One listen for this one.

Just sort of went through it. I was hoping I’d get more imagery out of this, but that didn’t happen. I think this could’ve been better overall as I was thinking too much. Still, I got an idea of the song well enough.

King Crimson’s “Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds” is from Three of a Perfect Pair.

I hope you enjoy.

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A light, dripping beat and some long draws of sound. It seems dark, almost, and tense, but gentle. Something more clearly guitar comes through, seems to call out, looking to understand a moment and plays fast and slow. Seemingly those draws of sound extend and contract and counterpoint each other, and lower.

Clear guitar returns and plays broken and clear, and solid, striking moments here and there. Lower, bass sound underscores and seems almost rigid, and smoothly so, and all the sounds are creating something as foreign as it is familiar. They paint image passing on by in snapshots, and soon it all pulls away.

It’s just bass and percussion dripping, but only for a moment as the other sounds return. Seemingly bright and seemingly dim and all exists within contained contrasts and imagery, seemingly looking for a harmonisation in there, but never quite finding it, or always knowing it and never letting on that it does.

The sounds keep moving, spreading out and inward, and they drift and hold, and change their shape, but the percussion and bass remain steady, and toward the end the guitar disappears and more space comes in until it’s just bass and percussion for a few seconds, and soon the song ends.