In The Court of the Crimson King...
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Topic: In The Court of the Crimson King...
Posted By: The Pessimist
Subject: In The Court of the Crimson King...
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 16:15
| In the Court. Inspirational in every way, and its the progiest IMO. |
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 16:41
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21st century schizoid man is just an absolute classic just like everything else on the album. This one brought jazz into the mix which was quite odd at the time, or just revolutionary to some. So I pick that one.
Moonchild I adore also. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 16:46
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Epitaph by far, followed by In the Court. Don't like any of the rest much. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 16:58
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21st Century Schizoid Man, followed by Epitaph. |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 17:08
| I Talk to the Wind. I don't think this album is that great anymore, but this song is one of the greatest ballads ever. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 17:52
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21st century schizoid man!
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 17:57
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I Talk to the Wind
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 18:47
| Epitath wil play on a loop at my funeral/party : its in my will! After 38 years of steady-heady progging, this is the ONLY song that consistently gives me chills, spills and assorted goosebumps. The lyrics are a tad obtuse but vive la difference! The massive sweeping mellotron propelled chorus is just plain divine. Number 1 track all time by about 10 light years. Amen |
Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 18:51
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Schizoid man. I love the rockin hardness of it, and for it's time, was really a major trailblazer
Did I mention it's just amazing?  ------------- 
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Posted By: Lota
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 18:58
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Epitath! no doubt ------------- And In The End, The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make |
Posted By: honganji
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 20:11
| I like Moonchild's instrumental imporvisation. So I voted for Moonchild. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 21:23
| ITCOTCK. Mellotron,Mellotron,Mellotron. |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 00:08
| Epitaph, followed by In The Court.., dstantly followed by the rest. I am not as enamored of Schizoid Man as some others here, but I do recognize it's cutting edge-ness.. hmmm... is that a word? |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 07:29
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I Talk To The Wind. It's something charming in the voice....
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 07:38
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Guess where my vote went? Moonchild! Why? Because this is the only really groundbreaking song on "In the Court of the Crimson King". It opened doors into risky territory and encouraged other bands to do really risky things too. The rest is not so spectacular at all. Sure, "21st Century Schizoid Man" is a real rocker and one of my preferred songs to dance to on parties, but the rest of the album is not so extraordinary at all.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Evandro Martini
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 08:27
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I like all of them, and I really wish I could go t oa party playing 21st Century Schizoid Man... :(
------------- "You’ll never make any money playing music that people can’t sing.” Keith Emerson's father |
Posted By: paloz
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 08:36
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This album is the birth of progressive rock, and it's the most important cd in this genre. Simply perfect, in every single second of recording.
I think the tracks that really changed the history (even if it is all outstanding) are 21st century schizoid man and Moonchild. I vote for 21st because it has a rhythm that i'll never forget, NEVER!
What a masterpiece... I'm moved everytime I listen to it.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 09:53
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'Epitaph' for me.
I like this album a lot, and I'm not really a big KC fan overall. There's not a duff track on this album as far as I'm concerned. |
Posted By: Snipergoat
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 11:07
| Epitaph |
Posted By: Nuke
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 12:01
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Even though schizoid man doesn't move me anymore (I must have listened to it nearly a hundred times by now), it is my favorite.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Seabury">  
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 15:06
 Too few seem to appreciate this work of genius - I applaud your taste, sir! ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
honganji wrote:Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 17:17
| In the Court... Magical end. |
Posted By: ironpagan67
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 19:37
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I had a hard time deciding on this one. It came down to In the Court... and Epitath. In The Court... won by a hair. |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: January 06 2008 at 20:36
Much abliged! ------------- 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 11:19
| Schizoid Man. The rest doesn't interest me as much. Terribly overrated album, even when considering it's historical importance. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 17:41
What he said. |
Posted By: ES335
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 13:52
| I love the whole album, but the title track is the one that gets running through my head and calls me to take the album out. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 14:01
| This thread reminded me to re-buy the album. The CD version I have is 15+ years old and I hear the newest remaster sounds excellent. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 14:23
As I pointed out earlier in this thread, it is the only really groundbreaking piece of music on that album. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 18:22
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Epitaph is my favourite song from this masterpiece ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 22:46
| Epitaph is one of my favorite songs ever, I love it! So it gets my vote. |
Posted By: Jshutt64
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 22:55
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21st Century Schizoid Man, of course! I love the distorted vocals.
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 03:11
| It's good to see the love spread around pretty evenly for this great CD. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 04:26
| I picked Schizoid Man, but next day it could be any other composition. |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 08:08
| In The Court |
Posted By: Fritha
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 10:40
Well, groundbreaking it may be but does that make it the most excellent piece of music on this record? I vote a definite no and choose Epitaph. Just like I would choose Eleanor Rigby any day over Tomorrow Never Knows on Relvolver... To each their own, of course! Amazingly it took me four years into my prog collecting quest to finally grab a copy of ITCOTCK! I bought it last summer because I heard Epitaph on the radio, would you believe. A four hour program focusing on nothing but progressive rock was aired one night on one of Finland's national radio stations, now how cool is that! ------------- I was made to love magic |
Posted By: Sinusoid
Date Posted: January 16 2008 at 15:20
| Schizoid Man for me. The only one on the album I listen to frequently. |
Posted By: Speesh
Date Posted: January 16 2008 at 15:58
| I honestly can't choose between I Talk to the Wind and Epitaph. Epitaph seems to be getting a lot of love though so I'll go with the former. The others are fantastic too. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 16 2008 at 19:22
| i've voted for the title song. |