King Crimson — Epitaph
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The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams
Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Between the iron gates of fate
The seeds of time were sown
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known
Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools
The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams
Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Crying
Crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Crying
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams
Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Between the iron gates of fate
The seeds of time were sown
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known
Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools
The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams
Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Crying
Crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Crying
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Wow. Comfiortably Numb followed by Epitaph, possibly the two best pieces of music I can think of! (both are 10s in my ranking).
Monumental !!!
"Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no one sets the rules"
Lightyears away from ai and digital revolution, the antropocene is going to become dangerous!
If no one sets the rules"
Lightyears away from ai and digital revolution, the antropocene is going to become dangerous!
Just as extraordinary today as it was the day the LP was released.
PROG FOREVER!
PROG FOREVER!
joejennings wrote:
It would BE LIKE TALKING TO A CEMENT BLOCK!
It would BE LIKE TALKING TO A CEMENT BLOCK!
Some people don't have the attention span for an 8 1/2 minute song. (I do though)
nicknt wrote:
It would BE LIKE TALKING TO A CEMENT BLOCK!
I'd like to talk with those who gave 1 to this immortal, epic, prophetic masterpiece.
It would BE LIKE TALKING TO A CEMENT BLOCK!
Mindblowing song. In 8 1/2 minutes, this song inspires me to bounds previously unfathomable.
THIS is one of those songs that you can get good and stoned to and kinda forget the rest of the world exists, which is weird, because if you are really paying attention, it makes you contemplate the state of things, which almost never seems to feel secure at the time... Back in Spring of '87, during a famous author's Writing Workshop class at CU, me and Kurt S. wandered over to this other classmate's place only a block or so away on The Hill during the mid-class break, and we cued this up and lit a joint, and... EONS PASSED... or perhaps it was only a moment, a split-nano-quantum-second in the Grand Scheme of Things... In any case, we somehow found ourselves back in class, late, and it had already begun again, and it was awkward, and of course, everyone was wise, and many were jealous, including the great, famously zany author. He winked and called on me to read the latest story I'd written and submitted, a stream-of-consciousness account of the Hunter S.-style Road Trip that I had just done with Kurt in my old Impala for Spring Break, starting with a camping trek through The Canyon-lands and The Henrys while tripping some really good shrooms and then it was Vegas and yeah it was, like, 20 bucks a night at Circus Circus in those days, and then it was on out to LA to meet my architect buddy John "Shadoobie," and we hit Ruby's and Ye Old King's Head and then we saw The BoneDaddys and No Means No at Al's downtown and then we had carrot cake with cream cheese icing to die for at The Pantry at 4th and Figueroa, and then after a day of lounging in the sand at Crystal Cove and playing Frisbee and drinking beer on the beach in Malibu, we set off for Adventure in Shadoobie's '70s Chevy surfer/camper van, a sketchy looking primer-gray beast with an ingenious system of flooring planks laid atop a warren of milk-crates, which came in mighty handy when an over-amped California Highway Patrolman pulled us over somewhere near Trona and was intent on getting a peek into every last one of our stash-spots, and was in the process of doing so, which would have left us bereft, if not in big trouble, but just then a black Turbo Carrera went absolutely screaming by, missing us all by only inches, and the hot-head cop cursed us roundly and soundly before jumping into his new, modified Mustang and blazing off in hot pursuit, ha! and Good luck with that! we shouted, and then we took our sweet lazy time going over Grapevine Pass, then did some blissful days of soaking and camping and socializing among the hot-springs on free BLM land with all the wild and trippy hippies out there that would take a novel to describe, and we climbed way up into McElvoy Canyon, past and frequently in orbit of some groovy ancient Native American Rock Art, and we ate up all my good shrooms and smoked up all John's Maui Wowee and drank up all Kurt's precious rum and we soaked and partied and grokked how the snow came nightly down to still well above us along the Inyo Range and we baked our skins brown in the glorious sunshine there at Desert Sea Level just one valley over from the one named Death and then somewhere past Joshua Tree we encountered and began to party with (then had to politely get ourselves safely away from) some long-lost members of the Manson Family simply because this guy was broken-down in the road and needed a ride and we were likely the only ones around for miles or days and all of that was believe it or not A True Story, and it was a kick. I dig how this song and RP always take me back.
I miss the old RP because they do not play as much of the music I was weaned on.
I love the new RP because they play more music I have to look up.
"Confusion will be my epitaph," still holds after all these years. ❤️👍
I love the new RP because they play more music I have to look up.
"Confusion will be my epitaph," still holds after all these years. ❤️👍
I'd like to talk with those who gave 1 to this immortal, epic, prophetic masterpiece.
sunward wrote:
"Trump is looming" you mean Biden is in the White House. Try to be consistent with your analogies
When this album came out the war in Vietnam was raging, people were marching, cities were burning, Nixon was in the Whitehouse.
This line was striking:
"The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools"
Today the war in Ukraine is raging, the planet is burning, people are marching, Putin is in the Kremlin. Trump is looming.
The fate of mankind is again (still) in the hands of fools.
DW4554 wrote:
Hmmmmm...I've never forgotten it. I would call it one of the most memorable album covers ever, like it or not. For that reason alone, it's good. And the story behind it is a sad one.
Without doubt the worst album cover ever from an otherwise brilliant band. Such a dichotomy.
Hmmmmm...I've never forgotten it. I would call it one of the most memorable album covers ever, like it or not. For that reason alone, it's good. And the story behind it is a sad one.
10 without a doubt
one of the best musical art works of all time
one of the best musical art works of all time
Without doubt the worst album cover ever from an otherwise brilliant band. Such a dichotomy.
nomnol wrote:
I Agree! Thanx RP!
Only on RP. Go figure. This is an absolutely fabulous album.
I Agree! Thanx RP!
I just love the sound of the Mellotron! King Crimson, Yes/Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson/The Nice/ELP, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, & Modeski, Martin & Wood! ...a GREAT SOUND! Google it to find more about it, very interesting.
jagdriver wrote:
Obama and Putin in 1969? I don't think so.
How prophetic that they had Obama and Putin in mind as they penned these lyrics.
(Wait! Who else am I leaving out?)
Obama and Putin in 1969? I don't think so.
winter wrote:
Anderson appeared as a guest singer on Lizard by King Crimson for "Prince Rupert Awakes"
MinMan wrote:
I must've missed that - when did Jon Anderson play with King Crimson?
I must've missed that - when did Jon Anderson play with King Crimson?
Anderson appeared as a guest singer on Lizard by King Crimson for "Prince Rupert Awakes"
justin4kick wrote:
Right-click and "Open image in new tab". Nice list of bands in the advert's text.
Thanks a BUNCH, justin4kick.
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Right-click and "Open image in new tab". Nice list of bands in the advert's text.
Thanks a BUNCH, justin4kick.
From Comfortably Numb to this, King Crimson's super-chill Epitaph.
Fifteen minutes of indescribable bliss.
Of course this is a 10.
Fifteen minutes of indescribable bliss.
Of course this is a 10.
cloudymcloudface wrote:
Confusion is my epitaph, that lyric is in my head a lot!!please tell me this is your real name
Confusion is my epitaph, that lyric is in my head a lot!!
I was playing the RP Rock Mix during my morning work out, a great segment this morning with some of my favourite tracks starting with Tales of Brave Ulysses, but when Epitaph came on I had to turn up the volume and just stop and enjoy the music.
kurtster wrote:
How prophetic of you !
Seven years later, same teams (Obama - Biden / Putin), same place.
History is repeating itself a little too frequently lately.
Always has been.
Let' see, who's missing...
Hmmm.
How prophetic of you !
Seven years later, same teams (Obama - Biden / Putin), same place.
History is repeating itself a little too frequently lately.
Always has been.
Let' see, who's missing...
Hmmm.
tm wrote:
I Agree!! Same here!!
I love this album from start to finish...
I Agree!! Same here!!
The sixties were over, I was staying at my parents house; getting my life together and looking for a job. I was listening to this album in the basement rec room, looking out the window, lost in the beauty of this song. My father came through the room, stopped, took in the scene and the music. Although our communications were often strained in those days, we shared a look and he seemed to understand.
I love this album from start to finish...
sunward wrote:
You forgot to mention that Potato Head is in the White House.
When this album came out the war in Vietnam was raging, people were marching, cities were burning, Nixon was in the Whitehouse.
This line was striking:
"The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools"
Today the war in Ukraine is raging, the planet is burning, people are marching, Putin is in the Kremlin. Trump is looming.
The fate of mankind is again (still) in the hands of fools.
You forgot to mention that Potato Head is in the White House.
When this album came out the war in Vietnam was raging, people were marching, cities were burning, Nixon was in the Whitehouse.
This line was striking:
"The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools"
Today the war in Ukraine is raging, the planet is burning, people are marching, Putin is in the Kremlin. Trump is looming.
The fate of mankind is again (still) in the hands of fools.
This line was striking:
"The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools"
Today the war in Ukraine is raging, the planet is burning, people are marching, Putin is in the Kremlin. Trump is looming.
The fate of mankind is again (still) in the hands of fools.
Harry_Tuttle_99 wrote:
And beyond!
This one goes to Eleven.
And beyond!
nicknt wrote:
YES! I Agree! The Moody Blues also made great use of the Mellotron.
When mellotron became a masterpiece. Timeless.
YES! I Agree! The Moody Blues also made great use of the Mellotron.
This one goes to eleven.
Imkirok wrote:
Timely, but unfortunately more true now than ever.
phlattop wrote:
You could probably make that statement for a large chunk of human history.
For different reasons, yes.
When mellotron became a masterpiece. Timeless.
Imkirok wrote:
Timely, but unfortunately more true now than ever.
You could probably make that statement for a large chunk of human history.
Timely, but unfortunately more true now than ever.
You could probably make that statement for a large chunk of human history.
GTT wrote:
GODLIKE!!! ICONIC!!!
I'd been noticing for a while that these two write very similar comments (a lot of exclamation points and capital letters), and this exchange made me even more curious, so I decided to "investigate" to see if they are the same person.
First, I looked at their general rating patterns:
# JJ EM (by %)
4 0 2
5 6 9
6 55 45
7 25 25
8 0 1
9 0 0
10 14 18
(I didn't include rating of less than 4 because neither really rate songs less than that. )
There are a few small differences, but it's clearly the same general pattern.
Next, I looked at the ratings of individual songs, and they have the exact same ratings for almost all of the songs I've seen them rate, and that includes ratings that aren't average, such as a 10 for Burning Down The House by Tom Jones & The Cardigans (average rating of 6.3). They aren't completely the same (joejennings rated Alone Again Or by Love a 10 while eileenomurphy rated it a 7), but they're almost the same, and you'd expect some variation in opinion at different times.
(Also, looking through joejennings' comments, he agrees with eileenomurphy 20+ times, and eileenomurphy agrees with joejennings a similar amount. )
So, I think they are the same person talking to him or herself. Good taste in music, either way.
Son of GTT
Sorry Zippy, close but no cigar! We knew each other in college & had similar musical tastes. We both went on to have long careers in live audio production, (mostly music), doing live shows & remotes for local PBS & NPR stations. We are both retired & still keep in touch!
GODLIKE!!! ICONIC!!!
I'd been noticing for a while that these two write very similar comments (a lot of exclamation points and capital letters), and this exchange made me even more curious, so I decided to "investigate" to see if they are the same person.
First, I looked at their general rating patterns:
# JJ EM (by %)
4 0 2
5 6 9
6 55 45
7 25 25
8 0 1
9 0 0
10 14 18
(I didn't include rating of less than 4 because neither really rate songs less than that. )
There are a few small differences, but it's clearly the same general pattern.
Next, I looked at the ratings of individual songs, and they have the exact same ratings for almost all of the songs I've seen them rate, and that includes ratings that aren't average, such as a 10 for Burning Down The House by Tom Jones & The Cardigans (average rating of 6.3). They aren't completely the same (joejennings rated Alone Again Or by Love a 10 while eileenomurphy rated it a 7), but they're almost the same, and you'd expect some variation in opinion at different times.
(Also, looking through joejennings' comments, he agrees with eileenomurphy 20+ times, and eileenomurphy agrees with joejennings a similar amount. )
So, I think they are the same person talking to him or herself. Good taste in music, either way.
Son of GTT
Sorry Zippy, close but no cigar! We knew each other in college & had similar musical tastes. We both went on to have long careers in live audio production, (mostly music), doing live shows & remotes for local PBS & NPR stations. We are both retired & still keep in touch!
deniseperry wrote:
Applausi from Camaleonti (very similar to White Satin) released in 1968 in Italy, became a big hit back then. Who knows, perhaps that inspired Epitaph!
Moody Blues Knights in White Satin - 1967. King Crimson Epitaph - 1969.
Applausi from Camaleonti (very similar to White Satin) released in 1968 in Italy, became a big hit back then. Who knows, perhaps that inspired Epitaph!
bviner wrote:
THRAK!!!!
Awesome, but how about some next gen stuff? King Crimson's Discipline is an adventurous, experimental and ground-breaking collection from one of rock's truly singular bands.
THRAK!!!!
Awesome, but how about some next gen stuff? King Crimson's Discipline is an adventurous, experimental and ground-breaking collection from one of rock's truly singular bands.
This one goes to Eleven.
nomnol wrote:
Only on RP. Go figure. This is an absolutely fabulous album.
That is illogical captain. The word 'absolutely' is superfluous.
Going to California followed by Epitaph, I am in my special place! Just need some nice sativa now!
jagdriver wrote:
How prophetic of you !
Seven years later, same teams (Obama - Biden / Putin), same place.
History is repeating itself a little too frequently lately.
How prophetic that they had Obama and Putin in mind as they penned these lyrics.
(Wait! Who else am I leaving out?)
(Wait! Who else am I leaving out?)
How prophetic of you !
Seven years later, same teams (Obama - Biden / Putin), same place.
History is repeating itself a little too frequently lately.
GODLIKE!!! ICONIC!!!
eileenomurphy wrote:
I AGREE!!
GREAT!! ICONIC!!
I AGREE!!
deniseperry wrote:
Moody Blues! And, both used the Mellotron keyboard extensively to get that "orchestral sound"! Google: Melloton, it is very interesting.
This is the Moody Blues (Knights in White Satin). Which came first?
Moody Blues! And, both used the Mellotron keyboard extensively to get that "orchestral sound"! Google: Melloton, it is very interesting.
Proclivities wrote:
Well, in 1969 Nixon was US President, Brezhnev was the Premier of the USSR, and Harold Wilson was the British PM. Maybe the lyricist, Peter Sinfield, was thinking of those three fun-loving guys - or more likely: no one in particular.
Very true!!! And a very "well thought-out" statement!!!
Well, in 1969 Nixon was US President, Brezhnev was the Premier of the USSR, and Harold Wilson was the British PM. Maybe the lyricist, Peter Sinfield, was thinking of those three fun-loving guys - or more likely: no one in particular.
Very true!!! And a very "well thought-out" statement!!!
jagdriver wrote:
Well, in 1969 Nixon was US President, Brezhnev was the Premier of the USSR, and Harold Wilson was the British PM. Maybe the lyricist, Peter Sinfield, was thinking of those three fun-loving guys - or more likely: no one in particular.
How prophetic that they had Obama and Putin in mind as they penned these lyrics.
(Wait! Who else am I leaving out?)
Well, in 1969 Nixon was US President, Brezhnev was the Premier of the USSR, and Harold Wilson was the British PM. Maybe the lyricist, Peter Sinfield, was thinking of those three fun-loving guys - or more likely: no one in particular.
jeff_nnnn wrote:
For me, it's "The fate of all mankind, I see, is in the hands of fools."
Timely, but unfortunately more true now than ever.
For me, it's "The fate of all mankind, I see, is in the hands of fools."
Timely, but unfortunately more true now than ever.
Moody Blues Knights in White Satin - 1967.
King Crimson Epitaph - 1969.
This is the Moody Blues (Knights in White Satin).
Which came first?
nomnol wrote:
Rock On!
Only on RP. Go figure. This is an absolutely fabulous album.
Rock On!
cloudymcloudface wrote:
Confusion is my epitaph, that lyric is in my head a lot!!
For me, it's "The fate of all mankind, I see, is in the hands of fools."
Confusion is my epitaph, that lyric is in my head a lot!!
For me, it's "The fate of all mankind, I see, is in the hands of fools."
If this doesn't give you chicken skin (aka goose bumps), check your pulse!
and the album cover...oh my
just the album title is freakin cool
justin4kick wrote:
It might be the mellotron. An instrument used by the MB and KC and so many more at the time.
It might be the mellotron. An instrument used by the MB and KC and so many more at the time.
TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!
Incredible LP, so much so that I recently bought myself a new copy to replace the one I wore out finally.
English prog rock at its very worst - and that's saying something.
Mellotrontastic!
Timeless.
Saw King Crimson live at the original Massey Hall in Toronto in the early 70's. Incredible performance in a fabulous setting. While friends were listening to Donny Osmond, I was a confirmed KC fan. Thanks Radio Paradise for taking me back..
When I was 10, 11 & 12 years old, I frequently found myself facing that unforgettable cover illustration mounted on the walls flanking the escalators descending into subterranean tube stations in London where I lived back then.
There was no lettering - just that shocking facial image.
I started listening to their albums 6+ years later....
There was no lettering - just that shocking facial image.
I started listening to their albums 6+ years later....
This is a great song. The Greg Lake Vocals are wonderful.
helgigermany wrote:
Confusion is my epitaph, that lyric is in my head a lot!!
I know the lyrics 50 years later. This music lives deep in my soul. 
Confusion is my epitaph, that lyric is in my head a lot!!
I know the lyrics 50 years later. This music lives deep in my soul.
justin4kick wrote:
It might be the mellotron. An instrument used by the MB and KC and so many more at the time.
Wonder if the T-shirt offer is still good? ;-)
It might be the mellotron. An instrument used by the MB and KC and so many more at the time.
Wonder if the T-shirt offer is still good? ;-)
One of the best prog songs ever with incredibly actual lyrics.
justin4kick wrote:
It might be the mellotron. An instrument used by the MB and KC and so many more at the time.
Yep
It might be the mellotron. An instrument used by the MB and KC and so many more at the time.
Yep
iam_overlord wrote:
It might be the mellotron. An instrument used by the MB and KC and so many more at the time.
Sounds a little like the Moody Blues. Is this just a coincidence or is there something I don't know?
It might be the mellotron. An instrument used by the MB and KC and so many more at the time.
Greg Lake was 22 when this was done. Miss him and all he gave to us.
pollyh wrote:
Really miss him....
Ah, Greg Lake. Such a good time for music.
Really miss him....
Timeless. Epic. Godlike.
Only on RP. Go figure. This is an absolutely fabulous album.
excellent, more of this.
xnavy wrote:
Yep, I was just thinking about hash and KC.
I was PSDing and found KC. The brakes went on - When most people were listening Led Zep and The Who - My friends and I was sitting around with a pipe full of hash and listening to KC - THANK YOU
Yep, I was just thinking about hash and KC.
To me 7 - Quite Likeable
More prog like this one, please!
I was PSDing and found KC. The brakes went on - When most people were listening Led Zep and The Who - My friends and I was sitting around with a pipe full of hash and listening to KC - THANK YOU
i bought 2 albums for the cover alone without knowing anything about the music inside
in 1969 this album
and 1971 Naturally by JJ Cale
in 1969 this album
and 1971 Naturally by JJ Cale
For office tigers like me there is music like this to give us a glance into a gloomy unknown world. Or must I really fear that tomorrow I'll be crying? Naaah, life isn't bad at all. Cheers!
Prog. 
dirtbagpook wrote:
One of only a couple LPs I had to get a second copy because I wore out the first one.
I wore out my brother's copy of this LP and then the cassette tape I made of it. My other brother still has the original LP. The artwork stops you in tracks. Prog rock at it's best!
One of only a couple LPs I had to get a second copy because I wore out the first one.
Left Cloud Cult for this on the PSD. No that's what I call a great trade. Thanks Bill!
hayduke2 wrote:
Indeed... except for the Joseph Arthur part.
Very cool seque' (? segway, you know) from Joseph Arthur, intelligent background music for an exceptional spring day
Indeed... except for the Joseph Arthur part.
How prophetic that they had Obama and Putin in mind as they penned these lyrics.
(Wait! Who else am I leaving out?)
(Wait! Who else am I leaving out?)
Spooky.
.... nice bit of progVery cool seque' (? segway, you know) from Joseph Arthur, intelligent background music for an exceptional spring day
For me, this album took my musical journey in a totally different direction.
One I have never returned from.....................thankfully.
One I have never returned from.....................thankfully.
Ah, Greg Lake. Such a good time for music.
pinem wrote:
Awesome.
And thanks.
Bought this album in the PX while doing basic training at Ft Dix, NJ, after being drafted in Dec of '69 via the lottery. It got me through a crappy time.
Awesome.
And thanks.
My favorite Sound
After listening to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Mamas and Papas and the like, this blew me away. I had never heard anybody make music like this. It still sounds good to me today. This lead me to Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes and Genesis. There really was some good music in that era. that I think is under appreciated today.
Bought this album in the PX while doing basic training at Ft Dix, NJ, after being drafted in Dec of '69 via the lottery. It got me through a crappy time.
The fate of all mankind, I fear is in the hands of fools.
winotron wrote:
Not really getting how this is not progressive rock. To me, King Crimson pretty much exemplifies progressive rock.
Some people just need to jump through hoops to try and deny that some great music is prog
Not really getting how this is not progressive rock. To me, King Crimson pretty much exemplifies progressive rock.
Some people just need to jump through hoops to try and deny that some great music is prog
iam_overlord wrote:
It's that blessed Mellotron in the background and Greg Lake's earnest impassioned yearning keening singing that borrows heavily from the Moodies.
capandjudy wrote:
I will agree with that statement. This album blew me away in 1970 but I would not lump any of King Crimson's albums under the label of progressive rock.
Really? I know that stylistically King Crimson could be all over the place but this is firmly between the Moody Blues, Emerson Lake and Palmer and Yes. Check out Wikipedia's entry for King Crimson for all their changes in musical styles and personnel.
Sounds a little like the Moody Blues. Is this just a coincidence or is there something I don't know?
It's that blessed Mellotron in the background and Greg Lake's earnest impassioned yearning keening singing that borrows heavily from the Moodies.
capandjudy wrote:
I will agree with that statement. This album blew me away in 1970 but I would not lump any of King Crimson's albums under the label of progressive rock.
Really? I know that stylistically King Crimson could be all over the place but this is firmly between the Moody Blues, Emerson Lake and Palmer and Yes. Check out Wikipedia's entry for King Crimson for all their changes in musical styles and personnel.
Sounds a little like the Moody Blues. Is this just a coincidence or is there something I don't know?
King Crimson is reforming as a seven piece band WITHOUT Adrian and will be touring 2014!!! https://www.dgmlive.com/news.htm?entry=4335
That entire album brings me a lot of memories. I wrote the lyrics of this song on the wall over the head of my bed... And I used to scare my gandma with the album cover. So silly... Grandma, I miss you.
I wore out my brother's copy of this LP and then the cassette tape I made of it. My other brother still has the original LP. The artwork stops you in tracks. Prog rock at it's best!
lemmoth wrote:
"Is That All there Is?" by Peggy Lee would be a good, happy, follow-up.
Party Time!!!!! Yeah !!!!!! Happy Days !!!!!!!
So next song is clearly going to be Celebrate Good Times C'Mon.......
"Is That All there Is?" by Peggy Lee would be a good, happy, follow-up.
These lyrics are more important than the music!
Very good song from a very good LP.(Vinyl)
Very good song from a very good LP.(Vinyl)
King Crimson brings good memories of the 60s and 70s.
I've been hearing a lot of silence (or stonewalling) drowning out the screams lately......
Every time I listen to this song it becomes more relevant.
Every time I listen to this song it becomes more relevant.
Party Time!!!!! Yeah !!!!!! Happy Days !!!!!!!
So next song is clearly going to be Celebrate Good Times C'Mon.......
nicknt wrote:
Agreed — the entire album is staggeringly good. Also at the top of the class for album artwork.
One of the 10 greatest songs ever. Astonishing sound (ahead of its times in 1969 !)
Agreed — the entire album is staggeringly good. Also at the top of the class for album artwork.
capandjudy wrote:
I will agree with that statement. This album blew me away in 1970 but I would not lump any of King Crimson's albums under the label of progressive rock.
Not really getting how this is not progressive rock. To me, King Crimson pretty much exemplifies progressive rock.
I will agree with that statement. This album blew me away in 1970 but I would not lump any of King Crimson's albums under the label of progressive rock.
Not really getting how this is not progressive rock. To me, King Crimson pretty much exemplifies progressive rock.
One of the 10 greatest songs ever. Astonishing sound (ahead of its times in 1969 !)
The fate of all mankind is in the hands of fools.
That does not sound unreasonable or misguided. As true now as then. More?
Still, the music is a bit...morose.
That does not sound unreasonable or misguided. As true now as then. More?
Still, the music is a bit...morose.
Such a great cover too.
Another of those tunes that will prick up my ears on RP. More Crimson please!
Sooooo good.
Greg Lake vocals + Mellotron = WIN
martinc wrote:
I will agree with that statement. This album blew me away in 1970 but I would not lump any of King Crimson's albums under the label of progressive rock.
A great album. Always wondered why this get a progressive rock label? Because it has a mellotron? Because it was different at the time?
I will agree with that statement. This album blew me away in 1970 but I would not lump any of King Crimson's albums under the label of progressive rock.
One of the better songs ever written.. Holds true today as it did back then, doesn't matter where you stand or what you stand for!!
THIS is one of those songs that you can get good and stoned to and kinda forget the rest of the world exists, which is weird, because if you are really paying attention, it makes you contemplate the state of things, which almost never seems to feel secure at the time... Back in Spring of '87, during a famous author's Writing Workshop class at CU, me and Kurt S. wandered over to this other classmate's place only a block or so away on The Hill during the mid-class break, and we cued this up and lit a joint, and... EONS PASSED... or perhaps it was only a moment, a split-nano-quantum-second in the Grand Scheme of Things... In any case, we somehow found ourselves back in class, late, and it had already begun again, and it was awkward, and of course, everyone was wise, and many were jealous, including the great, famously zany author. He winked and called on me to read the latest story I'd written and submitted, a stream-of-consciousness account of the Hunter S.-style Road Trip that I had just done with Kurt in my old Impala for Spring Break, starting with a camping trek through The Canyon-lands and The Henrys while tripping some really good shrooms and then it was Vegas and yeah it was, like, 20 bucks a night at Circus Circus in those days, and then it was on out to LA to meet my architect buddy John "Shadoobie," and we hit Ruby's and Ye Old King's Head and then we saw The BoneDaddys and No Means No at Al's downtown and then we had carrot cake with cream cheese icing to die for at The Pantry at 4th and Figueroa, and then after a day of lounging in the sand at Crystal Cove and playing Frisbee and drinking beer on the beach in Malibu, we set off for Adventure in Shadoobie's '70s Chevy surfer/camper van, a sketchy looking primer-gray beast with an ingenious system of flooring planks laid atop a warren of milk-crates, which came in mighty handy when an over-amped California Highway Patrolman pulled us over somewhere near Trona and was intent on getting a peek into every last one of our stash-spots, and was in the process of doing so, which would have left us bereft, if not in big trouble, but just then a black Turbo Carrera went absolutely screaming by, missing us all by only inches, and the hot-head cop cursed us roundly and soundly before jumping into his new, modified Mustang and blazing off in hot pursuit, ha! and Good luck with that! we shouted, and then we took our sweet lazy time going over Grapevine Pass, then did some blissful days of soaking and camping and socializing among the hot-springs on free BLM land with all the wild and trippy hippies out there that would take a novel to describe, and we climbed way up into McElvoy Canyon, past and frequently in orbit of some groovy ancient Native American Rock Art, and we ate up all my good shrooms and smoked up all John's Maui Wowee and drank up all Kurt's precious rum and we soaked and partied and grokked how the snow came nightly down to still well above us along the Inyo Range and we baked our skins brown in the glorious sunshine there at Desert Sea Level just one valley over from the one named Death and then somewhere past Joshua Tree we encountered and began to party with (then had to politely get ourselves safely away from) some long-lost members of the Manson Family simply because this guy was broken-down in the road and needed a ride and we were likely the only ones around for miles or days and all of that was believe it or not A True Story, and it was a kick. I dig how this song and RP always take me back.
We should be able to rate comments on 0-10 as this would get a 10