Pat Metheny Group - FIRST CIRCLE

Music on this video: FIRST CIRCLE from Pat Metheny Group album MORE TRAVELS - Live Version - 1992

[@andreahunter6052]

This is the music that lifted my 17 year old dog to heaven last week. He is sitting by Lyle at the piano gently swaying to the music.

[@jamescasey8065]

...Blessings to you, Ms Hunter...And your dear doggie...Have buried more than a few...And each is in my Heart...Currently have three...A Belgian Malinos and two Standard French Poodles (Brothers)...Your doggie is running and playing in a never ending Meadow...With a beautiful stream running through it...And soft grass for a bed...Keep your doggie in your Heart...Pax.

[@bluedingo1186]

This is one of those songs where I couldn't remember the title or the band name, and I didn't know enough of the melody to ask Google. This was one of my mom's favorite songs, and growing up, she would play it at least once every single Sunday. She passed away in January, so obviously I couldn't ask her any questions about it because the tiny bit of the song I did know was running laps in my head. It was driving me insane! I ended up asking my uncle, her youngest brother, if he knew which song it was, AND HE DID! Now I have it saved to my YT and on my Spotify so I'll never forget it again. This one's for you mom. I love you and I miss you so gd much. 💜💙

[@JordanPJ-t1t]

I am sorry. But such a sweet tribute to your Mom! The Piece has a special meaning to me that is very precious to my Mom And Dad when they came to help me rehab from a terrible car accident In 2022.

[@krise4431]

No shade on Pat, he’s great, but most people seem to underestimate the contribution that Lyle made to Pat’s melodical landscape. I think some of their most beautiful melodies actually originated from him.

[@ThePedroholiver]

That’s a fact! Lyle was a melodic genius. His melodies are absolutely astonishing, and his piano parts are like no other. The man was a genius in every way.

[@markfeuilherade5618]

I fully agree. Lyle was an integral part of the overall mastery behind this music. RIP Lyle👌🙏❤️

[@jeffreyfeinstein5525]

IDK how they met and stayed so dedicated to each other, let alone THAT dedicated to their desired and achieved elements. Almost seems ordained no matter what other virtuostic piano, kybd, synth and organ player one might consider as a sub, even temoprarily. Not easy to express... "Lyle" was/is still a masterfully dynamic and emotional communicator. "RIP LYLE MAYS, brought us some heaven to this earthly realm"! ↲」♡ ↕↗

[@warshipsatin8764]

why did you wait until he died to say that

[@jeffreyfeinstein5525]

@@warshipsatin8764 Possibly the previous comments and timing were catalysts for mah urge to express how ah've felt. Ah'm pretty sure ah've been engaged in such topics with others in real time, at some point. Just happened to catch this upload and the commenters. Likely, at least some others would agree...to some degree. Many more "Lyle" elements could be expressed on this composition alone. Although, it would be difficult to 'say' much of anything ab mah thoughts and feelings to any of the PMG members in person. Thank you and Peace!

[@milarepa3154]

The best duo in music and great inspiration and live performance ! RIP Lyle!

[@sunnyrhino]

Yes, it is true!

[@ronaldnock9666]

I will never get tired of hearing this!

[@rocsolid6997]

this man and his music saved my relationship with my mom, and my life. ILU Mr. Methany

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

made my day this ❤

[@patrickanderson62]

Thursday night, sitting on my bed, staring at the wall, tears in my eyes, listening to this. Great song!

[@Gladescat]

Pitsburgh Syria Mosque, Front row mezzanine seats, 1989. Perfect sound and view. To see them play this album live before it was released was breathtaking, particularly the percussion! They get to where they're tossing instruments to grab another while letting it all cook until it explodes at the end with joy.

[@PatSean]

Not sure if I was at the 1989 one, but certainly miss the Syria Mosque, the Stanley theater, and all the other smaller clubs that closed but seeing PAT with the group anywhere was awesome. Last saw him last year (2023) at the Carnegie Library in Homestead.

[@aliensporebomb]

Got to see the First Circle Tour. When they did "Forward March" at the beginning of the show Pat was up on stage playing guitar synth and everyone else marched in from various entrances like a marching band playing various drums and percussion instruments and I believe Lyle was playing trumpet. Definitely a show to remember.

[@sunnyrhino]

This was spectacular! Thanks for sharing your memories

[@StephenGraffagna]

I saw them on that tour in an old vaudeville theater in DeKalb Illinois...they marched in from the back...I had second row whata memory!! I was 17

[@normanemerson4454]

I feel so lucky that I saw that show at Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City, they marched in from the back and then tore into Yolanda, You Learn after they reached the stage and finished Forward March. I still get chills thinking about it.

[@pat557]

Remember it well; Warfield theater, San Francisco

[@davidmartin7731]

I saw The Pat Matheny Group perform this tune live, more than once, having already purchased The First Circle on vinyl. This version is so close to the recorded version, I couldn't tell the difference until half way through the song. But man it's close to the album...

[@phill.2924]

I've heard this song live, twice. Their masterpiece. I wore it out on my car's cassette deck.

[@LungaBasi-p4y]

There's no doubt that Lyle May's made a big contribution to this group he was wonderful

[@pacopeso8474]

My roommate turned me onto the Pat Metheny Group in 86'. He is gone now but I can relive those days through the music.

[@chucktyler4057]

This song is my life. No matter where you are at in this song, the mood corresponds to that point in my life. Chronologically from beginning to a future end. The upbeat way it ends is hopeful.

[@flightlessbird2281]

1:05 glorious interlude. Best part of song for me. So beautiful, it hurts.

[@robmiller8432]

Ooooh ohhhh

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

Feel ya on that one!!! Emotional sounds. Almost melancholy. Cheer up though bcz God loves you so much that you are you!!! 🙏😇💖

[@DougHarmon-th9bd]

Transcendent. Up-lifting. Joyous. Buoyant. Brilliant.

[@pliniovillablanca2372]

Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays .. one of the great collaborations in music...

[@kenhoward3512]

I LOVE the mesmerizing visuals for this video! After all these years, I've finally come to think of the Pat Metheny Group as simply "Metheny-Mays." Just Metheny-Mays. Without Lyle Mays' role, there never would have been the Pat Metheny Group we love. To me, he and his keyboards were the major component that gave their songs such layer-upon-layer of depth and emotion, along with the voices of Metheny's guitars and synths (and Pedro Aznar's vocals).

[@pilarreis6041]

❤

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

So true!!! ❤️🌟🙏

[@helvetia29]

❤️

[@samibensaid3344]

❤

[@fernandoakol4958]

Spot on!

[@ndabenhlemyeza5433]

I got to know Lyle mays in 1979 what an artist what a soul play on bro

[@chrisyounce1815]

I saw PMG at a small lecture hall called Mcdonald Kiva at MSU in 1978. We sat on the floor 15 feet from the band. I had no idea who he was, I was with friends who had only heard of the band. The next 1 1/2 hours changed my life on how I felt about music. I like a lot of different music but nothing comes close to touching my soul the way PMG can. RIP Lyle

[@markmisiti8772]

Definitely soul music…..from the heavens…..I’d expect Pat & Lyle’s music transitioning me to the afterlife!

[@germanortizpalomeque7621]

Cool! I love this music! Lyle Mays In memoriam

[@Atlsynth]

Don't remember the cd, but he played the whole thing without repeating anything. True master.

[@salsauna8929]

This song is also my life... Greatest Pat and of course Lyle ❤

[@marciacarter60]

Love Pat Metheny Group. His music is so great for listening to when you're driving and chilling. Love the flowing effect it gives. Instrumental excellence.

[@spikespa5208]

Have yet to master the opening rhythm. Saw this played in Sacramento decades ago. Brought the house down.

[@albertwright6596]

Excellent composing

[@williambarreuther8069]

One of the best in the world

[@leedaniels7196]

Great music for driving for sure!.✌️

[@evanneal7604]

The Music Takes You To a Place of Hope.

[@Vejur9000]

Pat and Lyle’s music has a very organic feeling and flow to it. Perfect for sightseeing in a beautiful location.

[@ndabenhlemyeza5433]

If there is heaven and Lyle plays such sounds the angels and heavenly staff are blessed

[@gottadomor7438]

Mays' piano part - solo & all the way through is beautiful as anything I've ever heard. RIP MrMays & t/y.

[@flightlessbird2281]

Fucking gorgeous. Bought First Circle LP day of sale, saw the tour live. Pat made such an amazing mark in music. This track prooves the hippie trope, all is love.

[@marekkasprzak7578]

Yes,...this is real quantum physics...with mandalas. Thank you Pat ..!

[@marklastes312]

I played 4th bass trombone with the shaker part on this my Junior year. Wonderful piece.

[@paulhale2880]

The flow of it is phenomenal

[@Atlsynth]

My god what a beautiful song.

[@robertkaye5434]

Great recording! I didn't realize until Lyle's solo this was live!

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

The most perfect tune ever written and performed, it is peerless, uncopyable, uplifting and not of just this world, but the whole universe of musicality and performance ❤

[@kojionkong7058]

Each and every time i hear this intro, i remind a sunny afternoon in Aix-en-Provence. A friend of mine and i were 16 and we were both hearing Metheny for the very first time. We spent hours trying to understand the intro. Playing the first measures, trying to count it, and repeat. My girlfriend (today my wife) is remembering this afternoon with those 2 poor musicians as an absurd amount of passion for something none of us could understand. This 11/8... And thanks to Take 5, we finally broke it. But i'll remember this emotion forever.

[@sunnyrhino]

Thanks for sharing your warm memories. That was awesome!

[@gottadomor7438]

I've read the handclaps pattern is 3-2 3-2 2 / 3-3 2-2 but always have trouble "counting it" i.e keeping in time w/ it. A beautiful puzzle to me still. ;-) I say it's an impossible task choosing a favorite PMG song but First Cir cle of course must be included among the finalists.

[@stevemartin4249]

Gotta be one of the greatest jazz compositions of the last 50 years. Great fractal-mandalas. A mandelbrot-set or two might add another philosophical dimension to the depth of the piece. But well done, just the same. A worthy labor of love in making this video. Much thanks from Japan! p.s ... My other favorite piece from that album is the ethereal 'Mas Alla' featuring the incomparable voice of Pedro Aznar.

[@GuitaristZep]

@@TomTom-xp2jb dude you make it sound like Pedro Aznar is dead lol he is very much alive for anyone who is readind

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

@@GuitaristZep Excuse me. I thought he had passed. I must've been thinking of another member of the PMG. Sorry about that.

[@apsaras21st]

Now I see I was listening to their music every day at their peak. Coming back to listen to it reminds me of something subtle but consistent from 80’s inside me.

[@gusjako1444]

Un gran músico Pedro Aznar!!!!!💪💪

[@delmarkopettis8900]

This song is so meznorising, Pat is amazing one of the best Jazz artists I've ever encountered

[@NitoBeraún-b9b]

Q hermosa voz la de Pedro Aznar, la época q estuvo en la agrupación de Pat fue la mejor del Pat Metheny Group

[@marklastes312]

By the way for anyone not a music buff, those measures are switching from 12/8 to 10/8 and back.

[@redrikh_putiata]

Shall we then consider it 22/8 ? Being given this music to listen to, I've also been told that it is in 22/8.

[@hawaiianheartbreakherstory_tm]

Finally, some one made a video that makes sense with this song! This was the soundtrack to my high school years. I used to be able to play this piano part, and even got like half the solo right, but i was never good enough to get the piano solo down exactly the same

[@sunnyrhino]

Thank you

[@Runedad0]

You will always be good enough to play the piano solo. All you have to do is relax and put in the time.

[@oscarsantacruz5633]

No solo Metheny y Mays, todos los músicos son destacados y virtuosos. Creo que es una de las mejores agrupaciones de Jazz de fusión.

[@melanieross5212]

mesmerizing is an understatement 🎉

[@sunnyrhino]

thank you ❤

[@standingstone777]

Masterpiece.

[@jameskeyes9112]

I caught PMG during their 1989 tour. Pedro Aznar's last tour with them(if I am correct). Fond memories of being on the front row at Birmingham AL's Oak Mtn Amphitheater, and hearing this song live.

[@sunnyrhino]

Thanks for sharing your warm memories

[@jameskeyes9112]

@@sunnyrhino Thanks. I have been lucky to live in areas that don't have a huge appreciation for Pat(or jazz, for that matter). Two weeks before he played in Lincoln NE, I logged into the ticket site and found front row seats for his Side Eye tour performance. My 10 yr old was treated to "the best band rehearsal ever!". Two times in my life, I have had front row seats to see Pat. Like having a concert in my living room, so close.

[@egyptianminor]

This live version is really great and the accompanying video is perfect match..

[@guybettyrahem3937]

Tout simplement le plus grand binôme de l'histoire de la musique et le groupe du siècle !!!!!!!!!!!!! Je pourrais disserter pendant des heures sur le pat metheny group leur musique c'est celle qui m'a emmené le plus haut dans les étoiles la spiritualité de leur musique est unique . MONUMENTAL GIGANTESQUE FABULEUX AHURISSANT PRODIGIEUX !!!!!!!!!!!!!! La période Pedro Aznar David blamires Armando marcal et mark ledford est pour moi la plus Extraordinaire . GIGANTESQUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guy

[@friedrice9535]

I equate First Circle with Bach Double Violin Concerto, BWV 1043. TIMELESS!

[@francoislefebvre4152]

Circle...cette album me fait pensé a mon fils , alors enfant.. Maintenant adult. Les emotions monte...tellement beau❤❤❤❤❤

[@manati9]

Que equilibrio musical y que exquisitez oir lo que esta banda de jazz fusión genera y el vocal Pedro Aznar formando parte de Pat Metheny Group.....Gracias por estos maravillosos sonidos que cruzan de recuerdos nuestros cerebros.........

[@rodolfogramaccini8414]

FEBRUARY 2022.. PIECE OF ART🏆 STILL.. A M A Z I N G ❣️🇮🇹

[@ecua6950]

4 ever n' ever in my heart

[@karadoc7627]

This is the More Travels Live 1994 version!!! Love It!! Thanks for posting 😜

[@adamwojciechowicz2036]

Wyjątkowo piekny i emocjonalny utwór. Za każdym razem kiedy słucham czuję, jak odbudowuje mnie mentalnie i emocjonalnie. Działa jak lek po przykrych, trudnych doświadczeniach, po chorobie, czy przygnębieniu. W cudowny sposób dodaje energii i optymizmu. Pat Metheny to genialny kompozytor i muzyk.

[@gonzalocristianriquelmeeli323]

Really wonderfull masterpiece, vocal, instrumental, strong, power, deep,...and sincerely genious,...

[@gloriaortiz1227]

This is soooo dope ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Pluggit1953]

The mandalas fit the music perfectly.

[@sunnyrhino]

Thank you!

[@colourfulmagic]

Wonderful music composed with great mandalas.. ❤

[@31Alden]

Beautiful

[@ronaldnock9666]

Great song!

[@reworkphone1566]

Lyle Mays completes the unique sound and the whole ensemble hear the drum ow bakithi

[@sutash9043]

Esa es la hermosa voz de Pedro, que me tiene enamoradísima. Aún hoy canta como los dioses. Él es un músico como los filósofos griegos que necesitaban conocer todas las disciplinas para considerarse filósofos, y él conoce el arte de la música en todas sus facetas: como intérprete, como compositor, como multi instrumentista y como investigador. Es el músico más completo que conozco.

[@danjuarez283]

I will always hear the immaculate voice of Pedro Azna when I listen to Metheny/Mays !

[@OscarSantaCruz-pr2cz]

Uno de los mejores músicos del Jazz de fusión de todos los tiempos.

[@sunnyrhino]

Esto es cierto

[@bigmama1589]

Masterpiece!

[@hectorluissancio8660]

Seria buenisimo el album completo.mil gracias!!!!

[@JuanAravena-n6h]

Pedrito como te quiero, que grande que eres 😀

[@peterbarna2613]

The brilliant singer: Pedro Aznar.

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

Thx for this joyous music. 🙏❤️👏

[@JoseGarcia-sd7ld]

Temazo, mi grupo favorito con el gran Pedro Aznar, que combinación más perfecta, enormes músicos.... Espero verlos el 30 de septiembre 2022 en Santiago de chile....estoy ansioso y emocionado de poder verlos.....Saludos desde Chile..

[@troytaylor2520]

Incredible!!!

[@anneveyssi2375]

Sacrément réussit 🙏😍💓🍾

[@clairedelune2011]

Great song and great video . Thank you!

[@sunnyrhino]

thank you!

[@juanramonmendez3015]

Hola gracias por compartir el sonido de la guitarra de pat agradable poseer su música como su colección en cds he tomado esta melodia agregada a mi colección personal género jazz

[@sergiysteghura9428]

Це не джаз, а швидше ф'южн.

[@veraluciapintorios5740]

Linda música, com mandalas belíssimas!! ❤

[@MrBeeCee]

Lalala mandala Always nice videos Pat will start a huge world 🌎 tour soon 😃

[@anneveyssi2375]

Regal depuis toujours et en prime ce coup ci un partage alliant une vidéo sur mesure qui s aligne à merveille pour nous porter vers une belle envolée🙏😍🧚‍♂️💓🍾👌👏👍

[@davidwalters7867]

Great visuals and music. GBG NO EDITS

[@Spenc083]

Pat & Lyle, Lyle & Pat, Just enjoy the music 🤐

[@edgreen8140]

The vocal styling of Pedro Aznar, beatiful work by Lyle then pat comes in. Imho Pedro was one of the few people who made this album such a seller!

[@eloisaabreu4885]

I love this CD. Please, post "End of the Game". Wonderful too. Thanks

[@eloisaabreu4885]

Finalmente, consegui comprar CD THE FIRST CIRCLE.

[@salvarriale161]

Pure bliss 😎

[@bobredford9237]

RIP and GODSPEED

[@martinmatthews6728]

When. You accidentally spill wine , your attention should be rather than embarrassment. Yet rather to understanding your embarrassment 💕💕💕💕✨

[@bluedingo1186]

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to search for this song when you can't remember the artist or title?? I've had this song playing loops in my head for weeks and I hadn't heard it since I was a kid! I can sleep peacefully tonight!

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

just over 100k views is just so sad, proving that the majority of so called music lovers on youtube don't really love good music. Ed Sheeran gets a billion, there's no hope for humanity.

[@insertcreativenamehere492]

it’s probably because most non musicians can’t really appreciate the 11/4 sections

[@kile8328]

I just watched a video where the comments were blown away a guy guessed where the chord changes were in a 4/4 edm track. Most people don’t understand how insane music can get. Jazz is dying because 80% of the population aren’t smart enough to understand it.

[@PeterKudelin]

oh pipe down. enjoy the music stop complaining

[@allangreenwood]

There are loads of exceptional singers and musicians that never make super-stardom. This is because, to be at the top of the music game, people have to like you.. for looks perhaps or style/fashion maybe. You don't have to be any good, just popular. Look at who is at the top end of music charts.

[@mauroguevara9408]

fantastico lo de Pedro Aznar

[@judywright6889]

💃

[@eleonoraaslanian9274]

Love You ❤

[@martythemartian99]

Wow o_O Prog Jazz :)

[@neilsmall1487]

...have a playlist, Lyle-Like...enough said...

[@martinmatthews6728]

Should never have never been shared !

[@sunnyrhino]

Thanks for your comments

[@waynebonavia7570]

Play the whole album.

[@pajoafonso3490]

Pat Metheny - guitar, Synclavier guitar, sitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar Lyle Mays (R.I.P.) - piano, synthesizers, Oberheim, agogô bells, organ, trumpet Steve Rodby - acoustic and electric bass, bass drum Paul Wertico - drums, field drum, cymbal Pedro Aznar - glockenspiel, voice, bells, acoustic guitar, percussion, whistle, guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar

[@sunnyrhino]

Thank you!

[@user-cn3pi6bx6i]

우주를 보여주는 음악

[@teacherramon1542]

El Perico Padilla me mandó aquí..

[@friedrice9535]

Time signature is 22/8. Who does that? Just Pat and Lyle.

[@jameszipfel8079]

12/8. 10/8

[@BEzmirly-rm1gm]

5/8... or 7/8.... maybe

[@andreahunter6052]

it is a magical musical marvel

[@evanneal7604]

Pat Metheny Group yes but Lyle May's solo IS!

[@sunnyrhino]

Lyle's solo is perfect !

[@MassimoGiancani7526]

Hello, I'm Massimo Giancani, you (as Userfriendly) I like . I wanted to know from you if Sunny Rhino is a pseudonym or an Alias. 🤒 Thank you best regards.

[@reworkphone1566]

Uzugubhu the drum

[@kelamuni]

why does this sound different from the recording? oh. it's the live version

[@martinmatthews6728]

Hopefully a custom can be shared?

[@juni5430]

Very powerful song!!!!!