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Topic: King Crimson quiz
Posted: October 24 2006 at 14:19

1) What does the name King Crimson mean?
2) Who originally sung on I talk to the wind?
3) What band was Pat Mastelotto originally in?
4) Which two studio albums have no instrumentals?
5) What is KC's shortest studio track?
6) Which three incarnations never toured?
7) Name two singers who unsuccessfully auditioned for KC?
8) Who was credited for not performing on which song?
9) What is KC's longest & shortest album?
10) Who are the second equal longest serving members of KC?
11) Who called KC 'the greatest band on earth'?
12) What did KC play on TOTP?
13) What was the name of the album meant to proceed Red?
14) Which KC songs have never been played live?
15) What is the only recorded KC track not appearing on a studio or live album?

Try guessing before googling the answers?

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 15:48

1) Beelzebub.
2)
3)
4) In the Court, Lizard.
5)
6) The Lizard lineup,.
7)
8) Fripp?
9)
10) Adrian Belew, Tony Levin
11)
12)
13)
14)
15)

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 16:04

3. XTC?
5. Bude (0:26)
7. Elton John & Brian Ferry
9. what type? shortest studio album is Beat. longest studio would be THRaK or The POwer To Believe
13. Blue?

the rest would mean google. LOL

(on 5 and 9 I checked my albums) Embarrassed

Edited by Ricochet - October 24 2006 at 16:19

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 17:00

2.Judy Dyble

3.Mr. Mister

8.Bruford was credited for not performing on 'Trio' (admirable restraint)

12.Cat Food

15.Dr. Diamond (?)

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 17:27

more...

6.Lizard line-up indeed, Poseidon line-up, Red line-up (the trio augemented with Ian McDonald)

9.Longest studio album is 'ConstruKction Of Light'

11.myself, many times

Edited by AngelRat - October 24 2006 at 17:28

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 19:19

Damn, this is hard. I think Kurt Cobain said something along the lines of "Kc were the best band" etc. ... but I said that too, so does it count?

I thought of "Dr. Diamond" as well (great song, by the way), but it appears onThe Great Deceiver , I think. So it has been played live, that's for sure. Therefore the answer to that must be something that no one's ever heard.

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 19:21

Uroboros wrote:

Damn, this is hard. I think Kurt Cobain said something along the lines of "Kc were the best band" etc. ... but I said that too, so does it count?

I've never come across versions of One More Red Nightmare or Fallen Angel other than their original album versions.

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 19:37

Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Uroboros wrote:

Damn, this is hard. I think Kurt Cobain said something along the lines of "Kc were the best band" etc. ... but I said that too, so does it count?

I've never come across versions of One More Red Nightmare or Fallen Angel other than their original album versions.

"One More Red Nightmare" has been played live... but not by Kc.

Anyway, the question was 15) What is the only recorded KC track not appearing on a studio or live album? - so not appearing on either live or studio albums... which is quite puzzling.

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 12:55

So far you've done 1-4. King Crimson more precisely means: the man with an aim.
If you can tell me what studio album Bude is on, you've got 5 right.
6-9 are right.
10 is wrong.
11 you still haven't got.
12 is right.
13 no one's attempted, probably because it's more of a rumour.
For 14, One More Red Nightmare has never been played live but an improv for Fallen Angel was played at their debut concert. There's still 7 more to get.
15 you still haven't got.

Which ones do you give up on? I just thought of two more.
16) Name all the violinists who have played on King Crimson albums and live (not neccesarily a live album).
17) Trick question: why did Jamie Muir leave? (push and pull reasons)

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 15:19

Vompatti wrote:

1) Beelzebub.
2)
3)
4) In the Court, Lizard.
5)
6) The Lizard lineup,.
7)
8) Fripp?
9)
10) Adrian Belew, Tony Levin
11)
12)
13)
14)
15)

Bill Bruford's been in the band longer.

Bruford 1973-1996(?)
Levin 1980-1996?(?)

Although the ending dates are questionable I believe they left KC at the same time, and Bruford's starting date wins it for him.

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 15:22

11 - Steven Wilson

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 15:39

Steven Wilson wasn't who I was thinking of it; someone more famous. I heard Wilson only really liked Red, as did Cobain.

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 17:57

15) Trees ?

This title is mentioned in the booklet to McDonald & Giles self-titled album as a King Crimson piece yet it doesn't appear at any track-list to any of the KC albums.

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 18:40

5."Bude" is on the 'Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With' EP

10.Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto have been in the band together for about some 10+ years I think, which is longer than most

14.Do the 3 "Peace" tunes on 'Poseidon' count? Also: "Lizard", "Prelude: Song Of The Gulls", "Moonchild" (?), "Islands" (?)

16.David Cross and Eddie Jobson

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 18:52

17) Wasn't it the fact that he broke his leg?

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Posted: October 26 2006 at 15:24

To clarify, 10 is Bill Bruford and Adrian Belew, 25 years each, 1972-1997 & 1981-2006.
11 was http://www.fripp.com/robertfrippclips/jimi.ramJimi Hendrix
13 is Blue
For 14, Peace: A Theme has been played live. There are still more to name.
15 is Groon, being the only single (b-side) not to come from an album. Unfortunately, I forgot it had been played on Earthbound.
16 is 2/3 of the way there. This one is really hard so I might as well tell you. John Wetton played violin duets with Cross but stopped after someone from Family shouted something at him during a concert.
Fassbinder fell for 17. That was the fake reason his record company made him give out.

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Posted: October 26 2006 at 15:50

condor wrote:

15 is Groon, being the only single (b-side) not to come from an album. Unfortunately, I forgot it had been played on Earthbound.
Fassbinder fell for 17. That was the fake reason his record company made him give out.

15) "Groon" appears at Ladies of the Road double CD (CD1, track number 6), played live, of course. Also, the recent remaster of In the Wake of Poseidon has "Groon" as a bonus track. I don't have that remaster, but I do have Ladies of the Road, therefore I didn't think of "Groon".

Still, it's unclear what was the destiny of "Trees" mentioned in the booklet to McDonalds & Giles. Does anybody know anything about it???

As for 17), I remembered something from the booklet to Larks' Tongues in Aspic, but didn't have a look to it for the answer.

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