Miles Davis - Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (1/2)

[Nuthane]

sexy ass song

[McDaidMartin]

Who else thinks John McLaughlin's solo on this is THE awsomest?

[75clb]

Great song of Miles!!!

[blaksu]

I really like McLaughlin's tone on this one.

[grikney]

thats some real scary shit!

[ptamras5]

Hearing this song for the first time: WTF?

Hearing this song for the second time: Ok, but still a little weird.

Hearing this song for the third time: Getting better.

Hearing this song for the fourth time: Greatest song ever made.

[dbeckster]

@ptamras5

Hearing this song for the first time: Greatest song ever made.

[jfcc9086]

@ptamras5 Ditto 20 years ago. I think the double album as a whole is the best of the XXth century. Still grows on me. You should buy the cd.

[meupeniseimenso]

Where can I find this song for download ?

[MrZafod]

I have a funky headache. Amazing.

[KleePietro]

Love this whole album. Have been listening for almost 4 decades and every time I find something new and moving. Just sit back, relax and hear all the depth and sound complexities flowing.

[jplew138]

@KleePietro My sentiments exactly.

[sanjuz]

only surpassed by his own later work

[iwannaberock]

I heard that desjohnette could'nt do what mile wanted on this song and that don alias played the drums because of it

[vitunpaskiainen]

God. Damn.

[metemi]

"Miles Runs the Voodoo Down."

Best song name ever.

[jimmymckooel]

this is music!

[MUARFA]

Luv this record to death! & the art work simly ROCKS!!!

[ogrebattle22763]

Not into Miles Davis but this is a fantastic album without a doubt.....

[gasphetti]

Artwork: Abdul Mati Klarwein, also did cover art for Last Poets "This is Madness", Santana "Abraxas" and a bunch of others in the 60's and 70's.

Don't forget the bunch of others who appeared on this album, including Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland and more, and also, not only, the guys in the studio who did a bunch of post-production editing on the tracks. An amazing album when I bought it in 1970 and has stood the test of time and then some.

[st0mpf3st]

this album in its entirety is a work of art.

[djphilharmonic]

I heard that Jimi Hendrix waz gonna be the Guitar on "Bitches Brew Sessions".. but he died..Sooo Miles chose John Mclaughlin. Wise decision :)..

[martin2sax]

@djphilharmonic Really Jimi died short after this album was released, anyway Iwould like to have heard hendrix playing jazz... Man he had so many projects: play with santana, play with ELP, realy a pitty he died...

[fabianidhesona]

@djphilharmonic what?! man, you don't know shit, this recording was done in august '69 and Hendrix died on september '70. MIles never said he wanted Jimi on this recording. although he wanted to work with Jimi on other projects, but he died a yerar later.

[yatah]

@fabianidhesona They were supposed to play together but Miles asked too much money for a session so it never happened. I read this in countless Hendrix biographies.

[jessicarbarrett]

So intrigued by this dude at his talent to it's entirety. 

[happyface4444]

I wear shirts of pink floyd, led zeppelin, and van halen, but if they released shirts with miles davis on them i would buy them.

[TheLegitGOAT]

@happyface4444 cool story bro, have you by any chance tried googling the words Miles Davis Shirt before? Or ever been into an Urban Outfitters for that matter...

[DementedXShenzi]

i wonder if this inspired Voodoo by Godsmack at all

[jsiminski]

Jimi Hendrix was to play on this album

[333joemc]

@jsiminski Really? That would have been interesting to say the least.

[jsiminski]

@333joemc Unfortunately he died before the cooperation started.

[axelebest]

2 people are voodoo

[jackwarrenguitar]

arghh! yeaghhh!

[shorberm]

@ludwig17 Nice. The first time I dropped acid was also the first time I heard this album. Wow!

[granfarm55]

I love Bitches Brew so much!

[ronaldmcdonald333]

qQ

[denali637]

one of the straight-up grooviest tunes ever recorded. period.

[Zootallure]

This cuts out JUST before (one of) the best bits of the song

[thompii904]

...but everybody forget about the freaking awesome art cover

[communistpumpkinman]

I'm 16 and this is not conducive to homework :L genius

[NCla94]

@communistpumpkinman I'm 16 and this IS conducive to smoking weed lol

[Trimbler00]

@NCla94 lol...

[ludwigvan17]

@NCla94 Dude, I haven't smoked weed in about 6 months and I'm getting some tomorrow. I'm definitely just going to sit there and listen to this.

[danielinsporto]

this song is sampled in a Radiohead B-side called "Kinetic". any radiohead fans here should check it out.

[Squibfire]

@danielinsporto thanks i will, Radiohead is one of my all time favorite bands, and Miles is my all time favorite jazz musician, so i will definitely go check it out when this track is over lol

[KrummyBear]

@Squibfire

Miles is my favorite musician period... I think he kinda trancends genre. He certainly did at the time... He literally took jazz.... threw elements of pop music into it (electronics i.e. Fender Rhodes)... And poof.... you have something more aesthetically awesome than anyone may ever create again. 

[CatastrophicDisease]

@danielinsporto I'll be sure to do so man, thanks for that!

[MUARFA]

Takes u on a journey that so AMAZING...

[chillepalmerz]

Listening to this on vinyl, and it's exactly the thing I want to hear right now.

[crustymcd]

Thrilling

[powerotoc]

what a great song, i love the way he gets into fusion, from E.S.P to the on the corner session with the great fast train to memphis from harlem(in a silent way)

[villeheadhunter]

if all you want is to hear miles PLAY the trumpet u will never understand his genius. the space in between is just as satisfying. count basie was great at this too

[Psychedelic925]

Best Album Cover.

[aenima98]

@Psychedelic925 The back is even better in my opinion.

[Dogdrum]

That bass line by Harvey Brooks. I could make love to my girlfriend with that bass line playing in the background.

[1Delta]

I read somewhere this was dedicated to Hendrix. I know Hendrix was getting ready to join Davis, but died before he could.

Meanwhile, Mclaughlin was Right There, and blew everyone's mind.

one of the funkiest, heaviest songs ever. Leave to Miles Davis to get right to it. Shortest distance between two points is that syncopated path through the bass line. And Mclaughlin is playing bop and Delta blues while the entire band is syncopating!

[happyface4444]

how does one man create the greatest album of two genres? He made Bitches Brew for the best fusion album and Kind of Blue for the best jazz album.

[masterofallhalo]

bitches brew hahaha. my teacher didn t mention THAT in class

[Teddyb1939]

To my ears Bitches Brew is the best jazz record ever & Voodoo the greatest,most innovative playing I know of. Great names on top of their game.Don Alias & Jack de Johnette on drums driving it along. Just brilliant.

[scatcat81]

The Guardian Article is absolutely correct. Miles himself even used "Voodoo Chile" as an intro for this in live shows after about 1981 (even used some Sabbath particularly on the Fillmore West album circa 1970). Miles full intention was to experiment with the other sounds that were floating around at the time.

[jamesrobertdobbs]

First Jazz record I ever bought. The other kids hated it.

[calochamp]

holy shit i just became a conduit of sound

[spoonforleg]

Frenz vs Endz LOOTPACK!!!!!

[havepenwillwrite]

I remember when Miles discontinued the practice of including liner notes on his albums; he felt the music no longer needed explaining. Lay the vinyl on your turntable, drop a needle on it and dig the groove. The hipsters dug it - the squares didn't. 'Nuff said!

[theJaydog]

Ultimate finesse!

[wsidechris]

It is a travesty that I haven't seriously played my "Bitches Brew" set in a decade (!). Playing it now, I can see why. Its complex, thick, dangerous, crescendoing groove threatens whatever grip you think you have on your sense of order and control. That might sound like hyperbole, but anyone can be unraveled when their senses are overwhelmed. This can do it more than anything else ever recorded.

[antbee77]

jimi you r in it...

[BackwardsMoney08]

This sounds like it could straight out of a 70's blaxpoitation movie! This is pure funk! I Love this!

[rubbersole79]

I don't get it, but power to the people that do !

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[anugraha7]

From today's Guardian article: 'The influence of Hendrix is all over Brew. Like Electric Ladyland, it's primarily a studio creation, complete with splices and special effects, while "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" echoes Jimi's "Voodoo Chile"'

[dorian411]

@anugraha7 Wow, I should read the article cuz I listened to E.L .the day it came out (I was in HS), and I've been listening to B.B .since 1972 or 73, and would never ever say THIS cut echoes VC. There is nothing in this song which reminds me of Hendrix or his players. Hell the guitar playing on both are world's apart.

[DCgreenery]

I dont understand why people hate on hiphop producers who sample classic songs like this..

They are keeping the music alive and exposing it to a whole different genre of listeners.. that is the reason why i am listening to this right now.. i guess what im trying to say is u should always have an open mind...

[OwrKeeng]

@DCgreenery Yeah but most people just want to hear a catchy beat, not sophisticated music by Miles Davis. That's the complaint.

[nabilhc]

The best guitar solo ever!

[trawamaciej]

fuckin masterpiece of music.... if u know what i mean :)

[boogster123321]

damn words cant do justice to this piece, so tight while so loose at the same time tonal poetry and beauty

[RogueRotting360]

This is pure sex, notated and taped.

[robertclemon]

Time aint caught up with Dewey yet!

[belartful]

OK! iT DOESNT GET ANY BETTR THAN THIS!!! Miles superb blend of musicians,,poly sounds and rythms are at their best on THIS piece! Pure Genius!!!!!

[hapzap13]

A masterpiece !

[bawoman]

This music makes my hips gyrate involuntarily.They just wont stop!

[Fredolisita]

Miles Davis é muito foda!

[amon2535]

Sexy and Sassy!

[ShaolinRZAGZA85]

This song has attitude. It would be perfect for a crime thriller. Imagine a movie where there is a bank heist set to this shit here. Amazing jazz fusion!!!!

[ehuloko]

Miles is definitely cool—to say the least. I was first introduced to his music in 1966 when I was a freshman in high school. I had a friend from Oakland who told me—ya gotta listen to this!1 This being Sketches of Spain.

When a senior I totally flipped on In a Silent Way. Some wine and a bowl----goodbye. Then the nextBitches! I have In a Silent Way LP and listen to it often (turntables have made a comeback thank you) but I long ago lost copies of Bitches—so thanks for posting. I'm back.

[Alemayehu45]

@ehuloko I hear you!

[hapzap13]

Miles ahead of the game !!!!!! Thank you for the post.

[sanjuz]

Hyper-Cosmic Field-Flow

[tymobilenews]

Great Fusion Rhythm Jimmy Hendrix,Led Zeppelin,Cream incorporated this same fusion drums they learned from the best

[TheSauz]

Amazin.... what kinda meltin sound!!! Freakin out!!!

[MrRomero08]

miles DAVIS...grandissimo..con zawinol...

[berns3131]

i guess you call this the beginning of space jazz.......

[RawUmber3]

@berns3131 naw sun ra beat him by about a decade

[hapzap13]

No one did it better than Miles Dewey Davis!!!!! The man was light years ahead of his time he invented jazz fusion period.

[scottmontreal]

Miles Runs the Voodoo Down is a killer song. A classic that will never grow old.

[HomeBoy666]

where it's at

[maomaotittymcmao]

just fucking dope. thats all there is too it.

[JazznBlues85]

Electric miles is unfaily underrated. Fuck it! Fuck the detractors! I seriously love this track, it ain't even funny.

[qsergyuko]

True right,this music is fucking so far out most cats cant even understand the cover let alone the music.

[JazznBlues85]

@qsergyuko Right. Some people are just too close minded when it comes to music. If they can't find it in the club they don't like it.

[novakane87]

This music is 17 years older than me and I love it!

[novakane87]

Shoot, Miles is the one name I know with Jazz. He was the Pioneer. The king of Jazz in my book.

[qwe123303]

@novakane87

Check out Charles Mingus and Duke Ellington too. There are with him if not higher. Any live Mingus is amazing. I'm partial to Live at Antibes. Folk Forms No. 1 is pretty funky in its own right.

[DajaWaja]

@qwe123303 mingus live at antibes is an all time might, epic concert hahahahahh

[yeda77]

@JazznBlues85 The detractors aren't qualified to rate Brother Miles. So fuck em twice.

[theShowStopper321]

Gotta love the John McGlaughlin funk rhythm guitar.

[robertclemon]

Miles Ahead

[zorbazoo]

consciousness expanding music

[belartful]

jazz like this in the 70s came and went and there hasnt been anything like it since!

[FunkySkunk90]

Awesome Track getting sicker and sicker every minute. Thanks For Your Post. Greats From Germany

[Omarbilal79]

This is where I started to follow Miles it sounds so new

after 30yrs.

[stegosaurus1000]

One of my fav albums! I just noticed that it sounds like Radiohead must have been listen to this song when making their song "Kinetic". Check it out!

[69zemaria]

@stegosaurus1000 You know, Radiohead were very influenced by Miles Davis. OK Computer has some influences, check it out. And Subterranean Homesick Alien has Miles written all over it ;)

[pseudonynomous1]

" Little dash of Salt...and...a lotta Pepper "

[tekem81]

incredible!!! Troppo avanti

[msteras]

I heard if you listen to this song you may catch the holy ghost

[wizardofmadness]

not necessarily a holy one.

[msteras]

holy is subjective, but thanks for trying.

[shemanic1]

using the 45 version as my intro to a dj gig on halloween

[jazz4]

probably some of the best but underrated music ever created.

[natureyogi]

A wonderful piece of music and a wonderful album

[XXXHASANIXXX]

THIS IS THE SHIT

[milestones2011]

@XXXHASANIXXX

[Butterflycradle1]

Greatest Jazz Album Ever Period (In my Opinion). Fact: A MUST HAVE

and This song is just purely EPIC =D

[freshechidna]

Words cannot describe how much I love Bitches Brew.

Though whenever I put it on everyone just thinks it's noise.

[ketahoer23]

haha you got that right my dad likes miles but just the laid back kind of blue stuff he cant handle this

[Fripitto]

Yeah, I know what you mean. My friends told me to 'turn that noisy shit down' numerous times and put on some filthy pop music on the radio instead.

I've strangled two of them so far, but the rest was not intimidated.

I hang out with a weird crowd, though.

Anyway, long live the Prince of Darkness.

[hwoodj20]

How about the ones that ask, "are there any words?"

[Fripitto]

Same story. They're like lice. Can't get rid of them...

[snubbs741]

unless their stoned!

[joh3]

@freshechidna How many times have I heard "Why don't you listen to normal music"? You would like to share your reverence for what you hear but it always falls on deaf ears. Oh well, there is always disco and cheesy bar bands for the others.

[Sebastos1]

@freshechidna haha they're just not trained to listening to this kind of music. It takes some time to fully comprehend it, and when that happens it becomes heaven on earth!

[JAYDOTP1987]

@freshechidna how could anyone think that this smooth shit is just noise.

[kylekylelewis]

@freshechidna Damn I feel sorry for them. They are definitely missing out if they can't wrap their little minds around this genius music.

[acceptthevoid]

@freshechidna i feel ya bro lol

[HolyKatana]

@freshechidna I've gotten several friends into it, but they're pretty open-minded. I've seen some pretty violent reactions to it, too. It's a very polarizing album.

[qwe123303]

@freshechidna

Yeah I get that whatever I play 80s Sonic Youth too. Some people just can't hear the beauty. It's unfortunate.

[musicofsounds]

4374 views that is insane. Every household should listen to Bitches Brew atleast an hour a day.

[cannibaljuice]

I Love this album but it gives me a headache sometimes

[xingyiboxer]

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[fromBulgaria]

awesome 5 *

[trawamaciej]

przewspaniały utwór! nic tylko słuchać i płynąć razem z nimi!

[wthorpe56]

A great song from the greatest trumphet player that ever lived. Miles was the greatest !

[yourboyrayray]

i wish i could play the trumphet as well as he could.

the master of the trumphet!

[dhollseed]

this has so many colours, so many shapes...it's epic

[kenyancheena]

B A D A S S M O T H E R F U C K E R

[GrolschFlipTop]

C O S I G N !!!!!

[LuizPagan]

The ultimate slow drag... funkier than a mosquiters tweeter!

[PerryCoxPF93]

oh that gave me chills

[robertclemon]

Funky DOO this Bitches Brew....

[robertclemon]

Dewey pointing "THE WAY"

[coolestkidonthebl0ck]

fuck i m just in love with this guy

[PerryCoxPF93]

everyone is man

[zombietruth]

Perhaps the greatest song of all time. No comments. Hmm...

[birdofprey18]

IT IS THE GREATEST SONG IN THE WORLD