Best King Crimson Lineup?
Printed From: Progarchives.com
Category: Progressive Music Lounges
Forum Name: Prog Polls
Forum Description: Create polls on topics related to progressive music
URL: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46616
Printed Date: November 30 2024 at 02:45
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.01 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Best King Crimson Lineup?
Posted By: Draconis
Subject: Best King Crimson Lineup?
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 23:34
| There were various permutations on these, but which of these selections do you consider the best? |
Replies:
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 23:38
| Wetton era. Their best material, most varied and best sound came from that era. |
Posted By: explodingjosh
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 23:39
|
Oh God no! You can't make me choose! I'm hoping that the Fripp/Belew/Levin/Mastelotto/Harrison will be my favorite, but for now, I'm debating between #4 and #5. ------------- 
|
Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 00:14
|
KC lost somthing major when they lost their only real lyricist.
(guess my choice) ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 00:30
|
I really like the second option lineup.
-------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 01:05
|
I only like ITCOTCK and part of Red, so my option is with the first KING CRIMSON lineup or second from this list, being that Giles, Giles & Fripp is another different thing. Iván ------------- 
|
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 02:13
| Where's the duo trio on this? |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 02:24
|
No.3.The Larks Tongues in Aspic line-up. ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 02:28
agreed, though the PtB team really did some great things |
Man Erg wrote:Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 02:36
I really love PtB. -------------
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 02:41
Ditto!
 I think Muir's presence really added something special to the band's sound.The ITCOTCK lineup was also great... I have always been curious as to know what they would have done, had they stayed together.
|
Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 03:19
| Fripp-Wetton-Bruford-Cross for me. Just check out the GREAT DECEIVER live collection. Simply astonishing. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 07:19
|
Fripp, Lake, McDonald, Giles, Sinfield. ------------- 
|
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 07:25
|
for me.. the classic line up.
Fripp, Lake, McDonald, Giles, Sinfield. would have loved to seen where they would have gone. I enjoy moments of later phases of the group. But this line-up I thought was the most interesting.. quite possibly the most creative. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 07:36
|
A vote for the Muir line-up. Can't stand Greg Lake and I try to ignore lyrics, so there's nothing appealing to me in the first one and a half albums except for in Mars.
------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 07:54
That deserves some clappies
... I recently got both double CDs, and it's nothing short of stunning. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 08:22
| Fripp, Wetton, Cross, Bruford, Muir |
Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 08:22
| How many times has this poll been done??????????????? |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 08:37
None,that I can find by doing a quick search.  -------------
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 09:40
| Which features Bruford and Wetton. |
Posted By: Paper Champion
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 10:30
| Fripp, Wetton, Cross, Bruford - without a doubt the best KC days. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 11:45
|
Fripp, Belew, Levin, Bruford, definitely. Though their current lineup (well, excluding Harrison so not current) is also extremely good... I can't wait to hear them with Harrison. |
Posted By: dpedal1
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 13:13
Agreed!!  ------------- "So crucify the ego, before it's far too late." - Reflection |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 13:40
| At the moment, i think it's the ITCOTCK and ITWOP lineup (I think they had the same lineup). |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 14:05
| Larks Tongues! |
Posted By: Erpland316
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 14:32
|
All of the lineups are good in various ways. The Larks-Red era is probably the best overall, but I have gained much respect for the 80's-present era. If you havent seen Neal Jack and Me DVD it will change your mind. Just great musicians playing great music. ------------- "Science is all metaphor"-Timothy Leary [IMG]http://freespace.virgin.net/martin.jones10/amonpic.jpg">[IMG]http://imagegen.last.fm/red/artists/Yeti316.gif"> |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 15:37
I agree, except I think the 80s-present is the best, haha. That DVD will blow your mind; this is just a second voice telling you, if you're reading this and don't have that DVD, it's well worth it.   |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 15:49
| Fripp, Lake, McDonald, Giles, Sinfield |
Posted By: NurseryCryme89
Date Posted: May 17 2008 at 13:45
| where the hell is the boz lineup???? |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: May 17 2008 at 19:18
It wouldn't win anyway, so...
 |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: May 17 2008 at 19:20
|
Funny how what many find the best KC line-ups (with Wetton and with-or-without Muir) are the ones including one of the musicians with the most uneven post-KC career (Wetton, that is). Kind regards.
|
Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 17 2008 at 20:40
|
Lark's Tongues lineup is my favorite. Muir just added that something special. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: Greta007
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 09:33
|
I can't choose. Mike Giles and Ian McDonald helped make the first KC special. Some of the musical textures and ensemble sounds on ITCOTCK where amazing, even by today's standards. Just beautiful. Let's not forget the Lizard lineup - or mini orchestra. I can't imagine anyone else producing the marvels of Bolero. Jamie Muir's experimentalism added an other-worldly quality to KC that was unique. The creativity on LTIA was hard to match. The expanded lineup on Starless (the song) was a treat too. Imagine seeing that group of musicians play it live! For sheer brilliance, you can't go the 80s group. More compact and spacious than the double trio. Interestingly, it was the first album of each lineup that saw them at their creative powers. Maybe Bob Fripp should just start new bands, produce an album, then disband? Then he could wait a couple of years and start another band, bristling with creative fire! Still, the bedded-down bands did manage to produce marvellous gems like Cat Food, Bolero, Starless, TOAPP and Coda. ------------- Eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. |
Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 10:46
A poll is only redudant if the same people are voting again. If you have new people involved then it's a completely different poll. So if you want to attract new people to PA then this question really needs to stop being asked. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 10:49
|
I voted Fripp-Wetton-Cross-Bruford. That lineup developed beautifully into a very tight unit that could done some amazing improv. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 20:18
The one with Fripp in it. 
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
|
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 20:36
That's the funniest and most spirited answer so far
|
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 20:42
|
I choose J.Wetton, Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Davis Cross, Ian Mcdonald and Mel Collins;
That's the fantastic line-up playing on STARLESS......33 years later i have never recovered my sanity
after reading FRIPP disbanded KC when IAN McDONALD was about to return full time to the band he created a few years earlier.....Still dreaming of the possibilities!! |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 21:53
EXACTLY MY CHOICE ! Perfect lineup. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 23:59
|
Voted Fripp, Wetton, Cross, Bruford
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: June 18 2008 at 00:11
Agreed! ------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 18 2008 at 00:21
Agreee !!! mine is signed by the band back in 1996 ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 18 2008 at 00:22
agreee awesome DVD!! ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: PROGMONSTER2008
Date Posted: June 18 2008 at 02:58
|
Can't go past the Fripp, Lake, McDonald, Giles, Sinfield line up when it comes to music quality.
Lake better voice than Wetton. Win for the Lake era
The Wetton era doesn't even have any keyboards. Another win for Lake era
Song writing is stronger during Lake era. Another win for Lake era
I prefer Giles drumming over Brufords 1973-1974 drumming. Another win for Lake era
Poseidon is my fave KC album. Another win for Lake era
Only problem was Lake era only lasted 2 albums and Wetton era lasted 3 albums.
The Belew 80s era probably has the most amount of quality possibly over 3 albums though.
|
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: June 18 2008 at 13:48
|
I´m gonna go with the Discipline line up, it has my favorite guitarist, drummer and bass player in the same band!... and Belew is there too!!!
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
|
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: June 18 2008 at 13:50
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
|
Posted By: PROGMONSTER2008
Date Posted: June 18 2008 at 19:54
There may be a tiny bit of keys, but I can't seem to remember any off the top of my head
|
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 22:03
|
Option three.
Fripp, Wetton, Cross, Bruford, Muir ------------- Hi progmaniacs of all the world |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 22:46
|
Whichever one gave us Starless & Bible Black |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 22:59
You might want to check out the Mellotron on Starless (the song).
|
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 23:37
|
As long as Fripp is a part, I'm good. ------------- 
|
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 07:06
|
The Muir period - his percussive insanity seems so right for KC (listen to Easy Money on Lark's Tongue), and clearly rubbed off on Wm Bruford.
I have to say the more I hear the King Crimson Collectors Club live issues, the more respect I give the Boz Burrell, Mel Collins, Ian Wallace period (check out the Denver set)
------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 07:19
|
My favorite lineup has to be the original KC lineup (not the Giles Giles & Fripp). They made In the Court of the Crimson King! The early 80's lineup that included Belew, Fripp, Bruford and Levin is my second favorite. Adrian Belew's David Byrne-like vocals are always entertaining, and Tony Levin's Chapman Stick was (and still is) very entertaining.
------------- 
Would you like some Bailey's? |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 19:21
|
Fripp, Giles, McDonald, Lake, Sinfield Although I have to agree with Spookytooth that the Belew, Levin, Fripp, Bruford lineup is great too. |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 17:38
|
Fripp, Giles, McDonald, Lake, Sinfield - that line-up was just magic. After, Fripp, Belew, Levin, Bruford |
Posted By: cohen34
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 18:47
|
Michael Giles drumming is the best in prog and Greg Lake's vocals are much better than John Wetton's so the early era gets my vote.
------------- Life is short, the art is long - Hippocrates |
Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: June 22 2008 at 03:45
suppose it would be a dumb idea to do a Genesis or Yes version of this poll 
|
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: June 22 2008 at 12:47
Mellotron from Cross and Fripp on Easy Money, The Night Watch, Trio etc.. Not sure if there are any others involved. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: June 22 2008 at 12:49
|
All of 'em, except perhaps the last one. And the Lizard/Larks' lineups are missing (as well as some later ones). I'll say '73. |
Posted By: Traveller Grey
Date Posted: June 24 2008 at 15:31
| Fripp, Wetton, Cross, Bruford, and Muir were the oncoming storm. |