At first I only liked 70s King Crimson.
Then I thought the Double Trio was ok, but mainly only the instrumentals.
Then I made a separate peace with the Discipline LP, by which point I kinda liked much of the vocal stuff from the Double Trio. And Beat was good.
Despite my love of 94-96 Crimson, I never got Thrakattak.
And I didn't like Construkction of Light that much. Why get a live CD by that lineup?
Within a few weeks of each other, I got a used copy of Thrakattak, and even was gobsmacked by the great reviews on this site to drop 35 bucks on Heavy Construkction (which is about a week and a half's disposable income for me with student loans and whatnot).
I have to say that I'm really digging both.
People aren't lying. The improvs by the 00-03 lineup of King Crimson are the best the band did since the '72-'74 band. And the Construkction of Light stuff sounds wayyyyy better live. (I still don't get "Deception of the Thrush", though).
As for Thrakattak, I'm loving it despite all the lapses in taste in guitar synth choices and never having really fallen in love with "Thrak" as a composition.
How does the other live stuff by the 00-03 lineup stack up?
Did they ever release a full show from 2003?
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