I have 6 months an are you RIGHT

I'd like this comment ten times if I could.

I’ve always loved it but watching my wife of 30 plus years getting it is so satisfying.

Fantastic amazing

Just like spices: once you know them, you don't want to go back to anything else

very true my dear friend

Absolutely.

already a legend

Just saw MM with the Aristocrats a few weeks ago (July 2019)in Chicago-he killed it, amazing, stole the show at times but so did Guthrie

very legendary setup for me all steven, marko guthrie are from my fav ourites i cant believe that this thing exist

There are no modern King Crimson, there are only ersatzs of King Crimson dude!

@@MegaCirse they got their own style, not erzats from nobody

Particularly when that saxophone kicks in.

I believe Wilson plays 5 string basses, if I'm not mistaken.

As an "in my dreams bass player", Stanley Clarke+Marcus Miller+Victor Wooten in SMV is pretty wild !

That keyboard intro is super iconic to this song

absolutely agree! Following Adams career right from the old days i put him into the first league of worldclass keyboarders and also believe, he should get much more recognition like some of the others.

he's amazing! I love his playing on the 2 albums he did with The Fents!

this quality of music is more advanced than the prog SW gave the quantum jump This is quantum rock.

Jeff Hill Right!!!

Production wise I can agree, thanks technology! However, this is just as good as something off Close to the Edge or Animals, musically, IMO

Agreed.

...and thank goodness IQ is still out there making glorious sounds like the 70's never ended...

K. Coleman Sounds cool! Can you let me know the name of one of IQ's albums or songs that I can check out please? If I search on IQ I'll have to wade thru lots of wrong links. Cheers!

Their best known album is "Subterranea", but my personal favorite is "Dark Matter". Have fun!!

+astrophonix 'Ever' is a good one too.

+astrophonix 'Ever' is a good one too.

jajaja best comment ever lol

Then I wouldn't be able to make the football analogy man...!

Wadsmitter not as well known but still great

1st time on an SW/PT tour...Holy Shit is that who's up there!!!?! GodDAMN this is some astounding music. (Where was I?)

More like Messi, Ronaldo and Iniesta/ Zlatan.

Also Mahavishnu Orchestra.

@@gauravdey9631 I was going to write that.

Don't forget Van der Graaf.

nope just steven wilson

Thanks for the heads up on the meaning, Martijn. It's one of those tunes where you sort of 'get' the gist, and when it's explained it all makes so much sense. Steve certainly captures the tone of scorn and pity and hopelessness of the Holy Drinker's life and demise!

+Martijn Martens Well the devil once went down to Georgia and lost a fiddling competition....

Reminds me of beezleboss Pick of destiny anyone?

Well, Cleric level 18 could handle a drinking contests against 4 beholders each can be as fearsome as the devil itself. This happened in dungeons and dragons online. yes I am a NERD and a Steven Wilson fan

Except of course the Devil can’t actually drink anything...

Hope you're making up for this.

Not "all the legends together" come on. Where is Al DiMeola? Neil Peart? Just to name a couple amongst hundreds. Not to say this isn't good it's VERY good, but come on. You will rue the day you said this when all the real legends are in fact together. : )

What held you back?

And yet, you don't list the incomparable Guthrie Goven...even though he's in this video!!

+Jamie Clarke Fair enough, the fact is I dont pay too much atention on guitarrists (except John Petrucci)... but Guthrie kicks ass indeed and I respect him a lot!

petrucci WISHES he was Guthrie.....

I doubt it. Guthrie is genius but Petrucci has done his fair share of cool shredding.

not in the same league man....

+Daniel Verberne Can't snub Minnemann. As a fusion drummer myself, while I concede that his solo output has shown a fairly commonplace musical identity and sound, his technical mastery, nearly perfect time and--as far as I've seen--unrivaled limb independence make him one of the only elite-tier drummers in the world capable of keeping the hilariously labyrinthine time structures in marriage with the tone. Although Gavin Harrison is widely considered to have one of the best feels for groove, his technical repertoire is a bit more limited and noticeably less virtuosic in execution. While he may feel it a slight to be christened modern music's most gifted 'hired gun' drummer, it really isn't intended that way. Sure, SW's musical creativity and thematic bent are almost too forward-thinking and subtle for almost any music fan, and he's (in)arguably the most gifted composer in the history of modern music, his technical ability with the instruments he plays--while very high--are not of an elite tier like the others. But together, their strengths offset their individuals weaknesses and allow Steven's conceptions to truly come into existence.

True that - Marco is awesome. Hell, all the musicians here on stage are amazing and such craftsmen.

by a 1000:)

just different

NOT A CONTEST

Yeah until they do a cover and it’s BETTER than the original.

Dream who?

It's one of his best Vocal performances ever

he is great, so versatile, a great stick player..

me too

Had to wait until 2021 to hear it. I'll be 82 in two weeks and I'm glad to have lasted long enough to hear so much of Steven's creations.

@@johngrausam3988 happy anticipated birthday!

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+C20H25N3Ofya Chad Wackerman must have been the drummer then I'd imagine, he's awesome and has played with Frank Zappa.

+fuzzylogiceire had no idea chad did stuff with SW! Loved his stuff with zappa

Phat Poodles He did the second half of the Raven tour as a live drummer and it appears he played on two studio tracks as well, Happy Returns from Hand Cannot Erase and Sunday Rain Sets In From the mini-album 4 1/2. I didn't know he was on Hand Cannot Erase, thought that was all Minnemann.

+Patti Maluzenko That's Marco Minneman on drums. Chad filled in some US dates while Marco toured with Joe Satriani and his own band, the Aristocrats (with Guthrie Govan, who also appears in this video on guitar).

WHo needs lyrics ? It's not enough this mass of music mastership ???

i think you missed the point...

I'd say Maynard, but it depends on musical tastes

I gotta agree

Agreed! His ‘homage’ to Jaco, playing ‘Portrait of Tracy’ (found on his own YT channel / Cherry Red Records) ably and clearly demonstrates his mastery. I have ‘Stick Insect’ on CD. Took a LOT of finding!

This is quite refreshing. He incorporates classic prog elements from Genesis, Yes, Rush, Jethro Tull, into his music rather than the Metallica/Slayer based tripe Dream Theater uses. I prefer more groove oriented prog over the 200 mph typewriter playing. The music actually breaths rather than suffocates. DT has been making the same record for 15 years. They're tapped out. One thing that still annoys me is the silly pretentious lyrics in prog. I'd prefer if they just played and forget the singing.

IntermediateJesus Well said!

all i know is guthrie is killing it on this

IntermediateJesus my brother is a drummer whose roots were metal, mosty. he likes dt and pt as well. he also loves rush. im a pink floyd fan from long ago. i like all of them.

***** oh no! if they left out the lyrics id be lost! we all listen with a different set of ears. to me, the lyrics make me think, they create a mood. if they dont, what is the point? im a writer though, so maybe thats why. but i dont find the lyrics of pt either silly or pretentious. a little odd in some songs, but thats all. i love them mostly.