This album on cassette tape was the sound track to my viewing of Halley's Comet in 1986 with the new telescope my wonderful wife gave me in a dark field south of Fort Worth. Magic! Perfect accompaniment.
Oh my gosh. I’d forgotten about Haley’s comet!! I remember a bunch of us came to my parents house, they had bought 2 really nice big telescopes and we all got to see it. How could I forget that? Thanks for the “memory jog”. 😉
Total masterpiece. Same level as September 15 present on the same album, not to mention "Au lait", another miracle of music. Almost no one knows about it, but you who listened to it know what I am talking about.
I and many of my music major buddies at Tennessee Tech would often get together back in the early 80s and listen to this album drinking beer, but listening very intently and just absorbing this great music together! A great bunch of guys! This was one of our favorite Metheny works.
Subliminal, transcendental, eclectic and euphoric. I've seen Pay Metheny perform one time, and that was when "The Way Up" was released, PHEW! He came on stage and the rest of the group and played for more than an HOUR! And when they ended that session he said; "we just did some of our latest recording, The Way Up. As a matter of fact, we did the whole album." HUH? WHO DOES THAT? Then they jammed for about another 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Man what a performance! My wife was utterly amazed, eyes and mouth wide open,saying how are they doing all that, all the sounds? Offramp was my first album of his. But I have plenty more now! Didn't mean to bore y'all but we're in the same groove!
I saw “The Way Up” show also, in Washington DC. They performed the entire album, which was really one long piece, before they took a break. Amazing and life-altering experience!
Coming up on 40 years old next month. I just heard this for the first time and felt a connection with those of you who wrote comments about how you were listening to it 40 years ago. The gift of this music will keep journeying on thru time, even to those being born today.
After all these years I'm still not aware of an explanation for this otherworldly piece. All I know is that it's meant work. This is not accidental music. And there's nothing else like it.
Jazz musicians love to make little inside jokes with the titles of their works. So here goes: Jimmy Webb wrote a song "Wichita Lineman" that went gold (or platinum even) for the recording by Glen Campbell. The jazz nerds like Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays noticed the unanswered questions, like "Wichita County", "Texas or Kansas", "Telephony or Electric Power" and gave us this little send-up for amusement. The music they created is compelling but the joke remains. I hope this helps you grin about it. Cheers!
(14:05) The first time I heard this off the radio I found myself drifting into an elevated state of consciousness. It really was a transcendent experience, especially as Lyle's chords blend with the children's voices.
Possess opportunity to see Mays Methany collaboration in September of 1975 courtesy of great NYS venue "The Unicorn," now ithaca's Strand theater; my point simply-Lyle Mays should resonate within halls of American as well as International music as one of it's great composer/musician's! Does anyone feel that there exists one weak composition in this man's entire discography...
When they decided to use LM's track counts and mixed it in (14:00 time ->) they cretaed an Ambient Masterpiece. Brilliantly vizualized in Fahreheit commercial. These few minutes are something i listen to over and again. I like it. Lyle was a wonderful musician. He left us with an abundance of music. Pure beauty.
I've always wanted to meet pat and ask him one simple question "where do u get the ideas or think up such wonderful music?" Im sure though lyle was a major part in it even now in 2023 for me its a gift to listen to this wonderful album and know that all the others are there for me as well simply stunning it takes me away to a different planet as do all his albums lots of love pat from England 🇬🇧
A friend of mine went to Berklee College of Music in Boston during some of the years Pat Metheny studied and taught there. At 18, Metheny was the youngest college level instructor in Boston. Gary Burton convinced him to come to Berklee and the faculty was so blown away by his talent, he immediately became a teacher. Kills me that he was playing in a lot of small bars in the Boston area at that time and I had no clue...never saw him until his first concert hall gig at the now gone Donnelly Memorial Theater on Mass Ave near Berklee.
Love reading ALL the comments. This Amazing Music touches ALL of us at different times, in different ways! Feel so blessed to have found Pat Metheny. Keep coming back to it 30 years later and it keeps getting deeper and more profound.
@@pangeaproxima3681 yes I was referring to the 2”oks” They came across as “enough already”. Apparently that person had a long comment and I would say, Yes it was wordy but they have the right to gush!!! As you have the right to criticism. Kindness is in short supply these days..and your comment came across as snide. If you don’t like something, Keep it to yourself.
@@SusanJohnson-xl3ys Are you Moder Teresa? Are you the devil's advocate? Are you related to that person? I don't freakin' care if kindness is in short supply or not these days. Who cares anyway? if I don't like something I WON'T keep it to myself, even less here on this sort of stupid comment section. Are you my mom to give me advice on what I must or mustn't do? Get lost.
Hey Thanks for this memorable upload - my 1st PM album what musical brilliance ,vision and quality for the time and the start of Pat & Lyle's metamorphosis into many first class musical group collaborations which I followed religiously from gigs in USA ,London Spain to Perth Australia (the Sanchez ,Oh & Simcock bandmembers ).Biggest regret was not seeing PM live with Esbjorn Svensson Group (EST) a magical musical collaboration & Let us not forget Lyle's contribution to PAT's music over the many years R I P Lyle Mays ....as a fitting tribute please play th-cam.com/video/hFVnfN-hpuM/w-d-xo.html Lyle was brilliant on this ......forever, DJEJ Ayrshire
I bought the LP As Falls Wichita,So Falls Wichita Falls back in 1981 when it was first released and its one of my most treasured Albums and I eventually bought the CD. I felt so fortunate for this Album to enter into my life. Its an uplifting and equally tragic feeling of love and abandonment all thrown together in such a beautiful Album. They toured the U.K. and I was lucky enough to see them both perform this track amongs others and the title track from the Album...I still have my concert ticket inside the LP. I've beeen a Pat Metheny fan ever since. I found out about the passing of Lyle Mays here in TH-cam a few years ago. He died aged 66 in Feb 2020 and was the co founder of the The Pat Metheny Group. An incredible Pianist.His synthesizers gave depth and color to the ensemble’s sound. He soloed gracefully on grand piano. And he helped write many staples of the group’s repertoire. There used to be a beautiful video in youTube to this track, a view from the window of a train travelling somewhere in North America in Winter and it fitted the emotional senses that this track can bring. I have looked for it many times since but it may have been removed.
Aqui bajo la lluvia en el sur de chile al fin del mundo escuchando esta hermosa pieza musical..no me decido a elejir entre el sonido de la lluvia o el de PMG.. mejor me dejaré llevar por ambos.
When I used to work overseas, a man called Patheny used to sleep with my wife - I found out because he left a Crowed House cassette in my Nakimichi. I haven’t seen or heard from either of them since 2003. This song always makes me think of them.
Saw Pat perform this live, outdoors, back in the mid 80s. I was in my 20s. 61 now, and I still not only remember that concert, but everything my life was back then is linked to it. His music captures an entire time in my life.
Has it been that long? I saw PM Group live in Hartford CT - that's my voice yelling on Phase Dance track - most exhilarating - out of body music experience I ever had.
I uploaded this 2 years ago because none of this album was available on TH-cam but it got copyright striked and wasn't available for anyone to watch. But this year it was lifted so there's been a huge influx of views
The final section of this music (starting from 14:10) evoked pain in me even on the first listen. It is as if someone from the spiritual realm is observing the children playing outside, who have just recently arrived here and are happily discovering the earth. Perhaps it is a human individuality departing from material existence, who once felt this same innocent enthusiasm for the world, but, having aged and laid down their weary body, is now beginning their journey toward the infinite once again. Ennek a zenének az utolsó (14:10-től kezdődő) szakasza már az első meghallgatása során is fájdalmat váltott ki bennem. Mintha valaki a szellemi világból szemlélné a szabadban játszó gyermekeket, akik csak nemrég érkeztek ide, s boldogan fedezik fel maguknak a földet. Talán éppen egy az anyagi létből távozó emberi individualitás, aki egykor maga is ilyen ártatlanul lelkesedett ez iránt a világ iránt, de megöregedett és fáradt testét lerakva ismét elindult a végtelen felé.
Followed Pat from the start until now with Dream Box. There are lots of unique pieces of music in his repertoire, but this is up there. Maybe it's sentimental because Lyle had input, that said, it's a timeless piece of music
Saw PM et al at Texas A&M in the early 80’s. I was wondering how they were going to do rumbling sound effect live: A large sheet of metal. Gotta hand it to those Brazilian percussionists.
I remember when Off Ramp came out and listened to it a bunch but in my mid twenties didn’t pay attention to Au lait Now as an old lady, I love it. It does remind me that in the late 60s and 70s foreign
Hit the wrong button Getting use to it at my age. Anyway during that time period foreign “love story “ really risqué movies were all the rage like Last Tango in Paris. That song made me wonder if Lyle saw too many of them. But I do like to listen to it. It is now one of my favorites. Never did like the song Off Ramp or James still don’t!!😊
I remember this song from the late 70s. Matheny did it by mixing tape tracks and the genre was new age music, predating all the chill music, techno dub remixes of today by 45 to 50 years. But, oddly enough so similar.
I had this subliminal self-confidence tape with some New Age music. My friend said it sounded like Pat Metheny. By coincidence, I was reading this book “Getting High Without Drugs.” It recommended As Falls Wichita So Wichita Falls. I bought the compact disc and loved the title track. I also saw Pat in concert at The Beacon Theatre in NYC. He didn’t play As Falls Wichita So Wichita Falls! 🤦
I was a freshmen at Bowling Green in the fall of 1984 and my roomate had this one on vinyl, and I had the kicking stereo. Back then we were all our own djs, now I can listen to anything literally anywhere in the world. Vinyl nostalgia aside, love that I hear this tune in a few clicks haha
I had this on cassette early 80s.. I don’t know how it got in my box drawer of cassette tapes. I listened to it. I was afraid to buy spacy music because they always suggested something that I didn’t like. Apex twin or whatever, I like apex twin although rarely listen. it’s not the same when professional musicians paint earth n space.
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This album on cassette tape was the sound track to my viewing of Halley's Comet in 1986 with the new telescope my wonderful wife gave me in a dark field south of Fort Worth. Magic! Perfect accompaniment.
Oh my gosh. I’d forgotten about Haley’s comet!! I remember a bunch of us came to my parents house, they had bought 2 really nice big telescopes and we all got to see it. How could I forget that? Thanks for the “memory jog”. 😉
Total masterpiece. Same level as September 15 present on the same album, not to mention "Au lait", another miracle of music. Almost no one knows about it, but you who listened to it know what I am talking about.
Saw him play it live at Sydney Opera house, so come what may my life was worth it.
Got you. If you can't understand PMG and Mays then you can't understand me.
ok, ok...
@@mensahajanaku lmao!
"Au Lait" is on Offramp. The collaboration between Pat Metheny & Lyle mays was such an incredible musical & artistic achievement...
The live version on Travels album was breathtaking. Mays Metheny Gottlieb Vaasconcelis, Rodby
Pat & Lyle are Music-Magicians, full of Love, Fantasy, Intelligence
I and many of my music major buddies at Tennessee Tech would often get together back in the early 80s and listen to this album drinking beer, but listening very intently and just absorbing this great music together! A great bunch of guys! This was one of our favorite Metheny works.
Oh man take me there. I'm there with you guys every time I listen to this masterpiece ❤
Subliminal, transcendental, eclectic and euphoric. I've seen Pay Metheny perform one time, and that was when "The Way Up" was released, PHEW! He came on stage and the rest of the group and played for more than an HOUR! And when they ended that session he said; "we just did some of our latest recording, The Way Up. As a matter of fact, we did the whole album." HUH? WHO DOES THAT? Then they jammed for about another 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Man what a performance! My wife was utterly amazed, eyes and mouth wide open,saying how are they doing all that, all the sounds? Offramp was my first album of his. But I have plenty more now! Didn't mean to bore y'all but we're in the same groove!
I saw “The Way Up” show also, in Washington DC. They performed the entire album, which was really one long piece, before they took a break. Amazing and life-altering experience!
Coming up on 40 years old next month. I just heard this for the first time and felt a connection with those of you who wrote comments about how you were listening to it 40 years ago. The gift of this music will keep journeying on thru time, even to those being born today.
The first I heard him play , I was hooked. This was my first song also.
Great song on long drives.
I love It’s for You. I discovered it in 85 from the Kevin Costner film Fandango
Yes it does and I sure miss Lyle Mays not being on this planet.
After all these years I'm still not aware of an explanation for this otherworldly piece. All I know is that it's meant work. This is not accidental music. And there's nothing else like it.
Jazz musicians love to make little inside jokes with the titles of their works. So here goes: Jimmy Webb wrote a song "Wichita Lineman" that went gold (or platinum even) for the recording by Glen Campbell. The jazz nerds like Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays noticed the unanswered questions, like "Wichita County", "Texas or Kansas", "Telephony or Electric Power" and gave us this little send-up for amusement. The music they created is compelling but the joke remains. I hope this helps you grin about it. Cheers!
Brighton, sunny day, acid, and this on the turntable......................nuff said
(14:05) The first time I heard this off the radio I found myself drifting into an elevated state of consciousness. It really was a transcendent experience, especially as Lyle's chords blend with the children's voices.
I saw Pat perform this piece in 1983 with his ensemble. Mesmerizing performance at Pantages Theatre.
The perfect Cosmic Groove for a lazy sunny late Sunday afternoon.
Oooh yeah. 🫠✌️❤❤
This entire album is a masterpiece not for casual listening. Sit, turn down the lights and take the journey. Oh, lock the door.
This is a journey. As much as Pat.and Lyle and Nana created the inspiration and soundtrack, it is each of our personal journey.
Such beauty
I forgot to lock the door. Metheny came in and stole my brain.
And I forgot to gag my parrot !
14:56 fahrenheit ❤
Possess opportunity to see Mays Methany collaboration in September of 1975 courtesy of great NYS venue "The Unicorn," now ithaca's Strand theater; my point simply-Lyle Mays should resonate within halls of American as well as International music as one of it's great composer/musician's! Does anyone feel that there exists one weak composition in this man's entire discography...
When they decided to use LM's track counts and mixed it in (14:00 time ->) they cretaed an Ambient Masterpiece. Brilliantly vizualized in Fahreheit commercial. These few minutes are something i listen to over and again. I like it. Lyle was a wonderful musician. He left us with an abundance of music. Pure beauty.
Got this when it was 1st released...i was working at a record store - it changed my way of looking & listening to music.
Sonic alchemy. Gracias amigos.
I've always wanted to meet pat and ask him one simple question "where do u get the ideas or think up such wonderful music?" Im sure though lyle was a major part in it even now in 2023 for me its a gift to listen to this wonderful album and know that all the others are there for me as well simply stunning it takes me away to a different planet as do all his albums lots of love pat from England 🇬🇧
A friend of mine went to Berklee College of Music in Boston during some of the years Pat Metheny studied and taught there. At 18, Metheny was the youngest college level instructor in Boston.
Gary Burton convinced him to come to Berklee and the faculty was so blown away by his talent, he immediately became a teacher.
Kills me that he was playing in a lot of small bars in the Boston area at that time and I had no clue...never saw him until his first concert hall gig at the now gone Donnelly Memorial Theater on Mass Ave near Berklee.
Love reading ALL the comments. This Amazing Music touches ALL of us at different times, in different ways! Feel so blessed to have found Pat Metheny. Keep coming back to it 30 years later and it keeps getting deeper and more profound.
ok, ok...
You don’t need to be snide with the person who wrote that comment!! Apparently we’re all fans and we all express our thoughts in different ways.
@@SusanJohnson-xl3ys Are you talking to me?
@@pangeaproxima3681 yes I was referring to the 2”oks”
They came across as “enough already”. Apparently that person had a long comment and I would say, Yes it was wordy but they have the right to gush!!! As you have the right to criticism. Kindness is in short supply these days..and your comment came across as snide.
If you don’t like something,
Keep it to yourself.
@@SusanJohnson-xl3ys Are you Moder Teresa? Are you the devil's advocate? Are you related to that person? I don't freakin' care if kindness is in short supply or not these days. Who cares anyway? if I don't like something I WON'T keep it to myself, even less here on this sort of stupid comment section. Are you my mom to give me advice on what I must or mustn't do? Get lost.
Hey Thanks for this memorable upload - my 1st PM album what musical brilliance ,vision and quality for the time and the start of Pat & Lyle's metamorphosis into many first class musical group collaborations which I followed religiously from gigs in USA ,London Spain to Perth Australia (the Sanchez ,Oh & Simcock bandmembers ).Biggest regret was not seeing PM live with Esbjorn Svensson Group (EST) a magical musical collaboration & Let us not forget Lyle's contribution to PAT's music over the many years R I P Lyle Mays ....as a fitting tribute please play th-cam.com/video/hFVnfN-hpuM/w-d-xo.html Lyle was brilliant on this ......forever, DJEJ Ayrshire
I bought the LP As Falls Wichita,So Falls Wichita Falls back in 1981 when it was first released and its one of my most treasured Albums and I eventually bought the CD. I felt so fortunate for this Album to enter into my life. Its an uplifting and equally tragic feeling of love and abandonment all thrown together in such a beautiful Album. They toured the U.K. and I was lucky enough to see them both perform this track amongs others and the title track from the Album...I still have my concert ticket inside the LP. I've beeen a Pat Metheny fan ever since.
I found out about the passing of Lyle Mays here in TH-cam a few years ago. He died aged 66 in Feb 2020 and was the co founder of the The Pat Metheny Group. An incredible Pianist.His synthesizers gave depth and color to the ensemble’s sound. He soloed gracefully on grand piano. And he helped write many staples of the group’s repertoire. There used to be a beautiful video in youTube to this track, a view from the window of a train travelling somewhere in North America in Winter and it fitted the emotional senses that this track can bring. I have looked for it many times since but it may have been removed.
Here I thought it was just me... I too have been searching for that particular video from that train in the Midwest of America. A perfect fit.
@@oldschoolruler Thanks for making me believe that video really did exist some years back. Its a shame its no longer around.
@@oldschoolruler Great News the video of the train journey clip that accompanies Witchita has magically reappeared.
@@ekim1451 thanks for sharing that news...
@@oldschoolruler your welcome
I've been looking for this for decades!!!!
Muchas gracias señor por esto es realmente muy valioso
Yes, the entire album.
Instructions for use: Joint, earphones, dark,eyes shut.POW!
best music possible.
Aqui bajo la lluvia en el sur de chile al fin del mundo escuchando esta hermosa pieza musical..no me decido a elejir entre el sonido de la lluvia o el de PMG.. mejor me dejaré llevar por ambos.
Meravigliosamente Pat e Lile
I better take another listen to it. 😊
When I used to work overseas, a man called Patheny used to sleep with my wife - I found out because he left a Crowed House cassette in my Nakimichi. I haven’t seen or heard from either of them since 2003. This song always makes me think of them.
Bummer.
Saw Pat perform this live, outdoors, back in the mid 80s. I was in my 20s. 61 now, and I still not only remember that concert, but everything my life was back then is linked to it. His music captures an entire time in my life.
Has it been that long? I saw PM Group live in Hartford CT - that's my voice yelling on Phase Dance track - most exhilarating - out of body music experience I ever had.
Obra de ARTE ❤
I’m just guessing but I take it you just might like thi album??!!😉
14:30 Dior Fahrenheit
…and to have Nana on it just takes it off the charts. He was other worldly.
7.7k views?!--As Falls Wichita... is one of the loveliest albums ever made...
I uploaded this 2 years ago because none of this album was available on TH-cam but it got copyright striked and wasn't available for anyone to watch. But this year it was lifted so there's been a huge influx of views
The final section of this music (starting from 14:10) evoked pain in me even on the first listen. It is as if someone from the spiritual realm is observing the children playing outside, who have just recently arrived here and are happily discovering the earth. Perhaps it is a human individuality departing from material existence, who once felt this same innocent enthusiasm for the world, but, having aged and laid down their weary body, is now beginning their journey toward the infinite once again.
Ennek a zenének az utolsó (14:10-től kezdődő) szakasza már az első meghallgatása során is fájdalmat váltott ki bennem. Mintha valaki a szellemi világból szemlélné a szabadban játszó gyermekeket, akik csak nemrég érkeztek ide, s boldogan fedezik fel maguknak a földet. Talán éppen egy az anyagi létből távozó emberi individualitás, aki egykor maga is ilyen ártatlanul lelkesedett ez iránt a világ iránt, de megöregedett és fáradt testét lerakva ismét elindult a végtelen felé.
Quel grand album
Capolavoro, Lyle...❤😞
Followed Pat from the start until now with Dream Box. There are lots of unique pieces of music in his repertoire, but this is up there. Maybe it's sentimental because Lyle had input, that said, it's a timeless piece of music
Pretty good effort there guys, but nowhere near the genius of the live version on 'Travels'!!
This song always reminded me of a wild hot air ballon ride!
Bought this right after it came out. THE Metheny Mays album. Amazing!
Tremendo Álbum gracias por subirlo
Unbelievable
Saw PM et al at Texas A&M in the early 80’s. I was wondering how they were going to do rumbling sound effect live: A large sheet of metal. Gotta hand it to those Brazilian percussionists.
Gut laugh about theBrazilian percussion 😂
the best💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Je l'ai écouté la première fois à 16 ans.
Toujours aussi puissant !
love this, just lye back, and daydream.
I remember when Off Ramp came out and listened to it a bunch but in my mid twenties didn’t pay attention to Au lait Now as an old lady, I love it. It does remind me that in the late 60s and 70s foreign
Hit the wrong button Getting use to it at my age. Anyway during that time period foreign “love story “ really risqué movies were all the rage like Last Tango in Paris. That song made me wonder if Lyle saw too many of them. But I do like to listen to it. It is now one of my favorites. Never did like the song Off Ramp or James still don’t!!😊
Cose dell' altro mondo
I remember this song from the late 70s. Matheny did it by mixing tape tracks and the genre was new age music, predating all the chill music, techno dub remixes of today by 45 to 50 years. But, oddly enough so similar.
“38. 14. 55. 3.” I couldn’t have put it better, nor could Douglas Adams, come to think of it.
I'm here because of Dior Fahrenheit ad
I had this subliminal self-confidence tape with some New Age music. My friend said it sounded like Pat Metheny. By coincidence, I was reading this book “Getting High Without Drugs.” It recommended As Falls Wichita So Wichita Falls. I bought the compact disc and loved the title track. I also saw Pat in concert at The Beacon Theatre in NYC. He didn’t play As Falls Wichita So Wichita Falls! 🤦
Just beautiful.
Live version with Goiin Ahead sublime
th-cam.com/video/T0LVXhDXOEk/w-d-xo.html
a cathartic composition who's theme seems to be based on exploring the world ...
I was a freshmen at Bowling Green in the fall of 1984 and my roomate had this one on vinyl, and I had the kicking stereo. Back then we were all our own djs, now I can listen to anything literally anywhere in the world. Vinyl nostalgia aside, love that I hear this tune in a few clicks haha
14:42 what do these numbers mean?
14:42 what do these numbers mean?
🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄
Pat and Lyle, musical magicians.
Add Nana Vasconcelos...
Saw them in 1984 University of Wisconsin Madison, 40 years ago and listening to them now makes me feel like I’m 20 again.
This song was made to be listened to with ear buds. It is an otherworldly, meditative experience 😊
I had this on cassette early 80s.. I don’t know how it got in my box drawer of cassette tapes. I listened to it. I was afraid to buy spacy music because they always suggested something that I didn’t like. Apex twin or whatever, I like apex twin although rarely listen. it’s not the same when professional musicians paint earth n space.
ok, ok...
M&M Greatest duet in Jazz since Davis & Coltrane
beautiful killing machine (fat jon) - Right Is
Sheppard Air Force Base. MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY. US Post Office. My stops when I lived there. Nice
All I can add is....12:45 🤘
Blah.
Get a check-up..