Fallen Angel (song)
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| “Fallen Angel” | |||||
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| Song by King Crimson | |||||
| Album | Red | ||||
| Released | November, 1974 | ||||
| Recorded | 1974 | ||||
| Genre | Progressive rock | ||||
| Length | 6:16 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer | Robert Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton | ||||
| Producer | King Crimson | ||||
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"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 6/8.
The song is presumably about a boy who gets his younger brother to join the gang he is in, and eventually watches him die in a fight.
"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. The song began as part of an extended instrumental improvisatory piece performed by the original 1972-74 line-up with Jamie Muir and David Cross. 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".
