#cosomusic
An observation 1/2
Went to see BEAT last night. This is basically Belew/Levin half of the 80s King Crimson with Steve Vai and Danny Carey playing most of the 80s KC catalog. Now, when you hear about a KC show you automatically think its gonna be a crowd of guys between 40 and 80 years old seated quietly for two hours while the band plays. Let me say, wow.... The crowd was raucous and enthused throughout, giving five long standing ovations and REACTING to the band's musicianship.
2/2
Looking around the very near sold out crowd, I was very happy to see a LOT of younger people. Like, millennial young. And, a large percentage of them were NOT dudes. Right behind us, there was an entire cluster of young women who knew all the words and where all the subtleties were. They were Crimson fans. And all around us old, jaded fucks, there was this wave of young people, grooving to some very challenging and avant-garde rock from 40 years ago. It was spiritual.