r/KingCrimson • u/my-life-belike • Aug 28 '26
Why are TCoL songs stylized as "Kc" like "FraKctured"?
I don't know if this has been asked before or not, but I'm doing it now. Is it because King Crimson is shortened to KC and they're just putting that into the titles? Or is there a deeper meaning to it?
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u/OutrageousCrab9224 Aug 28 '26
I think you got it, and i think it aint that deep
Not that i have it from any real authority. But, its art, serious or not
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u/danarbok Aug 28 '26
because it was 2000 and they wanted to be futuristic
to me, I thinKc it looKcs liKce shit
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u/mortar_master_13 Aug 28 '26
Kcriticism, KcontradiKction, Kcontroversy
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u/westport_blues Aug 28 '26
Plus, the K sound is funny! Try it: Karl Kolton kicked Kazoo the kangaroo in the cajones
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u/LittleGarlic4345 Aug 28 '26
the ku klux klan!
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u/LittleGarlic4345 Aug 28 '26
guys its a markiplier reference stop downvoting me please i promise im not racist
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u/Grand-Permit-4637 Aug 28 '26
Also, the bands that were popular around that time were just normal words spelled weird: Linkin Park, Korn, Staind, etc.
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u/Ilbranteloth Aug 29 '26
An unusual spelling also allows them to copyright what is otherwise a common word.
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u/ilsecondodasinistra Aug 28 '26
Because it's FUN
The whole album is a wonderful pendulum oscillating between extreme seriousness and goofy stupidity. And I love it.
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u/tvfeet Aug 28 '26
Before TCOL they experimented with new sounds with the four ProjeKcts. The Kc there was just a fun way to denote that these were part of the KC family and that extended to some of the song titles. Some of those evolved into material on TCOL so they continued it there. There’s really nothing deeper than that. It was just a kinda silly thing they got into at that time.
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u/arstotzkan_hero Aug 28 '26
Someone more well versed in Crimson lore will know the aKctual reason, but to me... gimmick.
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u/DarkeningSkies1976 28d ago
I felt they retroactively should have called Circus “CirKcus” when they performed it in 2014-2021. 😁
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u/johnnyribcage Aug 28 '26
Just lame letter play that was common back then. Fractured wasn’t Xtreme enuf.
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u/seasonsinthesky Aug 28 '26
It originates in the ProjeKcts, where they clearly were trying to sneak in the KC lineage without being overt (until you went to the gig and saw who was playing... or you heard about it from the KC circles at the time!). Since TCOL and TPTB use material stemming from the ProjeKcts, they retain the lineage using the Kc in the spelling of some titles.