King Crimson-New York,USA 17 August 2008...
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Topic: King Crimson-New York,USA 17 August 2008...
Posted By: darksideof
Subject: King Crimson-New York,USA 17 August 2008...
Date Posted: August 18 2008 at 11:21
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King Crimson-Live at Nokia Theater Sun 8/17/2008
 What a fantastic band! The best Progressive rock band in the true meaning of progressive? I believe so.
Never a dull moment even you saw then the whole past 4 days.(I am too damn broke and poor to purchased tickets for the 4 shows)So I just saw them last night( Sunday,their last night) and every time I see this band live is pleasant satisfy experience. Basically because KC isn't the type of band which play their music and do their solos notes by notes like some bands out there (a Good example is RUSH which I was in July at Jones Beach. The concert was great, but as always they don't surprised me with new arrangement as King Crimson does all the time)The Mighty Crimson had always been a band that love to improvise and re-created new arrangement of their songs Just like Jazz/fusion bands does. think that is why KC is my top fav band and to my knowledge the best band live. However, I would love to hear older materials from their first 4 albums. that would be a sweet treat. would that ever happen? The venue was great and I don't have any complaint about it. My only complaint is that the concert was kind of too short (1:36 Minutes) with the 2 encores. I wished that it was longer. It was great to see Gary on the drums and what a phenomenal drummer he had become. I wasn't too happy when he became a member of Porcupine Tree because I love Chris. PT original drummer)I was soo amaze how well he played together with Pat the funny thing was that I had a small fast vision that Gavin was Bruford when he was young. he was that good.  Barry Godber (1946–1970), an artist and computer programmer, painted the album cover. Godber died in February 1970 of a heart attack, shortly after the album's release. It would be his only painting, and is now owned by Robert Fripp.[4][5] Fripp had this to say about Godber:
Barry Godber was not a painter but a computer programmer. That painting was the only one he ever did. He was a friend of Peter Sinfield, and died in 1970 of a heart attack at age 24. Peter brought this painting in and the band loved it. I recently recovered the original from EG's offices because they kept it exposed to bright light, at the risk of ruining it, so I ended up removing it. The face on the outside is the Schizoid Man, and on the inside it's the Crimson King. If you cover the smiling face, the eyes reveal an incredible sadness. What can one add? It reflects the music.[6]
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Posted By: peskypesky
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 22:45
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I saw the Saturday night NYC show and they kicked ass! Most definitely. The drummers especially were mesmerizing. So powerful, so intricate and so perfectly in sync with each other. Belew, Levin and Fripp were excellent as well. I was surprised at how good Belew's voice sounded. Even after all these years he can still hit the notes.
The venue was great and the sound was nice, but I didn't like the fact that Fripp basically hides the entire show. It's kind of a drag to hear him, and to see only his head and headphones, and not be able to see his hands as he plays. The show was a little short. I think they should have played a couple more songs, but the quality of the show was stupendous nonetheless. I am kicking myself for not getting tickets to at least one other night. ------------- Prog fan since 1974. |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 16:10
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yeah!! I was super mad with myself too. because I work on 42 street and 7th avenue and I waited too damn long to buy any tickets so when I finally went to buy them Thursday though Saturday was sold out so I really kicked myself and I only got ticket of the last night ( ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Sunday) but at least I got see them. Thanks GOD!Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 21:41
 I missed all 3 nights. My dad doesn't like going to the city (we're on LI)...he decided to go to a Journey/Heart/Cheap Trick concert instead of KC...wonderful choice  ------------- 
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Posted By: Mantra
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 22:20
You cant be serious xD. Sorry to hear that man.
Sounds like KC put on an awesome show though! Deffinitely hope to see them one day. ------------- 
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MisterProg2112 wrote:Posted By: febus
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 22:36
What did they play???? did they perform anything new? does the new material sound different? or is it still THRAK/TPTB style/?
Would be glad to know! Thanks
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Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: September 02 2008 at 12:32
yes! to all your questions!
they pretty much played their material from Discipline to their latest album besides RED and lark part 2.
Lark was done with a new arrangement specially the drums part. awesome shows. next time make sure you wont miss them. so you can be the one talking about it.!  ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: peskypesky
Date Posted: September 04 2008 at 22:52
I think that may qualify as child abuse. ------------- Prog fan since 1974. |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 17:11
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: September 07 2008 at 18:47
My condolences on his choice of music that night. Journey stopped being a good band once Steve Perry joined and turned them into a Top 40 group.
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