.... come on
― brimstead, Thursday, 2 April 2020 03:17 (four years ago) link
we already have a thread
― brimstead, Thursday, 2 April 2020 03:18 (four years ago) link
recognising and putting aside that some Beato stuff is a little silly, this interview is fantastic -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEgalcH_-b4
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Saturday, 28 August 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
Metheny is a really smart cookie. Might not like his music, but the dude has put some serious thought into what he does.
I went down a rabbit hole after watching this interview a few days ago and found older one. This section I thought was very interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czrHAyvdz5o
― earlnash, Sunday, 29 August 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
Crap, it did not post the time...section starts at around 15:44.
Eventually I want to check out that speech he gave at that Neuroscience convention. That Alan Alda podcast also has some really interesting dialog on improvisation and working as a group and how it works. It was really interesting to see them find common ground between acting and music.
― earlnash, Sunday, 29 August 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
I interviewed him the other week; it'll be on Stereogum soon. He is a really smart dude. We talked about Ornette, Derek Bailey, Charlie Haden...the stuff you'd expect me to ask him about.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 29 August 2021 15:31 (two years ago) link
This Beato interview is fascinating
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 30 August 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
Somehow I had never heard him talk about his music and technique before. I always pictured him as this kind of airy, new agey person, but he is way more sharp and direct than I imagined. Dude does not fuck around. The whole segment where he's going through the different ways you could work through the chords of "James" is astonishing.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 30 August 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
Interview with Questlove today
https://pca.st/episode/1fcaf033-265a-4f37-b184-d881bc42e541
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
Staying on the Pat Metheny data dive, I came across this article by Lyle Mays. This is also an interesting read that fits in with some of these other interviews.
https://www.lylemays.com/something-left-unsaid
― earlnash, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
There's an intriguing review on Amazon of Metheny's "Offramp" album that I'd like to share here:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Music That Could Change An Outcome"Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2019Verified PurchaseIn the 80s a girl brought this album and a bottle of wine to my place. She was gorgeous but I was involved and as a result never heard the album until now. I wonder how differently the night might'veended if I had played it then4 people found this helpful
― EvR, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
My Stereogum interview with Metheny just went up.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
He's making the rounds!
Favorite Metheny moment: the rapid-fire trading with Kenny Garrett on here (also at the end of Lonnie's Lament on that record)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd3oiusxK4g
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
I love that he shouts out Joe Dyson, I saw him play a few times in New Orleans with different people when he was very young and knew he had it, he's a fantastic drummer.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
Wow, I've other people do the mechanical instrument thing (Dan Deacon, Squarepusher - which doesn't sound worlds away from this), but the scale of his Orchestrion setup is pretty insane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evHVh4bqaOQ
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
How would *you* like to be his roadie? Even Terry Bozzio's guy would be all "no thanks."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
That Tim Martin is looking well
The Music That Made Me is back! Tonight multi-award winning guitar legend Pat Metheny chooses The Beatles, Wes Montgomery and Gary Burton.The Music That Made Me with Pat Metheny, this evening from 9pm| @PatMetheny | pic.twitter.com/DGTCPvL4Mn— Jazz FM (@jazzfm) September 5, 2021
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2023-10-30/heckler-evicted-from-pat-metheny-solo-guitar-concert
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 09:58 (six months ago) link
Staying on the Pat Metheny data dive, I came across this article by Lyle Mays. This is also an interesting read that fits in with some of these other interviews.https://www.lylemays.com/something-left-unsaid🕸
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 3 November 2023 23:07 (six months ago) link
There's a lot of interesting information there, but Mays sure didn't suffer from a lack of self-regard.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 3 November 2023 23:40 (six months ago) link
The last paragraph shows a lot of humility, though.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:02 (six months ago) link
Listening to Offramp right now. I never had the patience for this album when it came out, but it sounds crazily good now.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 5 November 2023 04:08 (six months ago) link
Man, savetherobot just hepped me to this article and it is just amazing.
Thanks for posting that! A great read. I bought of a lot of Pat's music through Discogs over the last two years and I'm amazed at the consistently high quality of all of them. Planning to do the same with Lyle Mays' solo work.
This was a release I was not familiar with: Gary Thomas – Till We Have Faces with Pat on guitar.
― EvR, Sunday, 5 November 2023 10:58 (six months ago) link
Was it ever reported or revealed what that heckler was heckling?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 November 2023 14:35 (six months ago) link
pat's funny guitar guy faces.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Sunday, 5 November 2023 17:02 (six months ago) link
"Get a haircut!!"
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 November 2023 17:07 (six months ago) link