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Do you prefer the raw raw power of Inner Mounting Flame or the refined raw power of BIRDS?

chowkwan08-11-2020 1:44am

jcder Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 29 posts 08-12-2020 at 02:12am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Also: I entirely concur with Heilbron's opinion of McLaughlin's "quiet soulful virtuosity of My Goal’s Beyond". IMO, his cover of "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" is the best of the many versions if that great jazz standard.
jcder Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 29 posts 08-12-2020 at 01:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I had to really think this one through. The Mahavishnu Orchestra sound is ALL refined power. Listen to the Dance of Maya again. Of course, it’s outrageously powerful, but note the structure that drives it. The time signatures. The counterpoint. Syncopation... The truth is that I love nearly all of their stuff. It’s also true that I heard the Inner Mounting Flame album before any of the others, and that may bias my analysis. Still, when I HAVE to hear some Mahavishnu, I almost always turn to Inner Mounting Flame first, just as I did all those years ago.