tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post7085388777146213626..comments2024-01-26T20:41:02.065+13:00Comments on Quote Unquote: Happy birthday King CrimsonStephen Stratfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-2200016748494070192009-10-18T07:12:17.772+13:002009-10-18T07:12:17.772+13:00'Here comes the flood' is from an earlier ...'Here comes the flood' is from an earlier Gabriel LP tho, right? The Exposure arrangement is better.<br /><br />Wings without Linda would be salad without the dressing. Srsly. That band was so fucking all over the place. Sure, there's the live recording of her singing flat but there are as many of Joe Strummer et al sounding twice (half?) as toneless and I don't recall them being sent off.<br /><br />I alas do not have the remastererered version, only the cassette (somewhere) that I bought for £1.99 at HMV. I'm going for that haircut nowadays.<br /><br />Doesn't everyone dress to the left? I always forget to ask.Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-25976342084857254432009-10-17T19:16:58.062+13:002009-10-17T19:16:58.062+13:00Re "Exposure' - absolutely. Also Daryl Ha...Re "Exposure' - absolutely. Also Daryl Hall on "North Star", "Here comes the flood" with Peter Gabriel and the title of the song "I may not have had enough of me but I've had enough of you". Plus the photo of Mr Fripp on p6 of the booklet of the remastrered version showing that sir definitely dresses to the left.<br /><br />And at least he never got Toyah into the band to be Linda to his Paul.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-48602425069783388652009-10-17T06:24:44.354+13:002009-10-17T06:24:44.354+13:00If we are wandering into the girlfriendless wastes...If we are wandering into the girlfriendless wastes of prog may I also nominate Fripp's 'Exposure' as being pretty kick-ass for 'You burn me up I'm a cigarette' feat. Daryl Hall.<br /><br />Then he married Toyah Wilcox.Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-62092613103909702662009-10-13T21:15:00.172+13:002009-10-13T21:15:00.172+13:00"Do you know Fripp's League Of Gentlemen?..."Do you know Fripp's League Of Gentlemen?"<br /><br />Not really, have just heard a couple of tracks. Liked them though - very lean and dancy. With hindsight you can hear how Fripp got to the Discipline/Beat band from the earlier versions of KC.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-80850297581944298552009-10-12T12:22:03.011+13:002009-10-12T12:22:03.011+13:00Picture the audition:
RF: "Mr Belew, what do...Picture the audition:<br /><br />RF: "Mr Belew, what do you do?"<br />AB: "I can make my guitar sound like an elephant."<br />RF: "We'll call you. Next!"<br /><br />Of course he didn't need to audition. He also does a mean rhinoceros (as demonstrated on his 1980s solo album 'Lone Rhino', which was very good.)<br /><br />I was fortunate enough to see the Belew/Levin/Fripp/Bruford line-up around the time of 'Discipline' in a small theatre in Lower Regent Street or Haymarket in London. The Lounge Lizards were support. It was one of the best gigs I've ever seen.<br /><br />As Chad says, the League of Gentlemen were/are also excellent, and somewhat in the vein of The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - at least as far as cyclic structure and dynamics of the compositions was concerned.Chris Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328861965723666005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-3186411315540396232009-10-11T00:06:53.636+13:002009-10-11T00:06:53.636+13:00Always in two minds about Adrian Belew - disliked ...Always in two minds about Adrian Belew - disliked Elephantology but loved Beat ('Neil and Jack and Me') but you can draw a straight line from Frame by Frame to Pearl Jam and and even Chris Cornell's vocal style.<br /><br />Do you know Fripp's League Of Gentlemen LP? Barry Adamson and Sara Lee (she'd just come off The Gang of Four). Makes Talking Heads look paunchy.Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.com