Any King Crimson fans at GFY?

[Evil Chris]

I can't remember when I didn't appreciate King Crimson.

I was listening to them tonight. Frame By Frame, Discipline, Indiscipline, Elephant Talk...
Good stuff....

[Karen Kougar]

Loved them during that period... "Matte Kudesai"

Tony Levin lives nearby and plays with his brother Pete and Jerry Marotta in a bar band called "Uncle Funk"..very, very cool...

[Nicky]

Not bad, I adore Dream Theater though

[d-null]

I remember having a very cool teacher in high school that brought in his LP and played "21st Century Schizoid Man" for the class

it was pretty intense stuff

that whole band were extreme talent

[PurrrsianPussyKat]

I repeat myself when I'm distressed..
I repeat myself when I'm distressed..
I repeat myself when I'm distressed..

Always loved king crimson!

[Evil Chris]

I carried it around with me for days and days..... playing little games.... like not looking at it for a whole day.


and then.... looking at it.


to see if I still liked it...............






I DID

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

King Crimson featured some of the best musicians of the day, at a time when FM radio dominated and was much more free form, not having to rely on dance music.

Here is a cover of one of my favorite King Crimson tunes, "Larks Tongue In Aspic II":



Lead guitarist Robert Fripp totally changed the way I viewed the guitar as an instrument.

BTW, a little trivia, excerpts of the song were used in the original version of the movie "Emmanuelle", in the opium den scene (see it in French, not the dubbed English version).

My favorite King Crimson lyrics, "I Talk to the Wind":

Said the straight man to the late man
Where have you been
I've been here and I've been there
And I've been in between.

I talk to the wind
My words are all carried away
I talk to the wind
The wind does not hear
The wind cannot hear.

I'm on the outside looking inside
What do I see
Much confusion
disillusion
All around me.

You don't possess me
Don't impress me
Just upset my mind
Can't instruct me or conduct me
Just use up my time

I talk to the wind
My words are all carried away
I talk to the wind
The wind does not hear
The wind cannot hear.

ADG

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Oops, meant to post this cover of "Larks' Tongue In Aspic II" by a Japanese band (although the first version I posted showed good up close finger work):



ADG

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Thanks for starting this thread!!!

As a result, I found this rare jem, King Crimson playing "Sartori In Tangier", with Robert Fripp on lead guitar, and Adrian Belew (of Talking Heads, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, and Nine Inch Nails fame), playing the stick (who remembers the stick, LOL?):



The songs I have posted videos of are more obscure King Crimson (except by hardcore fans). Here are two videos that is more typical of the band, and what they are most famous for...

"In The Court of the Crimson King":

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I get a buzz just listening to one of their most famous songs, "21st Century Schizoid Man":



The simple, yet sublime lyrics:

Cat's foot iron claw
Neuro-surgeons scream for more
At paranoia's poison door.
Twenty first century schizoid man.

Blood rack barbed wire
Polititians' funeral pyre
Innocents raped with napalm fire
Twenty first century schizoid man.

Death seed blind man's greed
Poets' starving children bleed
Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty first century schizoid man.

ADG

[CDSmith]

Local classic rock station plays a lot of King Crimson on Sunday mornings when they have the "Sunday Morning Ressurection", a show I rarely miss.

I do have one of their albums kicking around here, in amongst the 300+ other records I have sitting in a box.

Good stoner music.

[Click Obey]

Robert Fripp is a total genius. I really dig the song "dinosaur" even though its one of their less complex tunes.

[Robbie]

I'm a Robert Fripp fan. But the thing he touched me the most with was an interview he conducted. Back in the 1980's he conducted an interview with John McLaughlin that was fucking intense. Here was Mr. Analytical guitarist Fripp interviewing probably one of the greatest pure improvisational guitarists ever. The conversation was deep. You could tell that Fripp was a big fan of McLaughlin and it was one of the best guitar conversations I've ever read.

[CaptainHowdy]

I love the RED album ...

[rbrruss]

Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude

with Robert Fripp on lead guitar, and Adrian Belew (of Talking Heads, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, and Nine Inch Nails fame), playing the stick (who remembers the stick, LOL?):

That's actually Tony Levin playing the stick. Belew is playing the 2nd drum kit on that clip.
Brings back memories. I had a good friend who bought a stick in high school. He never really mastered it, but it was fun to mess around with.

[tranza]

They're nice!

[Adult Creative Labs]

I love em as well.

This is one of their best videos on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RgPgTW-qmXQ

[John-ACWM]

It surely had a place in the industry. Merry Christmas!

[cykoe6]

I used to love King Crimson and Robert Fripp back when I was younger and my mind was a little more "open". They are bit too intense for me to listen to nowadays but no one can doubt their truly incredible musicianship.

[CarlosTheGaucho]

Originally Posted by Robbie

I'm a Robert Fripp fan. But the thing he touched me the most with was an interview he conducted. Back in the 1980's he conducted an interview with John McLaughlin that was fucking intense. Here was Mr. Analytical guitarist Fripp interviewing probably one of the greatest pure improvisational guitarists ever. The conversation was deep. You could tell that Fripp was a big fan of McLaughlin and it was one of the best guitar conversations I've ever read.

Well that would sure be worth listening.

Been a huge fan of John McLaughlin ever since his early days - have all his stuff with Mahavishnu Orchestra / Santana / Shakti / acoustic with De Lucia /Di Meola / Solo.

I remember when I was like 13 or 14 and found a "greatest hits" from John McLaughlin - It was something I never heard before and it just amazed me, the compositions / arrangements / incredible technique combined with a very intense feeling - most probably one of the things that ignited the passion to explore fusion and different branches of jazz later on.

Sure have listened to a lot of music from King Crimson, yet I still need to order it in my head, don't have the names associated wih the songs and records, apart from the most well known compositions (I sure wouldn't use the word "tunes" in their case) such as "Red" or 21st century schizoid man (what a brilliant theme).

Needless to mention Tony Levin is one of my all time bass heroes - seriously recommending his solo records and the Bozzio / Levin / Stevens cooperation.

[Adult Creative Labs]

Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho

Needless to mention Tony Levin is one of my all time bass heroes - seriously recommending his solo records and the Bozzio / Levin / Stevens cooperation.

Situation Dangerous is one of my all-time favorite records. What a trio!

[Dwreck]

wow! im a huge tool fan and they always talk so highly of them but I never really gave them a shot.

What would be a good album to start on?

[Tom_PM]

Yeah good stuff Fripp and Belew come to mind.

[SilentKnight]

I've always liked John Wetton's vocals (yeah, even the 80s Asia pop junk).

[Martin]

I didn't even know who they were till about 5 years ago when I got some free tickets to their show. They do amazing concerts.