Peter Sinfield

Peter " Pete " Sinfield (* December 27, 1943 in London, England ) is an English poet and songwriter.

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Career

Childhood and youth

Sinfield grew up in a wealthy, unconventional household. His mother was a bisexual entrepreneur; he spent much time with the German -born domestic worker Maria, a former high-wire dancer. Inspired by his English teacher Mawson he dealt with early literature. At sixteen, he left school, had a job and traveled on your own through Europe. In the sixties lyrics to Fairy Tale by Donovan inspired him to deal with the writings of Khalil Gibran and Alan Watts '. His love of literature awoke and he began to write itself.

Contact with the music scene

In 1968, he began also to write music and was a member of a band called World Domination in easy stages ( WDIES ), together with Dik Fraser (bass) and Mike Nichols (drums). Ian McDonald was joined by a little later, and together they played an original version of the later King Crimson 's classic In the Court of the Crimson King, yet with a completely different melody. Later, the band Infinity renamed, but broke up soon after on. The singer Judy Dyble together the song-writing team Sinfield / McDonald joined the band Giles, Giles & Fripp, which should lead on to the creation of King Crimson soon.

When King Crimson

Sinfield was mainly known for his role as a writer of the early King Crimson formations and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. He steered the texts in the first four King Crimson albums (In the Court of the Crimson King, In the Wake of Poseidon, Lizard and Islands ), which he also produced. Furthermore, Sinfield was responsible for the light show of the band and therefore never to see them live on stage.

Even the band's name King Crimson goes back to him. He is a synonym for Beelzebub, originally the name of the city god of Ekron in the land of the Philistines in the Old Testament. Baal Zebub is translated as Lord of the Flies and is probably a corruption of the actual name of Baal Zebul ( ' exalted Lord '), with which the god and his followers were ridiculed. All forms of names are epithets of the god Ba'al. In early Jewish period of this Canaanite God the epitome of the idols and the dualistic thinking the leader of the anti-divine powers was. He also appears in the New Testament as the ruler of the demons. In the epic poem Paradise Lost by the English poet John Milton ( 1667) is the second highest Beelzebub Prince of Hell by Satan. According to Peter Sinfield and band leader Robert Fripp mean Beelzebub ' man with an aim ' ( ' man with a target ').

Solo album

After he left the band after prompt Fripp, he remained active in the progressive rock scene. He produced the first album by Roxy Music as well as his own solo album called Still in 1973. Despite outstanding production, interesting effects and sounds, and a number of well-known guest musicians ( Mel Collins, Keith Tippett, Ian Wallace, John Wetton, Greg Lake and Others ) was not a great success the album. They criticized that Sinfields vocal performances were not convincing because his voice was too thin to carry the partially orchestral harmonies. In the 90s, the album was launched again, this time under the name Stillusion and with two bonus tracks.

Further work in pop and rock area

Sinfield also wrote the lyrics for albums by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the Italian band Premiata Forneria Marconi Procol Harum singer Gary and the Brooker and translated the texts of the Italian singer-songwriter Angelo Branduardi into English. In the 1980s and 90s, he wrote texts for Cher, Bucks Fizz and Celine Dion, among others, for their song Think Twice. For his texts he received three times the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically & Lyrically - as often as the British band Queen.

Volume of poetry

Published in 1974 in Sinfield Publisher Boydell a poetry ribbon under the title Under the Sky, in the 37 and 13 poems lyrics are gathered. The section with the lyrics gathered Lyrics by King Crimson, McDonald & Giles, Premiata Forneria Marconi and Sinfields solo album.

Sinfields poetry is strongly influenced by William Shakespeare, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Blake and Rainer Maria Rilke influenced in his own words.

Publications

Book

  • Sinfield, Peter: Under the Sky. A Collection of Poems & Lyrics. London / Ipswich 1974. ISBN 0-85115-034-9.

LP / CD

  • Still re-released as Stillusion

Tracklist:

Instrumentation:

  • Peter Sinfield - vocals, guitar, synthesizer

With:

  • Richard Brunton - Guitar
  • Brian Cole - pedal steel
  • Greg Lake - guitar, vocals
  • Snuffy - Guitar
  • Keith Christmas - Guitar
  • Mel Collins - saxophone, flute
  • Don Honey Will - Baritone Saxophone
  • Chris Pyne - Trombone
  • Greg Bowen - Trumpet
  • Stan Roderick - trumpet
  • Robin Miller - English horn
  • Tim Hinckley - electric piano
  • Phil Jump - Keyboards
  • Keith Tippett - Piano
  • Boz Burrell - Bass
  • Steve Dolan - Bass
  • John Wetton - Bass
  • Ian Wallace - drums
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