Thela Hun Ginjeet

Infobox Single
Name = Thela Hun Ginjeet


Artist = King Crimson
from Album = Discipline
B-side = Elephant Talk
Released = September 1981
Format =
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 6:26
Label = Warner Bros.
Writer =
Producer = King Crimson, Rhett Davies
Last single = Elephant Talk
(1981)
This single = Thela Hun Ginjeet
(1981)
Next single = Heartbeat
(1982)

Thela Hun Ginjeet is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1981. Its tracks are from the album "Discipline" (1981). The song name is an anagram of "heat in the jungle", which is a reference to crime in the city. (The term "heat" is often used in American slang to refer to the police.)

While most of the instruments are in 4/4 time, Robert Fripp's electric guitar plays in 7/8 time during part of the song, creating an unusual effect. In the middle of the song, voice recordings are heard. Adrian Belew talks about his experience with members of London street gangs and the police, trying to get voice recordings for the song ( [http://elephant-blog.blogspot.com/2007/04/anecdote-808.html Adrian Belew's blog entry about this event] ).

Live versions

During their tour for the "Discipline" and Beat albums, Belew would tell the story while the song was being performed. During the Beat tour at least, the story-telling was somewhat improvised. In later live performances - as evidenced by the performance on - the storytelling is dropped, leaving only the sung lyrics.

However, for reasons unknown, the storytelling re-appeared on the Double Trio tours (cf. VROOOM VROOOM) but it was in the form of a backing tape identical to the album version.

Cover Versions

*Les Claypool's outfit, Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade have covered this song on their Live Frogs Set 1 album out through Prawn Song records

Track listing

7" version

#"Thela Hun Ginjeet" (Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin)
#"Elephant Talk" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

12" version

#"Thela Hun Ginjeet" (dance mix) (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
#"Elephant Talk" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
#"Indiscipline" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

Personnel

*Robert Fripp - guitar
*Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals
*Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman stick, vocals
*Bill Bruford - drums