Love to see your ecstatic faces as you listen to this gorgeous music! I've been wanting you to hear it since you've been back from Spain- thought the pick-me-up would do you good. I love singing along with Mark and David, my spirit rises to the heavens! I was surprised to hear that you've heard "Last Train Home," I don't remember seeing a reaction to it. Funny, this was originally planned as a marathon with those two songs! LTH is also one of my very favorites! I believe the instrument whose sound you mentioned early in the reaction is the pan pipes. Regarding the 6/8 time signature, next time you listen, once the main theme kicks in, start following the bass and count 1-2-3-4-5-6, 1-2-3-4-5-6. It gets easier with practice! Anyway, so happy you've got another song of Pat's for your playlist- it's a great one for driving! 🎵❤️🎵Debbie
Thank you again Debbie! ❤️ Umm okay I was wrong about LTH, just looked it up and you were right - we haven’t done it! I guess I’ve heard it mentioned so much in the comments. Thanks for the tip on time signatures!!
Great request Debra. This came out when I lived in New Mexico. It was a great record for driving those long miles between destinations in a southwestern landscape.
@@NicknLex You are SO welcome! I hope you'll react to "Last Train Home",(#nicknlexrequest) even without a sponsor, if possible. It is also wonderful!❤️❤️❤️
As Pat Metheny himself refers to Long Train Home, for this former Floridian it's known as "The Publix Song." Publix came out with a holiday commercial years ago using LTH as the music. I am no longer in that market, but I wouldn't be surprised if it still airs every year. It's classic.
The first time I've heard Pat was when I was working in the basement of a famous Chicago Restaurant in the middle of Downtown baking Pizzas all by myself and suddenly this song called "Are You Going With Me" came in the Radio and I was ecstatic because it went into my head like a sound I've never heard and it changed my life and my musical taste (it was the Era of Disco & R&B back in 1983-84) and every time I hear it, it sounded brand new. That piece was part of an album titled "Off Ramp" with a portrait in the front of a short highway in the dark and a Road sign that showed a "Left Turn" on it onthe portrait. When I need to 'center' myself back into Real Music, I always go back to Pat Metheny. Please, if you can, check that album up and do a reaction to any of the songs, specially to "Are you going with me. Thanks guys!! BTW, I think you have the best reaction Chanel in All of TH-cam!!
In case anyone doesn't know...September 15th was the day Bill Evans passed on...44 years ago...and his influence in both Pat and Lyle's music is why they wrote the piece.
Thanks for reminding me. I remember so well the triple tornado that nearly destroyed Wichita Falls. Texas on April 10, 1979 (F4) and somehow "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" was a mesmerizing eulogy to all the life lost that day. They released the album Sept. 1980. It took a guitarist friend from WFalls nearly a decade to hear it's beauty because he lost familiy that. I am sure listening helped him.
The drummer for PMG's work from The First Circle (1984) to Imaginary Day (1997) was Paul Wertico. Antonio Sanchez replaced Paul in 2002 and played first on Speaking of Now.
Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays are two of my ALL TIME Favorites. They are not only World Class Musicians, they are also so creative and innovative Composers who are exceptional at invoking 'Feeling and Emotion' in their music. Orale...!!
R.I.P. Lyle Mays & Mark Ledford. Beautiful people creating beautiful tunes. After several decades, this song will still have me singing at the top of my lungs on any given drive. I’m off tune, but who cares. I’m alone and loving it!
This long before Antonio Sanchez; the drummer here is Paul Wertico (after original PMG drummer Danny Gotlieb)...and the vocalist is Mark Ledford (RIP).
Pedro Aznar had already left the group. David Blamires and Mark Ledford had joined, both muliinstrumentalists and vocalists. Paul Wertico drums and Armando Marcel percussion
Minuano is from Still Life 1987 personnel: Pat Metheny - acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer Lyle Mays - piano, keyboards Steve Rodby - acoustic and electric bass Paul Wertico - drums Armando Marçal - percussion, backing vocals Mark Ledford - vocals David Blamires - vocals
Paul Wertico on drums, Armando Marcal, David Blamires and Mark Ledford on vocals. Of course Steve Rodby on bass and Lyle Mays piano and keyboards. Have this and many PM albums on Vinyl.
I used to hear this group on the light jazz radio stations but they really are their own genre! They have so many songs that just make my spirits soar!
Actually that’s how I discovered them. So May It Secretly Begin was played and I called the radio station to ask who was that on that song that just ended. I had never done that before. The next day I started collecting all the albums.
I was fortunate enough to see this performed live several times. To me the breakdown interlude from about 12:04 to 13:25 absolutely makes the song. The version Pat did with the Metropole Orchestra in 2003 is my favorite version.
I'm dipping into this again, for the uhhhh, fifth time maybe. I've watched this more than a few times. It's odd to me, that Pats music often makes me cry. It's sort of crazy. I think it just overwhelms me that, men, who are capable of such cruelty, can also be capable of such beauty, and Pats music is certainly beautiful. The only thing about this video that surprises me is, that Nic doesn't already own the entire Pat Metheny collection, solo and group.
This and the rest of the album "Still Like Talking" is perfect to listen to while driving from Miami to Key West. The incredible scenery and this beautiful music are a sublime combination.
I really love the cleverness of how the piano and guitar played in quick syncopation (off-beats) with the bass hitting the on-beats - in such a smooth manner. In fact the band puts in a lot of tricky rhythms so smoothly you can't tell how complex it is unless you listen closely with at least a little musically trained ears.
I was introduced to PMG in the late 70's- their music has been with me for huge part of my life. Pat and Lyle are absolute masters, Minuano is a beautiful piece of music that demonstrates the bands extraordinary skills! This album Still life Talking was my soundtrack when I went to Japan in 1988- can still remember Last Train Home flying over the clouds of the Pacific at midnight in a fullmoon. I would also recommend a reaction The First Circle- another masterpiece. Great Reaction
The underrated Paul Wertico on drums. He played on "First Circle" thru "Imaginary Day" albums. Checkout Metheny's solos on "Are You Going with Me," Half-Life of Absolution," and "Roots of Coincidence." These solos will broaden your perspective of what Pat can do as a soloist.
@@mauriciodelarosa2449 You're the man. Forgot they reacted to these songs! Rewatched the Half-life song/reaction. Beautiful as always. Thank you for all the ways you support Nick & Lex!
Paul Wertico is a master. Met him at an impromptu concert in the Rancho La Puerta Spa, in Baja, Mexico. Just him and a small set of drums, plus pots and pans he "borrowed" from the kitchen, for an audience of maybe 20 or 25 people. He also did a couple of songs with his wife on acoustic piano. He did a couple of improvs with my nephew (owner of the set of drums) on percussions. After the set, I met him, had a little chat and got his autograph on a couple of PMG vynils and concert video Cd. Awesome, down-to-earth man.
Metheny and Mays were a remarkable combo. This piece at the Japanese festival in 1992 was even better imo. But the drummer is Paul Wertigo!! Chicago boy.
I discovered Pat Metheny when I was around 20, in 1990, and this incarnation of the group literally changed my entire perception of what great, moving music was and could be. Pat and Lyle’s music gets me to some emotional places that very few other music can, and has been the soundtrack to get me through sone of the hardest times of my life. Pure blissful listening. Someone else in this thread mentioned First Circle…yes, another recommended masterpiece. Also Are You Going With Me? from the Offramp album. Essential PMG!
Sanchez wasn’t playing with him yet on this album. Paul Wertico was his drummer on this album. Also, this was the first of his forays into Brazilian rhythms. Pat Metheny - acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer. Lyle Mays - piano, keyboards. Steve Rodby - acoustic and electric bass. Paul Wertico - drums. Armando Marçal - percussion, backing vocals. Mark Ledford - vocals. David Blamires - vocals. This was the first Pat Metheny album I owned, and the first full album of his I ever listened to. Try Third Wind from this album too. It’ll blow you off your chair, pun intended.
Great tune! Some background abou this tune: The intro with the chanting and the marimba and synth madness interlude were written by Lyle and the main melody parts were written by Pat.
@@CarlosPerez-zd4mh I own the PMG group CD "Still life talking," and it clearly names Blamires and Ledford. It looks like Nick and Lex took the song from the Group's Essential collection CD. If you Google that CD you might find that the Essential collection used the version of this song from Still Life Talking. Blamires and Ledford appeared on more than one PMG CD. Below is a live version of the song where Blamires and Ledford provide vocals.
@@alberthaust4542 and @user-he1uc1nr3l It's definitely Blamires and Ledford on vocals as they were also on stage for this tour. They also occasionally strummed acoustic guitars and played some hand held percussions, especially on songs where they did not sing during the concert (songs not from SLT)
This is the studio version from "Letters from Home", not the live version from "Still Life Talking". Pedro Aznar is absolutely performing the vocals on this.
Wonderful reaction! Just wanted to give a shout out to David Blamires and the late Mark Ledford - saw this lineup live years ago and it was amazing to watch those two handle so many different instruments as well as the spot-on vocals - everything from marimbas and various percussion, brass horns, acoustic and electric guitar - even accordion! Just amazing.
i started listening intently to PM around 1990 with Secret Story, and man that is some life altering music--both compositionally and musicianship. i see that it is altering this young couple's life as well. thank you for celebrating this national treasure and gift from God
One of my favorite artist by far. If you haven’t done so, checkout Metropole Orchestra on TH-cam featuring Pat Metheny. You can really witness his virtuosity; Minuano and First Circle are in their set. Great reaction!
Love that you getbthe beauty and exceptional musicianship of PMG! Love you reactions! The singers and multi-instrumtalists on Still Life (Talking) are Mark Ledford and David Blamires.
You should have looked at the LIVE version, to see how they play the song, and how they play the interments. This is a great song, and the first time I saw them play it live, it blew me away. I first knew of Pat Metheny back in 1981, when they came on, I think it was either Austin City Limits or PBS Soundstage, when they played the song San Lorenzo. I went out the next day, and bought their album.
#nicknlexrequest Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays "Close to Home" you will have tears in your eyes. the music asks a question and also asks an answer. give a listen.
There is a video on TH-cam of an old tv program called Night Music featuring the Pat Metheny Group playing Have You Heard. I think you know the song, Nick. Still, it’s worth watching to see these guys pull it off live. They hold nothing in reserve, leaving it all on the stage. Cheers!
On another topic - R.I.P. Jeff Beck. Given how well he was still playing at 78 - a total shock. There were still more facets of his playing I was going to include in marathons. He used to call John McLaughlin "The Greatest". Today McLaughlin returned the sentiment. After McLaughlin had Beck play on an album, he started experimenting with the whammy bar himself.
Hmmm. What album was that? I have quite a few albums with John and I don't recall any with Jeff. I really need to find out what album that is so I can hear this. I also have never seen our heard John play any electric guitar with a whammy bar. John almost always plays a LP style guitar or even an SG style guitar. So you really have my curiosity peeked (piqued). Please pass this along.
Exhilarating, pure joy, sublime. One of my favorite PMG tunes! This album was their best selling ever - it went gold - and is one of the top 25 best selling jazz albums of all time along with “Letter from Home”. Pat’s solo album “Secret Story” was also in the top 30 all time.
Your reactions made my day.This music is pure joy and it is reflected in your reaction. I have loved Pat's music ever since I heard him first in the 1990s. I was lucky enough to see him with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez in Houston in 2008. Pat's music is for dreamers!
I actually just checked and its still blocked. Sometimes the record companies unblock certain videos. Ill check again soon. Its weird because there are other Channels with the song and its not blocked.
Richard Bona et Antonio Sanchez ne font pas encore partie du groupe au moment de cet album. Le batteur était Paul Wertico, et aux percussions, Armando Marçal. Le chanteur est Pedro Aznar, qui joue également des percussions. :)
I just got a copy of this album on vinyl in yesterday’s mail. I’ve only ever owned it on CD. I spent last night letting it wash over me and it was fantastic. Great reaction and commentary guys!
I bought Still Life (Talking) when it came out in 1987. Still listen to it often. Anyhow for something a little different featuring Metheny ... check out Bruce Hornsby's "Harbour Lights". Pat takes an incredible solo!! Enjoying your musical odyssey. Keep up the great work!
This is my favourite Pat Metheny song. So, yeah…the way it builds to that ending. I don’t want to say it’s everything, but I’d hate to imagine it any other way.
Hi guys! So glad you've discovered Pat Metheny and all his wonderful, talented friends. I discovered Pat at one of Joni Mitchell's concerts in L.A. I've got a suggestion that NO ONE will give you. But hardly anybody knows about the album which is an intrinsic part of the wonderful movie Francis Ford Coppola made right after Apocalypse Now. The album and movie is "One From The Heart." Tom Waits wrote the music and lyrics, and Crystal Gayle is half of the talent. It is a perfect album, and follows the story line of the movie. If you do it at all, I would go song by song until you get to the last beautiful notes. And the thing you might like best, it's a love story. It is a perfect album. #nicknlexrequest
You guys are always great. This is another special track from them - I particularly love the “tension” between the apparent pace of the music and the very consistent 6/8 rhythm clearly articulated throughout- primarily by the bass. FYI - there is an excellent live video version of this entire album. (As an aside - my closest friend and music partner - in about 1977 - on two consecutive nights - saw the Pat Metheny Group and Larry Carlton at the Bottom Line n NYC. Wow.). Stay well and happy.
This is one of my favourite albums of all time. Just masterfully written, arranged and performed. Love the whole Bossa Nova theme. Pat, Lyle and company crush this one!
Saw this tour live it was spectacular. Thanks Debra for supporting this reaction. Hard to pick a favorite era forPat Metheny. 🤔 But I could live with this incarnation easily. Lyle Mays Rest In Peace. My heart soars.
You're so welcome, Scott! It is my pleasure to share this wonderful music! I saw them do it in the summer of 1995 at an outdoor amphitheater and it was truly magical!
Saw the PMG in 1987 at the Mann Music Center in Philly for the 'Still Life Talking' Tour that Summer. Saw him again at the Tower in 1989 for 'Letter From Home' Tour and then again at the Mann Music Center in 1992 for 'Secret Story' Tour (but that was not the PMG) and then again at the Strand Theater in York, PA in 1996 for PMG 'Quartet' album Haven't seen him in concert since 1996
@@bmac1205 I've seen him 4 times, twice with PMG starting in 1995, the We Live Here tour and 2003, the Speaking of Now tour. Then with a trio in 2005, doing a lot of his One Quiet Night album on tenor guitar, and with a quartet in 2018, An Evening with Pat Metheny. All so wonderful!!
Great the PMG their is a video on TH-cam from 2003 where he played this song with the Metropole Orchestra North Sea jazz festival this arrangement is stellar give it a listen !
Hi Guys, this is just a lovely musical experience. I often listen to smooth jazz on my radio station and love it especially on a Sunday afternoon when it's pouring with rain outside, and it's nice and cozy inside with this music adding more warmth. Thankyou this was such a nice track. Byee Jim X
Elevated. Magnetised. I'm very happy for the relationship you two have with music, and each other. Pat is one of my heroes. And he's a fan of my first book, THE TAO OF MUHAMMAD ALI.
Hello guys 😀 This made my night to listen with you two. The Pat Metheny Group is a voyage. They have also added to the world of music, compositionally, improvisationally, technologically and sonically. They are the greatest expression of 'ensemble' playing. Thousands of more songs to listen to 🎶
Oh! I see what you're doing. You are finishing up all the Pat basics before your big Patreon announcement that you're finally going to react to "The Way Up." This is very wise. You want to get all the appetizers out of the way before the main course. As much as you love Pat, this reaction will consummate your love with him forever. You will both emerge changed individuals. Marley too. We can't wait.
Got a little teary eyed from this...such beautiful music...one of my very favorite PMG-tunes. Your reactions are so musical....btw, you have to react to "First Circle" and "If I could", both from the album "First Circle"....Lyle´s Piano solo on "First Circle" is epic!
We have done First Circle, but sadly it got blocked on TH-cam so we put it up on our Patreon page. One of our favorite tracks. Nick actually said he wanted that played at his funeral. 🖤
En los 90's un conocido me regaló un cassette 😅 grabado con las canciones de ese precioso album. Se me cayó una sota, como decimos en Argentina (o sea, ya tenemos una edad de varias décadas ja ja)
Hey Debra fantastic pick! Minuano (Six Eight) is such a great song. The Still Life Talking album is special to me because that’s when Mauricio as a junior/senior in high school discovered Pat Metheny by way of the song So May It Secretly Begin. 🙏🏽✌🏽♥️
This is the song that when i first heard it on the radio in 1987 led to the Pat Metheny Group becoming my favorite group (well, actually co-favorite with Genesis). Some of my other top PMG songs are It's For You, Daulton Lee, The Search, Au Lait, and countless others. BTW the best live version of Minuano that I've seen and heard is a video, Just search youtube for "metheny live japan 92". There are a total of 3 songs, all great. Also, at the same time, I discovered another new artist when I heard a new release from Jean Luc Ponty that I loved. Lucky for me both artists were passing through the San Francisco Bay Area at the same time. I went to both concerts and was blown away.
I so remember this song!! I'd forgotten I have this CD!!! Love it!! I'd love if you guys could some day react to "Slip Away" from Pat's "Letter From Home" album. This song features vocals by Pedro Aznar.
#nicknlexrequest Have you done PMG, “Are You Going With Me?” Love that tune and would be worth your time. As always, I like the live versions better. Check out the album “Travels” for the live versions of many early “Group” recordings. Travels is simply an amazing album. If you were lucky enough to see a live concert back then, this was what it was like - but three hours worth!!! I’ve gotten to see Pat in his many forms, over three dozen times (most people think I’m insane when I admit that). It never gets old. Travels sounds as fresh to me now, as it did in 1979!
Hello, dear friends! My heart is singing! My soul is getting widened! Pure joy and sheer happiness! Uplifting and elevating. Truły widescreen experience. Now, when I see you two, two loving hearts, with such musicality and open hearts and minds my language gets at its end. Thank you! God bless you in the New Year! PS: It's not Sanchez, It's Paul Wertico on drums and percussion.
Pat's music does that! That's why I want more and more people to hear it! Can you imagine if everyone in the world could hear music every day that made them feel so great? Only good things could come of it, I'm sure.❤️❤️
By the way, on the song I was suggesting "Are you going with me", Pat plays a guitar that he custom built for this precise song and the only one of its "kind" in the world. You might be thinking you're hearing a synthesizer being played but in reality it is Pat's Custom built guitar that he invented exclusively for this melody. Check it out!
That's not really correct. It's a Roland GR-300 guitar, an instrument built by Ibanez so Roland could add their cutting edge (at the time) guitar synth pickup electronics.
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Love to see your ecstatic faces as you listen to this gorgeous music! I've been wanting you to hear it since you've been back from Spain- thought the pick-me-up would do you good. I love singing along with Mark and David, my spirit rises to the heavens!
I was surprised to hear that you've heard "Last Train Home," I don't remember seeing a reaction to it. Funny, this was originally planned as a marathon with those two songs! LTH is also one of my very favorites! I believe the instrument whose sound you mentioned early in the reaction is the pan pipes.
Regarding the 6/8 time signature, next time you listen, once the main theme kicks in, start following the bass and count 1-2-3-4-5-6, 1-2-3-4-5-6. It gets easier with practice!
Anyway, so happy you've got another song of Pat's for your playlist- it's a great one for driving! 🎵❤️🎵Debbie
Thank you again Debbie! ❤️ Umm okay I was wrong about LTH, just looked it up and you were right - we haven’t done it! I guess I’ve heard it mentioned so much in the comments. Thanks for the tip on time signatures!!
Great request Debra. This came out when I lived in New Mexico. It was a great record for driving those long miles between destinations in a southwestern landscape.
@@NicknLex You are SO welcome! I hope you'll react to "Last Train Home",(#nicknlexrequest) even without a sponsor, if possible. It is also wonderful!❤️❤️❤️
Also, when counting this, I nod my head side to side on 1 and 4!
As Pat Metheny himself refers to Long Train Home, for this former Floridian it's known as "The Publix Song."
Publix came out with a holiday commercial years ago using LTH as the music. I am no longer in that market, but I wouldn't be surprised if it still airs every year. It's classic.
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls was my first encounter with Pat Metheney halfway the eighties... He is enthralling.
PMG at their peak playing their greatest music with the best lineup of the group
Facts. Totally agree.
The first time I've heard Pat was when I was working in the basement of a famous Chicago Restaurant in the middle of Downtown baking Pizzas all by myself and suddenly this song called "Are You Going With Me" came in the Radio and I was ecstatic because it went into my head like a sound I've never heard and it changed my life and my musical taste (it was the Era of Disco & R&B back in 1983-84) and every time I hear it, it sounded brand new. That piece was part of an album titled "Off Ramp" with a portrait in the front of a short highway in the dark and a Road sign that showed a "Left Turn" on it onthe portrait. When I need to 'center' myself back into Real Music, I always go back to Pat Metheny. Please, if you can, check that album up and do a reaction to any of the songs, specially to "Are you going with me. Thanks guys!! BTW, I think you have the best reaction Chanel in All of TH-cam!!
This song is screaming out emotion...INCREDIBLY EUPHORIC!! The drummer is Paul Wertico.
In case anyone doesn't know...September 15th was the day Bill Evans passed on...44 years ago...and his influence in both Pat and Lyle's music is why they wrote the piece.
Thanks for reminding me. I remember so well the triple tornado that nearly destroyed Wichita Falls. Texas on April 10, 1979 (F4) and somehow "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" was a mesmerizing eulogy to all the life lost that day. They released the album Sept. 1980. It took a guitarist friend from WFalls nearly a decade to hear it's beauty because he lost familiy that. I am sure listening helped him.
The drummer for PMG's work from The First Circle (1984) to Imaginary Day (1997) was Paul Wertico. Antonio Sanchez replaced Paul in 2002 and played first on Speaking of Now.
Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays are two of my ALL TIME Favorites. They are not only World Class Musicians, they are also so creative and innovative Composers who are exceptional at invoking 'Feeling and Emotion' in their music. Orale...!!
On the drums it’s Paul Wertico and on vocals I thought it was Pedro Aznar but it’s actually Mark Ledford and David Blamires.
R.I.P. Lyle Mays & Mark Ledford. Beautiful people creating beautiful tunes. After several decades, this song will still have me singing at the top of my lungs on any given drive. I’m off tune, but who cares. I’m alone and loving it!
You and me friggin' BOTH! Music for the spirit and soul!
I recommend listening to Pat Metheny Group song Rain River from Secret Stories on a rainy day. AWESOME!!!!
This long before Antonio Sanchez; the drummer here is Paul Wertico (after original PMG drummer Danny Gotlieb)...and the vocalist is Mark Ledford (RIP).
David Blamires sings here also.🙂
Pedro Aznar had already left the group. David Blamires and Mark Ledford had joined, both muliinstrumentalists and vocalists. Paul Wertico drums and Armando Marcel percussion
And then Pedro rejoined around 1989
Minuano is from Still Life 1987 personnel: Pat Metheny - acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer
Lyle Mays - piano, keyboards
Steve Rodby - acoustic and electric bass
Paul Wertico - drums
Armando Marçal - percussion, backing vocals
Mark Ledford - vocals
David Blamires - vocals
Paul Wertico played drums with the PMG for years before Antonio Sanchez. WATCH the old videos of them LIVE. That was MARIMBA …
Music for those simple, yet best moments in life. Listening music. Emotionally moving music. Makes you glad to be alive.
Agree completely, James!
Paul Wertico on drums, Armando Marcal, David Blamires and Mark Ledford on vocals. Of course Steve Rodby on bass and Lyle Mays piano and keyboards. Have this and many PM albums on Vinyl.
I used to hear this group on the light jazz radio stations but they really are their own genre! They have so many songs that just make my spirits soar!
Actually that’s how I discovered them. So May It Secretly Begin was played and I called the radio station to ask who was that on that song that just ended. I had never done that before. The next day I started collecting all the albums.
'Slip Away' is one of my favorite tracks by the band.
I was fortunate enough to see this performed live several times. To me the breakdown interlude from about 12:04 to 13:25 absolutely makes the song. The version Pat did with the Metropole Orchestra in 2003 is my favorite version.
I'm dipping into this again, for the uhhhh, fifth time maybe. I've watched this more than a few times. It's odd to me, that Pats music often makes me cry. It's sort of crazy. I think it just overwhelms me that, men, who are capable of such cruelty, can also be capable of such beauty, and Pats music is certainly beautiful. The only thing about this video that surprises me is, that Nic doesn't already own the entire Pat Metheny collection, solo and group.
Just noticed your Rodrigo y Gabriela poster in the back. Adorable!
Most creative, intelligent, bueatiful!! Ever get a chance to see live you won't regret it..been following since 1973😲❣️😄
Love you 2. Love. How into the music you get. Going to see past metheny in October I can’t wait
Pat is The BEST
This and the rest of the album "Still Like Talking" is perfect to listen to while driving from Miami to Key West. The incredible scenery and this beautiful music are a sublime combination.
Lex
PMG hits different for people
Some songs that don’t impact people hit others hard
I hope you guys do more.
I really love the cleverness of how the piano and guitar played in quick syncopation (off-beats) with the bass hitting the on-beats - in such a smooth manner. In fact the band puts in a lot of tricky rhythms so smoothly you can't tell how complex it is unless you listen closely with at least a little musically trained ears.
Great video response to one of my favorite songs. This was a great lineup of the Pat Metheny Group. Lyle Mays and Mark Ledford are sadly missed.
One of my fave PMG albums. Check out ‘Off Ramp’ album as well as this ‘Still Life (Talking)’.
6:13 This song is actually really good for night driving or going home from work, It has some healing effects well,, at least for me 😁
I was introduced to PMG in the late 70's- their music has been with me for huge part of my life. Pat and Lyle are absolute masters, Minuano is a beautiful piece of music that demonstrates the bands extraordinary skills! This album Still life Talking was my soundtrack when I went to Japan in 1988- can still remember Last Train Home flying over the clouds of the Pacific at midnight in a fullmoon. I would also recommend a reaction The First Circle- another masterpiece. Great Reaction
They already did "First Circle", another favorite of mine. Look it up on Patreon- they did a great reaction!
❤ Lex “like what is even happening“, where is this coming from?, I just loved that Lex it is mysterious.
The underrated Paul Wertico on drums. He played on "First Circle" thru "Imaginary Day" albums. Checkout Metheny's solos on "Are You Going with Me," Half-Life of Absolution," and "Roots of Coincidence." These solos will broaden your perspective of what Pat can do as a soloist.
Agreed Paul is underrated. They have already done the latter two songs. 👍🏽
@@mauriciodelarosa2449 You're the man. Forgot they reacted to these songs! Rewatched the Half-life song/reaction. Beautiful as always. Thank you for all the ways you support Nick & Lex!
Paul Wertico is a master craftsman on the cymbals!
Paul Wertico is a master. Met him at an impromptu concert in the Rancho La Puerta Spa, in Baja, Mexico. Just him and a small set of drums, plus pots and pans he "borrowed" from the kitchen, for an audience of maybe 20 or 25 people. He also did a couple of songs with his wife on acoustic piano. He did a couple of improvs with my nephew (owner of the set of drums) on percussions. After the set, I met him, had a little chat and got his autograph on a couple of PMG vynils and concert video Cd. Awesome, down-to-earth man.
@@AlexLopez-ui2or wow great anecdote! 👍🏽
After this masterpiece, PMG come to Chile (Dec 15, 1987) and I have the wonderful privilege to see them alive. More than 38 years listen that music.
Lyle Mays - Versatility that knew no boundaries
I absolutely LOVE you guys! 🎉🎉❤🎶🎵🎼
Metheny and Mays were a remarkable combo. This piece at the Japanese festival in 1992 was even better imo. But the drummer is Paul Wertigo!! Chicago boy.
I discovered Pat Metheny when I was around 20, in 1990, and this incarnation of the group literally changed my entire perception of what great, moving music was and could be. Pat and Lyle’s music gets me to some emotional places that very few other music can, and has been the soundtrack to get me through sone of the hardest times of my life. Pure blissful listening. Someone else in this thread mentioned First Circle…yes, another recommended masterpiece. Also Are You Going With Me? from the Offramp album. Essential PMG!
Drummer was Paul Wertico for SLT and it’s tour
Uno de los mejores temas de Pat Metheny group...muy completo ...está todo ahí. Felicitaciones ...
Sanchez wasn’t playing with him yet on this album. Paul Wertico was his drummer on this album. Also, this was the first of his forays into Brazilian rhythms.
Pat Metheny - acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer.
Lyle Mays - piano, keyboards.
Steve Rodby - acoustic and electric bass.
Paul Wertico - drums.
Armando Marçal - percussion, backing vocals.
Mark Ledford - vocals.
David Blamires - vocals.
This was the first Pat Metheny album I owned, and the first full album of his I ever listened to.
Try Third Wind from this album too. It’ll blow you off your chair, pun intended.
Same
Man you forgot Pedro Aznar.
He did not forget. Pedro Aznar did not participate in the recording of this studio album.
@@wushu_jingwu_ar Pedro was NOT on this album. He came on board on Letter From Home.
@@gasaholic47 Actually he joined the group in 1983 and In 1984 First Circle was the first album he appeared in with the group.
Absolutely one of the most stunning album openers of all time! Can't wait until you do more Pat.
Paul Wertico on drums.....playing cymbals like no other.
Great tune! Some background abou this tune: The intro with the chanting and the marimba and synth madness interlude were written by Lyle and the main melody parts were written by Pat.
One of my favorite PMG songs. The vocals are by David Blamires and Mark Ledford. The horn sounds are done by Lyle May's keyboard.
in vocals is pedro aznar
@@CarlosPerez-zd4mh I own the PMG group CD "Still life talking," and it clearly names Blamires and Ledford. It looks like Nick and Lex took the song from the Group's Essential collection CD. If you Google that CD you might find that the Essential collection used the version of this song from Still Life Talking. Blamires and Ledford appeared on more than one PMG CD.
Below is a live version of the song where Blamires and Ledford provide vocals.
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It's definitely Blamires and Ledford on vocals as they were also on stage for this tour. They also occasionally strummed acoustic guitars and played some hand held percussions, especially on songs where they did not sing during the concert (songs not from SLT)
Yes, I agree. Im vocals Pedro Aznar from the album " Letters from home"
This is the studio version from "Letters from Home", not the live version from "Still Life Talking". Pedro Aznar is absolutely performing the vocals on this.
Wonderful reaction! Just wanted to give a shout out to David Blamires and the late Mark Ledford - saw this lineup live years ago and it was amazing to watch those two handle so many different instruments as well as the spot-on vocals - everything from marimbas and various percussion, brass horns, acoustic and electric guitar - even accordion! Just amazing.
Here the percussion is of Paul Wertico.
Music, on a different plane! R.I.P. Lyle.
No one alive can listen to this and not be moved. 🌹😁
i started listening intently to PM around 1990 with Secret Story, and man that is some life altering music--both compositionally and musicianship. i see that it is altering this young couple's life as well. thank you for celebrating this national treasure and gift from God
One of my favorite artist by far. If you haven’t done so, checkout Metropole Orchestra on TH-cam featuring Pat Metheny. You can really witness his virtuosity; Minuano and First Circle are in their set. Great reaction!
Happy anniversary..love you both! You two are phenomenally awesome! ❤❤ God bless you both! 🙏🏾
How kind; thank you very much!! 💕
@@NicknLex You're welcome... stay safe! 🙏🏾💯👍🏾
merimba interlude oh yes
Love that you getbthe beauty and exceptional musicianship of PMG!
Love you reactions!
The singers and multi-instrumtalists on Still Life (Talking) are Mark Ledford and David Blamires.
You should have looked at the LIVE version, to see how they play the song, and how they play the interments. This is a great song, and the first time I saw them play it live, it blew me away. I first knew of Pat Metheny back in 1981, when they came on, I think it was either Austin City Limits or PBS Soundstage, when they played the song San Lorenzo. I went out the next day, and bought their album.
#nicknlexrequest Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays "Close to Home" you will have tears in your eyes. the music asks a question and also asks an answer. give a listen.
What positive music. Metheny Group music always makes me feel more hopeful about humanity.
Great transition at the start for it obscures the direction which the song is prepared to track in.
There is a video on TH-cam of an old tv program called Night Music featuring the Pat Metheny Group playing Have You Heard. I think you know the song, Nick. Still, it’s worth watching to see these guys pull it off live. They hold nothing in reserve, leaving it all on the stage. Cheers!
On another topic - R.I.P. Jeff Beck. Given how well he was still playing at 78 - a total shock. There were still more facets of his playing I was going to include in marathons. He used to call John McLaughlin "The Greatest". Today McLaughlin returned the sentiment. After McLaughlin had Beck play on an album, he started experimenting with the whammy bar himself.
He also played on Roger Waters’ album Amused To Death R.I.P. to Jeff Beck 🙏🏽🕊♥️
Hmmm. What album was that? I have quite a few albums with John and I don't recall any with Jeff. I really need to find out what album that is so I can hear this. I also have never seen our heard John play any electric guitar with a whammy bar. John almost always plays a LP style guitar or even an SG style guitar. So you really have my curiosity peeked (piqued). Please pass this along.
Exhilarating, pure joy, sublime. One of my favorite PMG tunes! This album was their best selling ever - it went gold - and is one of the top 25 best selling jazz albums of all time along with “Letter from Home”. Pat’s solo album “Secret Story” was also in the top 30 all time.
The joy in this music is so inspiring..he is a legend....keep em comin' my Rocky Mtn friends .kent
Your reactions made my day.This music is pure joy and it is reflected in your reaction. I have loved Pat's music ever since I heard him first in the 1990s. I was lucky enough to see him with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez in Houston in 2008. Pat's music is for dreamers!
I saw that tour too! Fabulous!
The drummer in this recording is Paul Wertico.
At night I listen to my Jean-Luc Ponty Channel which has a lot of Pat Metheny weather report Return to Forever I never get tired of it
The drummer's name is Paul Wertico.
They did First Circle but ECM blocked it you can find it on their Patreon along with Sueño Con Mexico which was also blocked.
I actually just checked and its still blocked. Sometimes the record companies unblock certain videos. Ill check again soon. Its weird because there are other Channels with the song and its not blocked.
@@NicknLex Wait they are blocked on your Patreon as well?
@@mauriciodelarosa2449 No, that was Nick and apparently he forgot it was blocked! Thanks for the reminder and for sharing with everyone! ❤️
@@NicknLex 👍🏽
@@NicknLex ECM blocks everything. I'd bet my next paycheck it will never get unblocked.
This music it should be national monument in USA
Richard Bona et Antonio Sanchez ne font pas encore partie du groupe au moment de cet album. Le batteur était Paul Wertico, et aux percussions, Armando Marçal. Le chanteur est Pedro Aznar, qui joue également des percussions. :)
Pedro had left by this album. The singers were David Blamires and the late Mark Ledford.🙂
I just got a copy of this album on vinyl in yesterday’s mail. I’ve only ever owned it on CD. I spent last night letting it wash over me and it was fantastic. Great reaction and commentary guys!
Wow, serendipity! ✨
IF YOU LOVE PAT'S MUSIC HERE YOU WILL FIND UNPUBLISHED VIDEOS THANK YOU
Oh, I am so getting into the Pat Metheny Group. Thank you Debra and of course Nick and Alexia. I foresee some purchases being made!
You're so welcome, Richard! You can't go wrong with any album by the PMG. Enjoy your exploration!!
I have a signed Pat Metheny´s t-shirt of this tour. In Zaragoza, early nineties.
I bought Still Life (Talking) when it came out in 1987. Still listen to it often. Anyhow for something a little different featuring Metheny ... check out Bruce Hornsby's "Harbour Lights". Pat takes an incredible solo!! Enjoying your musical odyssey. Keep up the great work!
Still life is one of the greatest albums of all time, so underrated and under played, simply stunning every track. Glad you have discovered it.
Lyle Mays (R. I.P) on piano
Such a loss that he’s gone.
This is my favourite Pat Metheny song. So, yeah…the way it builds to that ending. I don’t want to say it’s everything, but I’d hate to imagine it any other way.
Hi guys! So glad you've discovered Pat Metheny and all his wonderful, talented friends. I discovered Pat at one of Joni Mitchell's concerts in L.A. I've got a suggestion that NO ONE will give you. But hardly anybody knows about the album which is an intrinsic part of the wonderful movie Francis Ford Coppola made right after Apocalypse Now. The album and movie is "One From The Heart." Tom Waits wrote the music and lyrics, and Crystal Gayle is half of the talent. It is a perfect album, and follows the story line of the movie. If you do it at all, I would go song by song until you get to the last beautiful notes. And the thing you might like best, it's a love story. It is a perfect album. #nicknlexrequest
You guys are always great. This is another special track from them - I particularly love the “tension” between the apparent pace of the music and the very consistent 6/8 rhythm clearly articulated throughout- primarily by the bass. FYI - there is an excellent live video version of this entire album. (As an aside - my closest friend and music partner - in about 1977 - on two consecutive nights - saw the Pat Metheny Group and Larry Carlton at the Bottom Line n NYC. Wow.). Stay well and happy.
The compositional elements of this music are from the spiritual realm.
This is one of my favourite albums of all time. Just masterfully written, arranged and performed. Love the whole Bossa Nova theme. Pat, Lyle and company crush this one!
Saw this tour live it was spectacular. Thanks Debra for supporting this reaction. Hard to pick a favorite era forPat Metheny. 🤔
But I could live with this incarnation easily. Lyle Mays Rest In Peace. My heart soars.
You're so welcome, Scott! It is my pleasure to share this wonderful music! I saw them do it in the summer of 1995 at an outdoor amphitheater and it was truly magical!
I actually saw the concert outside in New Mexico. So good.
Saw the PMG in 1987 at the Mann Music Center in Philly for the 'Still Life Talking' Tour that Summer.
Saw him again at the Tower in 1989 for 'Letter From Home' Tour
and then again at the Mann Music Center in 1992 for 'Secret Story' Tour (but that was not the PMG)
and then again at the Strand Theater in York, PA in 1996 for PMG 'Quartet' album
Haven't seen him in concert since 1996
@@bmac1205 I've seen him 4 times, twice with PMG starting in 1995, the We Live Here tour and 2003, the Speaking of Now tour. Then with a trio in 2005, doing a lot of his One Quiet Night album on tenor guitar, and with a quartet in 2018, An Evening with Pat Metheny. All so wonderful!!
Great the PMG their is a video on TH-cam from 2003 where he played this song with the Metropole Orchestra North Sea jazz festival this arrangement is stellar give it a listen !
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Hi Guys, this is just a lovely musical experience. I often listen to smooth jazz on my radio station and love it especially on a Sunday afternoon when it's pouring with rain outside, and it's nice and cozy inside with this music adding more warmth. Thankyou this was such a nice track. Byee Jim X
So glad you loved it, Jim!
Elevated. Magnetised. I'm very happy for the relationship you two have with music, and each other. Pat is one of my heroes. And he's a fan of my first book, THE TAO OF MUHAMMAD ALI.
That's so cool! I'm not surprised he is into Taoism.
Hello guys 😀 This made my night to listen with you two. The Pat Metheny Group is a voyage. They have also added to the world of music, compositionally, improvisationally, technologically and sonically. They are the greatest expression of 'ensemble' playing. Thousands of more songs to listen to 🎶
First time listening to this Deborah! Thank you so much. Nick and lex thanks as always .
You're so welcome, Michael! It is my pleasure to introduce people to great music!🎵❤️🎵Debbie
This song is an absolute MASTERPIECE....seeing them perform this live in person is QUITE the experience!!❤️🎸❤️🎸🎶🎶
I agree on both points!
PS2: May God bless you both with all needed graces!
Oh! I see what you're doing. You are finishing up all the Pat basics before your big Patreon announcement that you're finally going to react to "The Way Up."
This is very wise. You want to get all the appetizers out of the way before the main course.
As much as you love Pat, this reaction will consummate your love with him forever. You will both emerge changed individuals. Marley too. We can't wait.
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Got a little teary eyed from this...such beautiful music...one of my very favorite PMG-tunes. Your reactions are so musical....btw, you have to react to "First Circle" and "If I could", both from the album "First Circle"....Lyle´s Piano solo on "First Circle" is epic!
We have done First Circle, but sadly it got blocked on TH-cam so we put it up on our Patreon page. One of our favorite tracks. Nick actually said he wanted that played at his funeral. 🖤
Their "First Circle" video is back on You Tube now.🙂
En los 90's un conocido me regaló un cassette 😅 grabado con las canciones de ese precioso album. Se me cayó una sota, como decimos en Argentina (o sea, ya tenemos una edad de varias décadas ja ja)
Hey Debra fantastic pick! Minuano (Six Eight) is such a great song. The Still Life Talking album is special to me because that’s when Mauricio as a junior/senior in high school discovered Pat Metheny by way of the song So May It Secretly Begin. 🙏🏽✌🏽♥️
Thank you, Mauricio! It is one of my all time favorite PMG songs, along with "First Circle", "Last Train Home", and "Have You Heard."
@@debrabrabenec I second that this was a great pick. Thanks for sponsoring it.
@@debrabrabenec Ditto!
@@bmac1205 You're welcome, B Mac!
I Listen to this When I Drive
This came out when I lived in Santa Fe and there is nothing like Metheny music passing long miles in a car in the great southwestern landscape.
@@scottanderson8420 Or anywhere!
This is the song that when i first heard it on the radio in 1987 led to the Pat Metheny Group becoming my favorite group (well, actually co-favorite with Genesis). Some of my other top PMG songs are It's For You, Daulton Lee, The Search, Au Lait, and countless others. BTW the best live version of Minuano that I've seen and heard is a video, Just search youtube for "metheny live japan 92". There are a total of 3 songs, all great. Also, at the same time, I discovered another new artist when I heard a new release from Jean Luc Ponty that I loved. Lucky for me both artists were passing through the San Francisco Bay Area at the same time. I went to both concerts and was blown away.
Hey DavidL557 they have also reacted to 5-5-7 from the Letter From Home album 👍🏽
I so remember this song!! I'd forgotten I have this CD!!! Love it!! I'd love if you guys could some day react to "Slip Away" from Pat's "Letter From Home" album. This song features vocals by Pedro Aznar.
Slip Away 👍🏽
#nicknlexrequest Have you done PMG, “Are You Going With Me?” Love that tune and would be worth your time. As always, I like the live versions better. Check out the album “Travels” for the live versions of many early “Group” recordings. Travels is simply an amazing album. If you were lucky enough to see a live concert back then, this was what it was like - but three hours worth!!! I’ve gotten to see Pat in his many forms, over three dozen times (most people think I’m insane when I admit that). It never gets old. Travels sounds as fresh to me now, as it did in 1979!
6/8 is like waltz. 123123. Third Wind is another great track from this album. Cheers.
Hello, dear friends! My heart is singing! My soul is getting widened! Pure joy and sheer happiness! Uplifting and elevating. Truły widescreen experience. Now, when I see you two, two loving hearts, with such musicality and open hearts and minds my language gets at its end. Thank you! God bless you in the New Year! PS: It's not Sanchez, It's Paul Wertico on drums and percussion.
Pat's music does that! That's why I want more and more people to hear it! Can you imagine if everyone in the world could hear music every day that made them feel so great? Only good things could come of it, I'm sure.❤️❤️
Don’t forget Armando Marcal on percussion 👍🏽
@@mauriciodelarosa2449 Yes, of course. Thank you for your correction. I was too much focused on mentioning Paul Wertico.
By the way, on the song I was suggesting "Are you going with me", Pat plays a guitar that he custom built for this precise song and the only one of its "kind" in the world. You might be thinking you're hearing a synthesizer being played but in reality it is Pat's Custom built guitar that he invented exclusively for this melody. Check it out!
That's not really correct. It's a Roland GR-300 guitar, an instrument built by Ibanez so Roland could add their cutting edge (at the time) guitar synth pickup electronics.