Comments on: Celebrating 40 Years Of Rock’s Other King

By: Asa Aarons / NYC

Asa Aarons / NYC — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:07:58 +0000

Nice to see Krimso get the recognition it has deserved for decades.
The new 5.1 release of Red is stunning.

By: RickV

RickV — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:34:56 +0000

Sorry Dude,
Infamous `Bildungs-luecke`
Don´t now what you missed.
Really sorry.

By: RecklessProcess

RecklessProcess — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:56:01 +0000

I do remember one thing.
It took hours and hours but..
By the time I was done with it

I was so involved
I didn't know what to think.
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.

I repeat myself when under stress.
I repeat myself when under stress.
I repeat myself when under stress.
I repeat myself when under stress.
I repeat..
The more I look at it

The more I like it.
I do think it's good.
The fact is..
No matter how closely I study it

No matter how I take it apart

No matter how I break it down

It remains consistant.
I wish you were here to see it.

I like it.

-Indisipline

By: MiPain

MiPain — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:57:15 +0000

Yepp and the lyrics still work ……Sigh

By: OK1

OK1 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:09:36 +0000

Yes, the problem with rock was the black people who invented it and their "race music".

And, exactly how did Disco deprive Yes, ELP, ELO and Genesis of one goddamned dime of royalties?

By: astorian

astorian — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:09:10 +0000

Fripp is a genius, but he’s also a weird guy, and a royal pain to work with. He idealizes democracyy, but craves the deference and obedience due to a tyrant. He wants to be the boss, but would rather die than admit that! He’ll warmly solicit input from bandmates, then coldly shoot it down if it doesn’t coincide perfectly with his own desires. He swears he’s NOT the leader of King Crimson… but when things don’t go his way, he’ll fire everyone in the band, drive them away, or break up the band entirely. He’s the only member of King Crimson who can “take his ball and go home,” by dissolving the band entirely

By: astorian

astorian — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:08:35 +0000

King Crimson was always worth a listen, but NOT always a second listen.I lost interest in them around the time they emerged as a “double trio” in the 90s. I think they’ve been treading water since. Still, about 15% of their output was brilliant, 35% quite good, and 50% utter garbage. Sometimes King Crimson is a band with Robert Fripp as a member. Other times, Crimson is just Fripp and whatever flunkies he’s surrounded himself with. When Fripp is a member of a band, his contributions are often brilliant. When Fripp IS the band, the results are usually unlistenable.

By: DoobieWah

DoobieWah — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:35:40 +0000

If we make it,
We can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow, I'll be crying…
Yes I fear tomorrow, I'll be crying….

Love that song.

By: EdSki

EdSki — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:41:59 +0000

I haven't thought about that album in decades. I have it on cassette somewhere. It is most definitely unique.

Must have listened to it a hundred times. Thanks for the memory.

By: David W

David W — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:57:18 +0000

As a young impressionable pre-teen in the early 70's, I once snuck into my older brother's room and listened to "Larks Tongue in Aspic" with headphones on so I would get caught messing with his albums. I still think it was King Crimson's best album and I'm surprised no one mentioned it.