King Crimson Live 1974 Melody French TV Starless (1_2)

[verweejerome]

starless end bible black

[ztcatchy]

that's a shame that such an a great band like king crimson couldn't find a decent singer after greg lake left.

[thevoid99]

i just heard the "red" album for the first time.  what the fuck is wrong w/ rock music these days? it seems like everyone is playing the same riffs and making the same songs. it's so boring. the "red" album fucking blew me away. the production of it as well as the musicianship. king crimson, please come back!

[lauriecolson]

@thevoid99 people eventually tired of being blown away by musicianship and high production values and wanted a volksmusic, and Punk was born. It's All Good

[thevoid99]

@lauriecolson have you heard punk rock lately or what is now called punk? it's terrible. plus, i'm starting to dislike rock music these days as i've been going back more towards the 70s and 80s underground rock.

[sivadepilif]

Who`s died?

[PascalVillarubias]

Des musiciens très talentueux au service d'inspirations supérieures... Pas comme certains jazzmen, sûrement très doués mais particulièrement pénibles à écouter. Ici, on se met au service, humblement, d'un morceau absolument génial. J'adore John Wetton, sa voix si chargée d'humanité, son jeu de basse à la fois violent et raffiné...

[DavidKemp]

their mellotrons match their outfits

[NakedPlanet1]

This is gold.

[guzkrzy]

King Crimson to król muzyki progresywnej i wszystko.

[Jauckor]

Where all this good heavenly music goes?

I mean, really where is it?

[tacomadc]

A rare glimpse of David Cross, violinist extraordinare! Good looking bloke!

[GoDamnWeird]

Seems to be the prior to "Red" sessions lyrics, also on the live album USA. Great to see! Thanks.

[NakedPlanet1]

@GoDamnWeird Yeh the lyrics on this & other seminal versions are not the same as the studio cut. The 'Red' album lyrics are just sublime. Some of the best rock lyrics I've ever heard. Also hard to understand the words in these earlier versions. LOL - like Wetton did'nt like them & was half slurring.

[pennylaneqq]

This is better than ELP!

[2xsf]

@pennylaneqq

Blasphemy!

[337camo]

What a good drummer.

[menrathu]

@337camo

Yes! This is Bill Bruford, Yes' original drummer.

[337camo]

@menrathu I like King Crimson. I don't listen to them alot and i dont know alot of their songs or any of their members but they're definately talented and unique.

[aristotle358]

I love the division of labour in this performance (unfortunately out of sync, but hey). Thrip plays keyboard while the violinist fiddles and then the violinist gets on the other keyboard while Thrip takes up the guitar. My favourit album is in the Court of the Crimson King. The instrumental section in 21st Century Schizoid Man is marvelous!

[pohuistable]

what a fuck amazing ! I love it!

[aekoriginale21]

amazing..

[MadSpoon23]

Is anyone hearing the keyboard at 5:26? Im not...

[JustATadpole]

I didn't know Jim Morrison had a second band

[captbss]

Now he is a big fat piggy

[kamiljakubjamroziak]

masterpiece...

[juresaiyan]

best prog rock band of all time. hands down. the only band that truly understood what prog rock was all about.

[tsopuaifa]

Out of sync. Terrible!

[toskup]

I am the MUSIC, I love myself.

[TheYakamozan]

Simply Breathtaking

[xneilp]

my cat is a fish and I love king Crinsom

[ekaminska8]

Awesome!!

[trople]

I currently have no beard but still love King Crimson.

[blica1]

BILL BRUFORD IS SUCH AN ORIGINAL DRUMMER !

[1950boots]

Shades of early Floyd here! Love it!

[puddelisa]

I'm Dead, I live again

[moesgard]

audio totally out of sync, what a pity

[SeinfeldJr]

Does anyone notice Bill Bruford rocking those Boston Bruins overalls? Totally 70s!

[bbooz]

none better 

[eduardorox0694]

And Bruins overalls=WIN.

[eduardorox0694]

This is just great soulful music.

[amphoteres]

terrible vocals, but everyone else kicked ass

[TheJungleJammer]

@amphoteres wtf? the vocals are perfect...

[LesPaulSunburst92]

so sick. though I love Fripp's tone so much in the studio verson that it almost pains me to hear a violin play the beginning melody

[deliciousjammusic]

@LesPaulSunburst92 Dude, same here! Also, the notes he's playing are slightly different and thus, even less beautiful than the original.

[turtlliwdnifuoyehthr]

@deliciousjammusic

this is the original version.

david cross came up with the melody.

they recorded the song after he left and fripp changed the melody a bit

[ImTheChopo]

Mi nombre es Cristiano Ronaldo y amo King Crimson

[sfortuna]

You can almost watch them counting 1,2,3,1,2,3,4 at the ending. Great dotted 7/8 riff

[dectacubitus]

I'm Crim Kingson



[PhysicsForTheFuture]

I am King Crimson and I will spare all French people from death for having the guts to air this in 1974.

[myoeman]

@PhysicsForTheFuture You mean the Crimson King. Los'....

[PhysicsForTheFuture]

I am King Crimson and death means nothing to me.

[Nickfidel]

I'm King Crimson and I WILL kill you!

[batalion666]

Fripp is capricorn like me

[sirlordwhitman]

is that James Spader on violin??

[VeEvey]

@sirlordwhitman I was thinking exactly the same thing, plus I was just watching Boston Legal not more than an hour ago :D

[nowbellhere]

I am the real you and I love King Crimson!!!

[Invader8313]

...i do remember this show...i was there somewhere around while they were shooting ...souvenirs souvenirs....The show was called MELODY and the first band to come was.....Genesis.

[fabrikk60]

When Fripp's playing that guitar note repeatedly and staring into space, I'm somehow reminded of Jack Nicholson typing the same sentence thousands of times in The Shining...listening to evil instructions from a satanic voice in the head.

[gimme3mildew]

@fabrikk60

Fripp WAS delving in majick at the time.

Journal says he dumped his ouija board in the Hudson!

[joelgiordano17051981]

increible, no puedo entender que esto lo tocaron hace casi 40 años



[TheJamffffffffffffff]

awesome song, crap guitar solo

[itskarmabxtch]

why does it just end like that?!

[gibbsies]

@itskarmabxtch this is only part 1

[Hubs88]

@itskarmabxtch This is only one song from the Melody TV show. The entire king Crimson performance runs 29 minutes and can be watched here: /watch?v=eDxnJrzYIj0 and it is also on the Red 40th anniversary DVD.

[puddelisa]

Nothing else takes me to an Island of destress like

Starless and Bible Black.

And then I'll K..l myself........................ No.

WHY ?

Because I wan't MORE although I've all their albums.

21:st Century Schizoid Man..............

[salbag10]

amazing great!

[ANARCOKDR]

giant band !...

giand müsic!...

[donjgeorge]

Beautiful.

[homeworldmusic]

bruford was never this interesting with Yes....

[peterman7000]

@homeworldmusic Heart of the Sunrise??!?!?!?!



[fsrio]

Wonderful !! :-)

[davimundo]

Alguien a visto alguna vez a Robert Fripp tocando parado? Grande Rey Carmesí

[ppushkalp9]

From my mother's womb.....I Love King Crimson.....

[maniacle]

such a great band...got to see them live twice on the Thrack tour...soundly perfect!!!Wish they would play here again!!!

[rickylalane]

Bought the first album in 1972...had to hide it from my Mom....love those guys...great enlightenment Peter Sinfield

[helenplum]

yes this is certainly a careful with that axe eugene ripoff

[SpitfireAce]

@helenplum How do you figure?

[ingvaldandre]

@helenplum It`s called an octave-interval, dumbass :P

[dimaensionx]

Bruford wearing a Boston Bruins Shirt!!!

[libernull]

@dimaensionx nobody's perfect.

[RadioKAOS99709]

I should have listened to the whole thing before commenting. Fripp's solo actually sounds a lot different than usual.

[RadioKAOS99709]

Boy, what intelligent comments. BTW, are they lip-synching this? It sounds too much like the studio recording.

[DahPurpleHippo]

Im 15 and love king crimson!

[peterman7000]

I am your father, and I love King Crimson, Luke.

[MajkeTiTvoje]

@peterman7000 NNNOOOOOO...wait...YYYEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!

[beelzabubba]

I am 108 years old and I love King Crimson!

[puddelisa]

Starless an Bible Black

Title says all of anything.

Starless an Bible Black to You all.

/ PEO

[TheKyukun]

I'm 46, I do not need to be young to like it.

[ouzo6000]

I am an embryo in my mom's womb and I love King Crimson.

[MrZee1967]

I am

[EspJulio]

My Favorite song "Startless" of KC, despite the fact that they have other awesome songs!!! Besides David Bowie, KC is the most innovated rock band ever!!! The Best Music at the end of the 60's, during 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's.

[framenegatti]

i am 4 and i love king crimson

[framenegatti]

i am 9 and i love king crimson

[Frobe1357]

I'm 12 and I love king crimson

[leapfrompixels]

never seen a river of gongs behind a violin ever

[loomhancok]

well then so fuckin what to everyone who will ever comment on this vid, King Cremson rules all kinds of dope!

[TheTaoistdragon]

Too bad the audio is out of sync.

[xPurpleDrinkx9001]

vocals sound like a retarded Randy Newman.

[lightsun13]

@PaintedTeleportation I had never realised that! And I love both songs. Nice catch.

[hamajuggle]

I'm dead and I love King Crimson!

[homeworldmusic]

@hamajuggle stoopid! glad you like them. f...ing song titles alone will make your head swim

[hamajuggle]

@homeworldmusic This is some awesome footage of the band... With the trippy editing and art backgrounds. I love it. And true that about the titles.

[taariqtaariq]

amazing!

[MysticGizmos]

@juandhaltrich Who cares though?

[MaxiSilva96]

what a funny little man is that bill bruford

[danielrc14]

I'm 0 and i love King Crimson!

[Darrylizer1]

Hi Bob!

[Darrylizer1]

B is for Bill!

[EspJulio]

The best Crimson ever!!!

[srfgrn]

Saw these guys in concert almost 40 years ago --- my, how full of ourselves we all were back then -- so laughably serious!

[batakeTube]

It's shivering...

Starless!

[federfico500]

Wetton's bass sound on Red is absolutely awesome.

[TheRockandroll420]

I am 15 and i love King Crimson!

[GuitarMasterizer]

@TheRockandroll420 I'm 14 and I love King Crimson!

[SupernalOne]

puttin' me to sleep like Pink Floyd does -

[gazpachou]

meilleur groupe de prog. avec quelques autres.

[spabook69]

Clearly, IMO, Bruford was influenced by Art Blakey. Seeing this live proves it, without question. Kudos to Bruford; as you knew how to learn and take from the best.

[jimischild13]

was really into King Crimson hard in my young days had tons of there albums only a few remain some stolen some broken . never forget you Crimson my last remaining albums are treasures to me .

[notovertherainbow]

I wonder when this was done in relation to the release of Red. I always thought KC had broken up by the time Red came out, or at least David Cross was out.

[massspecking]

@notovertherainbow

David Cross was fired immediately prior to Red being recorded, but 'Starless' had been a stage staple for some time. The violin line was replaced by guitar on the studio version.

Red features one track with Cross (Providence), which was recorded on the final tour, prior to Cross' firing.

[spabook69]

@massspecking Guitar? I thought that was a mellotron?

[jsilence418]

So old Bill Bruford was a Boston Bruins fan?? who knew? Go Blackhawks !!

[ndongousman]

@jsilence418 ... go habs go ... !!!

youtube.com/watch?v=9E-WasNzVp­I

;-)

[fistjitsu]

jazz guitar ftw

[fistjitsu]

no sax? what happened?

[Dooality]

I love the ending. So badass.

[Waiting7up]

@PaintedTeleportation

yeah!

[faboroma]

el super master mr. fripp!!!

[dirtycelinefrenchman]

no no yes yes best ever no not even close sucks bollocks bring back punk prog is for suckers robert fripp is my daddy music to make babies to stellar!

[JaneLadyLychee]

so goddamn young. ffuuuccckkk

[tenabrae01]

never noticed but these are diffirent lyrics.

[TheTurdmonster]

great music to pooh to

[thewiredrabbit]

@PaintedTeleportation Yes it does! Thought the same thing.

[kingcosmo93]

i don't know i still like that violin part played in guitar, sounds smoother

[nisanus]

Eine der hammergeilsten Schmonzetten!!!!!!!!!!!

[vandrissen1]

@Mrpztron you're comment is only saved from being the most ignorant comment on youtube because of @DrHertzEarSafari's comment.

[Mrpztron]

Fuck crimson themselves. But without them there is no TOOL. So they are a necessary evil.

[TheFriendlyfinger]

@Mrpztron

fuck sTOOL without them the world is a less smelly place..

[Darrylizer1]

@Mrpztron

Better a necessary evil, than an unnecessary one like Tool.

[MrPatricioOjeda]

who is singing this?

[Alun53]

@MrPatricioOjeda John Wetton, ex Family and later bass player and lead vocalist with UK and Asia.

[jefjaeger]

@MrPatricioOjeda John Wetton...

[aikipablo100]

Que melodía!!

[skieber]

Ole440 has the ear!

[BoBo0807]

I just adore the mellotron, and nobody made better use of it than early KC.

[piratepete61]

@BoBo0807 Dude! The Moody Blues OWNED the Mellotron sound. King Crimson merely borrowed it.

[SubterraneanBuddha]

@piratepete61 No. Not even close. No. No. More no's. Sorry but no. Just no.

[Krenorg]

@piratepete61 It didn't have a specific sound. One could sample any instrument/noise on the tapes operated by the keys, thus nobody owned it's sound or usage or style of play in any way. I think bobo meant KC expressed the music in a more sophisticated way using that particular instrument.

[odolany]

@piratepete61 afaik the moody blues took mellotron from the beatles anyway.

[BravoAlphaLimaJR]

@odolany NO ONE "TOOK" THE MELLOTRON SOUND FROM ANYONE! IT WAS UP FOR GRABS TO WHOEVER WANTED IT....

stupid argument

[odolany]

@BravoAlphaLimaJR calm down, calm down ;p. but indeed, i should have added some smiling face to my remark to ensure that it is to be considered lightly. i didn't feel like arguing, but now when i read my own comment it doesn't seem like a joke either.

i think it's just worth noting that the beatles were first (in popular music) - so very nice of them to open the gate.

peace ;)

[Iconoclast444]

@odolany Actually Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues was the one who introduced the Mellotron to The Beatles, and subsequently they used the instrument on “Strawberry Fields Forever.

[odolany]

@Iconoclast444 many thanks for that info. do you happen to remember where it is taken from? it's not i don't believe you of course, but i want to avoid spreading "unconfirmed" "gossip" myself.

[kevin4peace]

@odolany It was played on The Moody Blues 1967 album "Days of Futures Past", most notably on their hit "Nights in White Satin". Although Pinder of the Moody Blues had introduced the instrument to the Beatles, John Lennon had bought one in mid 1965, and had used it on a recording before any other popular artists, using it on The Beatles' 1966 song "Tomorrow Never Knows", a year before the Moody Blues had recorded with it.

[hamajuggle]

The second the violin started playing my heart melted like an ice cube. 

[visog]

Amazing - they don't make 'em like this any more. But I'm glad they did, at least at one one point.

[DrHertzEarSafari]

WHAT A FUCKING SHIT . ARE THEY DRUNK  ?

[weischamp]

@DrHertzEarSafari ???

[guitarvass7]

Pink Floyd n°1 but yeah this is good

[Sim2428]

NEW PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND TYPE ''INNERSPACEBAND'' ON FACEBOOK. THANK YOU

[shugalluful]

@ Zappafan1980...No offense taken....I'm a little long in the tooth to have my ego invested in Youtube posts....However, you're absolutely correct - there are so many brilliant artists that have contributed to the genre....(Zappa being very high on the list)......I was simply getting nostalgic with a glass of wine and some happy memories regarding King Crimson....I 'm sorry that my post gave the impression that I felt King Crimson was the only band that broke this barrier......far from it

[Wanderlustus]

Outstanding. Tanks for the post.

[CyrilleParis]

I love King Crimson but... not their best song...

[FenderUsa]

@CyrilleParis wtf? its their best song

[RuroiniStenchin]

@CyrilleParis

Uhhh actually, it is their best song...