Ghost......that is some heavyweight musicians there.....ELP and Jethro Tull, wow, and the choir really adds an anchor to the entire experience. I am going to save this for sure.
Having just seen them for the first time since "Discipline", I had to post this which blew me away when it was played at the show I attended at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester:
@jim102864 My wife and I saw King Crimson during their Fall "Lark's Tongue In Aspect" Tour on Sept. 29th, 1973 in Chicago. It was our 6th anniversary. At was a fantastic concert. Making it all the better, the back up band was The Strawbs - another band I absolutely loved. Earlier that year I saw Genesis with Peter Gabriel and not only did Genesis sound amazing but they put on a Hell of a show. Crimson on the other hand were all business and no flash. Yet even without costume changes and psychedelic lighting effects to enhance the concert experience watching them was truly mesmerizing. Bill Bruford looked like a man possessed as he moved about from the drum kit to assorted percussion instruments encircling him. Robert Fripp might just as well have been an animatronic robot because other than his fingers dancing across the fret board like a manic tarantula on Bath Salts, his facial expressions seldom changed. He sat stoic on a chair while his guitar screamed like a chainsaw cutting through sheet metal. John Wetton's crunchy bass sent shivers down my spine. I swear you could almost feel the sonic waves from his amplifier as his booming bass reverberated in the pit of your stomach. And the Mellotron strings was like a choir of angels that hovered over the entire proceedings. I'll never forget that night.
@ghostsofpompeii What an amazing description of the King Crimson show you attended in 1973 (wow). I really appreciated their sound this time around and I say that because I was only acquainted with "Discipline" when I saw them for the "Three of a Perfect Pair" tour in the 80's. I never forgot how incredible they were, how mind-blowing it was to see Tony Levin playing a stick bass, Bill Bruford with his electronic pads arrayed behind his kit, Andrian Belew's animal sounds screeching from his guitar and Fripp just sitting in the corner but cranking on his guitar and mellotron. The iteration of this Crimson had three drummers, all set up in front of the rest of the band which was interesting in and of itself. The whole band was so tight. They are musical geniuses, and I'll never miss another tour.
@Jim102864 I've heard such great things about this year's Crimson line-up that I just purchased the Official Bootleg Chicago Tour. It's a double CD and it's been getting unbelievable reviews. So I figured it was time to add another live Crimson CD to my collection. I've followed them since their inception in 1969 with "In The Court Of The Crimson King" and all their various line-up and style changes throughout the decades. What makes this line-up so unique is the ability to play material from every decade, and actually sound better than the original studio albums. King Crimson and IQ are two progressive rock bands who have continues to be relevant and come up with new material that's as good as or better than previous work. A lot of the older bands perform 'Greatest Hits' tours but bands like IQ put out new CDs ever couple years that are better than the previous album. Rather than resting on their laurels IQ, King Crimson, and to some extent Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is still putting out fine work. I continue to follow YES, but their last few albums are a shadow of their former self. IQ, RPWL, Steve Hackett, and any new King Crimson releases are automatic purchases for me.
I was fortunate enough to attend Pearl Jam live at MTSU, March 26th 1994.With a 7,000 maximum seating capacity, this was without a doubt the most memorable live concert I ever attended. The entire seating capacity in the gymnasium seemed to move together as one............
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Ghost......that is some heavyweight musicians there.....ELP and Jethro Tull, wow, and the choir really adds an anchor to the entire experience. I am going to save this for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvy5YdDzR-c
@Woodsman Here's one for you from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
I was fortunate enough to attend Pearl Jam live at MTSU, March 26th 1994.With a 7,000 maximum seating capacity, this was without a doubt the most memorable live concert I ever attended. The entire seating capacity in the gymnasium seemed to move together as one............