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Lotus Feet

Posted over 4 years ago
Try and forgive the obsequious intro and outro on this. I think this is the finest version of the finest McLaughlin song ever.
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  1. MusikMagik
    MusikMagik says Mmmm, lovely. Yes it's a nice version. I really like that whole album actually. Now I'm going to have to go away and think about what is my favorite McLaughlin song. Don't think I'm going to be able to settle on just one, but most likely the shortlist will have stuff from from Shakti or early Mahavishnu Orchestra. I have a Sh!@load to go thru including the 18-CD boxset from the Montreaux shows! Will post results on my Mog page at some point, not sure when! :-) Thanks Max
    Permalink posted 10/05/2007
  2. fistula spume
    fistula spume says Cool tune. Very centering. Got chill bumps.
    Permalink posted 10/05/2007
  3. Bartleby
    Bartleby says I've never heard of Shakti before though I think the music rings a bell. I must check my library or my favourite music dealer. I must have some McLaughlin somewhere... It's good thing you've reminded me that I haven't put any on for quite a while now.
    Permalink posted 10/05/2007
  4. ivylander
    ivylander says At the end of a heard week, exactly what one needed to hear. One man's unreserved gratitude.....
    Permalink posted 10/05/2007
  5. MusikMagik
    MusikMagik says Hey Max, Just found another version of "Lotus Feet" that's worthy of consideration for "best version"...if only I knew how, I'd post it in this reply (anyone know how that's done?). It's on the "Molom" soundtrack album and it has a different title - "The Boy Returns". Features Trilok Gurtu on percussion. Do you have that album?
    Permalink posted 10/05/2007
  6. MusikMagik
    MusikMagik says Hi Bartleby, There's the original Shakti from the 70's, and there's Remember Shakti from '99 to the (occasional) present. Both fantastic east-west fusions with Mr McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain front center, both worth exploring deeply :-)
    Permalink posted 10/05/2007
  7. levek
    levek says When I want to post a track into a comment, I proceed like I am posting on my MOG page: I "Upload" the track, then, without publishing, I hilite the code, I click "Copy", then I go back to my comment and I "Paste" the code.
    Permalink posted 10/05/2007
  8. Max Load
    Max Load says Musik: alas can't track down Molom. (And I have trouble with Trilok Gurtu.) Interesting that the song is re-badged on that album. I kind of think I first heard it under another name too. Not 100% sure, but I think on the Between Nothingness and Eternity Mahavishnu live in Central Park album. There's a short track at the end which fades out just as it is starting to cook. And I'm sure it used the lick from Lotus Feet. btw, Between Nothingness and Eternity has some of the absolute most blistering guitar on it. I saw the Visions of the Emerald incarnation of Mahavishnu play live. At the start John, in white suit, asked everyone to join him in a moments meditation, which was followed by three hours of what may have been the most intense music I have ever heard. But don't get on with the early Mahavishnu stuff at all. The singing was a big mistake! In some of the later stuff, he recaptures the energy of his Miles Davis days. Yeah. I'm gonna dig me out some Live Evil.
    Permalink posted 10/06/2007
  9. MusikMagik
    MusikMagik says Hi Levek, Thanks for the tip! That'll work.
    Permalink posted 10/06/2007
  10. MusikMagik
    MusikMagik says OK here's the same tune but it's called "The Boy Leaves". There's another track on the CD that's called "The Boy's Theme" and it's the same tune again, only played on nylon strung guitar... ~A4a9FoV20IM.mp3~ I found the "Molom" CD in a music store in Singapore quite by chance. It's the soundtrack to a French movie that I think only ever came out on VHS and I've never managed to find anywhere. What's up with Trilok, Max? I have several of his CDs and I think there's some good stuff in there. I agree about the singing on the Mahavishnu stuff though (most prevalent & disturbing on Apocalypse!)
    Permalink posted 10/06/2007
  11. Girlcrawl
    Girlcrawl says Stunningly beautiful; merci!
    Permalink posted 10/06/2007
  12. Max Load
    Max Load says MusikMagik: A couple of years ago I went to what was supposed to be a percussion seminar with Gurtu. He seemed very angry with pretty much everyone, which I guess allowable but you don't necessarily want to be in the same room as it. He seemed to feel rejected by his Indian contemporaries but felt that western percussionists lacked the aptitude to appreciate his teachings, so he didn't bother trying. Even when he challenged people with a 'name this beat' thing and had a few takers for the correct 9/5 (or something like that) he still wasn't impressed. I was only there because I happened to be there. But some able people had traveled far for his wisdom and were badly served. Plus, his music doesn't really do it for me. I'[ve met too many under-appreciated, angry musicians. I couldn't live like that. But I'm kind of glad some of them do. Yes, Apocalypse rings a bell as being particularly disturbing. :-) Like the Molom track. The sleeve notes of Remember Shakti describe Lotus Feet as 'emblematic'. I think that's spot on.
    Permalink posted 10/07/2007

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