Was Pete Sinfield essential for King Crimson?

Hi,

I think it was a bad match. It was like saying that what PFM had was worthless and it had a lot to offer, and was fun to listen to, and it also had a bit of a laugh in it, which PS lacked in my book. 

I think PS mostly worked at translating things, but in the end, they did not come off very well, and in listening to the PFM folks do it, it seems like they are having issues doing it, and getting their feeling and characterizations through. 

The other well known person translating some Italian folks was Peter Hammill that did at least "Felona e Serona", if I remember correctly.

I don't know if this "fits" or not in this discussion, but going back to the Moody Blues, there appears to be an attempt at POETRY, rather than just lyrics, and I have a feeling that it may have been what got the "Art Rock" thing started, though one could think of The Nice doing classical music as the same thing. The use of Pete Sinfield, and then later others (the poetess with Renaissance), and helped later get more appreciation for the likes of Roy Harper, the true poet since then and then some! I think that by the time that the music went totally commercial (Led Zeppelin) that the whole thing was no longer important, and folks did their own thing. But some of the European material that ended up being known as "progressive" had a lot of very literary work. ANGE was not only poetic, it was also theatrical. Very much "Art Rock".