Queer / transgender signaling in 80s kc lyrics and What happened
I know im prolly gonna get downvoted for this but please at least read it
King crimson is supposed to be prog. THATS what i want not whatever LGBT signaling was being shoved into the 80s lyrics. listen to Indiscipline again seriously. I repeat myself when under stress” and all this stuff about identity and the painting and not being able to properly explain yourself. and then Neurotica is a doozy. Identity alienating in city living yeah ok i’ve heard this one before. Super vague lyricism where you can just insert whatever contemporary identity politics you want into it and suddenly its queer coded ,WTF? “words are just noises”. language doesnt mean anything, everything is subjective identity is whatever you say it is etcetcetc. at some point the amount of nothing has a fixed meaning stuff gets obvious. And before some guy with bacon for eyes tells me “ROBERT FRIPP ISNT TRANSSEXUAL” I KNOW. THATS NOT WHAT IM SAYING.
Im saying i dont want this in music. I dont care if its subtle. I dont care if its open to interpretation. U make every lyric vague enough and then 30 years later some idiot tries to relate it to their hormonal disposition
I don’t hate adrian belew by the way. He’s a great musician and his contribution to the band is undebatable But he should have gave the powdered pen a break. And to these new fans:
ITS OLD GUYS PLAYING GUITAR , nothing else