Pat Metheny's catalog is a huge blind spot for me. I own Zero Tolerance For Silence, of course, but have never really listened to more than a few minutes of anything else. Might try to fix that this year.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
If you have never heard Song X, that might be a place to start. I love some of the mellower stuff like New Chautaqua and As Wichita Falls ... myself but I'm not sure about your taste wrt that sort of thing.
― Un sang impur (Sund4r), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
my big one is Rush, I'm a huge prog head and I like a lot of Rush's singles but just never really felt like listening to a full LP
― frogbs, Friday, 10 January 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
You might wanna just write off Rush. In my experience Rush live > Rush on record, and it's not close. I was always OK with whatever songs got radio airplay but didn't need to hear more, but then I saw them live in 2011 and 2013 and was stunned by how much I enjoyed it. But I still never listen to their albums.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 10 January 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
At least listen to Moving Pictures and A Farewell to Kings before making that call. (If you're going further, maybe try Hemispheres if you want them at their proggiest.)
― Un sang impur (Sund4r), Friday, 10 January 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
Oh, another one for me: Harry Nilsson. Almost every music fan I know can speak knowledgeably about the man's entire discogarphy, but all I know are the obvious big songs ("Without You," "Coconut," "Everybody's Talkin") "Me and my Arrow," and Pussy Cats (the latter of which I bought because someone told me it was "his Like Flies on Sherbert")
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 10 January 2020 20:43 (four years ago) link
well shit, hope he didn't take it personally
― frogbs, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
frogbs, hemispheres is up there with close to the edge, relayer, and thick as a brick
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
alright, y'all have convinced me. especially given what just happened :/
― frogbs, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
re: Pat Metheny - I don't know that much of his stuff but the Offramp album is seriously great
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 11 January 2020 08:08 (four years ago) link
If you like that, try the other 'mellow' ones I mentioned.
― One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact (Sund4r), Saturday, 11 January 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link