King Crimson's Mellotrons (2014)

dr wu23 wrote: And who doesn't like the sound of the mellotron.....but for those who have seen the new KC tour; why 3 drum kits...? I can see two though even that seems a bit much ...but 3 actual drum kits..?

The sad part of this, is not imagining that 3 drummers can do 3 different things on any piece of music ... which, in some ways, explains rock'n'roll music fans all around ... no ability to think about the music beyond its "basics".

The history of music has been about changes and improvements and other things ... they said the same thing about Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, when they said they wanted 24 violins, not 2. And many orchestras freaked out at the volume and the cost at the time ... but today, almost 200 years later, you are not complaining about it, are you?

On another post, I compared this to another version of the same song, as if it were done by different conductors. 50 years ago, Stravinsky was not the same when you heard it done by Karajhan, or Bernstein, or Leinsdorf. There were different accents, and a lot of this became "visible" when Stokowsky did "Fantasia" for Walt Disney, and he realized that he could change the orchestra organization to get different accents in any piece of music, and for the next 30 years, every conductor took advantage of that to the point where some conductors were known to be the "master" of this composer or that.

Rock music is stale, and boring and out of time and place, now. It has lost its spark, because some of our idiocies, like purity of thought and concept, are stuck in a time warp. So you are such a purist that a baroque sounding this and that would be better for you ... ohhh btw, the harpsichord would fall out of tune because the ambience in those days had no central heating to keep it constant and alive for your show.

We've lost the concept of "concert", and "interpretation" ... because we think it is wrong, and this has been one of the greatest inventions and salvations that was the reason why music lasted in the first place, and you still hear it after 500 years!

That Robert, used 3 drummers, might be a freak, if one said, I wanna be here even if my job is to crush tomatoes, and what not, and something can be found in the music that can use the 2nd and 3rd drummer, to add an accent to the music. AND this is the case, in this last tour, with the 3 drummers, but you really need to have the ability and experience to appreciate a new interpretation of the piece you compare to the original on the CD/LP all the time ... because if you don't, this appreciation for music is gone, and your talent for loving music, is slanted ... has less to do with music than it does your own lullaby favorites that take you to sleep, not to mention the significant other, whom you are boring senselessly, now? (instead of an audience?)

Take a look at this with different eyes and ears ... it is, by far, one of the most magical of all interpretations of any work that Robert Fripp has done with his band, King Crimson. It is also, an honor, that he would respect music so much, to try and create improvements, to fix little things that might have not been quite perfect before in his music ... and this interpretation is full of moments that stand out so beautifully ... that are just simply beyond words.

It's just sad, and sometimes pathetic, to see comments, sometimes, that merely compare the music to the original and tomorrow the original will be 300 years away, and your comparison is silly and ignorant at best! Now you know why I fight for music ... more music and only music ... the rest is un-necessary!