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Question: Islands vs. Islands! :: Total Votes:9 Poll choices Votes Statistics Islands 6  [66.67%] Islands 3  [33.33%] Guests cannot vote

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nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 24 2010, 20:03 Quote (Ugo @ Nov. 24 2010, 19:30) @ nightspore: outside of the field of classical music and classical concertos, to me cornet, trumpet and flugelhorn are the same thing. Anyway, thanks a lot for the links to the other songs. I can't listen to them right now because the slow connection I have on the computer I'm typing on right now (a laptop) doesn't allow me to properly visualize (and listen to) YouTube stuff in a flowing manner. I shall let you know more when I get back home. Regarding "The Sailor's Tale" being jazzy, well, I think that my utter dislike of jazz is pretty much very well known all over this board, so I won't state it again here. But this King Crimson album is basically prog, right? You know that I love prog. Even that Pekka Pohjola album which Mike contributed to, whose title I won't bother writing down and which is, of course, pure prog, has got quite a few passages all over it which could very easily be described as "jazzy". Yet I absolutely love that album. You're welcome, Ugo. On balance, I think you'd probably like the album. Sinfield's words "Impaled on nails of ice/And raked with emerald fire" in "The Letters" are very effective. Fancy ditching him in favour of the lyricist on Larks' Tongues in Aspic (see my next post). Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 24 2010, 20:06 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Nov. 24 2010, 09:05) Keep in mind that I think Larks' Tongues in Aspic and Red are, to me, the pinnacle of King Crimson's career. They do noisy jazz like no one else, and I love it. One high point of Larks' Tongues... is the absolute hilariousness of "Easy Money". Consider these terrible lyrics: Your admirers in the street Gotta hoot and stamp their feet In the heat from your physique As you twinkle by in moccasin sneakers The last line is accompanied by the sound of a set of car keys being bounced across a table. I couldn't stop laughing when I heard this. But those who criticize Mike's lyrics should appreciate that they are seldom worse than those above! Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Nov. 25 2010, 08:22 Stake a lizard by the throat, Jim! -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

ex member 892 Group: Members Posts: 827 Joined: July 2008 Posted: Nov. 25 2010, 12:34 Actually, Lars, I consider pre-Belew and post-Belew Crimson to be two different bands, so I can't really compare Red and Discipline. Different music for different moods. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Nov. 26 2010, 18:18 @ Nightspore: I've managed to listen to the whole of King Crimson's Islands album. I will most definitely buy it. Apart from the weird sax section, "Sailor's Tale" doesn't sound jazzy to me [by the way, I could recognize Mel Collins' sax a mile away - he didn't change at all when he started playing in the APP!]; wherever a mellotron plays, the music can never get jazzy. What the heck, Pekka Pohjola's album sounds jazzier than that! "Sailor's Tale" is a great piece [the crescendos are amazing!], "Formentera Lady" is fantastic, "Ladies of the Road" is really cool, strong stuff (hey, did they really have the guts to sing those lyrics in 1971? Yes, they are really "colourful" as you say, but... ); really, the whole album is extremely good. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 27 2010, 00:42 Quote (Ugo @ Nov. 26 2010, 18:18) @ Nightspore: I've managed to listen to the whole of King Crimson's Islands album. I will most definitely buy it. Apart from the weird sax section, "Sailor's Tale" doesn't sound jazzy to me [by the way, I could recognize Mel Collins' sax a mile away - he didn't change at all when he started playing in the APP!]; wherever a mellotron plays, the music can never get jazzy. What the heck, Pekka Pohjola's album sounds jazzier than that! "Sailor's Tale" is a great piece [the crescendos are amazing!], "Formentera Lady" is fantastic, "Ladies of the Road" is really cool, strong stuff (hey, did they really have the guts to sing those lyrics in 1971? Yes, they are really "colourful" as you say, but... ); really, the whole album is extremely good. Glad to help, Ugo. I like the climax of "Sailor's Tale" too - especially that eerie electronic sound that's a bit like an aeroplane. I imagine a few fans would have been quite dismayed (pace Sir M! to buy Lark's Tonges on the strength of this. Of course, Mike's Islands is still better.   Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 27 2010, 04:38 "Formantera Lady" reminds me of Pink Floyd's soundtrack to More - no doubt because Formantera is the next island to Ibiza. There's even a shared reference to pine trees. Back to top

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