So guys I heard it's radi-cool bananas to ragalag on hiphop and the cats who dig it, for yos.
Except it just makes you look like a tool. Painting anything in broad strokes is a cognitive misstep and advertising to the world that you're prone to arrogantly doing so just exposes you for either the dick, undermatured teen, or undereducated intellectual plebian you are.
i see people here talking stupid shit about kanye west having no talent... wtf? and they also talk about hip hop being something only the talentless listen to ... well if you dont like it then fuck you that's it.
You don't like poems? you don't like Goethe? well they are legends for doing poetry, but there are some hiphop artists which do just that in modern times and combine it with great beats and music... and you just don't get it. you guys are so superficial what's up with u?
@LeeTheShogun hahahaha really? Comparing Goethe to Jay-Z? ayou are so stupid, I dont know if there is any help for you....whats next?: Rick Ross is a modern day Shakespeare? hahahahahahahaha
As a 21 year old with no parental exposure to such music, nor musical background, I believe Fripp is one of the most ingenious musicians of all time. So glad I found these guys in my teen years.
You may want to note that this is a King Crimson video, this has nothing to do with Kanye nor his music, so kindly fuck off with the Kanye and talk about the music on this page which is quite epic as it goes.
While laughing my way through the Rush documentary, I thought, aside from Geddy Lee's unbearable voice and the awful lyrics, don't they realize why so many people still hate them? They have no melodies. Things you can sing without a bunch of dicks flailing away. King Crimson grabbed me when I was 13, cause they have actual tunes, underneath the virtuosic playing.
@peterzang no melodies ? you probably should listen a lot more to 2112, especially the Discovery and Presentation part. I can’t help but sing when I hear Xanadu, or Subdivisions. And of course, 3:44 to 4:25 on this video is melody ? I call that noise, sorry, I prefer Geddy Lee’s voice a thousand times than this.
Now, about King Crimson, I must admit that I clearly prefer In The Wake of Poseidon than this one
metal evolution brought me here. I've known about them for a long time now, but never listened to them. but when they played a clip from this song on that show, i just HAD to come and listen. I'm thinkin that if all their tunes are this good, they just might become another one of my favorite bands! i might even try to cover this song myself
This song is genius, wonder how long it too to rehearse a piece like this to do it live. Fripp's bass is key!! So much turnover though with many of these progressive English bands and it hurt momentum. By far the group's best work!!
@FitnessExtremeVideos I don't think Greg Lake's voice is natural here... Also, this guy can sing, he used autotune because he wanted it, not because he needed it, only in one album because he wanted to show his emotions like this. Exactly like in this song
never mind the squabbles. what a tune and what a band. theyve been a bit forgot about as prog is so uncool now because of the excesses of the likes of ELP etc.... King K rule
@chip6134 KC's current record label hasn't handed out download rights to anybody. They distribute on CD/DVD-A and vinyl only, except for archived concerts and stuff like that. They've had problems with former labels offering up tracks online they no longer own.
FINALLY!! A VERSION WITH THAT STUPID FUCKING KAZOO INTRO GOD DAMN YOU FUCKITT?!?!?! IT ISN"T FUCKFUCKING "21ST" (FUCKING) "CENTURY SCHIZOID FUCKER" IF YOU DON'T HAVE TEN FUCKING SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE DETUNED KAZOO FART NOISES IN THE DISTANCE FUCK!!!!!!! I'M FUCKING GLAD TO KNOW THAT THE KAZOOS ARE FUCKING THERE SO THAT FRIPP'S ASS-FUCKINGLY GORGEOUS FUCK OF A GUITAR FUCKRIFF CAN BLOW ME OUT OF MY OWN STUPID FUCKING MIND?!?!? FUUUUUUCK!!!! FUCKING HELLFUCK!!!! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!!!! FUCK!
Jayant, I'm glad you asked that question. Tony Levin (used to play for King Crimson and Yes), Alan White(was the drummer for Yes), and David Torn(I think he used.to play for Talking Heads, just like Adrienne Belou. I know spelled his name wrong.) This project was done more or less for themselves, BUT they wanted their fans to enjoy it. The album is called Levin Torn White. I think you'd really like it as much as I do!
It still sounds so raw and original, like an artist throwing paint at the canvas, or something. I like to think I'm an open minded guy, so could somebody tell where can I find such (rock musical) originality today.
King Crimson is badass, and kanye west is cool too, but for a completely different reason. At least you know he has good good taste in music because he sampled it
@4021971 , listen crackhead, there's many a tune I liked back then and now and this band was way nutso to me and still is. I still have bad vibes when I see this album photo.
@rmtmiller That's your problem. There is a lot of great music now, but none of it gets any airplay. This song was once on commercial radio, nothing like this will ever be on radio again. BTW, Why so angry?
@gamemeister27 I just watched that episode as well. I stood up and shouted 'Fuck yes!' when Dr. Venture tells Dean that he's not ready for this kind of music.
@Damce This, this, THIS! I found both Focus and King Crimson at the same time, and love them both. I've listened to Focus FAR more, however. I listened to Eruption (the 23 minute version) twice in a row and everyday that week when I first heard it.
When this album came out (1969!) certain critics who hated rock music just for being rock music were fond of referring to complex, non-bubblegum material as "organized noise". In the bowed-guitar section and last seconds of this tune, Crimson was kind enough show said smug asses what organized noise really sounds like. Tight!
According to Robert Fripp, this song was written with Spiro Agnew -- the second-in-command Dick Nixon thoroughly deserved -- in mind. I know, or at least I believe in my heart, that right now those two bastards are being forced to listen to this song at full volume in all of its gorgeous abrasion, chained up in a mosh pit in Hell.
this song is fucking awesome and even though i think kanye is kind of an arrogant douche, he sampled this song really well and definitely has producing skills.
@captainclayman Bullshit. Kanye is fucking incapable of pouring raw emotion into his music, and had to sample this song to pull it off, which was completely detached and out of place. This song took on a character and aura that gave off the feeling they wanted naturally. Kanye can only talk about it throughout the song. He can't even do that without slipping in something about 'haters'! This song is powerful and timeless. 'Power' is weak and fleeting.
I don't blame the rap guy for using this song. It's not like anyone is able to compete with most genius musicians. Might as well sample their work because you lack the creativity to compete and come up with your own sound.
I'm sick of music neckbeard losers decrying what other people like because they dont like it and calling the fans of said music "dumb". If you think people are stupid for not enjoying a song then you are fucking retarded saib.
I'm sick of fans of Kanye West acting like Kanye has any musical talent. Don't excuse yourself with the "music is subjective" nonsense, because although music is abstract it is still very clear what sort of music puts emphasis on talent. I'm not saying by any means that all hip hop is garbage (the overwhelming majority of it is), I'm saying that Kanye's music clearly is tailored towards extroverted partying people who don't mind simplicity as long as they can dance to it.
@TheBoomstickhero Though people are entitled to believe what they want to, and are entitled to what they want to listen to, you are absolutely right about how some music is more oriented around talent, precision, and compassion, while other music is merely made for dancing, and falling flat in meaning, and heart. Then again, music is subjective.
@TheBoomstickhero How dare you have an opinion on the internet, Especially something as moronic as that. You've probably just listened to fucking goldigger and act like you "get" hip hop. Well I'm sorry but you don't perhaps if you listened to the most critically acclaimed album of the 21st century. Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy you would no that. So fuck off and go and make another generalizing comment about something you don't understand and embarrass yourself furthermore.
@LeeTheShogun hahaha there is always some moist kid that thinks they know something- and today, YOU are that moist kid. What does he do? LOL! really? what?? REAL musicians dont even acknowledge him, and hip hop artists look at him like a cornball. But let me guess- you have a poster of him over your bed. Jay-Z and Kanye are washed out 40+ year old rappers with no talent and they rap about dumb shit. "JAHOVAH!" ?? hahahahahahahe's gay, you're gay. case closed.
@bluemoonrising26 no he hasn't... he's saying just garbage o.O wtf is up with you guys?
is you say kanye has no talent... then go ahead and do those beats, make songs the people can relate to. go ahead and produce something like my beautiful dark twisted fantasy... oh you can't? oh that's sad! : (
@TheBoomstickhero eh you're wrong bitch, kanye is the total opposite of songs without meaning and you can dance to.
you dont know anything about hip hop oO there are many people like kendrick lamar, kanye west of course tupac etc.. they make music which is more relevant than probably any other kind of music...
how can your shitty comment have so many likes what is this bullshit oO
@Skinnyoompalumpa yeah man these people are idiots. I like Kanye West and his use of this song was in my opinion excellent. I'm not a big fan of that style of hip hop but he's great. and I certainly don't hate people for liking that style, they're welcome to like whatever they like. music is art, have respect for all of its forms
@Skinnyoompalumpa Excuse me sir, but I will decry what other people like, not because I don't like it, but because it's shitty and only propagates this notion that shitty is the new awesome. Kanye West is terrible. Always has been, always will be. He is a child trying to be an adult. What the idiots are saying is partially true; art is subjective, as are tastes. But fuck, the hypothetical music museum is lined with the musical equivalent of finger paintings and whittling forks.
@Skinnyoompalumpa In the English language, the male gender is applied to that which is of unknown or genderless, and clicking on your name to find out your gender was entirely too time consuming for a "four hundred characters or less" response.
And it's those who think it's genius that are tainting the genre by promoting it and asking for more, by the way. "More auto-tune, tasteless sampling, and high school love letter lyrics! More! More! MORE!"
Newsflash, people like different things than you. I hate Shah Rukh Khan with a passion, I think he is the most overrated Bollywood star around but I don't call the people who like him stupid, because I'm mature and grown up enough to realize that people are allowed to like what they want and being a jerk about it isn't going to change anything except make you look foolish
@Skinnyoompalumpa Honestly, I'd go as far as putting a bullet in the head's of the record label executives, putting a knife in the chest of the shittily popular pop artists, burning the original recordings, and executing Simon Cowell on American Idol, but obviously I don't have the power to do that, so I can instead only be a jerk.
@Skinnyoompalumpa To be fair, Kanye west does have more style than than most of the other shitty hip-pop "artists", though not by much. Most of what I've heard is more repetitive and tastelessly bland than it is original and thought provoking. I heard 'Jesus Walks' and thought that maybe Kanye was different. Then I heard the rest of the album and thought "fluke".
I am a big King Crimson fan..can someone please suggest some other great Prog rock bands..I already know Yes and Rush..I don't care if whatever you suggest is from the 70s or now, Beardfish is a new band but they are great prog. Please just suggest a few bands or albums, thanks !
@K3VIN552 have you tried emerson, lake and palmer? they where a supergroup of prog rock muscians formed from members of king crimson, the mice and atomic rooster, you should give those other two a look aswell.
@K3VIN552 Dream Theater, no question. They're more prog metal, but they're still amazing. Images and Words is the best. Also Octavarium and A Dramatic Turn of Events.
@K3VIN552 check out gentle giant if you got the time. hard to put them into a genre but if you like King Crimson you might like them aswell and they are also creative geniuses
@riqyl32 a polyrhythm is two separate rhythms being played at the same time so, in a way yes if you look at how Greg Lake plays against what Fripp and McDonald play during the Mirrors section. I'm not totally sure of the definition of a polyrhythm, but parts of this song definetely fits most of the defining traits of a polyrhythm
as for the time signature, the begining and end is in 4/4 and the middle section is 6/8
@jbassman666 In the beginning, the riff lasts two 4/4 bars. In the first bar the emphasis is on the 1st and 3rd beat (witch is usual) and on 3 and a half they play a dotted quarter chord witch fills the measure. In the second bar they play two dotted quarter notes and one quarter note ( 1,5+1,5+1=4).
The thing is that the drums follow the guitar, putting emphasis on the same beats so the rythms seem to match...
P.S: Isn't it awesome how much we can discuss a single song? King crimson magic!
@jbassman666 polyrhythm is two different rhythms playing simultaneously, It is normally shown in Ratio e.g. 3:4; a Rhythm consisting of 3 beats per bar (3) a Rhythm consisting of 4 beats per bar (4).
@jbassman666 6/8 nice bounce, that's why hiphop producers (the few good ones) us also 6/8 and 3/4. They also take the adsr they used in rock from the 70's.
Too bad it's all about Loudness Wars these days in music production, so less bounce.
What about just listening to the music,enjoy it and stop bashing other music genres? No one cares what you think of electronic music or hiphop. Music is universal,we dont need any definition of "true music" and "today sellout music".
if you all reflect to kanye under this video (it doesn't matter is a good reflection, or bad) you have the massive connect in this song an the "power". dumbs :)
Guys, the dude who's talking about Kanye West is just jerking your chains. It seems that there a group of trolls who are doing the same thing to a bunch of different band's youtube pages.
@Basspwn69 Hey, rappers don't ruin music they just play the same part of the song over and over until you want to scream. The people on American Idol are the ones that take the wonderful songs of yesterday and make you wanna throw up today.
why does the name of a terrible rap/hiphop "artist" have to litter the page of the video of this mind-blowing song? sad, just sad... SHUT THE F**K UP AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!!!
excellent fusion of acid jazz and prog rock! KC were geniuses! everything sounds really solid but I really like that brass section :) and I don't even want to know who the F this wanker called Kanye is...
I'm giving you 6 stars****** for this one Thank you for having it & for sharing it with us.Sounds as good now,as it did all those years ago when it came out.
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So guys I heard it's radi-cool bananas to ragalag on hiphop and the cats who dig it, for yos.
Except it just makes you look like a tool. Painting anything in broad strokes is a cognitive misstep and advertising to the world that you're prone to arrogantly doing so just exposes you for either the dick, undermatured teen, or undereducated intellectual plebian you are.
copygulzinfringement 2 hours ago
i see people here talking stupid shit about kanye west having no talent... wtf? and they also talk about hip hop being something only the talentless listen to ... well if you dont like it then fuck you that's it.
You don't like poems? you don't like Goethe? well they are legends for doing poetry, but there are some hiphop artists which do just that in modern times and combine it with great beats and music... and you just don't get it. you guys are so superficial what's up with u?
LeeTheShogun 9 hours ago
@LeeTheShogun hahahaha really? Comparing Goethe to Jay-Z? ayou are so stupid, I dont know if there is any help for you....whats next?: Rick Ross is a modern day Shakespeare? hahahahahahahaha
JUSTuntil2012 6 hours ago
fucking impossible to play the drum part alone
corydonald1 14 hours ago
simply impossible to play.. imma try cygnus bookII again D:
theshaggsterr 3 days ago
great song men
:D
mrcocaable 1 week ago
itt; old people whining about the younger generation.
Psy1402 1 week ago
Does anyone know the name of the guitar at 2:30?
samar2501 1 week ago
@samar2501
that is a bass my friend
:D
mrcocaable 1 week ago
@samar2501 That my friend is a Spector brand bass guitar... P/J configuration
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samar2501 1 week ago
As a 21 year old with no parental exposure to such music, nor musical background, I believe Fripp is one of the most ingenious musicians of all time. So glad I found these guys in my teen years.
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Holy shit, this song is amazing
MOTHAFUCKINSNAKES 1 week ago
@TheBoomstickhero and @Madoculos and anyone talking about Kanye.
You may want to note that this is a King Crimson video, this has nothing to do with Kanye nor his music, so kindly fuck off with the Kanye and talk about the music on this page which is quite epic as it goes.
Arfurfoulkessake 1 week ago
That album cover still scares the shit out of me everytime I look at it.
ChocolateHoneycomb 2 weeks ago
While laughing my way through the Rush documentary, I thought, aside from Geddy Lee's unbearable voice and the awful lyrics, don't they realize why so many people still hate them? They have no melodies. Things you can sing without a bunch of dicks flailing away. King Crimson grabbed me when I was 13, cause they have actual tunes, underneath the virtuosic playing.
peterzang 2 weeks ago
@peterzang no melodies ? you probably should listen a lot more to 2112, especially the Discovery and Presentation part. I can’t help but sing when I hear Xanadu, or Subdivisions. And of course, 3:44 to 4:25 on this video is melody ? I call that noise, sorry, I prefer Geddy Lee’s voice a thousand times than this.
Now, about King Crimson, I must admit that I clearly prefer In The Wake of Poseidon than this one
xGshikamaru 1 week ago
21世紀の精神異常者？ それってどこかの国の政治家のことだろ？ でもいい曲だな・・・
ae13151877 2 weeks ago
i was brought by Let3 version of this song
CAWDragon123 2 weeks ago
grat greg lake on bass...here at the top
operalover67 2 weeks ago
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AphoticAgony 2 weeks ago
metal evolution brought me here. I've known about them for a long time now, but never listened to them. but when they played a clip from this song on that show, i just HAD to come and listen. I'm thinkin that if all their tunes are this good, they just might become another one of my favorite bands! i might even try to cover this song myself
boomhauer15 2 weeks ago 3
@boomhauer15 same here then i find out some producer used it in his song
o well this kicks so much ass
love it and all the song to the right-->
i wish i was old and lived through this time period
Binnsism 2 weeks ago
Damn, I didn't know Greg Lake sang and played bass on this song. That makes it 100x better.
MOTHAFUCKINSNAKES 2 weeks ago
CDs are the shit!.. I wonder what happened to mine?..
iaintnowasteman 2 weeks ago
This song is genius, wonder how long it too to rehearse a piece like this to do it live. Fripp's bass is key!! So much turnover though with many of these progressive English bands and it hurt momentum. By far the group's best work!!
EnlightenedRogue 3 weeks ago
@EnlightenedRogue Yeah this song is a masterpiece! The bass player here is Greg Lake, not Robert Fipp though.
TheChampiondumonde 2 weeks ago
So only because Kanye West is a famous Hip-hop artist in the 21th century, he had no talent ?
Grow up a little a go listen to his album before judging...
carraldo791 3 weeks ago
@carraldo791 He admits to auto-tuning his voice which therefore means he has no talent.
FitnessExtremeVideos 3 weeks ago
@FitnessExtremeVideos I don't think Greg Lake's voice is natural here... Also, this guy can sing, he used autotune because he wanted it, not because he needed it, only in one album because he wanted to show his emotions like this. Exactly like in this song
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@carraldo791 "Excuse me Kanye, I'm really NOT happy for you, but I think King Crimson got the best shit of ALL TIME."
aznmetalmunkey 2 weeks ago
never mind the squabbles. what a tune and what a band. theyve been a bit forgot about as prog is so uncool now because of the excesses of the likes of ELP etc.... King K rule
drew23ski 3 weeks ago
Prog Rock at its finest!
VKTH777 3 weeks ago 4
thumbs up if youv seen "thats life" foundation vid
deathsongkidz 3 weeks ago
amusing the both of yous & yous know who yous is.
kirbdog33 1 month ago
remember seeing them in conn as a teen in the seventies with both quicksilver and believe it or not pink floyd... iit was great!
eraser966 1 month ago
oh king crimson why u not on itunes.
chip6134 1 month ago
@chip6134 KC's current record label hasn't handed out download rights to anybody. They distribute on CD/DVD-A and vinyl only, except for archived concerts and stuff like that. They've had problems with former labels offering up tracks online they no longer own.
eddievhfan1984 1 month ago 3
@chip6134
Yeah it's such a shame to actually have to buy CD's......
kids these days.
MrWingsfan13 3 weeks ago 12
@MrWingsfan13 Hey I'm 19 and I have like 70 CDs. Not all of us are like that lol.
Ryu12543 2 weeks ago
@Ryu12543
Well I'm glad I'm not the only teenager(19) that still buys CD's
MrWingsfan13 2 weeks ago
@MrWingsfan13 Me too(19)
i cant stand itunes buy a song on itunes is like buying just the nose of mona lisa
too bad i can't find this piece.
Binnsism 2 weeks ago
@MrWingsfan13 HEY! Dont generalize. I buy around 3 vinyls each month, I'm what you'd call a "kid" :)
NotStonedEnoughToEat 22 hours ago
Anyone who prefers any version of this song to the original should go immediately to an audiologist.
warnedkerzner 1 month ago
@warnedkerzner How does an audiologist help people with incompetent ear syndrome exactly?
voltronsky 3 weeks ago
@voltronsky perhaps cochlear implants...
warnedkerzner 3 weeks ago
who's Kanye West?
romaneberle 1 month ago 3
@romaneberle i maybe wish i didn't know..... =[-;
kirbdog33 1 month ago
Holy shmowzow. They're great musicians.
TommyVF 1 month ago
I don't care about the crap going on in this video...I'm just listening to the music...
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FINALLY!! A VERSION WITH THAT STUPID FUCKING KAZOO INTRO GOD DAMN YOU FUCKITT?!?!?! IT ISN"T FUCKFUCKING "21ST" (FUCKING) "CENTURY SCHIZOID FUCKER" IF YOU DON'T HAVE TEN FUCKING SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE DETUNED KAZOO FART NOISES IN THE DISTANCE FUCK!!!!!!! I'M FUCKING GLAD TO KNOW THAT THE KAZOOS ARE FUCKING THERE SO THAT FRIPP'S ASS-FUCKINGLY GORGEOUS FUCK OF A GUITAR FUCKRIFF CAN BLOW ME OUT OF MY OWN STUPID FUCKING MIND?!?!? FUUUUUUCK!!!! FUCKING HELLFUCK!!!! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!!!! FUCK!
DisturbeD6699 1 month ago
Maybe your are all stupid, the man that put this here in the first place said pretty freaking clearly..
STOP TALKING ABOUT KANYE!!!!
Well...I don't know Spanish....
acook2727 1 month ago
YESSSS !!
kinstube 1 month ago
I meant to type Jayaet on the comment below. Sorry!
lmw289 1 month ago
Jayant, I'm glad you asked that question. Tony Levin (used to play for King Crimson and Yes), Alan White(was the drummer for Yes), and David Torn(I think he used.to play for Talking Heads, just like Adrienne Belou. I know spelled his name wrong.) This project was done more or less for themselves, BUT they wanted their fans to enjoy it. The album is called Levin Torn White. I think you'd really like it as much as I do!
lmw289 1 month ago
It still sounds so raw and original, like an artist throwing paint at the canvas, or something. I like to think I'm an open minded guy, so could somebody tell where can I find such (rock musical) originality today.
jayaet 1 month ago
King Crimson is badass, and kanye west is cool too, but for a completely different reason. At least you know he has good good taste in music because he sampled it
captainclayman 1 month ago
Awesome song. Can't believe that the music today is such shit compared to this. Fuck Justin Bieber in the arse.
4021971 1 month ago
@4021971 , listen crackhead, there's many a tune I liked back then and now and this band was way nutso to me and still is. I still have bad vibes when I see this album photo.
rmtmiller 1 month ago
@rmtmiller That's your problem. There is a lot of great music now, but none of it gets any airplay. This song was once on commercial radio, nothing like this will ever be on radio again. BTW, Why so angry?
4021971 1 month ago
Thumbs up if... wait, we don't care. This song is a motherfuck**g masterpiece !
louiman333 1 month ago
who is kany and why is he annoying?
ZZombyWooff 1 month ago
one of the best albums of that era. spent many sleepless nights up listening.
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this is THE WORST song i ever heard
erkokki56 2 months ago
@erkokki56 ლ(ಠ_ಠლ) Y U B TROLLIN!?
gamemeister27 2 months ago
Thumbs up if King Crimson brought you here...
shotguy1 2 months ago 80
@shotguy1 Nope, Venture Bros.
gamemeister27 2 months ago
@gamemeister27 I just watched that episode as well. I stood up and shouted 'Fuck yes!' when Dr. Venture tells Dean that he's not ready for this kind of music.
StCrowleyable 1 month ago
OMG, I haven't heard this in YEARS.... This is a great song. I really love the ending. This I call is TRUE Music to my ears! :-)
IntoTheLens827 2 months ago
I really love Horn music in rock music.
IntoTheLens827 2 months ago
Chill out ...u Cocka do dadle doo
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Thumbs up if Kanye West brought you here!
ClassicRockMan95 2 months ago
@ClassicRockMan95 oh you delightful troll you
jbassman666 2 months ago 28
@jbassman666 I know right?
Emporerofkortoph 2 months ago
Wow, end of this song!
Btw Camel brought me here, you might check out Focus a 70's dutch prog band, maybe you guys know it. grts!
Damce 2 months ago 2
@Damce This, this, THIS! I found both Focus and King Crimson at the same time, and love them both. I've listened to Focus FAR more, however. I listened to Eruption (the 23 minute version) twice in a row and everyday that week when I first heard it.
Madoculos 1 week ago
STFU ABOUT KANYE STFU ABOUT EVERYTHING!
CookieMonsturrrrrrrr 2 months ago
When this album came out (1969!) certain critics who hated rock music just for being rock music were fond of referring to complex, non-bubblegum material as "organized noise". In the bowed-guitar section and last seconds of this tune, Crimson was kind enough show said smug asses what organized noise really sounds like. Tight!
LyraDove 2 months ago
@LyraDove "organized sound".... I will keep this term in mind for future discussions with pop music fans. Thanks :D
SuperGorak 2 months ago
According to Robert Fripp, this song was written with Spiro Agnew -- the second-in-command Dick Nixon thoroughly deserved -- in mind. I know, or at least I believe in my heart, that right now those two bastards are being forced to listen to this song at full volume in all of its gorgeous abrasion, chained up in a mosh pit in Hell.
LyraDove 2 months ago
this song is fucking awesome and even though i think kanye is kind of an arrogant douche, he sampled this song really well and definitely has producing skills.
captainclayman 2 months ago 6
@captainclayman Bullshit. Kanye is fucking incapable of pouring raw emotion into his music, and had to sample this song to pull it off, which was completely detached and out of place. This song took on a character and aura that gave off the feeling they wanted naturally. Kanye can only talk about it throughout the song. He can't even do that without slipping in something about 'haters'! This song is powerful and timeless. 'Power' is weak and fleeting.
Madoculos 1 week ago
dont act like you dont know... its power lol
MrPatides 2 months ago
In what song did kanye sample this?
apetrohilos 2 months ago
@apetrohilos I believe it's called Power.
Richerodt 2 months ago
I don't blame the rap guy for using this song. It's not like anyone is able to compete with most genius musicians. Might as well sample their work because you lack the creativity to compete and come up with your own sound.
reddeathx1 2 months ago 3
kanye west? stop talking about that trash on a king crimson video please
xmanwomanx 2 months ago 3
This song is waaay ahead of its time :P I luff it.
JumbaGumba 2 months ago
Wait... do you mean Kanye West? O_o
WHO THE HELL WOULD COMMENT ABOUT A DOUCH LIKE THAT TO MUSIC LIKE THIS?!?!?!
BloodlessToque 2 months ago
if video games brought you here, then you should stop playing video games and listen to good music instead.
ZehBunnyWabbit 2 months ago
@ZehBunnyWabbit Who gives a fuck? Get a life you asshole and let people find good music however they please, even if it is through a game.
chaosdisc 2 months ago
@chaosdisc i have a great life, and im not an asshole actually
ZehBunnyWabbit 2 months ago
didn't anyone think that maybe the reason kanye west sampled this song was because he loves it and he wants his fans to love this song too?
bballkingofdasouth 2 months ago 4
Yes! I mean, "YES!" was the only other band in the '70.s that TOOK me somewhere!....thought, epiphanies...
Love the British steppin' out!
I'm 49...
sheracad 3 months ago
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Kanye west is cool too....
I'm sick of music neckbeard losers decrying what other people like because they dont like it and calling the fans of said music "dumb". If you think people are stupid for not enjoying a song then you are fucking retarded saib.
Skinnyoompalumpa 3 months ago 18
@Skinnyoompalumpa are you pre-op or post-op?
americannable 3 months ago
@Skinnyoompalumpa
I'm sick of fans of Kanye West acting like Kanye has any musical talent. Don't excuse yourself with the "music is subjective" nonsense, because although music is abstract it is still very clear what sort of music puts emphasis on talent. I'm not saying by any means that all hip hop is garbage (the overwhelming majority of it is), I'm saying that Kanye's music clearly is tailored towards extroverted partying people who don't mind simplicity as long as they can dance to it.
TheBoomstickhero 1 month ago 29
@TheBoomstickhero
Music is art. art is subjective.
If you disagree with that you must be some kind of autistic nerd.
Skinnyoompalumpa 1 month ago
@TheBoomstickhero Though people are entitled to believe what they want to, and are entitled to what they want to listen to, you are absolutely right about how some music is more oriented around talent, precision, and compassion, while other music is merely made for dancing, and falling flat in meaning, and heart. Then again, music is subjective.
CoolCoverBro 1 month ago
@TheBoomstickhero How dare you have an opinion on the internet, Especially something as moronic as that. You've probably just listened to fucking goldigger and act like you "get" hip hop. Well I'm sorry but you don't perhaps if you listened to the most critically acclaimed album of the 21st century. Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy you would no that. So fuck off and go and make another generalizing comment about something you don't understand and embarrass yourself furthermore.
Syncopy528491 1 month ago
@TheBoomstickhero
The socially conscious stuff is fantastic. Brand Nubian, Dead Prez, Chuck D, IMO.
gamerunknown 1 week ago
@TheBoomstickhero yeah but i do give props for kanye with being a producer. In that area he's a genious
Traductus5972 1 week ago
@TheBoomstickhero Kanye West is a talentless sellout uncle tom for Jay-Z's masters: the Illuminati.
JUSTuntil2012 5 days ago
@JUSTuntil2012 go ahead and try to do something like he does! oh you can't? why can nobody do that... guess you're the one without talent here
LeeTheShogun 9 hours ago
@LeeTheShogun hahaha there is always some moist kid that thinks they know something- and today, YOU are that moist kid. What does he do? LOL! really? what?? REAL musicians dont even acknowledge him, and hip hop artists look at him like a cornball. But let me guess- you have a poster of him over your bed. Jay-Z and Kanye are washed out 40+ year old rappers with no talent and they rap about dumb shit. "JAHOVAH!" ?? hahahahahahahe's gay, you're gay. case closed.
JUSTuntil2012 6 hours ago
@TheBoomstickhero
You've summed it up brilliantly :)
bluemoonrising26 4 days ago
@bluemoonrising26 no he hasn't... he's saying just garbage o.O wtf is up with you guys?
is you say kanye has no talent... then go ahead and do those beats, make songs the people can relate to. go ahead and produce something like my beautiful dark twisted fantasy... oh you can't? oh that's sad! : (
fucking bitch
LeeTheShogun 9 hours ago
@LeeTheShogun
You come across as being a little unstable. I'd suggest you see a shrink.
bluemoonrising26 9 hours ago
@TheBoomstickhero I do hope you know, that you're wrong. Subjectively of course.
fattymattyweasel 4 days ago
@TheBoomstickhero
Doesn't listen to Hip Hop, then has the nerve to try and decipher talent in a field he knows very little about.
You like King Crimson? cool, me too man
TripSampleNeal 16 hours ago
@TheBoomstickhero eh you're wrong bitch, kanye is the total opposite of songs without meaning and you can dance to.
you dont know anything about hip hop oO there are many people like kendrick lamar, kanye west of course tupac etc.. they make music which is more relevant than probably any other kind of music...
how can your shitty comment have so many likes what is this bullshit oO
LeeTheShogun 9 hours ago
@Skinnyoompalumpa yeah man these people are idiots. I like Kanye West and his use of this song was in my opinion excellent. I'm not a big fan of that style of hip hop but he's great. and I certainly don't hate people for liking that style, they're welcome to like whatever they like. music is art, have respect for all of its forms
procrastinator300 1 month ago
@Skinnyoompalumpa Excuse me sir, but I will decry what other people like, not because I don't like it, but because it's shitty and only propagates this notion that shitty is the new awesome. Kanye West is terrible. Always has been, always will be. He is a child trying to be an adult. What the idiots are saying is partially true; art is subjective, as are tastes. But fuck, the hypothetical music museum is lined with the musical equivalent of finger paintings and whittling forks.
hirothedragonking 1 month ago
@hirothedragonking
To you, to other people it's genius.
and it's miss, thank you very much
Skinnyoompalumpa 1 month ago
@Skinnyoompalumpa In the English language, the male gender is applied to that which is of unknown or genderless, and clicking on your name to find out your gender was entirely too time consuming for a "four hundred characters or less" response.
And it's those who think it's genius that are tainting the genre by promoting it and asking for more, by the way. "More auto-tune, tasteless sampling, and high school love letter lyrics! More! More! MORE!"
hirothedragonking 1 month ago
@hirothedragonking
Newsflash, people like different things than you. I hate Shah Rukh Khan with a passion, I think he is the most overrated Bollywood star around but I don't call the people who like him stupid, because I'm mature and grown up enough to realize that people are allowed to like what they want and being a jerk about it isn't going to change anything except make you look foolish
Skinnyoompalumpa 1 month ago
@Skinnyoompalumpa Honestly, I'd go as far as putting a bullet in the head's of the record label executives, putting a knife in the chest of the shittily popular pop artists, burning the original recordings, and executing Simon Cowell on American Idol, but obviously I don't have the power to do that, so I can instead only be a jerk.
hirothedragonking 1 month ago
@hirothedragonking
Threatening death to people who did no wrong. Congratulations you are not only an idiot, but are a psychotic one as well.
Skinnyoompalumpa 1 month ago
@Skinnyoompalumpa To be fair, Kanye west does have more style than than most of the other shitty hip-pop "artists", though not by much. Most of what I've heard is more repetitive and tastelessly bland than it is original and thought provoking. I heard 'Jesus Walks' and thought that maybe Kanye was different. Then I heard the rest of the album and thought "fluke".
hirothedragonking 1 month ago
@Skinnyoompalumpa Kanye West is a bold hooker!!
Gero0412 1 month ago
does every fucking rapper steal the content of other songs so they get attention because they have absolute no talent
Omot1122 3 months ago
Run around nekkid beating people up with a giant purple didlo
Dayntei 3 months ago
@Dayntei lol saints row 3 right
is this song in it i dont have it yet if so thats awsome
zackjp 3 months ago
@Dayntei Oddly enough, that's the first thing I did on Saints Row 3.
IamSnoogans 3 months ago
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NiandraLades92 3 months ago
I am a big King Crimson fan..can someone please suggest some other great Prog rock bands..I already know Yes and Rush..I don't care if whatever you suggest is from the 70s or now, Beardfish is a new band but they are great prog. Please just suggest a few bands or albums, thanks !
K3VIN552 3 months ago
@K3VIN552 have you tried emerson, lake and palmer? they where a supergroup of prog rock muscians formed from members of king crimson, the mice and atomic rooster, you should give those other two a look aswell.
Egonallanon 3 months ago
@K3VIN552 marrillion,the strawbs, and of course peter gabriel's genesis...f%#* phil collins.....
777dasar 3 months ago
@K3VIN552 oh yeah, i forgot jethro tull, remmember we're talking all thier early works......peace...
777dasar 3 months ago
@K3VIN552 Dream Theater, no question. They're more prog metal, but they're still amazing. Images and Words is the best. Also Octavarium and A Dramatic Turn of Events.
VideoMask93 3 months ago
@K3VIN552 check out gentle giant if you got the time. hard to put them into a genre but if you like King Crimson you might like them aswell and they are also creative geniuses
xmanwomanx 2 months ago
@K3VIN552 here are a few:
Genesis (Peter Gabriel era)
Devin Townsend (albums: Biomech, Terria (this one is a bit more prog metal-esque))
Tool (mostly Aenima)
ckreticeland 1 month ago
who names there kid kayne? king crimson is much better
MrFatcatmatt1 3 months ago
Could anybody explain to me why is this song a polyrhythm?
It can be counted 4/4 am I right?
riqyl32 3 months ago 3
@riqyl32 a polyrhythm is two separate rhythms being played at the same time so, in a way yes if you look at how Greg Lake plays against what Fripp and McDonald play during the Mirrors section. I'm not totally sure of the definition of a polyrhythm, but parts of this song definetely fits most of the defining traits of a polyrhythm
as for the time signature, the begining and end is in 4/4 and the middle section is 6/8
jbassman666 3 months ago 9
@jbassman666 In the beginning, the riff lasts two 4/4 bars. In the first bar the emphasis is on the 1st and 3rd beat (witch is usual) and on 3 and a half they play a dotted quarter chord witch fills the measure. In the second bar they play two dotted quarter notes and one quarter note ( 1,5+1,5+1=4).
The thing is that the drums follow the guitar, putting emphasis on the same beats so the rythms seem to match...
P.S: Isn't it awesome how much we can discuss a single song? King crimson magic!
riqyl32 3 months ago
@jbassman666 Who cares? Listen to the music.
erbot123 2 months ago
@jbassman666 polyrhythm is two different rhythms playing simultaneously, It is normally shown in Ratio e.g. 3:4; a Rhythm consisting of 3 beats per bar (3) a Rhythm consisting of 4 beats per bar (4).
RhaegarTargaryen1884 2 months ago
@jbassman666 6/8 nice bounce, that's why hiphop producers (the few good ones) us also 6/8 and 3/4. They also take the adsr they used in rock from the 70's.
Too bad it's all about Loudness Wars these days in music production, so less bounce.
Damce 2 months ago 4
@Damce Yeah that whole loudness war gets pretty annoying
no dynamics, just volume
jbassman666 2 months ago
@riqyl32 The drums are playing a different rhythm to the other instruments my friend.
RhaegarTargaryen1884 2 months ago
What about just listening to the music,enjoy it and stop bashing other music genres? No one cares what you think of electronic music or hiphop. Music is universal,we dont need any definition of "true music" and "today sellout music".
Schafeo 3 months ago 2
great song and who the fuck is KAYNE WEST?
soldaticentral 3 months ago
if you all reflect to kanye under this video (it doesn't matter is a good reflection, or bad) you have the massive connect in this song an the "power". dumbs :)
bajgergabajgerga 3 months ago
OLD TIME KING CRIMSON THE BEST
powerlinestreet88 3 months ago
Prog Rock at its finest.
95trc 3 months ago
WHO THE FUCK IS A KANYE WEST? IS IT A RIVER?
ivanlarsen 3 months ago
I love King Crimson and KW. :)
wixy20071 3 months ago
Guys, the dude who's talking about Kanye West is just jerking your chains. It seems that there a group of trolls who are doing the same thing to a bunch of different band's youtube pages.
AtomicSwirl 3 months ago
Wait don't tell me another rapper ruined a good song D:
Basspwn69 3 months ago
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TheMidnightBell07 3 months ago
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@Basspwn69 Hey, rappers don't ruin music they just play the same part of the song over and over until you want to scream. The people on American Idol are the ones that take the wonderful songs of yesterday and make you wanna throw up today.
TheMidnightBell07 3 months ago
Would be great as a James bond movie opening theme!
shyamhk 3 months ago
@shyamhk I've always thought that.
Explosiveelm 3 months ago
stop comparing kanye west with KC, "power" is a good song, but 21st century is a masterpiece!
progreadicto 3 months ago
I'm 14, fuck Kanye West. King Crimson is the shit <3
TehHale 3 months ago
why does the name of a terrible rap/hiphop "artist" have to litter the page of the video of this mind-blowing song? sad, just sad... SHUT THE F**K UP AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!!!
nthib91 4 months ago 2
4:40 to 5:20 best part!!!!!!!
mrzippykid088 4 months ago
excellent fusion of acid jazz and prog rock! KC were geniuses! everything sounds really solid but I really like that brass section :) and I don't even want to know who the F this wanker called Kanye is...
91nickt 4 months ago 18
I'm giving you 6 stars****** for this one Thank you for having it & for sharing it with us.Sounds as good now,as it did all those years ago when it came out.
Zeke1950 4 months ago
I've heard you guys might know who is Kenye West? I'm very curious.
arthurude1 4 months ago
@arthurude1 he's a musical genius. was able to cobine this with afrocentrist and do your thing by cold grits and make it all flow perfectly.
vice2vursa 3 months ago
@vice2vursa Oh intredasting, i'll look it up. Thanks for the info.
I love to find out about unknown underrated underground artists like this Kanye West you guys are all talking about.
arthurude1 3 months ago
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divisorplot 4 months ago
My late Fathers' answer to "Black Sabbath" created "Heavy Metal",don't forget Blue Cheer...
vickeyah12 4 months ago
wait, this song was in guitar zero 5???
wardoggwyllgi 4 months ago