Pat Metheny - The Girl From Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

[@utiosorio4201]

We have heard this song with that upbeat samba sound but it’s actually a sad song of unrequited love. Metheny’s rendition is hauntingly beautiful, it’s how one would feel if we were invisible to the person we love!!!

[@utiosorio4201]

@Anikawa Nakawanake I know the song in Portuguese and the Spanish and English versions and it makes me immensely happy when I hear it but if closed attention is paid to the lyrics it is about a sad (lonely) man who loves a girl but she doesn’t know he exists "Oh how I watch her so sadly, how can I tell her I love her...". That being said it’s a glorious song!!! Pat Metheny’s version is soulful or even sorrowful but it is masterful.

[@utiosorio4201]

@Anikawa Nakawanake I have as much right to comment about music as you do. You don’t like it, I get it but I do. We should just respect each other’s taste in music, it is that simple.

[@jaimemartin-granizo4463]

I have played GfIP for 35 years. I had to listen to Pat's version twice to realise that He has made wonders with the tune. Absolute master piece

[@crescentsi]

Absolutely!

[@IainHatt-m8o]

I had played this tune for over 20 years and didn’t even recognise it the first time I heard this version.

[@ianroberts3948]

This is why he will be remembered forever . Great master

[@ignacio-araya]

A masterclass on non traditional chord structures & bass lines.

[@sjatoba]

Metheny deconstructs and reconstructs the most played brazilian music outside Brazil, crossing paths of the melody, at the same time so distant and so close of it. Walks between tunes by Jobim and himself, defining what is a personal reading of a masterpiece work of a genius by another genius. And he makes sounds the sound of silence.

[@U2WB]

I just love Methany’s chord voicing. Unrecognizable as Girl From Ipanema, but hauntingly beautiful.

[@GaryR55]

It's there....if you listen for it.

[@geraldjohnson848]

August 12: Happy birthday Guitarist Pat Metheny. Thank you and God bless. Thanks for the upload, PatMethenyMedia. This rendition is stunning. Blessings

[@donaldirvin1692]

A very introspective version to be sure, but a Pat Metheny mind makes it happen. It worth a second listen!

[@Nassbgtr]

Love this version. He plays it his way, true Artist.

[@johnstarcluster]

a kaleidoscope of darker shapes with soft light behind: enduring, melancholy, gorgeously original...

[@drwierd]

Oh, fuck you

[@johnstarcluster]

+drwierd touche

[@mongoharry]

@@drwierd exactly

[@chrisrymaszewski5277]

Absolutely amazing. Totally different take but still following the harmonic structure. Wow! I wish I could be creative like Pat.

[@filipekeyboard]

É dificil compreender como alguém pode ser tão brilhante. Só no primeiro toque do violão já nos leva a uma áurea de paz

[@joaopedroza1990]

Eu sinto exatamente o oposto de paz kkkkkkkkkk é tanta tensão nos acordes que eu até passo mal

[@bocanovoitl]

Sensacional Pat! Nós brasileiros gostamos de dissonâncias, e vc a fez com propriedade, essas inversões de baixo ficou maravilhosa.

[@ebonetto1]

Yes. Makes a beautiful sunday morning, even more beautiful. Thanks Pat.

[@manfromrio5822]

Superb and absolutely original rendition. Antonio Carlos Jobim would certainly have enjoyed it.

[@heldersufiano2816]

no !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ego67]

I've been listening to this over and over again. I dropped a lot of tears. Pure beauty. Thanks Pat. No more words!

[@cindipossidento5688]

The genius of Pat Metheny! Love u!! 🥰😘

[@larswagner8457]

There is wonderful music, and there is marvel. He is the master!

[@SidsCharts]

Wow! His redition of this familiar standard lives inside an amazing alternate harmonic dimension. Kudos to one of the all-time jazz guitar greats!

[@GlennAlexanderMusic]

I have heard this song 10, 000 times in the normal setting with the standard changes and beautiful bossa nova feel, hell I've played it that way several thousand times and of course it is beautiful. Hats off to Pat for doing it differently! It is gorgeous realized this way. Lets not forget, Pat performed with Jobim on several occasions. I'm sure Antonio Carlos Jobim would completely approve. For the negative comments, lets see you do better?

[@marswabisabi8918]

Only a true genious can turn an iconic song into another masterpiece....

[@papillontikka100]

True. A wonderfully inventive reprise of an already great song. Pat is a genius.

[@matteogazzolo1]

Subime, abstract, deep, profound, a true gem.

[@maggiespano4632]

i was gifted to a front row seat at the Mt baker theater about 20 years ago , simply beautiful ... as your music.

[@dwebster50]

Feels like amazing ..... Pat is so creative . Truly amazing sounds he gets from his acoustics Carlos would certainly be pleased

[@TaniaMazoni-tg3mi]

O Tom Jobim , deve estar feliz com esta linda homenagem! Obrigada , moço bonito! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤

[@hmzic]

one of my favourite brazilian song!!!!! revisited as incredible !!! must be listened several times !!! so did I !!!!

[@xtremenortherner]

A classic that has been covered numerous times..., yet Pat somehow manages to find a different "take" on it!

[@phillipbancroft7945]

I’ve been aware of Pat for some years now and have the ‘what’s it all about album’. Whilst I’m not hugely into his electric guitar music, I am an acoustic player and really enjoy his acoustic baritone pieces. I love the way he plays with the melody and his expression with rubato. I appreciate great players like Tommy Emmanuel but I have come to the conclusion that Pat Metheny is a genius of the guitar and I am extremely grateful for his musical contribution in my life.

[@dgalansilk]

Pat Metheny can take whatever liberties he wants when it comes to doing music. He is so ahead of his time; deconstructing Ipanema is gutsy because so many people (jazz lovers) know this tune. But isn't this what makes Metheny great?! It is called being an artist.

[@heldersufiano2816]

he can take whatever liberties he wants........but expect us to like it is other matter............fooling around with music that he does understand the spirit of it!!!! he raped the "girl from ipanema" !!!! his version is called "the girl from hell"

[@dgalansilk]

You know what's beautiful about music? That we don't all have to like the same things. I love the original and sing it at every show, that does not mean I cannot appreciate what Pat Metheny has done as an interpretive piece. I have a saying which I apply to cases such as these "you can't argue with taste." While I don't share your opinion in this case, I respect it. Have a great day!

[@heldersufiano2816]

fair.............,, thank you ,,.......wish you good day

[@herrfriberger5]

I don't see him as "ahead of his time" (which would also imply some kind of pure linear development of music). I see Pat Metheny as a rather conservative and very serious master of his craft. He's simply skilled at what he does - whether composing, doing orchestration, interpreting or improvising. But don't forget there have been many masters, all around the globe (one of them being his friend Lyle Mays).

[@heldersufiano2816]

i agree with SVEN pat is NOT ahead of his time........baut as said and well "rather conservative and very serious master of his craft.....etc

[@MaeRod]

This is a kick to the harmony laws... So fucking amazing...

[@Newfoundmike]

Almost like free verse compared to rhymes

[@HarryVerey]

This is harmonically and melodically very advanced interpretation of the song and interestingly reworked to a point so that the original music is obscure- to appreciate, you have to really hang on to the original melody in your mind's ear.

[@MuseDuCafe]

Metheny has done here no more than is usually expected in the classical music community, i.e. not merely a stylish arrangement of a tune or piece, but a reworking into something distinctly fresh, the original being only the starting take-off point vs. the goal of keeping the tune recognizable. It is quite beautiful, while comments below confirm what I know anyway; when musicians do this to a popular tune not a lot of fans of the song care 'to go there.'

[@SwordOfLight79]

The classical music community, being largely regurgitative, is usually devoid of such a level of imagination. Such alchemy is beyond the cerebral grasp of most of those dweebs. I would say he is an exception.

[@nostalgiacreep]

+SwordOfLight79 i agree, classical is mainly about people reciting music hundreds of years old. and i like classical but creativity isnt really what its about

[@voliteon]

+MuseDuCafe Nice to praise Pat, but I have no idea how you can comapre it to classical music community. They don't rework or rearrange things at al, they recite as closely as possible, so not sure where you got that from.

[@rjlchristie]

@ MuseDuCafe You make fair comment. The replies above to the comment reflect an ignorance of the broader classical music community and in particular, arrangers in the contemporary classical music field. As a classical guitarist I rate Metheny's arrangements very highly and at a similar artistic level as those of Leo Brouwer. However, I don't think that much of Metheny's technical command of the guitar when compared to the standards of modern concert (classical) guitarists. It would be nice to have these arrangements published and to hear them taken up by the classical music community.

[@BlairCowie-x4p]

Way to go, pat can reach the sky and fly...

[@zoomlavie]

Un virtuose avec une qualité rare et belle la sensibilité de l'interprétation

[@jaumearch4396]

Nothing like Jobim and your performance. Thanks.

[@papillontikka100]

A wonderfully innovative version of a great song. The melody is still there, but embellished with magical chord sequences. I'm sure Jobim would have loved it. As for Pat, surely he is every guitarist's favourite guitarist.

[@MarekPasieczny]

only Pat can play Ipanema like that! perfect! LOVE IT!

[@vimmerman]

It's a wonderful album, and I look forward to more. Makes me pay closer attention to what I'm playing, and i see I have a lot of depth to explore.

[@gmailsconm7233]

gary w jones

[@PELE2NCHO]

Quien compara,critica o menosprecia el Talento ,la Creacion y el Corazon de PAT....SIMPLEMENTE TIENE EL OIDO "CUADRAO" como decimos en mi tierra Who compares, criticizes or despises the Talent, the Creation and the HEART of Pat...JUST have the ear "CUADRAO" as we say in my country. Thanks Pat to let me know the new Garota with more Madurez luego de 50 años....

[@ああ-y3g9j]

he described truly ipanema cause ipanema is not only happy upper music. very artistic and sensitive.i love this

[@crystalharris-thomas1939]

Pat your rendition shatters the original versions. Simply mystical.

[@seanfallon4580]

This man is a genius , period

[@crescentsi]

Intriguing, dissonant and pensive interpretation of Jobim's classic Bossa Nova, Pop song. Remember this man can do virtually anything with music so give it a few listens before you come to your own conclusion. Yes, it's abstract and "Expressionistic" but I think Metheny pulls this idiosyncratic version off well enough.

[@heliojam1962]

Um grande maestro fazendo uma releitura de um outro grande maestro!!!! Vida longa á boa musica!

[@heldersufiano2816]

outro burrego !!!

[@TheVersautiger]

Superb...!!! 💙💥🙏💞🌺

[@NanBarcel]

Forever, wonderful!

[@Felipesantaclaraviolão]

Melhor versão de Garota de Ipanema que já ouvi... harmonia incrível.. Uma pena que o Pat não vem mais ao Brasil...

[@coolaxe-dw4840]

The most beautiful solo guitar arrangement of this song that I have ever heard.

[@heldersufiano2816]

you need psychiatric help !!!!

[@coolaxe-dw4840]

helder sufiano Lol!!! Take another listen at it, you may hear some "goodies" that you missed earlier.

[@kaikirkeby]

I agree Love it Took me 5 min to understand the music

[@heldersufiano2816]

the most ugly i ever heard

[@copaseagull]

Uma bela releitura da obra original, livre e sem vínculos diretos com a Bossa Nova, apesar de homenageá-la. O intérprete (Pat Metheney) brinca desenvolto com as cordas, demonstrando grande habilidade e sensibilidade. As notas saem da alma. Parabéns.

[@rhmayer1]

Wow. That was quite a ride. Marvelous, haunting, deeply emotional. Also so imaginative. Dark, brooding, filled with desperate loneliness and longing that drives it to abstraction in places. Pat is such a true master. He knows how to reach deep inside a melody and use voicings and harmonies that take this classic tune that's been played millions of times into a different place. Not at all your parent's Girl From Ipanema. Of course, comments like mine probably say more about my own state of mind. Nonetheless, this was just gorgeous and awesome. So happy to see Pat still reaching after all his years of wonderful playing and innovating.

[@antonionadalin6573]

Marvelous elevation ✨✨✨ 🙏🙏🙏🎶🎵🎶⭐️❤️

[@AMANDACDS1348]

A girl walking in a rainy day in Ipanema. We can see a cloudy sky and the sad of the waves.

[@dwebster50]

Great stuff ....Just so so creative ... One of my favourite Jobim songs ... Pat you are so great at creating wonder melodies from standards...quite amazing , Thanks for posting Dave Alberta

[@stevedadaian]

the sound is just incredible

[@frencys_]

Maestro. Leggenda.

[@thomasmrf.brunner]

What a great Transformation...

[@radius9420]

I don't doubt that this is a masterpiece. Only this is totally not my taste. Pat goes very deep in the chord structures, So deep that I cannot follow it anymore. And I like to sing along with this song. Brillantly done!

[@bryanalfonso5700]

Proof that this music is true art: Everyone who has commented either loves it or hates it.

[@gabri3l367]

Armonie bitonali , sovrapposizioni di tonalità , ect....ne fanno un capolavoro. Grande Pat

[@tiluriso]

Starts out w/ a gorgeous Phrygian chord (again @ 0:47- 48) dark, shaded, and mysterious..very fitting, since the girls from Ipanema are not always that 'obvious' and 'sunny'...but often 'bittersweet'.

[@nealgold8017]

Great observation, particularly since you described a chord that describes them!

[@tiluriso]

Neal Gold It was just my impression - I'm not sure if that's what Pat himself meant w/ that chord change, but it made sense to me.

[@luisgalli7688]

Just amazing

[@EyalZeidman770]

Just beautiful 😍❤️

[@freddiesanke64]

So eccentric rendition....

[@michaelwilliams8781]

That’s seriously beautiful … almost Derek Bailey meets the Bossa Nova, well certainly with the end harmonics! 👍

[@meliponariobelavista486]

Me encantei com o arranjo! Parabéns.

[@trankgrappa]

it's so nice to whitness a magicians work - thank you for the music! :-)

[@thomasmrf.brunner]

The deepest...Thank you

[@RobMichael]

Beautiful re-harm. Love it.

[@danieleshapiro]

Been really enjoying "What's It All About". Metheny is so masterful: innovative, artistic and technical. He sure took a lot tof licence on this one! I only recognized small fragments of the original melody and chords.

[@internautaglobal]

Ao ouvir esse solo, lembrei de um antigo vizinho aprendendo a tocar violão e tentando tocar essa música. Era de lascar!

[@Tag101101]

Painfully beautiful. Haunting.

[@JetherBaia723]

Já assisti dezenas de interpretações de "Garota de Ipanema", e todas têm as suas virtudes. Mas isso aqui é surreal. Outside...

[@georgesprudente3942]

Pat Metheny, thanks.

[@nono83666]

Magnifique , merci

[@billding7073]

The "Ipalirga from Nema" gets deconstructed, realigned, clarified and transcended by Master Metheny. Simply and ineffably art.

[@bigswingface5847]

Agreed 100%. This is absolutely masterful.

[@giovanijarecki6676]

Beautiful music...

[@caetope]

wtf the end, the last notes!!! simply beautiful

[@GiantArtProductions]

such an amazing rendition! its like to me, i don't know why i get this sense, but its like the original upbeat version of "girl from Ipanema" collided with dark ambient!

[@SenorACaraballo]

Brilliant!

[@ReconSniperGuy]

You sir are a legend.

[@YanSalvadore]

Wonderfull!!!! Monster!!!!!

[@MrAntoniosanapo]

Caro Pat la tua musica è poesia

[@anatolyFedotov]

Bravo

[@bigswingface5847]

Bravo, indeed.

[@anatolyFedotov]

Браво \ Bravo

[@OrSaar]

magical!

[@bingefeller]

It's a baritone tuning up a half step - Bb - Eb - Ab (string tuned up) - Db (string tuned up) - F - Bb

[@milonga1960]

Qué belleza, Maestro!!!

[@naiyalexic]

Good lord. I'm floored.

[@Ultrapley777]

EN PROFUNDO TRANCE, GENIAL VERSION A UNA DE LAS CONSAGRADAS, SI NO ES QUE LA MAS, DE LA BOSSA NOVA. COMO SIEMPRE, PAT EXCELENTE EN INSPIRACION Y SONIDO.

[@jlucguitar]

SUPERBE MUSIQUE !!!!!

[@charlesaperrone]

Thank you Andy, (that is my middle name); it was hard to imagine PM in that situation. Then there are the pianists who play "Girl" in all sorts of strange keys.

[@Dale_Campbell]

Thats an intriguing arrangement, will be pointing some of my students to this version.

[@klb3293]

Hater's, he is playing something in a way that we haven't traditionally heard before. it is called creativity, art, music. Hater's can go listen to their Bieber remixes.

[@johnguidera8121]

Love found. Love lost. Love remembered.

[@sandraeckelhofer]

The Gilr From Plan 9 From Outer Space!!!! gread job, Ed Metheny ;) still your fan

[@danielaguileratrejo4222]

¡¡ Excelencia musical !!

[@dragmio]

Just LOVE Pat's comment on F and F maj 7.

[@paulhale2880]

Love you Pat!!!!! Lyle RIP

[@ekathe85]

Tall and mad and strange and wobbly The girl from Ipanema goes wandering And when she passes each one she passes goes - what?

[@sandraeckelhofer]

ekathe85!!!! best comment ROTFLMAO!!!! lovit ^_^ did I say I'm Brazilian? ahaha best part? Jobim would've had good laughs with the comments he was such a good-humored person!

[@MissyASG20]

ekathe85 hahaha, I'm on the floor!

[@danceswithstone]

Brilliant!

[@tomschenker5562]

That's funny, you made me smile!

[@dans459]

It sounds like "Requiem for the girl of Ipanema"

[@cpereir58]

Yes, sounds like a Requiem. The better performance of this music is : kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6bZgZKveL2jpKc

[@utiosorio4201]

@@cpereir58 listened to your suggestion of Marina Lima's version, her very pretty vocals and her beautiful guitar work. Thank you!!! Pat Metheny's is something altogether different, obviously it’s a different take of a beautiful song.

[@cpereir58]

@@utiosorio4201 , This version that I have indicated is completely unknown by the Brazilians themselves, who have a rocker in Marina but are unaware of her intimate side. Another universal Brazilian song, Aquarela do Brasil, also has numerous beautiful versions. Here are two very different suggestions and proposals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGGzlqKEo6ennJY and kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4TMk6GMmZp_jc0 . The first is from a 1983 LP, Todas as Teclas, Wagner Tiso and Cesar Camargo Mariano performing and the second is from a 1985 LP , Todas as Amizades, only Cesar performing

[@utiosorio4201]

@@cpereir58 I’ve listened to both, they remind me of NYC in the 80’s, nice trip down memory lane. My favorite version is by João Gilberto. I tell you, in my next life I want to be Brazilian, hahaha!!!

[@cpereir58]

@@utiosorio4201 , where are you from ? NYC? No.. brazilian people suffers too much, it's not a good country to live. Land of confusion ! (reminds me Phill Collins) .