I didn't know you understood 11/4.' Of course I said something intelligent like, 'What's 11/4?' Duane just said, 'Okay, dumbass, I'll try to draw it up on paper for you.'" Gregg Allman's lyrical contributions to the band's debut album have been called "remarkably mature lyrical conceptions for such a young man, expertly executed in a minimalist, almost haiku style".
Conceptual control supplanted de Kooningesque lyrical invention.
He had shown himself to be a master of the lyric, the ode and sonnet, the epic, the long religious poem, and the essay, but his dramatic tragedies, with their powerful and lyrical language and the grandeur of their conception, remain his most important literary achievement.
With essential support from such wide-eyed instrumentalists as the guitarist John McLaughlin, who often grabs the spotlight with his tearing solos, Davis expands his musical conception without losing any of the lyrical sting of his own playing.
Gives explanation of the differing aesthetics that characterize the two men's performances; Mehegan has a "wig conception," meaning that he is interested primarily in the harmonic and lyrical structure of the music, whereas Costa has a "funky conception," meaning that he is preoccupied mainly with its rhythmic aspects.
As he traveled the world, removed from the literary circles of Paris, he slowly elaborated his theocentric conception of the universe and conceived his vocation: the revelation through poetry, both lyrical and dramatic, of the grand design of creation.
(WARNING: Adult lyrical content).
