Dok (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cyberinsekt) wrote,@ 2009-01-13 00:22:00 |
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King Crimson - Starless
King Crimson, while undoubtedly great innovators and the inspiration for many other musicians, were frequently very much of their time, sometimes embarrassingly so. Those early seventies albums with faux-mediaeval calligraphy and pastoral fantasy were a heavy weight to bear. After four albums, the band's personnel changed, and with it came a increasingly harder, heavier sound. Some critics saw this as symptomatic of growing tensions within the band, yet it was certainly a creative highpoint for those involved. The years 1973 and 1974 saw the release of three albums. The last of those was Red, after which Robert Fripp dissolved the band. King Crimson would not record again for seven years.
So here's the final King Crimson track of the '70s. The 12 minute long Starless has terrific long, slow melody lines, but the heart of the song is when Fripp lays aside his mellotron for the guitar and things become properly sinister. The band let the tension build for what seems like an age before releasing it, and the moment the wave finally breaks is absolutely delicious.
I remember hating King Crimson when I first heard them. Glad I got over that one.
King Crimson - Starless
(alternate download)
King Crimson, while undoubtedly great innovators and the inspiration for many other musicians, were frequently very much of their time, sometimes embarrassingly so. Those early seventies albums with faux-mediaeval calligraphy and pastoral fantasy were a heavy weight to bear. After four albums, the band's personnel changed, and with it came a increasingly harder, heavier sound. Some critics saw this as symptomatic of growing tensions within the band, yet it was certainly a creative highpoint for those involved. The years 1973 and 1974 saw the release of three albums. The last of those was Red, after which Robert Fripp dissolved the band. King Crimson would not record again for seven years.
So here's the final King Crimson track of the '70s. The 12 minute long Starless has terrific long, slow melody lines, but the heart of the song is when Fripp lays aside his mellotron for the guitar and things become properly sinister. The band let the tension build for what seems like an age before releasing it, and the moment the wave finally breaks is absolutely delicious.
I remember hating King Crimson when I first heard them. Glad I got over that one.
King Crimson - Starless
(alternate download)
