source file: mills2.txt Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 10:25:32 -0700 Subject: King Crimson From: PAULE I just purchased the King Crimson boxed set, "The Great Deceiver: Live 1973-1974," and I have to say that right now I can't think of a better representative of what is unique in 20th century music. I'm not going to use this space to review it, but I will mention that in their rejection of diatonicity and triadic harmony, King Crimson often deliberately ventured outside the confines of 12-tET -- witness the artful use of bends and natural harmonics, or the Gamelan-like pizzicato wah-wah violin in "Tight Scrummy." If you have $60 to spend on rock or improvisatory music, or just want to be taken for a ride through the emotional extremes of sublime gentleness to raw vicious power, this is the way to go. Warning: For the Neil Haversticks out there, there is very little that is heartwarming or uplifting about this music. Thinking about the 20th century, and the loss of innocence that it spelled for Western culture, this music could hardly be more appropriate. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 22:41 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA22979; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 22:42:44 +0200 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA23074 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id NAA23341; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 13:42:41 -0700 Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 13:42:41 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu