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'''King Crimson''' is a band that began in 1969 in London, from the first generation of [[Progressive Rock]] groups. They've pretty much existed ever since, despite some pretty regular break-ups and reformations (1969-1974, 1981-1984, 1994-present). Also debatably proof that time travel is real.
The only constant member of the band is guitarist and mastermind Robert Fripp, and indeed the band's 1969-1974 period was plagued by unstable lineups. However, things have stabilised somewhat since their 1981 reformation.
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* (as "Jakko Jakszyk, Robert Fripp, and Mel Collins - A King Crimson ProjeKct") ''A Scarcity of Miracles'' (LP) - 2011
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* [[Alliteration]]: Each verse of "Elephant Talk" is a list of words that mean "talk" that share the same first letter. This gets [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the fourth verse with the line "These are words with a D this time."
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* [[New Sound Album]]: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|One of the kings]] of this trope.
* [[The Not-Remix]]: The "40th Anniversary Series" of album reissues, and two tracks ("Cadence and Cascade" and "Bolero - The Peacock's Tale") on the compilation ''Frame by Frame''.
* [[Progressive Rock]]: One of the [[Trope
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: The vocal sections of ''"Thela Hun Ginjeet"'' come straight from Adrian Belew's frazzled story of being confronted by gangsters just minutes earlier. As Belew began his story, Robert Fripp [[Throw It In|signalled to the studio engineer to begin recording.]]
* [[Reclusive Artist]]: Robert Fripp (who combines [[Gentleman Snarker]] with [[Smart People Wear Glasses]] - read his blog). The band as a whole haven't been heard from much in a while, though.
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* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: A French porn studio in the mid 70s used "Larks Tongues In Aspic, Part II" in one of their films (Emmanuelle). While Fripp was irked that they didn't ask for his permission to use the track, he commented/joked in his online diary that they actually couldn't have picked a better KC song to use (honestly, the song does have certain raunchy, sexy overtones). Nonetheless, the heaviness of the piece might seem a bit off to some.
* [[Spoken Word in Music]]: "Elephant Talk," "Indiscipline," "Thela Hun Ginjeet," "Neurotica," "Dig Me", "Coda: Marine 475"<ref>only in the studio version, and even there it's almost inaudible in the mix</ref>
** "Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part I", near its end, includes a recording of the play "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131129215536/http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/STELLA/STARN/scotplay/GLASS/glass0.htm Gallowglass]": "[...] you shall be hanged by the neck upon a gibbet until you are dead", with a [[Scare Chord]] at the same time as the word "dead".
* [[Studio Chatter]]: Right at the end of the ''Islands'' album, there's a recording of the string and woodwind musicians rehearsing "Prelude: Song of the Gulls".
* [[Textless Album Cover]]: ''In the Court of the Crimson King'', ''In the Wake of Poseidon'', ''Islands'', and ''Larks' Tongues in Aspic''.
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