Miles Davis - Heavy Metal

[PascalVillarubias]

Je serais curieux d'avoir, face à moi, un auditeur réellement touché, émotionnellement affecté par ces sonorités. Ce serait une expérience enrichissante qui me permettrait de sonder l'humanité avec des angles plus vastes. Je trouve cela très conventionnel, dénué de toute musicalité, vide d'émotion, terriblement chiant. Sincèrement, je ne comprends pas qu'on puisse vibrer là-dessus.

[Silverspring777]

I was born in 1988, while these guys were playing .....

[julianarismendi]

the bass player play with santana.!?

[Neidhardt84]

@julianarismendi Yes, Benjamin Rietveld plays with Santana.

[iam18ish]

If peein' your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis!

[VanchousHammer]

chick corea on keys?

[Neidhardt84]

@VanchousHammer The complete line-up is in the descriptions. The guys on keys are Robert "Bobby" Irving III and Adam Holzman.

[graham91ful]

most def!

[MrBillc1023]

Hey you know the more that I listen to this the more that I like it. Sounds like some freaked out Prince shit! Go MIles, Go

[charlesandhisworld]

HEAVY METAL \m/

[Adamshredsify]

well i like it personally.

[JoanHex]

heavy metal? esto es funk

[blacklung7]

its 1988, not 1950's or 1960's these guys arent going to play bebop or any of that other stuff, jazz is evolving bearing in mind its still a vry recent genre. JAZZ IS THE MUSIC OF FREEDOM, IT HAS NO LIMITS!!

[blacklung7]

this IS jazz despite what people say

[TheAngeltoDemon]

@blacklung7 that's the issue and that's what marsalis is working so hard on, trying to define jazz. Why do you consider this jazz? Because they improvise? I think it might be jazz, but if it is, it is very unpleasant jazz.

[100daysofwar]

mcCreary is awesome - not many come close to him

[100daysofwar]

they are simply HOT because they are soooo CoooooooL

[SpamBanjo]

Pure noise... and they say my generations music is bad.

[fryBASS]

@SpamBanjo calling this noise is an insult to noise. not to say that this is bad, but it is definitely not noise.

[MrBillc1023]

I don't know why everybody hates on fusion music. I thought it was a step in the right direction when it his in the late 60's early 70's and still love listening to it today. I love MIles for never being satisfied with what he's already done and for being willing to try something new. We need more like him. He didn't rest on his laurels.

[Neidhardt84]

@MrBillc1023 I don't think that "everybody hates on fusion music" but many people don't seem to like direction Miles took in his final creative phase which were the 80ies. He shifted too much into mainstream, trying to stay in the spotlight with that "80ies pop thing". But still, Miles is Miles.

[gertzaddik77]

@MrBillc1023 Nice to see a jazz lover here. And indeed, Miles NEVER rested on his laurels, instead re-writing jazz four or five times before he shuffed off this mortal coil. If you want a real treat, get either Fi de Killmanjaro or Miles in the Sky, or Miles Smiles, which is essentially Mile's legendary quintet of the 60's, amazing sound.

[MrBillc1023]

@gertzaddik77 Thanks for the response....good to be appreciated. I am familiar with those albums by Miles. I love all of them but Files is probably my favorite of that group. That quintet was really quite amazing, the way that they fed off of each other. That group had tremendous individual talent but they were able to keep the collective in mind while expressing themselves freely. Gotta tell you though, my favorite album by that group is Sorcerer, with Prince of Darkness & Masquelero.

[gertzaddik77]

@MrBillc1023 Ah, a true fan of the Man With The Horn! I will have to snag Sorcerer since it comes so well recommended. A good friend of mine turned me onto Miles Davis in the early nineties. And as a result, I look at music in a whole new way. Never stagnant from album to album, Miles never took the easy way out, resting on his laurels from days past but always stretched his creative muscles, often coming up with musical brilliance.

[MrBillc1023]

@gertzaddik77 Well said! Definitely get Sorcerer. Believe me...you won't be disappointed. It features Miles at his dark and mysterious best while Wayne, Herbie, Ron and Tony accompany him. The group blends together seamlessly in the context of the whole while taking you out there with their individual statements.

[BitOveRate]

kind of a relief that it isn't heavy metal, since i prefer this anyway kind of goes to prove what people know about Miles at the same time but even still it's got that retro sound too it that is pretty easy to dig.

[menertes]

hmm kinda a mess...

[Easleytee]

The Prince of Darkness clearly demonstrates what the ravages of drug abuse will do a once great artist's both to his sensibilities and talent.

Dreadful.

[muvopicilica]

who is guitarist ?! :D

[Neidhardt84]

@muvopicilica Joseph "Foley" McCreary. Actually, he's playing a piccolo bass.

[vanea99]

@Neidhardt84 Ok, but why Foley is described in Wikipedia as a bass player?

[Neidhardt84]

@vanea99 Because he is a bass player.

[vanea99]

@Neidhardt84 I'm not at all in my best form :)

[jcbluefunk]

@Neidhardt84 does the piccolo bass have guitar or light gauge bass strings ?

[darinbar]

More like progressive rock, no where near HM!

[Neidhardt84]

@darinbar It's a song title, not the genre.

[dappawap]

@darinbar and not really jazz either!

[PeeHoleMcGee]

Way Cool...

[pedropo1000]

at 4:29 it really sounds like 21st century schizoid man and again at 5:29

[JazzInATinCan]

Sometimes I wonder how jazz would be without Miles Davis. It's like wondering what it could be like if we had not discovered electricity.. lol.

[chamucopirata]

pure fucking metal

[dbsbnc]

this track was released on which album?

[Neidhardt84]

@dbsbnc I think it was never released on any album. It must be on of these Live in Germany bootlegs.

[ISonIOfIGaiaI]

Well that's not really "metal" but I like it.

[ajarvinen]

Well. Four stringed guitar as such is nothing new: back in the old and gold 1920's it wasw called tenor guitar. Check Tiny Grimes.

[windriderrr]

Who needs guitar now?

[matimatimati92]

fuck miles davis, never fails to impress. i love it

[TheJazzSwings]

This piece is straight cool. Miles changed, he always changed. He was not a fundamentalist like Wynton, he was a mover, using the sounds of the time to explore possibilities. Towards the end of his career, miles trumpet was something else, I don't really know what to think of him, as for the groups he built and the things he wrote and the ground he explored, I think he was a genius, tasting, developing, making new thoughts.

[Neidhardt84]

@TheJazzSwings People like Wynton Marsalis and his friend Stanley Crouch would rather see jazz remaining entertainment music for snobs with set rules for freedom of ideas and expression. I could comprehend criticism of Miles' shift to mainstream during the 80ies but the same people keep humilating free jazz. This is an attack on art which is typical for cultural reactionaries like Crouch. Wynton Marsalis will never come close to Miles' ground-breaking ideas.

[TheJazzSwings]

@Neidhardt84 I totally agree with you, I hope you weren't seeing my post as an violent advance on miles' career :) Miles was always on the front of everything, he was the movement of intelligent music.

[Neidhardt84]

@TheJazzSwings No, I completely agree with your comment which is why I added my two cents. Regards

[jamesedwardtheobald]

strict musical purism is a dead-end at best, regardless of context. musicians such as WM need to understand that many listeners, including some musicians, don't just listen to music linearly (dissecting every note played), and want to hear diverse timbres in the music. the standard acoustic jazz or classical elements that wynton adhere to simply become boring after a while. as a guitar player, i get really bored with regular dry dark jazz guitar sound like joe pass, etc..

[stoofbuis]

@TheJazzSwings he sure was

[gertzaddik77]

@TheJazzSwings I'm with you. Miles was a chameleon, shifting the colors on his musical pallet to re-write jazz not once but several times, including stints with Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Heavy Mo B, and who could forget John McLaughlin's brilliant guitar work on Bitches Brew? You are obviously a great fan of his music, and I look forward to subsequent posts from you.

[issofunky]

WHERE, exactly, did that guy get a 4 string Gibson Victory with a floyd rose on it....and I wonder if it was Mile's idea to string it as a piccolo bass or the guy himself.....and WHO the hell is that guy, he a mofo if there ever was

[Neidhardt84]

@issofunky He is known as Foley. It's all in my video descriptions.

[edthewave]

@issofunky Foley McReary is a serious badass...He's definitely one of my bass playing inspirations (in terms of a lead role).

Check out his wiki: wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Foley_(­musician)

And his website: smartalecmusic(dot)com

[Cheedillow]

They look absolutely fucked on something.

[radioheadkids2]

@blockland111 cool, very :)

[Jazzdog40]

Miles should have never returned from retirement.

[maharba1357]

this shit is whack.

[MrArsg13]

Sorry bro I did not know

[MrArsg13]

it's not heavy metal,it's jazz-funk and psychedelic rock

fuck

[Neidhardt84]

@MrArsg13 The song is called "Heavy Metal".

[vithaj92]

@MrArsg13 tbh, it's Fusion.

[fred10lopes]

Extraordinário

[wilkmathiu]

wow!

[love70000]

awesome.

[jamesalexander0093]

I'v got this on dvd its awesome, my questions about the lead bass have now been awnsered lmao

[Neidhardt84]

Yeah but the mystery has been solved a long time ago.

[nobodady1]

That's the 80's Baby!

[TechSmack]

its a bass with piccolo srings

[superagnitio]

First time I've seen bass and lead bass in a band. Awesome.

[zer0c00l2]

I KNEW THAT BASSES WITH TREMOLO EXISTED!!!

[NPjazzsaxmusic]

@zer0c00l2 you never checked out Les Claypool?

[skyebluebill]

@zer0c00l2 A company called Khaler has been making those bass tremolo bridges since the 80's

[bassmanc]

It's a Bass!!!!!!

[lejimi2]

With a shortscale and a whammy bar, this is indeed a very uncommon bass.

[Guitfiddlejase]

As Mr.Flowers said-Piccolo Bass....first made popular by Stanley Clarke.

Foley also used it to great effect on a tune of his own called "The Senate"...it sounds like Eddie Van Halen or something on that cut!

[unabonger777]

it's just a bass strung with light strings and probably down tuned some as well

[ibgeano01]

I have that DVD. This sound really amazes me.

[elliottsongs]

Damn....Foley is a motherfucker! ;)

[MrFlowers]

gentlemen. It's a piccolo bass.

[wachita15]

not heavy metal at all. its great. check out the phrase after 4:44 its so sick!

[clwb0fpv]

Ya, whatever, I had a fabulous trip over this!

[StringTheoryMusic409]

It is a piccolo bass with a higher tuning but Foley rips that shit like a guitar

[daddysevenpointfiver]

vernon reid was all over this ish

[ZeuhlEmgalai]

Meh

[porcuspine]

female drummer..so sexy

[JinjaB123]

wtf was wrong with the 80s

[mackyouaccount]

@JinjaB123 Everything except Foley's hair.

[MAquaJJ]

is a piccolo bass...

[Mozaeous]

Bass body, strat neck? Before the days of the baritone les pauls? Was this custom? Anyone know?

[Neidhardt84]

@Mozaeous It indeed is a bass. He is playing a custom-made Blue Marble lead bass here. End of speculations.

[Parvenu333]

How can you be an octave above a standard bass and an octave below a standard guitar; they are one octave apart, only the guitar has a higher range because of its two additional strings... there is no median octave.

[LfunkeyA]

@Bojocatkite

the difference between regular bass tuning and regular guitar tuning is one octave. so that can't be true. from what i understand, a piccolo bass is tuned just like a guitar but has 4 strings and sounds more low-end.

[Markus2829]

Miles Davis Höre ich so viel,dass meine Frau fast durchdreht.Aber für mich ist es das Höchste,!

[atombomb31458]

@Gabepaullikegirls

i agree...i thought he was the best in the 50s,60s ,70s

[goodvibesallround]

no dude i much prefer 'round about midnight and kind of blue to his experimental side.....way to weird for me.....i dig bitches brew but thats it, lol

[elkhartmartin]

i think its great. great fusion music.  that was pure cutting edge music and it sounds as good today as it did then. and lots of people didn't get it then. this is a very tight little groove and so, listen.

[Crolug]

I'm with ya girl :). I can easily throw away everything from the 80's except Tutu and do just fine.

[cdprixfou1]

SHIT ! That it is

[Jazzelegance]

That groove is like Jesse Johnsons "Its a free world and its mine" once it gets going.

[cbangs]

It's not a guitar. It's a lead bass! (high tuning)

[Markus2829]

@ Cbangs Genau!

[oguh100]

All that bands who said we are the greatest r&r band on earth ..... watch THIS!!!!!!!!!

[pudim69]

Foley is playing a bass, right?

[Neidhardt84]

No, it´s a guitar with 4 strings. ;-)

[KingR00ster]

@Neidhardt84 which is a bass

[digimaton]

@Neidhardt84 it's a bass.

[Neidhardt84]

@unclejunglebass right, I´ll correct that mistake and there´s no reason to behave unfriendly.

[unclejunglebass]

@Neidhardt84 i was in a bad mood and felt like being an asshole on youtube where i had the benefits of anonymity. no hard feelings, brah.

[akypar]

@unclejunglebass RIGHT! the perfection of this comment makes me feel the same way! so, your mother is a puta, fucked 20 times a day by a group of monster-cock black guys. in fact she is in great pain now. you know, the asshole. give her a call, help her, and give my regards to her, I miss her

[unclejunglebass]

@akypar bro im going to find you and poop on you

[nownem]

no, it's a bass piccolo.

[LostOrpheus]

@Neidhardt84

Sorry it's a Piccolo bass. See on Google.

[carmine6786]

@Neidhardt84 you are wrong is an alto bass ,the alto bass sound like a guitar but is a bass look in tutu he use the same instrument

[tomastrials]

@Neidhardt84 No, it's a piccolo bass. It's not a guitar.

[Neidhardt84]

@tomastrials The mystery has already been solved a long time ago but thanks for your comment.

[digimaton]

@pudim69 yes it is actually a bass, heavily customised and tuned an octave higher, the signal is processed to achieve the guitar tone.

[Markus2829]

@ Pudim69 Es ist tatsächlich Ein Bass,

[jackcoltman]

Foley, Mazur and Davis; it don't get much badder than that.

[magirecords2004]

Foley!!!

[WasyMusicPower]

Thanks so much. probably my favourite live performance.... so powerful.