Miles Davis - the fourth part of Kind Of Blue
Everybody knows it - nobody knows what it is.

Same with Midnight In A Perfect World by DJ Shadow
Most of Ma Fleur by The Cinematic Orchestra
and a good chunk of Amon Tobins' back catalogue.

You know all that slow, jazzy, groovy, electro stuff you hear on documentary montages on the BBC and such or on sports highlights shows or in bars where no-one knows what they're listening to and you just wish you were cool/geeky enough to know?

Most of it is by the above.

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(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:49, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

had to just listen to
Midnight in a Perfect World to remind me what it is. Think it might have been used on Blue Jam.
( djtrialprice, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:52, Reply)

Story about Miles Davis
My housemate's Dad was a roadie, back in the day. He met Meat Loaf, Genesis, Pink Floyd, etc etc.

But his favourite was the night he was sat in his cabin after everything was packed up, and he hears somoene calling him. So he leans out his window, and there was the headline act of the current tour, Miles Davis. "Are you Steve?" asks the legend, to which Steve responds as one would normally.

Miles then smiles (Ha!) and says that he's heard Steve plays a bit of trumpet? Steve confirms this, and is gobstruck when Miles invites him for a jam, if he'd like? They spent a few hours just jamming, with others coming in, picking up guitars, basses, etc, joining in for a while, before wobbling off.

For this experience alone, I hate him.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:54, Reply)

Roadie Mythology
I think Roadies have their own Urban Mythology.

Every roadie has a story that turns you green.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:56, Reply)

The one that gets others...
But I'm not fussed on, is that he was at Pompeii for the filming of the Pink Floyd DVD.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:01, Reply)

It's a brilliant DVD, Live At Pompeii.
I have it on video cassette cos I'm old.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:14, Reply)

they were still good at that point
but not for much longer....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:25, Reply)