A Miles Davis fusion poll
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Topic: A Miles Davis fusion poll
Posted By: SaltyJon
Subject: A Miles Davis fusion poll
Date Posted: October 11 2010 at 18:39
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Simple enough - which of these awesome albums do you prefer? I think both are pretty excellent stuff, but I still like Bitches Brew more.
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: October 11 2010 at 18:40
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BB by about a thousand percent. -------------  |
Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: October 11 2010 at 19:15
| Bitches Brew is simply amazing |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 11 2010 at 19:42
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It would have been more interesting to include more Miles' fusions. Oddly enough, BB was the first one I got (box set version - the complete sessions) and BF is the latest. A lot of titles sandwiched in between. The box set version I have is really neat. The outer slipcover is silk or at least silky. Metallic aluminum (I think) blue spine is part of this huge booklet that also holds the discs. I apologize if I made any of you fans of the album that don't have this version drool. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: October 11 2010 at 20:12
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I don't have either I know, something is wrong with me |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 01:38
Well.. at least you've got goot taste for clothing  .. and acid folk!
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Triceratopsoil wrote:Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 02:06
| B Brew |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 02:07
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This:
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 02:47
| Tribute To Jack Johnson. |
Posted By: Anderson III
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 03:01
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I picked the greatest Jazz album of all time. But both are great!
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 03:03
You picked Kind Of Blue? Didn't know that was on this poll.  |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 04:38
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Although Big Fun is still good and comes much from the BB sessions, it's easy to see that the better tracks went into the BB and they waited almost three years to release BF ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 04:41
| Easy - BB |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: October 19 2010 at 03:34
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Big Fun is a collection of outtakes from sessions a year or more apart, but it contains three of Miles' greatest fusion contributions: Great Expectations, Lonely Fire and Go Ahead John. These three cuts should be absorbed only after getting to know In a Silent Way, Jack Johnson and Bitches Brew (not to mention Live-Evil and the Fillmore recordings).....those three cuts, among others, were cut and spliced to form portions of those classics.....Go Ahead John contains that smoking lead to Right Off that starts the Jack Johnson album....absolutely scorching! Miles' electric period is all a bunch of things taken from various sessions - really confusing even for old fans. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: October 02 2011 at 18:17
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Female Dogs Brew -------------   MY IDOLS |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 02 2011 at 18:24
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I'm surprised that i missed this poll before: Big Fun for sure.That and Get Up With It are particular faves of mine. Bitches Brew is great too, but didn't connect as much with me. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Various music I am very into: a youtube playlist with two tracks per act |
Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: October 02 2011 at 18:32
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Bitches brew!
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: October 02 2011 at 19:27
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I absolutely adore both, but I think I enjoy Big Fun more because Bitches Brew tends to become occasionally too avant. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 09:36
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I have never saw the appeal of Bitches Brew, so Big Fun for me ------------- MY IDOLS |
Posted By: Sumdeus
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 09:42
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Bitches Brew is Miles' best but Big Fun is still big fun.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 11:34
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 11:44
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I seemed to have missed this poll. I went with Big Fun, I've always liked that one, as opposed to BB which grew on me over time. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 12:55
Same. I actually loved Big Fun from first spin, but have come to really enjoy Bitches Brew. That said, I still prefer Big Fun and Get Up With It to Bitches Brew. I know that this an old poll, but been revived twice, but I am quite surprised to see the total number of votes. I wouldn't have thought Big Fun well-enough known to the PA crowd for this many forum users to have a preference. Checks database: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19263" rel="nofollow"> 
4.24 | 239 ratings
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19263" rel="nofollow - Bitches Brew 1970 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19268" rel="nofollow"> 
4.31 | 39 ratings
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19268" rel="nofollow - Big Fun 1974 14 more people have taken the time to vote in this poll than all of the Big Fun ratings, which is not to say that knowing both one should not choose Bitches Brew as clearly posters in this poll have chosen BB who do know both (and BB is a hugely important/ influential album to electric jazz), but I do wonder if a fair amount of voters voted without having both albums. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 13:27
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I love both but went with Large Amusement. I recently bought a vinyl version and it was a real treat revisiting the album. I am also a huge sucker for psychedelic music, and this album just blows me away with it's saucy usage of Indian instrumentation. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 14:09
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 15:15
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I don't really like either as a whole, but Ill go with Big Fun if for no other reason because of Great Expectations. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 19:29
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Both are great but Bitches Brew got the ball rolling and had more exposure. ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 19:33
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My favourite connection to Bitches Brew was the first time my now ex-mother-in law spent an afternoon with my my now ex-wife and she played BB for her. Apparently she wasn't impressed and told my now ex-wife that she didn't think this was 'normal' music and that she didn't think our marriage would last. Happily she was right on both counts! :) ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 20:09
Bitches Brew  
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Posted By: RedNightmareKing
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 21:38
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BB is the album that got me into jazz fusion, so that gets my vote.
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