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Pat Metheny — A Map Of The World
Album: A Map Of The World
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7.6

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Total ratings: 1306









Released: 1999
Length: 5:36
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Still the best hair in the business. 
Posted 1 year ago by jwynn80    [ Reply ]
Poignant
Posted 1 year ago by saamusic    [ Reply ]
 grhorn wrote:


Hey Pat Metheny, take a tip from Buckethead!



lol!  Too funny!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:



I really like this tune!   It is the music that is important, not his facial expression!


Hey Pat Metheny, take a tip from Buckethead!
Posted 2 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
 Jamus wrote:

This song is listenable, his pauses and attenuation show worthy control of the guitar. But, what is the expression on his face all about; did he receive a shock, is he trying to emulate Yo-Yo Ma, or does he just like to make funny faces. Sorry Patrick, not to mock you but please work on your stage presence. Thanks




I really like this tune!   It is the music that is important, not his facial expression!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
And breathe ... just what is needed on a Friday morning when everything needs to be done now! Thank you RP and Mr Methey.
Posted 2 years ago by MysteryMan    [ Reply ]
Guitar majesty. 
Posted 3 years ago by MysteryMan    [ Reply ]
Boy, I hate to think what kind of a foul mood I must have been in once upon a time to rate this a '2'. Ornery bastard. :-)
Posted 3 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
 Jamus wrote:
This song is listenable, his pauses and attenuation show worthy control of the guitar. But, what is the expression on his face all about; did he receive a shock, is he trying to emulate Yo-Yo Ma, or does he just like to make funny faces. Sorry Patrick, not to mock you but please work on your stage presence. Thanks
 
Metheny DOES have stage presence.  I know, I've seen he and a stellar line up band several times.  A musician bent over his instrument and giving a completely masterful 110% is the definition of presence. Here's a video of someone else who knows, and explains something of that "face" you refer to. 

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-sz-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=sz&p=carlos+santana+master+class#id=1&vid=6aae85c77504661508f06d6183b4d439&action=click
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
This song is listenable, his pauses and attenuation show worthy control of the guitar. But, what is the expression on his face all about; did he receive a shock, is he trying to emulate Yo-Yo Ma, or does he just like to make funny faces. Sorry Patrick, not to mock you but please work on your stage presence. Thanks
Posted 4 years ago by Jamus    [ Reply ]
 Michael_Dean wrote:
If it's too sweet for you, it's too sweet.

When you get the chance try listening to something else by Pat, almost all of his music leads a listener onto a amazing adventure.  This, I think, is one of the reasons Bill plays Metheny's stuff, why Pat has stood the test of time and what separates his music from smooth jazz.

One of my favorite, "Are You Going With Me", is quintessential story telling, pulled from the pages of most peoples' lives. Hope you can make the trip!
 

Two Folk Songs from 80/81 is a masterpiece.  The whole double LP/CD is fine, but that near-20 minute jazz midwest folk bop fusion solo  improv thing with that band is simply amazing.  The elec acoustic and drums sizzle, the sax solos are skronky and hot, and the sweet melody of the perfectly played closing guitar solo is one of music's miracles.  
American Garage is fine, so is the debut, so is First Circle.  I lost track of what PM has done since the late '90s. Is it good? 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
nothing wrong with being mellow once in a while...
Posted 5 years ago by tupicetti    [ Reply ]
So beautiful
Posted 6 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
Another fine PM offering can be found on his collaboration with Charlie Haden, "Beyond the Missouri Sky."

 
Indeed
Posted 6 years ago by dyharenas    [ Reply ]
 daveinnj wrote:
This is such a bad song I had to get my password reset to come in and say it. 

 
You shouldn't have bothered - your comment is pointless.
Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
This is such a bad song I had to get my password reset to come in and say it. 
Posted 6 years ago by daveinnj    [ Reply ]
Is there a rating for "Stellar"? Don't know what number that would be. Not familiar with this cut but the artist unmistakable; which makes it more aaaaaaaaaammmmmmmaaazing that each artist voice through the same instrument may be so unique. Thanks RP. Lovely.
Posted 6 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
 AhhtheMusic wrote:
So relaxing.  Perfect to accompany a cup of tea, meditation, painting, work, walking on a beach, watching a sunset...thank you for keeping me mellow and grateful.

 
Wait, you're doing all of those things simultaneously?
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Acceptable, music which not hurts, good for elevators and wellnes oasis...
Posted 6 years ago by belba    [ Reply ]
 expatlar wrote:
What film is this the background music to?

 
A map of the world. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160513/
Posted 7 years ago by rhulk    [ Reply ]
 expatlar wrote:
What film is this the background music to?
 
When was the War of 1812?  {#Wink}
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160513/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
This song came up on my 3rd tap of the PSD button.
And I was well rewarded for my perseverance.
Posted 7 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Beauty of the gods.
Posted 7 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
Very nice in a "let's take a ride up in the elevator shall we?" kind of way.  I say this with all due respect and affection.  I've always liked this guy, even waaaay back in the late 1970's.  I saw him, once, in a venue at Princeton University.  An old style "in the round" hall with more fine woods than you'd expect of a University.  But then again that's the Ivy's for ya.  The venue was the perfect setting for his style of music.  The University?  Maybe not so much.  Heh!

But I digress.  PM has always had a place in my heart.  Even when he was doin' the 'ol smack-down on Kenny G.  A guy who'd make PM go frothy at the mouth if-ever he heard Kenny G and "fine musician" mentioned in the same sentence.  Ah yes....rivalries...it's what makes the world spin 'round don't'cha know?

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 7 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
Another fine PM offering can be found on his collaboration with Charlie Haden, "Beyond the Missouri Sky."
Posted 7 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
Zzzzzz
Posted 7 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Dr Fishbein will numb you up with a little novocaine and Pat Metheny and will have that wisdom tooth out in no time. 
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
{#Cheesygrin} Wonderfully soothing on this sunny Fall morning. Always give Pat Metheny high marks. This one a 10.
Posted 8 years ago by bm.deavenport613    [ Reply ]
Pat Metheny Group - "Always and forever"
So nice and soothing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AcT_IeYEm4
Posted 8 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
How about the whole Pat Metheny Group being played here...all so good!!!
Posted 8 years ago by molson    [ Reply ]
So relaxing.  Perfect to accompany a cup of tea, meditation, painting, work, walking on a beach, watching a sunset...thank you for keeping me be mellow and grateful.
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Great to hear some PM here - could use much more!
 
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
I love PM's smooth or soft jazz if that is really how to describe it.  

This is great too.   What is the rest of the album/CD like? 

OK, a film album with various artists.......  got it.
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
If it's too sweet for you, it's too sweet.

When you get the chance try listening to something else by Pat, almost all of his music leads a listener onto a amazing adventure.  This, I think, is one of the reasons Bill plays Metheny's stuff, why Pat has stood the test of time and what separates his music from smooth jazz.

One of my favorite, "Are You Going With Me", is quintessential story telling, pulled from the pages of most peoples' lives. Hope you can make the trip!
Posted 9 years ago by Michael_Dean    [ Reply ]
one of those movies that stick with you for life, amazing Weaver & Strathairn, Julianne Moore too :)
and music that picks the strings of one's heart {#Daisy} 
Posted 9 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
Quite gorgeous. Enough variety that I don't immediately find it saccharin.
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
Sorry, can't stand it. Sugar overload. Just goes to show, there's no accounting for tastes.
Posted 9 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
With The Falcon and the Snowman and Under Fire, this is one of the few soundtracks that I am aware Metheny has composed or contributed to. He's extraordinarily prolific and one of the most vibrant musicians around.
My college girlfriend introduced me to the band's debut album in 1978, and it remains one of my favorites. It doesn't get much better than Phase Dance and April Wind/April Joy. Of course, there is American Garage, The Last Train Home and the long-form of Two Folk Songs, off 80/81, which concludes with one of the loveliest guitar solos ever...
Hint, Bill, hint... 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Such a talented artist with so much depth. Anyone who has traveled globally gets it. So sad that he gets associated with the soft jazz scene. 
Posted 9 years ago by dburgher    [ Reply ]
Love PM.  Have 3 CDs but not this one.
Posted 9 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 Lonestar wrote:
If John Tesh picked up the guitar... 

 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

. . . he would sound like a complete stooge compared to Metheny.

 
True, but Tesh would probably sound like a stooge compared to just about anyone else.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
He got me off my addiction to prog in 1976 with Bright Size Life. More Metheny and, while we're on the subject, more Ralph Towner.
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
Ahhhhhh...{#Music}
Posted 9 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
Beautiful!  Could definitely use more PM on RP.

 
{#Yes} Yes please Bill and Rebecca.  Just beautiful.
Posted 9 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
Absolutely gorgeous. Saw him with Mays and the band in Phoenix in the 90s.
Posted 9 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
 Lonestar wrote:
If John Tesh picked up the guitar...
 
. . . he would sound like a complete stooge compared to Metheny.
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
very soothing after dinner sauvignon blanc chill down for the soul..
Posted 10 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
g.o.r.g.e.o.u.s.  {#Yes}
Posted 10 years ago by offroadbiker    [ Reply ]
{#Music}
Posted 10 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
Beautiful!  Could definitely use more PM on RP.
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
If John Tesh picked up the guitar... 
Posted 10 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
Nice tune - thanks PSD
Posted 10 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 Somaosteo wrote:
Mark Knopfler at first sound????

 
just....no
Posted 10 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
This is exquisite. {#Meditate}{#Sunny}
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this music...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 gonzafr wrote:
Love Pat Metheny, just wish he would do more with his old band (with Rodby and Mays). 

 
I kind of thought he was going to do another PMG album w/ mays this year but it appears that he liked his unity project so much he's incorporating it into another tour.  
Posted 11 years ago by dpvest    [ Reply ]
Just beautiful. Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Pat!
Posted 11 years ago by quietman    [ Reply ]
Their is no one like Metheny
Posted 11 years ago by norvell    [ Reply ]
One of my all time favorite soundtracks!
Posted 11 years ago by fcaruso    [ Reply ]
Love Pat Metheny, just wish he would do more with his old band (with Rodby and Mays). 
Posted 11 years ago by gonzafr    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
This is exquisite. {#Meditate}{#Sunny}

 
Sounds goot to me as well.
Posted 11 years ago by Keef    [ Reply ]
Mark Knopfler at first sound????
Posted 11 years ago by Somaosteo    [ Reply ]
This is so beautiful.
Posted 11 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
I cant get no reading done today...gd music is so damn good!!!!
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 timwiebe wrote:
Calming...
 

Yes, I need this just now {#Fire}
Posted 11 years ago by raga    [ Reply ]

A lot of great music has no one singing.


Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Calming...
Posted 12 years ago by timwiebe    [ Reply ]
Sorry I missed it :^(
 
Ended up buying the album from iTunes (28 tracks, albeit some short for $10).  So far, so good!  The movie sounds sad tho...
Posted 12 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Different from what I usually associate with Pat Metheny.  But very nice all the same.
 


I agree. This piece is very unlike what I have thus far attributed to PM.
Posted 12 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
This is so beautifully named.  Totally intimate and personal.  What else is the map of most of our worlds?
Posted 12 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
It would splendid for RP to offer up more Metheny. The group's debut album and First Circle or Letter From Home, for example. They have music very much in this tone and style. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
O.k. I'm going to go to sleep now.
Posted 12 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
Sweet {#Guitarist} Melody
Posted 12 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Thanks, just what I needed at the moment.
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
Beautiful.
Posted 12 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Different from what I usually associate with Pat Metheny.  But very nice all the same.

Soundtrack to a movie of the same name.


Posted 12 years ago by ocbrander    [ Reply ]
Different from what I usually associate with Pat Metheny.  But very nice all the same.
Posted 12 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 ocbrander wrote:
My favorite guitarist by far.
 
same here.  I rarely pass on an opportunity to see him live.
Posted 12 years ago by dpvest    [ Reply ]
My favorite guitarist by far.

Posted 12 years ago by ocbrander    [ Reply ]
This is exquisite. {#Meditate}{#Sunny}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
An extraordinary musician. Pieces like Two Folk Songs and April Wind/April Joy cannot be heard too often. 
Posted 13 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]

A beautiful soundtrack to yesterday's 9/11 anniversary.


Posted 13 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:

Outstanding. Beautiful choice, Bill


 

{#Yes}
Posted 13 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
 richrosen wrote:
imho, no one turns a melody like Pat.
 
 
Amen to that...

Posted 13 years ago by exposureindex    [ Reply ]

Outstanding. Beautiful choice, Bill


Posted 13 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Pat Metheny is a national treasure...Unbelievable talent.
Posted 13 years ago by exposureindex    [ Reply ]
imho, no one turns a melody like Pat.
 
Posted 13 years ago by richrosen    [ Reply ]
Excellent! It would be great if we could hear something from Pat's good friend Jaco...
Posted 13 years ago by PFM    [ Reply ]
Pat can do little wrong (although I'm not enamored with his avant garde jazz outings such as his pairing with Jack DeJohnette).
Posted 13 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Nice piece.
Posted 13 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Nice tune, but why are there a bunch of random album covers posted below??
Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]

Desert Island Collection - Top 24 - backup  by Feuillu
Pierre Metivier
https://www.flickr.com/photos/feuilllu/

for the "Desert Island challenge", I selected close to 50 but was limited to 24 so here are the remaining of the list.. great musics but that did not make the first list.

Claude Debussy - Pelleas et Melisande
Modest Mussorsky - Boris Godunov
Univers Zero - Ceux du dehors
Dead Kenndy's - Give me convenience or give me death
Soft Machine - Third
Joy Division - Closer
Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella
Olivier Messiaen - Trois petites liturgies
Bela Bartok - 6 String quartets
Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life
Bela Bartok -Music for Strings, percussion and Celesta
Sting - Fields of Gold (bestof)
Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny - beyond the Missouri sky
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights
Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert
Bill Evans - Alone
John Mayall - USA Union
Oscal Peterson and Joe Pass - Porgy and Bess
John Coltrane - Impressions
Bill Evans - You must believe in spring
Romano, Sclavis, Texier - Carnet de routes
Atahualpa Yupanqui - 30 ans de chansons (best of)
Peter Gabriel (best of)
Jean-Claude Vannier


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 NanMac wrote:
I haven't heard Pat for awhile.

Is the Metheny Mehldau album any good?
 

Its quite beautiful, very atmospheric and  enchanting   
    Its definitely a moody and thought provoking experience
for sure, Im sure you will enjoy it.
Posted 14 years ago by Yausaus    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard Pat for awhile. Is the Metheny Mehldau album any good?
Posted 16 years ago by NanMac    [ Reply ]