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Sy Borg wrote: ↑March 9th, 2021, 5:42 am

Papus79 wrote: ↑March 6th, 2021, 10:43 am

Pattern-chaser wrote: ↑March 6th, 2021, 10:04 am Yes, the early albums are the ones I go back to, again and again. The last time I saw KC, Mel Collins was with them!

Larks tongues in aspic was the first move toward Beat, and thereby to the KC of today. If I had to choose one band, it would be KC.

I introduced KC to some friends last night, ended up playing Three is a Perfect Pair and asked one of my friends what he thought of it - the answer I got back was 'Talking Heads if they were sh--' (he's a bit cynical so you never know when that verdict will come down - almost seems random at times).

I have enjoyed KC's music for over four decades and I agree with your friend. It's a dull song IMO.

Finding a suitable KC track for the uninitiated is tricky. I find Discipline to be their most accessible album, especially tracks like Elephant Talk and Frame By Frame. If they like their music with more oomph, then maybe Dinosaur.

I like this very 80s-ish instrumental of theirs:

I came upon this passage in the book I’m reading, Solar Bones by Irish writer Mike McCormack, where father and son exchange views on music. It begins with the son asking his Dad’s thoughts on a Radiohead song (btw there are no full stops, or question marks etc in the novel, only commas and hyphens):

‘ by the way, and on another topic, did you make any headway with Kid A

I listened to it all right, I liked it – I think – it sounded a lot like unleaded King Crimson though, the same

Jesus, King Crimson, music for engineers, all those dissonant chords laid down at right angles to each other

Exactly, my generation demanded more from our music than soft emoting’

One thing is certain with music: if it were all the same life would scarcely be worth living.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPm-TAoRLM

Wow, haven't listened to this since high school. One of those 25th anniversary interviews brought it back to mind.

Something else worth mentioning, I finally grabbed up St Vincent (Annie Clark)'s 'Daddy's Home', it actually might land well with the KC fans here. Some of the chaotic funk actually reminds me of Lizards a bit. I might be the only one who'd hear it but anyway thought it was worth mentioning:

Stay-C dropped this burner in a recent set. Long-time fan of Rider so it's cool to see he's still making things happen.

A great song:

Happy birthday Bob.

On Dylan day: Favourite Dylan song: Clothes Line Saga (from The Basement Tapes) but I couldn't find the man himself singing it on YouTube.

Seems like an affectionate piss take of Ode to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry, and the drawling, deadpan, seemingly emotionally disconnected description of, or hints at, deeply disturbing events in that song. But in the Dylan song it was just that the vice president had gone mad.

This Pat Metheny piece, wildly different to his usual style, creates some amazing atmospheres.

And now for some sheer, unadulterated beauty. No words needed.

Sy Borg wrote: ↑May 26th, 2021, 9:09 pm And now for some sheer, unadulterated beauty. No words needed.

Thanks for that. I've never heard of Oliver Nelson, but anyone who plays with Eric Dolphy and Bill Evans has to be worth checking out. So I'm off to check some out. Thanks again!