Yeah that's a good way to put it (xpost)....also this made me actually regret Tony Levin's presence as well--his bass sounds so apologetic it just makes the whole thing more sad.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
So after a lot of bellyaching about this era and some truly inexplicable intensive listening the last few weeks I've come to the conclusion that I really like the 2000's-era "double duo" version of this band.
I think my biggest hangup until now was Thrak, which I still find to be unremittingly loud, shamelessly in thrall to the Red-era band and, other than Bruford, not particularly adventurous (I do like Thrakatak, however, which was assembled from the very few improvisations that band did).
By contrast, most of the ConstruKction material, while still often derivative, is generally really interesting. And as noted elsewhere, this band was an absolute corker live. This version of "FraKctured" in Bonn in 2000 is pretty damn stunning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-qfW1UL-vQ&feature=youtu.be&t=18m16s
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 19 June 2016 06:48 (seven years ago) link
dunno where this should go but apparently Bill Rieflin has died.
― akm, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 22:31 (four years ago) link
Oh goddamn
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 22:39 (four years ago) link
what!?!!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 22:48 (four years ago) link
he died this morning; Fripp posted it a little while ago. A friend in Seattle told me he's had cancer for quite a while and was on chemo until recently; I had assumed he was sick when he took a sabbatical from Crimson the first time but then when his wife died I assumed he'd done that because of her illness. I had no idea it was both of them. Terrible.
― akm, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
God damn cancer. RIP
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 22:50 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I just posted this on another thread. Awful.
Seeing news that my old friend Bill Rieflin has died of cancer. You know him as a mighty drummer for bands from Ministry to later R.E.M. To me he was the kindest guy who worked with me at Tower Records SF when I was 19 and so uncool. Hadn't seen him for a while but I am so sad. pic.twitter.com/MAXjc3TzNX— Feeling Distant (@annkpowers) March 24, 2020
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
I didn't know where to post this, but damn if Miles Davis' 'Aura' doesn't put me in the mind of the ProjeKcts
https://youtu.be/zv_GaykNfe8https://youtu.be/NxQkqJAetGc
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link