Mahavishnu Orchestra

Behold this man's talent, ye guitar players on PA, and despair!!  (I sure do!!)

John McLaughlin,Billy Cobham,Jan Hammer.

^ Apocalypse seconded, brilliant album produced by George Martin -

Haven't read through this thread yet, but I just got off a Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin kick the past few weeks, but I could see going back for more :)

Not sure what the mess below is about...


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Edited by darkshade - January 23 2016 at 10:35

aglasshouse wrote: It's hard for me sometimes to listen to them, mostly due to their volcanic intensity, but I do like them under certain moods.

dr prog wrote: octopus-4 wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: Instumental or not they were once hugely successful compared to Gentle Giant and Genesis as well. All their 1971-1976 albums charted in the us and many other counties. Here's a slightly vulgar comparison and not totally fair. <span style="line-height: 1.4;">They are like the early 70's jazz-rockfusion version of Dream Theater. Most noobs curious of jazz(rock) are blown away hearing MO's two first albums. Myself included. After a while their frenetic noodling and constantly showing off chops combined with lack of substance gets tiresome. Especially after you discover all the real great stuff </span>that's<span style="line-height: 1.4;"> out there. Excellent musicians that were put to use better in other </span>constallations (I have not heard Apocalypse, though). That said some of Inner Mountain Flame and Birds of Fire's quieter moments are not without beauty. The difference I was mentioning is about the mainstream listeners. Everybody knows Genesis, Yes and Pink Floyd. In this sense Gentle Giant are second league as well as Mahavishnu. I'm considering only the years up to 1977 more or less. Nothing to do with the beauty of their music.  Gentle giant were probably the ultimate prog band. Surely not 2nd league

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^Inner Mounting Flame.....only 3 stars...?

Mahavishnu is exhausting.....the sheer speed and power of the music is impressive, but sitting thru even one side of the first album is a full body experience.....you need a chaser like the first Weather Report album to soothe your frazzled nerves after the all out sonic assault of MO.  I've been a McLaughlin fan all my life and have a shelf full of his music, but the first two MO albums are the least played among them.....you really have to be in the mood and that mood doesn't pop up very often.  I much prefer Extrapolation, Devotion and My Goal's Beyond from that same time frame.....more melodic, more precise in technique, more soulful, more listenable.  Mahavishnu will always have a place in my collection, but their records will spend less time on my turntable.

Edited by Intruder - December 09 2015 at 09:32

dr wu23 wrote: MO were great....period. No fusion band around then or later played with the balls out intensity they did. Superb musicians....everyone a virtuoso and that was part of the problem....too many egos clashing in the band. Apparently Goodman and Laird would go at each other all the time. Their first 2 are the best but even the later ones had fine playing though they never achieved that level of intensity.

- True. It's inevitable that such an incredible band would "out-ego" each other and maybe even outplayed themselves on the first 2 albums-But they definitely made their mark and statement with jazz or fusion, although more in a rock context. Later on down the road makes me think of Return To Forever's fusion masterpiece "Romantic Warrior" -