Favourite King Crimson moment

Starless' climax.

Being blown away--over and over again--by how essential Tony Levin's contributions were to their music. (1982, 83, 84 tours).

Rednight wrote: zachfive wrote: moshkito wrote: Hi,   Closing my eyes in Seattle and listening to the music for over an hour ... magic ... pure magic on this last tour! Was at that same show, but I didn't close my eyes. Mel was a special treat for sure. Hard to choose a single moment, wish I could go favorite moment album by album. Cause I love me some Bruford gonna say those deliciously nasty cymbal sounds on the Red album, particularly from the eponymous track and One More Red Nightmare. Bruford said in one interview that he achieved that cymbal sound on 'Nightmare using one bent in the shape of an L that he once found in the trash can of a rehearsal room. He later tried to convince a percussion company to manufacture one to that design, but they weren't interested. On an old Genesis live poster with Bruford that I have laying around somewhere, the cymbal can actually be seen on his kit.

I always thought it was a ripper of a china.........

Tom Ozric wrote: Rednight wrote: zachfive wrote: moshkito wrote: Hi,   Closing my eyes in Seattle and listening to the music for over an hour ... magic ... pure magic on this last tour! Was at that same show, but I didn't close my eyes. Mel was a special treat for sure. Hard to choose a single moment, wish I could go favorite moment album by album. Cause I love me some Bruford gonna say those deliciously nasty cymbal sounds on the Red album, particularly from the eponymous track and One More Red Nightmare. Bruford said in one interview that he achieved that cymbal sound on 'Nightmare using one bent in the shape of an L that he once found in the trash can of a rehearsal room. He later tried to convince a percussion company to manufacture one to that design, but they weren't interested. On an old Genesis live poster with Bruford that I have laying around somewhere, the cymbal can actually be seen on his kit. I always thought it was a ripper of a china.........

It definitely gives off a china sound but something is much different.

Being a lifelong fan, there are too many moments to count, but whenever Keith Tippett goes off on a freeform tangent or whenever Mel Collins sticks his signature sax in things, that's when I feel the Crimso magic most. 

Well, f**k me, this is a hard choice, so here's some of them:

My favorite moment is when they broke up.

Pastmaster wrote: My favorite moment is when they broke up.

Which time, wise guy.

The.Crimson.King wrote: Seeing Fripp on the Frippertronics tour at Tower Records in Campbell (near San Jose) July '79.  Someone handed him a pick to try, he looks at it like it's a priceless ancient artifact and says, "ah, a plectrum"...then he proceeds to play the impossible fast picking section of Fracture and all our jaws hit the ground

I too caught the Frippertronics tour in the summer of '79 at a Tower Records down the street from San Diego State University. When it came time for autographs, I handed Him an import cassette of Red and sheepishly mentioned that I'd picked it out of a cut-out bin at a now long defunct Wherehouse Records store across town for just $2.99. With the mildest look of disdain, He calmly replied, "Dear, dear." Of all the things to have said to the man, but at least I wasn't frothing at the mouth.

One moment that stands out to me is when I first listened to "Trio" from SABB. I'm not good at transcribing, but I want to try and figure out what makes that piece so beautiful...maybe it's the chords. The unusual instrumentation helps too, I think...it seems to be bass guitar, violin, and mellotron.