Today’s theme music will not be for everyone. I’ll be surprised if anyone likes it, because that’s King Crimson’s nature.
The song, “21st Century Schizoid Man” (1969) was once said to be dedicated to Spiro T. Agnew.
I was biased against Agnew because my eighth grade civics teacher talked at great lengths about him, and didn’t like him at all. She particularly didn’t like how he attacked the press and its coverage of him. You might remember Agnew if you study twentieth century American politics or lived through the times. Agnew was Nixon’s first Veep until he was indicted and resigned after a criminal investigation into Maryland corruption. Whether the song is dedicated to Spiro T. “Ted” Agnew, the song’s lyrics are few but memorable. Here’s a sample for you.
Cat’s foot iron claw
Neuro-surgeons scream for more
At paranoia’s poison door
Twenty first century schizoid man
I’m thinking of this song today because I feel a little bit like a twenty-first century schzoid man on some days. Not today, particularly, but you know, some days.
Well you’ve done it, you’ve pick a song I have NEVER heard of before. lol
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LOL – King Crimson has that effect.
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Great band, great album. One of their spinoffs was a duo, McDonald and Giles, who put our one album- it’s still one of my favorites
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I had that album. Now I don’t. Lost it during one of my many, many moves. Damn. The album didn’t make it very big, too different, IMO, for commercial success.
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Have the album on iTunes, although not for this song. (Much prefer “The Court of the Crimson King.” Great imagery in that one.)
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No, this isn’t my favorite song of theirs but it expressed my mood. I realized, in going from vinyl to CD (with other stops in between), I’d not bought any of their albums. I don’t use iTunes. Just never bothered.
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