pjbear05 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I'm curious as to how an individual can 'drive to 1981' to quote Robert Fripp of King Crimson. That's a lot of miles to put on a vehicle for sure. Guess one would have to pick up a league of gentlemen and a few roches along the way......not to mention a fine session bassist/Stickist and a Bowie/Zappa tour alumni....not to mention the String Quintet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huge Ackman Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 My friend Steve and I apparently are going to see Crimson in September. He's never seen them (something he can't quite believe because he's been aware of them forever)... and I've only seen them once (1995). Can't wait!!! I'll be at the L.A. show on Sept. 3. Have your people call my people if you'd like to get together before or after the show to have beers and talk music... Rock on! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I'm thinking of seeing them again. I've seen them twice but it's been quite a while. One of the first bands(along with Yes)to get me into prog rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 My friend Steve and I apparently are going to see Crimson in September. He's never seen them (something he can't quite believe because he's been aware of them forever)... and I've only seen them once (1995). Can't wait!!! Going to be a lot different than the double trio. Definitely will.. that's one of the reasons I am looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 My friend Steve and I apparently are going to see Crimson in September. He's never seen them (something he can't quite believe because he's been aware of them forever)... and I've only seen them once (1995). Can't wait!!! Going to be a lot different than the double trio. Definitely will.. that's one of the reasons I am looking forward to it. That's the beauty of King Crimson, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 My friend Steve and I apparently are going to see Crimson in September. He's never seen them (something he can't quite believe because he's been aware of them forever)... and I've only seen them once (1995). Can't wait!!! Going to be a lot different than the double trio. Definitely will.. that's one of the reasons I am looking forward to it. Don't know about you, but what I witnessed at The Met was flat out a religious experience. As much as I like the era they focused on, it was never a favorite of mine and I never witnessed about 70 percent of the set live before. Except for maybe In The Court Of The Crimson King, the whole set was totally brought to life. Totally destroyed by that performance. I'm going to pull some of the live stuff from that era off of the shelf this weekend to see if it stirs me any more than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavia2112 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I'm curious as to how an individual can 'drive to 1981' to quote Robert Fripp of King Crimson. That's a lot of miles to put on a vehicle for sure. Guess one would have to pick up a league of gentlemen and a few roches along the way......not to mention a fine session bassist/Stickist and a Bowie/Zappa tour alumni....Fripp played for the Roches after 1981...although perhaps I don't understand the quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) Here's something of interest. A Romantic's Guide To King Crimson by The Mastelottos Pat Mastelotto is an American rock drummer and record producer who has worked with King Crimson, Mr. Mister, XTC, and The Rembrandts, and many others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tJ6HosDmzw Edited March 23, 2021 by RushFanForever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoopid Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Here's something of interest. A Romantic's Guide To King Crimson by The Mastelottos Pat Mastelotto is an American rock drummer and record producer who has worked with King Crimson, Mr. Mister, XTC, and The Rembrandts, and many others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tJ6HosDmzw Watched the beginning sequence on women (and progressive music in general). I think the band matters a lot, my mother liked some prog like Yes, Alan Parson's Project, (arguably) The Moody Blues and even some ELP. But stuff like Dream Theater, King Crimson, Rush, etc didn't interest her at all. The typically more masculine sounding bands seem to appeal, surprise surprise, to men. I think trying to trick anyone into liking something [because of a handful of tracks out of an entire catalog of the band's music that might appeal to them] is not doing them any favors. That said, my GF loves metal and far out metals me (and I'm not ashamed to admit it). So there's always the exceptions and the genres that defy this. Prog and metal are often very different beasts, musically. They can both be loud and aggressive, but melodic elements and musical 'design' matter a lot in who ends up gravitating towards the music. Progressive can be overly complex, angular, and even unpleasant (tension). Traditional metal tends to just speed up/slow down to accomplish the mood, where prog will use odd time signatures, dissonant chords, and strange arrangements to accomplish the same thing. That quality about progressive music in general is usually why fewer people gravitate toward it. It's "off-putting". Edited March 25, 2021 by stoopid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 I got my mom into Emerson Lake And Palmer which continues to baffle me as she really didn't like most of the rest of the stuff I'm into. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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