Your Top 10 Pat Metheny Songs

[MitjaM]

1. As it is
2.Last train home
3. Are you going with me
4.james
5. have you heard
6.Into The Dream
7. Unity Village
8.first circle
9.san lorenzo
10.slip away

[xybert]

Bright Size Life (from Bright Size Life)
The Search (from American Garage)
Two Folk Songs (from 80/81)
It's For You/Estupenda Graca (from As Falls Witchita...)
The First Circle (from First Circle)
Dream Of The Return (from Letter From Home)
Finding And Believing (from Secret Story)
Travels (from Trio 99>00... this whole record is killer BTW)
As It Is (from Speaking Of Now)
Ahmid-6 (from Metheny Mehldau)

That was fun... had to leave off many, many favourites to get it down to 10 but there you go (and obviously cheated majorly by having It's For You/Estupenda Graca as one track). Ask me again tomorrow etc, but these 10/11 tracks are definitely firm favourites. Cheers and welcome to the board.

[Valerie]

sorry i can't think of the titles of 10 at this moment, but after all these years, i'm still madly in love with:

1. Offramp
2. Are You Going With Me? and
3. James

i never tire of hearing them.

[walkin]

Are You Going With Me
Have You Heard
Travels
It`s For You
The Search
Daybreak
Lonely Woman
Bright Size Life
So May It Secretly Begin
Icefire

[jav]

I must confess to not being a big Pat Metheny fan. A few years back he performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival and one of the people in attendance was telling my wife and myself how her ex-husband had introduced her to his music and told her what a religious like experience it was seeing him live. She obviously had adopted that type of reverent attitude as well. I dont share that love of his music, BUT I do have two favorites by him that stop me cold anytime I hear them:

1. As Falls Witchita So Falls Witchita Falls
2. Spiritual (duet with Charlie Haden)

[escher]

i've never been a fan of him so i can't do a top ten but i really like "In her family".

[flyin' brian]

Bright Size life
Question and Answer
The Entire Secret Story concept album
80/81
The First Circle
Have You Heard
Is This America
James
Go Get It
San Lorenzo

[Alypius]

1. A Night Away (7:59), from Quartet, with Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch, 2007)
2. Bright Size Life (4:46), from Bright Size Life, with Jaco Pastorius (ECM, 1975)
3. Follow Me (5:58), from Imaginary Days (Warner Bros, 1997)
4. Song for the Boys (4:32), from One Quiet Night (Warner Bros, 2003)
5. Snova (6:01), from Day Trip, with Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez (Nonesuch, 2008)
6. Letter from Home (2:33), from Letter from Home (Geffen, 1989; remastered: Nonesuch, 2006)
7. Minuano (9:28), from Still Life (Talking) (Geffen, 1987; remastered: Nonesuch, 2011)
8. Eighteen (5:55), from Offramp (ECM, 1981)
9. Two Folk Songs (20:46), from 80 / 81, with Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Dewey Redman, Michael Brecker (ECM, 1980)
10. Finding and Believing (9:58), from Secret Story (Geffen, 1992)

Five Others:
11. The Moon Song (6:59), from Beyond the Missouri Sky, with Charlie Haden (Polygram, 1997)
12. Phase Dance (8:19), from Pat Metheny Group (ECM, 1978)
13. Sea Journey (8:59), from Quartet Live, with Gary Burton (Concord, 2009)
14. Inori (6:04), from Tokyo Day Trip, with Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez (Nonesuch, 2008)
15. Mob Job (4:11), from Song X, with Ornette Coleman (Geffen, 1985; remaster: Nonesuch, 2005)

[dazz]

in chronoligical order:

1. Sueno Con Mexico (New Chautauqua 1979)
2. Pat's solo (from Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light 1980)
3. It's For You (As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 1981)
4. Are You Going with Me? (Offramp 1982)
5. Au Lait (Offramp 1982)
6. Eighteen (Offramp 1982)
7. Minuano (Six Eight) (Still Life (talking) 1987)
8. Always and Forever (Secret Story 1992)
9. Antonia (Secret Story 1992)
10. Say the Brother's Name (I Can See Your House from Here 1994)

18 years since the last exciting metheny track...

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Saxophone Lessons

[flyin' brian]

Originally Posted by dazz

18 years since the last exciting metheny track...

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You didn't care for any of the Trio and Trio Live material?

[dazz]

Originally Posted by flyin' brian

You didn't care for any of the Trio and Trio Live material?

The list was limited to 10. It's not that Metheny hasn't done anything good since 1994 , it's just that there isn't a standout (for me) coming from those years. but I have to admit I haven't heard all of his albums thoroughly, and I'm sure there are gems that eluded me (I hope they'll get me one day).

And on the same topic- if you guys haven't heard the album Upojenie - by polish singer Anna Maria Jopek, with Metheny sharing the title - there are some exciting moments there. Metheny made few ventures into vocal music and they are all recomended (Joni Mitchell, Milton Nascimento, Noa and this one).

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[Valerie]

the entire Off Ramp album/cd still kills me after all these decades!!

[Buddha]

Are there ten songs on BSL?

[Mark of Cenla]

I like these:

"Imaginary Day"
"Have You Heard"
"Minuano (Six Eight)"
"The Roots of Coincidence"
"Third Wind"
"Follow Me"
"James"
"Song for Bilbao"

Peace and goodwill.

[bucsko91daniel]

1. Last Train Home
2. Still Life (Talking)
3. Bright Size Life
4. The Falcon and the Snowman
5. Facing West
6. Sueño Con Mexico
7. The Moon Song
8. Always and Forever
9. Finding and Believing
10. A nigh away