>
>I had kinda fight with a friend on the King Cromson issue! :)
>We both don't know much of their music, we heard 1, 2 albums and that's
>all! BUT, my concept about King Crimson is very different that his! ....
>The topic was :
>
> WHAT IS KING CRIMSON TRADEMARK SOUND, MUSIC???
>
They have no one sound or style. They have 4 distinct phases,
and even the albums in those phases can be pretty different. So, you're
both right. :)
>He's deadly sure that REAL King Crimson are those at the beginning, with
>Keith Emerson on keys 'n stuff, the 1-st album "In the court of KC" etc
>
Emerson wasn't ever part of the band, but keyboards (and
mellotron) were certainly part of their music.
>.. He says King Crimson trademark sound are keyborads, Greg Lake,
>saxophones and I say that tademark KC are Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew
>weird guitars, Levin etc ... EXACTLY music like Discipline! Discipline
>is really some new music, weird, innovative.
>
I'd call their earlier albums "weird" and "innovative" too.
:-) Their earliest phase is very experimental IMHO.
>I heard that album only twice, I don't recall at all, but what I
>remember is that the only song with prog elements is 21st Century
>Schizoid Man! :( Not that others are bad songs, but they aren't so prog
>IMHO. They're nice tunes in the manner of Camel.
>
Granted, many of the earlier tunes aren't as frantic as
Indiscipline, but I wouldn't compare them to Camel either. They're
much more experimental. Try Red, Larks Tongue or Starless. You
may find you like them after more listens.
>
>Also, if I like Discipline and if I like the tracks VROOM, Dinosaur,
>People and Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream from Thrak - which albums I should
>get first?
>
It sounds like you enjoy the newer phases of KC more so I'd
recommend anything since 1980, including Beat and Three of a Perfect
Pair (which are from the Discipline phase) and Vroom which has some
early mixes of Thrak and one new song. "Absent Lovers" is also an
excellent live set that you may like.
Steve
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