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Vrooom Vrooom [Double CD, Live]

King Crimson | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (29 Oct 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Double CD, Live
  • Label: Discipline
  • ASIN: B00005Q7G0
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 113,912 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. VROOM VROOM
2. Coda: Marine 475
3. Dinosaur
4. B'Boom
5. THRAK
6. The talking drum
7. Larks' tongues in aspic (part II)
8. Neurotica
9. Prism
10. Red
See all 12 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Conundrum
2. Thela hun ginjeet
3. Frame by frame
4. People
5. One time
6. Sex sleep eat drink dream
7. Indiscipline
8. Two sticks
9. Elephant talk
10. Three of a perfect pair
See all 14 tracks on this disc

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BBC Review

To the uninformed, a new Crimson live album is probably a pleasure that is lost in the plethora of material currently on sale (at least ten live albums!). Vroom Vroom, however, applies the pleasure principle to the max. Previously available only to the initiated (On Broadway via the collector's club and Mexico City via download), DGM have finally set these monsters loose on the unsuspecting masses. As Robert Fripp himself states: " &this is an opportunity for the wider world to get lucky and Crim-out."

The use of the phrase 'get lucky' was never more apt. Mr F always claimed that the difference between KC in the studio and live was akin to the difference between a love letter and a hot date. The grainy visceral quality of the Mexico gig is, indeed like 'going all the way' - sweaty and fleeting. Maybe audiences in Central America are less male-orientated than the normal beard-stroking devotees, but this is avant-metal at its sexiest. Fripp's measured noise, here comes across as far filthier than the norm. A dangerous ragged beast pixellated by Adrian Belew's incandescent fretwork. Witness the crushing intro to "Larks Tongues In Aspic" and the truly punishing power of "Red". All propelled by a steam-hammer rhythm section of bass players Levin and Gunn and drummers Bruford and Mastelotto.

Possibly the only criticism to level at this double set is the chronological incongruity which results in the first disc being from 1996 and the second from 1995. The second disc's set from the Longacre Theatre, Broadway shows the double trio format finding its feet on the Thrak tour - highlighting the more melodic side of their persona with the lovely "Walking On Air" and "One Time", yet still interspersed by jagged classics such as "Indiscipline". Again, as Fripp says: "It was a messy conglomerate of exceptional, exuberant, experienced and energetic talent&". Compare and contrast the thrill of the line up attempting more vertiginous numbers such as "Neurotica" on the 1996 Thrakattak tour. This is a band that is having large amounts of FUN - even dusting off the ancient history of "21st Century Schizoid Man" for one more spine-tingling ride around the block. Crimson on this superb form will always be the most intimate and dangerous encounter you could wish for. Go out and score... --Chris Jones

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Crimson rock America 18 Oct 2001
Format:Audio CD
2 discs of 2 brilliant concerts for a little more than a single CD. The band play almost faultless versions of the 90's Crimson repetoire. Dinosaur from Mexico is the abbreviated version but brighter with the 6 musicans than on Heavy Construkction. The weakest slot for me is Neurotica which gets a little too busy, but this is amply compensated by a storming Schizoid Man, althouigh the register doewsn't really fit for Belew, and the ever welcome Lark's Tongues (ii). Onto Broadway and we have more classic tracks played from the period with only B'Boom and THRAK doubled (but as they sound different each night it doesn't really matter). If you have B'Boom and are wondering whether you need another live 90's Crimson album, let reasure you, the answer is YES!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A great listen 13 Nov 2001
Format:Audio CD
To these jaded ears, the double-trio line up kicks up the storm that was slightly missing from the 'Absent Lovers' album. I've never been a great fan of Mr Belew, but for once his vocals (to say nothing of his guitar work) are absolutely spot on. other reviewers have noted that 21st C. Schizoid Man is wrong for his register. Actually, I disagree, he manages to give it the appropriate sneer (almost Johnny Rotten-esque actually!) to bring an old song to life. I can certainly understand why the six-man line-up didn't last for the long term (long term? With Crimson?!) but it was great while it lasted. I just hope that Bill and Tony's departures from the band are only temporary - I miss those guys!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I wasn't sure about buying this one - after all there are so much live KC out there now. But it is great to hear. I was pleased how different some of the versions of the live standards (thela, red etc) sound, even compared with those available with the same "double trio" line-up. Some fun improvs add to the value of this release.

Anyway, if you like 80s and 90s KC and want a definitive live set of the double trio, this is for you. And if you like this one, you'll love "Heavy Construction"...

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