The most underrated King Crimson tune

[MiKcrobe]

There are some very good songs on the list that I would not view as underrated. I voted for Moonchild since it always gets trashed because of the protracted "improvisation" that follows the song proper. That should have been made a separate track in my view. The song part of Moonchild is a pure gem. Beautiful sounds, atmospheric and wistful. And although its brevity of one of its charms, it wouldn't have hurt it any to add another verse or two, making it just a bit longer, especially since they were scrounging for material to fill up the album (which resulted in 10 minutes of wandering around up their own arse, to paraphrase Gordon Haskell).

[Sebastian Knight]

The song part of Moonchild is a pure gem. Beautiful sounds, atmospheric and wistful. And although its brevity of one of its charms, it wouldn't have hurt it any to add another verse or two, making it just a bit longer, especially since they were scrounging for material to fill up the album (which resulted in 10 minutes of wandering around up their own arse, to paraphrase Gordon Haskell).

I agree with all of that. I was very pleasantly surprised when I got "Epitaph" to learn that the '69 band was capable of really first-rate improvs, and found myself wishing that they had actually captured one on the studio album.

[Chip Orr]

I voted other and would select Waiting Man. I was prejudiced in this by reading TCA's post before casting my vote. Of those songs listed, I particularly like Fallen Angel.

[octopus92]

HWWYHTBH go my vote : it should have been a hit for sure...
"Moon child" is a gem : when you know that Ian, Fripp & Giles were in different rooms during the improv, it has that kind of genius that only Crimso can do sometimes like BB restrain on "Trio" or Jamie's intro in LTIA 1....

[Indyrod]

Many of the songs on that list I don't consider underrated, but my vote goes for "Moonchild". Ever since I saw that movie that has the song, I've grown to like it even more.

[steven]

I voted for Fallen Angel. The other candidates do not seem to be underrated to me at all, they all stand on their own merits, and represent a wide array of KC variants. FA, on the other hand, has been openly berated numerous times in the past. And I could never see why, really. The lyrics are straighforward and do not need deciphering like other KC songs, but that doesn't make it a turd. Shoulda got airplay on mainstream radio when Red was new.

[Indyrod]

I don't know HOW you can call "The Sheltering Sky", "The ConstruKction of Light", and "Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With" underrated. I'm STUNNED, I tell ya, STUNNED!!!!!!!

[crimson73]

I went for "Other(please specify)", since I think "The Mincer" is a great piece and everybody else seems to hate it. It's got this murmuring, menacing quality to it, great guitar work, and I even like the wacky ending.

Kjeld

[crimcinnaman]

Definitely Fallen Angel, and Darren's right, One More Red Nightmare should be up there too!

[The Crimson Fox]

The most underated song by King Crimson is of course... Lark's Tongue's in Aspic Part 3.

I know you all hate it, but it is a fantastic piece of music.