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Title: Miles Davis - Agharta (Full Album)
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URL Source: http://youtu.be/ow2f2uVQocM
Published: Feb 1, 1975
Author: Miles Davis
Post Date: 2014-06-08 01:43:16 by Dakmar
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Views: 1128
Comments: 18
Poster Comment: It's been a full year since my last bong-hit, and a decade since any good trippy drugs. Must have come too close to cheap furs or something today, but could not resist urge to post this here. Some of you will hate it, a few will sue me, and the majority will ignore this thread and continue to let politicians live. I don't blame you, I don't want to be sent to prison for the perfectly justifiable act of throttling a useless parasite either, so if you have a few minutes please remember to always bring a towel.
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#1. To: Dakmar (#0)
Odin approves. I think Miles Davis must be blowing a modified drinking horn in Valhalla.
I dug Miles in Kind of Blue and appreciate his contribution to the "Cool School". When he went electric and psychedelic it reminded me of someone on a paper comb kazoo....regardless, those folks who were players and followed the jazz scene back then realized who the "real" innovator was.....some white guy on the west coast who had already mastered the "electrics' of his day and had developed a 4 valve trumpet with which he was able to play quarter tones as he had a predilection for Eastern sounds before Miles found out that it was hip.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swHY9_mrOK0 "The government ruling us draws its authority not from the principles of the Declaration of Independence, or even from the delegate powers listed in the U.S. Constitution, but rather from the war to re-conquer the independent South. That conflict, usually referred to by the artfully misleading title “Civil War,” established the fact that the government in Washington is willing to kill Americans in whatever quantity it deems necessary in order to enforce its edicts, and then sanctify the slaughter in the name of some suitably “progressive” social objective.
I don't know who he is. ;)
To question is to value the ideal of truth more highly than the loyalties to nation, religion, race, or ideology.
Rube!!! :) To question is to value the ideal of truth more highly than the loyalties to nation, religion, race, or ideology.
Uber-cool. Total departure from Kind of Blue.
#2. To: Dakmar (#0)
#3. To: Dakmar (#0)
#4. To: Rube Goldberg (#2)
#5. To: Dakmar (#0)
-Alex Kurtagic
#6. To: christine (#3)
You Can Not dance the Cotton Eyed Joe to this music!!!
-Alex Kurtagic
#7. To: Deasy (#1)
I threw out my Miles Davis albums after learning what he said he would do if he only had five minutes to live. I think Miles Davis must be blowing a modified drinking horn in Valhalla.
First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Blacks, and I did not speak out because I was not a Black. Then they came for the Latinos, and I did not speak out because I was not a Latino. Then they came to my door and told me taxes were down, the streets were secure and ninety percent of conflict in society was over.
#8. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#7)
What did he say?? I threw out my Miles Davis albums after learning what he said he would do if he only had five minutes to live.
-Alex Kurtagic
#9. To: X-15, Prefrontal Vortex, Dakmar (#8)
I hope this doesn't spoil Dakmar's enjoyment of this fine performer's art. Miles Davis is timeless. The Greeks believed that creativity was inspired by the muses. When Miles wasn't under the influence of his muse, who knows what he was going to say next. From Jet magazine, March 25th, 1985: Grammy Award winning trumpeter Miles Davis admits that he hasn't quite been able to come to terms with the racial discrimination he suffered as a child He once recalled, being the "best in the music class on the trumpet, but all the contest first prizes went to the boys with blue eyes." In a recent USA Today article, reporter Miles White quotes Davis as saying: "If somebody told me I had only one hour to live, I'd spend it choking a White man. I'd do it nice and slow." But the veteran musician added, "The only White people I don't like are the prejudiced White people. Those the shoe don't fit, well they don't wear it." Miles Davis Can't Shake Boyhood Racial Abuse
That's no reason to dislike a man's music. I was enthralled by the first 30 minutes of this album. So was Hernan M. Campbell at Sputinik Music a couple of years ago: Review Summary: An electrifying perfromance
The legend of Agharta is interesting all on its own.
Miles Davis has always been the kind of musician that has never been content in settling with just one genre. Often experimenting, and fusing musical approaches to create something fresh. The mid 1970's was a peculiar time for music. Psychedelia was beginning to dwindle down and music was becoming less experimental and more jubilant. Disco music was beginning to grow in popularity, and people were looking for music to enjoy, something instantly perceptual and not necessarily abstract. Though of course there were artists, like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, who were still writing more intellectual compositions, but they were indeed the minority. Catchy was quickly replacing artistic, and yet again, Miles Davis fell into the trend. Funk music was at an all time high within the African-American classes, and acts like James Brown and George Clinton were reigning over the genre. In albums like On The Corner and Big Fun, we saw the beginning of Miles Davis incorporating Funk elements with his usual Jazz music.
In Agharta we find Miles Davis further exploring the possibilities of Funk music, only this time fusing it with the aggressive rock-stylings of Bitches Brew and the atmospheric nuances of In A Silent Way. In the opening number, "Prelude", we see the musicians taking apart genres and rebuilding them into a completely different sound. This piece is much more reminiscent of Rock than Jazz, as the music is produced by a prominent guitar-driven sound. "Prelude" is all Miles Davis and Pete Cosey, who flow in and out of perception with eruptions of frantic solos. There is a very cosmic sound that is being produced fromt he instruments, and the primary catalyst of this erratic style for the most part is Pete Cosey. We constantly hear him experimenting with a variety of guitar effects that create a surrealistic atmosphere throughout. He's very abrasive with his guitar playing technique, his sound is very distorted and bombards the listener with such prowess. But of course, even Pete Cosey's anomalous methods are not enough to eclipse the star of the show. Miles Davis is as potent as ever. And as always, he works at his own pace, and releases a variety of soloistic flaunts while often playing off of saxophonist Sonny Fortune's augmentations. There is definitely a higher level of energy in this performance, but it also displays some reminiscence of moody psychedelia.
"Maiysha" displays a much more diverse musical style. It presents itself as a delicate piece, but reveals a more aggressive side during it's progression. Sonny Fortune really takes charge of the piece with some elegant flute soloing in the beginning before the other musicians alter the musical landscape into progressive ambiences, smooth Jazz passages, and explosive guitar outbursts that seem to forget that this is not a rock concert. In the second half of the album, within "Theme From Jack Johnson" and "Interlude", we find ourselves voyaging through more realms of ambient spaces, as well as a descend into a more intense explosion of fiery Jazz Fusion with Miles Davis executing some of his finest trumpet solos to date. Aghartha is a truly exciting release from Miles Davis, and is perhaps one of his most energetic performances from the electric period. Aghartha displays some incredibly dextrous musicianship all throughout, especially from Pete Cosey who practically steals the show with his deploys of Hendrix-inspired electrical distorting devices. I highly recommend this album to any fans of Miles Davis, it highly differs from the atmospheric sound of his previous electric albums, as it contains a more elevated and aggressive style that will be sure to please any fan of Jazz Fusion.
#10. To: X-15 (#8)
If he only had 5 minutes to live he would spend it strangling a white man. What did he say??
First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Blacks, and I did not speak out because I was not a Black. Then they came for the Latinos, and I did not speak out because I was not a Latino. Then they came to my door and told me taxes were down, the streets were secure and ninety percent of conflict in society was over.
#11. To: Deasy (#9)
It is however a reason to not listen to it. I don't care how good it is. That's no reason to dislike a man's music.
First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Blacks, and I did not speak out because I was not a Black. Then they came for the Latinos, and I did not speak out because I was not a Latino. Then they came to my door and told me taxes were down, the streets were secure and ninety percent of conflict in society was over.
#12. To: X-15 (#8)
Can you imagine ANY black person listening to the man's music if the races were reversed? That's how fucked up white people are.
First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Blacks, and I did not speak out because I was not a Black. Then they came for the Latinos, and I did not speak out because I was not a Latino. Then they came to my door and told me taxes were down, the streets were secure and ninety percent of conflict in society was over.
#13. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#11)
I'm hip.
#14. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#12)
When I'm listening to Miles Davis I'm not getting a racist vibe. If I did, I'd be apt to turn it off. I figure his art is a rebellion in sound. He thinks it's against one establishment. Maybe there are others with which it intersects as well. Ezra Pound railed at the barrenness of WASP culture in America for stripping classical art from our education and removing it from the public. The WASPs thought that Greek and Roman nudes were degenerate, and the statues and paintings were idols for other gods besides Jehovah. WASPs today have failed to secure their future, and they've sold out their birthright to dispensationalism. Davis and Pound might have had things to discuss: Davis was searching for a classical African world beyond the WASP American wasteland. I'm all in favor of a healthy black identity that sees itself as unique and vibrant. I'm far more disappointed in the collapse of WASP culture, but it was doomed from the start since it ignored the best of its origins and enslaved itself to another. WASPs have suffocated themselves, by themselves. Miles didn't bring them down. They did.
#15. To: Deasy (#9)
Miles Davis might hate me, but he seems to want to get away from me, too, so I am ok with that. Dakmar, future president Transcontinental Records VP, A&R
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges - Tacitus
#16. To: Dakmar (#15)
future president Transcontinental Records VP, A&R Is Herb Alpert getting his jewsual cut of that gig?? Dakmar,
-Alex Kurtagic
#17. To: X-15 (#16)
Anyone that comes begging will get a fresh fruit or vegetable, or a canned facsimile thereof.
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges - Tacitus
#18. To: Dakmar (#17)
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