2nd time I encountered the Live Krimson monster
It had been 16 years TO THE DAY that I had last seen KC (I was in the Mann Music Center gig), now I was in the other side of the ocean. The venue is basically a big Disco next to the Manzanares river...with bad acoustics.I was lucky enough to get there "early" by Spaniard standards, so I was in FRONT row facing Trey (I’m a bassist/Stick player too, I thought it’d be the best place to be...it was), AAMOF I appear in one of the photos of the "Eyes Wide Open" booklet...took me YEARS to realize it too...Regarding the flash photos..come on, this is Madrid and people don’t give a sh*t no matter if you ask them nicely, like they had prior and DURING the concert, so , yeah, no "FracKtured" (thank you, varios gilipollas!)The gig itself featured VERY HEAVY material (or rendition thereof) and there was a good vibe, people were psyched and we all enjoyed the show.I remember a HUGE ovation from the crowd during the really fast part of LTIA pt. IV, we were all blown away....I was flabbergasted when , in the middle of a complicated stretch of that song, Trey decided to comment something to Pat, as if nothing else were happening, both exchanged a few sentences while chaos and mayhem were ensuing musically...wow...one of these days I’ll play like that... As for the recording, it is VERY clear, but somehow, since I suppose this is a FOH mix, the engineer did not separate RF from AB , so , when they both are playing "clean guitar" sounds, you have to wear headphones to tell them apart...now, when Fripp is playing his "Soundscapes" sounds or any other different sound , it’s obvious....Don’t know what the FOH guy was thinking, but "Heroes" was PAINFULLY loud (WAY louder than the rest of the concert), I had to plug my ears...did NOT enjoy it...I thought that I’d be able to get this on DVD (Bootleg TV), since that was the original intention IIRC...heck , at least I got this, which is better than nothing...Still have the T-shirt from the tour...(Could you please release as a download the 2003 Madrid Concert?)In Summary, I give this performance a 9 out of 10 since , yes, there were quite few glitches and somehow "Señor Freep" did not give his "best" in this show, don’t ask me why, that’s how I felt it...Ade was REALLY digging it, though (always a trooper). Trey was "along for the ride" and Pat was enjoying it up to a point-I saw a couple of times some expressions denoting disappointment regarding his gear not responding or working properly...Anyway, I had a great time...