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“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 relatively 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 again 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 relatively calm song for the band.

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.

Another version of this song appears on the 2007 Jordan Rudess album The Road Home.
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  • nowhere_man2112

    No fucking words to describe it...

    11 days ago

  • redfox5367

    #1 song? I mean, sure, it's great... but I didn't know it's a fan favourite.

    20 days ago

  • electrobaboon

    Absolutely love the harmonics on the guitar in the chorus.

    last month

  • Moxxxu

    love it

    March 2012

  • Kotegawa

    lonelyness :3 ..

    January 2012

  • conrad280z

    I wish I could do more than just "love" this track. Simply beautiful.

    January 2012

  • taisocardoso

    minha vida numa música

    December 2011

  • lukasz_pulawski

    Timeless piece

    December 2011

  • Kleber01z

    one of my favorite songs

    December 2011

  • FarzamRamtin

    trying to play the ending flute solo with guitar !its fucking lovley and challenging

    November 2011

  • VelvetMesgue

    The drums of the last part is so perfect (Chingona)

    November 2011

  • pablo323

    ... (sin palabras)

    October 2011

  • arsenalwa

    Heavenly. Seriously heavenly. That flute... wow.

    September 2011

  • oldno7_

    I'm on the outside looking inside...what do I see.... much confusion, disillusion all around me.

    September 2011

  • Jellysauce

    FLUTE SOLO

    August 2011

  • CrimsonWaffle

    As much as I love the original, this version may just be better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMrNoJKRrMQ

    August 2011

  • Perosky10s

    The atmosphere of the song is one of the most mellow and touching that i've ever heard from a rock band.

    August 2011

  • Robo_Dobo

    take the straight man to the late man

    July 2011

  • Wildebrand

    The flute intro... It boggles my mind, it's so extremely nice!

    July 2011

  • nicob17

    Just a stunning song by king crimson there needs to be more music like this in the world

    July 2011
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