I first saw them in early ‘73 when a friend insisted I had to see them. Man, the nearly 3-hour concert gave me my fist musical orgasms! My young mind exploded and I was a follower for life. It was the raw & violent birth of jazz-rock fusion, altering in one blow my concept of where music could go. I just recently saw Shakti at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco and McLaughlin is still a flame thrower! Thanks for the reminder…
listennned to this allot one of my fav albums - insane - glad to see someone react the same way - i was breathless there with you there mate shout out from Edinburgh Scotland, subbed
I loved it. I ❤ Mahavishnu. I've seen McLaughlin everytime he's played in Seattle since 1971. The last was a couple years ago. It was his farewell to gigs in North America. He still plays in Europe. He's like 80 years old and he hasn't lost a beat. 😎
Great reaction. This is indeed one of the greatest fusion tracks ever recorded. I am not into "metal" or Tool for that matter, but the intensity on display here is rarely found in any kind of music.
Just loving your channel. Thank you. No one listens to this and most people think I’m crazy for loving it. Dude, you have to listen to Weather Report, Herandu. I don’t care if you feature it, I just know you’ll fucking love it. Enjoy.
Would you consider doing a Chicago Fusion song called "Devils Sweet"? Some of the tastiest playing from all involved and the last thing you'd expect to hear from them
This album was the spearhead of the jazz rock movement. Sure John Mclaughlin had already jazz rocked out with the great Tony Williams Lifetime but the finesse of this music brought the genre to a wider audience encouraging the record labels to support other fusion bands... The rockiest jazziest fusion , the high water mark IMHO. And they recorded the whole album in about a day and a half. Seeing them live in this era was a revelation.
Amazing performance from an amazing band. I listen to them again and again until today. I was about 14 years I think when I first got Inner Mounting album and it blew my mind. I remember that we met with my friends of my neighborhood and school to listen to this music here in Argentina, of course in those times also to other bands like King Crimson, ELP and others, each one in its style, but Mahavishnu is one of my favourites. So many incredible tracks!
Thank you so much for checking out the video! I've been a big fan of The Mahavishnu Orchestra for years after my dad turned me onto them. Definitely some good mood music lol.
@@rk41gator There are worse bands to be absorbed by than Weather Report. :-) But seriously, WR was in heavy rotation in my house at that time, as was Brand X and Return to Forever.
@@swimszoots Into any Genesis? During Covid lockdown, I re-visited their work and became completely absorbed (both eras, but my deep dive was more Duke and albums before that one) Wish Phil could have gotten them more into fusion jazz. I understand they all listened to Yes, Mahavishnu AND, of course, WR since Mr. Thompson came from that group!
As a teenager back in the early 90's I found this record in my dad's collection. Been in love with it ever since. The whole band are beasts, and the RAW and DRY sound of the recording is just so good. They are all alive, I still wish they could reunite at least for a one off performance. Only the bassist retired long time ago to become a photographer. I wonder what Aerosmith though back in 71' when they were one of the opening acts to Mahavishnu. Aerosmith is fine, but Mahavishnu is on a whole different level. McLaughlin all chill and dressed in white speaking softly to the crowd, and then they move on to play just about the most aggressive music from the early 70's. And it still sounds just as RAW as ever.
Great, inspirational group. Musicians musicians. If you like this and Weather Report, try Brand X, a much underrated fusion group with a GREAT DRUMMER. (almost any thing from 'Moroccan Roll' 1977 or 'Unorthodox Behaviour' 1976 albums)
Thank you so much for checking out the video and for the recommendations! I've never heard Brand X and have heard very little from Weather Report, but have added both bands to the list. Any particular songs you'd like to recommend?
@@JonathonThamesMusic Great! A lot of people look at 'Nuclear Burn' from Brand X's first album. Almost anything from them is good to great. Phil Collins is/was their drummer (he left in 1977 when he stopped Genesis to go to Canada to try and get his wife to come back). He never (almost) sings with them. He's a drummer after all. But on their second album the opening cut has him singing Sanskrit! It adds to the mysterious Middle Eastern/Indian vibe they use on Moroccan Roll album (yes, another word play). Weather Report has a lot of amazing tunes. Their two leads played with Miles Davis and Jaco put out some music before he got famous. Heavy Weather is one of their most popular albums. It has their hit tune 'Birdland'. But some others are better in my opinion. Try looking at Black Market. The title song is a good introduction. Genesis 'other' drummer, Chester Thompson (alum of Miles and also Zappa) plays on it. Hear is an easy listening 1992 collaboration Joe Zawinul and John McLaughlin - 'In a Silent Way' (showing a more mature and relaxed tune for both) ruclips.net/video/UhHhLCl2_mI/видео.html
@@JonathonThamesMusic I would love to see you do any weather report stuff really, but I think that the albums mysterious traveller, tail spinning, black market, and heavy weather are probably good places to start, pretty much everything from those albums is great! and I agree with rk4gator that pretty much anything from brand X's first two albums is really great, "nuclear burn," "sun in the night," and "macrocosm" are some of my favorites. and their great drummer is Phil Collins!
Carey is ok but is NoT a William Cobham or Dennis Chambers Hell he's not even near an early Phil Collins listen to Phil play on the song"I T"By genesis before the whole gate reverberation phenomenon of the 80s.playing the tombs fast in a forward and then in a reverse pattern for a long period of time on a track doesn't make you the greatest drummer alive it just means you can be super repetitive.playing a somewhat odd time signature on one album doesn't cut it either not when you have people like Tony royster Jr who can play tool shit in his sleep,Larnell Lewis,Gavin Harrison and Mike Portnoy out there
Thanks for checking out the reaction! Respectfully though, I must slightly disagree with the assessment of Carey. Not claiming that he's the best, just that he's my personal favorite and that his style and energy connect with me due to his accent placements, syncopated and polyrhythmic arrangements, and mastery of dynamics and velocity. And, again with the utmost respect, he has played in odd time signatures on several tracks, with some appearing on each album. Having listened to some great work by each of the drummers you listed, I certainly don’t intend to place my appreciation for them in the context of "this guy is better than this guy", and I have a high level of appreciation for each of them and every unique characteristic their styles bring to the table; they all add a tremendous amount of value to the world of music in my opinion, and Carey is no exception.
@@JonathonThamesMusic and that's ok but for me I find his playing fatiguing to my ears I found him much more prolific on the first two albums.and after Lateralus his tone changed and he became super repetitive and boring and so did their music predictable,now don't get me wrong there where stand outs here and there
@@JonathonThamesMusic OAN polyrhythms are a great way to draw the listeners in,it's sort of a hypnosis thing so when the person gets hit with a drum fill or dynamic,scream Etc..it wakes them up which makes them remember the placement of the drum fill because it's emotionally jarring and to anticipate it the next time they hear that song.Just a point I wanted to drop on you.its kind of a trick but hey what do I know 😁
@@melvinwomack3717 I can definitely understand it not connecting with everyone for sure; that's one of the many beauties of music is how differently and uniquely even the same piece of music can translate and resonate for each person. Again, I personally actually find things in his playing that progressively become more interesting and less predictable with the progression of each album, but I personally know a lot of people who also feel much more connected to their earlier work over their later work, and don't get drawn in as much as I do. They also find a good bit of it to be a bit repetitive -- but to me, I always seem to catch subtle variations within the repetitions, giving each measure something slightly unique to the ones before and after, which prevents me from getting bored as they slowly build up the theme to its full potential. It does differ from their earlier work for sure, with the changes and transitions in the first few albums being much more deliberate and sudden. To me, it's all great lol, but I definitely respect and appreciate everyone's differing points of view, and how we all love and appreciate music differently. ❤
@@melvinwomack3717 That's a fantastic description and way to think about the functionality of polyrhythms and their effectiveness in lulling the listener in! Thank you so much for sharing that!
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I first saw them in early ‘73 when a friend insisted I had to see them. Man, the nearly 3-hour concert gave me my fist musical orgasms! My young mind exploded and I was a follower for life. It was the raw & violent birth of jazz-rock fusion, altering in one blow my concept of where music could go. I just recently saw Shakti at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco and McLaughlin is still a flame thrower! Thanks for the reminder…
Thanks for the Mahavishnu reaction, hard to find many people rocking out to this masterful music!
oh yeah, by all means, do the whole mahavishnu discography
Some of the greatest music ever created........
listennned to this allot one of my fav albums - insane - glad to see someone react the same way - i was breathless there with you there mate shout out from Edinburgh Scotland, subbed
I loved it. I ❤ Mahavishnu. I've seen McLaughlin everytime he's played in Seattle since 1971. The last was a couple years ago. It was his farewell to gigs in North America. He still plays in Europe. He's like 80 years old and he hasn't lost a beat. 😎
There’s a Shakti tour coming up in 2023! 🙏🏼
'Birds of Fire' from their album of the same name is mind blowing.
Indeed billy is a freak
This blew my mind to pieces when I first heard it in 2008, I can’t imagine what it would be like to hear this in 1971
Great reaction. This is indeed one of the greatest fusion tracks ever recorded. I am not into "metal" or Tool for that matter, but the intensity on display here is rarely found in any kind of music.
They practically invented speed metal.
Every single note Billy played was the initiation of a style. He created a new vocabulary.
Just loving your channel. Thank you. No one listens to this and most people think I’m crazy for loving it. Dude, you have to listen to Weather Report, Herandu. I don’t care if you feature it, I just know you’ll fucking love it. Enjoy.
Second that 👏🏼
Thanks for bringing this kind of music to the attention of is all!
haha I find it cute and amusing (in a good way) to see all the air guitar/air violin/air drums. but yeah mahavishnu rules
Lol, thank you! Yes they do! 😊
Would you consider doing a Chicago Fusion song called "Devils Sweet"? Some of the tastiest playing from all involved and the last thing you'd expect to hear from them
I saw the premier show at Beacon Theater NYC September 1971.
This album was the spearhead of the jazz rock movement. Sure John Mclaughlin had already jazz rocked out with the great Tony Williams Lifetime but the finesse of this music brought the genre to a wider audience encouraging the record labels to support other fusion bands... The rockiest jazziest fusion , the high water mark IMHO. And they recorded the whole album in about a day and a half. Seeing them live in this era was a revelation.
Amazing performance from an amazing band. I listen to them again and again until today. I was about 14 years I think when I first got Inner Mounting album and it blew my mind. I remember that we met with my friends of my neighborhood and school to listen to this music here in Argentina, of course in those times also to other bands like King Crimson, ELP and others, each one in its style, but Mahavishnu is one of my favourites. So many incredible tracks!
i have this LP for so loong, love it!! u know, u know is the best for making love ausdhaushdaushdauhd
Thank you so much for checking out the video! I've been a big fan of The Mahavishnu Orchestra for years after my dad turned me onto them. Definitely some good mood music lol.
Amazing! Love this one.
I saw John a couple of times in concert. Incredible guitarist and so innovative
My favorite band of all time. Followed, (closely!) by Dixie Dregs. Nice to see someone else enjoying it as much as I do. :)
Keep 'em coming!
Thank you so much! The Dregs are amazing! Got to check out Steve Morse as a solo act open for Joe Satriani and he was absolutely phenomenal!
Dixie Dregs was an incredible band!!!
Excellent choices. Can not believe I missed out on Brand X in the late '70s! Guess I was absorbed by Weather Report.
@@rk41gator There are worse bands to be absorbed by than Weather Report. :-)
But seriously, WR was in heavy rotation in my house at that time, as was Brand X and Return to Forever.
@@swimszoots Into any Genesis? During Covid lockdown, I re-visited their work and became completely absorbed (both eras, but my deep dive was more Duke and albums before that one) Wish Phil could have gotten them more into fusion jazz. I understand they all listened to Yes, Mahavishnu AND, of course, WR since Mr. Thompson came from that group!
As a teenager back in the early 90's I found this record in my dad's collection. Been in love with it ever since. The whole band are beasts, and the RAW and DRY sound of the recording is just so good. They are all alive, I still wish they could reunite at least for a one off performance. Only the bassist retired long time ago to become a photographer.
I wonder what Aerosmith though back in 71' when they were one of the opening acts to Mahavishnu. Aerosmith is fine, but Mahavishnu is on a whole different level. McLaughlin all chill and dressed in white speaking softly to the crowd, and then they move on to play just about the most aggressive music from the early 70's. And it still sounds just as RAW as ever.
You must try Vital transformation. From the same album Billy Cobham drumming to absolutely fantastic
Love your reactions, fantastic
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@@JonathonThamesMusic Steven Wilson Luminol live in Mexico City, Stanley Clarke Schooldays, Nightwish Greatest show on Earth live in Tampere 2015
Great, inspirational group. Musicians musicians. If you like this and Weather Report, try Brand X, a much underrated fusion group with a GREAT DRUMMER. (almost any thing from 'Moroccan Roll' 1977 or 'Unorthodox Behaviour' 1976 albums)
Two of my favorite groups ever!
Thank you so much for checking out the video and for the recommendations! I've never heard Brand X and have heard very little from Weather Report, but have added both bands to the list. Any particular songs you'd like to recommend?
@@JonathonThamesMusic Great! A lot of people look at 'Nuclear Burn' from Brand X's first album. Almost anything from them is good to great. Phil Collins is/was their drummer (he left in 1977 when he stopped Genesis to go to Canada to try and get his wife to come back). He never (almost) sings with them. He's a drummer after all. But on their second album the opening cut has him singing Sanskrit! It adds to the mysterious Middle Eastern/Indian vibe they use on Moroccan Roll album (yes, another word play).
Weather Report has a lot of amazing tunes. Their two leads played with Miles Davis and Jaco put out some music before he got famous.
Heavy Weather is one of their most popular albums. It has their hit tune 'Birdland'. But some others are better in my opinion. Try looking at Black Market. The title song is a good introduction. Genesis 'other' drummer, Chester Thompson (alum of Miles and also Zappa) plays on it.
Hear is an easy listening 1992 collaboration Joe Zawinul and John McLaughlin - 'In a Silent Way' (showing a more mature and relaxed tune for both) ruclips.net/video/UhHhLCl2_mI/видео.html
@@JonathonThamesMusic I would love to see you do any weather report stuff really, but I think that the albums mysterious traveller, tail spinning, black market, and heavy weather are probably good places to start, pretty much everything from those albums is great! and I agree with rk4gator that pretty much anything from brand X's first two albums is really great, "nuclear burn," "sun in the night," and "macrocosm" are some of my favorites. and their great drummer is Phil Collins!
yup. hows doing this now.?
pretty much no mention of one of the greatest guitar solos that has ever happened? what in the fuck
The name is not pronounced McLoflin, it’s pronounced McLocklin!!!
So, it is. My apologies for my error.
it's actually both. neither is correct/wrong.
Carey is ok but is NoT a William Cobham or Dennis Chambers Hell he's not even near an early Phil Collins listen to Phil play on the song"I T"By genesis before the whole gate reverberation phenomenon of the 80s.playing the tombs fast in a forward and then in a reverse pattern for a long period of time on a track doesn't make you the greatest drummer alive it just means you can be super repetitive.playing a somewhat odd time signature on one album doesn't cut it either not when you have people like Tony royster Jr who can play tool shit in his sleep,Larnell Lewis,Gavin Harrison and Mike Portnoy out there
Thanks for checking out the reaction! Respectfully though, I must slightly disagree with the assessment of Carey. Not claiming that he's the best, just that he's my personal favorite and that his style and energy connect with me due to his accent placements, syncopated and polyrhythmic arrangements, and mastery of dynamics and velocity. And, again with the utmost respect, he has played in odd time signatures on several tracks, with some appearing on each album. Having listened to some great work by each of the drummers you listed, I certainly don’t intend to place my appreciation for them in the context of "this guy is better than this guy", and I have a high level of appreciation for each of them and every unique characteristic their styles bring to the table; they all add a tremendous amount of value to the world of music in my opinion, and Carey is no exception.
@@JonathonThamesMusic and that's ok but for me I find his playing fatiguing to my ears I found him much more prolific on the first two albums.and after Lateralus his tone changed and he became super repetitive and boring and so did their music predictable,now don't get me wrong there where stand outs here and there
@@JonathonThamesMusic OAN polyrhythms are a great way to draw the listeners in,it's sort of a hypnosis thing so when the person gets hit with a drum fill or dynamic,scream Etc..it wakes them up which makes them remember the placement of the drum fill because it's emotionally jarring and to anticipate it the next time they hear that song.Just a point I wanted to drop on you.its kind of a trick but hey what do I know 😁
@@melvinwomack3717 I can definitely understand it not connecting with everyone for sure; that's one of the many beauties of music is how differently and uniquely even the same piece of music can translate and resonate for each person. Again, I personally actually find things in his playing that progressively become more interesting and less predictable with the progression of each album, but I personally know a lot of people who also feel much more connected to their earlier work over their later work, and don't get drawn in as much as I do. They also find a good bit of it to be a bit repetitive -- but to me, I always seem to catch subtle variations within the repetitions, giving each measure something slightly unique to the ones before and after, which prevents me from getting bored as they slowly build up the theme to its full potential. It does differ from their earlier work for sure, with the changes and transitions in the first few albums being much more deliberate and sudden. To me, it's all great lol, but I definitely respect and appreciate everyone's differing points of view, and how we all love and appreciate music differently. ❤
@@melvinwomack3717 That's a fantastic description and way to think about the functionality of polyrhythms and their effectiveness in lulling the listener in! Thank you so much for sharing that!
Danny Carey IS a Tool. Enough Said.
To each his own I guess. Personally one of my favorite drummers of all time.