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Weather Report — Birdland
Album: Heavy Weather
Avg rating:
7

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Total ratings: 448









Released: 1977
Length: 5:55
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RP  Has only 2 WATHER REPORT TUNES ON THE PLAYLIST! PLEASE ADD MORE!!!  Thank You!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 mrtuba9 wrote:
Just not getting the sub-7 rating... Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius... C'mon ya'll 



Everybody has different tastes.  I gave it a TEN!!  I saw them when they toured, right after the release of this album.  excellent show!! 
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Bump 7 > 8. It was a college smoke some weed and (try to) dance Boston party favorite.  It think it's better as an artifact of its fun and funky fusion time but I also think it stands the test of time.  
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Just not getting the sub-7 rating... Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius... C'mon ya'll 
Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Wayne Shorter on sax!
Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Wow!  RP's playlist is so very eclectic!  It even includes elevator music!  {#Roflol}
Posted 8 years ago by offroadbiker    [ Reply ]
Bold. One of the most controversial jazz tunes in history. At least we know that Bill's not secretly Wynton Marsalis if he's willing to play this song. Personally a bit of a guilty pleasure. But then again I like my jazz fusion with a bit of funk.
Posted 8 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
 2020sk wrote:

Something like this?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_muwtTQjMg  

 
This is better than that, but I'm not feelin' the love for Weather Report tonight. This was a big hit way back when. 
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 AphidA wrote:
Sounds like your typical 1970s sitcom theme song. Positive? Negative? No, a neutral comment.

 
Something like this?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_muwtTQjMg  
Posted 8 years ago by 2020sk    [ Reply ]
 AphidA wrote:
Sounds like your typical 1970s sitcom theme song. Positive? Negative? No, a neutral comment.

 
Exactly, but at the end it gets worse.

{#Crashcomp} 
Posted 8 years ago by robin_at_domani    [ Reply ]
awful. Is it 'lift music'?
Posted 8 years ago by kmgpollard    [ Reply ]
Sounds like your typical 1970s sitcom theme song. Positive? Negative? No, a neutral comment.
Posted 8 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Loved them in the day. This was one of their best.
 
Posted 8 years ago by whoatcitynet    [ Reply ]
Dusted this one off recently !
 
Posted 8 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Try not to tap your foot. I dare yah. 
Posted 8 years ago by ScottyBgood    [ Reply ]
aahhhh...yes. I used to be in a decent jazz band, this was one of our charts...very coo!
Posted 8 years ago by molson    [ Reply ]
Lovin' the Bird!
Posted 8 years ago by beinder    [ Reply ]
Ah ... the Masters of "yuppie jazz" ... not my cup of tea, but I celebrate RP's variety {#Sunny}
Posted 9 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]

I'm suddenly sitting in a cramped dorm room back in 1978...and IT"S A-OK!


Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 martin1451 wrote:
Wow, I really see this one coming! Haven't heard it in ages! Thanks Bill!

 
Yep, just what I was thinking!!


Posted 9 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
This is awesome. The version from their live album, 8:30, is even better.
Posted 9 years ago by stargazer1    [ Reply ]
YES!!!
{#Bananajam}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 9 years ago by Eric_Gustafsson    [ Reply ]
YES!!!!
{#Jump} 
Posted 9 years ago by Vakse    [ Reply ]
Wow, I really see this one coming! Haven't heard it in ages! Thanks Bill!
Posted 9 years ago by martin1451    [ Reply ]
About as enjoyable as a kick in the groin or a bad joke you've heard several times (or a lame sit-com).
Posted 9 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Holy freakin wow!

Playing Weather Report!!!  Wayne Shorter on tenor! Wow!

This was one of the premier jazz fusion bands.  

This is such a delight on a Friday morning!

 

 
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
One of the best concerts I ever attended - out at SUNY on Long Island.  Mind blown.
Posted 9 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
 ronniegirl wrote:
 laozilover wrote:
More Weather Report, Bill, Please!
  bump

 
bumpily bump.

Oh yes... MOAR 10's please!!! 
{#Bananapiano}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana}

Need sax players and percussionists emoticons... 
Posted 9 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
 laozilover wrote:
More Weather Report, Bill, Please!


 



bump
Posted 10 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
Wow, a true blast from college past. Joe Zawinul and Jaco Pastorius. I wore out my LP. Or was it just that one night it my roommate used it as a coaster for the bong? 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Beez wrote:
What the hell is this cheese?
 
Just a seminal piece of music that forever changed the way people look at Jazz in general, and the electric guitar in particular. Nothing special. Move along.


Posted 14 years ago by bearheart    [ Reply ]
What a truly great radio station this is!
The best effort to please all of the people all of the time I know!

 
Posted 14 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
What the hell is this cheese?
Posted 14 years ago by Beez    [ Reply ]
I spent the afternoon listening to my Jaco collection the other day as I was unpacking my office after moving. When Birdland came on I cranked up the volume. Just did it again. Jaco's bass makes this otherwise great piece of music astounding!
Posted 14 years ago by bearheart    [ Reply ]
 laozilover wrote:
More Weather Report, Bill, Please!

 
I agree!  This song is probably W.R.'s most commercial track but a good entree into their music. Some of the band's other music - especially with Jaco Pastorius (arguably one of the most creative bassists ever) - is especially inspired. Zawinul/Shorter were genius together.

Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
This sucks, but then I looked at the album art and was like .. is it that bad? That cover rules. 

The music itself has some pretty terrible moments. It's embarrassing; I could not play this from start to finish for a friend.  I think I may even need to leave the office...
Posted 14 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
damn, this is remarkably cheesy.
Posted 14 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
 ballyhairs wrote:
This is the worst thing I have ever listened to {#Puke}
Please delete it

 
I wholeheartedly agree!!!  No hesitation voting "1" for this. 

Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:
Ditto.  Boring over-repetitive white-man "Jazz."  Might as well play Kenny G next, not the Cure.
 
precisely!
Posted 14 years ago by vicariance    [ Reply ]
This was my first exposure to Weather Report - oh, 20 years ago - and the first time i heard Birdland as well.  It has stuck with me as one of the best arrangements of this piece (heck of just about any music) in ages.  

An 11 in my book.

And Jaco Pastorius FTW!  \o/ 
Posted 14 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
More Weather Report, Bill, Please!

Posted 14 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Joe Zawinul / Weather Report made lots of great music. This song/album was after they had peaked creatively. Much too Muzak for my tastes. Something off "Mysterious Traveller" would be an improvement.
Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Ditto.  Boring over-repetitive white-man "Jazz."  Might as well play Kenny G next, not the Cure.
Posted 14 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
This is the worst thing I have ever listened to {#Puke}
Please delete it

Posted 14 years ago by ballyhairs    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
This came out in 1977? YIKES!!!
 
I know. I saw them in Norfolk Va. that year. So glad I got to see Jaco play.

Posted 14 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
Jaco classic
Posted 14 years ago by cixelsyd    [ Reply ]
This came out in 1977? YIKES!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Thanks for letting us peek behind the curtains, very nice. I wonder how many people have a shared experience (perhaps with less dramatic results). Weather Report and Tangerine Dream certainly helped broaden my tastes as a boy.
 
I concur.
Posted 14 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
GregX59 wrote:
At the risk of sounding nerdish, this album (along with Return to Forever's Music Magic) changed my life. It caused me to seek out jazz, take up the bass guitar, and changed my musical tastes forever. RIP Jaco.
Thanks for letting us peek behind the curtains, very nice. I wonder how many people have a shared experience (perhaps with less dramatic results). Weather Report and Tangerine Dream certainly helped broaden my tastes as a boy.


Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Manhattan Transfer didn't have to change a note in their version of this classic.
Belatedly, I see I am echoing another's thought.
Must be true, then. 

Posted 14 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
This takes me back.  One of the best concerts I ever attended opened with John McLaughlin and Shakti (at the time, talented and worldy beyond my appreciation), followed by Weather Report (same), followed by the main act, Santana.  Carlos, of course, insisted that John McL, Jaco, and a few others from the "warm up" bands join him for an extended jam during Santana's set.  It was unusual in Cleveland Public Auditorium for the musicians to get you even higher than the other things floating around, but these guys sure did.
Posted 14 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
Sounds like (bad) TV theme music.
Posted 14 years ago by lkthompson    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

Reminds me of. . .
Barney Miller

 
I was thinking the same thing!

Posted 14 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Thanks for the fusion infusion!
Posted 14 years ago by xc_para_puravida    [ Reply ]
At the risk of sounding nerdish, this album (along with Return to Forever's Music Magic) changed my life.  It caused me to seek out jazz, take up the bass guitar, and changed my musical tastes forever.  RIP Jaco.
Posted 14 years ago by GregX59    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Dentist chair music.
 
No, but I would gladly pull a tooth out from ya {#Cheesygrin}

Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Dentist chair music.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Ahh, Birdland.  I played this tune so many times in high school and college jazz ensemble, I knew it by heart.  In college our director would mix it up and let people go off and do their own solos for an extended jam session.  It was a great way to break up the monotony. 

Posted 14 years ago by budcub    [ Reply ]
Nice, but I'd like to hear some other stuff from Weather Report.
Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
Birdland might sound a little dated now, but these cats were one of the most influential fusion jazz ensembles to come out of this era. This is a brilliant album by any standard. Nice choice Bill. You should put a fresh ear to Pat Metheny as well.
Posted 14 years ago by jeffcourtney    [ Reply ]
Best memory from dating Dan - he took me to this concert at SUNY on Long Island.  Amazing.
Posted 14 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Don't really listen to RP for jazz, but this is good stuff. Wayne Shorter and Jaco are two of my all time favorite musician's, and for them to end up in the same band... wow!
Posted 14 years ago by CascadianPDX    [ Reply ]
For some crazy reason this hook has been stuck in my brain. For years when I am about to do something adventurous this start playing in my head. Sometimes I'll even start humming it. I lived with it so far.{#Stupid}
Posted 14 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
 rtb wrote:
I would have never guessed this classic to be so offensive.
Sorry, can't join the haters. 8 

I'm with you.  There actually was some good music to come out of the 80's.
I forget some times.

Posted 14 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
These 80s citing comments made my day.
Posted 15 years ago by HMS_Beagle    [ Reply ]
I would have never guessed this classic to be so offensive.
Sorry, can't join the haters. 8 
Posted 15 years ago by rtb    [ Reply ]
 jonahboo wrote:
almost as good as Barney Miller Theme
 
Now that was a good show!

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 Trey wrote:
Help. I'm trapped in some early-80s sitcom.
 
LOL
see below

Posted 15 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
Wow! Haven't heard this one in decades. Sounds a little dated but not bad.
Posted 15 years ago by bbHappy    [ Reply ]
If I had a hat like the album cover photo, would I be as cool as these guys?

Jaco (yes), Joe Zawinul, and Wayne Shorter.  Oh baby, baby!

Posted 15 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Help. I'm trapped in some early-80s sitcom.
Posted 15 years ago by Trey    [ Reply ]
Some quirky rom-com movie from the 80s staring Tom Hanks is about to start..right?


Posted 15 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
Gotta love it{#Cheers}
Posted 15 years ago by stevenv58    [ Reply ]
Is this the theme music for the movie "Benji"?
Posted 15 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
almost as good as Barney Miller Theme
Posted 15 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
OMG. I just stepped into the Way Back Machine...
Posted 15 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:

As mentioned, this is the original version. Manhattan Transfer added lyrics, and it's been covered by a lot of folks.

 

lol... that explains a lot.
Posted 15 years ago by beinder    [ Reply ]
 Tana wrote:
String Cheese Incident does a great cover of this song.

saw them perform it in C-bus, barefoot 'n all, they also did a nice cover of a Zeppelin song, can't remember the name.......dementia remix? 


Posted 15 years ago by ydjb    [ Reply ]
 beinder wrote:
Perhaps my favourite Birdland cover. I still have the vinyl somewhere.
 
As mentioned, this is the original version. Manhattan Transfer added lyrics, and it's been covered by a lot of folks.

Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

Except it isn't a cover.

 
I think the reference is to the album cover.

Posted 15 years ago by Droidac    [ Reply ]
 ballyhairs wrote:
I was in the shower and had to hear this crap.. I almost killed myself because of this music{#Puke}
 
should have used your time in the shower to relieve yourself.{#Whistle}

Posted 15 years ago by fcatalao    [ Reply ]
Love it...Weather report, great era for jazz, Chick Corea, Stanley Turnetine, Miles Davis, etc...8
Posted 15 years ago by ydjb    [ Reply ]
ballyhairs wrote:
      I love this radio, but I hate this music, it gave me the feeling of killing myself{#Headache}

ballyhairs wrote:
I was in the shower and had to hear this crap.. I almost killed myself because of this music
 
{#Lol} Jazz can be powerful stuff but normally this kind of upbeat music has the opposite effect. Maybe you live in a Bizzaro universe. Or were you that kid who threatened to kill himself if his blankie was taken away?
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
All of you need to listen to Jaco.
Posted 15 years ago by sonofpick    [ Reply ]
String Cheese Incident does a great cover of this song.
Posted 15 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
 ballyhairs wrote:
I was in the shower and had to hear this crap.. I almost killed myself because of this music{#Puke}
 
wow!  settle down!

Posted 15 years ago by suebee3    [ Reply ]
 beinder wrote:
Perhaps my favourite Birdland cover. I still have the vinyl somewhere.
 
Except it isn't a cover.

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 vit wrote:
Ageism bites both ways grandad.
Age prejudice is so funny, given that we will all be both young and (if lucky) old. Yep, this means you too, vit.

Rock on, Jaco.

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
I was in the shower and had to hear this crap.. I almost killed myself because of this music{#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by ballyhairs    [ Reply ]
I definitely prefer the version by Flim and the BB's.
 
Posted 15 years ago by Cannucklehead    [ Reply ]
 jjbix wrote:
wish RP had a "Skip" function . . ..
 

Me too. Utter dreck!
Posted 15 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
 LazyBoy wrote:
I loved this 30 years ago, and it brings a smile to hear it again. 

But I'm not really sure it stands the test of time.  I could do without hearing it again for a couple more years.
 
I feel the same way. Let it rest for another 30 years.
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Hah... this is why I love Radio Paradise.

In my ears... this is HORRIBLE.

Someone just turned on The Weather Channel's 1984 Local Forecast on my Radio Paradise.  I can't find one redeeming quality to this song.

But you guys love it so... enjoy ;-) 
Posted 15 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
 doctec wrote:
An all-time fave of mine, thanks for slipping this in.  I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, maybe too structured and commercial-sounding for jazz purists and too uptempo for an instrumental, but i've always had a warm spot in my heart for this one.
 
{#High-five}

I have always loved this whole album.

Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
wish RP had a "Skip" function . . ..
Posted 15 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
Wow, that is one really ugly album cover
Posted 15 years ago by christofish    [ Reply ]
OMG Heard the intro to this and thought Weather Report? So fitting for RP
Posted 15 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Perhaps my favourite Birdland cover. I still have the vinyl somewhere.
Posted 15 years ago by beinder    [ Reply ]
I think Bill may have seen my FB page today, I mentioned this song. Or maybe he was reading my mind: he's done it before...

Go Jaco!
Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 debobasu wrote:

Seems you are ignorant enough to be subject to stereotypes created by overuse of a genre for certain purposes, and you obviously don't recognize musicianship. In conclusion, leave RADIOPARADISE!

 
He did! {#Smile}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I loved this 30 years ago, and it brings a smile to hear it again. 

But I'm not really sure it stands the test of time.  I could do without hearing it again for a couple more years.
Posted 15 years ago by LazyBoy    [ Reply ]
An all-time fave of mine, thanks for slipping this in.  I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, maybe too structured and commercial-sounding for jazz purists and too uptempo for an instrumental, but i've always had a warm spot in my heart for this one.
Posted 15 years ago by doctec    [ Reply ]
I love this radio, but I hate this music, it gave me the feeling of killing myself{#Headache}
Posted 15 years ago by ballyhairs    [ Reply ]
Not really liking this. Sounds like some of the music from segments of the movie "Tootsie" and other films of that time period.
 
It's like Pop Soundtrack Jazz, if there were such a genre. 

Posted 15 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
Weather Report

Birdland

Album cover {#Cool}
Posted 15 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
 fluffybum wrote:
brutal, intermission music.
 
Yeah.
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
 vit wrote:


Hm I see your age is specified. Maybe you need to be a dinosaur to like this song. Ageism bites both ways grandad.

 
Buddy, I don't think I was being ageist; his immature attitude indicated to me that he was a spoiled child with little tolerance for music outside his comfort zone  He didn't stick around long, and with 45% of his ratings being '1' I 'm not surprised. There are scores of young people - teenagers - who are far more mature than people 3 or 4 times their age. I wasn't being ageist but you, on the other hand, implied that a grandfather is a dinosaur! That sounds like an ageist remark to me. I'm not a 'grandad' but I know several who are much hipper than many younger guys. The body does age, but age is also a state of mind, you are as old as you feel.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
horstman wrote:

Yeah, well I'm somewhere in the middle and I think this song is pure and unadorned. And with your 45% 1 postings, I'd say we have a new Excelsior on the boards here folks.

Welcome Excelsior, oh, I mean Fluffybutt



Know what you're talking about (or at least who you're replying to); you got both the name and the numbers wrong. I'm vit not Fluffybutt, my 1 ratings are 15%.

Posted 15 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
 vit wrote:


Hm I see your age is specified. Maybe you need to be a dinosaur to like this song. Ageism bites both ways grandad.

 
Yeah, well I'm somewhere in the middle and I think this song is pure and unadorned. And with your 45% 1 postings, I'd say we have a new Excelsior on the boards here folks.

Welcome Excelsior, oh, I mean Fluffybutt

Posted 15 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
fluffybum wrote:
brutal, intermission music.



peter_james_bond wrote:

I see your age is not specified...my guess is you wouldn't get served at the local watering hole without a fake ID. Does your dad know you're on his computer?


Hm I see your age is specified. Maybe you need to be a dinosaur to like this song. Ageism bites both ways grandad.

Posted 15 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
my dog has left more pleasent surprises on my wall to wall carpeting {#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
If only this song was as short as Amadou and Mariam and that song as long as this one...

Posted 15 years ago by Eva_Carling    [ Reply ]
I feel like part of me just died...

great musicianship for sure...but my gawd I am naseous and reeling! 

there's a totally square stereotypical "white" dude somewhere strolling down the street with a perma-grin, wagging his pointer finger towards the sky, and shuffling his shoulders just a bit out of time...think of the gym teacher/basketball coach from the Peyton Manning episode of SNL.
Posted 15 years ago by azdcryan    [ Reply ]
This song is truly AWFUL!!  Please don't play it anymore....  There are sooooo many far better songs in your vast library!
Posted 15 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 fluffybum wrote:
brutal, intermission music.
 
I see your age is not specified...my guess is you wouldn't get served at the local watering hole without a fake ID. Does your dad know you're on his computer?
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Anybody for the Manhattan Transfer version?{#Dance}

Posted 15 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
Listen to that freakin' bass . . . Jaco was incredible.
Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
I named my dog 'Jaco'.  

Please, Bill, anything with Jaco in it is OK by me!
Posted 15 years ago by secretsauce    [ Reply ]
This one never gets old.
Posted 15 years ago by grandma_mambo    [ Reply ]
LOVE IT!!!  Thanks Bill, an all around feel happy tune, with a rippin baseline... God Bless You!

Posted 15 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]