Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2011
Features Disc of the day
King Crimson
Discipline
(E.G./Virgin, 1981)
Reborn prog adventurers match technical ecstasy with post-punk funkoid fervour.
Having declared the band “completely over for ever” late in ‘74, seven years later guitarist Robert Fripp admitted “King Crimson has a life of its own”, conferring the familiar moniker on his new outfit and using their initial name of Discipline to title their new album. Musically, KC1981 – who included ex-drummer Bill Bruford, stick-bass iconoclast Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon), and guitarist Adrian Belew (Zappa, Bowie, Talking Heads) - picked up where Fripp’s post-punk set, Exposure, had left off. Roisterous opener Elephant Talk sets the tone for the frenetic six tracks that follow, Crimson’s trademarked technical precision being augmented by a bold neo-new wave edge. The title track and Frame By Frame are skittering pieces of funk-tinged math-rock; The Sheltering Sky is as ambient as its title suggests; Matte Kudasai (Japanese for “please wait”) is a brooding ballad; while the stand-out track, the gonzoid prog-punk of Thela Hun Jingeet, features Belew, secretly recorded by Fripp, ranting frantically at being harassed both by gangs then the police during an ill-fated afternoon stroll through Notting Hill. As intricate and yet as direct as the Peter Saville sleeve that housed it, Discipline both re-energised Crimson and attracted a new audience. Today, its impact continues to resonate among contemporary artists ranging from Battles to Porcupine Tree.
Phil Alexander
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 17/01/2008
Further Listening
Robert Fripp – Exposure (E.G., 1979)
King Crimson – Beat (E.G./Virgin,1982)
Battles – Mirrored (Warp, 2007)
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genius...............
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