Imagine being this good of a musician, and only being 19-21 years old??? Wow, all that talent.
@stephenlitten1789
Жыл бұрын
Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" made me feel inadequate... But "Hergest Ridge" made me feel a lot better
@josueochoa8118
Жыл бұрын
And all the money and free time tho
@carlsaganlives5112
Жыл бұрын
Most of the greats were 'great' early on, because they're great. Lots of them peaked before 25 and haven't put out anything decent in decades, just because it's impossible to recreate an era. Of course you can still tour, playing 50 year old albums note for note with a crack, nameless bunch of pro hired hands, and no one cares, so there ya go.
@mrbiggielarge
Жыл бұрын
@@carlsaganlives5112 sas truth
@bobgreen8142
Жыл бұрын
Trouble is, people do care and go to gigs in their droves to hear it. It's unusual for a musician to change and progress after that initial burst of greatness, at least in rock music - jazzers are another breed - but Robert Fripp is one such, starting great and staying that way.
@The_Schizoid_Man
Жыл бұрын
My most favorite band ever. The whole story of king crimson is totally worth a movie adaptation.
@vibeindex
Жыл бұрын
I’m all for it.
@craigfazekas3923
Жыл бұрын
Isn't there a movie out, or due out soon ? I kinda remember it being floated around, under the title In the Court of King Crimson, possibly ?.... Of course, there's the book of that title by Sid Smith already- which is a must have. As are the box sets, which liner notes are virtually a novella in themselves. I only have Sailors' Tales now, but have my eye on the rest- Starless being my next choice.... 🚬😎
@KazBodnar
Жыл бұрын
@@craigfazekas3923 The current movie that came out recently is about the current lineup (since 2014)
@craigfazekas3923
Жыл бұрын
@@KazBodnar I see. Well, the current line up is nothing compared to it's predecessors- the original bands. Thank you for pointing that out- I was not aware. The book is a fine work, and will stand tall- even if a movie of the history of the band is never made.... That book is flat out great. 🚬😎
@carlsaganlives5112
Жыл бұрын
@@craigfazekas3923 Yeah, file next to "Jethro Tull - The Story of the Post Grammy Glory"..... " Top 10 Essential Who Farewell Tours"....
@golfingcub02
Жыл бұрын
Every era of this band (Lake/Wetton/Belew) is fascinating, and I have a hard time picking which one is my favorite. As Hendrix said: "this is the best band in the world!"
@richardshansky3040
Жыл бұрын
Love stuff from all 3, but if I had to choose it would be Lake era.
@edljnehan2811
Жыл бұрын
Hendricks was also quoted saying the same thing about Emerson Lake and Palmer.
@darreng745
Жыл бұрын
@@richardshansky3040 For me it has to be the flying brick wall period of Fripp, Bruford and Wetton on Red and Starless and Bible Black
@daghetto101
Жыл бұрын
I like to divide it as Wetton/Belew/Sinfield Writing Era.
@jimmurphy834
Жыл бұрын
Hendrix said alot of things when he was frying...
@TheRKae
Жыл бұрын
I just read "Lucky Man": the autobiography of Greg Lake. Loved it. Highly recommend it.
@carolcarlin7217
7 ай бұрын
Thanks! I’ll look that up
@peppercat8718
2 ай бұрын
Yes, great book ✌
@judymasinelli9855
17 күн бұрын
Movie
@THumanQTip
Жыл бұрын
The fact that they self-produced that debut album is mind-blowing. Massive credit to Ian McDonald for taking the lead on that.
@GrizrazRex
Жыл бұрын
Notice who else was on the bill for those mid-December shows in San Francisco; the Nice (featuring Keith Emerson). This was the beginning of ELP, who would conquer the Isle of Wight festival in the summer of 1970. That was only their second gig.
@dh3279
Жыл бұрын
In The Court Of The Crimson King, in my humble opinion, is still one of the 10 greatest albums of all time!
@andrewhughes170
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree.
@davechae5890
Жыл бұрын
@@andrewhughes170 u. Knows. It
@MrLinki1212
Жыл бұрын
One of the most unique choice of musicians in the time of rock.
@erickbravo6070
Жыл бұрын
People already know what it's about, one of the greatest bands of all time. Debut album was the perfect collection of musicians, had they all worked it out and stayed together subsequent records would have changed the world of music again and again. It's why Robert was down to leave his own band! It's sad how things turned out, that being said Robert Frip took King Crimsons to meteoric heights with every rendition of King Crimson. A real genius and truly all of them in the 69 band were as well! Edit: Bro you made this 2 months ago!? And 165k views congrats to you man I only recently learned the bands full story and this really was a great video 📹
@haydenarlington8256
Жыл бұрын
This is probably one of the best KZitem vids I’ve seen on early King Crimson. You even had some stuff in there that I, a huge Crimson fanboy, didn’t even know about, like that stuff with Ian’s girlfriend.
@seed_drill7135
Жыл бұрын
The version of I Talk To The Wind they cut with Judy appears on The Young Person's Guide to King Crimson. Robert also plays on her solo album, Whirl, recorded after decades away from the music biz.
@mnbv990
Жыл бұрын
I agree. A very detailed and interesting film.
@timpanic
Жыл бұрын
King Crimson is one of my fav music philosophies :)
@sharonjackson5196
Жыл бұрын
Excellently researched! Please make more of these.
@johnwood551
Жыл бұрын
I remember hearing in the Court of the Crimson King for the first time in 1970 while having my first time smoking Hashish. I got off instantly on both of them. I loved their sound and they became one of my favorite bands of all time.
@caryheuchert
Жыл бұрын
Very well done! I would say that the Isle of Wight from 1970 was Britain’s equivalent of Woodstock, not the Rolling Stones Hyde Park show.
@ericericj7326
Жыл бұрын
which premered my boys ELP
@ikkenhisatsu7170
Жыл бұрын
I've been a huge fan since I discovered them in about 1972. They've always been a musically brilliant band, and Fripp is one of the few I could compare with Jeff Beck - always fresh, never doing the same old thing. Great video. Now please move on to the next years!
@craigfazekas3923
Жыл бұрын
Hey, nice !! Please move ahead in their history, by making more segments, please ? The transitional period, of course, would come next. Btw, well covered in the box set Sailors' Tales. And Lark's Tongues after that & so on.... This is cool !! 🚬😎
@kw19193
11 ай бұрын
There are quite a few histories/overviews of KC out there, many of them thoroughly enjoyable in spite of the occasional error popping up. That said, your effort is superb in all respects especially your recognition of the importance of Peter Sinfield to the group. Now I'm away to look for part two. Very well done mate. Cheers!
@billholmes6933
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff! I'm a lifelong KC fan but the original lineup is my favorite; also love the underrated McDonald/Giles album and the 21st Century Schizoid Band efforts.
@ricogarciaarxel9851
Жыл бұрын
The first and best video about the story of King Crimson narrated. love and peace, greetings from mexico.
@DistantBeat
Жыл бұрын
This band left an indelible mark. Thanks so much for creating this, great research keep them coming
@tonyladokguy8985
Жыл бұрын
The original lineup, with McDonald and Giles, was the best. You can hear the dominant influence of these two musicians on "In The Court of the Crimson King" on the subsequent album they made together, called "McDonald and Giles," which included both Giles brothers.
@manonthemoog
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite albums of all time.
@ericwhitehead6451
Жыл бұрын
Robert Fripp is probably the best rock/prog rock guitarist ever.
@ΣταμΔετσης
Жыл бұрын
Ok maybe most important but jhon petrucci exist. Also known as prog jesus
@Mcperson823
9 ай бұрын
David guilmour
@rossammellino9045
8 ай бұрын
Jimi hendrix
@solcasared
5 ай бұрын
Steve Howe ( yes)
@bobsbigboy_
29 күн бұрын
Allan Holdsworth
@steveferry4922
Жыл бұрын
Saturday, Nov. 29, 1969. The rain from the day before had turned to cold. I had left my shoes at the car to avoid getting them muddy. But the cold had hardened the mud. But I did have my serape to keep me somehat warm. I was heading to the back, to the food serving areas (somewhat artificially influenced) when I heard this fantastic sound. At first I thought it was an orchestra. I headed back to the stage and it was the next band in the line-up. Looked like a keyboard, but no one had heard of a Mello-tron back then. And they kicked butt. A memory as clear today as it was back then, at the West Palm Beach Rock Festival. I still have my vinyl Court of the Crimson King album.
@pn2543
11 ай бұрын
so cool to learn all these details from seminal music of our childhood, brings back many stoned memories staring at that cover, it was in the rotation with Santana and Led Zeppelin every evening in the dorm lounge for sure
@gregusmc2868
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this! As a kid who was only 5 in 1969, it was my best friend’s older brother who had the album. After a typical morning in 1981-skipping school and doing some “wake-and-bake” rips on “Purple Haze” (my friend’s purple bong) loaded with some very good Santa Marta gold Columbian, I was looking through the stack of albums and pulled out the one with this CRAZY looking cover, and whipped it on the turntable. It was a pretty amazing “introduction” to KC’s music. We were already huge fans of Floyd, Yes, Zappa, as well as groups like Weather Report and John McLaughflin, Al Dimeola, and Paco de Lucia (all of whom we had seen live) but I never knew what the “story” of this band was. We or course had ELP albums like Brain Salad Surgery, so we knew something about what individual members had go on to do, but I appreciate your work in filling-in a huge gap in my “What ever happened to King Crimson?” knowledge bank. (There are quite a few “gaps” in my entire 1981-82 musical memories. MANY epic concerts, combined with many epic hallucinogens, equals “I know we had a helluva lot of fun but, with only ticket stubs as “proof” we were there, these kind of mini-documentaries are a huge help! Thanks again. Semper Fi (Has anyone found my brain?) 🤷🏻😂❤️
@МаксРогозин-е1ю
Жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the most challenging rock bands of all time. 1969 - 74 era was spectacular. Not that much into Belew era stuff since early 80-s though.
@GrizrazRex
Жыл бұрын
Discipline will always be a desert island disc for me, however. It is sublime.
@voidburner8271
Жыл бұрын
I'm with you on that. KC is 69-74. I don't really gel with their later stuff.
@theitineranthistorian2024
Жыл бұрын
who could pass on the record cover at the record store? the music had everyone’s attention. love it or hate it, song by song. an acquired taste for musical fiends. i got to see the “larks” tour. they came on after dark, two mellotrons howling into the desert summer night. nobody sounded like that, 3 different doses before they took the stage. wow!
@craigfazekas3923
Жыл бұрын
Pete Townshend called it "an uncanny masterpiece", at the time.... 🚬😎
@henrydarker4314
Жыл бұрын
That's for sure, what brilliant cover art.
@wilhelmvg9978
Жыл бұрын
Too bad Red has a pisspoor album cover completely devoid of artistry
@craigfazekas3923
Жыл бұрын
@@wilhelmvg9978 Maybe so. But some are like that & still hold icon status. Dark Side of the Moon- was that a "great artistic statement" ? No, in & of itself- but it said much to many, somehow. The intangible factor at work.... Ditto even The Beatles- aka The White Album. Or Let It Be. Iconic. Now Red ? Iconic ? No. Among King Crimson fans ? Yes. I made a graphic t-shirt of Red's album cover in art class in high school using an old school image projector in a dark room, poster board, Xacto knife & airbrush. I have a sentimental attachment to Red's cover, obviously. To be 15 & walking around with Bruford, Wetton & Fripp on my chest ? And a pair of bleach-blotched jeans on with my long hair ? I was the inspiration for the anti-drug poster- that's for sure !! 🚬😎
@simoncbentinck
Жыл бұрын
The Stones in Hyde Park gig was not, by any measure, “England’s Woodstock.”
@jamesbond4633
Жыл бұрын
From January 13, 1969 til December 14, 1969 is not a very long time for such a monumental shift in music. Even though Ian and Michael Giles left along with Peter Sinfield I think...I believe they had already written some material for the 2nd album. Also Greg hung around and sang some tracking vocals as he had decided to join a new group called Emerson Lake and Palmer. At the last gig The Nice played and Keith Emerson was the keyboard player for that group. I think this is where he asked Greg to start a new band as Greg probably told him King Crimson was breaking up. I think all King Crimson fans know this stuff so I am preaching to the choir but it really clarifies the time line for me and puts things in perspective. This short documentary has many details I did not know and was very well put together with some great photographs!!!! Cadence and Cascade from the 2nd album is one of my favourite songs with Greg singing. Emerson Lake and Palmer's Lucky Man is in this vain and was the big reason I bought the 1st ELP record. The drumming and the cool little guitar parts on those songs are mesmerizing. The little piano fills on Cadence and Cascade as well add so much. It shows you that big bombastic solos are not always necessary and sometimes over playing gets in the way of a song. ELP was guilty of this I think. King Crimson after this 1st incarnation became Robert Fripps' project so it was never the same as well. It would have been amazing going to the Speak Easy or some of the other clubs back in 1969 and seeing this band live. Nothing quite like them. Epitaph and In THe Court Of The Crimson King must have blown Jimi Hendrix's socks off!!! One can only imagine and dream of those early days and the atmosphere......fresh and innocent and nothing to do with today's corporate music scene.
@KazBodnar
Жыл бұрын
Sinfield stayed until the end of the Islands tour (1971), Earthbound is the first album without him.
@jamesbond4633
Жыл бұрын
@@KazBodnar Awesome ...thanks for clarifying. He wrote the lyrics to Cadence and Cascade which was on the 2nd album so he did not quit when Ian Macdonald and Michael Giles did.
@WalterDiamond
Жыл бұрын
It was actually Gordon Haskell who sang C&C. He went on to sing and play bass on Lizard.
@jamesbond4633
Жыл бұрын
@@WalterDiamond YEs that is true on the original album however Greg Lake did a guide vocal for the song as a favour to Robert Fripp probably before he found a new singer. I think there are 3 vocalists that recorded this song. The Greg Lake one is on KZitem kzitem.info/news/bejne/2Z6os3yDh3hkqXY . Just something about Greg's voice that is so warm and soulful and deep. Nothing against the other singer but if you haven't heard Greg sing it I highly recommend that. You are in for a treat.
@henrydarker4314
Жыл бұрын
I saw them twice in 1969, brilliant gigs.
@jamesbond4633
Жыл бұрын
Oh man ..can you do a little write up on your experience watching them? Where it was ...what the show was like..what was the set list...who was there..how much a ticket cost etc. It would be amazing to hear about it!!!!
@henrydarker4314
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesbond4633 Hi James, yeah. The Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival. 8th-10th August 1969. Plumpton Race Track. Streat. East Sussex. and September 13-15th 1969. Rugby Rag Blues Festival. Rainsbrook. Rugby . Warwickshire. The Plumpton gig was in a smallish marquee, on the Friday night. I was sitting in the front row - and I actually fell asleep for a short while during the set, and when I woke, with eyes still closed, I didn't know I was at a KC gig LOL. There is a tape of this gig. Incidentally, I believe whoever 'booked the gig' was sacked because KC thought they were to be on the main stage. The Rugby gig had a small attendance, but check out the acts. Pink Floyd, Free KC and others. I saw KC, different lineup obviously, at Dunstable too, but a couple of years later. wil have to check date. Thanks for ypur interest.
@henrydarker4314
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesbond4633 OK, just checking dates, I think the Dunstable gg was 71 or 2, but I also saw them in 71, at the Weeley fest, Clacton. Rugby gig fun fact, when KC came on stage, Robert Fripp announcd that he had spepped in a cow pat on the way to the stage, if anyone wanted to keep it for posterity, LOL. If only I had gone backstage and kept it - what would it be worth now? LOL Plumpton fun fact, as we got to the entrance of the fest - one man in a hut - anyway, Robert Wyatt was imploring that guy to let him in as h was oft Machine's drummer and they were on next. I vouched for him, and Robert legged it stagewards. Weeley fest not so fun facts, one camping field was on a recently cut corn field, on Saturday a fire started and a lot of tents and vehicles were destroyed and injuries. A guy who's car had burnt out saved out tent etc. Also at the Weeley fest the Hells Angels tried to take ovr a bit, they got physicall oppostion from the burger van people etc LOL. Great f*cking days
@jamesbond4633
Жыл бұрын
@@henrydarker4314 Man that is soo cool!! THanks for posting. You fell asleep??!! Sounds like a lot of partying going on!!! In your 2nd post I think there is some text missing? Sort of starts off in the middle of a sentence. I got to be in England in the mid 1980's in a town called Peterborough. I don't think there were any concerts happening when I was there but would have been cool to check out some of the hot bands back then. I guess most bands starting out back in the 60's travelled a lot playing small gigs and venues and got familiar with the motor ways. King Crimson was no exception but they got really big really fast and it was over so quickly for that 1st ensemble. Homesick and girlfriend sick will get you everytime!!!
@henrydarker4314
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesbond4633 Probably my second post was too long LOL. I put this on my channel ages ago James, search for this video title, it has the Plumpton fest in it amond a few others. Henry Looks Back. A Few Festivals 1967-1986 (Preliminary edit)
@mikecimerian6913
Жыл бұрын
I was discontent with hard rock in the 70s then I came upon the album Larks Tongues in Aspic and I became an unconditional fan from there on.
@KaptainKopter
Жыл бұрын
Crimson blurred the lines between jazz/rock and classical like no other band had! Robert Fripp was in my opinion the most intelligent artist of his type and was truly unique in his style and ability to mold musicians to his vision of music!
@edljnehan2811
Жыл бұрын
There was nothing wrong with Greg Lake's musicianship remember he was initially a lead guitarist and not a bass player.
@vibeindex
Жыл бұрын
As is written in Greg's autobiography, "Lucky Man," on page 38: "Little did I know at that moment, but switching from guitar to bass would be a difficult transition to make." He then follows-up with an anecdote about Michael Giles correcting his playing during an early rehearsal.
@edljnehan2811
Жыл бұрын
@@vibeindex thanks Greg Lakes power was in his awesome vocal abilities as a bass player he was pretty damn good as well however when your in a group with the great Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer it can be pretty easy to be overshadowed
@carlraffen6543
Жыл бұрын
Saw him in ELP in 1976. Incredible show. Greg Lake's vocals and guitar playing was masterful. R I P Greg.
@edljnehan2811
Жыл бұрын
@@carlraffen6543 all three were considered Maestro musicians. Although Greg Lake's Bass and lead guitar were great there were a few that were better but no one beat him on vocals. I seen them a good 20 times but my favorite will always be the 1973 Brain Salad Surgery tour. I also have fond memories of the 1976 concert that show was opened by Journey who at the time we're also considered awesome progressive rock musicians unlike what they became after Steve Perry joined.
@DreamStarGalaxy
10 ай бұрын
@@edljnehan2811 20 times wow. I saw ELP 4 to 5 times. And Emerson Lake and Powell Emerson with 3 Greg Lake band.
@AlexAlexon3897
Жыл бұрын
An excellent video. Hope there's a sequel - In the Wake of Poseidon is underrated, if a Top 5 album can be described that way. 🙂
@supafrogg258
Жыл бұрын
This was very informative. King Crimson had a unique progressive sound, and were clearly very skilled musicians, when I first heard & bought their debut album, In The Court Of The Crimson King. As I bought later albums of theirs, and also caught one of their concerts, I was aware that the band had gone through personnel changes, and though still unique, the sound of their music had also shifted. This video account gives insight as to what was going on behind the scene, during these changes.
@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd
6 ай бұрын
This is enchanting. My young life brought to life. THANK you.
@SoftwareManiacLSM
Жыл бұрын
This is by far the best summary of King Crimson's history. My brother and I, both guitarists living with parents in Germany, saw the ITCOTKC album cover at a local record store, bought it (or did we steal it? Can't quite remember ...), and at home played Schizoid Man. Blown away!
@mvjonsson
Жыл бұрын
And then Greg Lake met Keith Emerson. Both wanted to leave their bands and form a new band.
@jscottfur9130
Жыл бұрын
Emerson Lake and Palmer had what I consider the greatest album name ever with Brain Salad Surgery.
@LAboomR
3 ай бұрын
The world of live music is a better place with the numerous live concert recordings that are available of King Crimson. It was almost impossible to comprehend the amount of music that left the stage at a K.C. Show. Imagine being in front of a locomotive. I was fortunate enough to see many tours the first in 1974. In 1980 My wife & I had tickets to the 8 pm show but we went early to listen outside to the first show.
@jorgevillalobos7382
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! I hope the Crims do not litigate to censor this great work, since their managenent is known to dislike and censor every little thing about KC which is not under their copyrights...
@ACOUSTIC_4LOVE
Жыл бұрын
IN THE COURT- one of the Greatest LP’s from the Era of the great 1960’s True Classic Rock Band’s 🇺🇸
@callingdrhoward8293
Жыл бұрын
I was 14 and saw King Crimson at that first US gig at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont (a school for trust fund hippies and I had to argue with my parents to let me go!). I think Fripp wrote it was a "strange school." I had heard the album on CHOM out of Montreal and was hooked from then on. I got a guitar and never looked back.
@AstronomyDomine
Жыл бұрын
So lucky to see them in 1969
@vasilis1380
Жыл бұрын
I have a copy of the brondesbury tapes and it’s honestly one of the best pieces of music ever created. It’s king crimson minus the edginess. So mystical, bootleg tape hiss and all.
@DreamStarGalaxy
10 ай бұрын
Can you post it to KZitem?
@johnkru1295
Жыл бұрын
I have the first album on dvd mixed in 5.1. Sounds incredible.
@bobparker8294
Жыл бұрын
I knew two guys who were at the KC show in Orlando in 1971 (It would be yhe show recorded for the live "Earthbound" album). One of the guys took acid, the other one didn't. After the show the guy who DIDN'T take acid was so blown away by the music that he couldn't drive. The guy taking acid had to take the wheel.
@bugeanuflorin1531
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting them. Excellent video and words. Have a nice day
@Dan-nt2yb
Жыл бұрын
Court of the Crimson King is the greatest song of all time.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@stephenlitten1789
Жыл бұрын
Bollocks "Night Watch" kicks it into touch
@TheJayson8899
Жыл бұрын
Neither examples come even close.
@joeylamuel5828
Ай бұрын
What could've been had this lineup continued. That album was mind blowing to say the least.
@andyharman3022
Жыл бұрын
Very nice video. More, more, more, please! History of King Crimson in 15-minute chunks. Take your time, keep the quality.
@v5j95jv9j5w
Жыл бұрын
"... thanks to Peter Sinfield, but it wasn't peaches and cream from the start..."
@gregorycolodub485
Жыл бұрын
Indeed, peaches and cream appeared later)
@sdgakatbk
Жыл бұрын
This was really interesting! SO WHERE'S THE NEXT PART OF THIS!!
@vibeindex
Жыл бұрын
More is on the way, and Pink Floyd will be covered in the next video.
@gurgisjones1120
Жыл бұрын
Very cool. I especially enjoyed all those photographs - including live - I've not seen before. Great way to bring everything together, in chronological order.
@hawnyfox3411
Жыл бұрын
My knowledge of King Crimson is "vague" in terms of overall comparison, but I knew of them certainly Mid '70's I had "21st Century Schizoid Man" on my turntable, along with the now iconic & ugly album cover. I absolutely LOVE this documentary, esp' from 07:57 onwards, "Shake MY Left Hand, Maaaaan" (Hendrix !) The Charlotte Bates section had ME absolutely riveted - I mean, what ARE the chances of her responding** ? Responding to THAT heartwarming plea, must've been "a million to one", right ? Esp' in a City like London !!!!! Gotta remark ; Tho' I'm red-blooded AND straight as an arrow, Ian McDonald was SUCH a handsome guy !!!! She's STUNNING & that whole episode of "how" they got together is pretty mindblowing It also goes to show (modern-day terms AND different media interaction), how much easier DATING is, today Back in 1982 (still a teenager), I saw O.G.W.T & saw Crimson perform "Frame By Frame" w/Adrian Belew Maaan, I just literally fell in love with that track, it's interplay & time signatures & hooks, etc. Stunned me AND made me somewhat jealous when Robert married the utterly GORGEOUS Toyah Wilcox !!!! Lastly, even back in the 1970's, I was a HUGE fan of both Greg Lake AND Ian McDonald AND John Wetton Bought the truly magnificent 1979 "U.K" album known as "Danger Money", amongst my fave best albums Being a teenager when "Foreigner" hit it big, I fell in love with "Feels Like The First Time" & "Cold As Ice" I honestly sincerely think that Ian McDonald gave Foreigner SUCH a huge edge & spice in their music For me, those first THREE Foreigner albums were truly MAGNIFICENT Whilst '4' was bloody good, they started losing their earlier//innocent edge & became more commercial Thanks for this EXCELLENT short documentary, showing King Crimson as a Geneological tour de force (P.S = I also absolutely LOVED the photograph of the 'H' Reg' motorcycles being ridden thru London !!!!) .
@artysanmobile
Жыл бұрын
The shock and loneliness of touring has broken many a great band. Not surprised these fine-tuned brains suffered it so badly.
@robertforrester578
Жыл бұрын
"WE WANT MORE WE WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE", etc. Just plain old good work Brother. Thanks from Philly.
@marcomoreiradasilva7294
Жыл бұрын
Gentle Giant and King Crimson are my favorite bands.
@quorrafromtron
Жыл бұрын
Good video, but I have a couple criticisms: you should try to keep opinions out of an informative piece, namely the mention of Robert Fripp's father being devastated while simultaneously acknowledging the lack of sources. Also, ending the video where it did is confusing. King Crimson made more albums after the split up, why did you phrase it like there wasn't anything afterward? Is there a sequel to this doc I don't know about? Anyway, still a fascinating watch, very enjoyable regardless.
@vibeindex
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. And more installments are on the way.
@TheJayson8899
Жыл бұрын
I agree. The comment about his father was bizarre and unwarranted. Terribly written.
@mysterirhys
Жыл бұрын
Interesting place to end. It begs the question about that last show Crimson played with theNice. I’d assume the two bands already knew each other, but surely Lake and Emerson must have chatted about what was going on in Crimson. Hope you find time to continue the story. You’re off to a great start!
@stankatic8182
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know Greg Lake had a standard US Bell Telephone model phone on which he was called in London and asked to join the group ( 4:13 ) .
@sillambretta
Жыл бұрын
Great video., Didn't know about Ian's Girlfriend. Perhaps the source for the Turnham Green section of Suite in C. I knew about Tony Clarke, if only Robert hadn't abandoned the tapes. We may have studio recordings of "Get Thy Bearings" and "Drop in" today. I have seen the Flaming Eye in a few pics. Didn't know Barry Godber designed it as well.
@silvertube52
3 ай бұрын
Clear and concise history of the early days. Thanks.
@jibguy2003
Жыл бұрын
I felt like a watched the video from inside a fallopian tube. Great Video!
@allensaunders449
Жыл бұрын
So many bands through the years don't have the brains to stay together. Never understanding the special place they are in now. Never to be equalled by any other musical place they will ever be again
@mattgoodmangoodmanlawnmowi2454
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite albums.
@robale202
Жыл бұрын
Don't expect a "Bobby plays the blues" cd from Fripp anytime soon (" Ladies of the road" came close). 🤣🤣🤣 I remember reading an interview where he said " most rock guitarists don't even know how to hold a pic properly". I agree. Have been a fan since ITCOTCK.
@robertosborne7542
Жыл бұрын
Jeff Beck didnt use one.
@TiedyeRag
2 ай бұрын
Just discovered them and I'm enchanted.
@geargeekpdx3566
Жыл бұрын
An untold story about KC: Their first North American show was at my alma mater, the first alternative college in America, Goddard College in central Vermont who at the time was extremely radical--they housed the Weathermen, Anarchist Party presidential candidate Murray Bookchin and strains of Yippies, and a hardcore separatist eco-feminism core that was under heavy surveillance from the Feds (two alums were in the Chicago 7... And Bernie Sanders was close by). The college was in the middle of the woods outside Montpelier, so imagine 2000+ insane hippies on LSD who had no idea who they were and were expecting what they were informed was some kind of R&B act but instead got the kind of show that will crush your mind if you are LSD and isolated in the woods among those great White Pines. The show caused intense freak outs among the locals, near rioting and fires and cemented their place in the true intelligentsia of the US at the time too high to be truly in the "Ivy League" and too smart to want to. Crimson blew their fucking minds. Goddard was also the school that Phish first met and played shows (I played with Paige and Trey before Phish!) The school is still there!
@dannyhood4007
7 ай бұрын
Robert frip tells the story of Jimi Hendrix, in front of audience before show in 1981 if I’m not mistaken. One of girls sitting at jimis table saw Jimi Hendrix say they were best band he seen. I could be wrong but seemed like Fripp had NO idea Hendrix was so into king crimson’s music that night. They knew Jimi was in audience but didn’t know how much Jimi loved king crimsons music..All of this was new to Robert frip until 12 years later, when fripp ran into that girl, Same girl who overheard Jimii sitting table. It must of been memorable night, impression it left, made her bring it up conversation.. Fripp tells the story beautiful on stage. Fripp reminds me of Mr pee body, from rocky bullwinkle. And Mr pee body is actual charactor comes from Timothy o leary’s bunch before he was excommunicated during, or before his dropout campaign late 60s
@kliterantv
Жыл бұрын
KING CRIMSON is The Most Futuristic & Innovative Band of The World. Thanks for Sharing This Content. Hail The King 🔥‼️ #KingCrimson #OutOfTheBox
@3lullabies
7 ай бұрын
Fripp has always looked like a dignified 50 years old.😅 Having said that, I love his music. He and Toyahs vids are fun to this day, nice to see him cutting up in his refined way. Also, the album 'McDonald and Giles' is one of my very favorite albums in the world, right next to 'In the Court of the Crimson King' Musically, I have always thought of it as an appendage to Court even though they had parted ways. It has that same depth but maybe more funky and jazzy.
@craigrunyon6663
Жыл бұрын
This is a very well written mini documentary! Your reference material is fantastic. Is it from the King Crimson Book? I think what King Crimson did in one year even surpassed the Beatles. The Beatles took several years to achieve their greatness and forever shake the world with their music. King Crimson managed to shake up the musical world like an earthquake in one year. However of they had a good sensatave manager like Brian Epstein then perhaps they would have stayed together longer. They could easily thrived as a studio group. But no one can ever disagree that their music is timeless and will be remembered in musical history for centuries to come.
@TheJayson8899
Жыл бұрын
Hilarious remark. King Crimson don’t have anything remotely resembling The Beatles’ impact, innovation or longevity. The Beatles also knocked it right out of the gate and instantly shook up the entire music industry and the expectations upon pop artists. The fact that you’re even bringing up The Beatles unprovoked proves that they are the benchmark for all pop and rock music. King Crimson are not. King Crimson are a footnote in ‘60s and ‘70s pop music. Their influence extends only to progressive rock (and a crappy Kanye West song). The Beatles were the defacto leaders of and defined an entire generation. Artists across all generations and genres cite them as influences.
@TheJayson8899
Жыл бұрын
“Well written documentary” The opening line about Fripp’s father is enough proof to the contrary. The rest sounds like a Wikipedia read and is has many inaccuracies.
@MediaWest
3 ай бұрын
oh to have been a musician from 67-75 in london. had hendrix lived, he would have joined the new elp. no joke. he loved KC so much, he wanted to play prog rock. true story, keith told me once...
@franciscogarciajares3965
Жыл бұрын
¡Desconozco su historia, pero si puedo decir que he oido miles de veces algunos de sus discos y algunas piezas están a la altura de los grandes clásicos de la música universal!.
@sergiocrescini6456
8 ай бұрын
Good, good, good video. From Italy. Bob ha inventato un genere di musica unico, al pari di grandi compositori del passato. Comunque musica visceralmente romantica. Ciao, bel lavoro.
@michaelw.4434
11 күн бұрын
I believe when Ian and Mike left they recorded the album Mcdonald & Giles.. very enjoyable album!
@rickvenlo1362
Жыл бұрын
Well done. Please continue. ✌️
@princeofcupspoc9073
Жыл бұрын
What about the music? What about the lyrics? What about the choice of names? The amount of information is basically a quick read of wikipedia.
@VV-fe8mf
3 ай бұрын
You took a look at that debut album and knew you were going to enter something akin to the twilight zone.
@kiethblack3870
Жыл бұрын
To me they were further proof that a band does not need to be hugely popular / mainstream / last forever with all original members intact / have household or celebrity names (etc) to be SUPERB & AMAZING. But then, this is only my humble opinion.
@butchwhite8015
Жыл бұрын
First heard King Crimson on "Beaker Street" KAAY AM 1090, Clyde Clifford late 60`s early 70`s
@dannyhood4007
7 ай бұрын
Everybody was in the army back then would go missing sometimes. Two weeks later somebody says they seen them, in army boots out marching in the rain.
@bradploof9796
Жыл бұрын
In the court of the crimson king..legendary
@johnforensicman6179
Жыл бұрын
A fascinating video, despite the fact that it was extremely poorly read!
@oneoldboytotheothers
Жыл бұрын
Amazong stuff - where did you get all this content, most of which I hadn't heard befpre? I can't wait to see what you come up with for the next few years of Crimso!
@welloiledmachinesaz
Жыл бұрын
I saw Crimson open for Humble Pie in '72. They kinda took the shine off the Pie.
@wallbangerreactions
Жыл бұрын
Well, the quality of this video is way above average. I much prefer a factual analysis vs. some kind of narrative. Kudos, kudos, kudos. You have earned a new subscriber. Keep it real and I'll stick with you.
@jimmurphy834
Жыл бұрын
Brian Ferry tried out for King Crimson around late '69 or early '70 as a vocalist. They passed...
@DanielOliveira-mo2fn
Жыл бұрын
Diretamente do Brasil. Ouvi pela primeira vez: In the Court of criminson Kin em 1970.Tinha 14 aninhos. Um petardo estonteante: Epitaph viajandao con Greg Lake arrebentando. - Century Szoid man O primeiro Heavy metal da historia. Fumava uma marijuana e curtia Kin Criminson. Lark Tong in Aspic Obra prima. Som da minha adolecencia.
@nimtraiphummadan2802
Жыл бұрын
No mention of Peter Sinfields lyrics then in the comments........
@JoFandango
Жыл бұрын
thanks a lot for this !
@nunyafunyuns
Жыл бұрын
Nice doc my friend, keep at it
@sconni666
22 күн бұрын
9:02 there’s Palm trees in England?
@fabrikk60
2 ай бұрын
If you can find the 2005 CD or DVD of *21st Century Schizoid Band: Live in Japan*, you can hear early Crimson music very perfectly played by Ian McDonald, Michael Giles, Peter Giles, Jakko Jakszyk, and Mel Collins. In other words, it's early King Crimson minus only Fripp. If you're a fan of the early Crim, I can't recommend this item strongly enough!
@brandonpoole1670
6 күн бұрын
I can certainly hear a bit of John McLaughlin influence in Red.
@Newfie-zc7ug
Жыл бұрын
It's this simple......if you have never heard any music by this Super Prog Rock Group...........please do , you won't regret it :) Peace and Love
@2112CO
Жыл бұрын
I have seen Crimson 3 times. 2 on Thrak tour. One of those shows 5th row. 3rd at Fillmore Denver
@ThatHuskyisCrazy
Жыл бұрын
So when they played the gig with The Nice was that when Greg Lake met Keith Emerson?
@vibeindex
Жыл бұрын
Correct.
@BillyBallard-w3q
9 ай бұрын
I'd say this band is at least EPIC...majestic,,they went where others didn't imagine!!-- with a huge imagination 😮🎉
@johneyreguitar
Жыл бұрын
Thanks An inspirational story indeed - my writing is certainly influenced by them, although you would have to look hard!
@antonyjohnson4489
Жыл бұрын
Wow, absolutely fascinating and inciteful documentary about one of the Universe's greatest groups. Honestly though, cutting the cr*p, these guys were simply amazing, some of the best musicians on the planet. This documentary very ably narrates how the band came to being. A band which, still to this day (including the various metamorphoses), is unequalled for its' eclecticism and intelligence, with the possible exception of Peter Hammill and VdGG.
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