JAZZ - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - 1981 As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

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Lyrics: Instrumental
Hi
thanks for the comments! I was very surprised about all what did develop here. The Video was more a test because it was blocked. Out of this reason I will repost it soon with a Text and a Video added to it. Because of this all the Comments up to now will be lost. I’m sorry for that!
Actually this is something YOU TUBE can find a solution for as it is for sure an old Problem like many problems are.
Hope you don’t mind to much and still keep having fun with the music and all what is happening around it.
Greetings
Hawk the Cat

[@jayfailing6714]

Getting ready for short trip, stopped in store to pick up a cassette to listen to enroute. another fellow browsing, asked him if he suggested any jazz albums? He just handed me this album, and nodded. Driving the Parks highway to Denali Park, fall yellow leaves, pale powder blue Alaska Range in distance, music on, emerged through this portal into Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays otherworld. A magic and deep album, I revisit often, and 35 years later, return to that day like a movie.

[@michaelrandall9034]

I was riding in a friends car and asked if he had any Pat Metheny to listen to. His response was a bit odd but I pushed for it anyway. “Just one weird and very long one”. Oh, I didn’t even try to explain it to him but I certainly made him sit through it. He focused on the road while my soul was filled with all that is wonderful.

[@guidance19]

It's raining, and I am listening for the 2000th time to this exceptional masterpiece.

[@stefanlindstromkeynotespeaker]

Same here - but not 2000 , yet ! The break at 12.50 minutes is amazing but also so typical of them, so I guess one is spoiled.

[@MVR326]

It's a piece of music I can truly call a masterwork in every shape and form. Furthermore, I would love to know what was on Metheny's mind at all the different transitions, background sounds, and that haunting and breathtaking final chord at 19:56 with the sound of children playing. Truly an extraordinary work

[@raystanczak4277]

People think you’re exaggerating-I’m not one of those people.😉

[@highphlyer]

You had me when you said : "It's raining".

[@philthomas8351]

Started following Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays when I was 26 years old. Still follow Pat at 66. Great music.

[@jfs70ss]

Ditto

[@401xyz]

Me too🙏❤.

[@user-ms9cv3lo1q]

you have good taste, sir....

[@philthomas8351]

@@user-ms9cv3lo1q Thank you, sir.

[@fzee532]

A decade short from y'all, but never gets old, on my playlist once every couple months I have to listen to the whole album again

[@marcmoi100]

j'ai le vinyl juste derrière moi, acheté en 82 après l'avoir écouté chez un ami ... mais je n'ai plus rien pour l'écouter. J'ai décidé d'offrir tous mes vinyls à ma fille et j'espère qu'elle aura le même plaisir.

[@peteshallcross787]

So I put a theme together of U.S. cities, 2 from most states. My wife asked me about this one, " What does it mean?' I said, "Nothing! It's just the perfect song while you're driving cross country at night that keeps you awake and maybe takes you into another dimension!"

[@earljohnson981]

I had this cassette tape playing in my 1986 Honda Civic hatchback in a field south of Fort Worth playing loud while tracking Halley's Comet in 1986. What a great soundtrack to a once in a lifetime event. Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays were a once in a lifetime collaboration. I saw Lyle Mays at the piano in his senior year concert with the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band in 1975. All the compositions were his except for his arrangement of "So What" by Miles Davis. Brilliant! I was happy when he and Pat Metheny paired up for their stellar career. Lyle is missed; Pat continues to plow fertile soil.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

One of the greatest pieces ever written by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, a true masterpiece. RIP Lyle Mays & Nana Vasconelos

[@davidryan7386]

I did not know nana had passed. sigh life is so fleeting. was just thinking about this epic piece the other day. I recall 1981 or so when i really dived into joni, jaco, weather report and PM. even though prog rock had virtually dried up post 70's...the prog jazz and windham hill filled the void. And was this disc along with joni's shadows and light and offramp/travels were probably my fav 4.

[@naturesound2963]

Both are playing further at a higher level .. in *heaven*

[@GiveMeLiberty221]

Really ard for me to make that determination. I remember where and when I heard this composition. Ive been a fan ever since.

[@jcforrester2]

I did Security for the band, one time, back in the 80’s and chatted with Nano. What an amazing talent and nice guy.

[@marcmoi100]

And what do you think about : New Chautauqua. @@davidryan7386

[@DSAK55]

For reasons I can't explain, this brings me back to when I was 5 years old, 63 years ago.

[@digidrum2003]

Too cool. The smell of a certain lumber takes me back to preschool when a freshly built wooden playground was there for us to explore.

[@401xyz]

Music, art are and shall always remain unexplainable🙏. That is their essence and mystery. Merci for your comment❤.

[@tarquinbullocks1703]

Never, ever fails to move me. Thank you, Lyle. Your long fingers on the keys. You and Pat were the best team ever.

[@luke125]

I wore this record out as a teenager. I’m 52 now and I still love it. “Thirty eight” “Forty two” “3”

[@carstenscheel5459]

54

[@paulbradley4229]

38, 42, 55, 3

[@luke125]

@@paulbradley4229 Gematria hidden meaning? Hmmm 🤔

[@fabiobiolcati1632]

@@luke125 Measure numbers, actually. Mays recorded vocal pointers for keyboards overdubbing and they were left in the final mix.

[@luke125]

@@fabiobiolcati1632 So that’s what those were. Thanks.

[@matthewjayne9993]

One of the best headphone songs ever written.

[@nunyabidnez7857]

Yes, or blaring in the car and hitting everyone with the clanging bells and percussion as you pass by!

[@hamsterdiving7593]

I bought this in 1984 when they released it on CD and loved it so much. It disappeared one day. I think it was an ex-boyfriend... 😠

[@DannyHood-j]

No way. You just forgot it was your boyfriends album? Either, or you went to Pat metheny concert (he bought tickets) he taught you Pat metheny. So you bought witchta falls album for him. Thought it was yours. I dont remember Cd players in 84?

[@hamsterdiving7593]

@DannyHood-j The first CDs in the US were released in 1983, along with the CD player It wasn't my boyfriend's CD it was mine. And I was half-joking that he took it He didn't introduce me to Metheny, I discovered him on my own, and I never went to a concert, although I wish I had. Thank you for playing

[@angelobartoloni]

A long time ago I was in a CD shop and I was listening this amazing composition and immediately asked the owner whose author it was. He answered me Pat Metheny. "So it secretly begin" my love for Pat Metheny music..... Thank you Pat and Lyle never forgotten

[@digidrum2003]

Awesome....that's how I discovered Weather Report....being played in a record shop back in the late 80's!!

[@kenyoutharchibald6051]

😊 I saw what you did there 😸👍

[@gustavojosedelgadomarrero165]

pat metheny,lyle mays y nana vasconcelos no tienen padrote(como decimos en Vzla)este es el mejor disco de jazz contemporáneo,y es de 1981

[@soniaalvarez1584]

es el toque de Naná Vasconcelos, QEPD. Toda canción /música que incluía a Naná, se convertia en pura magia.

[@gustavojosedelgadomarrero165]

@@soniaalvarez1584 no sabía que había fallecido.qepd.gracias por la información

[@jjsc4396]

The last seven minutes of this piece is one of the most evocative pictures in music I know. Thanks Lyle 🙏🏼

[@keithhargrove2442]

The. Last. 7. Minutes. From then'. Now to. Eternity🌄

[@user-ut8wl1tu9i]

I miss Lyle Mays.

[@panacea60]

Pat Methney , Miles Davis, Phillip Glass Im Proud to be American

[@Hanika-original]

Nuclear bombs on Japan, George W. Bush, Hip Hop, Vietnam War, genocide of the Indians, Donald Trump, stupid Hollywood movies, Guantanamo ... are you still proud to be American?

[@tashidondub8870]

David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans

[@franklacey5054]

Nearly 40 years ago I had the opportunity to interview Pat Metheny after a concert. I asked him about the meaning of the spoken numbers on this track (around 14:47). He said that he’d heard a lot of theories about what they meant, but all of the theories “are a lot more hep than what they really are-and if I told you, it would probably ruin it for you. Do you really want to know?” The other music journalists at the table leaned in. “No,” I said. Pat leaned back and smiled. Those other guys were so pissed. 😊

[@michaelrandall9034]

Hey Frank! I’m not pissed but would sure like to know. Hell, I would be happy to have seen Pat forty years ago too.

[@franklacey5054]

@@michaelrandall9034 okay, here’s the spoiler, as I found out years later: he was calling out the seconds on the clock in the studio as the second hand swept by. That’s it. (See, not nearly as hip as the theories!) My big regret in that interview was not talking with Lyle, but he was engrossed in a video game (Pac-Man, maybe?) and I didn’t want to bother him. Too bad I missed out on that. But Pat was very cool and down to earth. When I asked his advice for young jazzers, he basically said to go get into a good school and see how you measure up. Probably pretty solid advice.

[@michaelrandall9034]

@Frank Lacey Gee Frank, you made my day! I always figured that the numbers were somewhat meaningless but I truly thank you. BTW, I just returned from scheduling surgery on my ruptured Achilles, so this tidbit brought joy on a very tough time for me. Thanks again!

[@franklacey5054]

@@michaelrandall9034 , glad to do so! Hope you’re on the mend soon!! 👍👍

[@boognotik]

Lovely story, thanks!

[@robertshetsen8691]

My friend show me this album when I came to USA in 1982 I was high and blown away by it.41 years later still am,too bad I cant talk about this album with him anymore .

[@doyrayburn2668]

I bought this album many moons ago knowing nothing about Pat or Lyle. Sometimes God just looks out for ya. I would put this in the same class as my Chick Corea Leprachaun's Dream. If the house was on fire these are 2 of the ones I'd grab.

[@restlessmind5770]

I've lived in Wichita Falls for two years. Very different from NYC. Lol

[@charlesclark3983]

A story being told by a song is UNIVERSAL. LIFE IS A GREAT GIFT SOURROUNDED BY GIFTS.

[@robertoarcher5967]

En 1981 me fui a vivir a L.A., un amigo me introdujo a conocer a Pat y su banda, me fascinó. Este álbum es enigmático. Escucharlo de noche con luz tenue o nada, te transportas, nuevamente justo lo que necesitaba.... hay mucho que compartir

[@rickytorre1972]

Great work too and amazing undercurrent by Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos.

[@gillesteixeira3452]

i've been often thinking that his music is somehow a kind of musical reflection of our modern world

[@martinwonsiewicz4156]

I listen to this emotional record once a month at least . It takes me back to all the places I have lived and dreamed of. Thank you Pat and still missed Lyle Mays

[@markck920]

In 200 years they will still be listening to this timeless composition!

[@401xyz]

Do you think we have 200 yrs left?

[@dennishuey4833]

This track puts me into another dimension. It is so eerie listening to this driving alone late at night on the highway. What a trip it is each time.

[@antonellodepolo7421]

Due tre note...et voilà un brano immortale

[@fer66]

Its for me, its for you, Its for us.

[@jonashormann5700]

Glad this one is up on youtube again

[@lewisrosenbaum5907]

Yeh what took solong

[@hawkthecat7750]

Hi thanks for the comments! I was very surprised about all what did develop here. The Video was more a test because it was blocked. Out of this reason I will repost it soon with a Text and a Video added to it. Because of this all the Comments up to now will be lost. I’m sorry for that! Actually this is something YOU TUBE can find a solution for as it is for sure an old Problem like many problems are. Hope you don’t mind to much and still keep having fun with the music and all what is happening around it. Greetings Hawk the Cat

[@sialatorah]

Amazing track, thank you.

[@user-qr8jf5qk4f]

Oh oui pas d inquietude c est exceptionnel ce talent combiné..Que du bonheur 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌞👍🙏 Merci infiniment

[@sandyleet1]

Talk about a visual trip

[@rickfeld7995]

Miss Lyle, RIP brother, both so talented.

[@marcbrasse747]

There’s a hole in my record collection the size of Wichita.

[@scottbranham4839]

I grew up in Wichita...

[@frankiebarneyann123]

One of the most imaginative and compelling pieces ever written ❤

[@chriswilliams4989]

I always tear up when I listen to this. It's sheer musical loveliness.

[@chriswilliams4989]

Goes with Skywalk...

[@MrUthergreen]

This is one of the records that really influenced my life and musical taste ...

[@brianpetrak8876]

I brought them to CMU in March of 1981. At Warner auditorium. Pat starts off. "Thank you for coming we are going to play some songs from our upcoming not yet released album" and the start with afwsfwf... everyone was speechless since no had every heard it before.

[@michaelgismondi9861]

Pat was the Godzillia of young jazz up and comers back then. this piece helps to explain why.

[@naturesound2963]

This masterpiece of music once had changed all my life and musical style.. At the end there is *heaven* .. . . .

[@contextualexpansion9914]

I got to see this tour too. sometime in the early eighties at the pavillion theater in highland park, suburb of chicago. A mostly outdoor lawn area surrounding a small pavillion. I've never sat in the pavillion. Too much fun on the lawn. I'll never forget that. Some friends and I had just discovered a source for these funny mushrooms that were bigger than your fist. A few shavings and the world was one huge tapestry. Pat Metheny was the conductor. Lyle Mays spinning atmospheres. Nana Vasconcelos nuanced with foreign meter. Those were days of outdoor concerts, beach parties on Lake Michagan, Long summer nights of adolescent dreamscapes.

[@restlessmind5770]

Sheppard Air Force Base. Wichita Falls, Texas.

[@RC-gf8cs]

Me personally his 1977 debut .i was 21..and his 80.81..lineup with hayden dejonette were his best music ..yes alota great songs 2come .but he had soooo many musicians added on .4me it became him n special guests..i liked the pair dwn units

[@dugdoll3295]

Pat’s Concerts are always excellent

[@susanjohnson2068]

I was hooked when Pat played Amelia with Joni Mitchell’s Shadow and Light tour!!! How long ago was that???? And then became a Mays fan also and very much!!! Miss his presence on the earth! I’m a 70 year old lady so my eccentricity is ignored and it’s a great way to be😊😊😊

[@fernandodaneri2611]

Use headphones, good headphones.

[@emirmuraticel2732]

What an epic album, tears are flowing from my eyes as I am watching them again in portland, or. 40 years ago. rest in piece Nana and dearest Lyle. I hope this fascinating music of PM will not be like tears in rain.

[@boco1951]

I was in a weierd little resale shop in Southern Illinois in the early eighties going through the dollar album bin and it wa populated with ECM albums of which this was one. So I spent about ten bucks still seems like a good deal.

[@rickorton4856]

As I drive across the plains towards Kansas City from Colorado I always hope to drive into and thru a thunderstorm at about midday... I put this on and I'm transported to my childhood home. Magical, each and every time.😎✌❤

[@BollingWillse]

This is the ideal soundtrack for a train ride west! Godspeed Lyle❤

[@michaelgarner1951]

Thank You whoever you are

[@E-LIB]

Un des meilleurs albums de Pat Metheny et Lyle Mays. J'ai découvert Pat Metheny par le titre '' Are you going with me '', en 1982. L'introduction est sûrement une des plus belles dans l'histoire de la musique. 👍🌅🎶🥂

[@401xyz]

Merci, je suis du même avis, mon morceau préféré de lui. Je l'ai rencontré il y longtemps. Ça fait du bien dans ce monde de brutes.🙏.

[@harley1450ification]

Otherworldly and brilliant. Like swimming 1000's of fathoms down, but don't want resurface. My go-to music. Excellent.

[@anjahamann2873]

I don't know how they did it, but I'm so with myself with this music. It takes my mind back to my childhood. I don't know why, it's a real masterpiece

[@glaucoantonio9706]

Disco maravilhoso ,transcendente ,ate hoje desperta a mesma viagem espiritual de libertação

[@FrankAHuser]

It always bothers me a bit that Naná Vasconcelos is hardly or rarely mentioned, even though his contribution to this album is exceptional.

[@annalisaghigo]

One of the first albums I listened to, imprinted in my heart's memory

[@ConservativeAnthem]

Wonderful

[@royharris7299]

Some friends of mine introduced me to The Pat Metheny Group sometime in the late '80's, starting with "Travels". I was immediately hooked! I have this album on vinyl, and I used to have it on CD, which is now forever lost. Sad to hear about Lyle Mays. May he forever rest in peace. One can only imagine the compositions he is composing now!

[@johnhill9445]

Classic 😊

[@robertl6591]

I bought Bright Size Life way back and still have the mint vinyl LP This album is my favourite.

[@BLUEPLANETJAZZ]

Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays' finest work.

[@NichtsalsdieWahrheit.]

This Song goes so deep in my heart.

[@ekim1451]

I bought the LP As Falls Wichita,So Falls Wichita Falls back in 1981 when it was first released and its one of my most treasured Albums and I eventually bought the CD. I felt so fortunate for this Album to enter into my life. Its an uplifting and equally tragic feeling of love and abandonment all thrown together in such a beautiful Album. They toured the U.K. and I was lucky enough to see them both perform this track amongs others and the title track from the Album...I still have my concert ticket inside the LP. I've beeen a Pat Metheny fan ever since. I found out about the passing of Lyle Mays here in KZbin a few years ago. He died aged 66 in Feb 2020 and was the co founder of the The Pat Metheny Group. An incredible Pianist.His synthesizers gave depth and color to the ensemble’s sound. He soloed gracefully on grand piano. And he helped write many staples of the group’s repertoire.

[@carstenscheel5459]

rip nana1!

[@brentengle4183]

Seeing this live, in Denver… after repeated vinyl listenings: The studio version sounded live. The live performance, seemed in-studio!

[@davidryan7386]

I recall the hired soundman trying to inject some culture into some High school gathering or another and using this as the intro music. c. 1982-4.

[@chriswilliams4989]

Remembering one who passed, in tears. Needed this.

[@LuisCorro-qy1sf]

I do own a copy of this record and think it is the best ever colaboración the late Lye Mays did with Pat Metheny. As another person wrote: a true masterpiece. Hope one day, he will be invited to be a part of the yearly Panama Jazz Festival.

[@livinggood6876]

Harmony, sounds and harmonics only this unique group could perform. It such an amazing composition, it takes my breath away.

[@BenJamminOnSax]

Jazz Pink Floyd

[@lewisrosenbaum5907]

I get that

[@jaxvax4962]

True...

[@jorgitorock]

Rock ON

[@koaguilds]

Nobody has approached the electric 12 string like Pat. His ability to use alternate tunings and extended harmonic knowledge are unparalleled.

[@juanvega5725]

My musical life changed with this record and then i bought offramp too at this time,thanks for share

[@wesleycurryii3341]

This was the first Part Metheny Group album I ever heard as a student in n the 80's and I was hooked and continue to very much enjoy his music today.

[@mgc818]

Nunca me canso de escucharlo.

[@carstenscheel5459]

wichita never falls never failed!1

[@maurizioschiattarella9724]

Sento la mia anima varcare i confini dell'universo

[@silviocaldas4572]

Esse trio era fantástico, eu sou de Pernambuco Brazil.

[@Imagio-jw6js]

Way to go Pat Metheny! My first listen, I must confess, but like good wine....worth the wait! From a friend in Minneapolis.

[@atoieno]

What a journey!

[@gillesteixeira3452]

haven't heard this great masterpiece for at least 20 years... good to listen to this again :)

[@stefanlindstromkeynotespeaker]

a true masterpiece.

[@jednoduch]

Wichita Falls such an insignificant city with insignificant falls😀 I visited

[@davidangelini8222]

My wife and I met in WF. I will always love her and this music!

[@cheri238]

🙏❤️🌎🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵 Amazing artistry

[@RodrigoPerez-bn5ce]

No tengo muchas palabras para expresar lo maravillosa que es la música de éstos genios, gracias por darnos la oportunidad de experimentar tantas hermosas emociones. Y gracias a ti H.T.C por compartir ésta pieza de arte.

[@fluxfaze]

Loved listening to this while studying cool stuff like Combinatorics, Differential Equations, and Connection Machine network architecture at MSU in Wichita Falls as I was wrapping up undergrad studies there in the mid 80s.

[@Jake-Balibari]

Top ten in my life

[@user-vf3lx4eh6m]

Особено любима :)

[@susanjohnson2068]

You have made my day!! I hope your young. I’m a retired middle school teacher and this generation seems to be lacking in creativity and just going to other creative thought and letting their minds go to other worlds There are too many drivers and not many who would do as you did😊😉

[@prharrington]

Much as I prefer the live version on 'Travels', this is still a momumental achievement! A superlative ensemble outing!!

[@nhdtegrdbf]

Still amazing..

[@williamtyler4135]

I love this album I remember driving on the freeway with my girlfriend on the 14 fwy late at night playing this song it blew us both away we were in heaven driving it seems like it was taking us through the mountains through the freeway this beautiful you should make another updated version

[@fabriziogoina365]

Un discone , fra le cose migliori di Pat Metheny

[@8woldy8]

I owned this vinyl. This makes me wish I had not given it to Goodwill in 2019.

[@stankatic8182]

I see this title from time to time in used record bin .Easy to replace!

[@401xyz]

We all make mistakes. I too let go of many records and books thinking i had too many ( moving, lightening the load) oh how i regret...c'est la vie🙏.

[@user-yl8cz9lh9o]

You've sold me a copy of the album. Long ago I grew up in eastern Kansas and western Missouri (got out of there no sooner than I could), but these sounds beautifully evoke the majesty of windswept, prairie landscapes. Luxuriate in them here, it's close enough.

[@401xyz]

Yes, hello. Amongst all the feelings his music inspires in me is above all space, BIG space. freedom, liberty, air, wind..... on and on and on to heaven.

[@user-ms9cv3lo1q]

I've rode through the area on the greyhound bus... picture post card perfect....

[@italobahamonde9465]

A very good record 🐜

[@craigezell4261]

Groundbreaking.