Tormented by the 70s || 21y.o - he/him || matching @johnentwistlesbassguitar :^]
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Latest Posts by seventh-sojourn - Page 8
violinist with the frank zappa band
"So why in 1974, returning from life on the road since 1969, did I wish to leave it behind? Because it was utterly mad. Utterly mad. You can say to the other members of the band, 'Come on, this is mad.' And they say, 'But we're going to be as successful as Pink Floyd in Europe next year," which is also true. My concern was that the creative impulse is acting through KC. The actual behaviour, the actual life of the band was going to go off course. It hadn't gone off course but it was being set up to do that."
"I suggested [Ian McDonald to replace me] to David Enthoven, whose comment was 'We're not interested in King Crimson without you'. So at that point I let go of it. I called up Bill and John and said it's over. This is not a discussion. For me there was nothing to discuss: I was going and I'd done what I could to keep it going."
~ Robert Fripp
"The confidence level after Central Park was phenomenal both from band and public. When I came back and we started recording Red I was full of optimism."
"I think some people are as wary of success as they are of failure. There were two of us champing at the bit to make the band as successful as possible because we could see what was possible, what we could do. What was on the horizon for us was really close and tangible. And one third of the band was going 'hang on a minute'.
"The more popular the band is, the less control there is. There you have a fairly big factor in the demise of the band. It's a pity because the chemistry was incredible. Ian McDonald was tantalisingly close to rejoining or at least touring with the band and that would have been the icing on the cake for me."
~ John Wetton
"John tended to say that after Central Park and making Red we were on the way up and the next thing would've been fantastic. Me? I have no idea. I wasn't looking that far ahead. I was just trying to get through Red, which was hard work. I think we were all exhausted. None of us had any idea how tiring all this was... I think Robert had spotted this that Crimson was not the kind of band that should go on and on. We would've inevitably blown up had it carried on."
"I look back on it now with a great deal of fondness. It's very easy with this distance and all this scholarly enquiry to nit-pick but we should not forget that it was a blast! It was, excuse the language, fucking great!"
~ Bill Bruford
i cannot emphasize how necessary it is to have a buddy to participate in fandom with. completely elevated experience. don't have a buddy? find someone you like and message them and be their friend. gush over every sketch and drabble and insane headcanon they have. live life to the fullest.
Couldn't find it so I made it. Plus some extras I found online
Where’s that one picture of the werewolf tearing off his shirt and large impact font that says I MISS MY WIFE. Need that rn
Sorry for taking over this post about a gorgeous movie but one thing I have to mention is the fact that somewhere within the last 20 years unicorns have stopped being represented as entirely white. Now they have rainbow hair and (can have) colorful skin.
(And they also stopped being magical horses that can only be ridden by a virgin – to the point where, in a room full of literature majors, at least 10 of us didn't know that was the base requirement)
And the reason for that, surprisingly, is My Little Pony. I'm serious.
THE LAST UNICORN 1982, dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass
My two girlfriends.
And yes, they smoke weed.
Results are in 😔
Bill Bruford pointing out his UNAUTHORIZED King Crimson tie.
I've been thinking so hard about that image of Phil sitting in a big leather chair that I had to draw it.
you sre now my mortal anemie
YAAAAY!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!! I DETEST YOU AS WELL, FIEND!!! 😈😈😈
In my restless dreams, I see that thing… (Steve Howe's photorealistic mask in whatever this is)
now I wrote a whole thing about King Crimson's Frame by Frame for my professor to change the assignment... *eye twitches*
Steve Howe performing with Yes, Close to the Edge tour (?)
I came across this version a while back and it's quite lovely. John Wetton may be no Greg Lake, but he can still hold his own on one of my fav King Crimson songs :)
Public utility: The Fish explaining his picking technique.
|| From the Masterclass with Bob Birch. [Watch it on Youtube]
a few clippings of Yes from a Japanese magazine.
photos by Frederic Golchan in 1974.
huggies :}
and as a bonus, steve celebrating his hug from jon
I often wonder how Stephen feels about David coming up with a whole self insert cowboy au just to make fun of his beef with Graham over Rita Coolidge
Yes, 1971. From the March 27th, 1971 issue of New Musical Express Magazine (via: Geirmykl)
guiding light