King Crimson - C/D S/D

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just in case anyone hasn't heard dokaka.

damn, he took down his version of 'fracture'.

(Jon L), Friday, 13 February 2004 19:16 (twenty years ago) link

Haha, that looks fantastic. I wish I could listen to it at work.

Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 13 February 2004 19:20 (twenty years ago) link

four months pass...
I just got Three of a Perfect Pair... it sounds like the Talking Heads sort of!?@!?@?!@ Interesting

Jon in R'lyeh (ex machina), Sunday, 13 June 2004 01:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Fripp & Eno connection

otto, Sunday, 13 June 2004 01:30 (nineteen years ago) link

...and don't forget, Fripp played guitar on the Talking Heads track "I Zimbra" - listen to that one, then listen to KC's Discipline...hmmm...

Ernest P. (ernestp), Sunday, 13 June 2004 01:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Both my parents each just walked in and asked if I was listening to David Bryne / Talking Heads!@!@!!

Jon in R'lyeh (ex machina), Sunday, 13 June 2004 02:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Didn't Adrian Belew playing some guitar for TH too?

Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 13 June 2004 02:05 (nineteen years ago) link

(play, argh)

The 80s live album, Absent Lovers, sounds so much fuller and better than the studio ones and thus even MORE like a prog Talking Heads.

Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 13 June 2004 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link

SEARCH: the cymbal on moonchild!

fuck the 80s and 90's k.c.
it bred funk metal and you know it.

starless and bible black is probably thier last great album. and it IS great.

the song 'starless and bible black'>>>>>>>the song 'starless'

emma cleveland (emma cleveland), Sunday, 13 June 2004 03:35 (nineteen years ago) link

p.s. catfood is the jam.

joe, lets dual. haha

emma cleveland (emma cleveland), Sunday, 13 June 2004 03:37 (nineteen years ago) link

dual? do you mean like magic the gathering????

Jon in R'lyeh (ex machina), Sunday, 13 June 2004 03:45 (nineteen years ago) link

that will work.
maybe i meant joust?

emma cleveland (emma cleveland), Sunday, 13 June 2004 15:46 (nineteen years ago) link

S: Starless and BB, Red, USA
D: first two albums (dated); Islands (except "Ladies of the Road"); Lizard ("interesting" but not good); Larks' Tongues (again, some good ideas and riffs, but boring)

Their '80s stuff is even more sterile than their earlier shit, in my opinion. Hard to fault them for execution, but it sounds to me like they're just spinning their wheels with those patented riffs...

eddie hurt (ddduncan), Sunday, 13 June 2004 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link

That's the point, though! Completely sterile, phased, mindbending, interlocking guitar riffs. Except more rhythmically complicated and less distorted and before.

Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 13 June 2004 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link

As I stated some time ago on another thread, KC are up there with MC5 and Prince as the greatest acts to never release a completely satisfying LP. Lotsa B's and B+'s, the occasional A-, but nothing higher. (Obviously this is a much less relevent concern in the age of iPods & CDR burners, but nevermind.) A lot of my frustration comes from Robert Fripp's terminal tendency to downplay his own guitar playing: One of the most sonically disruptive axe maniacs EVER, he deserves the right to stretch out more than just about anyone, and (in the studio anyways), the perverse bastard always refuses! But paradoxically, that contrary streak is part of the reason I love the guy, along with his inability to play while standing and his ever-droll liner notes and various pronouncements. Honestly, the guy's a comedic genius! Always cracks me up.

Anyhow, Crimson-wise, I'll take about half of each of the early saxophone-&-Mellotron-drenched LPs, 2/3 of the mid-70s John Wetton LPs (most folks' favourites), and about 3/4 of the '80s Adrian Belew LPs - my personal favourites. Yes, it's uncharacteristic of a 70s-booster like me to prefer the 80s incarnation, but I really like those mock-Gamelan and pseudo-African/Arabic textures. Aside from bits of "Zoom" or "Thrak" or whatever, I've never really warmed up to those '90s-and-beyond Crimson LPs, but I'll probably give 'em another chance someday.

Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 00:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Myonga mostly otm (except for the Adrian Belew part).

And the song "Thrak" is just about as good as anything the mid-70s version did.

dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 01:22 (nineteen years ago) link

It sounds like Talking Heads because Belew sounds like David Byrne.

TPP is great but inconsistent. I don't like the way the vocals are mixed, making it sound like some bad '80s bargain-bin act.

New No New Age Advanced Ambient Motor Music Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, Belew should've kept his mouth and his rhyming dictionary shut. But his guitar playing really added a lot!

Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 05:40 (nineteen years ago) link

the second side of that album is really interesting, definitely different from anything else they ever did, different even from the other 80's records. i'd like more of that sound personally.

kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 05:44 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...
I can't believe how much i love Starless and Lark's Tongue In Aspic which is right now so f**king awesome, stoned. But Red I've heard yet once. Must invest.

piers (piers), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 08:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Aha! I new there was something missing from my summer other than the presence of sunshine. I'd do anything for a copy of Poseidon to listen to at lunchtime.

dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 08:52 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...
The new DGM site went live yesterday or today. Lots of downloads, lots of photos. Looks pretty nice.

I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link

two months pass...
Out of the blue, I got in the mood listen to "Elephant Talk," and now I'm listening to the rest of Discipline and, again, out of the blue, enjoying it more than I have for several years. I don't even have a good theory about it. The only thing I'm really not enjoying are the lyrics.

Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 16 February 2006 02:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Listening to Discipline again for the first time in what must be five years (and with a bit of a buzz!). And I gotta say: "The Sheltering Sky" is still so wonderful and mournfully exotic -- I'm still taken back to being 15 and having no fucking idea whatsoever as to what Fripp was playing on this.

Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 February 2006 03:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Probably a Roland guitar synthesizer on that one...

Joe (Joe), Thursday, 16 February 2006 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, it def. was (and I know b/c I bought one). It just sounded so mysterious to my ears then.

Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 February 2006 04:39 (eighteen years ago) link

SO weird. I was at a thrift store with one of my prog-hatin' buddies this morning and I came across a copy of Earthbound. He'd never heard the live "...Schizoid Man" so I actually bought the damn record and we immediately went back to my house and listened to it. The look on his face was priceless when the sounds of Fushitsusha fronted by Tom Smith hit his ears. "This isn't anything like the King Crimson I'VE heard..." ha ha ha

I LOVE playing that record for people!

Next I'll try to throw on Rush's "Passage to Bangkok!"

OK, well maybe not...one step at a time

Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Thursday, 16 February 2006 04:44 (eighteen years ago) link

I was raised on KC's Discipline album and it still remains my favourite and one of what I believe to be the best line ups. I was led to believe that KC were a session band with only Robert Fripp(an insane perfectionist!) and Peter Sinfield remaining as constant fixtures, like Frank Zappa & his Mothers of Invention. Thrakk interested me with the two drummer experimentation but still wasn't near what I revel in from their early work.

McClintock, Thursday, 16 February 2006 11:19 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm old school... I still prefer the Fripp-Cross-Wetton-Bruford version, although the new-wavey Crim of the 80s still gets play, too. My first couple of exposures to the third incarnation were off-putting, so i've completley ignored them until a week or so ago, when someone pointed to the "ballad" from Thrakk. Not bad, but not enough to convince me to revisit them, either.

Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 16 February 2006 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm kinda partial to Lizard, Islands, and the Wetton-years stuff. The new albums - in fact, everything after Discipline - fail to move me. It's good music but I don't feel "King Crimson!" about it.

The ISLANDS group was my 1st concert - They opened for Humble Pie at Alexandria Roller Rink in VA. My dad dropped me off! That's no brag, but it certainly marks me as: 1) Old, and 2) Weird.

matty bobatty, Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link

I've met a surprising number of KC fans who love Islands, but I just can't get into it. My fave period has always been the Wetton/Cross/Bruford stuff. What am I not getting about Islands and Lizard?

Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, wow. This could be a great topic, actually.

Lizard has this warped circus thing going on throughout, with a ton of third stream nonsense to boot. There's kind of a spanish feel there — if you've had trouble getting into it, Dom, I'd suggest checking out the track "Prince Rupert Awakes" w/ Jon Anderson singing. It's catchy and fun.

Islands has Boz's ridiculous sotto voce thing going on, but its main attribute is its lyricism — "Formentera Lady" and "Islands" are just beautiful chamber pieces. But if you really wanna dig it, Dom, I'd center in on "Sailor's Tale" which smokes.

Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost

yes, do tell

Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link

s1sk-in now...

Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link

i used to dislike both of those records a lot but I've come around on Islands, I think it's very underrated, and the vocals are no worse than the vocals on any of the other albums. Formentera Lady and Sailors Tale are among the best KC songs ever.

Lizard is still ropey for me.

kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 16 February 2006 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link

OTM about Sailors Tale. As soon as I saw this thread, I knew I had to post about it.

My favorite KC songs are: Sailors Tale, Sheltering Sky, Moonchild, Epitaph, Starless and Bible Black, Red, Easy Money, Teh Great Deciever, and Lark's Tongue in Aspic pts 1 & 2 (the guitar riffing that starts 5 minutes into part one floors me every time).

josh in sf (stfu kthx), Thursday, 16 February 2006 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Fans of early KC (particulary first 2 albums) may enjoy the s/t one-off lp from a pair of ex-Crimsoners - Ian McDonald & Michael Giles, circa '71. I believe recently re-issued on CD. I just love Giles' drumming stylee.

drewo (drewo), Thursday, 16 February 2006 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, Giles is a great drummer.

Joe (Joe), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link

I used to love record. Kind of like a more lyrical Traffic.

Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link

love THAT record, that is...

Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link

I found that album in mom's old record collection in high school!

Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link

(and I also remember hearing "In the Court of the Crimson King" on classic rock radio once - the DJ intro'd it by saying "all the old hippies may remember this". who knew KC was a proto-hipster band?)

Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Listen to Moonchild or I Talk to the Wind again. Makes perfet sense to me.

Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Also worthy is the pre-KC home demo collection by Giles, Giles & Fripp "The Brondesbury Tapes". Over 20 shortish tracks, some forgettable, but also some great stuff including early versions (2) of "I Talk To The Wind" (one featuring vocalist Julie Dyble) and tracks that later morphed into parts of longer Crimson pieces.

drewo (drewo), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link

two months pass...
Damnit, King Crimson is fucking awesome! Why didn't I know that before? Why didn't people tell me? I like Yes! I mean people DID tell me, because I like Yes, but I would usually smile and nod like "Yeah, ok whatever prog dude. I know you want me to be your little prog friend, but I'm not one of you." But maybe I am.

Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 03:29 (eighteen years ago) link

is yes more acceptable to like these days than KC? because it was the other way around for years. but I think KC did some damage to their tripster cred with the last few boring records.

kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 04:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Accept No Substitutes!

http://www.nndb.com/people/970/000034868/bruford03.jpg

timmy tannin (pompous), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 05:16 (eighteen years ago) link

is yes more acceptable to like these days than KC?

Well gee, fuck if I know which is more "acceptable." I guess I personally used to think Yes were more acceptable, but I got plenty of crap from people for even liking them.

Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 05:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Fuck acceptable. KC and Yes are both great for bong hits. The weed does not judge.

James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 05:59 (eighteen years ago) link

is yes more acceptable to like these days than KC?

I always assumed no, because I figured it's easier to own up to liking Crimson because they were a bit evil (same with Van Der Graaf Generator), whereas Yes never really "radiate" fuckoff scary vibes to the same extent.

Lotta Continua (Damian), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 06:28 (eighteen years ago) link


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