And then, at the end, they kind of reprise part of the outro section of their Royal Albert Hall performance of "Meeting of the Spirits" (Feb 14, 1979), mindful, perhaps, of audience expectations. Still a good performance, though.
An interesting performance. JM seemed distracted, not focussed enough to pull off the transcendent statements that populate his better performances. The chops were there, but the intentional cohesion wasn't. Paco was encouraging him, trying to spark the magic of spontaneous interplay.
the song is a combination of more tunes, most notably "alta mar"(the starting section) and "zyryab"(end section) from paco de lucia; and a record, whose name i don't remember(middle part), from john mclaughlin.
wow why are you guys fighting for these musicians like they were sports teams? these are two giants of the guitar's history playing together and they can play together because they are on the same page as each other. they click, and that transcends talent which is obvious in both of them
Sports in fact belong to this adolescent human race, we are just starting to become a Young and responsible HUman Race, thanks to our change of awareness, trascending Wars, Competition, Egos, and entering a New Age where competition will be history!
In Fact indeed,these guitar geniuses, are not competing, they are talking with their magnificent instruments !
to play with with a pick is as difficult as to play with fingers; both of them are just different ways and different difficulties (just look at the picking technique of di meola and here of john)
Most people find it harder to play scales fast and even with fingers, runs with Stringskipping or even number of notes are often easier with fingers though.
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For those of you above that obviously havent listened to much mclaughlin, hes played plenty of stuff with more than one note at a time (really dumb comments above) JMs skill covers practically every style of music, jazz, rock, Indian, flamenco...no one to compare with him. Paco is great but only in one style, and certainly its Paco that is always having to TRY and keep up
John is using too much reverb, I do not need a doctor, paco´s teachnique is much harder to develop, he can play a full classical concerto, Mclaughling can only play 1 note at a time and the tone he gets out of each of the six string is similar meanwhile Paco can make each string sound with a distinctive nuance
They´re both great ofcourse, but in this particular video I just think that John can´t keep up. But yes you are absolutley right, I congratulate both of them.
Beatiful guitarmusic.
TheGuitarkim 5 months ago
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major44100 5 months ago
Just incredible performance!!! True live music!
Kroeber38 10 months ago
this is not to see who's best...this is enterainment at its best...get a grip people!
bigal1670 1 year ago
And then, at the end, they kind of reprise part of the outro section of their Royal Albert Hall performance of "Meeting of the Spirits" (Feb 14, 1979), mindful, perhaps, of audience expectations. Still a good performance, though.
derritrane 1 year ago
An interesting performance. JM seemed distracted, not focussed enough to pull off the transcendent statements that populate his better performances. The chops were there, but the intentional cohesion wasn't. Paco was encouraging him, trying to spark the magic of spontaneous interplay.
derritrane 1 year ago
the song is a combination of more tunes, most notably "alta mar"(the starting section) and "zyryab"(end section) from paco de lucia; and a record, whose name i don't remember(middle part), from john mclaughlin.
anyways.. enjoy
gfdsaad 2 years ago
Paco best of the best
mixcape1234 2 years ago
Does anybody know who wrote this tune? It beautiful.
brandonterzic 2 years ago
the composer is mister JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, from record "music spoken here", 1981.
good recording.
llafutaal 2 years ago 3
wow why are you guys fighting for these musicians like they were sports teams? these are two giants of the guitar's history playing together and they can play together because they are on the same page as each other. they click, and that transcends talent which is obvious in both of them
guitarvirtuoso53 3 years ago 7
@guitarvirtuoso53 Yes, my friend, you are so right !
Sports in fact belong to this adolescent human race, we are just starting to become a Young and responsible HUman Race, thanks to our change of awareness, trascending Wars, Competition, Egos, and entering a New Age where competition will be history!
In Fact indeed,these guitar geniuses, are not competing, they are talking with their magnificent instruments !
menatoq 2 months ago
McLaughlin is an excellent improviser, but Paco has the edge for the variety of sonorities he manages to achieve with his much broader technique.
DaHeichef 3 years ago 2
i hate it when people make comments like these, "he kicked his ass" and such... as if they were competeing.
they are both great, and the fact that 2 great musicians with different background and stiles play together is priceless.
rockanrollabuey 4 years ago 5
to play with with a pick is as difficult as to play with fingers; both of them are just different ways and different difficulties (just look at the picking technique of di meola and here of john)
vaughanesk 4 years ago
Most people find it harder to play scales fast and even with fingers, runs with Stringskipping or even number of notes are often easier with fingers though.
SevenCircles 3 years ago
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For those of you above that obviously havent listened to much mclaughlin, hes played plenty of stuff with more than one note at a time (really dumb comments above) JMs skill covers practically every style of music, jazz, rock, Indian, flamenco...no one to compare with him. Paco is great but only in one style, and certainly its Paco that is always having to TRY and keep up
victorxyz 4 years ago
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I don't know what everybody is talking about John Mclaughlin wipes his ass with paco. watch his solo at 1:25
MahavishnuJM 4 years ago
the notes at 1:25 are not clear, he is trying to emulate the phrasing of a flamenco guitar player with a pick.
giftoffire 4 years ago
the notes are not clear ? perhaps you should consult an ear specialist
monoidal 4 years ago
John is using too much reverb, I do not need a doctor, paco´s teachnique is much harder to develop, he can play a full classical concerto, Mclaughling can only play 1 note at a time and the tone he gets out of each of the six string is similar meanwhile Paco can make each string sound with a distinctive nuance
giftoffire 4 years ago 4
bravo Paco
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thinghurlos 5 years ago
I don't think that's very kind - can't we congratulate both players?
logosthedestroyer 4 years ago
They´re both great ofcourse, but in this particular video I just think that John can´t keep up. But yes you are absolutley right, I congratulate both of them.
thinghurlos 4 years ago
Yeah actually I'd have to agree! His skill is incredible, truly incredible.
logosthedestroyer 4 years ago