I Talk To The Wind

"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 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 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 calm song.

This song is the only song on In the Court of the Crimson King that does not have at least one separately titled section.

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.

Klaus Waldeck also covered this song on the album The Night Garden, 2001 (vocals by Brian Amos).

Judy Dyble also released a version of this song on her 2006 album the Whorl.

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

"I Talk to the Wind" was featured as the second song performed in each concert during the 2010 tour of Keith Emerson & Greg Lake.

King Crimson
  • Robert Fripp
  • Adrian Belew
  • Tony Levin
  • Pat Mastelotto
  • Gavin Harrison
  • Peter Sinfield
  • Greg Lake
  • Michael Giles
  • Ian McDonald
  • Mel Collins
  • Gordon Haskell
  • Andy McCulloch
  • Ian Wallace
  • Boz Burrell
  • Rick Kemp
  • Bill Bruford
  • John Wetton
  • David Cross
  • Jamie Muir
  • Trey Gunn
Studio albums
  • In the Court of the Crimson King
  • In the Wake of Poseidon
  • Lizard
  • Islands
  • Larks' Tongues in Aspic
  • Starless and Bible Black
  • Red
  • Discipline
  • Beat
  • Three of a Perfect Pair
  • Thrak
  • The ConstruKction of Light
  • The Power to Believe
Live albums
  • Earthbound
  • USA
  • The Great Deceiver
  • B'Boom: Live in Argentina
  • Thrakattak
  • Epitaph
  • The Night Watch
  • Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal
  • Live at the Marquee
  • Live at Jacksonville
  • The Beat Club, Bremen
  • Live at Cap D'Agde
  • Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live
  • King Crimson on Broadway
  • Live in San Francisco
  • Live in Mexico City
  • The ProjeKcts
  • Live in Central Park, NYC
  • Heavy ConstruKction
  • Vrooom Vrooom
  • Ladies of the Road
  • EleKtrik: Live in Japan
  • The Power to Believe Tour Box
Compilations
  • A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
  • The Compact King Crimson
  • Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson
  • Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson
  • Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson
  • The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson, Vol. 1: 1969–1974
  • The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson, Vol. 2: 1981–2003
  • The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts
  • The Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club
  • The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson: 1969–2003
Singles and EPs
  • "The Court of the Crimson King"
  • "Cat Food"
  • "The Night Watch"
  • "Epitaph"
  • "Matte Kudasai"
  • "Elephant Talk"
  • "Thela Hun Ginjeet"
  • "Heartbeat"
  • "Three of a Perfect Pair"
  • "Sleepless"
  • Vrooom (EP)
  • "Dinosaur"
  • "People"
  • "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"
  • Level Five (EP)
  • Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (EP)
ProjeKcts
  • ProjeKct One
  • ProjeKct Two
  • ProjeKct Three
  • ProjeKct Four
  • ProjeKct X
  • ProjeKct Six
  • Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins
Related bands
  • Crimson Jazz Trio
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Foreigner
  • Fripp & Eno
  • Giles, Giles and Fripp
  • HoBoLeMa
  • KTU
  • League of Gentlemen
  • Liquid Tension Experiment
  • McDonald and Giles
  • TU
  • 21st Century Schizoid Band
  • UK
Related articles
  • Discography
  • Songs
  • Discipline Global Mobile
  • Album covers (P J Crook)
  • Book
  • Category
  • WikiProject

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    Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)

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