What Are You Listening To?
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Milovan
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Great stuff! ^
I would like to say I seen King Crimson back in the early days at The Greek Theater
in Los Angeles it was Tony Levin's birthday that night and they toasted champagne
on stage btw songs.
For a Genesis Concert at The Forum in Los Angeles back in the day, I had good seats
and my one bud got kicked out of his seat next to me only for Robert Fripp to sit down
next to me for the 2nd half of the concert. He sat down next to me when Bill Bruford came out on stage
for Lamb Lies Down On Broadway so there was 3 drummers on stage. Chester Thomson, Phil Collins & Bill Bruford all played drums simistanously. Apparently Robert was there to see Bill Bruford. My best bud sat down in the row in front of me down a few seats close to Tony Levin.
Robert Fripp reached down under his seat and pulled a Genesis concert guide out and asked
me if I wanted it and needless to say how could I turn him down so I took it and said thanks
to him. The guide was apparently under his seat before any of us sat down for the concert.
What a fucking trippy night that was!
Seen Jean Luc Ponty at Dontai's Jazz Club in NoHo back in the day as well with
Jeff Berlin on bass that I met cause he taught at a music school in Studio City, Cali that my best bud was a student at.
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panhead
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Frank also lead me to Edgard Varese's music , after starting to understand the style of Varese I kinda put 2 & 2 together & figered out where FZ got his ideas to compose using super imposed rhythms over time , I've heard other bands attempt this but never at the sheer level or complexity that Frank did it at .
Hopefully the Zappa trust will open the 4 vaults containing all Frank's compositions & get some of the hundreds of albums worth of material released , 90% of his works just sit in those vaults , he made an entire album with Al Dimeola that I've been waiting 20 yrs to hear .
All the musicians you listed are some of my favorites , especially Miles Davis , Bitches Brew was is & all ways will be my favorite fusion album , it never leaves my rack , music like this is why I've invested half my life savings in high end audio , now that I cant play guitar any longer at least I can listen , I've got Birdland from Weather report spinning in the back ground rite now .
Frank also lead me to Edgard Varese's music , after starting to understand the style of Varese I kinda put 2 & 2 together & figered out where FZ got his ideas to compose using super imposed rhythms over time , I've heard other bands attempt this but never at the sheer level or complexity that Frank did it at .
Hopefully the Zappa trust will open the 4 vaults containing all Frank's compositions & get some of the hundreds of albums worth of material released , 90% of his works just sit in those vaults , he made an entire album with Al Dimeola that I've been waiting 20 yrs to hear .
panhead
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Oh man your buddy had to have been jealous where you got to watch the show with Fripp next to you , I woulda pestered him to death about his " Fripptronics" rig he used to use , very creative composer & player ,, I got to shake Adrian Belews hand after a KC show in the early 90's but didn't get to speak with him other than exchanging greetings , I remember Fripp , Belew & Brufford being in that version of KC but it's been so long & they moved members around as much as zappa its hard to keep up with them all .Great stuff! ^
I would like to say I seen King Crimson back in the early days at The Greek Theater
in Los Angeles it was Tony Levin's birthday that night and they toasted champagne
on stage btw songs.
For a Genesis Concert at The Forum in Los Angeles back in the day, I had good seats
and my one bud got kicked out of his seat next to me only for Robert Fripp to sit down
next to me for the 2nd half of the concert. He sat down next to me when Bill Bruford came out on stage
for Lamb Lies Down On Broadway so there was 3 drummers on stage. Chester Thomson, Phil Collins & Bill Bruford all played drums simistanously. Apparently Robert was there to see Bill Bruford. My best bud sat down in the row in front of me down a few seats close to Tony Levin.
Robert Fripp reached down under his seat and pulled a Genesis concert guide out and asked
me if I wanted it and needless to say how could I turn him down so I took it and said thanks
to him. The guide was apparently under his seat before any of us sat down for the concert.
What a fucking trippy night that was!
Seen Jean Luc Ponty at Dontai's Jazz Club in NoHo back in the day as well with
Jeff Berlin on bass that I met cause he taught at a music school in Studio City, Cali that my best bud was a student at.
.
I woulda loved to see all 3 of those drummers playing at once , I saw them all in their various bands but never in a triplet , it's all ways puzzled me why Phil hasn't been involved with any complicated bands since Genesis ,I'd love to see Phil play The Black Page .
Did you get Fripp to autograph the concert guide ?
Your so lucky to be where the great acts still do short tours , they've all gave up on Detroit since about 99 or 2000 now I have to drive or fly to see anybody great , Return to Forever was the last great fusion act I got to see in Detroit , now Kid Rock is about all we get aside from rap drool I can't wrap my head around .
thump easy
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Some times i just wounder what ever happend to that person?? some times females get at me that are younger and i just think i dont want to hurt my girl or hurt the dude that loves that chick so i just dodge it.... but i was that kid one time i wounder what ever happend i dont do the face book thing but if i want i could look??? this is the emotions i feel when i hear this..
Wavels
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panhead
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Wow , pretty nice , the older i get the more attracted ive become on music like that which makes one reflect , i gotta watch myself though , when ya get my age too much reflection leads to depression .
Thats what i like about this thread , you guys post vids & the ones i really like my wife stores in media files & i can play them on my main hifi without having to buy more albums or cd's .
Great link , my wife is allways at my side so she see's & hears alot of the stuff i read n listen to on RIU so she got to hear this & she really liked it too , she said it makes her think about the family she left behind in Beirut & she hasnt seen in 40 yrs since leaving home .
panhead
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How these youngins dont know about this type of music or the great musicians is beyond me , aside from Portney i dont think there are too many modern drummers that could touch Bill or Ansley Dunbar ect , im getting ready to spin this album in a few minutes , Yes is one of my favorite bands still.
panhead
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@ Milovan do you or @Wavels own the Zappa plays Zappa concert box set ?, its a must have for any Zappa collection , the improvisation on Pound for a Brown is outta sight .
Here's the entire concert , its too bad 90% of the kids now days arent interested in extreme musicianship & complicated compositions from all the links we post .
Here's the entire concert , its too bad 90% of the kids now days arent interested in extreme musicianship & complicated compositions from all the links we post .
dolamic
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Like that shit man, not many people still hitting on lords of acid, loved PUSSY! HAHAHAHA
dolamic
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My main problem with the fucker to begin with, it was OK whatever his drug of choice was, just no one else's.
Which is primarily like a dictatorship rule, a la Captain Beefheart and shit. Which is bullshit also.
Music should be free and experimental, people who take their music too seriously should seriously look at music again and see how wondrous and expansive it can be.
With or without drugs, music is music and it hits peoples ears in ways only words cannot, so who cares which drugs are infused into it.
Craftybiatch
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Jesus Walks (Kanye).
Blue Wizard
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Mindmelted
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