"Thela Hun Ginjeet" is a single by the band

King Crimson King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...

, released in 1981 and on the album '' Discipline'' (1981). The song name is an anagram of "heat in the jungle", which is a reference to crime in the city. (The term "heat" is American slang for firearms or for police.) While most of the instruments are in time,

Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...

's electric guitar plays in time during part of the song, creating an unusual effect. In the middle of the song, voice recordings are heard.

Adrian Belew Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual and impressionistic approach to ...

talks about his experiences with London

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and the police, while he was trying to get voice recordings for the song.

Live versions

During their tour for the ''Discipline'' and ''

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'' albums, Belew would tell the story while the song was being performed. During the ''Beat'' tour, the story-telling was somewhat improvised. In later live performances, beginning on the ''Three of a Perfect Pair'' tour, as evidenced by the performance on '' Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal'', the storytelling was dropped, leaving only the sung lyrics. The storytelling re-appeared on the Double Trio tours (cf. '' Vrooom Vrooom'') but it was in the form of a backing tape identical to the album version.

Cover versions

* Groups with '' Discipline''-era

members (e.g. Adrian Belew Power Trio, Stick Men, The Crimson ProjeKCt) have covered the song live. *

Les Claypool Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and author. He is best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the ro ...

has covered this song live, along with Primus, his musical project

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(included on their live album '' Live Frogs Set 1''), and The Claypool Lennon Delirium.

Track listing

7" version

#"Thela Hun Ginjeet" (

Bill Bruford William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English former drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording ...

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (since 1 ...

) #" Elephant Talk" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

12" version

#"Thela Hun Ginjeet" (dance mix) (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) #"Elephant Talk" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) #"

Indiscipline ''Discipline'' is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on 22 September 1981 by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. This album was King Crimson's firs ...

" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

Personnel

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

– guitar, lead vocals *

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

– drums

Notes

{{Authority control King Crimson songs 1981 singles Songs written by Adrian Belew Songs written by Bill Bruford Songs written by Robert Fripp Songs written by Tony Levin 1981 songs Warner Records singles