King Crimson

[clairtonelab]

I must admit, Frippertronics is a nice concept, but Fripp overdid it. That's obvious.

I like his Exposure album, on which he mixes Frippertronics tracks with agressive punk rock style riffs with Phil Collins on drums, Daryl Hall & Peter Gabriel on vocals, and many more people (Peter Hammil, Eno, Tony Levin). Some tracks have a KC flavour (Red). The late seventies were Fripp's most creative years.

I agree with 3-LockBox, after 3 of a perfect pair, I lost interest in KC.

 

[Sansushi]

Just noticed thrak is available on vinyl.
really good record that often gets overlooked, but i'm a fan of the belew era

 

[olson_jr]

Funny how these old threads keep re-popping.

I just listened to The Condensed King Crimson the other day and decided I need to go back and revisit some of this stuff, especially the Larks Tounge era. I think I shied away from anything that John Wetton sang on after FM radio, and some friends, overplayed Aisa.

 

[hjames]

BIG Fan - tho I can only take so much of the early period in one sitting ...
Favs? Court of (heard it TOO MANY TIMES), Starless, Red, B'Boom: Live in Argentina (1995), Heroes (2016 EP).
Tho we did wind up with front row seats for the reunion Tour Oct 2017

Jako and The Fripp,
the 8 headed beast (included Mel Collins and Tony Levin, and 3 drummers!).
Emma and I, as Wilfredo checks his camera - (Tony Levin takes crowd shots of the audience after the show and my "PapaBear Records" shirt amused him - its his old record label)




For the novitiates - that WAS Fripp's riff on Bowie's Heroes - and on Blondie's Fade Away and Radiate ... among others

 

[eljr]

This is probably overstating the obvious but In the Court of the Crimson King is a classic.

I never liked it... much to "harsh."

 

[hjames]

I never liked it... much to "harsh."

King Crimson may not be for you ...
it does exist in an edgy space ...

 

[olson_jr]

King Crimson may not be for you ...
it does exist in an edgy space ...

Some folks would give their music a standing ovation, while at the same time some others....

 

[hjames]

Some folks would give their music a standing ovation, while at the same time some others....

Actually, he did, then checked his camera settings.

 

[olson_jr]

Actually, he did, then checked his camera settings.

Oh, I had thought this was Wilfredo.

 

[hjames]

Nope, Wilfredo is a great audio buff and music enthusiast - we have done a number of great shows together - near front row for Knopfler mid-August, Crosby,stills, & Nash last year, Ringo’s all Starr band, Herb Alpert and Lani Kazan, Moody Blues 50th - much fun!

 

[Delmarva]

After the first album Greg Lake felt that it was no longer King Crimson without Ian McDonald and Michael Giles after the pair left the band. The chemistry of the original lineup was that strong in his opinion. When Robert Fripp wanted to continue the brand without them Lake decided he wanted out as well.
So there's really one King Crimson album. (I say that with tongue in cheek)
The first two, In The Court Of The Crimson King and In The Wake Of Poseidon are my favorites, but I tend to be a bit biased. Lake worked on the second album basically as a favor to his old friend Fripp, but he was already establishing a musical relationship with Keith Emerson at that point. The Giles brothers worked on the second album as session musicians but were no longer considered members of the band.

 

[Sansushi]

 

[Cactus Bob]

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It's about time they released Thrak on vinyl, I'll be ordering this week.

 

[KankRat]

my favorites would be:
From he 70's:
Larks'
Starless
Red,
The 3 80's albums.
Thrak

I know I am a minority, but I really dug Construction of Light, especially the title track.

I also thought the Fripp and Sylvian album was pretty Crimson-esque.

 

[Sansushi]

same here kankrat. i really like the fripp/belew combination

 

[eljr]

King Crimson may not be for you ...
it does exist in an edgy space ...

I love Crimson. Just, by chance, this one, their "statement" release is not something I prefer.
I have seen them many times and own all teh sudio stuff they have released and a fair amount of the live stuff.

 

[eljr]

After the first album Greg Lake felt that it was no longer King Crimson without Ian McDonald and Michael Giles after the pair left the band. The chemistry of the original lineup was that strong in his opinion. When Robert Fripp wanted to continue the brand without them Lake decided he wanted out as well.
So there's really one King Crimson album. (I say that with tongue in cheek)
The first two, In The Court Of The Crimson King and In The Wake Of Poseidon are my favorites, but I tend to be a bit biased. Lake worked on the second album basically as a favor to his old friend Fripp, but he was already establishing a musical relationship with Keith Emerson at that point. The Giles brothers worked on the second album as session musicians but were no longer considered members of the band.

I am a Lizard and Wake guy.

Starless too, from the early stuff.

 

[hjames]

Saw the double trio and Double duo configurations of the band in the 90s -
I do like Belew, brufford and levin with Fripp - I was kinda disappointed the last tour I saw was so much early stuff.
They did it well, but - other than "Court," the really old stuff (before Starless) doesn't interest me much, and I have heard "Court" nearly too much.

 

[BlindBoyGrnt]

For the concert lovers there’s the Starless and Road to Red box sets. A few shows benefit from remixing including 5.1 on Blu-Ray and DVD Audio by Steven Wilson.
Powerful group too, maybe the best.

 

[nitrous]

I was kinda disappointed the last tour I saw was so much early stuff.

To me, that's the material that made this "8 headed beast" tour so powerful. "Pictures of the City" was great! Hearing that alone was worth the price of admission for me. As were the rest of the compositions played. And hearing "Heroes" was also great.