King Crimson - The Night Watch
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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THE NIGHT WATCH
(Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp)
Shine, shine, the light of good works shine
The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime That golden light all grimy now
Three hundred years have passed
The worthy Captain and his squad of troopers standing fast
The artist knew their faces well
The husbands of his lady friends
His creditors and councillors
In armour bright, the merchant men
Official moments of the guild
In poses keen from bygone days
The city fathers frozen there
Upon the canvas dark with age
The smell of paint, a flask of wine
And turn those faces all to me
The blunderbuss and halberd-shaft
And Dutch respectability
They make their entrance one by one
Defenders of that way of life
The redbrick home, the bourgeoisie
Guitar lessons for the wife
So many years we suffered here
Our country racked with Spanish wars
Now comes a chance to find ourselves
And quiet reigns behind our doors
We think about posterity again
And so the pride of little men
The burghers good and true
Still living through the painter’s hand
Request you all to understand
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David Cross: Violin, Viola, Keyboards
Robert Fripp: Guitar, Mellotron, Devices
John Wetton: Bass and Voice
William Bruford: Percussives
Produced by King Crimson at AIR Studios, London. January 1974.
Acoustic Co-ordinator: George Chkiantz
Assistant Engineer: Peter Henderson
Cover Design by Tom Phillips
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A Rock song about a 300 year old Rembrandt painting. Amazing. Not being an Art fan, I didn't make the connection until I was standing in front of the actual painting at the museum in Amsterdam. Wow, then it hit me...
Wow cool, must have been cool seeing such a picture in such a cool place.
I thought this was about A Song of Ice and Fire at first ._.
@@guycaats maybe George thought of this song when naming the guardians of the North - just a bit more likely than referencing the painting since he comes off more down to earth than completely in the fantasy genre likely got a bit from history but also seems to reference Macbeth and other historical fiction.
Thank you for posting that , listen to this all my life had no idea I just googled the picture so cool
@@johnh5463 ""Shine, shine, the light of good works shine
The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime
That golden light all grimy now
Three hundred years have passed
The worthy Captain and his squad of troopers standing fast"
The instrumentation on this song is some of the best in Crimson's catalogue in my opinion, or at least one of my favourites.
Agreed
especially the guitar at verses, and the violin melody at the end
This song, it always gives me chills, makes me think about how beautiful is art and music, the genius of the musicians to create and convey emotions.
Larks, Starless and Red are a monstrous trilogy of music.
The most beautiful song
I totally agree. Those three albums are the Nec Plus Ultra of prog. I bought each one when they came out and was hooked. And unlike much of the music of that era, they have aged beautifully. Thay sound like they could have been made yesterday (or tomorrow!).
My favorite track from the entire SaBB album. It's like i am being told about a legend from centuries in the past. Almost like an old prophecy.
Each track on this album displaces the others and becomes my favourite. No other album I know has ever done this. I had to force myself to return the CD to its owner who lent it to me on the strength of Fracture. I listened to it non-stop for 3 months as if in a trance.
Somehow, a simple click on the like icon doesn't quite convey how much I have enjoyed this song since first hearing it when I was a teenager, around 17 or 18, tripping with buddies listening to King Crimson loudly...... long ago and far away now, I still see and hear and feel all of it as though it were yesterday.
I can relate LOL, just told my son I listened to this since it first came out and I had no idea it was about a painting, I just googled the Rembrandt painting so cool!
..great comment and great memory
Incredible song. There is nothing I have ever heard that sounds like this. Lush instrumentation and lyrics that simply paint a picture (pun intended).
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This song and Soon by Yes make me feel like im in heaven
I feel exactly the same. I'm glad to see i'm not the only one
Fripp's finest solo. I've loved this since getting the LP in 1975.
Indeed... my favorite Fripp solo as well... 👍
I agree
It is one of Fripp's personal favorites.
Exactly the same here, bought in 1974
So beautiful and full of emotion
Best song on the album.
Fracture
Agreed 🤝 definitely the best song.
an underrated masterpiece. it accomplishes so much in only 4 minutes.
This is my hymn and my favourite Crimson song. First it was Book of Saturday. But with time, this one ended up being my first option. I even had a spiritual vision one of the first times I listened to it. Fripp's solo and bell like sounds in his arpeggios are from heaven or another dimention. Wetton's singing... What more can one say...
..we can't... we just have to listen and be led along by artistic skills that simply delight us..
these stories are timeless.
King Crimson is timeless
Yes.
Fripp's short solo is easily his most tasty.
His best solo ever imho... agreed.
try his work on The Roaches Hammond song and Losing true.
It's a neat placement too - a bit out of phrase but just to bring it out a bit more so it's shortness doesn't make people overlook it.
@@tigerquine7567 Thanks for the recommendations, pal! Those were great songs
The B-flat note is EVERYTHING
This song is mind-blowingly gorgeous
..I have to say, having read UA-cam comments closely for at least 10yrs on various subjects but mainly this type of music, i find this a stand out comment, probably because it's sums up beautifully one of my all time personal favourite tracks that very few people today actually know anything about.. yes, it truly IS mind-blowingly gorgeous.
It breaks my heart that so few of the teens, these days, have any idea of the existence of this album, much less have EVER heard a single note from it...I still have it on Vinyl...:)...It's like a treasured possession...
I haven't played any of my vinyl since getting the CD player in 1991, but I've kept shlepping it around from move to move to move for 30 years. I can't bear to get rid of it.
@@cheaplaffsarefree :)...The things we do for love...:)...I'm the same way; I don't remember when I had my last turntable...But, my vinyl is a treasure to me...
Shine, shine, the light of good works shine
The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime
That golden light all grimy now
Three hundred years have passed
The worthy Captain and his squad of troopers standing fast
The artist knew their faces well
The husbands of his lady friends
His creditors and councilors
In armor bright, the merchant men
Official moments of the guild
In poses keen from bygone days
The city fathers frozen there
Upon the canvas dark with age
The smell of paint, a flask of wine
And turn those faces all to me
The blunderbuss and halberd-shaft
And Dutch respectability
They make their entrance one by one
Defenders of that way of life
The redbrick home, the bourgeoisie
Guitar lessons for the wife
So many years we suffered here
Our country racked with Spanish wars
Now comes a chance to find ourselves
And quiet reigns behind our doors
We think about posterity again
And so the pride of little men
The burghers good and true
Still living through the painter's hand
Request you all to understand
one of KC’s finest works
the blunderbuss and halberd-shaft and Dutch respectability.
..fabulous.. that line has always stood out to me since I first heard it in 1974..
Canzone struggente. Ti trasporta in un altro tempo, in un'altra dimensione. L'assolo tocca le corde più profonde dell'anima. Capolavoro assoluto!
Totalmente d'accordo. Ascolrarla porta lacrime sul mio viso. Avrei voluto vivere in quell'epoca. O forse ci ho vissuto.
Concordo,capolavoro senza tempo.L'assolo di Fripp è straziante
E la voce di Wetton?
And to think we probably wouldn't have this studio version if the mellotron didn't kick the bucket at 2:00 during the live concert
This is beauty
I þought þis version was live but þe mellotron was dubbed over in þe studio after it died?
I think only the first two minutes were live, the rest was in the studio
@@sorcyboi2848 why did you type it like that?
Легендарная и неповторимая ,величайшая группа King Crimson - это навсегда , трудно выразить словами - надо просто слушать и наслаждаться , пока это можем ............
This song is the key to my soul. A hymn to me.
🎶 unforgettable melody 🎶
Best song from this album
Most of you mention instruments... For me the best thing is extremely amazing John Wetton's voice... Wow, bueautifuly sung! 😮
I always loved the weariness of his voice
Este tema es la llave a mi alma, un himno para mí. El más atesorado. Me conecta directamente con una paz y armonías celestiales. Otra dimensión... Gracias Fripp, Wetton, Bruford y Cross.
2:00 this part in particular is so so frickin dreamy, than bill Bruford hits the drums followed by Robert's amazing guitar work, such a frickin masterpiece imho.
The first time I went to see the painting, I was so high, I didn't remember going to the museum, let alone, seeing it. The second time, I went straight. Amazing, just like this song. To all the prog nay-sayers, this music opens worlds up for people and takes them places they would never go on their own. Thank you KC for helping me explore (I'm thick, sometimes it takes me two trys to get it...)
Shine, shine, the light of good works shine!
Heard this. Went to The Rijksmuseum. Wasn't disappointed.
👏👏 👌 🎨 🖼
My nephews reminded me that I told them in 1982 that they would be listening to this King Crimson group fifty years from then and I was right on the money
What the fuck is this song and why have I never heard it before? It's absolutely some of the finest KC work I've heard!
Probably the most underrated song they've ever made
thank you for posting. man...John Wetton's voice is so perfect for this song.
Man, you are so right!
This song is played every day at the Merchant's Guild.
Any artist that can play Paganini is an amazing talent. Fripp is brilliant.
For a song about a painting, this is so incredibly accurate and atmospheric! If I close my eyes and listen to this song, I can see the painting in my mind!
😊
Sends chills down my spine. Long live the King.
King Crimson uma das melhores bandas de rock progressivo !
Doesn't lose any impact from my scratchy used vinyl from the early 2000's. Amazing album.
One of the best Songs !!!!!
Top 10 Rappers Eminem was afraid to diss
Fripp vs sminem
"..still living through the painter's hands
request you all to
..understand..."
I always need to keep coming back to listen to this, brilliant!
Todo un POEMA de canción, KC en sus buenos tiempos....los mejores!!
1:07 this part gave me chills. Music is amazing and beautiful. That bass sounds very good
This song makes me want to join the Hanseatic League.
My favo(u)rite KC song and i love His guitar solo on it. So pure and telling. Best from Finland
This theme is beautiful in its simplicity and depth.
So wonderful !
2006. Мне было 16-17. Музыка расцветала вокруг меня. Люди обменивались мп3, записывая друг другу CD и DVD. И тут появились сети, и стало можно расшарить музыку. Однажды вечером, я пришел после школы, и мой знакомый, который был в чате подписан как Manitu, поделился со мной, по моей просьбе всеми альбомами Кинг Кримзон. Эта песня была моей первой любовью. Я слушал её вечерами. Есть в ней что-то вселенское, космическое. Трогающее. Психоделическое. Сейчас мне 33. И я снова слушаю эту музыку.
PREKRASNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Дайте я Вас обниму 🤗🤗🤗
King Crimson is King
Powerful stuff.
So many years we suffered here
Our country racked with Spanish wars
Now comes a chance to find ourselves
And quiet reigns behind our doors We think about posterity again
I't s my favorite along with Larks ,it starts from Larks,recovers the previous baggage,delicacy,fury,sinister atmospheres,jazz,and its seeds unravel from Red (Fracture),to Discipline (the oriental references of this track).The impetus of The Great Deceiver riff will be inherited albeit changed in the 80s (Absent Lovers,Sleepless).
SATBB is underrated between two albums , more cared for in the concept and in the amalgam a bit like what will happen to The Costrunktion Of Light.
Une de mes favorite je l'ai sur mon vinyle Greatest Hits The Young Person Guide To King Crimson
Lady, crois-moi, il te faut l'album original, "Starless and Bible Black", les compilations commerciales trahissent toujours les œuvres.
@@fredericpelloud7536 oui c'est vrai je l'ai pas celui que tu dis en fait je l'avais trouver à un vide grenier il est quand même y a des versions écourtée mais également inclus édite puis c'est pas une réédition
La canción más bella de King Crimson
Coincido! Música con alma
Among the best Crimson's lyrics
My choice for Robert Fripp's finest solo would be "Baby's On Fire" by Brian Eno. It's also one of the greatest solos ever recorded. It's epic in scope like few other solos before or after.
💕😊💕thanks
A masterpiece ❤️
Breathtaking then, breathtaking now. One of their best and there's so much to choose from. Quelle richesse!
A brilliant evocation of Rembrandt's masterwork and of the time he lived in.
Utterly amazing
beautiful
fucking King Crimson predating post rock in the intro to this song 20 years before it became recognized as a genre. I love this band so much.
Wetton, que voz!!!
2:00
If 1 song could be broadcast across …the galaxy
it would BE THIS!
Uma obra prima do Rock progressivo King Crimson uma lenda viva na ativa🙏🏼🙏🏼🎸👏👏👏👏👏💯💯💯👍👍
Ci , 💯 👏👏
I pledge my honor to the Night's Watch. For this night, and all nights to come.
Que música diferente, parece um ensaio de uma grande sinfonia, no final lembra uma música chinesa !
Isso é uma obra prima do Rock progressivo
Una obra maestra!
Greatest song!
Since the song is a painting, does that make this art rock?
Always wanted to do this
Nothing makes me feel more patriotic than this song.
Time came onto me and cleaned the dead skin of my arm.
Exquisite
This record gets no love from KC fans. I used to hate it, but it's now in my personal top 3. Not as strong as "Red", but it goes deeper.
girls: Don McLean - Vincent
boys:
boys: The Night Watch.
In 2022 the Rijksmuseum took a 717 gigapixel(!) image of the painting, quite interesting to look at
Solo per pochi
A qué guerras españolas hace referencia? 🤔🤔
where `s the music video :(
Is it a reference to the 80 years war?
It’s actually a reference to Rembrandts Painting Commonly known as “The Night Watch”.
What a beautiful painting, with the greatness of the Tercios Españoles
La chitarra elettrica non e’ una chitarra.