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The39thStep
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Robert Fripp composed the Windows Vista start up sound
petee
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The Quietus | Film | Film Features | Holding Court: Toby Amies On The Difficult Business Of Filming King Crimson
Daniel Dylan Wray talks to film director Toby Amies about making a documentary about Robert Fripp and the musicians he works with
The39thStep
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Some of these remix/stripped versions are great
The39thStep
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Interesting little side project
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Fringe 2022 – The Road to Ballina
The Road to Ballina is the true story of King Crimson singer Jakko Jakszyk and his journey to discover his real family. The work is directed by Michael Attenborough, and is a moving, sometimes shoc…
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petee
no gods, no malarkey
Interesting little side project
Fringe 2022 – The Road to Ballina
The Road to Ballina is the true story of King Crimson singer Jakko Jakszyk and his journey to discover his real family. The work is directed by Michael Attenborough, and is a moving, sometimes shoc…
this would be the ballina in mayo?
The39thStep
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yes. Apparently, he was adopted and his real mum was a singer in a show band in Ireland who ended up in the States
RD2003
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I discovered in Moscow in 1990-91 that King Crimson had a considerable influence on the Soviet underground rock scene. I was told that Boris Grebenshikov, the key figure in that scene, was a big fan. You could hear their influence in his band Aquarium, whose cassettes were often forced on me in those visits. They weren't at all bad, even if the lyrics were indecipherable for somebody with a fairly limited grasp of the language.
The39thStep
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Could have been a lot worse
The39thStep
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KC doco & soundtrack
The long-awaited King Crimson documentary, In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson At 50, directed by Toby Amies is set for release on Blu-Ray and DVD on 11th November. Described by Variety ma...
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The39thStep
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In cinemas in Ireland the UK April. Tickets in link below
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
In cinemas in Ireland the UK April. Tickets in link below
Ha, OH has already booked tickets for one of the showings with a Q & A!
The39thStep
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I was looking at coming over for the Manchester one but I have a hospital exam too near the date .
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
there do seem to be loads of dates and venues.
The39thStep
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Might do Alicante but will hold out for Lisbon
The39thStep
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King Crimson with brass and violin - its great
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
In cinemas in Ireland the UK April. Tickets in link below
Saw this tonight - highly recommended.
It has the feel of one of the best BBC4 music documentaries you could ever see, except that the cinematography makes it worth seeing on the big screen.
I do really like King Crimson, what I know of them (which is their most famous tracks) - but don't know enough of them to call myself a big fan. My partner is the big KC fan and the reason I saw it. But despite that I really enjoyed it - it's funny, moving and a good insight into how a band works.
(I got slight The Fall vibes in that Fripp appears extremely difficult to work with for many musicians and there has been a very fluid line-up over the years!)
The39thStep
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The39thStep
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This is a really good version of Starless from Meltdown -Live in Mexico . Its from Daily Motion so unfortunately its got ads on it
The39thStep
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RD2003
Got a really fucking shitty attitude
I gradually came to realise that the Fall was basically a mix of Captain Beefheart and Van Der Graaf Generator, with punk overtones. The latter I once saw quoted as being King Crimson but more scary (or words to that effect.)So the Fall did end up like King Crimson in the end.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
well i've never heard it put that way before.
RD2003
Got a really fucking shitty attitude
Maybe it's just me revisiting the Captain and VDGG a lot in recent years, but I can't help but hear the connections.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
i haven't listened to van der graaf in a donkey's years so maybe there's something to it.
The39thStep
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Watched this today. A friend sent me a blu-ray DVD of it however I haven't a Blu-ray player so I downloaded a torrent instead. It's a great film, so great that I might just buy a blu-ray player to only play this again. Theres some real insights into the history of the band, some delightful moments including a nun, the delightfully poignant and funny Bill Rieflin and some cod philosophy from Fripp. I don't think we will ever see a band like this again with such an idiosyncratic musical output and one whose final ensemble played the whole catalogue to perfection as if somehow they were the sum of all their predecessors.
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