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
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
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
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 05:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 05:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― piers (piers), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 08:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 08:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 16 February 2006 02:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 February 2006 03:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 16 February 2006 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 February 2006 04:39 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― McClintock, Thursday, 16 February 2006 11:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 16 February 2006 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link
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
yes, do tell
― Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Lizard is still ropey for me.
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 16 February 2006 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― drewo (drewo), Thursday, 16 February 2006 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 16 February 2006 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― drewo (drewo), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 03:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 04:59 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.nndb.com/people/970/000034868/bruford03.jpg
― timmy tannin (pompous), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 05:16 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 05:59 (eighteen years ago) link
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
QED
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Search "the great deceiver" box disc 3
Destroy Prozakc Blues with extreme prejudice.
― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Wednesday, 10 May 2006 00:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link
plus, it seems that, since the vogue for early '80s post-punk goes on and on, folks that like Franz, Arctic Ms, Interpol and Bloc party would dig the '80s Crim… or maybe not, since them folks seem to be anti-virtuosity…
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:34 (eighteen years ago) link
It's a toughie
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 23 March 2007 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― King Boy Pato, Friday, 23 March 2007 01:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― King Boy Pato, Friday, 23 March 2007 01:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 23 March 2007 02:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― akm, Friday, 23 March 2007 03:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sundar, Friday, 23 March 2007 04:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:36 (seventeen years ago) link