King Crimson's Masterpiece Should Never Be Forgotten
“In the Court of the Crimson King” is an album that I feel often gets overlooked. It is an album that perfectly defines the progressive rock genre. There was such amazing musicianship within the band from Greg Lake, of course Robert Fripp, Ian MacDonald, and Michael Giles. Their sound was dark and edgy yet beautiful and melodic. “Epitaph” is my all time favorite song, and that only begins to note the greatness of this album. Whether it be violent edge of “21st Century Schizoid Man,” or the beautiful story telling in the title track “In the Court of the Crimson King” this fantastic band nailed the album. I really feel this is a top 10 album in Rock and maybe even top 5. Does anyone else love this album as much as I do?
posted by Jeff at 7:29 PM
5 Comments:
hiya Jeff, I guess I'm a fairweather Crimson fan. My favorite release would appear to be a collection. "The Compact King Crimson". My favorite songs are Matte Kudasai, Frame by Frame, Heartbeat, and of course, all the oldies.
My daughter's recent dance performance featured music by Fripp. Freeky, eh?
I love Greg Lake's voice!!!!!!!!!!! He has one of the sexiest voice ever.
ELP is one of my favorite bands...I think I'll re-visit King Crimson after reading your post :)
That's cool your daughter performance was to a Fripp song. I would never think that would happen, lol. And I love Greg Lake's voice so much. He is incredible
Hiya again Jeff. I went on a King Crimson binge today, sparked off by your blog entry. I remembered I saw King Crimson when I lived in L.A. at the Hollywood Bowl. This was the early 80's so the vocalist was Adrian Belew.
The song at my daughter's dance was by Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists.
Viva la Prog Rock!
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff :)
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