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Park West Chicago, Illinois |
 This is my brain on music August 29, 2008
Written by DeVito
"Music is very fucking subjective," as someone once said. I attended all three shows at Park West (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), and my subjective experience was that Thursday night was the least compelling and involving of the concerts. Wednesday night was absolutely electric -- the audience was on their (our) feet half the night, with standing O’s before and after every song. My girlfriend was with me, and she really enjoyed it -- she’d never given Crimson a listen before, but she thought the concert was great, and now she’s a fan of "Frame by Frame" in particular. For me, the energy level dropped somewhat Thursday night (second time not as fun?), before rebounding on Friday (the last one is always sweet). In the virtual cathedral of memory, nothing can beat that Wednesday night show for me.
So what’s all that got to do with listening to this recording? Not much. This is tremendously powerful music, and if you have a decent stereo and crank the volume loud enough, you’ll get a pretty good sense of what it was like to be at the concert. The Levin/Mastelotto/Harrison rhythm section are like one of those multi-armed Hindu gods, not only providing a massive foundation but also embracing and surrounding and hovering over the guitars, anywhere and everywhere at once. This group’s strong suit is not subtlety (not yet, anyway) -- this is massive, muscular music. And the recording quality is just fine. The key, as someone pointed out on the Guestbook, is to play it LOUD. To which I can only add -- play it really, REALLY FUCKING LOUD. Next, how about putting the best of the Nokia shows up for download? --Chris DeVito
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Get this! Tue., Aug 26, 2008
Posted by: marsax73
I was ecstatic to hear Gavin joined the lineup and this recording is a testament to that decision. It’s great to hear some new arrangements and of course the double drumming adds Read more
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Music is Work! Mon., Aug 25, 2008
Posted by: Gilgamesh
Let’s just start off by saying that I am a fan of the music. I purchased this recording because I was curious to hear Tony Levin’s interpretation of Trey Gunn’s parts (not an easy task to Read more
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Awesome Show!! Mon., Aug 25, 2008
Posted by: metalgod666
Great live recording!! Killer performance, I can’t wait for this line up to make an album. All Hail The Crimson King!!
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King Crimson is back! Mon., Aug 25, 2008
Posted by: Caffieneman
This was an awesome show, Crim sounds just as good as they ever did. Definitely worth the price to hear from this great band again.
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KILLER! Mon., Aug 25, 2008
Posted by: HalJarvis
Get it if you attended any of the 2008 shows, get it if you WISH you could have attended any/and or all, of the 2008 shows. PERIOD. that is all, stop.It’s tasty.
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From a skeptic: SWEET Sun., Aug 24, 2008
Posted by: jacethecrowl
I was little weary of the song list here, like a warmed-over double trio set, but I was hooked from TCOL. I never thought I’d say that, because this song has always left me Read more
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Smiling about Chicago Sun., Aug 24, 2008
Posted by: theundercoverman
So, it was the drums all along. Putting two, mostly acoustic drummers together, with the usual guitarist’s wet dream of Fripp and Belew, and inviting Tony Levin to bounce around with his stick, in between the two happy couples, is Read more
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Excellent download Sun., Aug 24, 2008
Posted by: HarrySpade
The sound quality of this download is outstanding, despite a few buried guitar lines. The performance is loose yet driving, and it sounds like they’re having Read more
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Great warm up for NYC Sat., Aug 23, 2008
Posted by: magma2
Caught the NYC 17th show. Drove down from Virginia and well worth the effort. The last show of a very short tour of one of the best bands in Read more
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a disapointment Sat., Aug 23, 2008
Posted by: orrason
I have been reading the reviews of "great shows" and immediately purshased the live recordings. My favorite TCOL has to work to make me happy. It did not this time. The version here is very rusty, unthight and the important Read more
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