--- guai-lo <jotai@mindspring.com> wrote:
quoted 9 lines All of the artists you mentioned worked with them before Red, so
> All of the artists you mentioned worked with them before Red, so
> what's your
> point? Saying that King Crimson was the "IDM of the 60's and 80's"
> is a
> little over the top, if not downright goofy, but I don't get this
> whole
> "so-and-so played with so-and-so after he left so-and-so, therefore
> he's a
> cheeseball" mentality.
The point I was trying to make was that King Crimson didn't exist in a
vacuum apart from the other bands in the proggie world, they shared
some of the drawbacks of the genre such as pomposity and
over-elaboration. When they rose above the limitations of the genre
they made some great music, but lets not place them on a pedestal
because a lot of their LP's are quite patchy.
Before we go any further, I must quote Pete Sinfield (KC's resident
poet):
The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams.
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams.
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
As silence drowns the screams.
Enuff said, surely!
Matt.
PS. Can I just appeal here for no-one to continue this thread and start
talking about Van Der Graaf Generator?
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