I Talk to the Wind

I Talk to the Wind

Song_infobox
Name = I Talk to the Wind


Artist = King Crimson
Album = In the Court of the Crimson King
Released = October 12, 1969
track_no = 2
Recorded = 1969
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 6:05
Writer = Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Robert Fripp, Peter Sinfield
Tracks =
# "21st Century Schizoid Man"
# "I Talk to the Wind"
# "Epitaph"
# "Moonchild"
# "The Court of the Crimson King"

"I Talk to the Wind" is the second track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, "In the Court of the Crimson King".

Starting immediately after the cacophony that ends "21st Century Schizoid Man", the mood of this song is a stark contrast; it is relatively serene, simple and peaceful. Ian McDonald's flute begins the song, and is one of the lead instruments throughout. He also plays a classical-inspired solo in the middle of the song as a "C" section and a longer one at the end as a coda.

These themes would be revisited again by the band, notably on their second album, "In the Wake of Poseidon". "Pictures of a City", with a similar mood as "21st Century Schizoid Man", would be followed by "Cadence And Cascade", another relatively calm song for the band.

An earlier demo version of this song may be found on the now out-of-print LP "Young Person's Guide to King Crimson", which featured Robert Fripp (guitar), Peter Giles (bass), Michael Giles (drums), and Ian McDonald (flute), along with Judy Dyble (formerly of Fairport Convention and McDonald's girlfriend at the time) on vocals. This version was more up-tempo and lighter in instrumentation. The "Young Person's Guide" recording and another demo of the same song were recorded in 1968 by Giles, Giles and Fripp. However the song did not actually appear on a Giles, Giles and Fripp record until "The Brondesbury Tapes" was released on CD in 2002.

A version of this song appears on the 1992 album "Mind Fruit" by the band Opus III.

The Shapir-O'Rama also cover this song on their 1988 debut "El Mundo de Vapor y Valentia (Old Vienna)".

The song was performed live in 1996 by Ian McDonald and later King Crimson member John Wetton with Steve Hackett on Hackett's "Tokyo Tapes".

Another version of this song appears on the 2007 Jordan Rudess album "The Road Home".


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