Fallen Angel (King Crimson song)
| "Fallen Angel" | |
|---|---|
| Song by King Crimson | |
| from the album Red | |
| Released | November, 1974 |
| Recorded | 1974 |
| Length | 6:03 |
| Label | Atlantic |
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James |
| Producer(s) | King Crimson |
"Fallen Angel" is a song by progressive rock band King Crimson, the second track on their album Red. The verse is in 4/4 time with the chorus in 3/4.
The song is about a boy who gets his younger brother to join in the Hells Angels with him, and eventually watches him die in a fight in New York City, New York.
"Fallen Angel" is the last King Crimson recording to date to feature Robert Fripp playing acoustic guitar. On subsequent recordings, he has played only electric guitar. It typically flowed out of the end of "Easy Money". A version of this early piece, also titled "Improv: Fallen Angel" can be heard on the King Crimson Collectors' Club release "Live at the Zoom Club October 1972". There is also a performance of "Improv: Fallen Angel Hullabaloo" on CD5 of the 2012 Larks' Tongues in Aspic box set – "Hull Technical College – November 10, 1972".
The full song was first performed live in 2017 by the 8-person lineup of Fripp, Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Bill Rieflin, Jakko Jakszyk, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, and Jeremy Stacey. A proper recording of the song appears on the 2017 official live bootleg Live in Chicago.
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