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CPicard

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Posted: October 25 2009 at 08:38

1) 21st Century Schizoid Man
2) Cirkus
3) One More Red Nightmare
4) Neal and Jack and Me
5) Sleepless
6) The Great Deceiver
7) Easy Money
8) Indoor Games
9) Thela Hun Ginjeet
10) Elephant Talk

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Posted: December 31 2009 at 21:17

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man is the greatest song in the prog genre.

2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic

3. In the Court of the Crimson King

4. Starless

5. Epitaph

6. Starless and Bible Black

7. One More Red Nightmare

8. Moonchild

9. I Talk to the Wind

10. Pictures of a City

I can't stand Justin Bieber....

freudiana

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Posted: June 09 2010 at 22:53

1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. I
2. The Talking Drum
3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. II
4. The Great Deceiver
5. Doctor Diamond
6. Fracture
7. Red
8. One More Red Nightmare
9. Providence
10. Starless

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Posted: June 09 2010 at 22:59

This isn't easy.

1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part 1)

2. Lizard

3. Starless

4. 21st Century Schizoid Man

5. Exiles

6. Fracture

7. The Night Watch

8. Cirkus

9. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part 2)

10. One Red Nightmare

Yes, I do realize that I left out all Belew-era Crimson. It's not that I dont' like it, I do; it's just that these are the ten Crimso songs that I fancy the most.

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Posted: June 09 2010 at 23:06

- Larks' Tongues in Aspic

- Exiles

- Starless

- 21st Century Schizoid Man

- In the Court of the Crimson King

- Fracture

- Pictures of a City

- The Sheltering Sky

- Discipline

- Islands

Although it changes all the time....

"When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else."
- Frank Zappa

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Posted: June 09 2010 at 23:59

Argh! I can't think of King Crimson in terms other than in albums. Try as I might I can't name the top 10 songs, so I must cheat and give you the list of top 5 albums instead. If there is already a thread for this, I'm sorry.

1) Thrak

2) Red

3) Lark's Tongue in Aspic

4) Discipline

5) In the Wake of Poseidon

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 04:36

in no particular order

Epitaph

Pictures Of A City

Lizard:
Cirkus

Sailor's Tale

Exiles

The Talking Drum

Fracture

Starless

Asbury Park

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 11:49

1. Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Part Two
2. One More Red Nightmare
3. I Talk to the Wind
4. Three of a Perfect Pair
5. The Great Deceiver
6. 21st Century Schizoid Man, the song that made me fall in love with prog.
7. The Court of the Crimson King
8. Red
9. Dinosaur
10. Starless

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 12:04

Today it goes like this:

Starless

Epitaph

In The Wake Of Poseidon

In The Court Of The Crimson King

Cirkus

Formentera Lady

Red

Fallen Angel

I Talk To The Wind

21st Century Schizoid Man

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Posted: June 10 2010 at 12:10

Hmm..

1. Fallen Angel

2. Larks' Tongues... Pt.1

3. Red

4. 21st Century Schizoid Man

5. The Court of the Crimson King

6. Frame by Frame

7. Starless

8. Larks' Tongues... Pt. 2

9. Exiles

10. Facts of Life

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Posted: June 12 2010 at 08:20

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. In the Court of the Crimson King
3. Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (live_)
4. The Power to Believe Pt. II
5. Red
6. Epitaph

7. Indiscipline (I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, ...._)
8. Sleepless
9. Lark's Tongue in Aspic Pt. II

10. Cat Food

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Posted: June 12 2010 at 08:23

Sorry that is

The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum (live) - King Crimson

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Posted: June 12 2010 at 09:16

CD1: 1969-1974
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man 7:20
2. Epitaph 8:40
3. In the Court of the Crimson King (edit) 7:00
4. Lark's Tongues in Aspic II 6:40
5. In the Wake of Poseidon 8:00
6. Red 6:15
7. The Night Watch 4:40
8. Islands 9:15
9. Easy Money 7:50
10. Starless 12:15

CD2: 1981 - 2003
1. Elephant Talk 4:40
2. Matte Kudasai 3:45
3. Heartbeat 3:50
4. Three of a Perfect Pair (live acoustic 2000) 3:40
5. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream 4:45
6. One Time 5:20
7. ProzaKc Blues 5:30
8. Walking on Air 4:30
9. Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With 3:20
10. Dangerous Curves 6:40
...few minutes of silence...
...and the hidden track: Level Five 7:15

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Posted: June 12 2010 at 18:55

KingCrimson250 wrote:

Exiles
Exiles
Exiles
Exiles
Exiles
Exiles
Exiles
Exiles
Exiles
Exiles

Exiles is a good song.

EXACT same as this!

Only replace the word Exiles with the word Starless.

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Posted: June 24 2010 at 10:24

1. Larks Tounges In Aspic, Part 1

2. Lizard

3. A Sailor's Tale

4. Epitaph

5. In The Wake of Poseidon

6. Cirkus

7. Trio

8. Fracture

9. Pictures of A City

10. I Talk To The Wind

11. The Devil's Triangle

12. Moonchild

13. Dangerous Curves

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Posted: June 24 2010 at 10:43

I don't like what I heard from 80s KC, and haven't heard the more recent stuff, so my list is limited to the 70s. In chronological order

I Talk to the Wind

Epitaph

In the Court of the Crimson King

Cadence and Cascade

In the Wake of Poseidon

Cirkus

Lady of the Dancing Water

Prince Rupert Awakes

Exiles

The Night Watch

Just missing the list:

Starless

Book of Saturday

While I like Islands, no one song really reaches these heights

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Posted: June 25 2010 at 14:21

1. I talk to the wind
2. Larks tongues in aspic II
3. The Great deceiver
4. Indiscipline
5. Lady of the dancing water
6. In the court of the Crimson King
7. Book of saturday
8. Fracture
9. Red
10. Cirkus

As you can see, I'm in love with shorter songs. Big smile

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Posted: March 09 2013 at 14:09

20.Neuortica
19.Requiem
18.Matte Kudasai
17.Frame by Frame
16.The Howler
15.Sailor's Tale
14.Three of a Perfect Pair
13.Fracture
12.Islands
11.Easy Money
10.Indiscipline
09.Lizard
08.Larks Tongues in Aspic (Part Two)
07.In the Wake of Poseidon
06.Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part One)
05.The Great Deceiver
04.The Court of the Crimson King
03.21st Century Schizoid Man
02.Starless
01.Cirkus

Edited by smartpatrol - March 09 2013 at 14:18

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Posted: March 09 2013 at 14:24

1. Starless
2. Fracture

3. In the Court of the Crimson King
4. Indiscipline
5. Frame by Frame
6. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part I

7. Matte Kudesai
8. Three of a Perfect Pair
9. Formentera Lady

10. The Devil's Triangle

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Posted: March 09 2013 at 15:23

It's bloody difficult to choose only 10 songs, but here's my attempt anyway, it changes all the time so I might edit this later. No live albums/songs included.

01. Starless (Okay, this one isn't likely to change - pretty much the greatest song of all time)

02. Epitaph

03. 21st Century Schizoid Man

04. The Court of the Crimson King

05. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part II

06. Exiles

07. Fracture

08. Fallen Angel

09. Islands

10. Easy Money