everything sounds like jerry was a race car driver

You realize how special Crimson is when you think that that band had simultaneously in it's lineup such beautiful madmen as Tony Levin, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp. There's no way that lineup would make "meeeeh" music

WHY ISNT IT CALLED A CHAPSTICK

"That's not hard" 🤣

So, 8 string guitar players are just trying to reinvent a 50 year old instrument. They're doing it in baby steps, though.

elephant talk??? … ELEPHANT TALK???

This is literally the first time I've ever heard Tony talk. One of the best bass players out there!

Its all talk. Commentary, Controversy, Chit Chat, Conversation, Criticism. Its only talk.

This guy is a stone cold legend. His playing with Gabriel is so inspiring!

Talk! It's oooonly taaalk

"I did that on, I think, a Peter Gabriel track"

I'd always thought Tony was British, but when I googled it (he's from Boston) what blew me away was finding out all the '70s classics in the US he played bass on. Prior to Crimson, he played with dozens of artists as a studio musician (and favorite of Bob Ezrin) including John Lennon, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Carly Simon, and Alice Cooper: that's him on "Welcome to my Nightmare," and that wicked bass line in Paul Simon's "You can call me Al" is his. I heard him play on well over a dozen hit songs back then without knowing it! He was SO prolific as a young session guy in NYC, Gabriel was in the middle of all that, and joining Crimson only slowed his studio gigging down a little. His discography is mind blowing, over 500 tracks with dozenS of artists, google THAT;)

That opening bass line on Discipline blew us all away when we first heard it! It was like the beginning of a new era. Certainly it announced very clearly that this was a new King Crimson.

Met Tony when I worked for Warner-Electra-Atlantic. Peter Gabriel was there, too. They were both lovely, normal people. Talkative and kind. The reward for their being such normal guys is that they both are extraordinary musicians.

Decade after decade, this man stays cool.

Have always loved Tony Levin. The epitome of the professional bass players. There is not a classier act anywhere.

I had NO idea my speed was at 1.5. I had just watched King Crimson do some 2 movement thing and didn't know it was on 1.5. Came here.... watched the intro and was like holy crap! Then when he spoke.... I thought.. spastic much? THEN... the dawning realization.... I had set it to 1.5 earlier and forgot. All that King Crimson stuff.... holy crap the classical thing dude did on the stick was too amazing, I though. Now I know why! hahahhaha crap.

Thumbs up if you started singing

Tony's playing on King Crimson's Beat is downright heroic.

I’ve met Tony and heard him perform. Nice guy. Brilliant. Fantastic musician.