King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King live

[douzilles]

This is not KC.

[yallowrosa]

MELODIC ROCK WIPED OUT BY PUNK ...

[jdpicher]

Man! What can I say? Beautiful! Just beautiful! Thank you for posting!

[Izak80]

What is considered their best liveperformance?

[drj602]

This is a wonderful thing. Thanks for posting it! I have the album Steve released,this song was not on it as far as I recall.

[glynacerina]

I wanna die feeling that...

[Joselo1693]

I'm in love

[tjwhite1957]

deep,.. they can take you on a trip in a song, that hold's water.. Not all bands can do that.. Up-there with there 1st cousins 'Pink Flyd'.. Nice job!..

[TooLJunkie501]

great although fripp wasnt there, king crimson all the way and tool to, there should be a tour with KC, TooL, Pink Floyd, Mogwai, and A Perfect Circle

[jfs4111]

The Black Symphony DVD by Within Temptation may be the best live performance ever!!

[cjrvision]

this is neither Lake or Wetton singing as it does not look like either guy.......I suppose Steve Hacket... since it is his dvd....cd....

[MrJohnboy006]

When I first heard this back in the seventies as a teen.. I was blown away. Wow... good music brings back the not so innocent times lol

[canebluff]

This is Crimson King as I remember them...Then came Yes, ELP, Moody Blues,and the rest.

[douzilles]

This is not KC.

[ThePhilosopher1996]

OH MY FRIPP! I'VE FOUND A VERY ULTRA-RARE VIDEO OF KC LIVE! Oh wait...this aren't king crimson...

[IAMagureX]

King ;) :)

[beatlesman70]

what tour was this?

[bill9373]

X-cell-lent. What a great live recording!!!

[klongyaw7]

Nicely done.

[64panhead1]

One of the best live versions Ive ever heard. Very nice. Thanks for posting.

[jody24ful]

beautiful

[MrMauriliocastro]

very good !! pena que aqui no Brasil pouca gente conheçe esta "corte" ( robert fripp é genial) !!

[xterior47]

Greh Lake sang this song originally. But John Wetton sing s it geat. He is awsome.

[barrettsbar]

The Best live performance of this song ive heard

[foxyroxstar]

When I get my Blu Ray DVD Player I can 'Take Command!..(from my computer into my tv and with my stereo! yes?)..but someone's blood is my; The Kingdom of Heaven!..Fox! Rock's Czar!

[FeFe3O4]

Where has this type of Progressive Rock gone? We have Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens and maybe 2 others? In this day there was King Crimson, Bloodrock, ELP, Uriah Heep, Nektar, Yes and on and on. Has the MUSIC really LEFT ROCK AND ROLL? Thanks so much for loading this up. The songs stay with you forever and the words do not escape your mind.

[jfs4111]

@FeFe3O4 Now there is Within Temptation, Magenta, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Karnataka, Nightwish, White Willow. Just to name a few. Takes a little research.

[cjrvision]

@jfs4111 hey thanks for your comment....so far I like within tempatation( sound a bit like Evanescence and Paramor.... and I have heard porcupine tree before....Will listen to the rest....I suppose you have heard Camel before as they are one of my favorites....Thanks

[jfs4111]

@cjrvision Ya I never got to see them though. I understand that Yes has a new singer now. Jon Davidson from Glass Hammer. I understand also that Jon Anderson is Getting healthy again and is definitely on great terms with the band again. Be great if he came back. If not yes is still got it. They're new album is awesome. There can be a Yes without Jon Anderson. Make no mistake though. There could never have been a Yes without him.

[AMLivePT]

Outstanding perfomance

[superx456789]

no dislikes only king crimson

[Pighood]

Is that Chetty-Chet on drums?

[Grendelmonster8u]

When and where is this? Doesn't say in the description.

[mediawerxbrian]

@Grendelmonster8u about 1998 (or so)...one show only in Tokyo. Steve Hacket, John Wetton, Ian Macdonald, Geoff Downes, & Chester Thompson...."Steve Hackett's Tokyo Tapes...(what would happen if former members of Genesis, King Crimson, Yes played together for one show...one night) Very good live album

[Grendelmonster8u]

@mediawerxbrian Thanks for the info. They move around too much. I saw Geoff Downes with Yes this past summer and didn't even recognize him here. It's a good live version though.

[leonakita]

Hackett is nearly as good a guitarist as Fripp and has the technical expertise to pull this off. Wetton, as a 2nd generation Crimson vocalist, does as well as anyone I've heard at the Lake vocal part.

[Caper1Forever]

This tune was co-written by Ian McDonald the excellent flutist in the original lineup and since he performs in this variant band it is worth a listen, McDonald talked the band into using a mellotron with great effect. Wetton is not exactly Greg Lake etc but it is a good cover, I enjoyed McDonald's solo. Peter Sinfield an original member wrote the lyrics. Robert Fripp destroyed the original band basically it is too bad since the original lineup was magical.

[MasterYumyums]

@Caper1Forever Fripp didn't destroy the first band. They all basically quit on him. Lake left to join ELP and McDonald and Giles left together to record their single unsuccessful album.

[Corleonetone]

Greg Lake >>>>>>>>> john wetton

[MegaCirse]

@Corleonetone 

[victorxyz]

The band lineup is... Steve Hackett - Guitar & vocals (and band leader) John Wetton - Bass & Vocals, Ian MacDonald - flute and sax, Julian Colbeck - keyboards, Chester Thompson - Drums. The DVD its taken from is Steve Hackett - Tokyo Tapes

[Revvin]

You're serious! How can it be King Crimson without Fripp? That really is Hackett on guitar. This isn't King Crimson, it's Asia covering a King Crimson song

[Revvin]

You're serious! How can it be King Crimson without Fripp? That really is Hackett on guitar. That sucks!

[victorxyz]

This is from the Steve Hackett Tokyo Tapes DVD.

[iABwave]

@victorxyz sure? i thought it was John Wetton...

[victorxyz]

@iABwave John Wetton was the singer. The band was put together by Steve Hackett and released as Steve Hackett DVD and CD

[iABwave]

@victorxyz thanks! now i have to delete your answer, nobody should know the truth XD

[Revvin]

@victorxyz So this is actually Asia, the band that included Wetton, Hackett, and McDonald, and is better known for "In The Heat Of The Moment" and otherwise sucked very hard.

[victorxyz]

@Revvin No this is not Asia at all. Asia was Wetton, Howe, Downes and Palmer. Steve Hackett put together a band to perform old Genesis tracks on his Genesis Revisited album, when he toured they played tracks from other band members, so the set list included mainly Genesis & Steve Hackett bu a couple of tracks from King Crimson & Asia.

[Revvin]

@victorxyz Thank you for straightening me out, I always get Hackett and Howe mixed up. That's Corky Lang on drums in this band, and I thought he was the drummer for Asia. Howe left his brains behind in when he left Yes, and Gabriel took Hackett's brains with him when he left Genesis, but maybe I am too hard on Hackett. This is a very good cover.

[victorxyz]

@Revvin The drummer in this band is Chester Thompson, but Carl Palmer was Asias drummer.......Gabriel leaving Genesis was a great shock at the time, so when Hackett left it it was disappointing but not as shocking. I think Hackett produced some of his best stuff when he went solo unlike Howe who never seemed to achieve what he managed in Yes.

[Revvin]

@victorxyz Thanks again, I guess my memory ain't what it used to be!

[PeterMayer]

@Revvin Corky Lang? The drummer for Asia was Carl Palmer...

[Revvin]

@PeterMayer My bad--Corky Lang played for Mountain and West/Bruce/Lang, and that isn't even him on this video, it is the guy who filled in on stage for Genesis after Gabriel left and Collins got out from behind the traps and sang at the front of the stage. My bad again. As for Asia, I don't listen to pop music, shame that such great musicians as Palmer and Wetton got mixed up in that

[leonakita]

@Revvin you're an idiot , ASIA isn't pop.. certainly not the ASIA of the last 2 decades... do your homework before making ignorant remarks!

[Revvin]

@leonakita "da da da da da da da da/da da da da da da da da/It was the heat of the moment..." etc in 4/4 time played on the radio four times an hour definitely is pop! I do agree that I got a lot of names and events wrong on this page. I am a huge King Crimson fan, but a lot of memories are skewed. I have been straightened out on those mis-statements, and I thank those who have corrected me. And, yes, I have seen Chester Thompson on stage with Genesis, after Gabriel, but before Hackett left.

[MasterYumyums]

@leonakita Asia is definitely Pop, sir. Pop rock, maybe, but pop nonetheless.

[leonakita]

@MasterYumyums listen to their last 3 albums and get back to me.... sure there are pop elements.. but their sound today is nothing like they did in the 80s.

[MasterYumyums]

@leonakita I have listened to them. It's still poppy, they're still trying to sell records. Relatively intelligent pop, but still nowhere near prog rock.

What would you classify it as?

[leonakita]

@MasterYumyums Id probably classify them as 'prog lite'. Shorter more structured songs with elements of prog, art rock and indeed pop with few of the extended solos and tangents typicallly found in prog. I believe this was what they were striving for out the outset in the 80s but were more pop than anything. They've drifted away from that since the mid 90s and are more like a 'YES' in their various incarnations featuring some lite shorter tunes w/ hooks but also extended more complex pieces.

[MasterYumyums]

@leonakita I'm inclined to agree, but if we classify them one way or the other at this point it's just semantics. Regardless, that one guy's not an idiot for thinking Asia's pop, it's what they're commonly referred and known as.

[leonakita]

@MasterYumyums fair enough.... it was wrong to call him an 'idiot'.. i suppose that was a bit rough

[jjmora05]

@iABwave You are right is John Wetton.

[Leplayersdj]

@iABwave

John Wetton on Vocals - Steve Hackett on Guitar - Chester Thompson on Drums.

[kathmandoo]

@victorxyz

I always loved King Crimson especially the drummer and I know they had a few. There week point was their vocals. They would KILLED with a great lead singer. They haromeis in this get them by.

[TooLJunkie501]

@victorxyz why did steve hackett sing, did robert fripp leave?



[TooLJunkie501]

@victorxyz i mean john wetton haha

[victorxyz]

@TooLJunkie501 thats because it wasnt King Crimson, this was a band put together by Steve Hackett, they mainly played Genesis and Hackett but also some KC and Asia.

[joaomedina1]

It's not King Crimson

[ingvaldandre]

From where and when is this? And how did you get this? :)

[1236bigcat]

This is totally awesome. Thanks for such a hi-quality upload of this all-time classic music and poetry. I see live artistry performing living audio art. =^.^= meWow!