Mahavishnu Orchestra: Power of love.

[fabiobasscam]

Ralphe Armstrong on bass!! Narada on drums!! GREAT!!!

[yootesa1515]

cool sjoo!

[ubergeraldine]

Even Curt Cobain wan't convinced... hence his exit!

[jimdep1]

@Mahavishnumama

Same here!

[gglad0904]

John MacLaughlin and Jean-Luc Ponty: one of the greatest musical relationships of all time.

[magikkris]

@gglad0904 with ponty/zappa XD

[Symphorockder124]

Epic!

[bluesborn]

Jean Luc Ponty was a great player in his own right."Imaginary Voyage" was really a fine recording.That said Jerry Goodman was a very,very,VERY hard act to follow.

[baficchio]

One of the best guitarist and composer , great..

[thrakish]

@Mahavishnumama Amen to that. Cheers!

[Jphthe2]

So beautiful....

[Tengent]

I love these harmonies. I don't know why, but they make me feel very nostalgic.

[CatastrophicDisease]

@bazonics Hey man, you know what album this is from?

[bazonics]

@CatastrophicDisease . from the IMO underrated 'Apocalypse'.

[tyrannicoystercult]

@bazonics definitely, Trident Sessions and Apocalypse have moments just as sublime and completely creative as the classics

[BTBAMBoarder]

#1!

[jkeller650]

HAHA The Edge. Cant use a real name cuz He...welll...um...SUX!!!!!!!!!

[BrainstormSongs]

Herrlich ... einfach nur herrlich!

[beroth77]

Wait a minute am I crazy or are you discutin U2"s "guitarrist"The Edge???On a Mahavishnu video...this can't be real lol.Every one is better than Edge the guy doesn't even have a real name i'll not even talk about his playing cause...really there's n nothing to say abaout it.He is a good composer tough.

[junkdrum]

From the very underrated album Apocalypse. Trust me. This is the music you want to hear at dawn coming down from an acid trip.

[undergroundhouse]

killer.

[moimoiac]

Power of love. and music

[walterkolosky1]

Guitarist Carl Orr: "I thoroughly enjoyed reading “Follow Your Heart - John McLaughlin song by song.” The descriptions of the music are great, and I particularly enjoy those inspired moments when the author abandons literal description and describes the music in vivid, sometimes surreal imagery."

[swimologist8]

You just won't find this kind of adventurous, souful music these days. How sad.

[MCTheo3]

@swimologist8 yeh you will. It's here

[swimologist8]

I find myself feeling so peaceful and relaxed while listening to this song.

Better than a couple double martinis. And on the album, wasn't their a great breakout guitar solo on the next song?

[AZAZ54ZA]

Difficile d'oublier cette ambiance magique, cette sensibilité, ça reste très très beau !

[teddingtontcu]

Great god................30 years +

I dont want to hyperventilate on the past. But we were all looking forward, thinking this type of output would continue..............Maggie and Roland saw fit to break our dreams...............Capitalis­m

[maximumsatann]

@teddingtontcu Surely you mean Ronald?

[jlambert321]

with ya, they said kurt cobain was the shiznit

[jlambert321]

with ya there jazzman, ..they said kurt cobain was they greatest guitar player since sliced bread,..all about marketing and SALES,money money

[earthlyinfodotcom]

An Apocalypse is a disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind in an era dominated by falsehood and misconception, i.e. the veil to be lifted.

How relevant to the times........and funny how the meaning is quite different from that of the idea that first comes to mind when you hear the world........ guess who is responsible for that?

[videocanone]

Was feeling blah and then I said, why not youtube Mahavishnu and see what comes up ! glad I did ! Now I remember why I love this song from the album 'Apocalypse' so much ! It truly does express the power of Love ! now I feel GREAT ! Hope it works for the rest you too !

[stickyjb]

Jon Luc Ponty on violin???

[cuerpoeperra]

@stickyjb yes!

[Haisen]

i love this song

[visog]

Works for me - sublime

[DisgustingArsehole]

This is so beautiful, the chords are everything I want from music. The Mahavishnu Orchestra was truly the sum of its parts, unlike, say, The Pentangle, which never quite became the sum of its parts.

[tonesbe]

there was this band in miami"the new mcguire sisters" it featured sandy torano on guitar ralphe armstronge on bass and narada michael walden on drums these fuckers were unreal till they moved to connecticut and jm jammed with them next thing you the new mahavishnu was formed

[TheArbiter74]

My heroes!! It doesn't get any better than this!

[TheArbiter74]

My heroes!! It doesn't get any better than this!

[tantric1111]

this is my fave mahavishnu song thanks for posting

[egyptianminor]

"Proper songs" is an Eurocentric concept.

[gillan5]

All Best of Lists of Rolling Stone Magazine are shit!

Look at Guitar World they have profound knowledge.

[jsilence418]

@gillan5 You should have left it at all best of lists are shit !

[ShangoDC]

I remember first listening to this album around 73' or 74' when I was about ten or eleven years old. My elder brother of 8 years got me deeply into "Jazz Rock" back then and I've not turned around since...LOL. What great experimental days I wish they would come back.

[Gazontheraz]

The Edge is fucking rubbish.

[oridniv]

I didn't want it to end...their music is beyond beautiful and it helps that the men are handsome ;)

[telemacherT2]

At Winterland in SF they opened with Vision...

[truck2112yes]

I can't believe that Rolling Stone magazine trashed The Apocalypse album when it was released.

[Jazzman303]

@truck2112yes Rolling Stone is a big pile of shit. Apparently Edge is in the top 10 greatest guitarists of all time.

[truck2112yes]

I regret making videos and actually using some Rolling Stone covers...I won't be doing that again.(Edge in the top 10, huh? shows that they are out of touch with reality, in my opinion...)

[Wardr0id]

yah that list was shit....frank zappa was listed as like #45 while kurt cobain got around #10 or so ....wow wat a fucked up magazine

[yootesa1515]

@Wardr0id cobain was briliant

[Mrbiggerjobs1000]

@Jazzman303

Well said! all that bloody stupid peudo hip masterbatory rubbish- ohh! where did that word come from? I must've had one too many

[jsilence418]

@Jazzman303 You are so correct !

[totigerus]

@Jazzman303 thats funny you said that cuz i added a comment to a forum about the edge at IMDB.com under the movie "It Might get Loud" which stars the edge, Jack White and Jimmy Page. Someone was asking about the edge's skill and if guitarists really liked/respected his playing or even thought of him as a "great" in the guitar field. I wrote that all my friends are musicians and I have never even heard the edge's name even come up in conversion.

[larkydozer]

@totigerus

If in your circle of musicians, you "never even heard the Edge's name come up in conversation" , it's more of a testament to your insular vision than it is anything to do with how the Edge became one of the 20th century's most innovative guitarists.

[zosojplp]

@Jazzman303 its not always about playing the most complex scale or what not, its just that he is a very inspiring guitarists, watch it might get loud, then tell me if you think he still sucks

[Jazzman303]

@zosojplp Saw it. It pretty much consolidated my opinion. I have respect for why he does what he does but he doesn't belong in a top ten. Most people in that magazine article don't.

[mullah06]

@Jazzman303 And the edge is who??? and does he (or it ) play something?

[larkydozer]

@Jazzman303

Because innovation, feeling and tone are what can make music amazing... not just jazz based fusion chops.

Open your ears. Edge is the bomb.

[Jazzman303]

@larkydozer Whatever floats your boat.

[larkydozer]

@Jazzman303

Edge did things with a guitar (techniques, tones, applications, chord structure) which hadn't been done previously.

This is known as innovation. Something jazzers have a hard time with.

[vetmusician]

@larkydozer the ONLY reason edge is on rolling stones top 10 guitarists list is because of 60 million plus album sales, if the edge was in ANY other band, youd be lucky to even her about him, Im a U2 fan but as far as innovation is concerned thats not the edges forte, his forte is writing great hooks that BONO can sing to.......................PERIO­D

[larkydozer]

@vetmusician

No, you're so off base it's not even funny.

For ever guy like you, I can think of 20 guitar players I know personally who cite the Edge as an influence not for his hooks as much as his innovative way of approaching the guitar.

Go watch "It Might Get Loud" and see that even Jimmy Page gets screwed up trying to play one of Edge's parts the same way.... and that's without his stack of effects on.

David Torn, Mike Hedges, Steve Vai, the Edge. Players who changed the game.

[vetmusician]

@larkydozer ..........Players who CHANGED the game, Django, wes, jimi hendrix, mike hedges, allan holdsworth, eddie van halen, ...................saying the edge "Changed the game" is a comment reserved for only the most visionary of players, if you want to include the edge by all means, but you should include andy summers as well, a horribly underated guitarist or robert fripp.................what i really give the edge credit for is developing his own style in the Shred hell of the 80s

[larkydozer]

@vetmusician

I'd cite Fripp and Summers for sure. Edge wrote the preface to Andy's book and gives him loads of credit. Or, maybe that was Edge's book?.. I can't recall exactly. By the way.... if you haven't yet.... you have to read "One Train Later" ... Andy's book.

This is all semantic now and really musical taste is simply a subjective preference.

It's not like we're attempting to determine objective truths by means of philosophy.

Cheers.

[5oulPower]

@vetmusician yes... So I suppose all the Coldplays, Radioheads, Travises, Keanes, Muses and... Erm... About almost every other alternative-rock band around today... Is not the mighty influence of The Edge?

EPIC FAIL.

You should do more research b4 posting anyhing stupid.

[vetmusician]

@5oulPower For this one i should of remembered a saying I often use when I say something stupid........................­......"Shut the fuck up vet".............LOL, I apologize to everyone for my stupid and ignorant comment, It really is unlike me......

[5oulPower]

@larkydozer true. So many people think The Edge doesn't do much, simply because his notes sound soo simple. And they don't realize how BLOODY FRIGGIN HARD those notes are to replicate, because they've never tried them.

[larkydozer]

@5oulPower

Sure. There are countless videos on YouTube which feature guitar players attempting songs like "Wire", or even "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" and they mostly get it wrong.

It's a conceit to think that "simple" means "easy".

[5oulPower]

@vetmusician dude either you have never played the guitar, or play it so bad you don't realize how BLOODY FRIGGIN HARD those simple-sounding melodies The Edge makes. Go learn guitar more. Don't comment on something you don't know. BTW this is a formally trained musician who can play 4 instruments talking to you.

[vetmusician]

@5oulPower Well I guess there is a time in everyones life where they have to aknowledge how wrong they are, and I guess this is my time...............LOL, great music is great music and there is no doubt that the edge writes great music, plays guitar great and even throws in some piano when he gets bored..........LOL, and the fucking Irony is not only the fact that Im wrong, but to add insult to injury my girlfriend is From Dublin, and If she ever read what I wrote she would kick my ass....LOL

[eagle0468]

@Jazzman303 Yeah that's why I've created a facebook page titled "100 Great Guitarists". I want to collect lists of favorite guitarists from fans accross facebook and then make a matrix spreadsheet that will show the fans opinions. I have a feeling, that with enought input, we can get a more objective list than the one RS put out.

[Josh350]

@Jazzman303 hahaha! shit will always be on top but true music will always be underground and I love my music underground. I don' t want a bunch of snotty kids my age running around with mahavishnu shirts.

[Stanman1983]

@Jazzman303

You can't be serious! Edge is OK, but in every country you will find many guitarists as talented as him. But people like MacLaughlin or Freddie King

[EvilcYnohtna]

I have listened to this for years and still have it in my car to play on long trips. It takes me to another place and I know every note off by heart. Tremendous!

[music7]

Tremendo video, precioso

[dedhed23]

How do I find this concert video?? Must have!!

[gzlucy]

Jstarret, not true. They did have proper songs, John wrote most of the music, and the cord changes inversions and modes were based on each instrumentalists Zodiac signs etc... esoteric of course but they all had to learn there parts and stick to them for the most part, but yes the did get to improv there solos. I saw them many times and had the privilege to hang backstage w/ Billy and Jan on more than 1 occasion.

[beelzabubba]

I think that's exactly what Jstarret is getting at... I mean, most bands don't write songs based on their zodiac signs... and Jstarret is also correct (in my opinion)because the songs J.M. wrote were not intended to be "proper".... more like hymns to his guru. Regardless, it's all good and enjoyable to a broad range of folks and I think that's one of the important points that make M.O. special ...... and what should be focused on....

[thrakish]

this song makes my heart sink. the chords are amazing.

[ThreeLeggedMongoose]

violin player looks like charlie (i think thats the name) from its always sunny in philadelphia

[zamboteka]

who is the violinist?

[topmeat69]

violinist is Jean Luc Ponty he won major violin competitions in Europe at age 19

[dantean]

...and is featured on the Zappa recording "King Kong" (1969?)

[Shinmeiryu]

...and was in Zappa's band in the early 70s.

[analbleediscool]

good call, means this video is like 74-76

[bigslick45]

There is a DVD..Mahavishnu Orchestra at Montreux Jazz Festival

[ThreeLeggedMongoose]

how is it??

[777IamHe777]

where can i get the whole concert

[miguelmouta]

Mysterious wonderful music. Being with ( that real art, listening or playing, a person can find the inner motivation to straight ahead, despite the solitude and fails of an entire Universe.

[bonzzan]

what do you mean "despite the solitude and faile of an entire universe"

[ljguitar91]

please speak on a lower level of dialogue?

[EinSofVirtuoso]

I agree, the strivings of mortal man upon his dissemination into the Absolute overarch the usually tenacities of this hollow world with its hollow music. I tend to follow the way of Sri Aurobindo, as a dynamic self unfolding through the outer reaches of human experience.

[stratplayer613]

I really dont know what the hell your talking about, but for some reason it seems I agree

[miguelmouta]

stratplayer613, Ein Sof Virtuoso is an honorable nobly born. But This channel is for MO, do you agree ?

[EinSofVirtuoso]

Haha, in short, Music is the outflow of the Spirit, and it should not be dammed up as in the current music industry with superficial music. Mahavishnu were inspired by Sri Chimnoy, a guru back in the day, to play their hearts out, regardless of commercial success.

[snubbs741]

yet it seems simple/obvious enough that you don't need a guru to prove it to you?

...then why do most people worry about commercial success.

i'm agreeing with ein sof by the way

[raccoonlord]

@EinSofVirtuoso Indeed. I believe spirit can be charted through the progression of anything to anything else, whether this be decay or birth.

Pop songs are valid forms of expression as well, but they only work to further the progression of the spirit THROUGH emotion when PAIRED with external circumstance. Music like this is hypnotizing regardless of external circumstance, regardless of place or time, regardless of your specific culture. It's damn near universal.

[AndyHN34]

Just goes to prove that the M.O. weren't entirely about volume; some absolutely beautiful interplay between Ponty and McLaughlin. What a pity they fell out.

[truck2112yes]

I find this to be one of Mclaughlin's most moving songs.

[tn526]

I wore the grooves out on this album as a kid but I still have it.The studio version is with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting London Symphony Orchestra.Main melody is played on acoustic guitar..gorgeous

[truck2112yes]

In My opinion, Mclaughlin was at His creative peak on APOCALYPSE. Opinions vary.

[dazedandconfucius90]

agreed

[stratocat6]

Couldn't hear too well but seemed O.K.

[IM1NML]

tonyperini (3 months ago)

this has got to be my favorite piece by these guys. i have an outer body experience every time i hear it. I HAVE THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS WHILE ;LISTENING TO THIS CUT - I USED IT FOR MY MARRIAGE 20 YEARS AGO-INSTEAD OF "HERE COMES THE BRIDE"..THANX YOU TUBE AND TO THE POSTER!

[dorian411]

IM1NML,

Used John's acoustic version of a Bill Evans's tune ("Very Early") for the walk down the aisle after taking my marriage vows. It was perfect!

[oregonbobv]

i saw this version of the Mahavishnu orchestra as the opening act for Jeff Beck performing blow by blow at the Capital Theatre in passiac NJ. Now that is a show!!!!! Maroon 5 sucks!!!!

[amanogawa1]

that's 70's for ya, violin thru a wah

and then jimmy played his electric with a bow

[amanogawa1]

that's 70s for ya- violin thru a wah.

and jimmy played electric with a bow...

[VDGG94ki]

Its through a phaser.

[monsterjazzlicks]

Sounds quite like one of the Hemerto Pasqual tunes from the Miles Davis album 'Live Evil'.

Is that Gayle Moran (Chick's wife) on Organ ??

[truck2112yes]

Yes, that's Corea's Wife.

[monsterjazzlicks]

She is a real dude !!!

[mikeleighmusic]

...mmmmm all a bit out of tune and not quite with the feel of the studio version.Very brave I guess to do that in front a Montreux jazz lot...Never seen this before so THANKS!!

[inflatableclown6]

Just marvelous. That's some power!!

[wigginsdesign]

Ah yes, absolutely the power of love pours from this song. Flashbacks of when I first bought this record new. Taken to new heights again by this John. This is definately the era I go back to if I could. What happened? I thought that music would continue to progress because of groups like this. I was wrong!

[truck2112yes]

As far as great music, I believe it peaked in the 70's...today there is some good stuff, but also a lot of worthless junk that should not even be used in the same sentence with MUSIC .

[camelspottergr]

another stracturless song from Mahavishnu.

believe me i love Inner Mounting Flame!i bought it 4-5 years ago and i still play it regularly.

But...the thing is that MO didn't have proper songs...they were jams...music progressed! you were right.progressed in the sence that nowadays people wright proper songs...structure! whereas in the 70's they were mostly jams...extended solos etc...

Mahavishnu had good music but that was it....Did you listen Rick Laird play his thing? no....

[bigandymc12]

Jazz is and always will be a largely improvised genre. So the jamming factor is what makes it special.The fact that no two times will you hear it exactly the same.I would say this is more rewarding than hearing it over and over exactly the same

[ricklaz1]

Disregard camels comments. MO didn't have proper songs? You sir are retarted. McLaughlin's compositions are simply amazing. Meeting of the Spirits? You obviously don't get it or understand it. Dance of the Maya. Rhythmically complex yet they flow like a river. Introducing themes on top of themes. The use of odd time signatures and scales and modes from Indian Classical Music. Yeah MO didn't have "proper" songs. Hold on, I fell down I was laughing so hard.

[AndyHN34]

What utter bollocks! Structureless? Have you actually listened to the piece before making such a stupid statement?

[jstarret]

"MO didn't have proper songs...they were jams"

Just like raga. Nothing wrong with that.

[mstern18]

exactly. or like some jazz.

some bands do pop songs and they do them exceptionally well. and some music is freer and more improvisational, and there are bands that do this exceptionally well.

speaking as someone who plays music i think it's helpful to be able to do both well. but there's nothing wrong with doing what you prefer.

[tonyperini]

this has got to be my favorite piece by these guys. i have an outer body experience every time i hear it. yes, a great pull-off although better sound with the london symphony orchestra. jean luc ponty does a nice job on electric violin too.

[TheOwl]

Amazing how they pulled this one off live without the symphony orchestra. Great arrangement and it really sends chills up your spine!

[ultimategurumusic]

fantastic. who is the keyboard player btw?

[dutchfreeheel]

That would be Gayle Moran I think, she later married Chick Corea. She might not play like Jan Hammer but she has a wonderful voice too, to make up for it.

[ronnylaine]

aye como wah meng

[jimmynitcher]

hey cool thats jean luc ponty on violin.

this is the montreux jazz fest - stewart maconie said on the radio the other day that the jazz purists were leaving in their droves when Mahavishnu first played there but the audience seem happy enough, maybe it was for the more noisier first incarnation of the band; Cobham, Hammer etc

brilliant to see this, thanks v much

[TheAnav]

GREAT FIND THIS ONE,THANK YOU VERY MUCH :) Wohooooooooo!!

[titanium9000]

This song reminds me of high school and a beautiful girl that I had a crush on. I'll never forget the impact this song had on me. Thanks (as always) for posting this!

[MahavishnuJM]

Man these videos are great. Where the hell did you get them?