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Park West Chicago, Illinois |
 This is my brain on music August 29, 2008
Written by DeVito
"Music is very fucking subjective," as someone once said. I attended all three shows at Park West (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), and my subjective experience was that Thursday night was the least compelling and involving of the concerts. Wednesday night was absolutely electric -- the audience was on their (our) feet half the night, with standing O’s before and after every song. My girlfriend was with me, and she really enjoyed it -- she’d never given Crimson a listen before, but she thought the concert was great, and now she’s a fan of "Frame by Frame" in particular. For me, the energy level dropped somewhat Thursday night (second time not as fun?), before rebounding on Friday (the last one is always sweet). In the virtual cathedral of memory, nothing can beat that Wednesday night show for me.
So what’s all that got to do with listening to this recording? Not much. This is tremendously powerful music, and if you have a decent stereo and crank the volume loud enough, you’ll get a pretty good sense of what it was like to be at the concert. The Levin/Mastelotto/Harrison rhythm section are like one of those multi-armed Hindu gods, not only providing a massive foundation but also embracing and surrounding and hovering over the guitars, anywhere and everywhere at once. This group’s strong suit is not subtlety (not yet, anyway) -- this is massive, muscular music. And the recording quality is just fine. The key, as someone pointed out on the Guestbook, is to play it LOUD. To which I can only add -- play it really, REALLY FUCKING LOUD. Next, how about putting the best of the Nokia shows up for download? --Chris DeVito
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