October 23, 1973
	Apollo    Glasgow, Scotland

great but redondant and an overview   August 31, 2009
Written by danielontheparapet

All those coming out concerts are great but it becomes redondant , even if it’s never the same excatly! The problem is that this incarnation of the band was always playing the same stuff. And it’s at least good to see one concert without the freaky 21st.. to end it or in the middle or whatever Plus i think Cross was a very limited violin player specially after the passage of Mel Collins on improvisation. More colours, more subtilities less raw primitivity power in the islands incarnation. I thing this band would have reach his full potential with Mac Donald back. And Red is the somptuous conclusion of a band who were searching a melodic line (except for 4 or 5 cuts) all the time. It would have been very interesting to seem them touring with a genius guy with that music instead of a good but without sparks violin player. I think Van Der Graff generator succed in the Vital album to mix the raw energy pf KC plus the amazing performances of saxes and violin combined K.C. failed that test to me Now Both bands are disaterous bands without genius. Those old men still think there can be Nadir!(PH alter ego 16’enns year old kid) At least VDGG i had one fantastic cut on the comeback album Present: IT is call NUTTER ALERT! One genius cut in 30 years well that’s better than KC" did in all those cheap cd"s with Belew? Are they only in it for the money? Old bands and old singers that can’t retired are pathetics! Remember the words of Jacques Brel when he retired at the summit? Well dig for them! I will conclude by the words of Peter hammill at the only US appeareance of Vdgg in the 70’s: ”Everytime Fripp is trying to bring out Fripp it’s a disaster for the world!” I don’t think it was true at that time. Now it,s more than obvious. Keep on searching Mr. Fripp those old tapes. you are lest pathetic digging in the past than living in the present! A beginning of something else is very invisible indeed in your toughts! Is engaging in a spirit of goodwill eliminates all sorts of criticsm Excuse any english mistakes ! i am french cdn. (i dare you to write as good french as i write good english) Modesty is always false

More Articles

Your search found 24 items (Viewing 1 to 10 of 24)

1 2 3 Next >>