What are you listening to right now?

[thefrog]

Flying High Again

[UncleSpellbinder]

Ren – Money Game Part 2 (Live at the Sky Arts Awards 2024)

[_Six]

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man

Style: Progressive Rock (Prog Rock)

Robert Fripp–guitar
Ian McDonald–reeds, woodwind, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
Greg Lake–bass guitar, lead vocals
Michael Giles–drums, percussion, vocals
Peter Sinfield–words and illumination

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including "Mirrors")

And also a Live version they done in 2015, although not all the same members remain.

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man

[kwg]

King Crimson, Starless and Bible Black (1974), “Fracture”

King Crimson - Fracture (OFFICIAL)

I have listened to this track perhaps a hundred times, but it continues to excite me with every listen. There’s a vocal “yelp” in the recording near the 8:30 mark, a climax within a very intense section of the music that begins near the 7:40 mark, emerging after a very quite passage. I know with every listen that the “yelp” is coming, but my heart is racing every time I hear it.

Indeed, that transition from quiet to intense near the 7:40 mark startles me with every listen, one of my favorite musical moments, ever.

[z580c]

Cry of the Banshee

[kwg]

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out! (1966)

Trouble Every Day

Well, I’m about to get upset from watching my TV
Checking out the news until my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day is just another rotten mess
And when it’s gonna change, my friend, is anybody’s guess

So I’m watching and I’m waiting, hoping for the best
Even think I’ll go to praying every time I hear them saying
That there’s no way to delay that trouble coming every day

Blow your harmonica, Son!

“Trouble Every Day” (which was written by Zappa in 1965) references the 1965 riots in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

From the same album:

You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here

You rise each day the same old way
And join your friends out on the street
Spray your hair and think you’re neat
I think your life is incomplete
But maybe that’s not for me to say
They only pay me here to play

You paint your face and then you chase
To meet the gang where the action is
Stomp all night and drink your fizz
Roll your car and say, “Gee whiz!”
You tore a big hole in your convertible top
What will you tell your Mom and Pop?

(“Mom, I tore a big hole in the convertible!”)

Frank Zappa plays the bicycle in 1963:

Frank Zappa teaches Steve Allen to play The Bicycle (1963)

[ramon395]

Descent

[_Six]

This is another good track from King Crimson. I really like this track it’s great to listen and plenty in it to keep you grasped while it is playing. I like a lot of music from King Crimson, a lot of it is done exceptionally well for me.

Probably one of my favorite bands to listen to whether it’s just to listen to, or doing art or some other activity.

[_Six]

Genesis - Firth Of Fifth
Released: 28 September 1973
Type: Progressive Rock (Prog Rock)

Genesis - Firth Of Fifth (Official Audio)

Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
Released: 13 February 1976
Type: Progressive Rock (Prog Rock)

Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (Official Audio)

[UncleSpellbinder]

I’ve been a fan and follower of Ren’s music since the very early days of the pandemic… several years before “Hi Ren.” So I knew of REN, had favorite songs for a good long time before that fateful day “Hi Ren” hit YouTube and catapulted REN into the ether. “Hi Ren” deserves a revisit. It’s fu**ing BRILLIANT.

Ren - Hi Ren (Official Music Video)

[soupcookie]

Pink Sweat$ - At My Worst (Official Video)

[_Six]

Close to the Edge (i. The Solid Time of Change, ii. Total Mass Retain, iii. I Get up I Get Down, iv. Seasons of Man) (2003 Remaster) · Yes

Band: Yes
Style:Progressive Rock (Prog Rock)
Release Date: 1972

Close to the Edge (i. The Solid Time of Change, ii. Total Mass Retain, iii. I Get up I Get...

[_Six]

Himiko Kikuchi - Flying Beagle - 1. Look Your Back
Date: 1987
Style: Jazz Fusion

Himiko Kikuchi - Flying Beagles - 1. Look Your Back (1987)

[z580c]

GRAND MAGUS - The Wheel of Pain (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)

[drunkenvicar]

Saw the Steve Allen piece. He was a prodigy. My introduction to Zappa came with the Very Weird (to my young ears) 200 Motels. I still hum songs from that insane record.

FZ on the Joe Pine show:
Interviewer Pine: "So does your long hair make you a girl?
Young Zappa: “No more than your wooden leg makes you a table.”

It always blew my mind when the Zappa family asked Lou Reed to induct him into the R&R Hall of Fame. The Velvets hated all that west coast crap, especially the Dead and Zappa. The VU and the Dead did share a stage a few times. The Velvets toured N. Cal a lot and had a big following. I digress.

[drunkenvicar]

@kwg

I have listened to this track perhaps a hundred times, but it continues to excite me with every listen. There’s a vocal “yelp” in the recording near the 8:30 mark, a climax within a very intense section of the music that begins near the 7:40 mark, emerging after a very quite passage. I know with every listen that the “yelp” is coming, but my heart is racing every time I hear it.

Indeed, that transition from quiet to intense near the 7:40 mark startles me with every listen, one of my favorite musical moments, ever.

I have to tell you, when there’s an impromptu grunt, scream, yelp, or drawl it makes me feel glad to be alive. probably because the sound board guy didn’t fu*k with the take. you don’t get that in the prog rock arena often. I will give it a listen.
Frame by Frame still by favorite KC of all of them.

EDIT: Ok that was intense. Late 4 min mark to 7-something set this up then all instruments lapse into some trance Dead-like idle doodling but you can tell they don’t like being this unfocused. by the time the yelp comes they launch in a full out rock and roll assault which I thought was more Who-like than Crimson and also quite a rush. What a fun jam.

[drunkenvicar]

this song is elevated with the fight club montage. makes me want to see it again

Fight Club Soundtrack - Pixies - Where Is My Mind?

[smokey]

Now this is the sort of music I want my mate to mix for me for my game for my first big city, will fit it’s vibe perfectly.

[smokey]

Great movie, great song

[smokey]

PIKOTARO - PPAP (Pen Pineapple Apple Pen) (Long Version) (Official Video) [Ultra Records]