Pat Metheny - The Way Up
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Topic: Pat Metheny - The Way Up
Posted By: Syntharachnid
Subject: Pat Metheny - The Way Up
Date Posted: October 23 2005 at 22:29
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Anybody heard this album? I heard about the format (one 80 minute fusion composition alternately structured and improvisational) and was immedeatly interested. Should I pick it up? ------------- 
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 07:49
| Got a promo of it - most disappointing album of 2005, based on expectations of where the PMG had left off with their excellent Imaginary Day. (I had hoped they would have continued from the music of Roots of Coincidence) |
Posted By: DEzerov
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 09:17
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68:10 is the actual running time....and I must disagree with Dick Heath. I think it's quite enjoyable. There is an excerpt from it at : http://www.patmethenygroup.com/ - http://www.patmethenygroup.com/ Give it a listen and decide for yourself. I think it's pretty proggy......That's why some of the jazz critics are panning it. ------------- The moon is made by some lame cooper and you can see the idiot has no idea about moons at all - Nikolay Gogol |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 25 2005 at 08:02
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I didn't say it wasn't enjoyable, but against PMG's high standards it is a disappointment - and rightly or wrongly I was expecting it to develop musically from Imaginary Day, and instead there is a radical change of style: out with the electronica, on with the more serious jazz/than jazz rock music. No longer instantly assessable, rather an album you have to spend time with and work with to get the enjoyment. To coin a faux scientific phrase: the "enjoyment flux" is much lower here. |
DEzerov wrote:Posted By: DEzerov
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 14:07
Sorry Dick! Didn't mean to misconstrue your intentions or feelings....Poor choice of verbiage on my part...ooops! ------------- The moon is made by some lame cooper and you can see the idiot has no idea about moons at all - Nikolay Gogol |