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..........be what is necessary....i say be what is necessary.......

Maynard…. Wow. Just. Wow.

Rewrite of a personal write up I made for this album after hearing it for the first time. Gets a little wordy, just as a forewarning. Press read more at your own discretion. I heard the Luke Combs cover of Fast Car today. It's a solid cover. Ultimately prefer the original but I'm not gonna complain when I hear it. But today it reminds me of something. "Hey, I haven't heard an album in like, 2 weeks. What about that one Jim O'Rourke album with the 33 minute long Fast Car cover? Haven't heard anything from the guy but I’ve been meaning to listen for a while, today seems like a good day." Nothing super committal, just another “been meaning to get into that” kinda thought. Didn't matter anyway because I didn't have headphones on hand. I'm out of state right now, in West Virginia to be specific, so I'd have to wait until I get back to my hotel room where I left them. Fast forward about 11 hours later. I'm not in the best mood. The event we’re in WV for is almost over, and I'm really miffed at my performance. The specifics of it aren't that important, all you gotta know is it soured my mood. It's not really my fault what happened, that’s the worst part. All things considered it's not the biggest deal, the rest of the team did really well so my subpar performance isn't that big a detriment, but it still stings. Hell, if anything that kinda made it feel worse. I eat dinner, then leave about an hour and a half early. We already did all the important stuff so we were free to go. That Jim O’Rourke album comes to the forefront of my mind again. Now seems like as good a time to listen as I’ll ever get. What better way to treat a bad mood than some good Folk and Drone music? The drive back to the hotel thankfully isn't that long, goes by as soon as I recognize where we even are. By this point, I’m pretty tired, and all I can think about is that damn Jim O’Rourke album. I walk in the hotel and take the elevator up to my room. Just a bit longer until I could see what this Live at Japan thing was all about. Walked in the room, grabbed my headphones, hooked them up to my phone, and started the album up. I'm entranced. For about an hour, nothing else exists but me, this concert recording, and this hotel room. Actually, saying I was existing during that is a bit dubious. This was all fate, I think. Genuinely can't imagine what listening to this album in anywhere other than this hotel room would make me feel. There's 3 specific songs I wanna point to that stuck out on this listen. Not to discount the 3 I’m glossing over, they were all incredible and made me curious about the rest of Jim’s output, but they aren't the cruxes of what made this such a memorable listen. These other 3 were. #1: [untitled]. Trying to describe this song feels like a fool’s errand. It’s a 10 minute instrumental song that feels like infinitely more than that. As in, it feels like more than a song, generally speaking. It feels like you’re watching the beginnings of a new universe, specifically focusing on all the bits of matter floating around trying to learn what they’re doing here. Felt almost kind of relatable, like I could see myself in that soundspace, drifting and trying to find my role. I know calling an instrumental song, much less one as titanic as [untitled] “relatable” is weird, but there’s just something about it. #2: There's Hell in Hello, But More in Goodbye & Movie on the Way Down. This is easily the most barebones of the stand out tracks on the album for me. To continue the analogy I was using to describe [untitled], this song is that universe stabilizing, eventually getting its first lifeform in those vocals at the end. I’ll admit the analogy kinda breaks down when you get to songs 3-6, but damn it making weird music analogies is fun. About those vocals, though. “There it is, that word again. Pride…” This section is the part where I started believing that someone had to be pulling strings to get me to listen to this today. Never before has a verse of a song been so instantly and totally representative of my mental state when I first heard them, have I so instantly wrapped my head around the language being used. I was shocked. Damn near felt like I was gonna cry. Probably will to this song someday down the line. And #3: The Fast Car cover. The reason I listened to this album in the first place. The most interesting song on the project to me. Moreso than anything, this song feels like an actual car ride. A long one, an important one, smushed into 30 minutes. The opening is starting the car up, Jim singing the original song is driving down the road you know like the back of your hand. But then the song goes all instrumental. You’re on the highway now. Still nothing too out of the ordinary, people do this all the time, what makes this different. The melody slowly starts becoming less and less recognizable as a cover of a Tracy Chapman song. A storm is coming in. It's getting bad. You’re crossing your fingers, hoping this all blows over and you can just get where you need to be. And sure enough, it does. After the song becomes a cacophony of noise, those precious strings come back in. The storm is on its way out. You see the welcome sign for the state you’re driving to. Things are gonna be different, and you, and whoever you’re in the car with, are the only constants. “Leave tonight or live and die this way.” The song starts petering out. You look for a parking space, letting your new situation sink in. The song ends. I feel like I could gush about this album for ages, constantly finding new things to pick away and think about. At this rate I feel like I could write a whole essay about the Fast Car cover. Hell, I might. Have a feeling that could be something. Be something, be something, be something…

Who the hell is coughing throughout the entire album?

Good stuff!!😮 Maynard was truly one of the best ever!!

I heard so much great about this album and this is my first time listening. Will edit this comment in a hour

Can I just say, wow. The cover of fast car has been done to death in this comment section, but I wanna give my take The way it starts out as a neat and unassuming acoustic folk piece, before drifting into free folk, and then into an abyss of drone and electroacoustic music is amazing. It’s done so well, it’s nearly seamless. I never even noticed this transition until roughly 53:00 I was so lost in the music it never occurred to me. That’s how you do a proper transition

at least there is this

First album I listened to after I graduated high school, absolutely touching experience.

PS. Fantastic music, thanks for posting, I consider it a great public service. Had no chance in Hell of hearing this without you and a facebook group on Spiritual Jazz.

The lineup listed on Discogs. It doesn't actually mention Dr. Madhubuti as contributing to the actual sound, but on a different album he's listed as narrator, so maybe he's doing that here. Kehembe-Vocals Agyei Akoto-Saxophone, Flute, Music Director, Composer Aiedo Mamadi-Percussion Jerri Allen-Piano Clarence Seay-Bass Jeff Corbett-Drums It's also got credits for 2 dancers....

Grande Maynard 🎺

The coughing at the end genuinely enhances the Fast Car experience.

greatest album of all time

i love fast car

37:17

GREAT..........wonderful solos by Bob Cooper......

Absolutely the TRUTH

Great 👍

White dude putting up Haki?!

happy 20th anniversary

Amazing album

i: How do you feel about the celebrated status of that bootleg of yours that has the half-hour-long rendition of “Fast Car”? J: Oh, yeah. I wish that wasn't out there. That's kind of embarrassing. I: That cover is phenomenal though. J: What happened was, I was in Japan playing with Mirror, which is Christoph Heemann and Andrew Chalk. And there was some concert, festival, or something where someone had dropped out. And the guy who was the promoter was an old friend of mine. He asked me, “Can you please play at this concert because someone dropped out.” Basically, I was asked at the last second to put on a whole show, and they wanted me to play for like an hour. So I was just like, “I gotta do this.” I was there playing with Mirror, so I didn't have any instruments or anything with me. So someone lent me a guitar, and for the first part of the concert I played crappily some stuff on a guitar. And that “Fast Car” cover was something I was working on with Alan Licht to do as a concert in New York. And that was the only thing I had with me on my computer. I think… Yeah, I did that, and I did this Spice Girls thing. I: (laughter) Yeah, the intro. A lot of people probably don’t know that’s Spice Girls. J: If that was up on the internet, I wouldn't mind because I think that was good. I: It’s definitely not an embarrassing set on the whole, but I understand your perspective. J: Well, I'm embarrassed because it's unfair to Alan. Because that was something we were working on to do in New York, which we eventually did do at Tonic. I: If you want me to leave this part out it’s totally fine. J: Oh, it doesn't matter. I: It’s just that that cover, especially in the past few years, has kind of taken on its own life. People are fond of it at least. J: Oh, and y’know, that's cool. I mean, I would hope the people at the show were fond of it. I would have liked if it was just something for that one time for those people, you know? That would make me feel better. Because that's what it was supposed to be. I wasn't even aware it was up on the net until recently… It’s a different world.

such a shame he's embarrassed of the fast car cover

thanks to whoever recorded this gem <3

after months of feeling flat and disinrerested, finding this has sparked my soul up.

This record gives me goosebumps. Agyei Akoto's sax is fire! I need to hear anything and everything I can find by Akoto or Geri Allen (RIP).

I never thought I would ever sit and listen to a 30 minute song. Let alone a live recording of one. But this was an experience I cannot begin to describe the first couple of times I listened to it. The entire performance is absolutely astounding. What an awesome musician.

Sounds like conservative values to me.

I got ripped off with "fast car" it was infact, very slow.

One of the greatest live recordings of all time.

the way that fast car slowly fades into that drone is amazing. In a way it brings the Caretaker to mind (but with a bit more purpose)

nicee

masterpiece...

Fast car is incredible

Super

Trying to figure out the guitar in life goes off u.u

What a fantastic album ! Inspiring ❤️

Incredible.

" Heavenly " !!!...remembrance of blackness at its finest 🦊👑🙏

Very much!!

So I’ve been learning the bass guitar and Jim was recommended as a great artist to study. I also love Tracy’s Fast Car and that entire album is one of my favorites. Long story short it feels like stars aligning when I found this, thank you <3

THANK YOU！！！！！！！

Maaaan, I'm glad this happened.

#2020

Thank you!!!!

oh my this is top notch. feelin it.

Outstanding! Everything old is cutting edge new again! Maynard lives on in his music . Thank you for sharing this!

Thanks!

When you listen to him from the early years all the way to the latter years you have to conclude that there was no one better