Richard Thompson on Pat Metheny vs. Kenny G.
David Ewing
Auditorium in Boulder, Colorado. Many of you jazz folks probably aren't
aware of RT, but he is an absolutely phenomenal guitar player, great
songwriter, and very funny fellow (although most of his songs are
extremely dark). He comes from the British folk tradition, a founding
member of Fairport Convention, but has concocted a very original style
of playing.
At any rate, he performed a hilarious new song - "I Agree With Pat
Metheny" about Metheny's diatribe against KG for committing the
sacrilege of dubbing himself onto a Louis Armstrong record (discussed at
length on this newsgroup a while back). Sample line -
"A meeting of the minds, how nice
Like Einstein and Sporty Spice"
I wish I could remember the rest of the words, some other really funny
lines, but that one above pretty well sums up the situation.
Dave Ewing
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Eric
> At any rate, he performed a hilarious new song - "I Agree With Pat
> Metheny" about Metheny's diatribe against KG for committing the
> sacrilege of dubbing himself onto a Louis Armstrong record (discussed at
> length on this newsgroup a while back). Sample line -
>
> "A meeting of the minds, how nice
> Like Einstein and Sporty Spice"
Will he be including this on a new CD? He hasn't released one since
1999, IIRC.
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brew ziggins
+David Ewing wrote:
+
+> At any rate, he performed a hilarious new song - "I Agree With Pat
+> Metheny" about Metheny's diatribe against KG for committing the
+> sacrilege of dubbing himself onto a Louis Armstrong record (discussed at
+> length on this newsgroup a while back). Sample line -
+>
+> "A meeting of the minds, how nice
+> Like Einstein and Sporty Spice"
+
+Will he be including this on a new CD? He hasn't released one since
+1999, IIRC.
He's between record companies now, IIRC. A "Best of the Capitol Years"
compilation came out a few months back. This song is not on it.
I Agree With Pat Metheny -- © Richard Thompson
" I agree with Pat Metheny
Kenny's talents are too teeny.
He deserves the crap he's going to get
He overdubbed himself on Louis
What a musical chop suey
Raised his head above the parapet
Well Louis Armstrong was the king
He practically invented swing
Hero of the twentieth century
He did duets with many a fella
"Fatha" Hines, Big Hoagy, Ella
Strange he never thought of Kenny G
A meeting of great minds, how nice
Like Einstein and Sporty Spice
Digitally fused in an abortion
Kenny fans will doubtless rave
While Satchmo turns inside his grave
Soprano man's bit off more than his portion
Oh brainless pentatonic riffs
Display our Kenny's arcane gifts
But we don't care, his charms are so beguiling
He does play sharp, but let's be fair
He has such lovely crinkly hair
We hardly notice, we're too busy smiling
How does he hold those notes so long?
He must be a genius. Wrong!
He just has the mindlessness to do it
He makes Britney sound like scat
If this is jazz I'll eat my hat
An idle threat, I'll never have to chew it
So next time you're in a rendezvous
And Kenny's sound comes wafting through
Don't just wince, eliminate the cause
Rip the tape right off the muzak
Pull the plug, or steal a fuse, Jack
The whole room will drown you in applause
Yes, Kenny G has gone too far
The gloves are off, it's time to spar
Grab your hunting rifle, strap your Colt on
It's open season on our Ken
But I await the moment when
We lay off him and start on Michael Bolton
I agree with Pat Metheny
Kenny's talents are too teeny."
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bruce higgins ~ lbh2 at cornell dot edu ~ http://tigermtn.dev.cornell.edu
"Everything I'm going to tell you tonight is true...
Except the part about the banana sticking to the wall."
- Spalding Gray -
David Ewing
> In article <3B3CE116...@homebody.com>, Eric <knip...@homebody.com> wrote:
>
> +David Ewing wrote:
> +
> +> At any rate, he performed a hilarious new song - "I Agree With Pat
> +> Metheny" about Metheny's diatribe against KG for committing the
> +> sacrilege of dubbing himself onto a Louis Armstrong record (discussed at
> +> length on this newsgroup a while back). Sample line -
> +>
> +> "A meeting of the minds, how nice
> +> Like Einstein and Sporty Spice"
> +
> +Will he be including this on a new CD? He hasn't released one since
> +1999, IIRC.
I read in an interview that he probably wouldn't be including this on any upcoming
CD. It was more of one-off novelty song. Will have to look for an audience tape,
I reckon. Do a google search with Metheny Armstrong Thompson as the words and you
will get a couple of interviews/reviews with this topic.
> He's between record companies now, IIRC. A "Best of the Capitol Years"
> compilation came out a few months back. This song is not on it.
>
> I Agree With Pat Metheny -- © Richard Thompson
<lyrics deleted for brevity>
Thanks for posting these, Brew.
Skip Elliott Bowman
"David Ewing" <d...@xilinx.com> wrote in message
news:3B3CF04F...@xilinx.com...
Eric
> I Agree With Pat Metheny -- © Richard Thompson
>
> " I agree with Pat Metheny
>
> Kenny's talents are too teeny.
[...snip]
A thousand thanks. Saved for future reference. <g>
Robby
Carnak
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I Agree With Pat Metheny
Words and music by Richard Thompson
I agree with Pat Metheny
Kenny's talents are too teeny
He deserves the crap he's going to get
He overdubbed himself on Louis
What a musical chop suey
Raised his head above the parapet
Well Louis Armstrong was the king
He practically invented swing
Hero of the twentieth century
He did duets with many a fella
"Fatha" Hines, Big Hoagy, Ella
Strange he never thought of Kenny G
A meeting of great minds, how nice
Like Einstein and Sporty Spice
Grab your hunting rifle, strap your colt
on
It's open season on our Ken
But I await the moment when
We lay off him and start on Michael Bolton
I agree with Pat Metheny
brew ziggins
+Since that song's not on a CD, where'd you find the lyrics? Just curious.
google.com - the keywords 'Thompson' and 'Metheny' brought them right up.
gotta love the Internet...