Ralph Towner -- Witchitaito

Ralph Towner -- Witchitaito

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[talkingwall]

yes, they should just start spiking the water supply with ritalin. Most have the attention span of a gnat and the cultural enlightenment of perhaps a John Deer tractor. God, sometimes I really hate this place and it only gets worse year after year. I lived in England for a few years but the weather was just too unbearable. There are pockets of culture but... why does the weather always have to suck in those places? I have seasonal affective disorder. I can't live in those places. Dammit!

[skibum1981]

i hear you on SADD. winter is esp horrible in parts of the states where it gets dark at 4 pm.

how about rome? pretty nice climate...

[talkingwall]

such a pity that most Americans have so goddam dumbed down not to realize what fantastic musicians we have spawned here at home and they all have to go to Europe to get heard. I did see Ralph in 1975 with John Abercrombie at an ECM festival in Seattle. After the first piece completed you could have heard a pin drop, the audience was so captivated. A rare thing in this country. Most beautiful concert moment in my entire life.

[skibum1981]

i agree. americans often are musically retarded.  yet, there's a niche that creates some amazing stuff. blues, rock, jazz, hip hop, all american art forms!

oh btw, did you hear that new b. spears album? fantastic! ha ha ha ha........

[nmclay]

Rash generalization, anyone? I hope you feel stupid saying such an outright ignorant statement.

[skibum1981]

you missed the key word "often." not always.

and yes, the majority is fairly musically narrow-minded, to put it politely. this is a phenomenon in america that isn't isolated to just music...

... we like our prepackaged, mass produced stuff. just the way it is. it's sad that in the case of music, this happens to be coupled with an incredible lack of quality.

[Tarabos1]

@metamorphosis67 You are right and I agree to your comment. I wonder, what happened to the public´s perception of music at the late 70s and early 80s and since..I always said, that the political and cultural world began to change than (Reagan/Thatcher/Kohl era) and the rise of people like Rupert Murdock and Leo Kirch (in Germany) who spoiled the music world with their policy of mass media stupidity (radio, TV, movies). We can´t blame the youngsters for their taste, they can´t know better !

[namtil]

Ralph Towner + Guild 12-string + great song = Amazing

[KcinRosa]

All your cynicism smacks of self righteous arrogance that really is quite hypocrytical in its own right. Really, who are we to judge. Be peaceful with your self and that will transcend. Notice how I did the same thing?-!

Music is the esential rythm of life. Let it be.

[metamorphosis67]

@Galantski Yes, England but 80% of his post-Extrapolation work happend in the USA. He was the opposite of Hendrix in that sense. He moved back to Europe later. I do not mean a specifically American culture but a 60s & early 70s culture. That's what the Irish-by-blood / North English-by-birth McLaughlin is rooted in along with the rest of those Americans. That same old 1966-1975 counterculture tree is bearing whatever leftover fruits we see today. That tree will not grow in today's Zeitgeist.

[Galantski]

@metamorphosis67 - Correction: Although amazing John McLaughlin has often performed in the US with many great American musicians such as Miles Davis, Stanley Clarke, Wayne Shorter, Larry Coryell, Chick Corea and Al Di Miola, he is himself a native of Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.

[kontrapunkti]

I was sold after 10 seconds!

[talkingwall]

@BibiAudiofil Word!

[BibiAudiofil]

@talkingwall

Music Of Another Present Era :)

[RobZiak]

I just stumbled upon this motherfucker and wow he can rock a 12 string quite nicely

[metamorphosis67]

@talkingwall Considering the purely technical ability of players of today, it's laughable how little artistic ability they have to use technique to express something worth expressing. The best music is from the 60s & 70s because then there was a deep trend towards self-discovery & the philosophical outlooks gained from these honest soul-searches were reflected in all the arts. In fact, the world of ideas & the arts cross-polinated each other, something that is not allowed to happen again.