Good post. So yeah, don't get me wrong. I love "simple" music, I often find more complexity in minimalism if done right. It's not a competition to have the most complicated or challenging music, I just find it weird when people call Tool "complex", because it's really not. And that's not a bad thing either.
I would call certain parts of it complex. Danny's drums are certainly very complex in parts. Their overall sound is pretty riffy, but the bass has definitely been getting more complex and intertwined over the years. But I do think people tend to go overboard. I've honestly seen no fanbase as rabid as Tool.
Now King Crimson or something of that nature is definitely a lot more complex in many passages, and I think a lot of people tend to think Tool is complex because they are younger.
yeah no kidding lol. i dont think the math adds up to justify outrage.. how much extra carbon emissions exactly did this limited edition cause? its limited, so it might be less problematic than investing the same amount of money to produce regular editions (which would be much higher in numbers, increasing shipping related pollution etc). who knows? i don't.
I am someone that buys King Crimson's lavish boxsets, I don't think I can shell out for some rando shit for this deluxe. I mean for like 140 KC gives you blurays, all kinds of booklets, pictures, and about 25 discs in total for a lot of the boxsets.
This is just some random LCD shit with almost nothing of consequence. I would agree it's a waste, but it's a good idea to sell your album for a lot more money without providing much substance at all. As for waste well yeah this is a little weird. I for one am not interested in the slightest bit with this deluxe. I will pick up the main album as I do for all their albums. This is not really a deluxe to me. There is almost no extra material or anything that matters. Not a huge fan of the cover art either.
Blame King Crimson, Yes, etc.
King Crimson is a vastly superior band to most bands, and no blame should ever be placed on them for anything. They have one of the most solid discographies in all of music with some of the most talented musicians in the entire industry playing for them.
Also, the rape thing is pretty suspect, but you never know. Without more evidence it's impossible to logically verify anything. Maynard has been known to be with groupies and what not from the old days, and he is known to have done some slightly weird shit with girl press conferences or whatever at shows. But that doesn't equate to rape.
