Mahavishnu Orchestra: Resolution

[candem2]

the most powerful band of all time!

[up2space]

well is mahavishnu in the grasp of hindu demons or is his creativity from a good triune god we call Jesus. if it's demon worship ultimately, he has brought a bad reference to music theory.

[caryzia]

Laird sure is wanking on this... bad sound

but Thanks.

[szelenberg]

fine music but the best concert jazzrock trio was SBB, try for example concert from Karlstad 1975, may be the best record in this style in XX century or concert from Helsinki with Niemen as Niemen group from 1973 possible on youtube

[szelenberg]

fine music but the best concert jazzrock trio was SBB, try for example concert from Karlstad 1975, may be the best record in this style in XX century

[dorian411]

@szelenberg Really? You must be high or something. SBB is not even close to the MO. Well maybe one of SBB's guitarist's use of a Gibson double neck...

[szelenberg]

@dorian411 Dorian! I saw many concerts of SBB, it was great, magic music(in 70th). I hope You will like it. I know Mahavishnu, but in my opinion some records of SBB are more attractive and I prefer their music. Best wishes!

[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."

[TheRegart]

WOW!! The energy from the band sounds incredible compared to the studio recordings!

[up2space]

kick ass!

[hanzabass]

bazonicks, nice you noticed the evolution and consequently renaming of these pieces..

[56drummer]

incredible band incredible music.

[judgeofwar]

BILLY COBHAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

WOUHOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!

the best!!! this band is amazing! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

[guitarman59102]

i saw this vid when it first came out back in 72 in concert

on abc 5 pieces and it was so hot i never saw a man use a double neck like did

and billy cobham was the stuff back then

[VSNROCKS]

Where has Rick Laird gone? I use to see him play play with Chuck Wayne in NYC. Always loved his style.

[bazonics]

@VSNROCKS As far as I know, Rick Laird is now a profesional photographer living in New York.

[lordsuzy]

Yeah Resolution :-) to the greatness of MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA

[AirHendrix91]

Near 2 minutes, my heart dropped.

[b1tbomb]

God, I'd give anything to have seen these guys. I don't think I'd ever leave the concert, I'd just gradually dematerialize or something.

[underage4page]

ps this song is orgasm saturated

[underage4page]

someone upload the rest of this concert!! please

[daryl529]

has anyone heard 'one word' from the second tony williams lifetime album(turn it over)? same melody!(with jack bruce singing!...and same unison head as 'one word' from birds of fire!) long live john mclaughlin

[JIOREO]

Yes, I've heard it and it's way cool. Has anyone heard Escalator over the Hill (1971) by Carla Blay/Paul Haines. It's a double album rock/jazz musical/opera w/Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Don Cherry, Linda Ronstadt, Charlie Haden and many other amazing musicians, and Viva! (from Andy Warhol's world) Nothing like it!

[dorian411]

@JIOREO Actually, it is three albums. Just pulled it out of my collection to convert to waves. A fu(king wierd piece of music :)

[deepislandboy]

all Mahavishnu Orchestra songs give me chills but this one does every time

[railcar123]

AWESOMENESS!!

[dantean]

When the words "IN CONCERT" appear on the screen toward the end I can't help but want to respond with "Fuck Yeah!"

[y54tub]

billy cobham keeping the plasma together-wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-­a-a-a-a-a-a !!!!!!!!

[dorian411]

Space as a superconductor of the Grid

[tzeqin]

billy cobham is a god of sorts I agree

[marcelitoss]

SUPER!!!

[shishyupal]

That bass, so mighty.

[JIOREO]

Clearly! Rick Laird is shown here playing the transparent Dan Armstrong (lucite) bodied bass. After playing w/the MO, he retired his bass playing and became a professional photographer.

[TAYGUNOV]

he still gives bass lessons!

[merkywave]

I was there in the front row 3 times!!live

Long live John Mclughlin......Hare Kṛṣṇa

[robertseagrove1]

Fuck !

best regards,

Robert Seagrove

[checkyourheadMHAC]

These guys broke trail! Musicians today would not be where they are now...collective unconcious

[miguelmouta]

The greatest impact over musical techniques and styles , after the early 70´s . Am I wrong ?

[Frisbieinstein]

You are right.  It changed everything. The blues went out, the speed thing came in.

[kmbuchamushroom]

Awesome show!

Love the musical irony in the title of this song too

[TheSpoonFedFukWit]

love to of been at that show

[ljubohendrix]

fantastic song

[wigginsdesign]

Thanks I'll check them out

[trumpeterforjazz]

its good to know that there are purists who dont listen to

i kissed a girl. Go Macglaghlin!

[Jellybeantiger]

Bazonics have you got all of this concert?

Awesome music!

Both versions in the 70s.

[bazonics]

I think it's all on youtube. 'hope' which I never posted but someone else has. 'One word' and 'resolution'. It was for a tv concert and I think that's the whole thing.

[railcar123]

Gotta love the gain Mclaughlin has on his amp! This is awesome! All we need is Jack Bruce singing the lyrics like in TWL.

[fittipaldi666]

JOHN MACLAUGHLIN HALT DAT MAUL

[wigginsdesign]

The best music today is hidden on the internet or on the fw great public supported radio stations. Still I say there's nothing like the first time. And the sounds coming out of that era didn't exost just a few years earlier. The good music today is reminiscent. I'm so blessed to have been a teen in the early 70's. It was a very special time. Musicians were allowed to experiment and we expected that. Nothing like today! Generic (the Matrix) is the norm now.

[wigginsdesign]

rete, Not sure I agree. There are many obscure great musicians making great music now but not most of the ones you mentioned. Nevertheless none reached the level of the groups in the early to mid 70's. Growing up then, this music was NEW. That's what made it even more special above and beyonds the creativity and technical ability. There's very little that you can say is NEW these days. Zappa, YES, Maha, RTF, Gentle Giant, etc were making such uniquely original & individualistic works of art

[mullah06]

You are right on! All now are following in the steps of GIANTS!

[TCAWhat]

There are plenty of new and interesting musicians out there, you just need to look harder. And to say that no band could ever live up to the music of the 70's.. You have an attachment to the bands you grew up with because while they were not only doing new things, they were a part of a very special time in your life, just like many teenagers today are going through the same thing. There are many scenes full of interesting and fresh msuicians who continue to experiment with sound.

[wigginsdesign]

Yes I can't totally disagree. I always searching for that extremely skillful and creative band in very unusual places. Over the years I found a few but still say overall it was a very original different era than than what young listeners are going through today. I think that most from recent generations are unaware or accustomed to creative and unique music as before. I grew up appreciating Fellini in film and Miles in music,etc. Many today have less attention span overall to abstraction n arts

[TCAWhat]

I will agree with you there. I think the 80's and 90's brought out a lot of garbage, and that kids now just don't appreciate real art in general as much as they used to. There is definitely a lot of psuedo everything nowadays... but there has been a steady influx of cool music within the past few years. Try searching "Tera Melos" or "Maps and Atlases". That's only 2 bands, but it's a start, and if you don't like them, then hopefully, at the very least, it will open you up to some other bands.

[wigginsdesign]

Thanks TCAWhAt for the tip. Listened to several tracks of both at imeem"dot'com. Really happy to know and have them in my playlist. They are definately interesting.

Very progressive agressive guys who like having fun being talented. Peace

[Frisbieinstein]

Try Hella and Marnie Stern.

[samtheguitarman1975]

I can totally disagree with you as well. I didn't grow up on any of this stuff. I was a twinkle when these guys got together and wee when they broke up. The prog/fusion era in the 70's is one of those rare anomolies like the Baroque period or living in Germany during the lives of Mozart and Beethoven. It will continue to go unlauded for several decades more until the popular market picks up on it again.

[taviona]

Very well said.

[chevpowr]

there stuff wasnt out of tune... the damn recording is 30 years old...

[saphirebullet]

fiery piercing sounds. beautiful!

[oregonbobv]

i was fortunate to see the final Mahavishnu concert at Avery Fisher Hall in NY. This was their final encore and I remember Billy Cobham could barely sit up!!! amazing!!!!

[openswimmer]

For all fans of the MO there is a 2006 recording of the HR-Bigband, featuring BILLY COBHAM: "Meeting of the Spirits" - A celebration of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Top sound quality, first class musicians. Even John himself is thrilled to hear his own music transcribed for jazz orchestra!

[MY599FERRARI]

Jeff Beck played this 2007 Croosroads Video, Pretty cool.

[jazzjeffjazzjeff]

Have you ever noticed how critical amateurs are of great art? BTW, I think the bass is a little sharp.... Mac is in tune with the keys and violin.....but who cares, it was way before digital tuners, and just one night in a long tour of gigs. I so miss this music, I wish the jazz record business would wipe off the mold, and let it happen again!

[mjtsl]

guitars so out of tune too..

if these amateurs like you say ever played in a large hall with lots of people and hot stage lights, they will know that guitars go really out of tune once the wood expands.

and you can't just stop to retune, and those old gibsons are notorious for not staying in tune.

but you're right. the less they know the more unconstructive comment they make... empty vessels make the most noise. LOL

[ceboluga]

You're right. Those amateurs in fact belong to the Britney Spears generation, with all those ****ing songs and heavy produced "art". They'll never know what was really up 30 years ago...

[TheSanityInspector]

Gotta feel sorry for them in a way. The music nowadays is all computers overdubbing each other.

[Pacarb915]

there is good music out there you just have to dig through mounds of shit.

[superhube]

Sorry pacarb, rated you thumbs down, big mistake. You are very correct; finding good music is like finding a piece of hay in a needle factory.

[retePtnecniV]

Well i was born in 1985 and i grew up with music like this and i dig your feelings

but there`s still a lot of people today that make great honest music you just have to find it, if your out of the scene and only believe what the hype and media tells you the situation truly seems desperate

but our generation has its diamonds as well

e.g. the mars volta, jose gonzalez, ani difranco, radiohead, björk, the white stripes... and a lot of virtuosity today is in electronics like autechre for example

[mufasamusic]

It's a shame that westeners would rather give a "good show" than play in tune. In real Indian music you do stop to tune. It's funny how you say they can't....

[f95ultra]

music from outer space (trotz verstimmter!!!! gitarre)

[cyfrifiadur1]

heavy as fook, mclaughlins guitar is a little flat tho

[lucasgorla]

yes...he probably was too stoned to realize that...

buts sounds great anyway!

[railcar123]

All you need now is Jack Bruce singing the melody as he did in TTWL version of this tune. Incredible!

[MuffBig]

Great song, although I think that John is using to much gain. Rick is on fire!

[indyjim1969]

Billy Cobham rocks!

Birds of Fire in my personal top 5 favorite LP's of all time.

[scholasticzz]

Wow what a time, what a band! Showing the world what it's about!

[joeriffanucci]

Where can I get this whole concert?

[stringrip]

Don't think it is available . According to fusion website -abstactlogix , an official mahavishnu concert dvd may be in the pipeline.

[szonyibali]

I couldnt believe i will find the holy grail.

[ianstronach]

The name is almost irrelevant. It´s just simply great music. Basta!!!

[intrafisicas]

OK - The Beatles Orchestra. The Who Orchestra. Led Zeppelin Orchestra. Van Halen Orchestra. Frank Zappa and The Mothers Orchestra. Neil Young with Crazy Horse Orchestra.

[jawahatha]

apefight!

[intrafisicas]

Jerry Goodman. Are there any Jerry Goodman fans in NYC? JM is great, but without JG, it's not an "Orchestra", it's just another JM band.

[BarbarraBay]

It was hard to imagine the MO where actually living beings. GREATNESS & AWE.

[mjnmjd]

Metallica?? Dude thoughs guys would run for the hills if they saw these Mofoes comin!!

[hasancihatorter]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOD MAESTRO...THANKS

[frankgi123]

Incredible! Metallica....eat yer heart out!

[bazonics]

The rest of Mahavishnu's 'One Word' was re-worked from another earlier JM piece 'Dragon song' from the 1970 album 'Devotion'. JM has done this alot in his career: 'Binkys Beam' becomes 'Celestial Terrestrial Commuters', 'Argen's Bag' becomes 'Follow your heart'and so on. Sheer Genius!

[sergelapelle]

Follow your heart also became "Via the Spectrum Road", don't forget!

[noonward]

via the spectrum road was first

[florafox]

@bazonics and the heavy chords of "vision is a naked sword" are nothing but a highly developed form of these chords from "follow your heart" played in three steps, and both pieces are in a 11- metre. This music is like a powerful drug.

[gwafan717]

I don't know if anyone has heard the song except me, but it's by Tony Williams Lifetime when McLaughlin was in it. It's called "One Word" and it's this same song except someone, maybe John, sings the melody.

[bazonics]

The vocals were sung by Jack Bruce and interestingly the tune also has elements of what became the MO's 'One Word'. So there you go, two for the price of one.

[nassreiskulturen]

@bazonics "Don`t let the Dragon eat your Mother" on "Devotion" has similiar chord changes. I think he was experimenting with it and finally completed it with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

[theloniousrex]

Powerful beings who walk among us.

[GauchoLibre]

heahehahehahehaehehae...wow...­. heaehae...psh

[Kozai]

lol i was like this too when I heard it.... this is incredible, I'm at pace when I hear this.. beautiful

[dirtyharry74]

What the... my favourite Mahavishnu track live! Thanks a lot!!!

[chloo]

ohhh man...brilliant..