quoted 5 lines I haven't listened to any King Crimson though, what album is a good place>
>I haven't listened to any King Crimson though, what album is a good place
>to start?
>
>...skism
That really depends on what version and style of KC appeals to you. The
band has gone through MANY changes and stylistic shifts.
Fripp is the one constant. Since we are digging into the coffers, I'd
suggest "In the Court of the Crimson King" (their first). The early records
which followed this got a bit more esoteric and jazzy and were lots of fun
as well.
I also love the whole "Lark's Tongues in Aspic"/ "Red"/"Starless and Bible
Black" phases which feature Bill Bruford (stellar ex-Yes percussionist) and
John Wetton (Family - remember them??, Roxy Music bassist/session player).
My .02 on this thread would be that early/mid Yes is some quite musically
adept stuff indeed...but when you get past "Close to the Edge" (imo) you go
way over the edge with the next record. Jon Anderson was always a bit much
to take as well.
One of my favorite anecdotes recalls seeing Black Sabbath and Yes on the
same bill. :-)
Comparing Floyd to Yes is kinda apples with oranges...PF was more about art
rock/psychedelia and Yes is art rock>straight up progressive rock.
After DSOTM, the Floyds seem to get quite patternistic with what they did.
I actually prefer "Meddle" to DSOTM as it's got more rough edges to it and
you can hear the notions which will be come DSOTM incipient. Of course,
early and mid Floyd are quite different animals from DSOTM and onwards indeed.
What an incredible time for rock music - the late 60's and early 70s
spawned some great notions. I always saw what happened to Floyd (resting on
the laurels of DSOTM - imo, of course - and the codification of that as
their sound via post DSOTM releases) and Yes ("Tales from the Topographic
Ocean"?? You *really* had to be a fan!!!) nice metaphors for what happened
to rock music in general and a clear argument for the need of the whole
Punk/Garage Rock era to rise up.
jeff
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