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Poll Question: The two epic closers of two great albums
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    Posted: December 22 2011 at 16:40
Just listened to Fracture and decided to make the poll. Normally, I'd say Starless, but with Fracture and its dramatic close still fresh in my mind, I can't really decide! I'll vote later...
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Fracture certainly displays some of Fripp's best chops and the use of crescendos in the song is fantastic. Starless on the other hand may possibly be the best Crimso song of all time, in my opinion. Starless is just unbeatable so I'm going to vote for that.   
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voted for ze one which stabs you inna ear most
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Originally posted by Fox On The Rocks Fox On The Rocks wrote:

Fracture certainly displays some of Fripp's best chops and the use of crescendos in the song is fantastic. Starless on the other hand may possibly be the best Crimso song of all time, in my opinion. Starless is just unbeatable so I'm going to vote for that.   

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Starless by an astronomical distance.
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Fracture is a very powerful song, but Starless... ah, Starless... is simply the best song of King Crimson of ever and one of the best of progressive rock!
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Starless easily for me. Fracture is great, but has something that just doesn't click, and then I can see no flaw in it... it would seem like a very well calculated song. Starless is just wonderful, though I prefer it live with violin.
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Hard one, but I have to say "Fracture", as it's possibly my all time favorite song!

But I do love to listen to "Starless" at Christmas time with just the tree lights on.  Try it some time!  Smile
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Starless by miles for me.
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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

Starless by an astronomical distance.


Starless by megaparsecs.
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Starless. As mentioned above, it is absolutely King Crimson's best song and definitely in top3 of all time prog songs. And very emotional song ...
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Fracture definitely has a dramatic finish...
 
...but Starless has an even more dramatic finish, both to the song itself and to the band at the time...
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A polarising poll like this makes Fracture look weak, just because Starless is better. They both wipe the floor with....... well, most music.


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Fracture by miles. Don't care for what everyone says, it's my favorite Crim song.
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Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Hard one, but I have to say "Fracture", as it's possibly my all time favorite song!But I do love to listen to "Starless" at Christmas time with just the tree lights on.  Try it some time!  Smile



Well, the lyrics are all but Christmas-like... unless you like to spend your Christmas with a Black Bible.
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Points: 2060 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 24 2011 at 10:39
Impossible to choose !!

Fracture ? Didn't vote.


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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Hard one, but I have to say "Fracture", as it's possibly my all time favorite song!But I do love to listen to "Starless" at Christmas time with just the tree lights on.  Try it some time!  Smile



Well, the lyrics are all but Christmas-like... unless you like to spend your Christmas with a Black Bible.


Maybe try a lava lamp instead?
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Points: 4515 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 25 2011 at 16:16

Fracture.

In my view Starless is Fripp in a rare moment looking to the past instead of forward, and returning to the formula of the debut album. Well it's still a good song but Fracture is the essence of Krim.
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