King Crimson - live 1974 - Starless

[Skittaplatta]

Miei idoli!

[ronald9919]

simplemente genial!!



[judashellramm]

a cum 12 times hearing this

[iaintnowasteman]

30 second ad!

But it was worth every second..

[Reckoner65]

Always loved the tuning on Bruford's drums - very distinctive.

[blackjack12542]

ITS A MYSTERY.

[blackjack12542]

PURE EMOTION

[MFAlexandruYT]

Some members and former members of the band disliked the video out of modesty...

[RotnRoll77]

@MFAlexandruYT Best "disliked" comment ever.

[OlausPulaus]

Oh how we wait for the musical piece to REALLY start at 4:05 !

[6974angie]

I WAS BORN 06/30/1974 LOVE IT LOVE LOVE IT.

[datubaozi]

the era of creation ! 70s ! simplesmente desbundante !

[voidforpurpose]

Now you have 15000 channels on cable and never see things like this on any of them.

Thanks for the upload menestrello86!

Crisp and sublime!

[kongpinchen]

There have been so many art rock bands in almost half a century, but none comes close to King Crimson

[AnArdentChemist]

I love how, at 9:15, Fripp plays the melody again! This band is the epitome of musical genius, practice practice practice making perfect. Wish I could get musically involved in something like this. I'm a drummer in the St. Louis area looking to create/compose music along similar vein with.

[wardka]

@AnArdentChemist Decades of listening to the album version of this piece and I don't think I ever noticed that melody reprise before. I've noticed similar acrobatics with other art rock pieces, (especially with Gentle Giant) and other Crims pieces, I just never noticed it in this one before. Thanks for that.

[optimistic1976]

takie trochę flaki z olejem..

[ericessable]

A Bruins jersey?

[gattinator84]

KING CRIMSON = the best band of history

[ramirowsky]

@gattinator84 KING CRIMSON en México ¡inolvidable!

[hogweed89]

Bruford...what a drumming he had!!

[holydrones]

mind. blown.

christ, this even blows my cock right up my ass.

[sutka333]

= )

[Playjex]

This is hands down my favorite live performance of all time.

[gr8skpz]

Jean Luc Ponte!!

[gr8skpz]

3 people are not real people...

[FIP100IP]

Boring.Chato pra caralho.

[79steelymatt]

Lazymaven you are totally correct I have bootlegs from late '73-that include this song,also I have heard snippets of sections of this song on some other bootlegs and a few wierd intros and wierd transitions from songs off "Lizard"and"Islands"The blue moon effect was trippy or shall we say frippy... this lineup of KING CRIMSON is my favorite(I really like Discipline era stuff also 1979-1984 Adrian Belew is awesome)What a great band- Fripp is so freaking phenomenol

[TheCrosspolo]

starless is the greatest song to last centuries !!!!

[raitiovainu]

Unlike other proge, this allways sounds fresh.

[Lazymaven]

I don't know what program this performance is from, but Crimson was regularly performing "Starless" for some time before the release of Red. It was written and originally intended for the Starless And Bible Black LP (go figure), but as I understand it, Fripp didn't care for the song at first. Still, they played and developed the song extensively on the road in the first half of 1974. Since the previous LP was released in January of '74, I assume the song was around in some form since '73.

[castroviniciusdemarc]

Lisergia pura!

[papmjny]

ichaelvoland54: Yes. UK was the great group, but unfortunately punk and new wave were so

aggressively "on tapestry" that prog-music was compeletely out-dated at that time.

[Elyodachido]

THE GREAT DECEIVERS(KING CRIMSON tribute band) play on Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 10pm at The Universal Bar and Grill in North Hollywood near Universal City. Don't miss them. They play songs like Starless, Lark's 2, Exiles, 21st, 3 of a Perfect Pair, Vrooom Vrooom and Fracture!!!

[nialho]

Goood



[mpjgbx]

Fripp kinda looks the actor Liev Schreiber.

[u2bbbbbb]

@mpjgbx Shcriber I didn't even see her. You have to be from Sudbury way to get it, lol.

[rogml]

i wish we had TV shows like that today.

[olddemdike]

Anyone know which TV program this was recorded for and when / where? It obviously predates the "Red" LP - different lyrics, the closing section at the end isn't finished (its just an improv unlike on Red) and David Cross is still with the band as a real member with the violin taking the initial lead (yes I know he played on the Red version but that was dubbed in.

This is very much a record of a "work in progress" - but when / where? Are there any more from this source?

[sakalak]

@olddemdike VERY nice observations. I'm interested, myself.

[silverslater08]

What a band! They're fantastic

[pandaking17]

I love the drummers energy

[Tonv58]

Mel, Mel, where's Mel?

The sax and guitar duet is so gooood on the album,

[fabiang2007]

Impresionante !! 4 musicos en estado de gracia, lamentablemente ya no hay bandas como esta actualmente

[ButtsexV2]

I pressed dislike just to spite derkamon. This is one of my favorite songs.

[TheCharlestonFollies]

@ButtsexV2 you're completely retarded then. you would rather annoy people than show support for one of your favorite bands (that doesn't even get much attention at all nowadays).

[ButtsexV2]

@TheCharlestonFollies I've shown enough support by buying every single album they've put out and going to every live show I could.

[Zappstitute]

Great stuff!!!

[sturmvogel10]

This particular genesis of King Crimson was certainly the best live performers. The four are my favorites of a long succession of great musicians.

[OldMacFlai]

Bill Bruford, God among Gods

[itsaskybluesky]

Looks like Ian McDonald, who had returned to play on "Red", is there too :)

[itsaskybluesky]

John Wetton was also briefly a member of Jethro Tull. That was before King Crimson and, no, he didn't appear on any of their albums.

[tapkae]

@itsaskybluesky Never heard of that, even though I know he was England's favorite bass player for a while. I know the Toni Iommi thing well enough though.

[colungarer]

Not the greatest recording but a true classic nevertheless

[gasnashel]

can't forget UK with Bill Bruford. and Alan Holdsworth

[puddelisa]

Lay down and listen

[lespaul76]

@UnchainTheW0lv3s He's unbelievably good

[Fudgaboutit]

Is he improvising new lyrics on the spot? Why are the lyrics deviating from the studio album song so much?

[DarkeningSkies1]

@Fudgaboutit They are an early draft- Richard Palmer-James (the lyricist at the time) only finalized the set used on the "Red" album shortly before it was recorded. Some of these early "Starless" lyrics made it into "Caesar's Palace Blues" from the second U.K. album.

[Fudgaboutit]

@DarkeningSkies1 Thanks.

[Fudgaboutit]

Wow, the violin doesn't sound as good in the studio album! I thought that song was PERFECT!

[drhowarddrfinedrhowa]

@801liveable Wishbone Ash, Mogul Thrash, lots of good session work with Eno. Manzanera, Ferry, Gordon Haskell, Steve Hackett ... but he never sounded better than the KC Red LP & the tours for Larks Tongues & Starless & Bible Black, check the official bootleg 'The Night Watch'.

[801liveable]

@drhowarddrfinedrhowa I know Wetton did a lot of things with Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, in fact I saw Wetton with Ferry, 2 times 1974 & 77 but I didn't know his collaborations are that broad..I know he teamed with Eno, but I didn't know Wishbone Ash..That's interesting..Thanks for the info..

[derkamon]

press dislike and I'll hunt you forever !!

[NoModyy]

@derkamon Did you already killed that man?

[Amirnake]

@derkamon thanks for aggravatin g some cunt

[Kleasone]

@derkamon I don't like stupids comments like yours so I disliked :) here we go for 4 dislikes :o

[MrBassmasta1995]

10,000th view! Cool!

[lespaul76]

Who's the drummer in this video? Kind of looks like stewart copeland

[TheTaxman67]

not certain if hes bruins fan, his intials both begin with B, they root 4 soccer their version of football

[kolyiken]

Somewhat different from the original "Red" version, but impressive, anyway. And a very acceptable video quality, according to those years. So Fripp was a freak even en those days.

[mootbooxle]

What's up with the lyrics?? Very different from the version on "RED"! I think John just forgot a lot of them.

[newfuckingwave]

@mootbooxle i think he just kept repeating the first verse and mumbling his way through it so no one would notice. then he gets all emphatic when it comes to time to say 'starless and bible black' as if relieved because it's the only part he remembers with certainty lol

[warlockboyburns]

She's moving undercurrent

Will i react or will she?

I Can't decide

Maybe I'll make a she of me

Or just my head

If it was spinning I'd break the cycle

And let the waves swallow me down

[warlockboyburns]

this makes me want to get a new stereo system

[Schnackelkopf]

Fripp is a genius

[NoelGrassy]

I saw the 1974 tour when they played San Fransisco but David Cross had left the

band by then. Thanks for this! Bruford used to wear the Bruins shirt with Yes too.

[nfsriffle]

@NoelGrassy And With Genesis on their first post-Gabriel tour

[turtlliwdnifuoyehthr]

@NoelGrassy

they never performed in brufford-fripp-wetton line up

[calliope83]

Wetton was indeed a prolific and dynamic bass player and vocalist...some of his most interesting and accomplished work was with Crimson for sure, but check out any of the recordings he made with the Roger Chapman led group, Family...some really beautiful progressive rock, kind of defines the genre in a way...

[801liveable]

how many big bands did JOHN WETTON play with? KING CRIMSON..ROXY MUSIC..then ASIA..and probably many others..

[menestrello68]

@801liveable  Uriah Heep ??

[willygator]

UK

[misterjimmybob]

@menestrello68 Wishbone Ash ?

[westprice]

@menestrello68 definitely "Yes."

[CStack2Ci]

@menestrello68 Don't forget the amazing (albeit) short-lived U.K.! John Wetton is probably the most successful bassist in prog rock history!

[thefansixties]

@menestrello68 But Uriah Heep is the only skeleton in his closet...

[ksjoyjespeace]

@801liveable FAMILY,URIAH HEEP...

[801liveable]

@ksjoyjespeace THANKS..

[Yarsh52]

@801liveable Family, Mogul Thrash, UK, the list goes on, haha.

[801liveable]

@Yarsh52 thanks..hehe..hoho

[Yarsh52]

@801liveable UK is personally my favorite. They have a live concert posted on here called UK- Penns Landing, Philadelphia, Pa 8/8/78. John Wetton's bass playing during that concert makes me wish I was born back then, haha.

[801liveable]

@Yarsh52 i like WETTON, when he was with ROXY MUSIC 1974....he also played with BRYAN FERRY..1976-77..i was around back then for all of that..saw him live 3 times..quite good..

[Bartolucci711]

@801liveable

UK, Steve Hackett

[cathoderoy]

@801liveable ...fuck Asia...how 'bout Family and U.K.?!!

[klinkerkk]

@801liveable Even he played with a former band called Mogul Thrash

[lazlocarreidas]

@801liveable UK

[Jazzmaster11]

@801liveable

Wishbone Ash!

[Jazzmaster11]

and U.K

[pigeonapocalypse]

@801liveable its cuz hes a solid bass player who's also an awesome lead singer- which is a huge plus for any band cuz it leaves the guitarist(s) open to fully utilize the guitar as a lead instrument. (seen here in Fripp's case) Think about it, basically every band with the bassist on lead vocals is fucking rad. Also, Wetton is good-looking so he gives whatever prog-rock band full of ugly dudes hes in some sex appeal. Lol, Wetton you lucky (*also talented, dont get me wrong) bastard!!! hahaha

[westprice]

73-74 King Crimson was the best though.

[SouthDundryOB]

@801liveable He played with FAMILY

[Jovicolgada]

@801liveable UK too.

[TheBlackycat]

@801liveable he was also in UK and is on Wishbone Ash - Number the Brave

[mikedrummer00]

@801liveable

Family, UK ;)

[smileshoter]

@801liveable UK..a very great band

[CrystalSilence2011]

@801liveable

do not forget U.K. ! With Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth in the same line-up...

Anyway, maybe here Wetton forgets part of the lyrics?

[flymyable]

@801liveable John Wetton plays with many bands : - Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Bryan Ferry, Uriah Heep, Phil Manzanera, UK, Atoll.

[nowbellhere]

@flymyable He also played with ASIA.

[thesubstitutes01]

@801liveable Family ... U.K

[michaelvoland54]

@801liveable

Not to forget the greatest K.C. follower, U.K. !!!

Who used to carry on the spirit of KC I (the 1969-74 incarnation) the best.

[djdjany]

@801liveable Uriah Heep and Family ?

[nomenklaturahippie]

una canzone che fa venire la pelle d'oca, un pezzo di storia contemporanea

[ClassicRockMan95]

Fripp has never messed up once...

[DDSeever]

I've listened to this song so many times in the past decades — first on vinyl, then on CD — that it's branded into my brain, almost embedded in my DNA. So it's an amazing treat to hear and see it played live, with myriad tiny differences that jump out at me. I salute that TV station for having the guts to put this on the air, because it's certainly not for everyone.

[IwanttoliveinParis]

Who knew Bruford was a Boston Bruins fan?

[TiuDindia]

WOW

: )

WOW



[perpetualchange1]

Wow, Bill Bruford is absolutely tearing it up, a great performance of one of my favorite Crimson song

[jolacolaco]

Awesome man ... very magical moment for the bands and movemnt of "progresive music" cheers!.

[tangerine58]

magici

[tangerine58]

emozionante