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| 1016.1 | A bit subdued | WCSM::ALVIDREZ | The State of the Artie | Thu Dec 17 1987 15:03 | 13 |
| The Pat Metheny Group certainly has a rich mixture of styles and expression
that they present, and I'm sure anyone who has heard them in concert would
agree. But this CD is tamer than their previous offerings, with a stronger
emphasis on a Latin sound. I think I would have liked to hear more
contribution from Lyle Mays (who has a GREAT CD of his own) and perhaps
more solos from Metheny. Maybe I'm a sentimentalist, but I prefer
his stuff from the American Garage era.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy this CD very much and listen to it quite
often. I just think this group has a lot more horesepower than the
songs on this CD would leave you to believe.
AAA
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| 1016.2 | so so | SHIVER::RIVERSD | Home of fluorescent cows | Fri Dec 18 1987 04:21 | 4 |
| I agree 100% with .1. I haven't totally accepted the new trend of
running the electric guitar through the synthesizer either. All
in all, not a bad effort. But I'd rather be listening to
American Garage.
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| 1016.3 | Commentia | USHS01::PARRACO | Corporate Accounts - EXXON | Fri Dec 18 1987 09:35 | 25 |
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re: .1 and .2 :
I feel that the style is deceptively "tame" now, and that the subtle
nuances offered by all the band members is very progressive. One
can still hear plenty of Metheny solo riffs, but they are sometimes
masked by the use of the Synclavier.
The PMG style has always shifted ever so slightly from album to
album. You can notice a trend towards more "hard-core" PMG from
American Garage to Offramp to First Circle (especially the first
cut, the high school band parody), and yes, to a more Latin influence.
Don't forget that those mean, long Metheny solos on A.G. are played
through a guitar sythesizer more often than not.
There are also several places on Still Life where Lyle Mays comes
through loud and clear, PMG is not PMG w/o Mays. I do like Lyle's
solo effort tho' ....
I know a lot of folks who do rather like the pre-First Circle stuff
better (the Danny Gottlieb drum era - who also has a new solo album)
but I like the way Pat keeps moving ahead ....
- Andy
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| 1016.5 | Just a few personal comments! | BPOV04::MICHAUD | Think about software that thinks! | Thu Jan 26 1989 11:58 | 21 |
| I think 'Still Life (talking)' is excellent. I also have 'American
Garage' and like that style also. The discs I have now and enjoy
are:
American Garage
Quartet
As Falls
Bright Size Life
Falcon and the Snowman
Life Still (talking)
New Chitaqua(sp?)
I have heard 'Offramp', too wild for me. Must be a Colman influence.
'Song-X' this one speaks for itself. 'Hate' is much too kind.
Colman definately had something to do with this one.
As far as 'First Circle' goes, it has it's moments but not enough
for me to own.
john//
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