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Ha! Ha!

You must be kidding.



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Anyways, if yer talking Weather Report, you must stipulate which period since they went thru serious ch-ch-ch-changes.

My beef is the pedestrian compositions, not the players. The players were top-notch. Christ - Pastorious, Milos are inviolable.

First you have the (extremely) boring acoustic phase. Sorta like Oregon. I cannot listen to that slow first lp.

When Pastorious comes in, on their most accessable lp, Heavy Weather, that is the Weather Report phase most know. I call it fusion-lite. Heavy Weather DOES actually have one decent track on it - think its the second on side one. (Its been a while)

And then we have the 8th studio lp, Mr Gone. This should have been called Mr BigHead. Jeez! Wot went wrong here.
Zwainul went overboard is wot. I like prog which means I like excess, but oftimes excess can be a bad thing. Evidence, Mr Gone.

Downbeat magazine (which praises most anything) gave this a single star and the band had to defend it.

Chanting, drones,Latin bullshit....only about 2 minutes gets lively.

Jaco, of course, shines but its not enough to pull the lp out of the Slough of Despond.

Anyways, if yer talking Weather Report, you must stipulate which period since they went thru serious ch-ch-ch-changes.

No, I dont have to do that, you were the one that made the sweeping statement.

...and, let us not forget the obvious...

a fusion band WITHOUT an electric guitarist - without even acoustic guitarist!!!

That just don't cut the mustard, Jimmeh Creamcheese.


How's it supposed to rock?

How's it supposed to BITE.

Just wrap your ears around this:

Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue (1985)

or this:

Bruford - Sample and Hold

And not forgetting this:

Pekka Pohjola - Mathematical Air Display

... and don't even mention Al Di Meola

I made a mistake a ways up: said "Milos" when , of course, I meant Miroslav Vitous.

Vitous is a superb bassist - and those early Weather Report albums are more ECM-style Nordic jazz and excellent in their own way.