BEAT: Belew, Vai, Levin and Carey Play 80's King Crimson

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  • Опубликовано: 1 апр 2024
  • In this episode I sit down with the legendary Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, Tony Levin, and Danny Carey to discuss their upcoming BEAT tour celebrating the music of King Crimson. Delve into the intricacies of their musical arrangements, the inspiration behind the tour, and what fans can expect from these extraordinary performances honoring the legacy of one of progressive rock's most influential bands.
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Комментарии • 3 тыс.

  • @tonirasic1728
    @tonirasic1728 Месяц назад +1008

    I love how danny carey always looks like he just came over to watch the superbowl with you

    • @a.nobodys.nobody
      @a.nobodys.nobody Месяц назад +8

      😂

    • @captsmellypants1897
      @captsmellypants1897 Месяц назад

      He looks like he just crawled out of a dumpster. Someone needs to dial 911 Rock-Star Fashion Police.
      "911 Rock-Star Fashion Police, What is Your Emergency?"
      "DANNY CAREY!!!! Send all units, NOW!!!!"

    • @JCHolland
      @JCHolland Месяц назад +37

      …after taking three bong rips.

    • @SecretSpots
      @SecretSpots Месяц назад +36

      🤣🤣🤣. Looks like he just came back from the skatepark with his kid. LOL

    • @norseman61
      @norseman61 Месяц назад +31

      Yep, there’s no doubt which instrument he plays.

  • @ChrisLT
    @ChrisLT Месяц назад +1481

    What a line up, holy hell.

    • @jesusislukeskywalker4294
      @jesusislukeskywalker4294 Месяц назад +30

      heaven ❤

    • @omardiaz5679
      @omardiaz5679 Месяц назад +11

      Amazing

    • @naderzekrya5238
      @naderzekrya5238 Месяц назад +7

      Splendid combination yes!

    • @jamieflowers1493
      @jamieflowers1493 Месяц назад +52

      Levin and Carey as your rhythm section. Jesus.

    • @606808909
      @606808909 Месяц назад +19

      This is a dream for me. I'm 33 now and discovering beat,three of a perfect pair and is it Thrack (vroom,walking on air,dinosaur) any way at 17 year old finding this music changed my life ❤.

  • @EarthAltar
    @EarthAltar Месяц назад +730

    The best thing about a Beato interview is that he never goes for the salacious, or controversial. It's all about the music. You can see how relaxed the musicians are knowing they're not going to be cornered by some rumor or accusation. It's never click bate. We click because we're fans, and respect the format.

    • @howardthrust
      @howardthrust Месяц назад +13

      ...and it's equally kuul that The Band didn't bring up the fact that Rick has quite vocally "sanctioned" Crimson in the past on his Channel. 🙂

    • @cedarbay3994
      @cedarbay3994 Месяц назад +4

      He keeps it milquetoast, you’re right about that.

    • @neilog747
      @neilog747 Месяц назад +11

      100%. He's a great interviewer who clearly loves his sublect matter.

    • @pricedownproductions9851
      @pricedownproductions9851 Месяц назад +3

      @@howardthrust explain!

    • @howardthrust
      @howardthrust Месяц назад +2

      @pricedownproductions9851 - It's time for "due diligence" on your part. Those who have "liked" my comment have already done theirs... 🙂

  • @martianshoes
    @martianshoes Месяц назад +260

    2 Zappa vets, 2 Crimson vets, and Tool.
    The potential is unimaginable.
    I have not been to a live show in over a decade…but I hock something for a ticket to this.
    4 of the most inveterate and dedicated musicians alive.

    • @talastra
      @talastra Месяц назад +2

      Inveterate AND unregenerate.

    • @TheJols
      @TheJols Месяц назад

      ​@@talastratrue!

    • @EricJSchultz5280
      @EricJSchultz5280 Месяц назад

      I feel very fortunate to be able to go to this show and meet the band - so looking forward to it!

    • @talastra
      @talastra Месяц назад +3

      @@EricJSchultz5280 I really wrangled with myself about seeing it. I'm actually not that chuffed (I've seen King Crimson before). It's a chance to see Steve Vai live that makes me want to go. He's an amazing personality live.

  • @mattnieri1202
    @mattnieri1202 Месяц назад +1568

    "We had a producer ... his name is Scrote." Best first line of an interview.

    • @jesusislukeskywalker4294
      @jesusislukeskywalker4294 Месяц назад +12

      🚬🤠

    • @zoeherriot
      @zoeherriot Месяц назад +63

      Belew, Vai, Levin, Carey and Scrote.

    • @brendanoshea1472
      @brendanoshea1472 Месяц назад +21

      I guffawed and scared the SH*T out of my wife when I watched this

    • @katielowen
      @katielowen Месяц назад +32

      Scrotum? 🤔😏

    • @Tacko14
      @Tacko14 Месяц назад +18

      He doesn’t travel well. Customs, passports, the unbelief…

  • @leonardopaternost8606
    @leonardopaternost8606 Месяц назад +306

    I'm amazed at how Tony Levin doesn't age... The guy looks sixty since the early '80s!

    • @musicdirector8046
      @musicdirector8046 Месяц назад +29

      Yeah, but the Chapman Stick in his attic has become a fossil 😂

    • @johnhoran9840
      @johnhoran9840 Месяц назад +4

      @@musicdirector8046 Seems all of the younger touch guitar players are using newer brands or designing their own instruments.

    • @a.nobodys.nobody
      @a.nobodys.nobody Месяц назад +12

      Well.... in the early 80s he was in his early 30s... so there's that 😂

    • @VLuchansky
      @VLuchansky Месяц назад +5

      Or he rather looks twenty until 2020s lol

    • @color-head1696
      @color-head1696 Месяц назад +9

      there's gossip that Levin is actually 325 years young

  • @j.d.o5709
    @j.d.o5709 Месяц назад +349

    Belew deserves so much more honor and credit for his contribution to music.

    • @63ah1275
      @63ah1275 Месяц назад +11

      Beat is my favorite KC album.

    • @FLOYD90DMC
      @FLOYD90DMC Месяц назад

      100%

    • @63ah1275
      @63ah1275 Месяц назад +6

      I was excited to see this, but close to $500 for my wife and I in the cheap seats? No fucking way. I saw KC coming out of the pandemic for $20/ticket. Great show.

    • @SoreEater
      @SoreEater Месяц назад +3

      His dissonant guitar solo on the live performance of Level Five is my favorite guitar solo of all time, coming ahead of even Machine Gun by Jimi Hendrix, which is my close second

    • @Sabzirou2
      @Sabzirou2 Месяц назад +8

      Belew is an amazing artist

  • @zaraak323i
    @zaraak323i Месяц назад +208

    I've always thought that Adrian is a highly underrated singer. Everyone knows he's a monster on the guitar, but I've admired his voice for 40 years!

    • @Electricshrock
      @Electricshrock Месяц назад +7

      Absolutely. If he was just a singer, and wasn't famous for playing in a band of revered instrumentalists, he would get a lot more plaudits for his vocals.
      I wished Rick had asked more about that, in fact... I don't think Adrian was doing a lot of singing in that Takling Heads tour where Fripp and Bruford saw him, so I wonder when and how to was decided that he would be the lead singer of 'Discipline'.

    • @MemskiBobSki
      @MemskiBobSki Месяц назад +6

      He gave us Discipline. Great writer, singer and guitarist.

    • @talastra
      @talastra Месяц назад +2

      A throwback to the Roy Orbison school of crooning.

    • @jamesmorris9816
      @jamesmorris9816 Месяц назад +12

      As to Adrian voice, I went to high school with him, he’s always had a great voice, anything he hears he can sing or play, always could.

    • @yournamehere6719
      @yournamehere6719 Месяц назад +5

      @@Electricshrock With T-Heads, Adrian did some back-up harmonies. With Frank Zappa, Adrian famously did "City of Tiny Lights", so it was apparent he could sing.

  • @davedecker1725
    @davedecker1725 Месяц назад +941

    AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ADRIAN SING FRAME BY FRAME AND MATTAE KUDASAI??
    His voice is sublime!

    • @mootbooxle
      @mootbooxle Месяц назад +36

      Frame by Frame transports me to another world…I look forward to hearing him sing it live again!

    • @TheBritomart
      @TheBritomart Месяц назад +21

      A rare, freakish talent- his voice is as incredible as his playing.

    • @Tacko14
      @Tacko14 Месяц назад +16

      He’s done Frame and E with the Dutch National Philharmonic and they’re both on yt. Totally worth a listen

    • @4ctmam
      @4ctmam Месяц назад +12

      To be fair he's been singing Frame By Frame on almost every solo show in the last fifteen years and MK would also ocassionally make appearences. But yeah, exquisite singer.

    • @Bob-of-Zoid
      @Bob-of-Zoid Месяц назад +3

      No you're not, and I have no clue what all has to be wrong with your head to think it's even possible for you to be the only one! BTW, his voice and having written the stuff to it is what made Frame by Frame, and a whole lot of other songs so freaking good.

  • @7dmediamusic
    @7dmediamusic Месяц назад +812

    We are honored to hear Steve talk about our "songbook" In this interview and that both Steve and Danny are using our scorebooks to rehearse for the upcoming BEAT tour. We were also happy to give Rick a copy before this interview. Both King Crimson scorebooks are available exclusively through 7d Media.

    • @michael1
      @michael1 Месяц назад +38

      We can look forward to the "what makes king crimson great" video where Rick pretends he's working it out by ear live...

    • @giork2828
      @giork2828 Месяц назад +28

      @@michael1 he doesn't pretend anything. Any adult under 90 (except The Big Guy) knows most of RUclips is worked on and scripted before the video is recorded & edited.

    • @JariSchroderus
      @JariSchroderus Месяц назад +20

      I got the score books as a christmas present from my wife❤. There’s enough interesting guitar lines for me to learn for the rest of my life. 😅

    • @guitarslim56
      @guitarslim56 Месяц назад +11

      @@giork2828 Most of RUclips is recorded before it's uploaded. Except for the live stuff.

    • @joesosa41
      @joesosa41 Месяц назад +7

      I purchased the first press as soon as it was announced. My favorite songbook ever and still getting my brain around some of the genius of this music on paper

  • @davidguthrie3739
    @davidguthrie3739 Месяц назад +167

    Striking how polite and humble all of these musical giants are. No one speaks over anyone else.

    • @ChuckWortman
      @ChuckWortman Месяц назад +9

      They sound like college professors, not the 1% of 1% of the greatest musicians ever!

    • @1xayekim
      @1xayekim Месяц назад +14

      Its a lesson to up and coming musicians. People think attitude gets you places... Yeah it will... in the short term... but being humble. respectful and honest is going to put you into a LONG career.

    • @markusaurelius777
      @markusaurelius777 Месяц назад +1

      @@1xayekim Very well said !!!

    • @rickhambleton6441
      @rickhambleton6441 Месяц назад +3

      Intelligent people

    • @BobSacamano666
      @BobSacamano666 Месяц назад

      Adrian is a very down to earth guy

  • @kevindudley9617
    @kevindudley9617 Месяц назад +54

    Those three 80's King Crimson albums are pure magic. I will never forget the first time that I heard Elephant Talk as a kid back in the 80's.

  • @craigallstott3363
    @craigallstott3363 Месяц назад +622

    Dude… you are crushing it with these interviews.

  • @williemammoth11
    @williemammoth11 Месяц назад +393

    Steve Via asking Danny Carey "say that again' about playing with Jeff Buckley is pure class and respect.

    • @Fearzero
      @Fearzero Месяц назад +7

      Buckley via Carey.

    • @andresmarin5328
      @andresmarin5328 Месяц назад +3

      I don´t find it in the interview, maybe I´ve skipped it and can´t find it. Can you please point the minute?

    • @kayessGuitars
      @kayessGuitars Месяц назад

      @@andresmarin532836:00

    • @maslav_
      @maslav_ Месяц назад +18

      ​@@andresmarin5328 36:12

    • @dukeemzworth3005
      @dukeemzworth3005 Месяц назад +27

      From 1988 to 1989, Jeff Buckley played in a band called The Wild Blue Yonder that included future Tool drummer Danny Carey and bassist John Humphrey.

  • @joemusicman64
    @joemusicman64 Месяц назад +132

    Did anyone take note of what Steve Vai said at 59:13? "You choose how you want to feel and then you decide the story attached to it". This guy is more than a guitarist/artist/performer. He's like a spiritual master. No joke. He always has these interesting philosophies he shares in his interviews. The guy has some depth. And on a more pertinent level, cool that Adrian put this together. I hope they come to my town.

    • @kennethhacker3014
      @kennethhacker3014 Месяц назад +2

      Well said

    • @TheKentuckyNightmare
      @TheKentuckyNightmare Месяц назад +2

      Yep, I noticed that, too, and also thought it was pretty profound.

    • @glossocc3872
      @glossocc3872 Месяц назад +1

      I did notice that! Thought to myself: Right out of a mindfulness mediation seminar!

    • @billyboblillybob344
      @billyboblillybob344 Месяц назад +4

      He's a funny guy on top of it all. His story of how he joined Zappa is hilarious.

    • @vedranmedic8695
      @vedranmedic8695 Месяц назад +2

      You're right. Go check his you tube channel, there are video s on spirituality

  • @jerryballard371
    @jerryballard371 Месяц назад +66

    Adrian’s explanation of how the poly meters of the guitar parts in Frame By Frame loop is brilliant.

    • @johnmichaelson9173
      @johnmichaelson9173 27 дней назад

      I was playing bass in this new band & this night we were in London staying at this producer's mews house & the tv was on. King Crimson playing Frame by Frame, it had only just come out. I've never felt so inadequate as a musician. They were just on another level & Bellew singing while playing those time signatures, just wow.

  • @erikhamer2792
    @erikhamer2792 Месяц назад +102

    Danny Carey is just so happy to be there listening to the stories behind the music he always loved

  • @GabrielFreitas30
    @GabrielFreitas30 Месяц назад +293

    Man, can't wrap my head that Tony is 77 and is still rockin. Amazing

    • @John-the-Bass
      @John-the-Bass Месяц назад +4

      And why not?

    • @andrewlaitres9080
      @andrewlaitres9080 Месяц назад +27

      I did an album with Steve Hackett band singer Nad Sylvan a few years ago and Tony played on several songs. A legend.

    • @steveg1700
      @steveg1700 Месяц назад +1

      Wasn't that him on quads skating in that commercial that kept bumping into the interview? LOL! 😄

    • @MuchoArigato
      @MuchoArigato Месяц назад

      😮

    • @Curious0ne
      @Curious0ne Месяц назад +4

      Tony is an amazing musician and such a nice guy! I got to meet him last month when he played in Chattanooga with Stick Men! Genuinely one of my favorite players!

  • @ZVvereVvolf
    @ZVvereVvolf Месяц назад +28

    Danny is so quiet, respectful and appears to be in total awe.

  • @MycontentisgoldJerryGold
    @MycontentisgoldJerryGold Месяц назад +35

    Rick Beato is 61, and he's the baby of this group. Rick, Steve Vai, and Danny Carey are of similar ages, but the other two are each more than 10 years older. Adrian Belew is 74, and Tony Levin is 77.

    • @fchrisgrimm
      @fchrisgrimm Месяц назад +5

      I would never guess that Danny is 62, but then again, I would never guess that I'm 60.

    • @LarsBjerregaard
      @LarsBjerregaard Месяц назад

      Yeah, that's unreal.

    • @rabbimeyer
      @rabbimeyer 18 дней назад +1

      @@fchrisgrimm I looked him up because I figured he was at least ten years younger than he is!

  • @retromancer8262
    @retromancer8262 Месяц назад +169

    "oh I played in a country band with Jeff"..... what a thing to just throw out there. amazing.

    • @JohnnyCotts
      @JohnnyCotts Месяц назад +15

      Check out Rick's one-on-one interview with Danny. He explains how he had a studio before Tool began, and he played with Jeff, as well as Carole King and others. I highly recommend the Danny interview.

    • @peterjobrien6714
      @peterjobrien6714 Месяц назад +4

      I also loved Steve Via's reaction to it. Amazing Interview.

  • @trafalgerdavis7839
    @trafalgerdavis7839 Месяц назад +292

    There's probably 200 years of combined studio, touring and musicianship in that group. Crazy.

    • @godparticle4883
      @godparticle4883 Месяц назад +9

      And if they stand on each other's shoulders they're at least 25 feet tall.

    • @jeromethiel4323
      @jeromethiel4323 Месяц назад +7

      Reminds me of the " Travelling Wilbury's." Bring together amazing musicians who all respect each other, and let the magic happen.

  • @andrewphilips2457
    @andrewphilips2457 Месяц назад +21

    "You choose how you want to feel and then you decide the story attached to it." -Deep words by Vai.

  • @TheMazzimM
    @TheMazzimM Месяц назад +16

    Beato is becoming the gravitational singularity for the greatest music and musicians

  • @igorstrzalkowski
    @igorstrzalkowski Месяц назад +238

    Rick is changing what music content is. Look at this 1hr conversation.... nobody can touch this content and orchestrate this conversation on this level. Rick, you're the Beatles of content creation for music, thank you.
    And about this lineup, no words... living legends that are so humble and nice. You can't find 4 guys who love music like these.

    • @charlesboucher9533
      @charlesboucher9533 Месяц назад +2

      Rick knows and loves music and he stays out of the way, letting the musicians go deep
      The result is more of a dialog than just an interview.

    • @igorstrzalkowski
      @igorstrzalkowski Месяц назад +6

      @charlesboucher9533 agree partially, he made sure every member present got involved directing them the right question at the right time. Then they spoke their mind, the interview feels perfect, zero awkwardness. This takes a lot of intelligence and personal touch. But I agree he knows music and knows how to let them speak instead of interrupting them, and he knows music on such a high level that whatever technicality they go on about he can comment and ask further questions to keep each subject going.

    • @glossocc3872
      @glossocc3872 Месяц назад

      I agree. Rick shows the difference a specialist can make when conducting an interview. He is a great musician and producer in his own right and knows just what to ask to make musician feel comfortable.

  • @ThymeKeeper
    @ThymeKeeper Месяц назад +453

    OMG. What a lineup to play ANYTHING.

    • @Box_Son
      @Box_Son Месяц назад +55

      They could play scrabble and I'd still watch them do it

    • @JeffLearman
      @JeffLearman Месяц назад +15

      I hope they capture the spirit of the originals but don't limit themselves to reproduction and let their creativity come out. But given who it is I doubt that's a big worry.

    • @pfzt
      @pfzt Месяц назад +1

      ANYTHING? I wouldn't let them play ACDC or The Ramones. But to be fair, i don't know anyone who can cover those two, interestingly enough everyone fails at that.

    • @jonnykhatru
      @jonnykhatru Месяц назад +5

      Honestly I kinda wish they'd try making something original instead of wheeling out the oldies, a mix of the oldies and some new improvisational stuff would perfect in fact

    • @SaltpeterTaffy
      @SaltpeterTaffy Месяц назад +1

      @@pfzt I like Scratch 21's cover of Big Balls. It's more winky in its humor, but the spirit is there.

  • @stormbringercoming8105
    @stormbringercoming8105 Месяц назад +25

    How can one NOT get psyched about this tour?
    Almost too good to be true.

  • @linnstr8609
    @linnstr8609 Месяц назад +27

    The humility on all of these virtuoso musicians is amazing. I can really tell Steve is enthusiastic about this and views it as a challenge.

  • @BrianGallamore
    @BrianGallamore Месяц назад +357

    The world would love to hear an album of original music from this line up!

    • @Bob-of-Zoid
      @Bob-of-Zoid Месяц назад +32

      Now that would be something to look forward to. Not that the 80's King Crimson wasn't already mind bending, but man that kind of music may still have new and great places to go!

    • @vonclod123
      @vonclod123 Месяц назад +10

      Hell yes!

    • @kjh111059mckooster
      @kjh111059mckooster Месяц назад +10

      Agreed.
      Honestly, that excites me more than the KC stuff, and that's very exciting itself.
      I do wish they'd play a couple of Thrak tunes too; my favorite KC album

    • @HalfHeartedFanatic
      @HalfHeartedFanatic Месяц назад +12

      I agree. However, I'd prefer to see Belew in Fripp's role as the creative leader - doing things HIS way, in other words. Belew has such a great balance of accessibility and weirdness.

    • @lynby6231
      @lynby6231 Месяц назад +3

      To me King Crimson is a British band but this is an all American line up????

  • @AlainGibeau
    @AlainGibeau Месяц назад +257

    The talent reunited in that room is off the charts...

  • @jamesgoddard2321
    @jamesgoddard2321 Месяц назад +25

    An all-star lineup being emulated by another all-star lineup. Getting Danny Carey to play Bruford’s parts was sheer genius. This is going to be a fun show to watch.

    • @yukas1ngas
      @yukas1ngas 4 часа назад

      Funny thing that KC came from all English on start to English/American in Discipline and now all American ;)

  • @jamesbatcho
    @jamesbatcho Месяц назад +196

    This is bonkers. That 80s band is one of the greatest quartets in prog history. These 4 are perfect to refresh the lineup. I cannot wait to hear these guys bash it out together.

  • @jnh73
    @jnh73 Месяц назад +358

    Man, the older Steve's body gets the younger his soul becomes, I swear. He's just as excited as the rest of us, as are Adrian, Danny, and Tony. What a lineup, what incredible music, can't wait for this!

    • @gerimayawhyte154
      @gerimayawhyte154 Месяц назад +20

      Steve and his wife sat behind me and my mom at a Todd Rundgren show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles about a year and a half ago. He was just as stocked as anyone else in the room. Could tell he was having a great time.

    • @KeithRowley
      @KeithRowley Месяц назад

      I've not really known a lot about Steve Vai other than his guitar-god status (I'm not a guitarist). But I agree that he seems like a really cool, genuine person. I loved his take on the new social media landscape -- "I think it's important that you choose how to take it." That flexibility and the conscious choice to move forward and continue to learn really impressed me. @@gerimayawhyte154

    • @rlm4471
      @rlm4471 Месяц назад +1

      Steve is a beautiful person. I've learned so much from listening to him talk about music and life.

  • @honkynel
    @honkynel Месяц назад +13

    Band interviews have certainly gotten better since the early days. Thank you Rick.

  • @artsmith5317
    @artsmith5317 Месяц назад +7

    When you listen to Discipline, you get a sense of how influential it was on Tool’s sound. Amazing album and way ahead of its time.

  • @TappySapJr98
    @TappySapJr98 Месяц назад +187

    Danny's choice to wear the 'Beat' shirt in his 1 on 1 interview makes so much sense now 😆

    • @chickeastwater9883
      @chickeastwater9883 Месяц назад +6

      Same place, his Studio, wonder if Danny Carey interview was before or after , this REVEAL interview?

    • @Scorchinscotty
      @Scorchinscotty Месяц назад +1

      Noticed that!

    • @richard_from_england333
      @richard_from_england333 Месяц назад +1

      Oh God

    • @jamesgoddard2321
      @jamesgoddard2321 Месяц назад

      Right? I thought that was a great shout-out to his prog roots at the time.

    • @gurjotsingh8631
      @gurjotsingh8631 Месяц назад +2

      And in this video he chooses to wear an NBA tshirt 😂

  • @pennyantewest
    @pennyantewest Месяц назад +257

    You are the go-to interview host of this decade, Rick. Your musical knowledge, real-world experience, and curiosity have now set the standard by which all others are measured. Your guests appreciate you as a fellow musician and fans recognize the fellow fan in you. We appreciate you asking all the questions we would like to know and even the ones we would not have thought of. Rick Beato interviews are where all the music geeks unite!

    • @bobchambers1455
      @bobchambers1455 Месяц назад +10

      I agree a thousand percent!

    • @Funkybassplayer
      @Funkybassplayer Месяц назад +5

      @@bobchambers1455me too. and THE RICK BEATO SHOW. Great name. 👍🏻

    • @pennyantewest
      @pennyantewest Месяц назад +3

      @@Funkybassplayer THE RICK BEATO SHOW, does have a ring to it. Perhaps we should always refer to it as that in all future comments. 😁

    • @Funkybassplayer
      @Funkybassplayer Месяц назад +1

      @@pennyantewest yes and maybe we can talk Rick into making a show intro video with some very nice female vocals and screeching guitars and a very nice bass line. Would be so cool.

    • @SonicDykstra
      @SonicDykstra Месяц назад +4

      So true! And it matters not what kind of music geek you are. But we are musical music geeks, to be sure!

  • @roguecheddar7545
    @roguecheddar7545 Месяц назад +15

    Can we all just take a moment to congratulate Rick on the coup of an interview, posting this just before tickets dropped and interviewing them before anyone else? This is what makes Rick great. ;)

  • @CuriousKitchen
    @CuriousKitchen Месяц назад +5

    Rick is a godsend. What a time we live in! As a music lover, we cannot ask for anyone like Rick Beato. I could have neven imagined these beautiful/enlightening talks prior to Rick's YT channel. Thank you Rick 🙏

  • @knotwilg3596
    @knotwilg3596 Месяц назад +436

    What a line-up !!!!!!!
    Vai casually saying "and I worked with Frank". You know what that means.

    • @davedecker1725
      @davedecker1725 Месяц назад +20

      Boot camp

    • @Kolya_Smirnov
      @Kolya_Smirnov Месяц назад +72

      Zappa also gave Adrian Belew his first big break.

    • @Bob-of-Zoid
      @Bob-of-Zoid Месяц назад +28

      If you didn't work, then there was no room for you in any of Zappa's bands! So anyone who ended up on stage with him can probably say they had to work hard for it.

    • @fredwerza3478
      @fredwerza3478 Месяц назад +26

      Frank made Vai's career possible -- but David Lee Roth put Vai on the map

    • @alfianbanjaransari4096
      @alfianbanjaransari4096 Месяц назад +3

      First name basis, baby.

  • @tullywilliams9978
    @tullywilliams9978 Месяц назад +221

    I admire Vai's sense of humility ... not that he doesn't have confidence but that he understands and appreciates music at that level of mastery is deeply personal and inimitable and not a competition of who "better".

    • @michael1
      @michael1 Месяц назад +6

      They're not easy parts. He'd have been happier if Fripp had phoned him and asked him to be the replacement for Belew in a band because then he'd only have to make a few elephant noises and sing - although the singing is sublime.

    • @thekeywitness
      @thekeywitness Месяц назад +16

      I think that sense of humility comes from his formative experiences playing with Frank who never let anyone in his band get a big head.

    • @Torpedomtb
      @Torpedomtb Месяц назад +1

      that came from his time with zappa

    • @lynby6231
      @lynby6231 Месяц назад +1

      How do you replace Gregg Lake or John Wetton? or Bill Bruford

    • @endokrin7897
      @endokrin7897 Месяц назад +2

      Steve's humility?? Hard to pickup his humility when he's speaking 95% of the time. 🤨🙄

  • @SkelatorRevisited
    @SkelatorRevisited Месяц назад +10

    Been a huge 80’s Crimson Fan all my life. I’m super impressed by just listening to Steve. What an articulate cool guy. Can’t wait from hear him join the musical discussion on stage.

  • @NoahWolfe
    @NoahWolfe Месяц назад +17

    The sheer amount of monumental talent and historical significance in this room is mind boggling. I would in no way shape or form be able to conduct this interview, I think I would spontaneously combust. THANK YOU RICK!!

  • @Miguel-un1vh
    @Miguel-un1vh Месяц назад +181

    Glad that Fripp has given his blessing. This era of Crimson is my favourite.

    • @colinburroughs9871
      @colinburroughs9871 Месяц назад +10

      Nice for the fans, but honestly, who cares what he thinks about this group. He did Ade dirty moving him out for a cover band player.

    • @Miguel-un1vh
      @Miguel-un1vh Месяц назад +25

      @@colinburroughs9871Fripp is a strong personality to put it diplomatically, I don’t like how he treats his former bandmates sometimes, but Crimson is Fripp and Fripp is Crimson.

    • @MarceloKatayama
      @MarceloKatayama Месяц назад +16

      ​@@colinburroughs9871Don't think it's fair to write Jakko out as just a 'cover band player". Sure, he played in a Krim "cover band", but it was one that included original members of the group. Not to mention that Jakko is a well established artist already, and he had even done a project with Fripp and Mel Collins before joining the reformed Crimson.

    • @colinburroughs9871
      @colinburroughs9871 Месяц назад +9

      @@Miguel-un1vh I understand that to a point, but I also think that if that was as true as Fripp kind of claims, this band wouldn't be happening. The 80's band kept the brand alive for Fripp, but Adrian is clearly the reason those records happened. Kind of dichotomous, but within that I feel Adrians thumbprint on Crimson from 1981 on was important enough that it motivates my take on this point.

    • @colinburroughs9871
      @colinburroughs9871 Месяц назад +6

      @@MarceloKatayama Schizoid band was good and all, but Jakko's standing in all of this isn't that of someone who wrote a note of the relevant material, vs Adrian who's the primary song writer of 6 studio records. It's hard to separate him from that. Crimson always had been about doing the next thing until it was time to do 1972 again (which was fine, but at the expense of Adrian didn't work for me- not that anyone cares what I think about this in any real sense.. hah).

  • @blakesadler
    @blakesadler Месяц назад +191

    With all of these interviews Rick keeps being able to get, I'm convinced that he's the man to interview the reformed Spinal Tap

    • @facelessandnameless
      @facelessandnameless Месяц назад +11

      That would be incredible 😅

    • @MehYam2112
      @MehYam2112 Месяц назад +26

      Depends whether they can find a drummer

    • @Joe-mz6dc
      @Joe-mz6dc Месяц назад +4

      @MehYam2112 Apparently they keep blowing up.

    • @KeithRowley
      @KeithRowley Месяц назад

      Yeah, Rick'd need to wear a hazmat suit for a Spinal Tap interview!@@Joe-mz6dc

    • @michael1
      @michael1 Месяц назад

      It's the audience that get the interviews. They'd go on Mr Beast's channel if he'd let them.

  • @eracer1111
    @eracer1111 Месяц назад +4

    I'm normally bored by interviews, and have little patience for RUclips videos longer than 10 minutes.
    I wanted this one to last another hour.
    Thank you all for giving us this gift. I bought two tickets to the Tampa show. Taking my nephew, who is a guitarist, and who appreciates the complexity of real musicianship like this.

  • @HolidayRips
    @HolidayRips Месяц назад +8

    5TH ROW SEATS SECURED LFG THIS IS ALREADY A LEGENDARY TOUR BEFORE A NOTE HAS BEEN PLAYED!!!!! amazing interview RB

  • @cjcurcio
    @cjcurcio Месяц назад +85

    Vai is perfect for this: not only is he a master player/composer, he's a superb student and learns so quickly!

  • @blahboy68
    @blahboy68 Месяц назад +48

    Oh, and Tony Levin turns 78 this June. Flipping amazing!!

  • @reubenstanley6393
    @reubenstanley6393 Месяц назад +4

    Please come and tour the UK guys! Saw the original line up in London 1981, my best ever gig.

  • @mameokhun4319
    @mameokhun4319 Месяц назад +2

    Rick Beato has become such a music journalistic powerhouse, pure quality content consistently!

  • @coreyalyn2249
    @coreyalyn2249 Месяц назад +52

    You can tell these guys are the best pros because they LISTEN and respect what each person has to say. An example of how we should all be

  • @GoDrex
    @GoDrex Месяц назад +107

    My older brother liked King Crimson, and one day in 1982 we found the Discipline album in a record store and he bought it without knowing anything about it. We listened to it an immediately fell in love with it. It's still one of my all time favorite albums and it never aged for me. It was so far ahead of it's time and to me it is timeless.

    • @ryanand154
      @ryanand154 Месяц назад +1

      Bill Bruford plays your Tool records.

    • @michael1
      @michael1 Месяц назад +1

      @@ryanand154 I wondered who it was - because he leaves our kitchen light on and has been eating toast.

    • @ryanand154
      @ryanand154 Месяц назад +1

      Great record. Serious players.

    • @MB-uw6eh
      @MB-uw6eh Месяц назад

      The magic of Crimson.

  • @goon-705
    @goon-705 Месяц назад +4

    The 80's lineup of KC is one of my favorite sounds and I was incredibly dismayed when I heard their weren't any tour dates in Washington, but I am still very pleased BEAT is a thing now.

  • @semanj
    @semanj Месяц назад +4

    Adrian Belew; top button, no socks. Just perfect.

  • @alessandroardolino5867
    @alessandroardolino5867 Месяц назад +116

    Bring this to Europe!!

  • @nandopelusi7699
    @nandopelusi7699 Месяц назад +60

    Steve Vai is very insightful about the context, purpose, and function of music. Plus, he's a compelling guitarist, so this lineup looks really promising.

    • @Lexy-O
      @Lexy-O Месяц назад +1

      I always include Vai & Fripp in my discussions of amazing guitarists

  • @ZachJenkins
    @ZachJenkins Месяц назад +12

    Started listening to King Crimson because of this interview. This is exciting. Thank you!

    • @talastra
      @talastra Месяц назад +1

      That is bizarrely ass-backwards :) Did you watch this just because of Beato, or something else? How did this get in your feed? Enjoy the music! (Check out the Projekct X disc, the whole thing, not just "Heaven and Hell"; an under-celebrated gem in the KC catalog.)

    • @MoviesNStuff
      @MoviesNStuff Месяц назад +4

      You're in for a ride man, there's a lot of music to listen to. King Crimson never made a bad song

    • @ZachJenkins
      @ZachJenkins Месяц назад +2

      @@talastra I'm subscribed to Rick. I love TOOL so seeing Danny Carey in the video caught my attention. Past three days have been full of Beat, Three of a Perfect Pair, and Discipline. This stuff is sick!

    • @talastra
      @talastra Месяц назад

      @@MoviesNStuff Oh come on. The "free jazz" noodling in Moonchild is awful. Islands is not worthy of King Crimson. No, I happen like ThrakAttaKc. Cadence and Cascade, while contrasting, is dull; so is the analogous song on the next (or previous) album. Book of Saturday is pretty marginal. Earthbound is again unworthy. The last album had some snoozers. Talking Drum and Sheltering Sky are merely okay.
      You might notice a pattern. I don't like when KC attempt schmaltz. There are plenty of other bands for that, and ones who do it much better.
      That said, the 40th Anniversary USA (with Starless and Fracture) is peak music to my ears. The ProjeKcts are super-cool (not as much 2, why put Adrian on drums), Level 5 is supririsngly good. As I've already noted, I really dig ProjeKct X. One must listen to Fripp's Exposure also.

    • @talastra
      @talastra Месяц назад

      @@ZachJenkins "Elephant Talk," "Frame by Frame," "Matte Kudasai," "Neal and Jack and Me," "The Howler," "Requiem," "Satori in Tangiers," "Three of a Perfect Pair," "Nuages (that Which Passes like Coulds)," [all of side 2, or the "right"/industrial] side.
      To introduce yourself to the original Crimson (people will says Larks, Starless, Red), just listen to a 40th or 30th Anniversary version of the live album USA (one with Starless and Fracture on it). A live album as great as Van der Graaf Generator's Vital, and Kansas' Two for the Show; if I had to have only one KC, it would be this (or ProjeKct X, which is probably a strange choice for fans). For some other songs, find the live version of Level 5 online, Happy With What you Have to be Happy With, Dinosaur, the albums ProjeKcts 1, 3, and 4 (especially 3 and 4), and ProjeKct X (the whole thing, not just the song "Heaven and Hell"), Robert Fripp's solo album Exposure, the song "Carrying No Cross" by UK (with KC alum), the album The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior (Fripp and Bill Rieflin), there's stuff that Bruford & Levin did called "BLUE" (with Mark Isham, cornet player, I think, and David Torn?!?), Fripp also solos on some early Van der Graaf Generator, and one should always listen to VDGG (though I'm biased).

  • @hemibass
    @hemibass Месяц назад +3

    I really hope they come to the UK....

  • @oxossidomorro1056
    @oxossidomorro1056 Месяц назад +92

    Rick, your channel is the most precious piece of music history gathering on the whole internet.

  • @lionoftwo
    @lionoftwo Месяц назад +28

    Steven Wilson should produce a record of these guys in the future. God Bless SW. Great line-up!

  • @stephanlandshuter5237
    @stephanlandshuter5237 Месяц назад +3

    Hope they add a European leg of this tour. What a line-up of musical demi-gods. How could anyone at the age of 77 be so youthful and cool like Tony Levin.

  • @scoot88
    @scoot88 Месяц назад +47

    I love how casual Danny is.
    Such a great guy.

    • @berniex2
      @berniex2 Месяц назад +1

      I've met him twice. First back stage at RTF in 2008 and in the lobby at the Wiltern for Todd Rundgren. Super nice guy. Funny, we talked about Ultravox. I was surprised he liked them.

    • @scoot88
      @scoot88 Месяц назад +2

      @@berniex2 I'm not a drummer but to me his kit has to be one of the most serious and technical kits around.

  • @thekingofbohemia1
    @thekingofbohemia1 Месяц назад +105

    Four monumental musicians and I did not hear one second of ego. Can't wait for this tour! I'm 73 y/o. This is bucket-list stuff!

    • @KeithRowley
      @KeithRowley Месяц назад +5

      Exactly -- I was so impressed with each musician's frankness and genuineness. No egos. Just 5 music lovers excited about talking about this new project that's paying tribute to some classic, timeless music.

    • @MrEnsiferum77
      @MrEnsiferum77 Месяц назад +1

      Still liberals.

    • @Marta1Buck
      @Marta1Buck Месяц назад +5

      ​@@MrEnsiferum77and?

    • @MrEnsiferum77
      @MrEnsiferum77 Месяц назад

      @@Marta1Buck crap reunion

    • @markwalker112
      @markwalker112 Месяц назад +5

      @MrEnsiferum77
      Your negativity didn’t put a dent in my enjoyment of this video and the comments. Best wishes to you.

  • @08c6vette
    @08c6vette Месяц назад +2

    Was never a big Crimson fan but with this lineup I will have to check it out.

  • @darthmorbous
    @darthmorbous 11 дней назад +1

    Belew...Talkin' Heads, King Crimson, Bowie, Zappa... what a LEGEND!

  • @kiptanaka
    @kiptanaka Месяц назад +28

    Tony Levin: "I've played with a lot of players who are a lot better than me." Really? I'm not sure that's possible. Different sure, but better? Hard to imagine. What an amazing guy, so genuinely humble about being one of the all time greats.

    • @talastra
      @talastra Месяц назад +1

      He means when he started.

    • @iotasoda7240
      @iotasoda7240 Месяц назад +2

      Tony is a national treasure . Can’t wait.

  • @jleisner1974
    @jleisner1974 Месяц назад +40

    looks like we're coming back to the era of truly talented musicians having a face made for radio. about damn time.

  • @bikershark9
    @bikershark9 Месяц назад +2

    Those are my favorite KC albums, I wish they were coming to PDX

  • @Watashiwaa
    @Watashiwaa 5 дней назад

    Tony Levin is always a pleasure to see live. The most sincere, humble and highest class of musician today

  • @_left_eye
    @_left_eye Месяц назад +61

    I love how they are planning the whole thing but still haven’t played a single chord all together. It smells like teenage excitement, with a reason

    • @ericpeterson7512
      @ericpeterson7512 Месяц назад +2

      I love that too. These are four of the greatest musicians on the planet, and they're gonna have to fly by the seat of their pants to get this right. You know every one of them will approach it with a level of dedication most of us can only dream about.

    • @_left_eye
      @_left_eye Месяц назад +1

      @@ericpeterson7512 I see the point!
      Btw.. the concert KC played in Roma some 20 years ago still remains the most impressive one I’ve ever experienced

  • @prince13896
    @prince13896 Месяц назад +23

    Danny's digging the interview even more than Rick. He must be having such a blast preparing for the tour. What an honor!

  • @MrJro2
    @MrJro2 Месяц назад +4

    What a treat for the KC camp! And what a treat for us all, having Rick conduct a proper, in depth, interview with these legends still so heavily devoted to their craft.

  • @MrDarilon23
    @MrDarilon23 Месяц назад +5

    I saw Adrian Belew touring in the 80s in Victoria BC. He had many pedals, multiple guitars with different tuning and it was incredible watching him play. I got to hang out with him a bit after the gig and he's such a great down to earth guy.

  • @TheBritomart
    @TheBritomart Месяц назад +48

    Rick is a musician’s best interviewer, he knows what he’s talking about & what questions to ask.

    • @struedel25
      @struedel25 Месяц назад +2

      He was able to draw out Maynard!

    • @JasonSmith-jr7jh
      @JasonSmith-jr7jh Месяц назад +5

      Imagine some elitist present day "journalist" from Rolling Stone conducting this.
      (Emphasis on 'Imagine')

    • @deadinthewater218
      @deadinthewater218 Месяц назад +3

      Let’s say it together….and let’s them talk.

    • @iotasoda7240
      @iotasoda7240 Месяц назад +1

      Word

  • @NoBody-xg1wg
    @NoBody-xg1wg Месяц назад +52

    "Two Hands," one of the most beautiful songs ever written..

  • @VictoriaLarson-bv2vf
    @VictoriaLarson-bv2vf Месяц назад +1

    God please come to Colorado when touring,, whata killer line up,, hope to see the best show ever...

  • @lameplanet
    @lameplanet Месяц назад +1

    Adrian Belew comes across as such a nice guy whenever you hear him speak.

  • @demonicsweaters
    @demonicsweaters Месяц назад +35

    DUDE, I CANNOT WAIT to see Vai play King Crimson! This is going to be amazing!

  • @wordsmith_ed8365
    @wordsmith_ed8365 Месяц назад +24

    one striking thing becomes clearer with every interview. those guys know him, they watch his stuff, and the are appreciative about the stuff and the person.

  • @cjg6364
    @cjg6364 15 дней назад +1

    The number of very successful bands represented by these four world class musicians is simply staggering. I can't think of a better lineup to help celebrate the music of King Crimson at its zenith in the early 1980s.

  • @darrendohertymusic
    @darrendohertymusic Месяц назад +5

    I got into King Crimson through Tool so my head is almost ready to explode watching this. Please let the universe deliver us a few European dates.

    • @lw1zfog
      @lw1zfog Месяц назад

      if they do, hopefully it’ll be in some nice sized venues with decent sonics rather than the enormodome

    • @Faltor895
      @Faltor895 28 дней назад

      I'm going to ask my loaf of bread to deliver us a few European dates too. The same thing as saying the universe. It's an OBJECT.

  • @SaabJitsu
    @SaabJitsu Месяц назад +42

    Satch playing EVH and Vai playing Fripp. We all better buckle up and get ready to have our minds melted.

  • @nickm.9474
    @nickm.9474 Месяц назад +32

    I was fortunate enough to do monitors for Adrian for a couple shows. My gosh what a genius. And an absolute sweetheart of a person. Hope I can catch one of these shows.

  • @Leeming1989
    @Leeming1989 Месяц назад +17

    The question is will Steve Vai be sitting down or standing up?

  • @AvatarKnownAsNathanielPeters
    @AvatarKnownAsNathanielPeters Месяц назад +3

    Thank you all for sharing all this with us. ❤

  • @markkempton4579
    @markkempton4579 Месяц назад +74

    Holy crap. This is the concert event of the year and you have the first interview! Proof that quality wins out!

  • @edwinniz
    @edwinniz Месяц назад +21

    I love how Vai understand new generations, with tiktok and people recording. He just doesnt put barriers and just assimilate the times.

  • @keithhoughton4308
    @keithhoughton4308 Месяц назад +2

    I could listen to five hours of these guys. So many stories between them.

  • @Lectric_Blue
    @Lectric_Blue Месяц назад +4

    Wow! That was great. Rick, you are just getting better and better at producing wonderful interviews like this. These gems of today will be tomorrow's 'must watch' classics. Well done.

  • @andrewkratz226
    @andrewkratz226 Месяц назад +16

    The knowledge, teaching, playing, recording and interviews Rick has now done… he should be in the R&R hall of fame

    • @ericpeterson7512
      @ericpeterson7512 Месяц назад +2

      Dude, he IS the R&R HOF! Actually he's a lot better than that sham outfit. The so-called HOF is kinda an embarrassment tbh. If these five guys were judges it would have a lot more integrity.

    • @andrewkratz226
      @andrewkratz226 Месяц назад

      Yea agreed, good point.

  • @accidentalpatient4152
    @accidentalpatient4152 Месяц назад +40

    Bet that's so nice for Danny, all his biggest dreams come true!

    • @nathanmeans1548
      @nathanmeans1548 Месяц назад +17

      He kinda just seems to be sitting there amazed that he's a part of this group. I mean, he's certainly got the ability, but two of the originals of that era plus Vai... he must feel like the luckiest drummer in the world this year.

    • @struedel25
      @struedel25 Месяц назад +1

      I love Danny's drumming in Tool, but I wonder what this would sound like with Bill Buford.

  • @FiveFourGuy
    @FiveFourGuy Месяц назад +2

    So psyched to see these lads at the Beacon this fall.

  • @jeremysimpson3865
    @jeremysimpson3865 22 дня назад +2

    For Adrian Belew to say that he couldn't imagine playing with any other drummer than Danny is the ultimate complement.

  • @ralelunar
    @ralelunar Месяц назад +114

    I'm freaking out that Tony Levin is sitting next to Rick, that's amazing

    • @user-po3ir2tx5z
      @user-po3ir2tx5z Месяц назад +7

      His 2nd degree connection to Peter Gabriel!

    • @drssexy2142
      @drssexy2142 Месяц назад +4

      need some tissues?

    • @Bob-of-Zoid
      @Bob-of-Zoid Месяц назад +9

      Why? I've hung out with Tony a few times, he's just a really cool guy: I know many of those.

    • @_joeMelfi
      @_joeMelfi Месяц назад +2

      Freaked Tony’s sitting next Danny!

    • @pfzt
      @pfzt Месяц назад +9

      @@user-po3ir2tx5z So Gabriel next on Beato? 😃

  • @stephenbarrosse831
    @stephenbarrosse831 Месяц назад +21

    Jesus Christ Rick... You sir are on a roll.

  • @KennethDonnellyStargazer21
    @KennethDonnellyStargazer21 13 дней назад +1

    This is a real treat.. Steve is such a cool, laid-back and humble guy, it's easy to remember how brilliant he is 👽

  • @insignal2806
    @insignal2806 26 дней назад

    Incredible interview!! Much love to all❤❤❤

  • @aiwass84
    @aiwass84 Месяц назад +24

    You can sense the respect they have for each other + towards Rick too ....Amazing 🙏

    • @KeithRowley
      @KeithRowley Месяц назад +1

      Yes, for sure. The mutual respect, the mutual love of those classic three KC albums. Fantastic interview.

  • @NytronX
    @NytronX Месяц назад +21

    My body is ready. Just bought Row 1, Seat 1. Presale is live folks