Waiting Man

king crimson live in japan

[@JimB0802]

Bob Fripp grooving away at 4:01 is the most expressive I've ever seen him play. God I love this band.

[@rc-my9tc]

he and tonya do a weekly video on youtube, he gets quite animated, and a joy to watch

[@d3lt452]

Check out the Lark tounges 3 version of this same live recording. He ALMOST stands up

[@sandygrungerson1177]

looks like a mother hen about to lay an egg

[@clockworkengine]

Man, Adrian's joy is infectious. I adore watching him perform.

[@usandthemakakelly2535]

I totally agree. I'm smiling.

[@d0ngus]

@jeremyspade4159 i think fripp is groving pretty damn hard considering what hes playing a lot of the time! Have you seen the videos with him and his wife? definitely a lot looser and having fun in those 🤣

[@rc-my9tc]

had the pleasure of seeing him live a year or so ago, fantastic show, and a man that truly loves what he does,

[@markmcarthy596]

Watched Adrian with David Byrne and Talking Heads-highest energy concert ever

[@cochisenahuh7939]

Very obvious these guys were waaaaaaaay ahead of their time. All these performances should be nationally archived. These guys were absolute geniuses.

[@fernandoballeste6909]

Exacto, grandes genios.

[@mpetersell]

These three albums saved the eighties from a painfully bad musical nightmare.

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

You said it. It was this or the Thomson Twins type cocaine-fueled garbage.

[@jimatyeo]

The ultimate lineup of King Crimson. They make it look easy, but they are all working their asses off. Each guy is a total master of their instruments and craft. The albums that this lineup did together are works of art and musical treasures. The first time I heard this version of KC my mind was blown and was never the same again. It is incredible that they are able to do live what for some groups would not even be doable in the studio and yet match the recordings sound for sound. I am a huge fan of all of these guys individually as well. Compared to them I play at drums and bass., Sadly Dr. Bruford isn't playing much these days but apparently is teaching and has a KZbin channel well worth looking at.

[@mountaincrab3973]

I can listen to their lives on repeat for hours. Totally favorite lineup

[@leovodnar7792]

Well...talking about working someone's ass off, have a look at Andrian Belew‘s hair line.

[@bojanarezina2352]

it's true, but i always felt like they were a bit tired by this point, compared to 1981 or 1982. and it kind of makes sense to me that they broke up soon after... if you compare this to the 1981 or 1982 concerts, it feeles like the earlier performances had chemistry and energy that just isn't here...

[@marshallross3373]

@@bojanarezina2352 I saw them on this Three of a Perfect Pair tour, and it was an amazing show. It wasn't a very well attended though, almost no one in the audience. Great for me and my friends--we just moved to perfect seats in the amphitheater. Of course, for a band it would be disappointing to have only a marginally sized crowd; granted it was midweek. But, if they're not putting bottoms into seats it can be a financial disaster, no matter how satisfying it might be creatively. You can play just as hard for a small crowd as you do for a sellout. I suppose if they were having more success on the charts, they may have continued the line up.... Personally, I think they should have.

[@romixlee6643]

Discipline was the better album, but still this lineup. Wow

[@wjf1950]

What a band.......all 4 of these guys are musical scientists!

[@jameswhite9564]

Fripp would have nothing less!

[@fernandoballeste6909]

Científicos adelantados aproximadamente unos 40 años.

[@michaelkoch335]

That lineup was simply perfect. I love them!!! 😍

[@donaldbass6737]

My favorite KC Lineup...and that’s not to discount the other greats like John Wetton and Greg Lake...but this lineup was f-ing genius on parade.

[@SplendidCoffee0]

Hard agree. This is my personal favorite lineup of KC. Their sonic playground was too advanced for mere mortals to comprehend.

[@mountaincrab3973]

What a masterpiece. The whole band is just brilliant, but Andrew Belew’s presence is just magical.

[@usandthemakakelly2535]

Yes!!!!!!

[@ThomB1031]

I loved The Police, but this version of King Crimson is the peak of what was musically possible in the 80s. I'm discovering them 40 years later, and I don't how they weren't the biggest thing in the 80s. I was a kid then, but still, this is so much better than most of the 80s music that gets replayed today.

[@golfingcub02]

​@@ThomB1031I was born 12 years after the 80s were over, but I feel the same way as you do with all the overplayed 80s stuff.

[@Ghoopty]

Of course they’re all bad asses, but Jesus Christ Tony Levin has to be potentially the greatest bassist of all time. His work with John Lennon, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, etc. etc. is divinely inspired 🤘

[@ChefBoyRPete]

I can seriously see how that might very well be...in a span of less than 6 months, I saw him play with (of all people) Chuck Mangione, King Crimson and Peter Gabriel, all in Chicago. I swore he had to have a twin brother or was, and the verdict is still out on this...an alien!

[@Ghoopty]

😅👍

[@geraldfriend256]

Yes indeed.An innovative groove machine.

[@jhondoe5147]

THANK YOU. caught me off guard & made me laugh pretty hard. The wife sez he's not too hard on the eyes either...lol

[@jeffersonspace]

Levin is stellar. I really liked Paul Simon's "One Trick Pony." (the movie isn't all that bad, and I'd watch the movie just to see the musicianship). A decent movie, and the soundtrack album is magical. Levin is the bassist on that. Hope you know this already! Bless

[@timothydavies7223]

KC inhabits an entirely different level than all other bands.

[@Alun49]

Yes, I was thinking this myself today. They are beyond progressive rock or anything. In musicianship lane they are way above any other band I can think of, except of course Zappa's bands.

[@user-qt9vn1yj8x]

Magma! Khmm-ahemmm...

[@creak3293]

@@Alun49 Gentle Giant are beyond KC imo. A wonderful group.

[@jamesparr2782]

@@creak3293 I admire yr enthusiasm for GG a most admirable band. Though by any objective standards, KC created a league which only they inhabited

[@d3lt452]

​@@jamesparr2782 GG is kind of a mix between KC, bit of Yes and lots of ADHD in every song, but I agree with the pal that mentioned Magma. King crimson goes way beyond Prog Rock but Magma is master and king of their own little subgenre (zheul) so check them out pls

[@reinerkonig4988]

Fantastic live version of the song. Here are four of the most innovative rock musicians together on stage. Who was ever allowed to experience King Krimson live, was kissed by the muse.

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

YOUR MOM WAS KISSED BY THE MUSE.

[@kindkingkenne]

I saw King Crimson in Austin on the Discipline tour. Only Miles Davis surpassed King Crimson.

[@reinerkonig4988]

@@kindkingkenne Congratulations on the great concert.

[@anotherdamn6c]

Saw them in '81. I think she slipped me a little tongue.

[@merces47letifer4]

Words cannot describe how much I've loved this over the years. God bless KC in the 80s. TONY LEVIN, BABY

[@dalecooles]

Simply the finest prog band ever. Robert Fripp ties it all together.

[@mountaincrab3973]

Indeed

[@johnmccann8319]

Love Adrians voice! Crimson are so talented!Brilliant!

[@rjjefferson6540]

Saw this lineup of KC in Toronto, Canada. Whilst awaiting the band to take the stage, I noticed that Bruford's kit had a multitude of Simmons electronic drums, plus his signature snare. Off to the side was a kit that looked like something from a garage band. To my delight, Belew took to that kit for one number and played a duet with the master. I was centre stage, about 10 rows back at CNE Stadium, a football field. I was a Crimson fan from the first album on, but agree with many commenter's that this line-up was the most magical. Tony Levin is an innovator and possibly the world's best rock bassist (among other genres). Belew, a terrific songwriter and electric guitarist whose voice in certain ways evokes John Lennon's. And Fripp....well, he was Fripp. A sublime experience!

[@Paddy77T]

Loved hearing Sleepless. It's funny. As a present for my wife, I was spending the night on a hot Miami sidewalk in a long line for tickets to The Jackson's Victory Tour. I had my radio with me...in the '80s a transistor, maybe? Well, Sleepless came on. I was a huge Crimson fan, had the album, and couldn't help but appreciate the situation. I got the tickets around noontime after a 13-hour wait. She didn't have to sleep on the sidewalk, but years later, she surprised me with Thrak tour tickets.

[@winstonsmith4156]

Adrian belew is a amazing musician.

[@Keithlfpieterse]

THANKS for the upload. I attended their concerts in The Netherlands during the 80's and this is what I saw AND felt! Keep Well!

[@clivehorridge]

I can’t stop playing this, it’s perfection...

[@JetKing0077]

This is the best thing on the internet without a doubt.

[@sirvidia]

have you seen the other live version from this time?

[@llucaslayerr]

Jajajajjajajaja

[@healspirit.]

The 1982 Indiscipline live tho 😳

[@katherinehunter9526]

Yes I can't argue with your statement! Loved this, I Saw them on two different nights in two different provinces, on this tour. It was Absolutely Fabulous to watch them play this live!

[@Bass-ne6dl]

You need to watch live in Frejus probably one of their best gigs ever filmed 👌🏻👌🏻

[@darylmiller8945]

this is the only live version I've seen where Adrian's solo really stands out, also where Tony and Adrian come close to nailing the vocal harmony at the end

[@bluebassett2]

They nail it on the Fréjus recording/video. IMO

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

THE END IS THE WEAK PART OF THE SONG UNFORTCH

[@atlasking6110]

Yep! Best version ever!

[@kenfleischman]

I think my favorite version is from the Cap D'Agde '82 show. This one is great too but something about the Cap D'Agde show keeps me coming back to it.

[@bratislavdragic3059]

Never heard better space Invaders solo performance.

[@demonicsweaters]

Without a doubt one of the most unique and awesome bands to ever exist, ESPECIALLY this lineup. Sure the other versions were good too, but these 4 together really did something special.

[@24hoursadaywithbobr]

I loved this album. I was in the navy at the time. It warded off the insanity.

[@andyhinds542]

Seeing Robert Fripp larking around with his wife Toyah On those lockdown videos shows a totally different side to the super cool musician we see here doing his day job.

[@henryybarra4804]

By,far...Bill is the best.. 1981 Dallas Tx, Discipline tour .. KC ...!

[@iDuckman]

I was there. Small venue. Unbelievable show!

[@Lyktwz]

The best KC incarnation

[@katherinehunter9526]

Absolutely!❤👑🎶

[@josephvonbulow1164]

🍻🤘

[@kasimsultonfan]

Agreed. Wish I could say the same about the song. Frame by Frame or The Howler it ain't...

[@MrStupidHead]

I'd say last years tour was the best. But rhe real answer is probably 'the next one'.

[@StewartGartland]

Bill is a master musician. His work with Holdsworth, stewart and Berlin are simply sublime!!!

[@mhmaggiehanley1]

7:30 bass line from Tony on Sleepless - Holy Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@reltsnie]

Tony Levin

[@samachell]

Tony Levin

[@1zoltman]

Tony Levin

[@sawyernas4782]

Tony Levin

[@cactus-mcjacktus]

Tony Levin

[@robertalan2427]

Clearly the best combination of KC ever...

[@joelfortin6634]

I love waiting man, so beautifully complex

[@bernardkane3442]

Bill bruford al ways amazing

[@deadbeatdynamo]

God-Level bass-drum interplay on SLEEPLESS. Nothing else like it then or now.

[@aakkoin]

BB is a genius on drums

[@susanarosarojas5015]

Absolutely!! He plays in a sweet way... so natural..

[@brigantale]

Best drummer for kc era

[@MrHobbit60]

My all time favourite drummer. Check out his solo stuff

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

bOSTON bRUINS IN THE hAUS!!!

[@daviddevilliers2828]

A master

[@loki8845]

Robert Fripp mentioned asleepless written by Andrew being unable to sleep in their colonial house they stayed for album recording, frequented by "previous owners" giving him hallucinations and such, rendering unable to sleep.

[@DharcVasquez]

I knew It was gonna be something like that, like indiscipline that looks really dark but it's actually about a letter from Adrian's wife or something like that

[@dmatveev89]

80s' KC is its own genre

[@aaaaa111aaaaa]

So is 20s King crimson. Industrial whole Tone Prog metal

[@romixlee6643]

Absolutely brilliant. Best KC lineup.

[@andrewlm5677]

So weird but so hypnotic - just an amazing song.

[@barrysrcdump3557]

These guys were, before their time, during it, after it or probably all three at once. 👏👏👏👏

[@candymintz]

one of my favorite bands, I saw King Crimson live 1987 London

[@hermitthefrog8951]

I saw this tour in 1982. Look how young these guys were! I guess I was young once, too... Definitely one of the top 5 most innovative and creative music groups ever.

[@johnhymanful]

Close your eyes and Adrian Belew sounds remarkably like David Byrne. Terrific King Crimson cast.

[@ThomB1031]

In some ways better, more feeling to Adrian's singing in my opinion. That may be more style than skill, but I like it better I think.

[@billyz5088]

This was from their spring '84 tour of Japan - I saw the tour 2 months later at Merriweather Post Pavilion - same venue where I saw them 2 years earlier on the 'Beat' tour. Such an amazing band to see & hear live - unlike any other concert experience - back then - or now.

[@j.t.7068]

To the two thumbs down, your ears must be painted on!

[@katherinehunter9526]

Bwahahah!! Well stated!

[@nonaeubinis4934]

Ooooh!

[@user-xe3zw4kd9u]

Я вырос на музыке Маэстро Фриппа, для меня тогда было несколько кумиров, это всем известный хардовый триумвират. Но Кримсон отправил меня в другую реальность:)

[@laszlonagy6448]

And painted for no reason…

[@Jimbowlcoach]

I already watched this and realized I gave you a thumbs up already

[@davidbaumgarten8339]

YES!! ,the 2 times I saw them they played this AWESOME👍👍

[@danadane2501]

Didn't discover Crimson since very recently and I have to say I've never heard anything quite like this before.

[@randallguyton1663]

Against my burning tears. Hello! Waiting Man.

[@robkirby6452]

Fortunate to have seen this line up 3 times. Incredible!

[@61hink]

My personal favorite incarnation of KC

[@shirazbopp]

Wow! What a find…Thank You for posting!

[@robertalan2427]

These guys just blow me away...forever preserved thank God.

[@ministrychicago1]

Will ALWAYS Love this tune and was BEYOND Impressed seeing this Live. ❤

[@franklinden3497]

This cacaphony of tumultuous haunting Art Rock was just enjoyed deliciously...Thanx for the post!

[@autismgaming-lo9nv]

DAMN LEVINS HANDS ARE GOING CRAZY

[@marcschmidt4172]

Robert Fripp. Adrian Belew. Tony Levin. Bill Bruford. Best King Crimson lineup ever. Second best: adding Pete Mastelotto and Trey Gunn, the double trio.

[@katherinehunter9526]

Completely agree!! ✌❤👑🎶🎸🥁🤘

[@HaHaHa-mt8di]

I think it is the worst KC lineup.

[@cactus-mcjacktus]

@@HaHaHa-mt8di what, in your opinion, is the best? This is the only lineup i’ve seen in which Fripp smiled while playing, shaking his head at Belew’s antics

[@sex6cult9revolution]

This was my favorite also - though the lineup with John Wetton and David Cross was pretty awesome too. I love that they finished off with Red - which is a total classic, took seven years off and then returned with Discipline - which was so different but equally classic.

[@davidallmond5598]

Great concert and great incarnation of the CRIMSON KING. So much brilliant musicianship on display

[@davelouis4004]

Incredible band , nothing like them !

[@YaoEspirito]

Literally. No one else compares.

[@prockrog5219]

It's like Talking Heads with a dash of prog added...

[@chris66capricorn]

Expressive emotional musical mathematics.

[@charlescraig1311]

Ever since I swiped my older brothers copy of “In the court “ I have not heard anything yet so visceral. Love your work!

[@YaoEspirito]

I suspect Tony Levin may be the coolest man in music. Exudes class and badness.

[@mountaincrab3973]

We definitely need more musicians like this fella!

[@stevejenks9735]

and baldness

[@mountaincrab3973]

radiation will help with that naturally

[@stevejenks9735]

@@mountaincrab3973 damn didn't know he'd had that

[@mountaincrab3973]

​@@stevejenks9735 radiation from Fripp's equipment most likely affected his hair follicles.

[@jameswhite3030]

Only these lads have the audacity to play this material (and make it sound fabulous!)

[@YEUWYU]

Bill Bruford looks amazing!

[@loki8845]

Lol sleepless and waiting man stitched together.

[@polishrocker93]

Wow, I always assumed that Tony played Sleepless on the stick, but this is even more awesome!

[@katherinehunter9526]

Yeah watching them live is always mind blowing!!

[@Lorddrase]

There is videos where he plays it on stick and on Bass. Not sure why, but he can play this on both instruments.

[@TheDamino]

@@Lorddrase because his limitless power allows him to do so

[@csnyder23]

Love the drumming.

[@7990069]

Algo majestuoso.. Seres Humanos canalizando la fuente . El LOGOS

[@durango8882]

Magicians 👈🏼👉🏻👆🏻👇🏻 Thank you for posting.

[@user-ox8ln2np4v]

80 ish thing ever. Love it dig it

[@johnwilson1689]

This was my favorite King Crimson era (apologies to Greg Lake and John Wetton RIP both [their eras were great too]). It was also the one I had the privelege seeing live.

[@Irishbeerlover]

I'm jealous my friend I never saw Greg Lake but I've got to see John wetton with Asia and Carl Palmer just saw Crimson in Philly 2021 just phenomenal there's a live album from that tour check it out greetings from Wildwood New Jersey

[@kymablimm1607]

The best version ever made!

[@InAtlasAtLast]

Now that’s what I call music

[@markmcarthy596]

This is the sharpest upload of this performance I’ve seen

[@chrisbyars4422]

The amazing thing is that this was recorded some time 1984- 1985-ish. I saw King Crimson for the second time in 2017 in Red Bank, New Jersey at the Count Basie Theater; this was the bass Tony Levin was playing.

[@marie-franceluca9673]

The Stick, by Chapman, a marvelous instrument that he always kept close at hand, wether with Peter Gabriel or Crimson... Inimitable !

[@banquefinancekft5580]

They are King Crimson. "Tree of a Perfect Pair"

[@ohmtronseedling]

fantastic!

[@cjchappelli4463]

Ain't it JUST grand to see 4 "old" men having so much fun!

[@SvalkT]

Best comment man, so playful

[@hubbsllc]

I have a tape (now ripped) of this concert but "Waiting Man" was not on it, I don't think. It's new to me.

[@cjchappelli4463]

Jeez I'd love to sit down & have a drink with Tony Levin!

[@bigtone1348]

I have a guitar pick at home with Stolen from Tony Levin' printed on it. King Crimson tour 1982.

[@LucasNunes-zp9fx]

This keeps me sleepless at night

[@stevejenks9735]

lol

[@daviddevilliers2828]

I have a dream, a new kc tour with the same band

[@donaldbass6737]

Fantastic.

[@EloyGijon67]

Sleepless es realmente alucinante en todos los sentidos. Belew hace lo que le da la gana con la guitarra o con la voz y encima se lo tuvieron que pasar muy bien con él y las tonterías que debía hacer. Al final de la canción, ni se lo creía con su hooooo 🤔😁 7:11

[@d3lt452]

Lo de Levin no tiene ningun sentido. Te mete una parte de bajo como la de sleepless haciendo un slap loquisimo durante 6 o 7 minutos que dura la canción y ni se despeina (nunca mejor dicho) y de su manejo del stick ya mejor ni hablar

[@JJONNYREPP]

Waiting Man. 19.8.23. 0549am. you can allus discern a king crimson fan... they allus come noseying about the home in the wee hours seeing what yer up to, what yer doin'.. as they break wind in your general direction, placing strategically assigned snails 'look at those colours!!' Outside yer door.... "ooooownleeeee meeeeeee!' zis their constant refrain.

[@IAmInfinitus208]

3:39 Everytime Tony uses the Stick on this part! 😊

[@nonaeubinis4934]

How did I not notice what a fine lookin man Tony Levin was? Probably because my brain was trying to understand the polyrhythmic sounds I was hypnotized by LOL

[@daviddevilliers2828]

Adrian is fantastic

[@InAtlasAtLast]

I imagine if aliens came here and were friendly, this would be their favorite band

[@ct3d199]

Une merveille

[@andrewazur2186]

At a glance I would say that lots of artists are influenced including Wire and Radiohead

[@voiceindustrie]

All I can think of here is the unwanted triggering that could occur due to the SDS5 pads hitting each other as B.B. and A.B. happily tap away on them. Great fun!!

[@yuridio514]

Как молоды мы были ............................................

[@davitbeliashvili2500]

God daaaaaaaamn!

[@izya_crim1947]

Forever!

[@jtekholm]

Sleepless is so damn good!

[@fernandodevecchi2597]

Extraordinary Line up

[@gumse666]

Tony comes thru as the Aphex male. Amazing work.

[@dinifabio]

My favourite drummers and I can't pick which is the best: Bill B. Neil Peart Carl Palmer John Bonham Marco Minnemman Gavin Harrison Fucking Danny Carrey ( which sounds like a mixture of all the first above)...

[@johnspillan7785]

Love the list I’m down to 4 John Densmore, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon and Elvin Jones (the GOAT)

[@PierreGarrabrant]

Way ahead of everyone

[@DubFabian]

Levin/Brufford is...OMG!