Pat Metheny Group - Half Life Of Absolution

From "More Travels" DVD

[@kip1017]

One of my all time favorites. R.I.P. Lyle Mays who passed away 2/10/2020.

[@steveowen7475]

Possibly the greatest single of lyrical melodic genius of PAT'S Armoury....... THIS IS SEISMIC........

[@johnshew631]

Wherever I go on my musical travels I always come back to Pat and Lyle.

[@juanjohnn]

Forever and Ever.

[@aroulleauxdugage]

I believe this song is one of the more significant in modern jazz tunes. Equivalent to "Three views of a secret" from Pastorius..

[@KarlLatham]

I am with everyone else, one of my absolute favorite Pat/Lyle collaborations, just genius and heartfelt

[@greasedog]

For me, there’s just too many to choose. It appears “my absolute favorite“ changes week to week. I met Pat once while my wife & I were on a random walk in Kansas City on 18th St ironically not far from his sidewalk medallion at the Jazz HOF.

[@rpreto72]

I'm earing this composition for some 20 years now. It still triggers emotions on me. Good ones.

[@Guitarraeficaztutorialesytabs]

I Love this tune so much, I remember my teenage years playing Final Fantasy 5 and 6 on my PSX with this playing in the background. I've listened to The Road To You album so many times i have it lithographed in my memory note for note.

[@61guitbox]

RIP Lyle 🙏🏻

[@tomaszgeza4020]

Metheny & Mays, America's greatest composers, ever.

[@MFmaxx]

An amazing song. RIP Lyle ❤️🙏🏾

[@NRobles93]

That's it man. We can all die happy now.

[@cosmikdebris4950]

Lmao!

[@toddiusmaximus3103]

this captures the soundtrack to most of my life. Thanks Pat & Lyle.

[@pat557]

This is absolute peak PMG; Metheny/Mays are the Lennon/ McCartney of Jazz. RIP Lyle. PMG FOREVER

[@lukarazza8318]

Simply another world. We are now in the past.

[@boywon]

that striped t-shirt is iconic

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

And blue jeans.

[@michaelmonell9601]

Many different thoughts arriving at the same spot to make a masterpiece.

[@chatonpmg]

Brilliant title for a tune.

[@dsmusicuk]

GENIUS!!!

[@citizenpaul8289]

Absolutely amazing and hypnotic. I miss you, Lyle.

[@MFmaxx]

One of my favorites by PMG. Absolutely love this song ❤️👍🏾💯

[@InHeartheD]

Oh, Lyle...

[@franciscosanchez78]

A million time I´ve heard it. it´s always like the first one, The best version, at The road to you live album...

[@franckcaria9724]

Fan depuis 1988 et toujours à l'écoute 😎🙏🎸😁👍

[@oneeyedmonster9827]

Great arc to this piece…resolution is so satisfying!

[@kuleebaba9014]

Back when people making music were actually skilled musicians

[@divyx]

One of the best things ever happened in world of music. I'm speechless regarding PMG. I sure hope the mays metheny rodby etc will resurface before they die from old age. :) No more solo albums Pat, bring on the rest of the magic!!

[@DavGreg]

Pat feels the pressure of time. He describes himself as swinging for the fences (Baseball analogy for those unfamiliar) on his current work- playing not for the audience to understand today, but a generation from now. In his 60’s, he knows has has travelled more roads than he will travel as a musican. He is also a restless musical soul- like Bruce Hornsby. Would love to see the 2 of them do an album of original stuff.

[@ekathe85]

@@DavGreg I've always wanted to see him doing something with Terje Rypdal. They're both jazz guitarists, with strong ties to rock music and fearless of probing into more experimental fields. Rypdal's tone would have been a natural fit in pieces like this one.

[@thevideoknife]

SLAP OFF INTO THE DEEP END! I've always thought this song to be Eleven minutes of powerful and beautifully organized insanity. But to see it live takes it even further into outer-space, if you know what I mean!

[@jacintfs8256]

Does anyone else feel at moments it's so intense that you almost can't bear it and almost hit the pause button? Might be because my heart's been broken a coupla times, never fully mended...

[@punypoppy9147]

amazing as always...

[@johnjanssens2212]

An issue. Must be solved. May take two...three attempts.. Tension...simplicity....economy of notes....will never tire of this tune!!

[@gottadomor7438]

Appreciate the description - very interesting & agreed.

[@61guitbox]

thanks for the ad at 2:30 into the song KZbin 🙁

[@tommes55]

this is like a picture, paint of sound and imagination...this is why I love music...especially from PMG...

[@marcelocarriconde1582]

Uma das peças sonoras mais incríveis que eu já ouvi!!! Liyle Mays é com certeza um dos maiores pianistas de todos os tempos!. Um gênio monstruoso... jamais esquecerei desse ser humano incrível!!

[@toms9902]

I really miss PMG with Lyle ❤

[@Citizenesse8]

One of my deepest favorites for years.

[@Swertis]

Joue dans les profondeurs de l'âme, simplement merveilleux !

[@hermodnitter3902]

Hauntingly beautiful. RIP, Lyle Mays

[@toddfouts]

People will be talking about this gigantic, beautiful tune long after all of us are gone. So glad a couple versions got documented. Just wish the filmmakers here had gotten out of the way and just showed the band. Way too much fancy faux-artistic twirling blurry imagery. Would’ve loved to just see the guys play. But thankful this exists nonetheless.

[@shermn8]

Absolute total mind and soul transforming!

[@JudeJaded15]

What moron gave thumbs down to this? Metheny and Mays really do have a deep understanding of the human condition and how to express it through music. Their music and musicianship, particularly Pat's, is truly miraculous and a gift to the world.

[@punypoppy9147]

JudeJaded15 All who ever played in the PMG are total inspirations. It's funny, i don't pretend not to be huge fan, but best keyboard / piano player in the world, same for bass, drums, guitar... you name it they always had it all... I wish i'd be half of the musician they are with creativeness and ideas.

[@pc-edy9229]

Experimentation is a part of music. Repeating the past kills creativity.-

[@TheAlexinter]

wonderful

[@Citizenesse8]

@LucasZembrzuski Do you remember the first time you heard this and realized what exactly you were hearing? Me, personally, I do and I have adored this song ever since. I absolutely adore Pat Metheny and this is one of my favorites.

[@modularmuse]

Beautiful.

[@luisalbertodiazyubero5382]

Queda media vida de absolución. Esta música sin dudas me ayudará a hacerlo. Qué grande Pat Metheny Group

[@miguelangelvalle5303]

Qué maravilla. No me canso de escuchar este gran tema. Viva Pat and Lyle and all the musicians

[@moniquecavard745]

fabuleux!

[@javiercameraman8214]

Me encanta la realización.

[@petersenior1416]

I am not sure its an echoes on stage. Pedro Aznar is credited with alto saxophone on this so you're hearing him IMHO.

[@gottadomor7438]

Love the end of this take - M&M were NOT messing around, their "important" compositions (and I believe HLOF certainly one of them - WERE as beautuful as there were REQUIRED to be performed all-in.

[@patrickselden5747]

Chuffin' wonderful... ☝️😎

[@Nastyoff]

I can see a similarity in sophistication here, per M. Dugage's comment below, to Pastorius' 'Three Views.' Sort of like The PMG plays Schoenberg. Weird, man, but utterly transporting. it's why words can't speak of music. Funny how on the ROAD TO YOU version, as Metheny is doing the opening theme the echoes on stage almost make it sound as if there's an alto saxophone player doing a unison thing. Can't beat this band.

[@topspin2290]

Einfach nur WOW!

[@enricomarconi1767]

Lyle…what a solo!!

[@johnsnyder3490]

Wow!

[@antoinelopez9458]

Amazing tune! PMG were great.

[@CiroVilla]

Lyle lives!

[@eugeniasanhuezaavila9433]

Pat metheny al extremo

[@gianlucaminguzzi520]

great as usual... but... where's Pat guitar solo??? in "the road to you" album there's a bleeding solo that overwhelm my soul... here isn't it

[@octavio2681]

Fantastico tema, virtuoso músico.

[@patscircle8051]

Gracias :Dari feliz 12 08 2015

[@larrybush1664]

Love this track, but the video drives me crazy. All the unnecessary camera movement, extreme close ups, focusing in and out, etc. Annoying IMHO.

[@BobKartyMusic]

Larry Bush Agree completely. It’s unwatchable. What a missed opportunity, as the performance and audio quality are good.

[@darlingbudofmaym-c6039]

Depth.

[@patrickbuglass973]

Pat Metheny played 5 power chords in his entire life and they all happened between 4:12 and 4:18 in this performance...

[@jean-claudebikerparis1426]

Wahou !

[@brucebernardini4107]

I have been listening very intently to this song to try to figure this out? Any Ideas??

[@bill12616]

Everybody here doing there own thing

[@tonelocrian]

this is the soundtrack to LIFE right here

[@willemjansen1141]

But what about half life 3

[@rascalndear]

I like most of this, except for a break in the middle where the instruments seem to be in incompatible keys. For a minute I thought a second video had started playing under another tab...

[@felipeherrera6507]

incompatible keys ???? Shit man, you are an ignorant

[@lucaszembrzuski]

Why is that my favourite PMG song is only on the concert CD and DVD? and CD version is better and the only one with great guitar solo???

[@eliepaulinake4284]

vouloir c’est faire, exister c’est produire !!!

[@moniquecavard745]

qui a dit ça? vous?!

[@mainsblanches8793]

What are those pickups on is synth guitar, P 90's?...

[@giorgiomarconi4646]

Nope, those are two Roland PU-114H Humbuckers

[@fred8097]

0:47 ?

[@KisniCovek]

--Sound quality does not appear to be that bad, other than being rather quiet, but the video and editing is a thorough 1/10. Dislike.