RIP
Posted on 02/10/2022 5:52:12 PM PST by sushiman
Ian McDonald, the multi-instrumentalist who was a founding member of both King Crimson and Foreigner, has died at the age of 75.
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Well, that is one distinct set of genres to be associated with. Both groups have done well.
RIP
Dang...they are dropping like flies.
RIP
He's now cold as ice...
-PJ
Bummer. Only 75, not that old.
I loved Court of the crimson king. Saw them perform it at Celebrity Theatre here in Phx and it was not like those awful concerts today where they jam in extra rows of seats and you are all like sardines.
But when they got to 21st Century Schizoid Man some young skinny long haired hippy started dancing frantically up and down the aisle next to me and since I was in about the third row I could easily see the band trying deperately ‘not to notice’. Bet they talked about that after the show.
McDonald was very talented. I feel bad hearing all these old great guys go.
It’s not going to be a good decade for classic rock guys, I fear.
Now he talks to the wind...
I shall play drums along with the McDonald & Giles vinyl sometime today . If you have never heard it , check it out on YT or buy it .
In The Court Of The Crimson King is going on the turntable tonight.
Man that album blew me away the first time I heard it back in 1969 . Still have my original vinyl album upstairs in my music room where my drum set , records and Cds live . My Japanese neighbors ( and it is a national holiday here ) will be treated to a “ live “ performance this afternoon . I shall use brushes and not sticks to keep the volume down .
Same here. That is an awesome song. BTW, that song is playing at my son's upcoming wedding. I can't wait for the reaction from some of the millennials attending.
That was a great album, but that cover painting was too much for me. It was very well done, but I found it quite disturbing, and decided to slide my LPs into an old cardboard sleeve. It gave me the Willies.
I thought he’d outlive Lou Graham. I’m glad the two of them reconciled some time ago.
Your son and his fiancee chose the song ? If they did they are super cool couple !
Lou Gramm, that is
21st Century Schizoid Man ! I thought it was a brilliant cover and sure drew one’s attention at the record store .
Indeed, the artwork was well done and very effective at invoking a theme, too effective for me, anyway.
Must have been one of the earliest records not to have the band’s name or title on the record cover .
(dum, dum, dum) You’re as cold as ice!
(sorry, couldn’t help it).
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