Bulerias2005 -> RE: Saturday Night in San Francisco (Aug. 7 2022 2:08:34)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo quote:
No effort whatsoever to include McLaughlin, who looks inexplicably confused especially during the first 3 minutes. In Mclaughlin Paco duet projects and all trio tours, John stays away from this tune deliberately. Certainly you have noticed internet confusion over the title Med sun vs Entre dos Aguas? For example on tour with Larry they call the same piece Entre dos Aguas…and along comes people insisting the song is called Mediterranean Sundance. As you know the brief falseta intro is Al’s lick. The rest is Paco’s music. Including when they added Rio Ancho, as you see in this version here. Al and Paco actually do the Larry version in 83 with Passion Grace and Fire as the intro….Paco plays that Larry version as well with his group in the 70’s and with Banderas and Canizares. So why does this all matter? Well…the whole point of contention, the FIGHT in the Trio was about this tune. Al had to fork over a royalty check to Paco (since Al was claiming both the Elegant Gypsy and Friday Night versions as his OWN composition), before hitting record in the studio for Passion Grace and Fire. While I don’t think Al was deliberately being malicious, I believe he is just an airhead living in his own world. Evidence for that I explain earlier in this thread… as of recently Al believes that Poor paco had written NO MUSIC for Friday night disc. That means he honestly believes Rio Ancho is his own composition, not to mention Entre dos Aguas. He is also always “amazed” that Med sun became a ‘hit single” in Europe…totally negating the fact the SAME SONG in a different version was a hit discotec single in Europe when it came out in 1973!! Of course it would be a hit because it already had been. And lets be honest….the same HIT SINGLE is what sold Friday night to the masses. (Freaking Eyeroll get a clue Al!!!) So John, is also an airhead? Or is he being passive aggressive? I choose the later. While I can’t find the video anymore, he stated upon release of the 2016 Montreux concert that Paco came with a piece to play with Al called ‘sun breeze or something? I forget..”. He was not playing dumb, he knows darn well that is Paco’s piece that Al had been taking credit for for years due to ONE FALSETA IN IT, and that eventually lead to a fist fight. On stage here, of course he knows this simple tune, and the fact it is Paco’s, but chooses to NOT PLAY the falsetas as if to acknowledge Al the composer. It is totally deliberate. He was forced to play it for Pavarotti and then never again. That is why his odd demeanor here…of course he shreds circles around both guys there. In addition the solid body junk nylon thing he as sounds atrocious, and he knows it. It seems stuck at solo volume level and he indicated two times to engineers to turn himself down. (1:57 and 2:06), so he couldn’t do nice rhythm guitar anyway. Al gets lost in his own solo at 2:50 and changes the progression. Mc and Antonio have to follow him. I am sure it was another eye roll moment for Mclaughlin just like when Al crossed the compas at the Pavarotti gig. Mc always preferred the more sophisticated tunes with Paco. Yes, I was familiar with the background about Paco "not writing" anything for Friday Night, totally absurd. I don't understand how di Meola can live in that kind of fantasy world where he has just convinced himself that he is the composer of what's basically an extended Rio Ancho haha. Interesting theory about passive aggression re: McLaughlin. I can see that. The end result though looks just as ridiculous regardless of the explanation. He doesn't seem like a very confrontational person at baseline but I guess I just wouldn't have done the gig at all given the circumstances and history. Can always come up with some kind of excuse, like, "I didn't get the chance to compose any new material, and I wouldn't want to just play your old tunes, Al, like Mediterranean Moondance." [:D] Hahaha.
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