Unfortunately King Crimson have never been able to reproduce this tune as it is for the stutio version. It is much better in studio just too bad they don't play it like the studio version !
Having seen the recent version of KC twice, I have to say that they blew this one through the ceiling. I was so glad that my 19 year-old daughter finally have to see them after waiting many years. It wasn't the Adrian Belew incarnations that she grew up on, but she was totally engrossed in the performance. Oh, I hope there's more next year as suggested!
+Jean-François Auger The rendition also changes with the line up. Each one slightly different. However, this was such a special track that LTA parts 2,3 and 4 are all written in different decades with different bandmembers but you can still follow the link back to this.
I think the relatively poor sound quality and lack of Jamie Muir definitely kneecap this version of Larks, particularly the intro, but there’s a lot to like here, like how Fripp and Cross trade roles on the first two buildups into the riff, Bruford going nuts on the drum break into the second jam section and the awesome bass and guitar over it, and the little guitar figures Fripp puts over the violin solo. It’s Larks via the Flying Brick Wall.
Reproducing a piece of music exactly as it is on record has never been the Crimson way of doing things, with a heavy emphasis on improvising and a desire to push themselves to the limit and then some note-for-note reproduction just wasn't their thing. Too, there were always those speed bumps to contend with - horrible acoustics, malfunctioning equipment, egos, and so on and so forth . . . I have always appreciated the challenges this band hoped (expected?) their audience would embrace, a level of respect that I, for one, was always grateful for and happy to reciprocate. Cheers!
I am proud to say I was there!!!!
4:39 Bruford unleashed
@ 9:47 ---- WOW! John Wetton!!!!
Wow! The best live version I've heard of the song. Everyone is on fire here 🔥
Para mi el mejor King Crimson..................Fantastico!!!
Sounds like a cool movie score !🤔
Yes, that's their magic. Imagine on LSD... I love it either both ways
Love that Industry foreshadowing after the moto perpetuo
brasilian band moto perpetuo?
Rest in peace to your mate
Nice
Unfortunately King Crimson have never been able to reproduce this tune as it is for the stutio version. It is much better in studio just too bad they don't play it like the studio version !
Having seen the recent version of KC twice, I have to say that they blew this one through the ceiling. I was so glad that my 19 year-old daughter finally have to see them after waiting many years. It wasn't the Adrian Belew incarnations that she grew up on, but she was totally engrossed in the performance. Oh, I hope there's more next year as suggested!
+Jean-François Auger The rendition also changes with the line up. Each one slightly different. However, this was such a special track that LTA parts 2,3 and 4 are all written in different decades with different bandmembers but you can still follow the link back to this.
I think the relatively poor sound quality and lack of Jamie Muir definitely kneecap this version of Larks, particularly the intro, but there’s a lot to like here, like how Fripp and Cross trade roles on the first two buildups into the riff, Bruford going nuts on the drum break into the second jam section and the awesome bass and guitar over it, and the little guitar figures Fripp puts over the violin solo. It’s Larks via the Flying Brick Wall.
Reproducing a piece of music exactly as it is on record has never been the Crimson way of doing things, with a heavy emphasis on improvising and a desire to push themselves to the limit and then some note-for-note reproduction just wasn't their thing. Too, there were always those speed bumps to contend with - horrible acoustics, malfunctioning equipment, egos, and so on and so forth . . . I have always appreciated the challenges this band hoped (expected?) their audience would embrace, a level of respect that I, for one, was always grateful for and happy to reciprocate. Cheers!
@@kw19193 Spot on. If I want to hear what's on a record, I will listen to the record. Live music by humans should be interesting and fresh.