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Medeski Martin & Wood — New Planet
Album: End of the World Party (Just in Case)
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Released: 2004
Length: 3:20
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 lynn01 wrote:

fun! and funky!



Cute mice too :o)
Posted 6 months ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
hey...whoa...billy preston
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
funkalicious!
Posted 2 years ago by Jolouis    [ Reply ]
Funkaliclous!
Posted 2 years ago by Jolouis    [ Reply ]
The more I hear this, the more I like it!!  Thanx RP!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 lynn01 wrote:

fun! and funky!




I Agree!!  I never heard of them before. This tune reminds me of Billy Preston.  Thanx RP!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 jim.stimeck wrote:
 theirongiant wrote:
The transition from D’Yer Maker was not very smooth due to overlapping percussion rhythms.
 
Interesting... I had the exact same feeling today.  It was the same transition 3 months later.  I am wondering how random these playlists are.

 
And 2 more months later, it's still an ugly transition. As a former DJ, they certainly hurt my head. I'm not used to hearing these on RP. 
Posted 3 years ago by charbo    [ Reply ]
 theirongiant wrote:
The transition from D’Yer Maker was not very smooth due to overlapping percussion rhythms.
 
Interesting... I had the exact same feeling today.  It was the same transition 3 months later.  I am wondering how random these playlists are.

Posted 4 years ago by jim.stimeck    [ Reply ]
 theirongiant wrote:
The transition from D’Yer Maker was not very smooth due to overlapping percussion rhythms.
 

harrumph
Posted 4 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
fun! and funky!
Posted 4 years ago by lynn01    [ Reply ]
The transition from D’Yer Maker was not very smooth due to overlapping percussion rhythms.
Posted 4 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
 stevetheshoe wrote:

I've seen them more than once and I couldn't disagree more. I actually don't understand your problem with the drummer.
 
I felt the same way when I heard similar comments about Carl Palmer from my all time favorite band ELP.
Then I listened harder, and I heard. BUT, and it's a BIG but, Palmer wrote/played some incredible and innovative stuff, so I give him a pass. 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 OldFrenchie wrote:
Gotta love a song featuring R2D2 on "vocals"
 


Posted 13 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
 david1045 wrote:
These guys are pretty good sometimes. 
 
Nah. Especially not this time.
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
These guys are pretty good sometimes. 
Posted 14 years ago by david1045    [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by spigolli    [ Reply ]
What is that mouse-squeaking noise in the background?


Posted 14 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
After this, we MUST hear ''Iss bad ya know'' by RL Burnside

CORRECTION: ''Outta Space'' by Billy Preston.
Posted 14 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:


 
WTF??? It's fuzzy, and it fits with this song in a warped sort of way, but... WTF? {#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]

Medeski Martin & Wood - "New Planet" Live, San Sebastian (2005):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoJRlok3Ezk
Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
peter_james_bond wrote:
I like fuzzy guitar and fuzzy caterpillars and fuzzy logic....heck, I guess I like most fuzzy things. {#Biggrin}


Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
UH HUH. These Bohemians...such expansive post-jazzers.
Better dance. Just in case, that is.
Posted 14 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]
I like fuzzy guitar and fuzzy caterpillars and fuzzy logic....heck, I guess I like most fuzzy things. {#Biggrin}

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
very nice ear candy !!
Posted 15 years ago by scottflory    [ Reply ]
This song owes a whole lot to Jean-Jaques Perrey.

E.V.A.


Posted 15 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Bought the CD after hearing a few tracks here and love it. Great stuff.
Posted 15 years ago by catsoup    [ Reply ]
 olsaltybastard wrote:
That's one heck of a bass line.
 

Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin & Wood
 
 
Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin & Wood
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Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 jenakle wrote:
Thank you Bill for introducing me to another great group.
 
Ditto!


Posted 15 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Gotta love a song featuring R2D2 on "vocals"
Posted 16 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
My ears are bleeding. Make it stop!!
Posted 16 years ago by savoyard    [ Reply ]
I am having flashbacks of people doing the robot - oh god, my eyes!
{#Cowboy}
Posted 16 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
Oh crud. Bye.
Posted 16 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
Hey, quit torturing those guinea pigs! :o)

Interesting retro sound, very 'Air' and wah-wah, but I'm guessing it was produced fairly recently from the instrumentation. Cool, in the old-fashioned James Bond/Milk Tray Man/Monte Carlo Playboy sense of the word. An interested 6 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 16 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
This album is just "groovy" for sure. {#Yes}
Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
 MojoJojo wrote:


 

Thanks Mojo.  I was thinking along those lines as well.

I think I'm going to see these guys at ACLFest this year. (Somebody correct me if I'm wrong on that.)
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Did Beck sample some of this for  his Odelay album?  Sounds similar...

Posted 16 years ago by Yamson    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Worst timekeeper on the planet.
These guys stink. And yes, Ive seen them. In a room of about 40-50 people.
The concept here(mostly) is good - they just can't pull it off.

 
I've seen them more than once and I couldn't disagree more. I actually don't understand your problem with the drummer.

Posted 16 years ago by stevetheshoe    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:
Please show me a band that can put down a funky groove like this while skipping the goofy synth noises. I'll buy any record.

 
See Galactic.

Posted 16 years ago by OZA    [ Reply ]
That was pretty cool!
Posted 16 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Is she listening? ...
Posted 16 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
Drummers have to be really "funky" in order for me to notice them. This tom's man is f-f-funking and flunking and fU**ing all over the place. Beats the funk out of me. However, it is great that not all present day tracks are corrected into sync later on
Posted 16 years ago by BobcatThunder    [ Reply ]
tulfan wrote:
I'm glad you said it as your comments mirror my opinion of these guys to a tee.
Geez, people... have you ever listened to ANY jazz?
Posted 16 years ago by Incarnadine    [ Reply ]
Thank you Bill for introducing me to another great group. They're getting played weekly around my house now.
Posted 16 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
these guys have a great song on the Get Shorty soundtrack
Posted 16 years ago by voetjens    [ Reply ]
Quite funk-a-licious!
Posted 16 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
Please show me a band that can put down a funky groove like this while skipping the goofy synth noises. I'll buy any record.
Posted 16 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
holyy shit, the whistling! make it stop~!!!
Posted 16 years ago by out_to_lunch    [ Reply ]
This is fun!
Posted 16 years ago by shape5    [ Reply ]
HazzeSwede wrote:
I have to mark a # 1 but my parrot gives it a # 10 !
to your parrot!
Posted 16 years ago by ubastard    [ Reply ]
Some tracks get better upon repeated listening. This isn't one of them. 5 4
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Jelani wrote:
Worst timekeeper on the planet. These guys stink. And yes, Ive seen them. In a room of about 40-50 people. The concept here(mostly) is good - they just can't pull it off.
I'm glad you said it as your comments mirror my opinion of these guys to a tee.
Posted 16 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Worst timekeeper on the planet. These guys stink. And yes, Ive seen them. In a room of about 40-50 people. The concept here(mostly) is good - they just can't pull it off.
Posted 16 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Not my genre.
Posted 16 years ago by Tailypoe    [ Reply ]
I can't believe Beck hasn't sued these guys yet.
Posted 16 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by sans    [ Reply ]
BEST LIVE JAM BAND ......EVER!
Posted 16 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
I have to mark a # 1 but my parrot gives it a # 10 !
Posted 16 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
groovy.
Posted 16 years ago by minorking    [ Reply ]
That was some unexpected psychedelia, there. Wow!
Posted 16 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
olsaltybastard wrote:
That's one heck of a bass line.
tres vrai! This is fun!
Posted 16 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
This is some of the best modern day instrumental funk I've heard in ages. Thanx!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by doctec    [ Reply ]
That's one heck of a bass line.
Posted 17 years ago by olsaltybastard    [ Reply ]
horstman wrote:
Herbie Hancock?
redeyespy wrote:
This is just fabulous. Channeling Hancock's Headhunters, while going off and scoring on its own in all sorts of beautific sonic glory.
MinMan wrote:
I was going to make a comment but I see that redeyespy seems to have nailed the source. Not a bad romp...
Posted 17 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
Saw these guys 2 nights in a row in Ft. Laud last weekend. What a disgusting, awesome, funky show! Be sure to catch them if they come to a neighborhood near you!
Posted 17 years ago by MadPercolator    [ Reply ]
Wish I had an afro and platforms - yo cats!
Posted 17 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Herbie Hancock?
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
pianocomposer wrote:
...it's just a bunch of special effects splattered together on a canvas like an abstract painting.
Exactly! So, what's the problem? Wait, are you one of these folks that thinks that abstract art is terrible because it "doesn't look like anything?" If so, the coping strategy of pretending the last 100 years of art history never happened will probably work just fine if you extend it to the last 40 years of music history.
Posted 17 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
Ahhh I'm stuck in disco hell.
Posted 17 years ago by kylemichael    [ Reply ]
Serious downgrade from 8 to 4. The chirping sound cheapens the music...it's just a bunch of special effects splattered together on a canvas like an abstract painting. What a mess. Maybe I need to hear it a third time to find a happy medium (6?)
Posted 17 years ago by pianocomposer    [ Reply ]
Is this guy cheeping here?
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
superflyLD wrote:
Q: what did one deadhead say to the other deadhead when they ran out of pot? A: "Man, this music sucks!" DITTO for this IMO. (I sense I shall get flamed for this)
That's a funny joke, but anyone who thinks the Grateful Dead's music sucks either isn't listening or doesn't understand music. It might not be for you, but it surely does NOT SUCK.
Posted 17 years ago by joshfm    [ Reply ]
superflyLD wrote:
Q: what did one deadhead say to the other deadhead when they ran out of pot? A: "Man, this music sucks!" DITTO for this IMO. (I sense I shall get flamed for this)
I for one love the Grateful Dead and have never tried pot and don't plan on trying it for the rest of my life....it's just good music.
Posted 17 years ago by slickskater52    [ Reply ]
Keyboard work echoes Billy Preston's Outta Space
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Q: what did one deadhead say to the other deadhead when they ran out of pot? A: \"Man, this music sucks!\" DITTO for this IMO. (I sense I shall get flamed for this)
Posted 17 years ago by superflyLD    [ Reply ]
Lamont! you big Dummy!
Posted 17 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Martino    [ Reply ]
Oobah! da FUNK lives, yo!
Posted 17 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
there was a time when i really enjoyed mm&w, but now i find their music mostly irritating.
Posted 17 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
I just don't feel any depth/ dimension to this- It all sounds superficial and meaningless
Posted 17 years ago by morgsy67    [ Reply ]
Why does this sound so much like Beck, it actually reminds me of the Futurama episode with Beck.
Posted 17 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
Most Excellent. I wish more artists were this creative.
Posted 17 years ago by badean    [ Reply ]
Man something must be wrong with the signal feed between RP and my computer. Midway through the song I could have sworn that I picked up the theme song to "Sanford and Son".
Posted 17 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Tasta-a-dafunk.
Posted 17 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
I was introduced to these guys by Russ Davis on VOA's Jazz America. Haven't heard a lot but what I've heard is great. May I suggest RP search out Julien Lourau Groove Gang for some seriously funky jazz from France. Saw them here in Guacamole in about '98 when they just released City Boom Boom. Outstanding musicians!
Posted 17 years ago by snapoutovit    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
Sounds like the late Billy Preston on keys.
not even close. just dropped it from a 7 to a 5. Blah. A weak follow on Toots.
Posted 17 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
It''s got elements that remind me of the late Billy Preston on keys--such as his great piece Outta Space.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I see the Vancouver skyline in the album art.
Posted 17 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Daveinbawlmer wrote:
Most people aren't this funky
We aren't most people.
Posted 17 years ago by musikalia    [ Reply ]
superfido wrote:
I'm this funky
You got a laugh from me.
Posted 17 years ago by dousto    [ Reply ]
I usually don't like music that has squeaks(unless from a drunk sax guys reed) in it but this is cool.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
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Posted 17 years ago by driver8    [ Reply ]
Daveinbawlmer wrote:
Most people aren't this funky
I'm this funky
Posted 17 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
Most people aren't this funky
Posted 17 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
New Planet? Reminds me of things done before by other musicians. Nothing new, same old, same old
Posted 17 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
I think you just have to be in the mood for this sort of thing. I can imagine really digging this with a bit of a buzz going on a hot sunny day but it ain't working for me today-4 out of 10.
Posted 17 years ago by goo    [ Reply ]
SmilinJimmy wrote:
...you ladies order a couple of pizzas??
that is freakin hilarious!
Posted 17 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
this is one of those gay RP signature songs that RP brands itself with, and beats us over the head with, again and again.
Oh man, you are such a skid.
Posted 17 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
I usually like MM&W's stuff but this one is grating on my nerves....
Posted 17 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
annoying...very
Posted 17 years ago by harmaton    [ Reply ]
This entire album is fantasmic...these guys never have let me down with an album yet!
Posted 17 years ago by SpaceCase    [ Reply ]
fearlessfreep wrote:
i was thinking exactly the same thing when i saw MM&W in concert. late in the set, the three of them all picked up different toned bells and improvised for several minutes.
HAHA...well they are musical geniuses you see.. how lucky you were to be in their presence.
Posted 17 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
SmilinJimmy wrote:
...you ladies order a couple of pizzas??
As a matter of fact, I DID... funky, freaky, groovy. Mama likes...
Posted 17 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of one of the mental torture devices on an old Star Trek episode.
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
MtnGoat wrote:
Then rise up, pilgrim, and join us against this brutal tyranny! No longer shall we be forced to sit in front of our pc's and, without choice or mercy, listen to odd-sounding noise called music by those who would oppress us! Rise up and shout, 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!'
Posted 18 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
this is one of those gay RP signature songs that RP brands itself with, and beats us over the head with, again and again.
It's ok, Tony. You can go back to your classic rock station now. Really. It's ok. I had never heard of M, M & W before listening here at RP. I liked what I heard, and purchased the album through itunes. I like this stuff. That is why I listen to this station. Why do you?
Posted 18 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
...you ladies order a couple of pizzas??
Posted 18 years ago by SmilinJimmy    [ Reply ]
so funky.......
Posted 18 years ago by godspeed    [ Reply ]
with all due respect for their technical chops (which are considerable), and their vast musical knowledge, this group is definitely overrated
Posted 18 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
this is one of those gay RP signature songs that RP brands itself with, and beats us over the head with, again and again.
Then rise up, pilgrim, and join us against this brutal tyranny! No longer shall we be forced to sit in front of our pc's and, without choice or mercy, listen to odd-sounding noise called music by those who would oppress us! Rise up and shout, 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!'
Posted 18 years ago by MtnGoat    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
I keep hearing snatches of Outta Space by the late Billy Preston.
thank God somebody else hears it too....
Posted 18 years ago by zenisgood    [ Reply ]
sounds like.
Posted 18 years ago by miamizsun    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
this is one of those gay RP signature songs that RP brands itself with, and beats us over the head with, again and again.
This is one of those comments by someone who stopped maturing in the 5th grade.
Posted 18 years ago by kevin36    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
this is one of those gay RP signature songs that RP brands itself with, and beats us over the head with, again and again.
The "stop" button is the one with the little square on it, if you don't want to listen to the station. Ctrl+S or spacebar works sometimes too ;)
Posted 18 years ago by Bosonator    [ Reply ]
jpmcad wrote:
Sounds like transition music between NPR segments.
I wish this song lasted as long as normal transition on NPR.
Posted 18 years ago by savoyard    [ Reply ]
Yes!
Posted 18 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Anyone else feel like they are watching Saturday morning cartoons?
Posted 18 years ago by dwilliams459    [ Reply ]
The sample of the whoopie squeaky sound from that old Serge Gainsborough song Bonnie and Clyde drives me nuts. And not in a good way.
Posted 18 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
Sounds like transition music between NPR segments.
Posted 18 years ago by jpmcad    [ Reply ]
New Planet?!? This for Pluto?
Posted 18 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]