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Topic: The King Crimson epics
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: The King Crimson epics
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 06:10
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And one for my beloved King Crimson! For me, it is definitely the first and second part of the Larks' Tongues In Aspic suite. What is yours? Pleas feel free to leave a comment. |
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 06:13
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 06:21
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Formentera Lady > Starless > Islands ------------- 
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 06:23
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LTIA I/II all the way. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 06:37
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someone_else wrote:Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 06:40
| King Crimson is one of my favorite bands, so it’s quite hard to choose one particular song above the rest. From this list, Starless and Bible Black gets my vote. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 07:08
Confusion will be my Epitaph! 
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 07:31
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Starless and Lizard are great, but not only is The Sheltering Sky just perfect at what it is (and was a true highlight when I saw them live in 2019), I also doubt it'll see many votes other than mine. |
Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 07:40
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It has to be Starless. ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 08:06
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Moonchild gets my vote. The instrumental second half really fascinates me. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 08:07
| Starless (1974) |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 08:28
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 09:35
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 09:54
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Lizard ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 10:16
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Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 10:20
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 10:26
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'In Aspic I and II?! Well, then, it's 'In Aspic! ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 11:02
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Very tough. In The Wake, just to be different. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 11:16
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 11:29
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Starless every time followed by LTIA pts 1&2 ------------- |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 11:50
| Larks' Tongues In Aspic I & II |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 12:25
| I predict starless will get the most votes. It's very good but a bit sloppy towards the end and a bit overrated imo. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 12:26
Yeah, I pulled the trigger for those as well even though I'm not sure why they were lumped together.
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Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 15:50
| FraKctured, but I would have loved to see Larks' IV. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 19:05
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Starless ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: January 02 2021 at 20:13
| Starless over LTIA. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 03 2021 at 01:59
| Tough, went for Epitaph because there is nothing else like it and Greg Lake is simply magnificent. |
Posted By: Spacegod87
Date Posted: January 03 2021 at 06:49
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Why Larks of course. Mesmerized by it. ------------- Levitating downwards, atomic feedback scream. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 03 2021 at 10:06
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Starless...then ITCOTCK.........and of course Larks Tongue is two tracks not one long song.......bad form there to combine them imho. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Theprogelitist
Date Posted: January 03 2021 at 14:16
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Starless might just be my all time favourite song so yeah... It’s followed by Larks’ and Court |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: January 04 2021 at 01:26
| Epitaph. Not a top tier band for me but they do have some stunning tracks. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 04 2021 at 09:03
The avatar implies you are a KC fan. Starless...a bit 'sloppy towards the end'...? How so and which spot timewise? Overrated? Probably....most of these favorite epics end up that way. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: January 04 2021 at 09:08
| ITWOP just because of the incredibly simple and elegant mellotron solo in the middle |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: January 04 2021 at 09:22
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Close between LTIA & Fracture. Went with Fracture |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 04 2021 at 14:27
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 00:04
| It's between Epitaph and Starless, but since Epitaph needs more love, I went with it. |
Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 00:28
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Starless overshadows everything else KC have done for me. ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 14:42
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Starless, while reading a Lovecraft novel... |
Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 16:07
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Could be any. I go with Moonchild. (I (super) like them all, except maybe the 00's ones, that I'll be checking later; but the one that also winks an eye on me is 'The Devil's Triangle').
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Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: January 06 2021 at 10:31
Glad to know I am not alone on it :)
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Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: January 06 2021 at 21:55
Well done!  there's still another one of us :D |