r/KingCrimson

First heard ITCOTCK a few years ago, just after they put their discography on streaming, ofc loved it, as you would expect, and like many others do, thought nothing of the second half of moonchild. The first section was pretty good, but the second confused the hell out of me.

That was 7 years ago. Since then my attitude towards the song has remained pretty much the same - cool start, boring end.

Last night I fell asleep with the album on repeat, woke up around 5.30 in the morning with, guess what?! moonchild playing! Didn't go back to sleep, but sat by the open window, little soft gusts of morning air blowing in, grey sky for once, and the spaciousness of moonchild. It was so surreal but beautiful, especially learning about the first bit of rain in a long time!

Brilliant song, now wishing they'd made more like moonchild and providence

That's it, really. What do you think of Angine de Poitrine's music?

Hi guys, I need help choosing a gift for my dad. We went to the Beat concert this summer and we really enjoyed it.

My dad's birthday is on the 30th, and I would like to get him a vinyl of one of the Beat albums, but I don't know which one I should choose.

I've listened to all three albums, and I think Beat (1982) is better than Discipline and Three of a Perfect Pair. In my opinion, Beat has new sounds and a more original sound than the others.

What would you choose?

I once read an article where Yes described seeing King Crimson for the first time and then knowing they should up their game. Knowing that Yes is a very technical band with a lot of precision and King Crimson being a band much more improv heavy I was wondering what you think about the relationship between Yes and King Crimson. They definitely share an history considering that Anderson sung on Lizard and Bruford became the drummer of the band, but they also had some sort of rivalry considering they both spoke to a similar market.

I also want to thank everyone who reacted to my previous post. I got a lot of love and I want to thank you for that! I agree that starless is one of the best long songs. Especially the sax solo at the end.

I’m mentally constructing a timeline..I feel these are milestones…fill the gaps please??….👀👀….??

I've been really obsessed with king crimson as of late and I've been loving the howler and really want to learn how to play it but i can't find the tabs anywhere so can I get some help?

I would either make it about the early days of the 80s reformation and performing as Discipline, or the leadup to the 1994 Argentina shows.

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King Crimson is well known for their long songs. They even have one song with multiple parts (Larks' Tongues in Aspic). But what is their best long song in your opinion? I really like Larks' Tongues in Aspic part 1.