Peter Sinfield
Peter John "Pete" Sinfield (born December 27, 1943 in London , England ) is an English poet , songwriter and singer.
Career
Childhood and youth
Sinfield grew up in a wealthy, unconventional household. His mother was a bisexual entrepreneur; he spent a lot of time with the German-born domestic worker Maria, a former high-wire dancer. Encouraged by his English teacher Mawson, he was interested in literature from an early age. At the age of sixteen he left school, worked and traveled around Europe on his own. In the 1960s it inspired text to Fairy Tale of Donovan with the writings of Khalil Gibran and Alan Watts to deal '. His love for literature awoke and he began to write himself.
Contact with the music scene
In 1968 he also began writing music and was a member of a band called World Domination in Easy Stages (WDIES), along with Dik Fraser (bass) and Mike Nicols (drums). Ian McDonald joined them a little later, and together they played an original version of the later King Crimson classic In the Court of the Crimson King , with a completely different melody. The band later renamed itself Infinity , but broke up soon after. Together with the singer Judy Dyble , the songwriting team Sinfield / McDonald joined the band Giles, Giles & Fripp , which soon afterwards led to the formation of King Crimson.
At King Crimson
Sinfield was best known for his role as lyricist for the early King Crimson Formations and for Emerson, Lake and Palmer . He contributed the lyrics to 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. Sinfield was also responsible for the band's light show and therefore never seen live on stage.
The band 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 Baal Zebul ('exalted lord'), with which the god and his followers were mocked. All name forms are epithets of the god Ba'al . In early Jewish times, this Canaanite god became the epitome of the idol and, in dualistic thinking, the leader of the anti-divine powers. So he appears in the New Testament as the chief of the demons. In the epic Paradise Lost by the English poet John Milton (1667), Beelzebub is the second highest prince of Hell after Satan . According to Peter Sinfield and band leader Robert Fripp mean Beelzebub man with to aim ( 'man with a target').
Solo album
After leaving the band at Fripp's request, he continued to be active in the progressive rock scene. He produced the first Roxy Music album and his own solo album called Still in 1973. Despite a number of well-known guest musicians ( Mel Collins , Keith Tippett , Ian Wallace, John Wetton , Greg Lake and others) the album was not a great success. In the 90s the album was reissued, this time under the name Stillusion and with two bonus tracks.
Further work in pop and rock
Sinfield also wrote the lyrics for albums by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the Italian band Premiata Forneria Marconi and Procol Harum singer Gary Brooker, and translated the lyrics by Italian singer-songwriter Angelo Branduardi into English. In the 80s and 90s he wrote lyrics for Cher , Bucks Fizz and Celine Dion , including their song Think Twice . He received the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically & Lyrically three times for his lyrics - just as often as the British band Queen .
Poetry book
In 1974 Sinfield published a volume of poetry under the title Under the Sky with Boydell Publishing , in which 37 lyrics and 13 poems are collected. The lyrics section brings together lyrics from King Crimson, McDonald & Giles, Premiata Forneria Marconi, and Sinfield's solo album.
Sinfield's poetry is strongly influenced by William Shakespeare , Percy Bysshe Shelley , William Blake and Rainer Maria Rilke .
Publications
book
- Sinfield, Peter: Under the Sky. A Collection of Lyrics & Poems. London / Ipswich 1974. ISBN 0-85115-034-9 .
LP / CD
- Still re-released as Stillusion
Title List:
- Can You Forgive a Fool
- The Night People
- Will it be you
- Hanging fire
- A House of Hopes and Dreams
- Wholefood boogie
- The Piper
- Under the sky
- Envelopes of Yesterday
- The Song of the Sea Goat
- Quiet
Occupation:
- 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 Honeywill - 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Metaphysical Recors , accessed on 8 October 2016th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sinfield, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sinfield, Pete (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lyric poet and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |