Well, would you look at this. a strange new place where i am writing something to place out there in the world. and why? for one reason only. I had to create this account so that i could leave a comment under someone elses blog. not just any someone either, but the ever wonderful musician Adrian Belew of king crimson, the bears, talking heads, frank zappa, twang bar, etc.(this list could go on) fame.
one of the many fine musians in the world who has sculled around in the back grounds of super stardom. know by many and many and his work is heard by many more who are unaware of his name but hear him playing on albums by other people.
he is famous, but not famous like eric clapton or peter gabriel, madonna or the beatles. I myself was once a person who had been digging Adrian Belew's work on several albums without realizing who he was. it started when I about fifteen and my father had a cassette tape of frank zappa's sheik yerbouti. "city of tiny lights.." ya! i really dug the record and played it lots. then in my 11th grade english class i got turned on to lauri anderson, the last poets and allen ginsberg. almost instantly i went out and bought "big science", the first thing i had heard. not long after also got "mr heartbreak". i dug on these awhile and then right before i graduated from high school i discovered king crimson's "disipline".that was 1985.
it started slowely. i first heard "matte kudasai" on a small radio coming from the college radio station. i heard the whole album a little later when a friend had it on tape. eventually i bought it myself. i already knew of king crimson from the 70's but was blissfully unaware of the 80's incarnation until then. it was love a first listenings.
crimson put me on the road to recognizing Adrian Belew and my penchant for reading albums and looking at the musicans listed eventually led me to notice how many records i already had where in he played.
anyway, since he is so kind as to use these blog mediums to communicate with all of us, i am going to take advantage and post a comment under something i read.
as he himself discribes in his blog, one doesnt want to be the crazy annoying fan. but, .......
