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Wikipedia article
"'Moonchild'" is the fourth track from British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, 'In the Court of the Crimson King'.
Along with songs by Yes, this song was used in the 1998 movie 'Buffalo '66', in the scene in which Christina Ricci tap dances at the bowling alley.
After having been rehearsed in 20132014 by King Crimson VIII, the song made its live debut after 48 years on 18 October 2017 in Austin, Texas.
Composition
The first section, "The Dream", is a mellotron-driven ballad, but after two and a half minutes it changes to a completely free-form instrumental improvisation by the band (called "The Illusion"), which lasts until the end of the song. Robert Fripp plays a snippet of "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top" (from Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!") in this section. In the 2009 remastered version of the album, the track was edited by Fripp and colleague Steven Wilson, with around 2.30 minutes of the original improvisation (the reference by Fripp to "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top") being removed. This issue of the album does, however, offer the original version as a bonus track.
The song contains drummer Michael Giles performing a unique alternation between the ride cymbals,Everett (2008), p.16 which was praised by music critics and writers.Martin (1998), p.159 The song was described as a "space jam."
Personnel
*Robert Fripp electric guitar
*Michael Giles drums, percussion
*Ian McDonald Mellotron, vibraphone
*Greg Lake vocals
*Peter Sinfield lyrics
Covers
* British rock band Doves used the melody from this song for their track "M62 Song".
* Rapper MIMS samples the song in his track "Doctor Doctor".
* "Moonchild" has also been interpreted by the Italian psychedelic progressive rock band Twenty Four Hours on the album 'The Smell of The Rainy Air', in 1991
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