1) Go buy:Originally Posted by Scott Bails
In the Court....
Lizard
Larks Tongues in Aspic
Starless and Bible Black
Red
Discipline
Thrak
The ProjeKcts Box
ProjeKct X
The Power to Believe
...to start.
2) Then get the rest of it.
3) Then Fripp out, maaaa'aaaan.
That's a good survey of King Crimson's high-water marks.
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Indeed it's a good list my only add would be The Great Deceiver box
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
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I too found it boring, but I have to say that I love "Bruised Romantic Glee Club" . I'll have to try and give it another spin and see if it clicks at all.
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Since I'm a huge Crimson fan who has liked almost everything they've done, I really wanted to like this but was totally underwhelmed as well. Perhaps if they play any of it live it will improve, but I'm not hopeful. They've always done better when they refine the music live before recording the studio albums.
I highly doubt the current KC line-up plays anything off SoM; perhaps it can be used as walk-on music, although I believe Fripp will be entertaining us with soundscapes as we're being seated/awaiting The Beast.
Also, I'd Add Construction Of Light to the above list.
"Henry Cow always wanted to push itself, so sometimes we would write music that we couldn't actually play – I found that very encouraging." - Lindsay Cooper, 1998
"I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip." - Roger Waters, 2014
"I'm a collector. And I've always just seemed to collect personalities." - David Bowie, 1973
Me too, but this one - BLAAAAH.
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I don't know; it's my least-favorite KC, though maybe it's due to the production and not the material itself. One thing that list omits is Islands, and not including Islands skips over Sailor's Tale, arguably in the top 3 greatest KC tracks.
ASoM is half a great album; half an album looking for an idea. I spun it fairly regularly in Casa MudShark when it arrived and it still gets airplay now.
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Well, given its genesis - two guitarists improvising, one thinking there was some good source material so taking it home and writing songs around it, and then bringing in a saxophonist and rhythm section - I think it is quite remarkable in its cohesion. I think the biggest mistake was labeling it a Crimson ProjeKct, as that opened it up for way too many comparisons which made no sense (my favorite: Jakko J sounded to one reviewer like Greg Lake; to another, like John Wetton; yet another, Lake and Wetton!) and prevented it from being assessed on its own merits.
I like the record, think it's one of Fripp's most flat-out beautiful "pop" projects (i.e. excluding Frippertronics/Soundscapes), and while it doesn't get regular rotation chez Kelman, it does get pulled out often enough for me to remember that I've pulled it out often enough
Remember I said in no. 2 to get the rest
I would probably also recommend The Night Watch before The Great Deceiver since its easier to absorb 2 discs instead of four for a newbie.
Still talking about the album, right John?it does get pulled out often enough for me to remember that I've pulled it out often enough
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I suppose I walked right into that one, didn't I?Still talking about the album, right John?
I just picked this up to hear what 5/7 of the current Crim lineup has been up to. I'm listening it to it now, and I like it quite a bit. Mellow as heck, sure, but lots of really beautiful textures and melodic playing. Almost a P-Tree vibe in there, too, which is pretty sweet. If this is a preview of the gentler side of the current incarnation of Teh Crim, then
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I couldn't take it out of the CD player in my truck for two months. I really enjoy it. I spin it and Bruised Romantic often. Jakko has a great voice & throws down some tasty solos too!
Yes! There are a few albums I adore which I specifically put on before crawling in bed to go to sleep. They are wonderful works which prove to soothe me greatly.
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
edited for Scott's wallet's sake
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
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