KING CRIMSON RENAISSANCE?

It seems so appropriate that a couple weeks ago, my mom and I chalked the album cover of In the Court of the Crimson King onto the streets of downtown Raleigh. The album seems to be going through some sort of glorious renaissance all of the sudden and I have to say I am quite happy about it. Kanye West’s new song “Power” samples the King Crimson song “21st Century Schizoid Man.”

The album was also featured yesterday on NPR’s All Songs Considered Blog as part of the post “Tunes That Got You Through Your Teens.” Bob Boilon writes, “I slept with that frightful cover art next to my bed for years. I saw it every morning and every night. In a world where I had a comfy suburban bed, but could also be asked to pick up a gun and fight in Vietnam, that music and that cover was somehow grounding.”

Thanks to my good friends Josh Stohl and Jackie Deitch for the sources.