"that's some really wild stuff"
― buzza, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
In The Lounge of the Crimson King
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
More on Belew's fourth-rate David Byrne impersonation - "I repeat myself under stress, I repeat myself under stress." Geddit? Hilarious, eh? Anybody who finds that remotely amusing in any way should be avoided.
Dave Q really killed it on this thread, huh? I like lots of KC but I hardly ever find myself playing them. When I do, it's either Larks' Tongues or Beat.
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
I think Belew's a pretty terrible lyricist but that was kinda the point, right? The lyrics weren't supposed to stand out. It was all about the music at that point.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
Met this guy tonight who said he'd done tarot card readings with Adrian Belew, back in '83 or so
the story just got weirder from there
― geeta, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILSVAUjd5QI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
― nostormo, Saturday, 4 February 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
Fripp speaks
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 August 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
excellent...wish it was longer
― frogbs, Saturday, 4 August 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
2009 Crimson, with Porcupine Tree drummer as second drummer, was awesome live.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 August 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
so, who is buying the 13 CD, 1 DVD, 1 Blu-Ray of Larks' Tongue In Aspic?
http://www.dgmlive.com/news.htm?entry=3916
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 13 August 2012 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
Just registered for DJM live site just so I could hear a sparse guide track for "Islands" the song. Boz sounds like he's singing into a cheap condenser mike, but otherwise it's quite lovely.
'Islands' is the worst album ever made by anybody.― dave q, Friday, February 15, 2002 7:00 PM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
NO.
― Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Monday, 13 August 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
its kind of weird to imagine that King Crimson only played a fixed amount of concerts when they were active. it feels like they're able to just create more and more live bootleg material at will, even if it was phyiscally impossible for them to have played that many dates.
― frogbs, Monday, 13 August 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
So many of them are pretty dodgy quality though, aren't they?
― Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Monday, 13 August 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/lk/l/w/dd360157ea8e506661983ea7336800bc/4330188.gif
― frogbs, Friday, 17 August 2012 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
classic:
'released in three separate editions to satisfy the merely curious and the expectant collector'
― j., Friday, 17 August 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
so, who is buying the 13 CD, 1 DVD, 1 Blu-Ray of /Larks' Tongue In Aspic/?http://www.dgmlive.com/news.htm?entry=3916
http://www.dgmlive.com/news.htm?entry=3916
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 20 August 2012 03:26 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWaz8xfFjuE
― Three Word Username, Monday, 20 August 2012 06:50 (eleven years ago) link
Guess Fripperlips is done for good?
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-crimson-robert-fripp-quits-music-business/
Hope he enjoys retirement!
― frogbs, Friday, 7 September 2012 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
He's been retired for a while, I believe. Couple of years? Also, for what it's worth, he was semi-retired for pretty much the second half of the '70s, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, this is not new news.
― How's My Modding? Call 1-800-SBU-RSELF (WmC), Friday, 7 September 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, hold up:
A multi-disc deluxe edition of the 1973 Crimson classic ‘Larks’ Tongues in Aspic’ is set for release in October and will include 13 CD’s, a DVD and a Blu-Ray disc.
13 CDs!?!?!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
Disc details at the bottom of this page: http://www.dgmlive.com/news.htm
― How's My Modding? Call 1-800-SBU-RSELF (WmC), Friday, 7 September 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
So basically a bunch of live discs previously sold through the site. That's cool though. Band in the Muir era was neat.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
Wasn't aware Kanye had sampled "Schizoid Man," which Fripp seems pissed he didn't get paid for. Wonder if he ever paid any royalties for quoting "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" in "Moonchild?"
― Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Friday, 7 September 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
I figured Fripp was done, but this is the first time I ever heard him say it (I know he said he wasn't going to tour anymore some 4-5 years ago), maybe I'm just not paying attention
― frogbs, Friday, 7 September 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
Fripp got paid for Schizoid sample, but iirc only after going straight to Kanye and the two of them presenting a united front to the label. He was very careful never to criticize West, even though he could have for not clearing the sample ahead of time.
― How's My Modding? Call 1-800-SBU-RSELF (WmC), Friday, 7 September 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
fripp did an album with mel collins and jakko jakwhatsit last year, so he hasn't been retired for 4 years. it was a bit disappointing, definitely not the new lease on KC I think they were hoping for.
― akm, Friday, 7 September 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
Well it certainly wasnt the new lease on KC I was hoping for.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 7 September 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
If the '72-74 lineup reunited I would buy a ticket in about 5 seconds flat. Anything beyond that, I don't really care.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 7 September 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty sure Cross & Wetton are the only ones game for that.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 7 September 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
I'd be up for another outing of any other combination that the last 2 though (the Jakko one or previous I mean).
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 7 September 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
Fripp has such a narrow comfort range anymore that I wouldn't see him live unless he personally invited me into his living room to hear him play. I don't need the grief while he tries to figure out whether he can midwife any music.
― How's My Modding? Call 1-800-SBU-RSELF (WmC), Friday, 7 September 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
Mentioned it before, but the last King Crimson tour I saw - Levin, Belew, Fripp, Mastelotto and the drummer from Porcupine Tree - really was awesome. There was a Fripp-less Crimson that toured with Dream Theater a couple of months ago. Believe it was basically Belew and his all-kid band, plus Levin and Mastelotto.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 September 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wpTOxb1nFw
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 September 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGJ_IC8OZMo&feature=relmfu
Looks like every one in a while on tour the drummer from Tool sat in for a few songs as second (third?) drummer.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 September 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
Why have Belew, Lake, Levin, Gunn, Wetton & Mastelotto never toured together? All of them seem quite happy to tour Crim material sans Fripp.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 8 September 2012 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
Straightforward q: what do you guys reckon the best live version of 'Fracture'? I remembered the Asbury Park one killing it, but I just listened to it and was kinda not feeling it so much. Haven't dug out the live box in a while.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
The Central Park show the from the folloeing day is to my mind the best, followed by the one of the 2 versions on the Great Deceiver, can't remember which one.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
Thx
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
Central Park = one of the KCCC releases?
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
i would totally go see any lineup, even without fripp, again. missed the belew/levin retrospective lineup thing last time it went though. I would have loved to have seen 21st century schizoid band also (who jakko was in). I think jakko was the wrong person for fripp to bring in for that last release, he's too much of a follower; he's fine, but not distinctive in any way.
― akm, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, any approximation of KC without Fripp seems kind of missing the point. I did see 21st Century Schizoid Band and I thought it was fairly pedestrian
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
I have a hard time believing Fripp is truly retired.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 20 September 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
Retired and working harder than ever. He reminds me of a border collie patiently working the livestock (UMG, Sanctuary, etc) into a corral to be taken to slaughter.
― The Jesus and Mary Lizard (WmC), Thursday, 20 September 2012 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
Considering Fripp often lead guitar schools and workshops over the past few decades whose main point appeared to have been indoctrinating students in his precise methods and reshaping them in his (musical) image, it's actually really easy to imagine Crimson without him. Send in the clones!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 September 2012 04:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Central_Park,_NYCxpost to Jon Lewis
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 20 September 2012 05:34 (eleven years ago) link
yes but according to him they are all hopeless!
xp
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 20 September 2012 08:07 (eleven years ago) link
League of Hopeless Guitarists
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 September 2012 12:11 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, Belew has really been the dominent component over the past three decades. Fripp is awesome, but other dudes are more than capable of doing what he's been doing.
Anyone ever see any of the ProjeKCts? I saw one configuration that was Fripp on guitar (sounding like a marimba), Trey Gunn on bass, and Belew on drums (the entire night!). It kind of sucked, but it was neat to see something different.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 September 2012 12:14 (eleven years ago) link
I ended up buying tickets to see them in Chicago and again in Madison. I figured you know, this music has given me so much joy over the years, and Belew is 74 and Levin is 77, and both of them are one of a kind talents and can't do this forever. And then there's Carey and Vai, who are about the same age (62 and 63, not young, either), and while I don't care about Vai, he and Carey are incredibly gifted. Factor in other commitment schedules (Carey with Tool, Levin with Gabriel, Vai with whatever it is that Vai does), and honestly I don't know how easy it will be to get these nerds together again after this run.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 April 2024 01:07 (two months ago) link
I don't know if it's been mentioned already, but David Cross is touring with a band that's doing all of Lark's Tongue and some Starless and Red material too.
― nickn, Thursday, 4 April 2024 01:21 (two months ago) link
lol my first thought was the comedian.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 April 2024 01:26 (two months ago) link
And they're both touring, so I can imagine lots of disappointed KC and comedy fans.
― nickn, Thursday, 4 April 2024 02:16 (two months ago) link
Well I'll see you at the Madison show Josh, why not.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 4 April 2024 02:41 (two months ago) link
Yeah! yolo, etc
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 April 2024 02:53 (two months ago) link
Steve Vai looks like The Baron in What We Do In the Shadows
― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:46 (two months ago) link
does everyone know this except me: "up until the age of eight, [peter sinfield] was raised largely by his mother's german housekeeper maria wallenda, a high wire walker from the circus act the flying wallendas" ??
it reads like the notes towards a richard palmer-james lyric lol
― mark s, Monday, 8 April 2024 14:59 (two months ago) link
loool @ the Baron
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 8 April 2024 15:02 (two months ago) link
it reads like the notes towards a richard palmer-james lyric
...or an inspiration for "Cirkus"?
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 8 April 2024 15:13 (two months ago) link
doesn't mention any high-wire work!
tho tumblers is i guess a name for acrobats (quite a funny one too, like calling the goalkeeper "the guy who lets them in")
― mark s, Monday, 8 April 2024 15:27 (two months ago) link
I just looked up tickets for Beat at their Boston show and the ones remaining are ... >$200?!? The hell?
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 8 April 2024 20:11 (two months ago) link
I suspect those are resale.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 April 2024 20:55 (two months ago) link
now this is the kind of content the internet was made for
https://www.threads.net/@tonylevin/post/C5g8-KfyEs6
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 8 April 2024 22:07 (two months ago) link
some of these Beat shows are being moved to bigger venues, including the one I'm going to. its kind of wild how much demand there is for this...was 80's King Crimson itself ever this popular?
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 14:08 (one month ago) link
don't underestimate the Tool factor here
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 14:52 (one month ago) link