Indiscipline
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"Indiscipline" is a song by King Crimson
, from the 1981 album Discipline. The song has become a fan favorite over the years and was often played live. On the Beat
tour, for example, it closed all of the shows and began with a Bill Bruford
drum solo. As with "Elephant Talk
" and the spoken story in "Thela Hun Ginjeet
", Adrian Belew
would sometimes improvise small parts of the dialogue.
s. After a short time, the guitar
s and stick
are added in; these parts are fairly fast and very loud. After a while, the instruments all but stop, and Belew recites the verses. They are only spoken, never sung. The song returns to the driving drum/guitar/bass part before returning to vocals. This alternation occurs once more, with the instruments stopping only at the end of the track as Belew proclaims loudly "I like it!"
The song appears as the last track of the first side of the LP
, creating a sort of a pun; the first side ends with "Indiscipline", the second side with "Discipline
".
, especially on the Beat tour.
As evidenced by the many live versions from DGM
issues, the song typically began with a Bruford drum solo. Some of the lyrics were improvised. The "jamming" between verses was often extended, and the song, along with Bruford's drum solo, often hauled in at ten minutes or more and would be the longest song on many of the Beat tour shows, the closest competitor being "Waiting Man". The song and the drum solo on the August 13, 1982 show, currently available for free download in either MP3
(192 kbit/s
) or FLAC
formats at DGM, lasts for 11:07.
This is how the song was performed on the Beat
tour; on the Discipline tour, the song saw a similar live structure, with some performances of the song peaking at over twelve minutes. On the Three of a Perfect Pair
tour, the song was usually a bit shorter (On the June 27, 1984 show, it lasts for approximately 9:22).
" and "Thela Hun Ginjeet
", the song appeared as a B-side
.
Several live versions have been released through Discipline Global Mobile.
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...
, from the 1981 album Discipline. The song has become a fan favorite over the years and was often played live. On the Beat
Beat (King Crimson album)
Beat is an album by the British rock band King Crimson, released in 1982.Of King Crimson's thirteen studio albums, this is the only album that does not have a title track, although its title is included in the name of the song "Heartbeat"....
tour, for example, it closed all of the shows and began with a Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford
William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...
drum solo. As with "Elephant Talk
Elephant Talk (song)
"Elephant Talk" is a song by the band King Crimson and was released in 1981 on the Discipline album. The song is led primarily by Tony Levin's Chapman stick, playing a Go-go-style bass line...
" and the spoken story in "Thela Hun Ginjeet
Thela Hun Ginjeet
Thela Hun Ginjeet is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1981. Its tracks are from the album Discipline . The song name is an anagram of "heat in the jungle", which is a reference to crime in the city...
", Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...
would sometimes improvise small parts of the dialogue.
Structure
The song starts off slowly, primarily driven by Bruford's drumDrum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s. After a short time, the guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s and stick
Chapman Stick
The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and has been used on music recordings to play bass lines, melody lines, chords or textures...
are added in; these parts are fairly fast and very loud. After a while, the instruments all but stop, and Belew recites the verses. They are only spoken, never sung. The song returns to the driving drum/guitar/bass part before returning to vocals. This alternation occurs once more, with the instruments stopping only at the end of the track as Belew proclaims loudly "I like it!"
The song appears as the last track of the first side of the LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
, creating a sort of a pun; the first side ends with "Indiscipline", the second side with "Discipline
Discipline (King Crimson song)
"Discipline" is a 1981 instrumental song by the progressive rock band King Crimson. It is the title track on Discipline, their return album after a seven year hiatus. The song is 5:13 in length and serves as the album's conclusion. it has a faster tempo and more of a new wave pre-techno sound...
".
Meaning
The lyrics of the song are based on a letter Belew received from his then-current wife, Margaret Belew. The letter is about a sculpture she had constructed.Live versions
Due to the song's structure, it was not uncommon to find that, during the life of the 1980s band, it was performed as the second and final encore, after Elephant TalkElephant Talk (song)
"Elephant Talk" is a song by the band King Crimson and was released in 1981 on the Discipline album. The song is led primarily by Tony Levin's Chapman stick, playing a Go-go-style bass line...
, especially on the Beat tour.
As evidenced by the many live versions from DGM
Discipline Global Mobile
If you were looking for the Italian Prog-Power Metal band, see DGM .Discipline Global Mobile, alias DGM, is a small independent record label company started in 1992 by Robert Fripp of King Crimson. In addition to running a mail-order music shop, it has offered Crimson/Fripp and related live...
issues, the song typically began with a Bruford drum solo. Some of the lyrics were improvised. The "jamming" between verses was often extended, and the song, along with Bruford's drum solo, often hauled in at ten minutes or more and would be the longest song on many of the Beat tour shows, the closest competitor being "Waiting Man". The song and the drum solo on the August 13, 1982 show, currently available for free download in either MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
(192 kbit/s
Bitrate
In telecommunications and computing, bit rate is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time....
) or FLAC
FLAC
FLAC is a codec which allows digital audio to be losslessly compressed such that file size is reduced without any information being lost...
formats at DGM, lasts for 11:07.
This is how the song was performed on the Beat
Beat (King Crimson album)
Beat is an album by the British rock band King Crimson, released in 1982.Of King Crimson's thirteen studio albums, this is the only album that does not have a title track, although its title is included in the name of the song "Heartbeat"....
tour; on the Discipline tour, the song saw a similar live structure, with some performances of the song peaking at over twelve minutes. On the Three of a Perfect Pair
Three of a Perfect Pair
Three of a Perfect Pair is an album by the band King Crimson, released in 1984. The album is the culmination of the band's 80s period and is a balance between the experimental sounds of the "Red" album, Discipline, and the accessibility of the "Blue" album, Beat. Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew took...
tour, the song was usually a bit shorter (On the June 27, 1984 show, it lasts for approximately 9:22).
Releases
On two of the album's major singles, "Elephant TalkElephant Talk (song)
"Elephant Talk" is a song by the band King Crimson and was released in 1981 on the Discipline album. The song is led primarily by Tony Levin's Chapman stick, playing a Go-go-style bass line...
" and "Thela Hun Ginjeet
Thela Hun Ginjeet
Thela Hun Ginjeet is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1981. Its tracks are from the album Discipline . The song name is an anagram of "heat in the jungle", which is a reference to crime in the city...
", the song appeared as a B-side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
.
Several live versions have been released through Discipline Global Mobile.