Thela Hun Ginjeet
King Crimson
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Well, first of all, I couldn't even see his face. I couldn't see his face. He was holding a gun in his hand. Umm, I was thinking This is a dangerous place This is a dangerous place I said, "I'm nervous as hell from this stuff. I thought those guys were going to kill me for sure. They ganged up on me like that. I couldn't believe it. Look, I'm still shakin'. Weird. There out in the streets like that. It's a dangerous place. It's a dangerous place." So, suddenly, these two guys appear in front of me. They stopped. Real aggressive. Start at me, you know. "What's that?" "What's that on that tape?" What do you got there?" I said, "huh?" They said, "What are you talking into that for?" I said, "It's just a tape, you know" "Well play it for me" I said "oh, no" I put it off as long as I could. And finally they turned it on, you know They grabbed it from me. Took it away from me. Turned it on. And it said, "He held a gun in his hand. This is a dangerous place." They said, "What dangerous place?" "What gun?" "You're a policeman!" And the deeper I talked, the worse I got into it. I talked, I told him, I said, "Look man, I'm not talkin'" It went on forever. Anyway, I finally unbuttoned my shirt, and said, "look, look, I'm in this band, you know, I'm in this band you know, and we're makin' a recording, you know. It's about New York City, it's about crime in the streets. "The explanation was going nowhere, but, Finally, they just kinda let me go, I don't know why. So I walk around the corner, and I'm like shakin' like a leaf, and I thought, "This is a dangerous place" Who should appear, but two policeman.
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Written by: Adrian Belew, Anthony Charles Levin, Robert Fripp, William Scott Bruford
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11 facts about this song
Album information"Thela Hun Ginjeet" is a song by King Crimson, a British rock band. It's featured on their eighth studio album, "Discipline," released in 1981.
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Title OriginThe title "Thela Hun Ginjeet" is an anagram of the phrase "heat in the jungle," which Robert Fripp, the band’s leader, used to describe the chaotic and violent urban landscape.
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Musical CharacteristicsThe song demonstrates King Crimson’s innovative use of unusual time signatures and intricate guitar interplay between Fripp and Adrian Belew.
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SoundscapeThe record uses found sounds and field recordings, including snippets of conversation, sirens, and other urban sounds, adding to its theme of urban dystopia.
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Vocal ContributionThe song features spoken-word passages performed by band member Adrian Belew that are transformed into a kind of rhythmic chant.
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Music VideoA music video was made for "Thela Hun Ginjeet" which incorporated interviews with individual band members along with performance footage.
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Anecdotal FactsThe lyrics were inspired by a surreal incident in which Belew, while walking around in London’s Notting Hill, was stopped and searched by police for acting suspiciously. The whole event was recorded on a Walkman that Belew was carrying and then added in the album’s mix.
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Band’s LineupThis song highlights the new King Crimson lineup featuring Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, and Bill Bruford, often referred to as the band's "fourth and final incarnation".
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Other Appearances"Thela Hun Ginjeet" has found its place in many of King Crimson's live albums like Vrooom Vrooom, Live at the Orpheum, and Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal.
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Public Interesting FactSome people believe this song is an example of the ‘New Wave’ side of progressive rock that arose in the 1980s.
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Critical AcclaimDespite its avant-garde and challenging nature, "Thela Hun Ginjeet" is one of King Crimson's most popular songs, being hailed as a masterpiece of progressive rock by many critics.
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