As wonderful as Pat Metheny is -- and he is -- let us not forget the late, great Lyle Mays who co-wrote the piece and was Pat's right hand for many, many years.
Thanks for the "shout-out" to Lyle, Pat's equal partner in exquisite pastel. Have y'all here experienced his piece "Eberhard"? Although it was composed about a decade prior, it was the last thing he recorded before his unfortunate death in '20. I consider it a true masterpiece, on par with the incredible Minuano (Six Eight), thanks to @Doug.Helvering. It, together with several PMG selections and J.S. Bach's and a few others, moves me greatly (even though I've haven't the musical theory to comprehend it). Do listen if you haven't yet! 🙏🏼
Agreed! It's like somebody's just had this great materials yesterday and composed them into this amazing music, I't still sound so fresh, great music for driving tho
This is the Pat Metheny album that made me completely fall in love with Pat Metheny and PMG. I still listen to Pat's music - pretty much every day. His music has been my constant companion since I was 18 years old. (almost 40 years!)
I had a few Pat Metheny CDs before Still Life (Talking). SLT was so good, better than the others. So when Letter from Home was released, I didn't hesitate to pick it up, too. Holy crap, I liked LfH even more than SLT! That sold me on the Pat Metheny Group forever.
"Are You Going With Me" was my introduction to Pat Metheny and PMG many years ago. Been hooked ever since. I think for many listeners that song was their "gateway drug" to the PMG universe.
Still Life Talking is pure genius.. totally landmark. Steve Rodby’s bass playing is epic. Thanks for recognizing the rhythm section. This is the group’s masterpiece, IMHO.
I agree totally! That number transports me to a place i am not familiar with, but yet accepting, welcoming, and loving! Many years ago, this was my initiation to the PMG
Minuano is a perfect piece of music.I don't have a clue what's going musically/intellectually but emotionally............... I can explain every thing😉
Rae has the mood of the piece nailed: Joy. Optimism. The wind at one's back. From the dark full into the warm sunlight of morning. This album was on my stereo constantly as I was crawling from the wreckage of my first marriage and began to realize life could be good again. This particular piece became part of my DNA. Joy, indeed. Very nice selection.
Went to UNT music school with Lyle Mays; he was already legendary at the school. His sight-reading skill was only surpassed by his keyboard skills. Genius and a genuine nice guy. RIP Lyle. Btw, this album makes me cry, it’s so emotional, so melancholy, yet celebratory
Check out the North Texas State Lab ‘75 album (now out there on TH-cam). College band mates of Lyles decided to have all Lyle songs/arrangements on it. Album was nominated for a Grammy
YES!! I’ve been hoping/asking for Pat since early on in Doug’s channel. I came home from some annoying surgery and just seeing this come up made me happy! First Circle would be great as would The Way Up, September 15th (check out Beato’s breakdown), or America Undefined
short... my first child was born a few years after Minuano came out, I remember driving through the Andes (3000m above sea) from Argentina to Chile listening to this tune in the car system with my one-year-old son on the (safety) back seat. I also remember dancing with my son with this tune instead of reggaeton, and I remember and I remember and today I cried again, of pure joy
Some people say that Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays can be considered the Lennon/ McCartney of contemporary jazz. Maybe...The fact is...it is undeniable that this partnership brought unique and original melodies and arrangements to modern instrumental music since the late 70's. Great reaction. Still waiting for some Dixie Dregs video. Greetings from Brazil!
Pat Metheny said on his first day of school at the University of Miami he heard Steve Morse play. On his second day he heard Jaco. On his third day he said he considered getting back on the bus and going home.
@@frankmarsh1159 That's only half the story: While he did consider getting on the bus on day three, Pat in fact ended up spending that day creating dry earth, sea, plants, and trees instead.
Buckle up, Doug, and get out your jazz harmony books. And Rae is just like "I need a cigarette!" The great thing about Pat Metheny is that he's an old school jazzer who loves -- as he says -- "open G chords." He and Lyle were such a magical pairing of musical minds. I'm just glad they left behind so much great art.
Pat metheny changed my sound life". As a young black man in an African country . .i suffered at the hands of my fellow citizens who thought i was sick listening to this in the era of michael Jackson and shalamar and big daddy kane and tupac. I listened to pmg like a patirnt on an oxygen machine.
The wonderful thing about Pat Metheny Group is how they manage to sound calm and mellow on the surface, but if you pay attention, there is a whirlwind of delicious playing underneath. Third Wind from this same album is another fantastic piece.
That's exactly why I love PMG. On its surface people sometimes dismiss it as smooth jazz, but underneath it is some seriously detailed stuff that somehow manages to be a funky/atmospheric/any other thing they want it to be.
Finally Pat Metheny Group. This probably might be the most impressive music group you've had on your channel. "The heat of the day" from them is a must listen!
Agreed. Pat is on a mountain all of his own. Saw him until again last month and it was a memorable show. Anytime you can witness him live it's a must see even if jazz isn't your thing.
I have fallen in love with Rae’s joy. She can say more with her facial expressions about this masterpiece than any voice can express. When I reincarnate I will seek her out.❤️
For people who get it when listening to PMG, the journey and the "JOY" happens. I'm sure people think I'm a little crazy when I'm driving a listening to PMG
PM uses vocals as an additional instrument. I prefer the live version. Pedro Aznar’s range is outstanding. I love the Brazilian influences in their arrangements. Their use of percussion is unmatched. I’ve been a fan since I was 16. I’m 58. Superb.
Just curious-if you may respond a year downstream from your comment-which live performance do you prefer? I’m sure I’ve listened to it, but I’m curious.
I’ve been listening to this since college and it’s never ceased to stop me in my tracks whenever it comes on. There is some incredible sonic manipulation happening with the harmony that tricks you into thinking this is in A major and Pat and Lyle are doing their whole triad-over-bass-notes magic trick. Just an astounding piece of music.
Can’t believe this is Doug’s first listen! I share Rae’s enthusiasm for Minuano and enjoyed watching her anticipate what lies around each bend in the road of this song. Nostalgia? Sure. Joy? Yes, but more than that. There are a number of PMG songs I find so moving I can’t get through without welling up. Every time. This is one. Unfortunately it’s a bit awkward enjoying it (them) with others around…particularly those who don’t (and…let’s face it…never will) share my appreciation. The albums First Circle and Letter From Home also have songs that elicit the same response. I’d’ve been a mess in this video…blubbering in my Blueberry Belch
This was my first Pat Metheny song too. It took about thirty seconds and I haven’t been the same since. And that was like 1989. It instantly spoke to my soul and filled a void I didn’t know existed. It took a while for me to get to enjoying where the beat and melody drops in because I was floating on a cloud in that intro for days. Over and over in the fetal position on the floor. I miss his Brazillian side.
This was the first of Pat's so called "Brazilian period," when he was heavily influenced by Brazilian music. Also, the "string pop" right before Pat's entrance was his signal to the recording engineer that he was about to start playing. He said during an interview that he normally edits it out, but he liked it on this particular song, and decided to leave it in.
My dad was a keyboard player and I took him to see PMG at the Wiltern Theater third row center and Lyle Mays blew him away. He was speechless. I also took him to see This Way Up at the Universal Amphitheater. I’ve seen Pat a dozen times in the last 40 years.
I remember some people at work calling Pat Metheny 'elevator music' when they asked what I had been listening to. 15 years later and I still cannot understand how musically illiterate you need to be to just not hear anything more sophisticated in this kind of music to be able to do that kind of comparison...
I have been playing guitar for 60 of my 73 years on this earth...and still can't get within 100 miles of Pat's playing....he's literally, "ONE OF A KIND".....And I'm thankful that I have the honor of hearing his music for as long as I can!!! He is truly a magnificent artist !!!
hi...I'm idrus hamzah...from Malaysia...I discovered pat Metheny long time ago...pat & Lyle Mays are the main anchor of the pat Metheny group...both of them are genius...those who can appreciate them, it means that you are 30 years ahead of time... 👍
Pat Metheny was in your Kansas City musical backyard the whole time you were there. You were playing different music at the time, and he was in another neighborhood, but your music was great too. Much respect for your talent.
The Pat Metheny Group is one of my favorite bands. I'm so happy that you're experiencing this music. This song is a great introduction, another one to try is First Circle. It has an amazing Lyle Mays piano solo.
The reaction of the gal to this beautiful music is priceless!! Love it! You are right. It's pure joy. God bless you all! It was such an emotional experience living on18 minutes of my life. Thank you for that!
oh, man. I think this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written/performed. Saw them on tour when Pedro Aznar has rejoined the band, it was the best all around concert I ever saw. Maybe along with the CSO, anyways. That keyboard lick at the end of the breakdown... Lyle killed that every single time. You could check out the live version of Phase Dance or Song for Bilbao from Travels. They were an a m a z i n g band live.
As much a fan of Pedro as I am I think the vocal harmonizing with David and Mark on songs such as this took it over the top. I saw both bands and again I am a huge fan of Pedro.
For a long one try "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls".....and from that album "September Fifteenth" dedicted to Bill Evans. The Latin stuff is good though, First Circle excellent, in fact the whole Metheny canon!
@@paulbogan3400 I was born to Still Life Talking, if I have the opportunity to chose music to go out to it would probably be either the same album or Wichita, with my spirit leaving my body at exactly 4:05 in Its for You
Metheny fan from the 80s. I recognized the faces Rae was making, because about my fourth time through this piece I was making the exact same faces. Such a joy, and rewarding with every listen. THANK YOU RAE!
Everything on this album is phenomenal. Guitar solo in Third Wind is the greatest non-live solo I have ever heard. Blazing and you can hear every chord change.
20-something Grammys, buttloads of top jazz guitarist awards, excellent composer, always pushing himself in his craft....and one of my top 5 guitarists of all time. And "Are You Going With Me" has my favorite Metheny solo.....the live one with Anna Maria Jopek on vocals is just killer.
Thank you DD and DJ Rae for choosing one of my FAVORITE PMG tracks of all time! I have seen Pat 6 times in my life starting with the First Circle show in ATX in 86. The Keyboard solo of Lyle is always a treat in any track but this one is like a music lesson all by itself! This music changed my life and my appreciation of this kind of World/Progressive Jazz. Pat and Lyle have influenced my understanding of music, songwriting, composition/arrangement, production. Just a total treat to come home today to this Reaction video by you both
Great video. Thank you! I love this song and the album "still life talking" from 1987. I listen to Pat Metheny for 40 years and saw him several times in concert in Germany. Alwas a great experience. He is a real music genius.
I have followed Pat since 1982. He and Lyle Mays are the most incredible musicians. It is so much fun to watch the two of you enjoy him as much as I do😀
Wow Rae's face is expressing exactly what I feel when I listen to this track (which I've done more times than I can count over the years). It's so wonderful seeing it expressed outwardly by her and with such humanity and depth, amazing. Thank you Rae and Doug for reminding me what a life changing piece of music this is.
This is simply beautiful. I really love this style, a little touch of Basso Nova, jazz. Thank you. Since you’ve gone down this road, you may want to try some Chic Corea Return to Forever. And I can’t forget Jobim Wave.
Excellent pick, Rae! Pat Metheny has so much great music to pick from, but this is perfect for Doug's intro - I think I've heard more "huh"s from Doug than in all his prior reactions together!
Last Train Home always makes me cry. I moved from my hometown of Chicago to Phoenix AZ in 2000 and it reminds me of that time frame. Of leaving a place I loved to find a new place.
The first song I ever "HEARD" by Pat Metheny.....My mind just melted.....Instantly and forever hooked! This IS CLASSICAL MUSIC! If anything is CLASSICAL MUSIC, this is classical.....and jazz, and rock, and,...and...and.....It is psychedelic to the core and no drugs required. This tune is mind altering in very peculiar ways.
I've seen Pat Metheny many times on Spain, and always is a moment of discover another worlds, enter in secret unseen places near to you, feel things on another way, and always Pat gives you a friendly hand to make the journey with you. Doug, welcome to a new way to see the world
This is so fun watching the technical breakdown by some very entertaining (and brilliant) people unraveling a compostion that has been ingrained in my soul for nearly 40 years.
For the hundreth time - SSSTTOOOOPP TALKING while the music is playing!!! - stop, then talk, anaylyze, gesticulate, etc, alll that you need to do! Dont interfere with your OWN PURE ENJOYMENT OF THE MUSIC..
So amazing to watch a newbie react. DJ Rae is like every Metheny fan I've encountered. Positive, enthusiastic, and in tune with the source of all that is.I can't imagine not hearing Metheny until now, but Doug will have an endless source of enJOYment from now on. You need to have DJ Rae on more often. Like she said, listen and pause occasionally to make comments. You don't want to miss a single note.
RIP Lyle May's. His keyboard playing is in such a wonderful pocket for Pat to ride on. That percussion is so cyclic and sweet. It's all one amazing jazz boquet.
I'm excited about this as well as your guest. This was the first Pat Metheny CD I bought. Totally mesmerizing music. Please react to Dream of the Return from the Pat's album Letter from Home. A beautiful poem written and sung by Pedro Aznar with exquisite arrangements by Pat and Lyle Mays
I chose “Dream of the return” along with “Always and forever” and “Letter from home” for my father’s funeral service last week. I’m so glad I did this, I really couldn’t think of anything better. Thank you Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Toots Thielemans and Pedro Aznar.
My first exposure to this was a big band version at our local junior college. A whole bunch of local pros did Bob Curnow's arrangement, and watching them do the marimba interlude was pretty amazing. A life-changing experience.
Thanks for posting this. And thanks to DJ Rae for her appearance & enthusiasm. Glad she got you on this vibe. This is one of my fave PMG albums. Not a "B" cut on it. Start to finish, the music on this album is like an exploding, beautiful soul -- something I find common to a lot of Brazilian music. This LP is like gravy for the body, mind & spirit. I particularly go off my rocker whenever I play "(It's Just) Talk."
Metheny has so much great music you could spend weeks or months in it. As a guitarist I'm always fascinated when Pat uses a guitar synth on the 'trumpets of doom' setting. Reminds of Miles davis.
That was just a blast watching you guys experience this in your different ways. I’ve been a fan since before that album, but that has to be one of the best contemporary jazz compositions of the 20th century. Remarkable.
This track gives me goose bumps each and every single time I listen to it. The word "genius" might be overused nowadays, but there is no other word to describe Pat Metheny: a genius. So, yes Doug, just listen and enjoy! 🙂
I liked Pat's coloboration with David Bowie in 1985 on "This is not America", but didn't know more about his music. In the early 90ties someone requested "Last train home" on a local radio station and I immediately recorded it without knowing it. And that open a door for me to a special place of music. Minuano is my fav track by the Pat Metheny Group and I enjoyed it so much to watch you both having a great time.
There are 40+ years of incredible Pat Metheny music to check out, if you’re new to his music. Everything from straight ahead jazz to incredibly sophisticated compositions such as this, with an incredibly wide palette of styles and sounds. He’s a treasure : )
I really enjoyed the lady's face listening to this theme. She really felt the music as it is; joyful. I personally adore Pat Metheny's works at the end of 80's and beginning of 90's. And I would suggest some other songs like "To The End Of The World" or "The truth will always be" amongst many others. Pat is a genius.
Her simple description of “pure joy” is so perfect. I remember hearing this when the album first came out and then hearing them perform it in concert. It filled me with such overwhelming joy.
This “record” as Pat says, was life changing for me, as are so many of his compositions. His collaborations with the late Lyle Mays, and earlier work leading the PMG will always remain in my innermost psyche. To see that band live numerous times thru the years is simply indescribable. *(And now DJ Rae is my new internet crush!) 🥰
So glad to find this!! I was jamming to Pat in the 80’s and still now - it’s timeless! I remember skiing to this song playing in my headphones back in ‘90. The whole album is soul affirming and genius!
Doug, You might want to take a listen to Kurt Elling's Album "Man in the Air". He wrote lyrics for and performed Minuano. You and DJ Rae should enjoy it.
I have tears running down my face. I experience this song in the exact way that your sidekick does every single time. An absolute master class in rhythm and melodicism. Not to mention one of your best vids ever!
I had a blast with your video. In my case I was fortunate to listen to Pat Metheny Lyle Mays and the band in the early 80's and got my hands on this record the moment it came out. You two did a perfect interpretation of what was to be expected among the one who knew (DJ Rae) and the one who didn´t (Doug). It was a delight to see Dougs face trying so hard to wrap his head thoughts and musical theory around a band that every musician I stumble across and hears it for the first time has his musical brain blown away! I was riding along there with you two seeing Rae's face of delight and Doug's more like musical "nausea", not knowing if the next measure was going to take hin down or up. I caught myself speaking to Doug on the computer just when it ended and saying out loud "Did you enjoy the Roller Coaster?" the moment you made a roller coster remark exactly, talk abpout connection. I knew Rae was enjoying seeing how you were getting "tossed around" musically. I even thought at one moment you should stop searching for the chord progressions and you just remarked that maybe it was better to just shut up and enjoy (hilarious). These guys can do this to ya, Talk about unconventionalism, this is a prime example. Nontheless, executed with taste and style undoubtedly not many bands can pull this stuff off with such perfection and elegance. For another treat I suggest Third Wind. For a more technical breakdown see Lyle Mays the Coimposer (Parts 1 and 2) by Ryan Slatko. There you just might find many answers to the obvious questions regarding two powerhouse composers complementing themselves musically for more than 30 years. RIP Lyle Mays...always within our musical hearts.
Metheny is great. I've always loved his tone. I'm a big fan of his stuff with Jaco on bass, including his playing with Joni Mitchell. Thanks, guys! RIP Lyle
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As wonderful as Pat Metheny is -- and he is -- let us not forget the late, great Lyle Mays who co-wrote the piece and was Pat's right hand for many, many years.
As a Wisconsinite, I am absolutely convinced that Lyle Mays was the best thing to ever come from our State. Godspeed Lyle
Yes!! Yes!! Thank you for saying that about Lyle!! The music from that PMG era when Lyle was with them are incredible!!!
I hope that Lyle is starting to get his due. The intro is like a Bach chorale, brought into 20th century Brazil. Nobody else could write like this.
Thanks for the "shout-out" to Lyle, Pat's equal partner in exquisite pastel. Have y'all here experienced his piece "Eberhard"? Although it was composed about a decade prior, it was the last thing he recorded before his unfortunate death in '20. I consider it a true masterpiece, on par with the incredible Minuano (Six Eight), thanks to @Doug.Helvering. It, together with several PMG selections and J.S. Bach's and a few others, moves me greatly (even though I've haven't the musical theory to comprehend it). Do listen if you haven't yet! 🙏🏼
Amen ! Lyle May's is a legend !
He's listening with this mind. She's listening with her soul. And Pat Metheny is a genius, appealing to both.
Indeed! How can you not love a song that has something for everyone?
Great comment
And they both talk too damn much.
It’s not “she” it’s “they”
@@MatSmithLondon I stand corrected. "They"
If you haven’t seen Rick Beato’s interview with Pat yet, drop everything and go do it. Best interview of anybody ever. Pat is pure music, to his core.
Fully agreed!
true story..
Absolutely!🎉
Yes, and Rick is great too.
Yes,it is true the best interview ever.amazing.
This song is 34 years old and still fresh! Anything Lyle and Pat put together is epic.
Agreed! It's like somebody's just had this great materials yesterday and composed them into this amazing music, I't still sound so fresh, great music for driving tho
Really !👍👍👍
The best of ECLECTIC ❤
I agree¡¡
This is the Pat Metheny album that made me completely fall in love with Pat Metheny and PMG. I still listen to Pat's music - pretty much every day. His music has been my constant companion since I was 18 years old. (almost 40 years!)
I had a few Pat Metheny CDs before Still Life (Talking). SLT was so good, better than the others. So when Letter from Home was released, I didn't hesitate to pick it up, too. Holy crap, I liked LfH even more than SLT! That sold me on the Pat Metheny Group forever.
"Are You Going With Me" was my introduction to Pat Metheny and PMG many years ago. Been hooked ever since. I think for many listeners that song was their "gateway drug" to the PMG universe.
@@frankrivers2183 Offramp was the first PMG album I bought (when I was 18) so I hear you on that one. That whole album is still very nostalgic for me.
Nice I started when I was 13 .44 now
Me too, Doug. Me too.
Pat is one of the best guitarists of all time. Glad you discovered him. Try "The Way Up" with Antonio Sanchez on drums. Epic.
The Way Up is by far my favorite PM recording, with Orchestrion and Kin sharing 2nd place
The way up - album review!!!!!
"The Way Up" is a master piece!
@@imaginarytube I hope Doug is still taking requests
The Way Up indeed masterpiece! The live in Japan is better than studio.
Still Life Talking is pure genius.. totally landmark. Steve Rodby’s bass playing is epic. Thanks for recognizing the rhythm section. This is the group’s masterpiece, IMHO.
i got to see this live in Santa Cruz in 2002 and Richard Bona was too incredible for words just wow
I agree totally! That number transports me to a place i am not familiar with, but yet accepting, welcoming, and loving! Many years ago, this was my initiation to the PMG
The Way Up..is the groups masterpiece...
Minuano is a perfect piece of music.I don't have a clue what's going musically/intellectually but emotionally............... I can explain every thing😉
RIP Lyle Mays. A great pianist and I recommend delving into some of his solo piano work. Really great stuff you'd love.
As much as I love Pat Metheny Group, Lyle's solo work is even more complex and fascinating. He left us way too soon.
cf. Guy Shkolnik's "Close to Home" analysis. th-cam.com/video/Ky2FpbVwpSk/w-d-xo.html
Absolutely love the song August, from Lyle's album "Street Dreams". Bill Frisell is incredible on it, as well.
Lyle Mays never ceases to amaze. Death did not ruin my enjoyment of his playing.
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Rae has the mood of the piece nailed: Joy. Optimism. The wind at one's back. From the dark full into the warm sunlight of morning. This album was on my stereo constantly as I was crawling from the wreckage of my first marriage and began to realize life could be good again. This particular piece became part of my DNA. Joy, indeed. Very nice selection.
Hear hear!
❤️
Beautifully said. Pure joy.
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female hipergamy doesn't care
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Went to UNT music school with Lyle Mays; he was already legendary at the school. His sight-reading skill was only surpassed by his keyboard skills. Genius and a genuine nice guy. RIP Lyle.
Btw, this album makes me cry, it’s so emotional, so melancholy, yet celebratory
Check out the North Texas State Lab ‘75 album (now out there on TH-cam). College band mates of Lyles decided to have all Lyle songs/arrangements on it. Album was nominated for a Grammy
Currently shedding a few myself
Glad to finally see some Pat Metheny on the channel. I'm really glad you liked it. You should do First Circle next!
Absolutely. This reminded me a bit of First Circle, but First Circle is my favorite of his stuff. Highly recommended.
@@benallen7403 As much as I love "As Falls" I think Doug will dig "First Circle"
YES!! I’ve been hoping/asking for Pat since early on in Doug’s channel. I came home from some annoying surgery and just seeing this come up made me happy!
First Circle would be great as would The Way Up, September 15th (check out Beato’s breakdown), or America Undefined
Unfortunately all the ECM stuff is blocked on TH-cam. I'll suggest "To the End of the World". th-cam.com/video/pMRmCAiC5TM/w-d-xo.html
@@frankmarsh1159 a song I have to loop endlessly every time I hear it.
short... my first child was born a few years after Minuano came out, I remember driving through the Andes (3000m above sea) from Argentina to Chile listening to this tune in the car system with my one-year-old son on the (safety) back seat. I also remember dancing with my son with this tune instead of reggaeton, and I remember and I remember and today I cried again, of pure joy
Some people say that Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays can be considered the Lennon/ McCartney of contemporary jazz. Maybe...The fact is...it is undeniable that this partnership brought unique and original melodies and arrangements to modern instrumental music since the late 70's. Great reaction. Still waiting for some Dixie Dregs video. Greetings from Brazil!
I agree, Paulo. Excellent remark! 👏🏻👏🏻
Pat Metheny said on his first day of school at the University of Miami he heard Steve Morse play. On his second day he heard Jaco. On his third day he said he considered getting back on the bus and going home.
More like a modern day Mozart.
@@frankmarsh1159 That's only half the story: While he did consider getting on the bus on day three, Pat in fact ended up spending that day creating dry earth, sea, plants, and trees instead.
Sorry but Metheny Mays are better than McCartney Lennon
I don't want to think of my life without this album. A masterpiece in my opinion.
It’s unreal
And Once you listen to the album titled "Off Ramp" by Pat, your life will be complete.
Buckle up, Doug, and get out your jazz harmony books. And Rae is just like "I need a cigarette!"
The great thing about Pat Metheny is that he's an old school jazzer who loves -- as he says -- "open G chords." He and Lyle were such a magical pairing of musical minds. I'm just glad they left behind so much great art.
YES! FINALLY! There's no one on earth who can reach into my soul like Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays.
yes yes agree man
Pat metheny changed my sound life". As a young black man in an African country . .i suffered at the hands of my fellow citizens who thought i was sick listening to this in the era of michael Jackson and shalamar and big daddy kane and tupac.
I listened to pmg like a patirnt on an oxygen machine.
The wonderful thing about Pat Metheny Group is how they manage to sound calm and mellow on the surface, but if you pay attention, there is a whirlwind of delicious playing underneath. Third Wind from this same album is another fantastic piece.
That's exactly why I love PMG. On its surface people sometimes dismiss it as smooth jazz, but underneath it is some seriously detailed stuff that somehow manages to be a funky/atmospheric/any other thing they want it to be.
Sure, but you could say that about a lot of brazilian (and latin american) jazz/schlager/pop.
Delicious playing. That’s how I describe it as well.
If asked to summarise PMG I'd say: 'Simplicity born of complexity'
Finally Pat Metheny Group. This probably might be the most impressive music group you've had on your channel. "The heat of the day" from them is a must listen!
Agreed. Pat is on a mountain all of his own. Saw him until again last month and it was a memorable show. Anytime you can witness him live it's a must see even if jazz isn't your thing.
@@johnnicholson8345 Absolutely, their music blows my mind everytime
Indeed. Metheny's Imaginary Day is a must listen album! "Into The Dream" and "A Story Within The Story" sequence is fantastic!
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I have fallen in love with Rae’s joy. She can say more with her facial expressions about this masterpiece than any voice can express.
When I reincarnate I will seek her out.❤️
For people who get it when listening to PMG, the journey and the "JOY" happens. I'm sure people think I'm a little crazy when I'm driving a listening to PMG
...absolutely agree, this lady is great fun and knows what it's all about...masterpiece!!
Rae’s joy - yes! In love with Rae herself? Yes!
PM uses vocals as an additional instrument. I prefer the live version. Pedro Aznar’s range is outstanding. I love the Brazilian influences in their arrangements. Their use of percussion is unmatched. I’ve been a fan since I was 16. I’m 58. Superb.
Just curious-if you may respond a year downstream from your comment-which live performance do you prefer? I’m sure I’ve listened to it, but I’m curious.
I’ve been listening to this since college and it’s never ceased to stop me in my tracks whenever it comes on. There is some incredible sonic manipulation happening with the harmony that tricks you into thinking this is in A major and Pat and Lyle are doing their whole triad-over-bass-notes magic trick. Just an astounding piece of music.
Please Dough, First Circle, First circle!!!!!! FIRST CIRCLE
AND PLEASE, PAY ATTENTION TO VOCALS BY PEDRO AZNAR
Can’t believe this is Doug’s first listen! I share Rae’s enthusiasm for Minuano and enjoyed watching her anticipate what lies around each bend in the road of this song. Nostalgia? Sure. Joy? Yes, but more than that. There are a number of PMG songs I find so moving I can’t get through without welling up. Every time. This is one. Unfortunately it’s a bit awkward enjoying it (them) with others around…particularly those who don’t (and…let’s face it…never will) share my appreciation. The albums First Circle and Letter From Home also have songs that elicit the same response. I’d’ve been a mess in this video…blubbering in my Blueberry Belch
I want “Tell Her You Saw Me” played at my funeral! 😊
11:44 "Ssshhh listen!!!" They know who they are talking to, right?
Rae is just grooving. Doug, “How they get to ‘B’ Y’All?” Never change Doug!
This was my first Pat Metheny song too. It took about thirty seconds and I haven’t been the same since. And that was like 1989. It instantly spoke to my soul and filled a void I didn’t know existed. It took a while for me to get to enjoying where the beat and melody drops in because I was floating on a cloud in that intro for days. Over and over in the fetal position on the floor. I miss his Brazillian side.
This was the first of Pat's so called "Brazilian period," when he was heavily influenced by Brazilian music. Also, the "string pop" right before Pat's entrance was his signal to the recording engineer that he was about to start playing. He said during an interview that he normally edits it out, but he liked it on this particular song, and decided to leave it in.
“Some day I hope to get there”.
Yep- he needs to just listen and enjoy.
I always return to San Lorenzo. The live version from Travels.
As always, Lyle!
So great!
The perfect end to that record.
My dad was a keyboard player and I took him to see PMG at the Wiltern Theater third row center and Lyle Mays blew him away. He was speechless. I also took him to see This Way Up at the Universal Amphitheater. I’ve seen Pat a dozen times in the last 40 years.
I remember some people at work calling Pat Metheny 'elevator music' when they asked what I had been listening to. 15 years later and I still cannot understand how musically illiterate you need to be to just not hear anything more sophisticated in this kind of music to be able to do that kind of comparison...
Same experience here. All I can say is, man, let me on that elevator!
I’ve heard that comment too and it makes me sad for their malnourished soul.
I have been playing guitar for 60 of my 73 years on this earth...and still can't get within 100 miles of Pat's playing....he's literally, "ONE OF A KIND".....And I'm thankful that I have the honor of hearing his music for as long as I can!!! He is truly a magnificent artist !!!
Some people have "no idea" what genius "sounds like"
I had the same comnent one day. « Jump on that, you’ll levitate . »
PM Group live 1986 , best concert ever, 3 hrs with no break, they performed this song and my head had to be reassembled afterward.....
I always say that after I leave a Pat show. Then I say it again next time I see him.....and again, and again.
hi...I'm idrus hamzah...from Malaysia...I discovered pat Metheny long time ago...pat & Lyle Mays are the main anchor of the pat Metheny group...both of them are genius...those who can appreciate them, it means that you are 30 years ahead of time... 👍
Idrus, I am from Malaysia too. Glad to hear that.
Pat Metheny was in your Kansas City musical backyard the whole time you were there. You were playing different music at the time, and he was in another neighborhood, but your music was great too. Much respect for your talent.
The Pat Metheny Group is one of my favorite bands. I'm so happy that you're experiencing this music. This song is a great introduction, another one to try is First Circle. It has an amazing Lyle Mays piano solo.
Great call -- arguably (and certainly for me) the greatest piece by the PMG.
First Circle is the only composition I think that Pat and Lyle wrote that is better than Minuano.
The reaction of the gal to this beautiful music is priceless!! Love it! You are right. It's pure joy. God bless you all! It was such an emotional experience living on18 minutes of my life. Thank you for that!
oh, man. I think this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written/performed. Saw them on tour when Pedro Aznar has rejoined the band, it was the best all around concert I ever saw. Maybe along with the CSO, anyways. That keyboard lick at the end of the breakdown... Lyle killed that every single time. You could check out the live version of Phase Dance or Song for Bilbao from Travels. They were an a m a z i n g band live.
I agree ..I got the album and this tune is soo beautiful
As much a fan of Pedro as I am I think the vocal harmonizing with David and Mark on songs such as this took it over the top. I saw both bands and again I am a huge fan of Pedro.
Wish the whole ensemble would come on tour rather than the quartet.
Love how each section ends on the A chord and ventures on
@@jaxonellis2995 Yes !!!!!😀
I saw them for the first time on this tour in college. I had all the records at the time, but this show touched my soul.
In a word, 'Exuberance'. Thanks for this,Doug and DJ Rae, for a reaction that matched the piece!
This is so good - all Metheny is so good. Showcasing the great composition but also, his playing is absolutely sublime on this track.
Minuano (6-8) is for me the best tune ever , I listened to this millions time and still cannot get enough.... I agree with DJ Rae it is Pure joy,
Still life talk 🗣️ 1987 😊
For a long one try "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls".....and from that album "September Fifteenth" dedicted to Bill Evans. The Latin stuff is good though, First Circle excellent, in fact the whole Metheny canon!
Or "The Way Up," for that matter. It's a classical piece in all but name, and 100% Metheny/Mays.
“It’s For You” is the most beautiful song off of one of the most beautiful albums I’ve ever heard
@@KC426859 Agreed. If that song doesn't play at my funeral, I'm not going.
@@paulbogan3400 I was born to Still Life Talking, if I have the opportunity to chose music to go out to it would probably be either the same album or Wichita, with my spirit leaving my body at exactly 4:05 in Its for You
“September Fifteenth” is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded.
My favorite Metheny song of all time, and never more fun to listen to than watching Rae enjoy it like I do. 13:14
This is the first time I've ever heard this song.
I assure you it won't be the last.
DJ Rae is just great, she lives the song thoroughly with accuracy. She got it all.
Metheny fan from the 80s. I recognized the faces Rae was making, because about my fourth time through this piece I was making the exact same faces. Such a joy, and rewarding with every listen. THANK YOU RAE!
Everything on this album is phenomenal. Guitar solo in Third Wind is the greatest non-live solo I have ever heard. Blazing and you can hear every chord change.
Pretty great live I can attest.
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
is my favorite album and piece - over 20min
20-something Grammys, buttloads of top jazz guitarist awards, excellent composer, always pushing himself in his craft....and one of my top 5 guitarists of all time. And "Are You Going With Me" has my favorite Metheny solo.....the live one with Anna Maria Jopek on vocals is just killer.
PMG was one of the best music formations that ever existed... 👍🙏
Don’t try and overthink this. Just sit back close your eyes and enjoy this work of art.
Thank you DD and DJ Rae for choosing one of my FAVORITE PMG tracks of all time! I have seen Pat 6 times in my life starting with the First Circle show in ATX in 86. The Keyboard solo of Lyle is always a treat in any track but this one is like a music lesson all by itself! This music changed my life and my appreciation of this kind of World/Progressive Jazz. Pat and Lyle have influenced my understanding of music, songwriting, composition/arrangement, production. Just a total treat to come home today to this Reaction video by you both
agree!
Great video. Thank you! I love this song and the album "still life talking" from 1987.
I listen to Pat Metheny for 40 years and saw him several times in concert in Germany. Alwas a great experience.
He is a real music genius.
I have followed Pat since 1982. He and Lyle Mays are the most incredible musicians. It is so much fun to watch the two of you enjoy him as much as I do😀
Wow Rae's face is expressing exactly what I feel when I listen to this track (which I've done more times than I can count over the years). It's so wonderful seeing it expressed outwardly by her and with such humanity and depth, amazing. Thank you Rae and Doug for reminding me what a life changing piece of music this is.
This is simply beautiful. I really love this style, a little touch of Basso Nova, jazz. Thank you. Since you’ve gone down this road, you may want to try some Chic Corea Return to Forever. And I can’t forget Jobim Wave.
Yes to Return to Forever but get to Hermeto Pascoal.
Sadly, indeed, Lyle Mays is no longer with us. Third Wind off this album is good. I've seen them twice. They sound just like this live.
Excellent pick, Rae! Pat Metheny has so much great music to pick from, but this is perfect for Doug's intro - I think I've heard more "huh"s from Doug than in all his prior reactions together!
One of the Group's most beautiful songs, perhaps a song to be heard as a classic song from the 20th century. Beethoven would give a standing ovation!!
One of my favourites. Last train Home from the same album is possibly my favourite song of all time.
That is one of my favs from Pat. He did a medley during his last show and threw snippets from last train in.
The live versions on The Road To You of both songs are amazing!
Last Train Home always makes me cry. I moved from my hometown of Chicago to Phoenix AZ in 2000 and it reminds me of that time frame. Of leaving a place I loved to find a new place.
@@bhusar1 epic bridge..
I love DJ Rae. She acts like me when I here this tune.. She's great.
Sinuous and beautiful. Nice choice, and so much more there from Metheny and Mays in this era. Rae's expressions are priceless. (Yours too, Doug.)
DJ Rae........thank you for appreciating such great music! May the Good Lord above keep blessing you!
Our daily doug & rae of light! Sublime indeed. Metheny is some next level music
WINNER 💛💛💛💛💛💛
The first song I ever "HEARD" by Pat Metheny.....My mind just melted.....Instantly and forever hooked! This IS CLASSICAL MUSIC! If anything is CLASSICAL MUSIC, this is classical.....and jazz, and rock, and,...and...and.....It is psychedelic to the core and no drugs required. This tune is mind altering in very peculiar ways.
I've seen Pat Metheny many times on Spain, and always is a moment of discover another worlds, enter in secret unseen places near to you, feel things on another way, and always Pat gives you a friendly hand to make the journey with you. Doug, welcome to a new way to see the world
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This is so fun watching the technical breakdown by some very entertaining (and brilliant) people unraveling a compostion that has been ingrained in my soul for nearly 40 years.
For the hundreth time - SSSTTOOOOPP TALKING while the music is playing!!! - stop, then talk, anaylyze, gesticulate, etc, alll that you need to do! Dont interfere with your OWN PURE ENJOYMENT OF THE MUSIC..
So amazing to watch a newbie react. DJ Rae is like every Metheny fan I've encountered. Positive, enthusiastic, and in tune with the source of all that is.I can't imagine not hearing Metheny until now, but Doug will have an endless source of enJOYment from now on. You need to have DJ Rae on more often. Like she said, listen and pause occasionally to make comments. You don't want to miss a single note.
One of my favorites! I love the joy on DJ Rae’s face!
RIP Lyle May's. His keyboard playing is in such a wonderful pocket for Pat to ride on. That percussion is so cyclic and sweet. It's all one amazing jazz boquet.
I'm excited about this as well as your guest. This was the first Pat Metheny CD I bought. Totally mesmerizing music. Please react to Dream of the Return from the Pat's album Letter from Home. A beautiful poem written and sung by Pedro Aznar with exquisite arrangements by Pat and Lyle Mays
I chose “Dream of the return” along with “Always and forever” and “Letter from home” for my father’s funeral service last week. I’m so glad I did this, I really couldn’t think of anything better. Thank you Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Toots Thielemans and Pedro Aznar.
What a vibrant piece of music. I had not heard that before. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you experience this together. Thanks for taking us along.
My first exposure to this was a big band version at our local junior college. A whole bunch of local pros did Bob Curnow's arrangement, and watching them do the marimba interlude was pretty amazing. A life-changing experience.
One Title: As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
More Pay Metheny Group! You two are so much fun to watch! It like I’m watching myself in these songs!
This girl is so full of life, spirit, emotion and art. I apreciate a lot.Pat would be falling in love for her..
DJ Rae, will you marry me?
This is so incredibly heartwarming. To watch you dig over this incredible music and dig it so much is a thrill!
The way the breakdown at 12:40 transitions back into the main theme gives me chills every single time. Such a fantastic composition.
Thanks for posting this. And thanks to DJ Rae for her appearance & enthusiasm. Glad she got you on this vibe. This is one of my fave PMG albums. Not a "B" cut on it. Start to finish, the music on this album is like an exploding, beautiful soul -- something I find common to a lot of Brazilian music. This LP is like gravy for the body, mind & spirit. I particularly go off my rocker whenever I play "(It's Just) Talk."
Metheny has so much great music you could spend weeks or months in it. As a guitarist I'm always fascinated when Pat uses a guitar synth on the 'trumpets of doom' setting. Reminds of Miles davis.
That was just a blast watching you guys experience this in your different ways. I’ve been a fan since before that album, but that has to be one of the best contemporary jazz compositions of the 20th century. Remarkable.
This track gives me goose bumps each and every single time I listen to it. The word "genius" might be overused nowadays, but there is no other word to describe Pat Metheny: a genius. So, yes Doug, just listen and enjoy! 🙂
Goose bumps! Me too.
Pat Metheny is indeed a genius. It's indisputable. Ar times, I have a tough time believing he is human...
I liked Pat's coloboration with David Bowie in 1985 on "This is not America", but didn't know more about his music. In the early 90ties someone requested "Last train home" on a local radio station and I immediately recorded it without knowing it. And that open a door for me to a special place of music. Minuano is my fav track by the Pat Metheny Group and I enjoyed it so much to watch you both having a great time.
There are 40+ years of incredible Pat Metheny music to check out, if you’re new to his music. Everything from straight ahead jazz to incredibly sophisticated compositions such as this, with an incredibly wide palette of styles and sounds. He’s a treasure : )
This song still gives me goosebumps to this day.
DJ Rae is right, you need more Fusion Jazz in there.. it has all the textures, and sophistication; Chick Corea still needs a Tribute.. Frank Gambale
Yeah, get some Tribal Tech in there too!
I have heard this song literally thousands of times, and I sit here today listening to Minuano yet again with tears welling in my eyes.
I really enjoyed the lady's face listening to this theme. She really felt the music as it is; joyful. I personally adore Pat Metheny's works at the end of 80's and beginning of 90's. And I would suggest some other songs like "To The End Of The World" or "The truth will always be" amongst many others. Pat is a genius.
When I watched Rae, I was so glad I’m not the only woman who MUST vibe with PMG, - it was like looking at me in the mirror. LMAO! Soooo fun!
Dang! I want these two to do "First Circle." I know this music as well as Rae does and I enjoyed seeing their enthusiasm. Joyful!!
Her simple description of “pure joy” is so perfect. I remember hearing this when the album first came out and then hearing them perform it in concert. It filled me with such overwhelming joy.
This “record” as Pat says, was life changing for me, as are so many of his compositions. His collaborations with the late Lyle Mays, and earlier work leading the PMG will always remain in my innermost psyche. To see that band live numerous times thru the years is simply indescribable.
*(And now DJ Rae is my new internet crush!) 🥰
No Kidding. Doug is lucky to have such an awesome friend.
So glad to find this!! I was jamming to Pat in the 80’s and still now - it’s timeless! I remember skiing to this song playing in my headphones back in ‘90. The whole album is soul affirming and genius!
The live version of this brings it to a whole another level.
Soul coming out of your body with happiness that you can see and feel! What a song. Thank Pat and Myles and the group too
Doug, You might want to take a listen to Kurt Elling's Album "Man in the Air". He wrote lyrics for and performed Minuano. You and DJ Rae should enjoy it.
I have tears running down my face. I experience this song in the exact way that your sidekick does every single time. An absolute master class in rhythm and melodicism. Not to mention one of your best vids ever!
Not scat, but vocalese! R.I.P., Lyle Mays and Mark Ledford. Just brilliant. Check out the live concert video version, Doug!
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I had a blast with your video. In my case I was fortunate to listen to Pat Metheny Lyle Mays and the band in the early 80's and got my hands on this record the moment it came out. You two did a perfect interpretation of what was to be expected among the one who knew (DJ Rae) and the one who didn´t (Doug). It was a delight to see Dougs face trying so hard to wrap his head thoughts and musical theory around a band that every musician I stumble across and hears it for the first time has his musical brain blown away! I was riding along there with you two seeing Rae's face of delight and Doug's more like musical "nausea", not knowing if the next measure was going to take hin down or up. I caught myself speaking to Doug on the computer just when it ended and saying out loud "Did you enjoy the Roller Coaster?" the moment you made a roller coster remark exactly, talk abpout connection. I knew Rae was enjoying seeing how you were getting "tossed around" musically. I even thought at one moment you should stop searching for the chord progressions and you just remarked that maybe it was better to just shut up and enjoy (hilarious). These guys can do this to ya, Talk about unconventionalism, this is a prime example. Nontheless, executed with taste and style undoubtedly not many bands can pull this stuff off with such perfection and elegance. For another treat I suggest Third Wind. For a more technical breakdown see Lyle Mays the Coimposer (Parts 1 and 2) by Ryan Slatko. There you just might find many answers to the obvious questions regarding two powerhouse composers complementing themselves musically for more than 30 years. RIP Lyle Mays...always within our musical hearts.
Metheny is great. I've always loved his tone. I'm a big fan of his stuff with Jaco on bass, including his playing with Joni Mitchell. Thanks, guys! RIP Lyle