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09-15-2005, 08:32 PM
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I'm into prog and such, but I have a lack of King Crimson in my collection. I have the song "Thela Hun Ginjeet" with I love, and I'm wondering what are some good songs/albums to buy? Thanks. 
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09-15-2005, 08:46 PM
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Red
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USA (a great live album) |
09-15-2005, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Petary791 I'm into prog and such, but I have a lack of King Crimson in my collection. I have the song "Thela Hun Ginjeet" with I love, and I'm wondering what are some good songs/albums to buy? Thanks. | Well they try to reinvent themselves with every few albums, so one cd isn't not going to cut it.
Buy these discs:
In the Court of the Crimson King. First album, pyschedelic prog
Red. Where they finally found their "evil" sound.
Discipline. Their eighties sound. Thela hun Ginjeet is on this album.
Power to Believe. My personal favorite Crimson and one of my top five favorite albums ever, currently.
That will narrow it down to the major periods, if you like Power to Believe you will like Thrak, if you like In the Court of... you will like In the Wake of Poseidon.
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09-15-2005, 09:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | The first three albums are the same kind of vibe... frankly, if you own In The Court of the Crimson King... you don't really need "In the wake of Poseidon"... well... other than for the song "Cat Food."
Red was the first album I got from King Crimson, and it got me hooked. Do not start with "Starless and Bible Black"... it's mostly improv, it can get a little boring at times, but the song "The Night Watch" is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard... ever... it's just absolutely perfect.
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09-15-2005, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Till The first three albums are the same kind of vibe... frankly, if you own In The Court of the Crimson King... you don't really need "In the wake of Poseidon"... well... other than for the song "Cat Food."
Red was the first album I got from King Crimson, and it got me hooked. Do not start with "Starless and Bible Black"... it's mostly improv, it can get a little boring at times, but the song "The Night Watch" is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard... ever... it's just absolutely perfect. | Agreed.
Walking on Air gives me the same feeling. It's beautiful; emotional, but not sappy; interesting; damn near any positive expression of words could be used to describe that song. |
09-15-2005, 10:44 PM
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09-15-2005, 11:18 PM
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09-15-2005, 11:30 PM
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In the Court...
Red
Discipline
The Power to Believe
...the next ones I'd recommend would be:
Larks' Tounges in Aspic
VROOOM VROOOM (The double trio live 2cd. If you have this one you don't need THRAK, at all.)
Beat (which at least I think is highly underrated by most)
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09-15-2005, 11:39 PM
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Discipline is a fantastic album
And Red is simply brilliant.
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09-16-2005, 06:18 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | If they are touring and playing anywhere near you, do not miss them. I've been a fan since Discipline and seen them live multiple times. Their music is much more accessible live, I'm not sure why. Quote: |
Walking on Air gives me the same feeling. It's beautiful; emotional, but not sappy; interesting; damn near any positive expression of words could be used to describe that song.
| I feel the same way about Vrooom/Coda: Marine 475 from Thraak. The bass melody in Vroom just blows me away. I learned it once many years ago - like most Crimson music it's a lot more complicated than it sounds.  BUY DISCIPLINE And to make sure that the Crims get the majority of the money from the sale, buy it from Discipline Global Mobile.
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09-16-2005, 06:46 AM
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Power to Believe is also good. I never got into Red, but I might check it again when possible.
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09-16-2005, 08:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Boston, Taxachusetts | | | Crimson has gone through a large number of incarnations, no two sound very much alike so the best idea is to start with one album from each period.
The original band (Greg Lake on bass) lasted only long enough to record "In The Court.." It holds up well as one of the best examples of early UK prog rock.
The next three albums (Poseidon, Lizard, Islands) were done with a revolving door of players and are pretty spotty.
The next band emerged with "Lark's Tongue in Aspic" which I still prefer over the other two albums they did (Starless & BB, Red). This lineup (John Wetton on bass) had a lot of fusion jazz influences and played more instrumentals.
After five years in retirement, the next lineup (Tony Levin on bass and Chapman stick) again did three albums...the first, "Discipline" is the one to get. Now the band starts sounding a bit like Talking Heads (Adrian Belew had been in in TH and does sound a bit like David Byrne vocally).
The band broke up again and came back with the "double trio" lineup (Levin on bass/stick and Trey Gunn on stick), again the first (and only studio) recording "Thrak" is probably the best.
They broke up AGAIN and came back with the "ProjeKCt" bands which are subsets of the double trio lineups (Levin and Gunn play but not together). These recordings (a 4 CD box set, a single CD comp of those 4 CDs and some individual CDs) are a mixed bag, much more experimental. I would avoid these at first.
The latest recording "The Power To Believe" finds them distilling the sound of the double trio into something a bit more mainstream (well, for Crimson it's more mainstream). Gunn is on stick (no bass). I don't think much of this one, it seems like a rehash of Thrak and the songs don't grab me as much.
So in general my recommendation is to get the debut recording of each lineup first. It seems the freshness fades quickly with Crimson lineups, I have no idea why.
For me the REAL essentials are:
In the Court of the Crimson King
Lark's Tongue in Aspic
Discipline |
09-16-2005, 09:42 AM
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The band broke up again and came back with the "double trio" lineup (Levin on bass/stick and Trey Gunn on stick), again the first (and only studio) recording "Thrak" is probably the best.
| I love Thrak personally. They released a live DVD with this line-up entitled "Deja Vroom" which has terrible menus but fantastic performances. Well worth buying. |
09-16-2005, 10:52 AM
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LOUD.
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09-16-2005, 09:05 PM
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09-17-2005, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by brianrost For me the REAL essentials are:
In the Court of the Crimson King
Lark's Tongue in Aspic
Discipline | Excellent advice. Do not miss LTA. It is the reference. Then you can explore the other dimensions.
The Great Deceiver is important because it documents the band's live character. This was an avant garde effort with strong emphasis on live improv. This set of discs is edited by Fripp from his own set of recordings. It is the real deal, 200 proof; but not for the faint of heart.
My feeling is that this is musician's music. Non-musicians tend to not get it. |
09-17-2005, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by brianrost For me the REAL essentials are:
In the Court of the Crimson King
Lark's Tongue in Aspic
Discipline | excellent post... and good call on the essentials. Like Matt I got "Red" first. Then "Frame to Frame" (listening to it now) I think it's done a good job to touch on the different lineups... plus the live disc make it a good way to get to know KC. |
09-17-2005, 05:22 PM
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09-17-2005, 07:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | | I just got In The Court today. I'm really likin' it. Next i'm gonna get Red next.
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09-17-2005, 09:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | | Alright, i've heard 3/5ths of Red and 5/7ths of Disclipline, and I have to say that I like Disclipline the best. The other 2 were kinda "meh" but I really like this one.
What kind of effects does Robert Fripp use? That dude's crazy! Also, does Tony Levin play a Stick a lot on this album?
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