{"id":2951,"date":"2010-09-18T23:27:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T03:27:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-10-10T18:56:52","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T22:56:52","slug":"they-don-t-make-em-like-that-anymore-king-crimson-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/they-don-t-make-em-like-that-anymore-king-crimson-1974\/","title":{"rendered":"They Don&#8217;t Make &#8217;em Like That Anymore: King Crimson, 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8aUSOmjbNuQ?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis is a follow-up to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/they_don_t_make_em_like_that_anymore_kin_1973\">previous piece<\/a> on some of the admirable-if-best-forgotten qualities of <strong>King Crimson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As he did in our original clip from 1973, bassist\/singer <strong>John Wetton<\/strong>, with his flowing man and polyester silkscreened shirt, lays claim to the heretofore inconceivable title of <em>Sexiest Man in Prog<\/em>. Can you imagine the D&amp;D tail lining up to get backstage after a show?<\/p>\n<p>Can <strong>Townsman Northvancoveman<\/strong> or other hockey fans of the Hall confirm if that is actually some form of a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/rock-s-unfulfilled-fashion-ideas-athletic-wear\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins<\/a><\/strong> logo on drummer <strong>Bill Bruford<\/strong>&#8216;s overalls? It turns out he was wearing that thing in the earlier clip, but I didn&#8217;t notice the logo. Bruford must have been sweet on that outfit.<\/p>\n<p>And thinking of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/xylophones-they-re-not-just-for-marching-bands-anymore\" target=\"_blank\">recent thread<\/a>, is that a xylophone or a marimba I see behind Bruford?<\/p>\n<p>Violinist <strong>David Cross<\/strong> seems to be wearing the same suit as in our original feature, but his haircut suggests a coming client meeting for his day gig. The guy cleans up nicely!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Fripp<\/strong> is still the brains of the operation, making no effort to get in step with the latest styles. It&#8217;s cool, though: he usually stays in his office, wrapped up in his latest designs and out of our hair. Bruford and Wetton will pitch any new capability Fripp cooks up.<\/p>\n<p><em>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/making-the-case-for-the-sexiest-man-in-prog-rock\" target=\"_blank\">Making the Case for the Sexiest Man in Prog-Rock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a follow-up to a previous piece on some of the admirable-if-best-forgotten qualities of King Crimson. As he did in our original clip from 1973, bassist\/singer John Wetton, with his flowing man and polyester silkscreened shirt, lays claim to the heretofore inconceivable title of Sexiest Man in Prog. Can you imagine the D&amp;D tail <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/they-don-t-make-em-like-that-anymore-king-crimson-1974\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[106,96,77,313],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}