tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post5085695981071866989..comments2024-01-20T10:19:12.985-05:00Comments on Martin's View: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect PairMartin Maenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-44046910305627412202014-03-28T09:44:01.993-04:002014-03-28T09:44:01.993-04:00Hey Martin! Nice writeup. Crimson definitely are/w...Hey Martin! Nice writeup. Crimson definitely are/were an acquired taste, even in this more approachable/accessible formation. Their music is never easy and will frustrate the casual listener. I didn't really care for the Discipline/Beat/Three of a Perfect Pair trio of records from this lineup until after I had learned their back catalog and could appreciate how they had progressed through the years. "Lark's Toungue in Aspic" through it's iterations may serve as a connector to these different periods, but if you travel from "21st Century Shizoid Man" through "Cat Food", "Great Deceiver", "Islands","Formentera Lady", "Easy Money", and "Red", and then arrive at these three albums, it might make more sense-- that this music is not all that Crimson is about, just what they wanted to express at that time.<br /><br />Fripp had a great quote which addressed how Crimson would break up and then reform periodically, seemingly performing completely different music with their new lineup: <br /><br />"When music appears which only King Crimson can play, then, sooner or later, King Crimson appears to play the music"<br /><br />If you check out the Crimson albums which follow in the mid '90s, such as "Thrakk" and "Zoom", I find them more distant still, but some day when I have more time I will spend more time with them and immerse myself and see what happens.<br /><br />Thanks for the great post :-)<br /><br />MattMatteus Maximushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16105712750071964118noreply@blogger.com