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Posted: August 04 2012 at 02:54
He certainly benefited immensely from the move. I wonder if we would have ever seen or even known of such a fantastic improvisational side to him had he carried on in Yes. He was brilliant with Yes already but Red album has some of the most expressive drumming of that era.
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 23:05
Here's an amusing little quote I found in the King Crimson article on TV Tropes:
"In Yes, there was an endless debate about should it be F natural in the bass with G sharp on top by the organ. In King Crimson... you were just supposed to know." - Bill Buford
"I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...."
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 05:10
I'm glad he moved to Crimson, it's not like Yes fell apart after his departure, they still managed to create some great music. About Crimson they really pulled out an ace, together with Bruford they were really a force.
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Posted: July 22 2012 at 21:13
infocat wrote:
BlackenedGass wrote:
I can't imagine Jon Anderson singing Schizoid Man or songs like Exiles or Starless
I wonder how he'd sound singing "Lizard".
About Schizoid Man I absolutley agree, but with Exiles and Starless he might actually have sounded better. But for me, that's not particularly difficult, I really love those two songs, but Wetton's vocals rather put me a bit off... I guess the perfect choice, for me, for singing those two songs would have been Lake (weirdly enough, I like the way Wetton sings Schizoid Man better than the original version with Lake). However, back with Schizoid Man, I do feel Jon Anderson wouldn't have been very good singing that song, but he did sing on South Side of the Sky... so perhaps, just perhaps, he might have pulled out Schizoid Man nicely.
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Posted: July 20 2012 at 20:25
dr prog wrote:
darkshade wrote:
dr prog wrote:
Horizons wrote:
He moved to a better band, for him and in general. I think that's pretty smart.
From a band who could compose to a band who couldn't really compose. Not better for me
You're right. Songs like Starless, Frakture, and Red are not well composed pieces of music.
Only 3 songs from about 20 from that era you can mention? Frakture is pretty repetitive really. Starless and Red are the best tracks from that album, but I don't go crazy over them like most do in here
Yes, because I didn't feel like listing every song that King Crimson has created that is well composed. I ain't got that kind of time.
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Posted: July 20 2012 at 20:13
darkshade wrote:
dr prog wrote:
Horizons wrote:
He moved to a better band, for him and in general. I think that's pretty smart.
From a band who could compose to a band who couldn't really compose. Not better for me
You're right. Songs like Starless, Frakture, and Red are not well composed pieces of music.
Only 3 songs from about 20 from that era you can mention? Frakture is pretty repetitive really. Starless and Red are the best tracks from that album, but I don't go crazy over them like most do in here
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