90125 vs Three of a Perfect Pair

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: questionsneverknown wrote: Three of a Perfect Pair by quite some distance for me. Between the two, back in the day I loved 3 more than 90210 [], and I think 3 survives the era a bit better as well. It's funny to me that some focus on Perfect Pair's pop quality given how far out everything from Nuages on is. Honestly it's one of the stranger and more experimental albums of the period. I'd risk saying that you'd have to go to the farther edges of the 80s industrial and Goth scenes to find equivalent experimentation at that time. I'm not so sure about that. Have you ever heard Birdsongs of the Mesozoic or Djam Karet? Univers Zero were around in the 80's too. I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure there was a lot of experimental prog going on then.

Well ... I knew that folks here on PA would never allow such a poor showing for KC (not the Sunshine Band by the way) and so they finally ... after many many votes ... rounded up their proggy forces for a real squeaker. But, you've gotta hand it to him. Trevor Ray-Bans hung in there pretty well against the likes of Fripp, Belew, and Bruford. Hee hee!

(and if you take away the 5 or so people who didn't read the rules and voted based on progginess alone, a clear disqualification, Rabin still wins the day!)

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: twosteves wrote: Three is cool prog---90125 is not. It's stadium power pop.  So KC. Again, the question isn't what album is more prog but which you prefer. It sounds like you prefer it just because it's prog and the other one isn't.

definitely ToaPP

dr prog wrote: Three is crimsons second best album behind Poseidon. Even with smelly Sleepless

Levin is insane on Sleepless. It sure is commercial, but is such a dramatic song I can’t help but love it. It’s Man with an Open Heart (surgery ha ha) that is the worst song ever by Crimso IMO.

90125 for me.

questionsneverknown wrote: Ha! Yes, I'm sure I'm overstating things! But, yes, I do know Birdsongs and UZ and oodles of other cool bands from that time. And just prior to all that there'd been stuff like This Heat.  I think what I was trying to get at is that Three is far from the pop album others seem to be making it out to be, and I recall vividly at the time, when it came out, as a mere teenager, I found the 'out there' quality of Side Two quite staggering. Don't forget DK.;) Yeah, I was a teenager in that decade also but for most of it I was only aware of Yes, Genesis, ELP, Rush and King Crimson. I didn't discover more obscure stuff until the late 80's(and even then only a little)but mostly 90's and later. Yeah, side two was more out there although I remember nuages being the last track on side one on my cassette tape. I was never really a big fan of it but I might feel differently now.  [/QUOTE wrote: Thanks for the heads up on DK (well, the Djam one; I'm far more au fait with the one with Jello!)--but Djam is a blank spot for me. Know the name, but haven't listened to them. Will do so. And, correct, Nuages finished Side One of ToaPP; the transition to the largely instrumental Side Two. It's a good song.

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Jaketejas wrote: I recently discovered DK on Pandora. Interesting stuff! From what I’ve heard, I like the improvisational style of the guitar. It’s weird how you’ve never heard of a band before (and that is an old band) and then all of a sudden their name starts popping up everywhere. I’m thinking ... why now? It is possible that this poll might come down to penalty kicks!

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Man With Hat wrote: KC, no question. Aside from Man With An Open Heart & Model Man the album is top notch.  It's funny you say that because those might be my two favorite songs from the album.

King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair