Love this song. The theme is so mellow and melancholic.. To me it just evokes a beautiful ,mysterious girl. i guess the instrumental bit was the band trying to be a bit experimental. Most rock bands in those days saw themselves as 'progressive' and expanding rock away from pop, not sure if it really worked. Most of the fans didn't mind a quiet 9 mins instrumental cos they would have been st@ned at the time anyway:)
9:04 is just freaking awesome. does anyone know if they ever branched off of that and put in into a full song or was it just for kicks? i need more damn it!
there's no need to defend your music. only you are the observer of your experiences of sound. you know whats right in your mind. keep it there and shut the fuck up haha that is all
This (for some reason) reminds me of the same indescribably, painful, bleak, creepy head-space I was left in toward the tail-end of being raped as a child. Like I'm dead. But I wasn't dead. It took a while for my brain to catch up with that. Sure as fuck felt like I was being murdered- STABBED to death- torn in two. Horrible, evil, overwhelming pleasure that was pleasure indeed, but was infinitely, eternally painful, and I couldn't fight it. That's the most disgusting part. This reminds me.
I used to freak when something would pull me back into this headspace, and fight it, and avoid it. I became OCD, I guess, because it's like I was fighting the evil desires in me, running away from them. Suicide became an escape from the pain of OCD. OCD is about fear of death. Right about the time I started to become suicidal, I let what I feared overtake me, and started FANTASIZING about being raped/murdered. At least the fear would finally end. So, I guess I'm self-harming with this song.
I've read a lot of the comments that wax philosophically about this group and enjoyed them. KIng Crimson, which I do like, is still a really weird group to me. And I still don't like that album cover.
You guys crack me up. Can you not just listen to a song a take it all in for what it is worth? Must there be some intellectual conversation from everyone as if they were music critics,or like you were all academics? It's a really kewl song.... leave it at that and be very happy that there are those out there that like to put music out for it's artistic sake instead of trying to make a fast buck!
@MapleStreetFilms There is one Foreigner song that sounds somewhat similar to King Crimson's "RED", that song is "At War With The World" off their s/t debut.
I don't understand why so many people dislike the improv section of this song, I actually love it, I remember the first time I've heard the full length version of this song I was riding my bike close to the Columbia River and this song was on my IPod and the improv section totally blew me away
Historical song. The aching beauty of the opening part is overshadowes by the avant-gardist following instrumental. The sounds are scattered and everchanging, which puts the listener into submission by making them bewildered. Try to memorise the sounds you hear. Fat chance. The cohesiveness also comes from how the thing unfolds and also having something, so quiet, yet bubbling with hidden fury. It's calm, but try calling it mellow! Moonchild fits the album's fury whilst giving it variety.
Okay, perhaps the extra 9 odd minutes after the introduction are meant to be deeply spiritual and expressive, but I honestly don't see anything worthwhile in them; to me they just droned on a bit too long after what started as another great track.
@Possesssed666 Learn to have some patience and take it for what it's worth. Try to see what they are trying to convey in their choice. It was obviously intentional, therefore there is a meaning behind it.
@eskobar979 Lol trust me if there is one virtue I possess it is patience, the patience to evaluate progressive rock songs that clock in at 20 to 30 minutes plus as well as classical compositions lasting over an hours length. The majority of this song still does nothing for me and it would be mature of you to respect that opinion.
I have never quite felt a more celestial feeling listening to this song during the few years I have spent on this earth. Makes you want to know more about whats out there in front of your door other than what you see. Magical. :) Pure Art
@jabforallmankind Because beauty and art is based almost solely on opinions. People have, sometimes, completely different ones. Thus, one person feels compelled to say something "negative" where they shouldn't. Another person's opinion is probably very strong for this music, so they feel as if they should correct them, or maybe even defend the music, or their own thoughts. Music is a very reasonable thing to argue about, but it is very annoying and unnecessary.
@jumpinjoe88 "Above all I have learned from the Jesuits. And so did Lenin too, as far as I recall. The world has never known anything quite so splendid as the hierarchical structure of the [Roman] Catholic Church. There were quite a few things I simply appropriated from the Jesuits for the use of the [Nazi] Party.
@jumpinjoe88 "In the agreement to rescue Rome [i.e., the Roman Catholic Church's hierarchy] from the predicament of losing its world control to Protestantism, and to preserve the spiritual and temporal supremacy which the popes [had] 'usurped' during the Middle Ages, Rome now 'sold' the [Roman Catholic] Church to the Society of Jesus [i.e., the Jesuits]; in essence the popes surrendered themselves into their hands."
@jumpinjoe88 Alexandre Dumas pere wrote over 400 historical novels exposing world tyranny(Roman Catholic Empire). He was born near Paris in 1802 and 'coincidentally' in 1902 the Society of Gesu(Jesuits) were expelled from France for the 3rd and last time. The Society of Jesu(Jesuits) have been expelled from 83 countries, city states and cities and their pope is ARAMIS AND HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO(GENERAL OF THE JESUITS).
@jabforallmankind Michael Tsarion is the worlds premier conspiracy researcher/lecturer/author. Leo Zagami, Jordan Maxwell and Alexandre Dumas pere are highly informative as well. p.s. Melting Euphoria is similar to Ozric Tentacles and Gong.
LiteracyLabyrinth2 has a point. The song really does lose its meaning after the singer's entry. I really don't see why it had to be twelve minutes long with 90% that's just non-melodic.
@Poisonnachos Yeah but sometimes just looking at that horrid red face, it's just disturbing. It's a good album cover but frightening. I mean I remember I was on iTunes browsing through albums and this one came up unexpectedly when I was scrolling through the covers on album cover flow mode. It just stopped randomly on this one when I let go of the mouse. I nearlly screamed in terror =P
@ToxicTurquoise454 Plus, I hate my generation. My entire grade listens to crap music. No one will find out the true joy of King Crimson and Emerson, lake & palmer :(
i love the sound of the drums, its like their playing through water, and it brings the focus to the front without taking away from the rythmic playing
It is a day after a full moon in the southern part of Australia- I heard you a long time ago and have held to your wishes all these years you are this phenomena- Charles
Well, it's official. A rock band of all things has perfected the lullaby (not that this song is so boring that it's putting me to sleep, but honestly, doesn't it just sound like a lullaby?).
@moviemaster8510 it's definetely not boring,but the calmness inspired by the song is perfect if you are having an hard time trying to rest/sleep,personal experience lol
I love the haunting feeling of this song... nice to hear this morning... candles lit, waiting for the rain.... this music is so way beyond great.... a place where creativity and enchantments meet the ethereal. (((*)))
there is no description for the style. if you look up the beginnings of King Crimson they required all of there members to play completely unique to what they had been taught previously.
I have to admit I lose interest at about 6:00 minutes - the edited version on the boxset is way better. But here is is in all its glory for us to ponder over. Filler material for my ears though.
I really love this album and Kind Crimson. One of the best bands ever existed. But I don't "understand" this song. The Song is absolutely perfect until about 5:00 or so. But then this crazy section starts. And I just don't like it somehow. I mean it isn't difficult to play and it doesn't sound good in my opinion. Can somebody explain me what is good there and worthy to hear??
Please don't get me wrong. As I explained I really love this band but this part just doesn't make sense to me somehow ;)
@RPBassIllusion If you're not used to hearing ambient or minimalist instrumental sections in prog rock, then this might sound a little odd. But I've always enjoyed the chaotic and dissonant latter half of the song because it's essentially a polar opposite of the beautiful and poetically structured beginning part. King Crimson was most likely trying to achieve an effect by contrasting these parts and I think they were successful in doing so.
@RPBassIllusion I agree. The problem is the track experiments with variations of sound and it is rather dull after the first listen or so. Of course Crimson were simply playing music out of the box but it does not mean we have to like this. We can admire their bold approach and I guess the album stands alone as a legendary prog classic due to these type of innovative approaches. Soft Machine were another band that I could never get into for the same reasons.
pretty awesome stuff. i'm 33. my parents had a tape of the crimson king album, amongst bowie, springsteen, beach boys and others. we used to holiday by car, driving across france , listening to these tapes. I will never forget the impression this album made on me, 3 tracks in particular, 21st C, In the court & this one.
I like the HD. This is one of my favorite pieces of music of all time, a lot of people dislike the improv but I find it beautiful, especially toward the end. :)
@ProcolHarum1967 Ah yes, we criticise because we admire the band. It is no more than that. Opinions are valid and that is my opinion, you are entitled to yours, as I am. You do not have to agree with it, but you can understand we all have different ways of listening to music, with different tastes..
@LiteracyLabyrinth2 I don't know why ur comment was eliminated but it should've sucked. If you can't recognize what music is really about, then don't come here
@alvifegan It is my opinion. Just like yours it has validity as an opinion and that's all. We are entitled to one so I wish people would just remember that. I love King Crimson but not everything they do is gold, even they would admit that. 21st Century Schizoid Man is a masterpiece as is all the material on ITCOTCK. I also think they have brilliant tracks on Larks Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, and of course Red, the other masterpiece. Wonderful band and ingenius virtuoso Fripp.
@wozza1066 I'm ten years old, and I feel bad i found out about king crimson from guitar hero. Now, I only know about ten or fifteen of their songs, but theyre still awesome.
...marvelous!
walbianco 14 hours ago
Love this song. The theme is so mellow and melancholic.. To me it just evokes a beautiful ,mysterious girl. i guess the instrumental bit was the band trying to be a bit experimental. Most rock bands in those days saw themselves as 'progressive' and expanding rock away from pop, not sure if it really worked. Most of the fans didn't mind a quiet 9 mins instrumental cos they would have been st@ned at the time anyway:)
castalla999 3 days ago
Frukto is bester
Fruktor100 1 week ago
9:04 is just freaking awesome. does anyone know if they ever branched off of that and put in into a full song or was it just for kicks? i need more damn it!
reedoman 1 week ago
do people why you music fight over?
MastaSnajpaa 1 week ago 3
the 1st kiss with my girlfriend was with these song
inferstor 2 weeks ago 2
there's no need to defend your music. only you are the observer of your experiences of sound. you know whats right in your mind. keep it there and shut the fuck up haha that is all
skarocksemomom 3 weeks ago 2
beautiful<3
nobolettu 3 weeks ago
First time i heard this song from Buffalo 66 and the scene and the song gave me chills.
bleachnlot 4 weeks ago 2
Why do people fight ?
Yoshi4990 4 weeks ago
This (for some reason) reminds me of the same indescribably, painful, bleak, creepy head-space I was left in toward the tail-end of being raped as a child. Like I'm dead. But I wasn't dead. It took a while for my brain to catch up with that. Sure as fuck felt like I was being murdered- STABBED to death- torn in two. Horrible, evil, overwhelming pleasure that was pleasure indeed, but was infinitely, eternally painful, and I couldn't fight it. That's the most disgusting part. This reminds me.
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I used to freak when something would pull me back into this headspace, and fight it, and avoid it. I became OCD, I guess, because it's like I was fighting the evil desires in me, running away from them. Suicide became an escape from the pain of OCD. OCD is about fear of death. Right about the time I started to become suicidal, I let what I feared overtake me, and started FANTASIZING about being raped/murdered. At least the fear would finally end. So, I guess I'm self-harming with this song.
LanceHertford 1 month ago
@LanceHertford Im jealous bro
FitnessExtremeVideos 3 weeks ago
@LanceHertford Thats so horrible.... I'm sorry.....
mynameisandrew962 2 weeks ago
I love this so much.
rockingthatredplaid 1 month ago
I've read a lot of the comments that wax philosophically about this group and enjoyed them. KIng Crimson, which I do like, is still a really weird group to me. And I still don't like that album cover.
rmtmiller 1 month ago
You guys crack me up. Can you not just listen to a song a take it all in for what it is worth? Must there be some intellectual conversation from everyone as if they were music critics,or like you were all academics? It's a really kewl song.... leave it at that and be very happy that there are those out there that like to put music out for it's artistic sake instead of trying to make a fast buck!
DFABane 1 month ago
@MapleStreetFilms There is one Foreigner song that sounds somewhat similar to King Crimson's "RED", that song is "At War With The World" off their s/t debut.
Doobie1975 1 month ago
I don't understand why so many people dislike the improv section of this song, I actually love it, I remember the first time I've heard the full length version of this song I was riding my bike close to the Columbia River and this song was on my IPod and the improv section totally blew me away
Doobie1975 1 month ago
Historical song. The aching beauty of the opening part is overshadowes by the avant-gardist following instrumental. The sounds are scattered and everchanging, which puts the listener into submission by making them bewildered. Try to memorise the sounds you hear. Fat chance. The cohesiveness also comes from how the thing unfolds and also having something, so quiet, yet bubbling with hidden fury. It's calm, but try calling it mellow! Moonchild fits the album's fury whilst giving it variety.
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AwesomeCoasters 1 month ago
bella mi piace anche se appena scoperta....a moment of pure immersion...
mexeros9494 1 month ago
Okay, perhaps the extra 9 odd minutes after the introduction are meant to be deeply spiritual and expressive, but I honestly don't see anything worthwhile in them; to me they just droned on a bit too long after what started as another great track.
Possesssed666 1 month ago
@Possesssed666 Learn to have some patience and take it for what it's worth. Try to see what they are trying to convey in their choice. It was obviously intentional, therefore there is a meaning behind it.
eskobar979 1 month ago
@eskobar979 Lol trust me if there is one virtue I possess it is patience, the patience to evaluate progressive rock songs that clock in at 20 to 30 minutes plus as well as classical compositions lasting over an hours length. The majority of this song still does nothing for me and it would be mature of you to respect that opinion.
Possesssed666 1 month ago
I have never quite felt a more celestial feeling listening to this song during the few years I have spent on this earth. Makes you want to know more about whats out there in front of your door other than what you see. Magical. :) Pure Art
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neil73 1 month ago
Thumbs up if Mikael Akerfeldt brought you here ?
steliospitsillides 1 month ago
@MapleStreetFilms Epitaph and In the Wake of Poseidon. Boom
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llllllllLookllllllll 1 month ago
The part at like 11:10 is my favorite part, by far. It's simply and purely beautiful. The rest is only incredibly awesome.
jumpinjoe88 2 months ago
A velvety song by King Crimson ♥
ammieli 2 months ago
Why do you people fight over music?
jabforallmankind 2 months ago 61
@jabforallmankind Because beauty and art is based almost solely on opinions. People have, sometimes, completely different ones. Thus, one person feels compelled to say something "negative" where they shouldn't. Another person's opinion is probably very strong for this music, so they feel as if they should correct them, or maybe even defend the music, or their own thoughts. Music is a very reasonable thing to argue about, but it is very annoying and unnecessary.
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@jumpinjoe88 "Above all I have learned from the Jesuits. And so did Lenin too, as far as I recall. The world has never known anything quite so splendid as the hierarchical structure of the [Roman] Catholic Church. There were quite a few things I simply appropriated from the Jesuits for the use of the [Nazi] Party.
Adolph Hitler
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@jumpinjoe88 "In the agreement to rescue Rome [i.e., the Roman Catholic Church's hierarchy] from the predicament of losing its world control to Protestantism, and to preserve the spiritual and temporal supremacy which the popes [had] 'usurped' during the Middle Ages, Rome now 'sold' the [Roman Catholic] Church to the Society of Jesus [i.e., the Jesuits]; in essence the popes surrendered themselves into their hands."
John Daniel
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@jumpinjoe88 Alexandre Dumas pere wrote over 400 historical novels exposing world tyranny(Roman Catholic Empire). He was born near Paris in 1802 and 'coincidentally' in 1902 the Society of Gesu(Jesuits) were expelled from France for the 3rd and last time. The Society of Jesu(Jesuits) have been expelled from 83 countries, city states and cities and their pope is ARAMIS AND HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO(GENERAL OF THE JESUITS).
countdumas 13 hours ago
@jabforallmankind Do you really expect anyone to respect your frustration when you start out with YOU PEOPLE?. That's rude in itself.
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weminusyou 2 weeks ago
@jabforallmankind HEY NO ONE MESSES WITH MY DADDY!
weminusyou 2 weeks ago
@jabforallmankind They fight over identity, although misplaced, something very well worth fighting for.
ozmonatov 1 week ago
@jabforallmankind
Especially over such a peaceful, beautiful song
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@jabforallmankind Michael Tsarion is the worlds premier conspiracy researcher/lecturer/author. Leo Zagami, Jordan Maxwell and Alexandre Dumas pere are highly informative as well. p.s. Melting Euphoria is similar to Ozric Tentacles and Gong.
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@jabforallmankind holistic music(Gong, Aphrodities Child, Eat Static, System 7, Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Larry Coryell, Sphongle, Ozric Tentacles, Melting Euphoria, Mother Gong, Acid Mother's Temple, Magical Power Mako, Steve Tibbetts, Shakti, Oregon, Kazumi Watanabe, Stomu Yamashta, Mother Gong,Aphrodities Child, Jade Warrior.
countdumas 13 hours ago
I assume the pupils were not made to be dilated by mistake.. oh how I long to be in such a state..
kylebossify 2 months ago 2
@MapleStreetFilms hah impossible
TheIllegalKind 2 months ago
@MapleStreetFilms not red, reds to heavy and creepy
TheIllegalKind 2 months ago
@MapleStreetFilms impossible another challenge tell me 2 songs by king crimson that you can dance to
TheIllegalKind 2 months ago
LiteracyLabyrinth2 has a point. The song really does lose its meaning after the singer's entry. I really don't see why it had to be twelve minutes long with 90% that's just non-melodic.
Yumeenification 2 months ago
@Yumeenification Creative expression.
sammyslammajammaaa 2 months ago
this is frippy!
MrP0ThEaD420 2 months ago
If I ever had to smoke weed to a song , this would be the song...
SmackBear2SmckCat 2 months ago 2
I hope you guys notices that the nose is a mushroom :)
SourPatchKat 2 months ago 3
I wish people would stop flashing their age when they say they like a certain artist. Its getting old and makes you look obnoxious.
jrckr1 2 months ago
@jrckr1 Thank you. So fucking much. I hate it when people do that.
Yumeenification 2 months ago
......*-*... yes....
patmetheny92 2 months ago
That guys face on the cover is me when I listen to today's music.
Poisonnachos 2 months ago
@Poisonnachos Can I just say that is the scariest album cover ever, and every time it pops up unexpectedly, it makes me jump.
Also, I don't know why truth or fail sent me here.
ToxicTurquoise454 2 months ago
@ToxicTurquoise454 I'd only jump if it was midnight and I was watching an optical illusions video. And I'm 10 years old.
Poisonnachos 2 months ago
@Poisonnachos Yeah but sometimes just looking at that horrid red face, it's just disturbing. It's a good album cover but frightening. I mean I remember I was on iTunes browsing through albums and this one came up unexpectedly when I was scrolling through the covers on album cover flow mode. It just stopped randomly on this one when I let go of the mouse. I nearlly screamed in terror =P
ToxicTurquoise454 2 months ago
@ToxicTurquoise454 That screaming face is reminiscent of a "bad trip"...
zoewolf 2 months ago
@Poisonnachos Wait a minute. Your channel says you're 19... ¬_¬
ToxicTurquoise454 2 months ago
@ToxicTurquoise454 Yeah, I just did that in order to get into Youtube.
Poisonnachos 2 months ago
@ToxicTurquoise454 Plus, I hate my generation. My entire grade listens to crap music. No one will find out the true joy of King Crimson and Emerson, lake & palmer :(
Poisonnachos 2 months ago
@Poisonnachos P.S. You have great music taste for your age =)
ToxicTurquoise454 2 months ago
There's some beautiful playing during the free section on this. If only it wasn't so damn QUIET.
czgibson 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for King Crimson
only 40k views WTF?
Legendao 3 months ago
i love the sound of the drums, its like their playing through water, and it brings the focus to the front without taking away from the rythmic playing
coolmanjack1995 3 months ago
awesome band, wierd as hell album cover
MinusHuman12 3 months ago
thank god for older syblings too turn us on to this
lestergass55 3 months ago
King Crimson is one of the most amazing and underrated bands in existence. Robert Fripp is a superpimp.
morguefreezer 3 months ago
@morguefreezer They get credited as being pioneers of prog rock so they're really not that underrated. Being underrated is a good thing though.
Ryu12543 3 months ago
Un clasico excelente que casi nadie conoce.
LisaAzulada 3 months ago
This is incredibly calming.
PsychoDadReturns 3 months ago
Thumbs up if Vincent Gallo's movie Buffalo 66 brought you here! :)
TheDudefromLebowski 3 months ago
It is a day after a full moon in the southern part of Australia- I heard you a long time ago and have held to your wishes all these years you are this phenomena- Charles
malcolmcberry 3 months ago
i tried to sample this,
but i honestly felt so disrespectful...
it sounded good,
but some music should not be fucked with.
Daftendirektour 3 months ago 3
Well, it's official. A rock band of all things has perfected the lullaby (not that this song is so boring that it's putting me to sleep, but honestly, doesn't it just sound like a lullaby?).
moviemaster8510 3 months ago
@moviemaster8510 it's definetely not boring,but the calmness inspired by the song is perfect if you are having an hard time trying to rest/sleep,personal experience lol
rocconrollo 3 months ago
3 che non piace ma nnate a cagare
musicofEagle 4 months ago
Ian Mcdonald on vocals here.. I believe the only song he sang lead on
leonakita 4 months ago
@leonakita Is that right? I wish he would've gotten to sing a song or two during his tenure with Foreigner, Ian McDonald sure is a great musician
Doobie1975 3 months ago
@leonakita Ian sure has a really good singing voice, wish he'd gotten to sing more often.
Doobie1975 1 month ago
waiting for my moonchild
nthib91 4 months ago
I love the haunting feeling of this song... nice to hear this morning... candles lit, waiting for the rain.... this music is so way beyond great.... a place where creativity and enchantments meet the ethereal. (((*)))
eilzed 4 months ago 19
@eilzed Oh yes, Seems to touch something so deep inside, and like you said "So way beyond great" I do agree...
psycom54 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
there is no description for the style. if you look up the beginnings of King Crimson they required all of there members to play completely unique to what they had been taught previously.
Enjoy
That is all that is required of the listener
MrNatreq 4 months ago
Thanks doves (M62 Song), i was always a huge prog rock fan but for some reason never listened to King Crimson. Catching up now !
danjsy 4 months ago
its sad to see people like ozzy, and kanya west taking thee songs, and leaving the originals to be forgotten
FlashMob22 4 months ago
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nthib91 4 months ago
また君に～恋してる～♪
mtdyshr 4 months ago
this is the only song on the album i do not understand
Octagoninthewind 4 months ago
I heard this track in Vincent Gallo's film Buffolo 66' such a beautiful song, so full of soul.
funkydigger29 4 months ago
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Thumbs up for those who longed for this to be shorter
LiteracyLabyrinth2 4 months ago
I have to admit I lose interest at about 6:00 minutes - the edited version on the boxset is way better. But here is is in all its glory for us to ponder over. Filler material for my ears though.
LiteracyLabyrinth2 4 months ago
fan of prog rock, I recommend french band "Ange".i love KC
davidoffsquale 4 months ago
I need more than a moment after this!
chessprodigy 4 months ago
Sleepy lovely is it my own?
I can imagine im out off this world.And im in the prototyp of paradise:Am I right? What do you think?
steffen011 4 months ago
First time hearing this song is like being born.
TheDutchHippie 4 months ago
BRAVO!
jik7864 4 months ago
I am not worthy.
kcrumless 4 months ago
iam a sperm. i am swimming through a dark void to my destiny
suddeninfantdeath 4 months ago 32
@suddeninfantdeath Deep.....and cheesy.
hopebgood 2 months ago
My mother had this on vinyl
krbntrtmn 4 months ago
I really love this album and Kind Crimson. One of the best bands ever existed. But I don't "understand" this song. The Song is absolutely perfect until about 5:00 or so. But then this crazy section starts. And I just don't like it somehow. I mean it isn't difficult to play and it doesn't sound good in my opinion. Can somebody explain me what is good there and worthy to hear??
Please don't get me wrong. As I explained I really love this band but this part just doesn't make sense to me somehow ;)
RPBassIllusion 4 months ago
@RPBassIllusion If you're not used to hearing ambient or minimalist instrumental sections in prog rock, then this might sound a little odd. But I've always enjoyed the chaotic and dissonant latter half of the song because it's essentially a polar opposite of the beautiful and poetically structured beginning part. King Crimson was most likely trying to achieve an effect by contrasting these parts and I think they were successful in doing so.
PhazonElite7 4 months ago
@RPBassIllusion I agree. The problem is the track experiments with variations of sound and it is rather dull after the first listen or so. Of course Crimson were simply playing music out of the box but it does not mean we have to like this. We can admire their bold approach and I guess the album stands alone as a legendary prog classic due to these type of innovative approaches. Soft Machine were another band that I could never get into for the same reasons.
LiteracyLabyrinth2 3 months ago
Thanks to my math teacher for showing me the beauty of King Crimson's music :)
TheVinlandViking 4 months ago
pretty awesome stuff. i'm 33. my parents had a tape of the crimson king album, amongst bowie, springsteen, beach boys and others. we used to holiday by car, driving across france , listening to these tapes. I will never forget the impression this album made on me, 3 tracks in particular, 21st C, In the court & this one.
lardbodger 4 months ago
I LOVE THIS FUCKING BAND T.T !!!!!
AnticosmosOverload 4 months ago
muy bueno cheee
elPYROreal 5 months ago
I took "moonchild" as a nick name for my inner personality , based on what this song reflects , me .
another masterpiece by king crimson .
the 1 dislike is what I will never ever be able to understand ..
RockAngel7878 5 months ago 3
@RockAngel7878 it was most likely a miss, i know that it sounds unlikely.... but it has happened to to me before
csaw12 3 months ago
the picture is magnificent, the picture...
nrcsnt 5 months ago
I like the HD. This is one of my favorite pieces of music of all time, a lot of people dislike the improv but I find it beautiful, especially toward the end. :)
blackwoodbaritone 5 months ago
buffalo 66!!!!
killkennedycurse 5 months ago
I never listen so much to prog-rock, but I always loved the Crimson 'kings':
it's true, song is just 2 minutes and half...
KC play not only songs but real profound music:
this is how I feel 'random stuff'
So, thanks to Maestro Fripp & Co.
MrSimoaffy 5 months ago
エピタフと並んで名曲です！ドラムのハットがまたいい。
hakaider38 6 months ago 2
@hakaider38 yes, of course....
giaczito 5 months ago
yay, and another drag at that joint..... long long ago.....
swissaussie54 6 months ago
Unspeakably Beautiful. Thank you for posting (great sound quality).
r2dash2 6 months ago
Why did they put all this random stuff after 2:30 lol the song is only 2 and a half minutes...
park157396 7 months ago
@park157396 It's called Progressive Rock!
willregnier 6 months ago
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@park157396 its not random
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LiteracyLabyrinth2 4 months ago
@LiteracyLabyrinth2 It's neither awful nor is it called art rock. No one is making you listen.
ProcolHarum1967 4 months ago 23
@ProcolHarum1967 Ah yes, we criticise because we admire the band. It is no more than that. Opinions are valid and that is my opinion, you are entitled to yours, as I am. You do not have to agree with it, but you can understand we all have different ways of listening to music, with different tastes..
LiteracyLabyrinth2 3 months ago
@ProcolHarum1967 aren't you cool.
newyorkment 2 months ago
@LiteracyLabyrinth2 LOL art rock? are you stupid as fuck?
sansdeity420 4 months ago
@LiteracyLabyrinth2 I don't know why ur comment was eliminated but it should've sucked. If you can't recognize what music is really about, then don't come here
alvifegan 3 months ago
@alvifegan It is my opinion. Just like yours it has validity as an opinion and that's all. We are entitled to one so I wish people would just remember that. I love King Crimson but not everything they do is gold, even they would admit that. 21st Century Schizoid Man is a masterpiece as is all the material on ITCOTCK. I also think they have brilliant tracks on Larks Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, and of course Red, the other masterpiece. Wonderful band and ingenius virtuoso Fripp.
LiteracyLabyrinth2 3 months ago
@LiteracyLabyrinth2 If you dont like this, keep away from sigur ros.
Maskedfreakinabox 2 months ago
Fantastic!! Could listen to it all day.
robertsrecords 7 months ago
Since i was 13 I've always loved KC, today, I'm 19, still doing it :D
GAP120GAP 8 months ago
@GAP120GAP Sweet!
Hank3Hall 7 months ago
@GAP120GAP I also have been listening since I was 13, i'm 52 now and there is no band that comes near
wozza1066 5 months ago 3
@wozza1066 I'm ten years old, and I feel bad i found out about king crimson from guitar hero. Now, I only know about ten or fifteen of their songs, but theyre still awesome.
Poisonnachos 4 months ago 5
@Poisonnachos Don't feel bad, you used a game to find something that you enjoy. 5 life points to you for that
msaalabi23 4 months ago 4
Nie wierzę, nie wierzę ...,że to znowu słyszę i przeżywam
angee577 9 months ago
amazing.
scootsey 9 months ago
Thanks for uploading the pioneers of the progressive rock movement.
2600th 10 months ago