here is a sentence about guitarist Al Di Meola that I once read in a local publication

Di Meola's intrigue with complex rhythmic syncopation, combined with provocative lyrical melodies always incorporate sophisticated harmony at the root of these serious but heartfelt works is central and foremost.

Rather restrained when it comes to positive reviews of him.

http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/7387615/2/stock-photo-7387615-multi-level-waterfall.jpg

please tell me you left out some punctuation

nope. that is exactly how it appeared. it's amazing.

http://www.doaaraku.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/moramo-waterfall-southeast-sulawesi-seven-level.jpg

lol Matt

That sentence is like something you'd see on a standardized test's "true/false" section.

I'm not sure punctuation would improve it.

yeah i don't think it works no matter what you do to it. would like to see someone give it a shot, though.

lol I had mentally edited the second half so that it would make sense with a comma and semicolon added, but then I did so and realized it was still gibberish

You should see what he had to say about Paco DeLucia!

I bet Al Di Meola could punctuate it.

http://image.maniadb.com/images/album/232/232069_1_f.jpg

Di Meola's intrigue with complex rhythmic syncopation, combined with provocative lyrical melodies. Always incorporate sophisticated harmony. At the root of these serious but heartfelt works is central and foremost.

Di Meola's intrigue with complex rhythmic syncopation combined with provocative lyrical melodies. Always incorporate sophisticated harmony. At the root of these serious but heartfelt works is central and foremost.

If you changed "incorporate" to "incorporating" and replaced "intrigue" with whatever the hell this dude actually meant, the sentence would still suck, but it might be comprehensible.

Central and Foremost are the names of his dogs.

Dude sure likes his adjectives. Is there any type of syncopation other than rhythmic? I sorta get 'lyrical melodies' (as opposed to melodic lyrics?) but... And why serious 'but' heartfelt?

DiMeola's provocative melodies, sophisticated harmonies and complex syncopation are central to his serious, heartfelt works.

That still doesn't really say much of anything, but at least it's now half as long.

Oh, and I love how something (several things, actually!) can be both central and foremost.

Di Meolas intrigue with complex rhythmic syncopation
combined with
provocative lyrical melodies always
incorporate sophisticated harmony
at the root of
these serious but heartfelt works is
central
and foremost.

Di Meola's intrigue with complex rhythmic syncopation, combined with provocative lyrical melodies always incorporate sophisticated harmony at the root of these serious but heartfelt works is central and foremostskin.

Al Di Meow! (no, Yul Brynner)

Chick Corea's passing got me listening to Return to Forever which got me listening to Al Di Meola. Like many of his fusion cohort, he is hokey and incredible in equal parts, sometimes simultaneously. I'm really liking Electric Rendezvous from '81 in particular.

I like his first three albums — "Flight Over Rio" from Elegant Gypsy could almost be a John Carpenter soundtrack at first, before going into some 70s-Zappa-parodying-Santana madness at about the two-minute mark. I've never listened to anything after that, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mLAQh2HBWk

This is a variation of the opening sentence in Al Di Meola video form

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiPVKF71OwY

still wondering where crüt stands on foreskin

That live trio album with paco de lucia and somebody else (mclaughlin?) is fucking bananas

this dude is just the greatest

lol I was just trying to rewrite the review in the OP, and then realized I had done so 10 years ago. Once a proofreader, always a proofreader.

This just reminded me of when I worked as a radio DJ years ago, and a kid would call every night requesting "El Dimolio." It took me quite a while to figure it out.

whoa ... a revive on the exact 10-year anniversary of the OP? is that just coincidence or ... ?

anyway, nice to know what i was doing exactly a decade ago. i believe i read this while having lunch at a local Mexican restaurant. bean dip!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqFixGrIppk

Forty-something years ago, I used to see ads on Buffalo TV for some sort of local Museum of African Art. The music used over a montage of mysterious masks and carvings was a minor-key snaky bass riff that always stuck in my head. Many years later, I was happy to discover that they used a section of music starting at 2:25 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCOgUeyWelI

The entire song is enough Di Meola for me. As a guitarist, he's fast and that's about it.

this is the only ADM song I know and pretty sure it is the only one I need to know -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnYSmQWsMKQ