In which the League of Gentlemen try their own brand of slow music and crash slo-mo style into the theme from Peter Gunn on mogodon. Quite what dancers would have made of this smoocher we can only guess at.
What we get here is a scorching slice of anguished guitar that seems to want to tear itself out of the self-imposed lumbering tempo. Fripp’s solo recalls some of that snaking malevolence he conjured up in improvisations such as Providence from King Crimson’s Red. Unsettling and exciting all at the same time.
Interesting also to hear the thrakking slabs of organ and guitar toward the end of the piece.
This track is available for download as part of a bumper collection of Mr Stormy's Monday Selections - his second year of random romps through the murky, cavernous DGM archives, torch in hand, fedora upon his head.
This track is now available for download as part of a bumper collection of Mr Stormy's Monday Selections - his second year of random romps through the murky, cavernous DGM archives, torch in hand, fedora upon his head.
In which the League of Gentlemen try their own brand of slow music and crash slo-mo style into the theme from Peter Gunn on mogo...
I can hear a (slowed down) bit of "Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx III" around the 2:00 mark, and Barry Andrews' solo at 6:00 is quite funny to me. Not bad at all!
Written by Kevin Gamble
Intriguing, fierce stuff
Regarding the lament about such hot playing by Fripp over a "dull" rhythm section--true, this ain’t Bruford & Wetton, but every combination produces results not available elsewhere. To my ears, the best Crimson-related rhythm sections provide what amounts to competition, whereas this one leaves a wide-open sky through which Fripp is free to range, and he pours it out more copiously than any Crimson rhythm section would have allowed--which lets us hear something we wouldn’t otherwis...
Regarding the lament about such hot playing by Fripp over a "dull" rhythm section--true, this ain’t Bruford & Wetton, but every combination produces results not available elsewhere. To my ears, the best Crimson-related rhythm sections provide what amounts to competition, whereas this one leaves a wide-open sky through which Fripp is free to range, and he pours it out more copiously than any Crimson rhythm section would have allowed--which lets us hear something we wouldn’t otherwise. Also to my amateur ears, it sounds as though Fripp is trying mightily to lift the whole proceedings off the ground, and not quite succeeding, but that strain and struggle and disconnectedness makes for a fascinating moment. I enjoy the high peaks of tensest Crimson, but also really like the groundedness and grit of LoG.
Written by Pete Wiseman
Wow!
All of the LoG downloads over the past couple of years have been exciting, but this is something else, and quite unique. Made my hair stand up!
Written by Dan Buxbaum
detour
Too bad some of RF’s most inspired soloing was wasted over such a plodding, dull rhythm section.