King Crimson - Live 1974 (Melody French TV)-Starless (2_2).avi

[bbooz]

fripp and the boys at the peak of it all

[DaveEllis13]

One of music's finest ever moments...a masterpiece, pure and simple.

[DaveEllis13]

@tdichiara2008 me too.

[lrtb1983]

~~~ MotherFuckin' Perfection embrace Khaos ~~~

[waterboys3001]

I still love Crimson and to me their music from the 1970s is timeless. Watching this you are reminded how good a guitarist Fripp was, but he doesn't look very happy. I can undertand why many of his bandmates had problems relating to him. David Cross,, the violinist, was fired shortly after this. Bruford's drums seem too high in the mix, while you struggle to hear Cross. They were a great band.

[migrab1960]

wonderfull

[MrsSTARLESS1974]

oh yeaaaah.... 1974 !!! and no more to say... just fantastic!!!

[TheTaoistdragon]

Why can't the audio be in sync???!!!!



[edwardszzz]

awesome

[Darrylizer1]

Capt. Fripps and his two note tension machine! Love it.

[musicajuro]

wish the audio wasn't out of sync with the video, but still awesome. 

[soundvisionary13]

This is what you call dynamics in music. How it starts all quietly with that eerie wail and like the adrenalin you get when you get slowly but very angry and how it builds up like prickly hairs do with goosebumps. All these so-called extreme Metal bands could learn a thing or two from this. Or better not. Fuck them and their whooarghs! I want to keep this moment special for myself without some face painted Norwegian stealing it. God, if only K.C. could play more often & make a record also!

[Chillyfretlesswilly]

It doesn't get any better than this, period! And that black Les Paul is the cherry on the pie!

[johnshipe]

wow



[malditoopio]

Emotivooo !!!



[beka7172]

2 dislikes love lady gaga

[MrStevestain]

Absolutely extraordinary! I love it - the whole thing!

[postgyberos]

two dislikes are gay!

[JamesMarshallJohansn]

If you like this line up of the band checkout Hight Tide, not entirley the same music (pogressive still tho) but same instrumental line up.

[frankiev1231]

What' Ever !!! i own 13 Les Paul's and still counting Loser Boy

[frankiev1231]

Nice Gibson Black beauty to bad he can't play it '

[MOTARDkamikaze]

@frankiev1231 That made me laugh. Apart from being able to spot a guitar its too bad you know fuck all about playing one

[travics77]

...and Fripp on the guitar too!!!

[travics77]

Bruford is God!!!!

[sklomuzicka]

fantazie



[56BUICKRiviera]

I once told Bruford how much I enjoyed his work with King Crimson and he just beamed at me and said thank you.

[Vedder2112Man]

Fuck this! Best band ever! Incredible to see a video of an old performance like this...

[uberkernow]

wish the dubbing was in sync with the video...bummer

[SICKMANBUYER]

AND I DREAM I DREAM I DREAM !!

[scotmunda90]

Such a naughty bassline! This song is love. In the recorded version isn't there a saxophone solo? Was the sax player a permanent member of the lineup then?

[howlrat]

@scotmunda90 Really the only permanent member of the lineup is Robert Fripp. The band wrote this song and performed it live about a year before releasing it on the "Red" album in 1974. The studio version contained the saxophone solo (by either Ian MacDonald or Mel Collins- I forgot which).

[Tamgeopose1988]

This is a great song, which kind of reminds me of a band I've heard a few days ago, Aperco. Hear the similarity at their channel apercoband

[Similie]

most remarkable!

[chefjohn777]

is this AFTER greg lake?

[capoeira26]

@chefjohn777 yes

[nasmformyzombie]

@chefjohn777.... Five years after Lake.

[migrab1960]

Maybe it is the best song from 20th century. For me it is.

[Rambo29]

Are there any good dvds from this era or even late 70s Crimson?

[auburngoalie]

Bruford is just insane.

[newfuckingwave]

@auburngoalie and i don't mean to dump on anyone, but bruford is so much better than the 'almighty' neil peart. i think peart is a good drummer, but one who does mostly the same thing every song and dramatically overplays everything. bruford is just so timely. sure he's complex and fast, but because the song calls for it. peart just seems to always be showing off

[auburngoalie]

@newfuckingwave I definitely agree man.

[spabook69]

@auburngoalie Honestly? LOL! Bruford is doing his best to impersonate Art Blakey. Learn your music history, mate. His "borrowing" of Bu is totally tedious and unremarkable.

[Darrylizer1]

@spabook69 Odd you would think that. I've been a fan of Bruford and Blakey for decades, have seen both in concert several times and don't see many parallels between the two. To me Bruford is a much more mathematical and classically oriented player who played rock but was in love with jazz and Blakey a more lyrical and melodic drummer tho powerfully rhythmic and most def a jazz player. I have to say I prefer Art's drumming but Bill is the master in the odd time signature department

[TheArabassist]

first half of the song - haunting and moving.

second half - fucking epic!

[XxLizmoxX]

<33333

[Sylvain894]

Fripp uses tremolo sound with effects a lot : what's his secret ?

[TheSteveSteele]

Yes! Thank you for posting this. My favorite line-up of my favorite band. Bruford and Wetton! To this day, Starless and Bible Black (the album, and this song from Red) is the most beautiful of rock music creations, IMHO. Man, you can feel their energy. Thanks!

[ranXerox09]

wait a minute ...0:00 ..Harpo Marx??

[joakorush2112]

@ranXerox09 hahahh.

[Mikemaniax]

The reason why Bruford left Yes. Bruford would not have been able to play like this over anything from "Tales From Topographic Oceans". Alan White fit that music like a glove.

[bdfilms01]

amazing how much Bruford did with such a minimal drum kit.

[itnow]

it was expert playing like this which prompted up the punk movement to come and democratize rnroll

[cliffwalkinfool]

At 3:55 Fripp and Bruford have become completely "lost" (absorbed) in their music. Are they even aware of anything else? Watch Bruford's face at 4:28. We don't see Fripp's face, but I've watched him enough times to appreciate the levels of concentration he is able to put into his music.

[blueturtleblues]

A true authentic treasure...I'm amazed

[trilobite3339]

the video and audio timing doesnt go together

[HellsDonutHouse]

Holy mother of mercy! Didn't even know this existed, thanks so much!

[malerba13]

thank you so much...

[donaaaN]

the band wich inspired the mars volta... kimg crimson, nobody does...

[victorsaint2]

really cool, loved them most when doing instrumentals!

[Rafantomas]

CAN YOU UPLOAD TIHS VIDEO IN JUST ONE VIDEO? THE LIMIT IS NOW 15MIN! :)

[MasterYumyums]

@Rafantomas BUT FIX THE TIMING ON BOTH!  :P

[Hubs88]

@Rafantomas Here is the entire King Crimson performance on Melody TV, runs 29 minutes: /watch?v=eDxnJrzYIj0 also on the Red 40th anniversary DVD.

[sabatino1977]

Is that Bruford's "O face" at 4:24? Long live the King 

[Horomaru]

Bill Bruford is freaking flying on this one! Fucking nailed it, man.

[buddhastalin]

holy fucking shit .  50 STARS!

[babysnakezappa]

They are insane in a good way. :) I like the 74 band the most.

[williedb47]

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing Tony. Nadine :)

[webgeek6]

Thanks for posting this.

[morvelification]

horribly out of sync

please fix

[TheSizMan]

music like this just slaps you telling you heaven is possible

[millonety123]

Vaya final!! Ese sonido único con sólo tres tambores,(no hace falta ningun almacen de tambores para sonar grande), de Bill Bruford es tan especial e inconfundible como lo fue Blakey en el Be Bop: dos creadores de escuela. Fripp, un genio fuera de serie total, wetton en su mejor momento y Cross lirico a tope...que más se puede pedir!!! Mamma mia!!! Starless=2012?

[smeagollu]

Amazing performance, absolutely amazing.

[Lightmane321]

The way they go quiet at the end was just fabulous

[ertzuiop123]

Thank you for this, you rock! Cheers from Croatia

[dockaiser]

OMG .... this is just heaven

[Possumlivingdotcom]

Thank you! This is the best version of "Starless" I have seen.

[cosmicrider287]

this is sheer pleasure to witness.

[mousetop19]

Bruford..crazy man!

[metamorphosis67]

@mousetop19 If you listen to the live "Great Deceiver" Box Set, there's one tune in particular where right before it starts, an audience member yells: "Bruford !!! Billy Cobham eat your heart out! " It's really funny because Cobham was drummer for Mahavishnu Orchestra at the time, a band that was an influence on Fripp & Bruford . Cobham was considered the greatest fusion drummer at the time in direct competition with Bruford as greatest rock drummer even though he started as a total jazzer.

[shivabel]

What a pity the music and the images are not well synchronized!

[ScootTheCat]

@shivabel The music and video are in sync on the "Red" 40th anniversary DVD. Not sure what went wrong here. If you're a KC fan the DVD is money well spent for all the extra material.

[xbxbear]

I get totally blown away EVERY time I hear this piece. It was so good to see these guys live back then. I get goose bumps & my hair stands on end every time!

Thanks for the upload & for sharing!!!!

[vivelavidarocka]

Only Fripp could use only two freaking notes and give 'em such a range of emotions. Materpiece of minimalism.

[Revvin]

@vivelavidarocka You got that right--I love the way it just builds, like you know somethings coming, then when it finally does come--still two notes. Fripp is a master of guitar and everything that could possibly be done with it! this is one of my all time favorites from the Wetton era of KC

[psirou]

@vivelavidarocka Philip Glass

[bernich88]

@vivelavidarocka yeaahhhh D:! in fact its the same note , just on the other string, so that makes it even more amazing : s

[Dooality]

@vivelavidarocka Bruford said that Fripp loved being the rhythmic center to a song and letting everyone else create swirling rhythmic chaos around him. Not many other guitarists would be brave enough to play two notes for five minutes straight. 

[guitar602991]

@vivelavidarocka endless trip

[juandhaltrich]

@vivelavidarocka i know!!! the guy is a guitar-god !

[deathmetalinsanity54]

i always get goosbumps when the beat comes back in at 4:50. stunning.

[pornis90]

thanks so mauch for sharing

it's hard to find any vintage material of KC especially in Chile

you ROCK

[azurenscens]

THANK YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE

[goldragons]

Even watching it online with it out of synch (except for the drums for some weird reason) still an astonishing performance. Originality and genius is where its at!

[Mzler1387]

Has anybody ever heard of shredding on the violin?..Well, now you have!

[hanskumar1]

@ ConspireToConspire. Thank you i know that it is from a few concerts in Europa. It is also on the album the Night Watch live in Amsterdam and - live in Central Park NY - bootleg quality.

What i actually mean is that there is apparently no video of Fracture or other live concerts from the seventies, apart from a few from tv and that is really a pity.

So if ever anyone finds it !!!

[DrumRemixRequest]

is it just me or is the audio/video off...

[TheMilford]

@DrumRemixRequest

Yes the sync is off... can we get this fixed?

[871185]

I am just totally _______ . What a vid. The music.

[rcmorabito]

oh my god

awesome jazz rock psychedelic and spontaneous genius

rudy

[LapisLee]

Starless and Bible Black!

[beatlebeck]

hey Fripp, handsome!!

[Cryptic2002]

Incredible, Thank You So Much!!!

[soremongs]

Indeed!..I'll buy that for a dollar!!

[soremongs]

Indeed!

[hanskumar1]

Anybody knows if there is anything more, anywhere on the net from this tv show. Looking for a live version of Fracture for a long time.

There seems to almost nothing of the Starless and bible black album on the net, what a pity.

[ConspireToConspire]

@hanskumar1 actually the reason is because that album is really a live recording of a concert with a few overdubs. which is why the feel and depth is amazing to me. i love red but theres a feel to s&bb thats a different kind of haunting. kc released the original concert recordings some years back.

[ksjoyjespeace]

Best enjoyed at a very HIGH volume!!!!!!!

[gillan5]

What is that? - Music? - No, it is cat`s crying! With all due respect to King Crimson.

[axleri]

@gillan5 what?

[buxadonoff]

@gillan5 you're shitting by your mouth ! if you don't like it .. its okay .. but say that's no music .. is bullshit ! these guys were ones of the best in the world on what they do ..

[skaterat121]

Fripp could do this in his sleep.

[Kharmaireth]

@skaterat121 He looks like he IS asleep...

[87Julius]

@1967nj How would you describe it then? Prog rock includes a lot of different sounding bands. Labels are often inacurate but we use them anyway because, well, langage in general is often inacurate but we have to use something to communicate, don't we? Anyway, not like KC wasn't "self indulgent" from time to time. Nothing wrong with that is there?

[suchness9]

Damn never seen this! Best Crimson Ive seen

[mediawest]

bruford is the best.

[peeniizz]

@1967nj Haha, do you have any idea how self-indulgent YOU sound with that comment? =)

[metalcore929]

This is fucking incredible.

[gunnsgthartman]

Fripp is the coolest but Bruford is also the coolest! He's in trance!

[cliffburton333]

and I'll take Wetton over Greg Lake any day of the week

[cliffburton333]

oh my fucking god that was sick. wow.

[MrSuperdico]

Absolutely great, especially Wetton and Bruford ^^. The final sounds better with the saxophone than with Fripp's guitar, though...

[juanscv79]

best sh*t on youtube

[boibad12]

this song makes me want to buy a violin and a melotron, a new guitar and lessons

[mikedrud]

Go Bill Bruford! Go!

[motherbrain86]

improves on the already good studio version

good show fripp/bruford/wetton/cross

[rixwerld]

Bill Bruford is SICK on the drums !!!

[lalalalala5151]

haha you gotta wonder why they wanted David Cross out of the band for Red when he absolutely is burning it here on total top form

[ACrackInTheWall2006]

is this the video footage thats on the Red bonus dvd?

[rexasul]

so awesome when bruford goes mad, it shows his true colours.

[enricocassia]

13/8

[ravenwindsong]

Amazing!

[johnarthurknight]

Fripp has done solo versions of this. I saw him do it in March 2006 in St Louis.

[yoursaxman]

@johnarthurknight yeah and we (the audience) forked over $100 for him to do it! You can buy it at the DGM site.... the whole soundscape show was phenomenal, wasn't it?

[wund3k]

I was blown away. Totally.

[leober7]

U R welcome, friends of mine!!!

[EMILIOMARENGO]

I knew it, i've known for a long time...but now i've seen it....Thanks pal

(got some wine on the shelf and this seems like the right time...)

[pureambient17]

I'm not quite sure about some of the comments about this performance. I don't know if the expectation is that the piece be played like a carbon copy of the studio version, and I laughed out loud at the comment "Fripp makes a mistake..." - nonsense.

If you ever LISTENED to Crimson live, they play every piece differently EVERY night. They don't try to "play it like the record" - a totally ridiculous notion in the case of THIS song, since it was a live track for many months BEFORE Red !

Think!

[danxenatro]

@pureambient17 This is true and especially notable because this band never got into the studio to record it - Cross left the group before they could. I think the sax that played the violin part on the record was a travesty. The violin was so much better, and I wish KC would add that instrument to their lineup again.

[diogobobsin]

awesome!!!!

[eliottelescorielese]

Ooooh that bass guitar... It looks like Jesus Christ played it himself...

[PAULisDEADMANnumber9]

fripps guitar sound kinda like a synth

[luislacave]

who plays violin and keyboards?

[leober7]

@luislacave David Cross on violin and melotron...

[luislacave]

@leober7 thanks, this is Crimson at his best!

[electricuncledave]

@leober7 Fripp plays mellotron for most of this song though

[rubberdu]

out of sync

[CasaApicella]

Ascolto questo gruppo e mi rendo conto che l'85% della musica di adesso è merda.....

[bribeanbabybopdelux]

Incredible, what a band!

[Dikablan]

Thanks, This video is an authentic treasure!!!

[mclainrose]

Ah wow thank you SOOOO much for this!!!!!!!!

[HeidiLandRover]

Fripp described the Wetton/Bruford rhythm section as a flying brick wall. This film is a pretty good illustration of why :¬)

[ravenwindsong]

@HeidiLandRover I would have to agree with Fripp & you;)

[cavemanfarts]

@HeidiLandRover What does that mean?

[Malzarin]

@HeidiLandRover A perfect accompaniment to his discordant melodrama! I love it all!