TONY LEVIN IS UNREAL!!!! Behind the scenes footage of Sleepless

Filmed at Three of a Perfect Pair music camp with Adrian Belew, Pat Mastelotto and Tony Levin. Behind the scenes rehearsal of "Sleepless"
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[@enzosmith5371]

As the legendary story goes...Tony was scheduled to play Bass on John Lennon's album. John meets Tony for the 1st time and Lennon says to him .... "Everyone tells me that you're very, very good. So do me a great favor..Don't play too many notes." To which Levin replies "Yes sir."

[@LEMAYBOMB]

anyone who needs safety glasses to jam is a bad ass

[@mrslucky7778]

You've made my day 😂

[@PolyQuasi]

Thou speaketh the truth

[@fernandoobregon4243]

Hahaha

[@alexbrooks5657]

You are one hundred percent correct and funny as well

[@jeremypiquette1364]

Hahaha!!

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

What a bad ass… One of my favorite bass players EVER

[@blindsquirrel7802]

I always hoped he'd do an album called Tone 11.

[@plasticweapon]

lol

[@johnskelley6710]

Clever and corny that's how I roll also

[@nathanmeans1548]

Someone did a song on a Stick album by that name, inspired by Tony. I can't remember who did it, though...

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

@@nathanmeans1548 Steve Adelson kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5-5lI2wiL2faKs

[@brianogrady9883]

@@nathanmeans1548 Bravo!

[@gianlucamariotti2399]

I miss Robert Fripp, but this line -up is very strong !!

[@DarkeningSkies1]

Man, Pat has got the tribal thing goin' on in his drumming nowadays- sounds fantastic. Tony always kills it.

[@Toolpusher]

+DarkeningSkies1 Both were superb at the King Crimson show here in Scotland a couple of months back. Sadly, they didn't play Sleepless :(

[@zaphodbeatlebrox4906]

+Toolpusher I heard they didn't play much from Belew's time with the band.

[@teecee3866]

+Zaphod Beatlebrox That sucks.

[@Toolpusher]

Zaphod Beatlebrox Nope, strictly old-school Crimson. Still a great evening though, well worth the ticket price. :)

[@drewper73]

I was just about to comment on how Pat's choice of "groove" was the wrong choice possibly. I know on the original version, Bruford plays on a roto-tom to get that tribal sound but he had the good sense to put a backbeat on 2 & 4 with the snare drum. I paused the video to make this comment. Maybe it gets better after I press play again. Don't get me wrong. I love Pat Mastelotto and his work with KC.

[@markducharme9518]

" let's hear it for another great bald Italian American, Adrian Belew!"

[@marceldehoogd7098]

ZAPPA quote!

[@markducharme9518]

@@marceldehoogd7098 "Conlon Nancarrow everybody!"

[@ahazybellcord]

"Lando Calrissian!"

[@markducharme9518]

"Ladies & gentlemen - Alvin Lee!"

[@ahazybellcord]

Billie Jean is not Mr. Bob.

[@Wernerandreasli]

If God has a band, Tony will be the bassplayer

[@progrockpondscum2764]

what do you mean "if"? He already has one, and Tony is in it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@mrdfac]

Werner, he did. Tony played with Buddy Rich's band.

[@maxslamer]

He's also played in Saint Peter Gabriel's band for decades...

[@francisbroka9471]

God has already a bass player: Christopher Squire.

[@leighmorgan4981]

+Francis Broka Long live King Crimson!

[@glenesis]

Thanks so much for sharing this! When "Three of a Perfect Pair was released, I listened to this song a cool million times, bought the extended single, and still love it to death. It's easily my favorite piece from that era. The energy on this track is unbeatable!The solo on this take is sick!

[@pvkoz8698]

Tony Levin is badass complete. Played with so many greats cuz his bass skills are so damn good. Crazy arsed player. Then add crazy arsed guitar player in Adrian Belew and there you go. Freakin awesome players. Been into these guys since the 70s. So good. It seriously must be so good to have players of this calibre and creativity man, urgh.

[@gabevachon326]

I met Tony and Bill Bruford when toured with members of Yes 30 years ago. Anderson,Bruford,Wakeman & Howe. That was a night....

[@gabevachon326]

Tony said he had 6 weeks to learn and memorize the entire Yes catalog. He should have joined the Dead Boys.

[@jamieashby8810]

I caught that show on Tony's last night in Houston, right before Jeff Berlin took the chair. Even sick and seated, he kicked more ass than any bassist alive. As great as Jeff is, he had some huge Docs to fill.

[@chipford1945]

Is it just me, or does Tony Levin look like every high school's Driver's Ed teacher? Phenomenally talented dude, who clearly doesn't feel a need for "flash"... I would love to take classes from the man

[@amadhatter03]

No joke. My instructor actually looked exactly like this.

[@paultiffany7629]

he looks straight out of a movie about anthropomorphic Aliens

[@farnorthweaver7793]

Percussion is BRILLIANT! which of course, includes The Bass!

[@SuperBoomshack]

This is Edward Scissorhand's favorite bass player

[@vincenzogiannone7614]

It's illegal!!! The old Seventies School is always ahead. Learn from this Myung!!!

[@inavbanz8876]

Billy Sheehan: sometimes I wish I was playing drums TL: Hold my beer

[@ohjelmatoimistoelavaamusii375]

Well, i think this is the real slapstick humor 👍

[@jimmeridda]

Adrian Belew and i almost crashed into each other at the entrance to a public restroom in the eighties. I said, "oh, hey!" And he said, "oh, hey!". They only conversation i ever had with him 😄

[@lettots]

He used those fingers on Peter Gabriel's tour in 2001 on the opening song, Red Rain. Thanks to my brother him and I had front row right in front of Tony. There was a problem with Peter"s earbud monitors and he pulled his finger across his throat after about 20 seconds into it and the whole band stopped. Peter explained to the audience and they restarted the song from in beginning about a minute later.

[@iaincook5835]

Tony scissorhands?

[@kristinludlowUX]

One of my most favorite songs. And bass lines ever!!

[@superstarpally]

I had the great honor of interviewing Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter during their Stick Men tour for my show Pallas' Dutch Invasion last month in The Netherlands. Here's a short excerpt of my interview with Tony via skype the week before I interviewed them in person soundcloud.com/pallas-dutch-invasion/pallas-short-interview-with-tony-levin-stick-men-king-crimson Please check my page for broadcast updates facebook.com/PallasDutchInvasion

[@SelfHealingGod]

Wow lucky you, I'm check out the link. Thanks for posting..

[@bobh808]

The audio is a little hot but the intimacy of it is just lovely. It feels like a birthday party thrown by the coolest parents ever.

[@mauriziopoluzzi5277]

Don't be surprised if he plays with Petet Gabriel. MONSTERS.

[@fredericgarcia3997]

Tony Levin festival prog'sud kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z32ylX-IpMSZi7s

[@Wayne_Robinson]

I recently learned that Tony Levin led the barbershop quartet on the intro to the old Peter Gabriel song Excuse Me. If barbershop ever comes back into fashion he might finally be able to put down those basses and that Chapman stick, take off the Bass Fingers, and just sing for his supper.

[@hubbsllc]

There's a "King Crimson Barbershop" track on one of the compilation albums that's hilarious. It's all Tony.

[@Nishant-ESP256]

I am high!!! So I read it as "TONY LEVIN IN URINAL"......Cheers!!!!

[@einarabelc5]

Nishant verma More like you in urinal after watching this.

[@jmgmarcus808]

ESP MH-53 Ahhh, thank you so much.

[@williamroark]

ESP MH-53 um, it’s not because of the WEED!!!!

[@beekay5914]

Drugs are bad, ok?

[@eljefazo6525]

lol

[@towerofmadness]

What about Adrian Belew and Pat Mastelotto??

[@nickciraulo8340]

I wonder what the bass would sound if hacksaw blades were attached to Levin's fingers. OK, someone mention Edward Scissorhands playing in King Crimson.

[@bobouzala]

Not as tight as Robert would have liked! Never look Fripp directly in the eyes!! 😅

[@AtomizedSound]

Never acknowledge Fripp is more like it or you’ll get sent to the “other” dimension

[@glenesis]

Thanks so much for sharing this! When "Three of a Perfect Pair was released, I listened to this song a cool million times, bought the extended single, and still love it to death. It's easily my favorite piece from that era. The energy on this track is unbeatable!The solo on this take is sick!

[@fastrelief]

Jesus Christ bring back Belew in KC!

[@EmptyDomoKanti99]

fastrelief I prefer him so much more to Jakko no hate on Jakko, i just prefer the raw energy and enthusiasm Belew brought, even if he did struggle sometimes EDIT: Every time Fripp dissolved KC, Belew always lobbied to bring it back in some shape or form because he loved it that much

[@fastrelief]

@@EmptyDomoKanti99 No hate on Jakko at all, he does a fine job but Ade is Ade. I don't understand why you said he struggled, because of Fripp personality?

[@EmptyDomoKanti99]

fastrelief i read somewhere, besides him and Fripp clashing occasionally, he just had a lot of stress being the lyricist, frontman and one of the guitarists all in one. even then, he kept coming back

[@fastrelief]

@@EmptyDomoKanti99 I talk to Ade after a show a couple of years ago and I had the feeling he was not happy to be excluded. He didn't said that openly but when someone asked him where Fripp was in that moment he answered :" I think he's in bed at the moment"

[@lightaces]

@@fastrelief He has posted about it, and no, he isn't happy about it. His basic idea is that for 30 years he and RF had a partnership, and while the rest of the band would change, they (pardon the phrase) remained consistent. As much as I prefer the Adrian Belew era, he does seem to have decided that the (much more commercially successful) `70's era doesn't really count. But RF wanted to play that era of material (and a lot of fans wanted to hear it), and Adrian was never really on board with playing most of it. I mean, with Adrian, they played KC's most famous song (21st Century Schizoid Man) on exactly one tour. Hopefully at some point they can have a mending of the ways, but I'm not sure how that is going to happen at this point.

[@calebproductions5970]

He's a great musician

[@joebarn123]

Adrian is unreal

[@spookybaba]

I can imagine those Funky Fingers to be a bit difficult to use. But, a great sound they produce.

[@mellowskull6108]

He actually prefers the fingers, at summer fest he used for 70% of the songs.

[@mellowskull6108]

Them*

[@russell_szabados]

I bought Funk Fingers from Tony's online shop back in the late 90's. I've played piano & bass most of my life so I got used to it (not saying I'm good at using funk fingers, just saying that I got used to it). The tough thing with funk fingers is keeping them on your hand. If they're tight enough to stay on, all blood stops flowing to your fingers. If not tight enough, they fly off and poke people in the eye. So Tony Levin's mastery of them is yet one more talent for which we can rightly call him a true God of the bass!

[@indiandoctor7900]

I have two pair of them... the Red ones and the natural wood ones (which are lighter in weight.) They're not that hard to use... you just need to practice with them and know what songs to use them on.

[@russell_szabados]

Indian Doctor : you're right of course. I've never really put in a lot of practice time with them. I have the wood ones. I have some time off coming to me the week after Christmas. Think I'll stay in and woodshed on my bass skills. Thanks for the reply.

[@CaseyVan]

Give Tony Levin a fidget spinner will ya?

[@gktde9874]

I'm gettin a Freddy Kruger vibe.

[@holdencaustic]

Kevin+ Belew= musical goodness -- all damn day

[@lindalu22291]

It's Edward Scissorhands without the scissors part

[@stuartromig9576]

Where are they? An Outback Steakhouse?!?

[@LeeBarry]

If the bass player can be a drummer then the drummer can be other instruments. (Bill Bruford believed this, as did most jazz drummers)

[@sound-ur1bq]

what a monster he is, I love him

[@RonCarterBassist]

👏🏾👏🏾

[@pgpete]

RAGE!!! RAGE !!!! RAGE !!!!!

[@glenesis]

Thanks so much for sharing this! When "Three of a Perfect Pair was released, I listened to this song a cool million times, bought the extended single, and still love it to death. It's easily my favorite piece from that era. The energy on this track is unbeatable!

[@omarvidal3543]

Toni levin es MARAVILLOSO!!

[@chrischoir3594]

Tool copied this band

[@GregHeimbecker]

I love the notion of Pat Mastelotto playing a living room concert! I just attended a Thinking Plague living room gig in Boulder that was just about as weird...

[@HenkvdBrink]

I'd like to see the picture he has been taking of ME....

[@peterbustin2683]

Feel sorry for the speaker cones....

[@273VIPER]

Sick!

[@faustfood]

I always thought Levin used the Stick on this tune, duh.

[@kokanee2010a]

It sure does deviate from the original by quite a lot .

[@enriconardini4370]

SIGNORI DELLA MUSICA MODERNA

[@leonakita]

Edward Scissorhands plays bass for KC.....

[@AnyRoadAnyTime]

Would've been nice to see the drummer for a bit.

[@stanleyplank]

A great use for tinned hotdogs. I couldn't get them to last that long though and I had to clean my bass after. Maybe his are frozen.

[@mooski-mooski]

Some people are just cool. TL is just cool!

[@gg-ok4zc]

ridicolous

[@neurocosm]

I need whatever those things on his fingers are.....................................

[@Cardinalplonker]

Best bassist ever!!!

[@AtomizedSound]

Didn’t know Tony used “funk fingers” for this song. Thought it was slapping with a slight delay

[@hussineosman2836]

looks like Walter White

[@carmelofernandez9020]

THIS MAN IS AN ANGEL!!!

[@Lyktwz]

These three are unreal...

[@mudeye]

Audio Sucks!!! WTF? Why post it? Embarrassing for the player.

[@TimJackson-eq6iy]

Pat's playing was way too loud. You could hardly hear Tony or Adrian. Which is a pity, because this arguably Tony's best King Crimson bass line.

[@BIGM-gg9ln]

unbelievable.

[@glenesis]

Thanks so much for sharing this! When "Three of a Perfect Pair was released, I listened to this song a cool million times, bought the extended single, and still love it to death. It's easily my favorite piece from that era. The energy on this track is unbeatable!

[@jayjaykingbee5566]

Did anyone catch him using a cauliflower as a slides in the very start?, Vegetable Rock!!!

[@gniewomircioek6845]

Is he real?

[@SuperJohnnyO]

Fucking awesome musicians and album! One of my faves!

[@soulnystasego792]

Lov ya, Walter White.

[@DANIELTHIBAULTchannel]

nice trip!

[@prodeettorre]

Non dubito che chi fosse presente abbia potuto ascoltare una performance di tutto rispetto, ma l'audio di questo video però è un assolo di ridondanti percussioni e il basso di Tony non lo si può neppure immaginare. In pratica con questo audio che fa semplicemente pena il video sarebbe solo da eliminare !!!!

[@teecee3866]

Cool.

[@sdushdiu]

...no need to duck the bass in the mix here!

[@sthyegm]

Awesome

[@toddmodem]

Fantastic!

[@russwilson2305]

Mastelott is unreal.

[@kristos7581]

woww.. tony is a real legend !!!

[@relaxingelectronicmusic775]

cool........

[@iain2080]

His vocals are great as well. The man's a triple threat

[@katybug650]

WOWoWOWoWOW!!!

[@The_momur]

Wait, my invitation got lost in the mail or what?

[@momusass]

Unbelievable! I love it!

[@marsmediapro]

wht monstrous musicians! Thanks!

[@miahprod]

Such a wonderful moment. I see lots of campers I miss...

[@KC_USA]

Same. Me too, Jeremy.

[@glassbuddha]

I want to see him with Steve Vai

[@sheldoncooper8199]

His work on LTE and LTE II is the Best Bass work i ve ever heard in my Life

[@mrsleep0000]

Who the fuck thinks to attach little drumsticks to their fingers?

[@davidellis5141]

Sleepless !!

[@glennmartin8456]

The knees of a bee, the best and most creative bass player alive.

[@4578a]

That's how he's making that sound?!

[@roberthunt1540]

I mean, this is just totally sick!

[@vintagerumors]

brilliant as ever :)

[@meyou-dv8ns]

I guess thats great i cant tell i cant hear each note clear? You people can?

[@tommycottreau2642]

Tony is so skilled he knows how to do it now.

[@HerrEngels]

Damn

[@hughtuck5147]

dudes make it look effortless!