Al Di Meola - Egyptian Danza/Race With The Devil (Live) Montreal 1988

[jimmybfan]

Put that in your pipe and smoke it ! I remember some jealous punk in 1979 saying "He plays too fast too many notes" Get a clue

[ronnylaine]

who the musicians al playing with ?

[normality123]

He's shredding the guitar.

I really liked that record. It's dynamic. It should have been the first track on the record.

[joeylodes]

In Al I Trust!!!!!!!!!

[MetalpuppyUS]

Great song, but the drummer sucks!

[brucekirk89]

I played back up guitar fro a guy who always looked at the band because he thought we were messing up but it was him and all the beer he drank before the gig,the whole band let him go at once at a Denny's.

[brucekirk89]

he sure looks at his band alot like they are messing up

[rickyon]

It looks to me like he's looking at them and smiling and encouraging them!

[HenryWinehard]

so utterly timeless!! Chick and the boys are coming to bum F egypt here but minus AL !!! Not sure if I will shell out the 65 bones that I don't even have! I'm pretty sure this is in my fav's ;-) I've lost 4 accounts and about 5-700 handmade videos along with 1000's of favorites which really sucks! Would be killer if one of my accounts became unsuspended!!!!

[lioraviram]

Happy Birthday Al!!! You're The absolute Best!!!

[lioraviram]

Happy Birthday Al!!! Your The Greatest!!!

(By the way, you guys know the first song is not "Race with the Devil..." but "Egyptian Danza")

[LinnaeaF]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

[whitedress01]

Thank you again for posting!

[michaels2boys]

One of the 5 most important gtr players of all time.

[Ken5244]

That's an exaggeration. Definitely a very accomplished player, and maybe one of the 5 most important FUSION players, but not one of the 5 most important ever (from all genres).

[micanut48]

Is anyone single musician really important? Frank Zappa, by all music standards, was important but he never considered himself an important musician. I find this music too technical, without any emotion transcending. Almost flat, without color. Or the color is too gray for me>

[Ken5244]

Well, some musicians have definitely been "important," although the meaning of "importance" could vary from person to person. Does it mean influential? Or remarkably talented? Or groundbreaking/original? Or eclectic? Or charismatic? Or virtuosic? Or a maker of music that happens to move a particular person?

Most musically educated people would agree that Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Segovia, Davis, Lennon, McCartney, McLaughlin and Johnson (Eric), for example, have been important.

[Ken5244]

Quote: "I find this music too technical, without any emotion transcending. Almost flat, without color. Or the color is too gray for me>"

It's all relative. The focus is absolutely on technical musicianship rather than visceral emotion. Most jazz fusion is. These guys aren't The Who or 70s Bruce Springsteen *laugh*, but they're not trying to be either. It's just a different form of music. I like it a lot in small doses, but I can't listen to it for hours on end. Like you say, a bit gray.

[MoarOfTehRawkege]

"I find this music too technical, without any emotion transcending. Almost flat, without color. Or the color is too gray for me> "

I certainly hear emotion. Just because they're playing it fast doesn't mean there's no emotion. There's a powerful ferver that I feel in these two songs. I respect that you may not like it because there's too much going on, or you just plain don't like the music, but not that it's too dull and devoid of emotion.

[micanut48]

I certainly respect and understand that what I am missing, you are finding there. It's all up to the taste of the listener. I listen mostly only to complex music, have formal musical education, used to play in bands (of course not of this caliber), so I hear what's happening. I admire the level of skills - it just does not talk to me in the way I like to be "talked to". If you and others find it appealing, that's only great. Some don't like Planet X - I can't get enough, for example...(in short)

[galarius]

absolutely correct...... of ANY genre!

[michaels2boys]

Thanks for the support! 1st time I ever heard him play was in 85 and I got to meet him after the clinic and get his autograph and ask him a few questions. Same thing in 1993 as well. He signed my lp of Casino, Cielo E Terra, Splendido Hotel a few others. He is the man!

[jullia1200423]

DELIGHTFUL!!!!

K&P+lol

JULIA

[Davebritbrat]

Of Course....I KNOW I am !! hehe

Oh,you mean the video....DOH !!! lolol

[jullia1200423]

lol...Without rejoinder... without words!!!!lol

xoxossss

JULIA