One has been observed and documented: I was listening to King Crimson’s Thrak yesterday, and I followed it immediately with Sibelius’ Finlandia/Tone Poems. I was taken aback by the numerous touchpoints;According to Syzygus Fripp and/or Belew had to have listened to Sibelius around the time they were working on this at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studio in Bath.
And:
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they put Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, Finlandia, and Peter Gabriel’s Melting Face album on random play in the disc changer.I must say, without this composition Belsazar’s Feast (Op. 51), by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) may we would´t never ever heard Fipp´s early magnum opus `Mars´ and opus called `The Devil's Triangle´. The first version of King Crimson played The Mars in every section end.
Mars played by the original King Crimson, based on a complex pulse in 5/4 time over which a skirling melody is played with an ancient Mellotron. he use of a gradually building rhythmic motif by Belsazar’s Feast and include also in `The Devil's Triangle´. Someone said, that it was an adaptation and variation on the Gustav Holst, english composer (1874 – 1934), piece Mars.
Btw. Hols is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.
But word of warning mainly rythm riff´s gestation of `Mars/The Devil's Triangle´ becomes clously Sibelius.
Word of warning II: planets are planets, and who has ears listen, there is such one (or two) kind of rythm and sound (The young Jimmy Page´s cuitar, in the tide of Zeb´ was near of real from cosmical spheres).
The Devil's Triangle (inc. I Merday Morn, II Hand of Sceiron, III Garden of Worm) is one kind of cult song.
I do´not why, my brother said it was an instrumeltal, wich filled tracks in the end of The album In the wake of Poseidon, 1970.
and then with brown tongue Belew, having been a consistent member of KC since 1981, what about him?
Did I ever tell you, I never like his face.
Above: Jimmy Page rockin’ with a violin bow solo. Photography: Yoshi
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