King Crimson Live At The Marquee (1969) - "21st Century Schizoid Man"
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2018
- Inspired by one of the first bootleg recordings of the band, the audio is rumored to be from the July 6, 1969 performance at the Marquee Club in London, England, the day after their breakthrough concert in Hyde Park. To hear the whole show, visit: www.dgmlive.com/albums/marque...
“21st Century Schizoid Man” © DGM Live
Man, that is insanely heavy for 1969.
It's essentially the birth of prog metal right at the birth of prog and metal individually. I've always been of the opinion that metal and prog have been intertwined from the beginning (anyone who's heard "The Knife" off of Genesis' "Trespass" album or "Meeting of the Spirits" from Mahavishnu Orchestra's "The Inner Mounting Flame" could tell you that) but this is definitive proof: what is widely considered the first unquestionable prog band, playing one of the first unquestionable prog songs, and it's straight up metal.
@@tjenadonn6158 Some consider the moody blues the first prog band because of their 1967 album "Days of the future passed" but I think that title should still belong to king crimson. Both bands are great.
@@o-mega7515 I'm almost of a mind to give the title to The Pretty Things: their rock opera "SF Sorrow" beat The Who's "Tommy" to the record stores by several months, and several tracks off of that album like "Balloon Burning" and "Barron Saturday" have some undeniably progressive elements. They may not have been the first prog band but they might have been the first band to record a prog album, in the same way that the first musicians to ever record an album we'd classify as funk music probably didn't think of themselves as funk musicians. Then there's the always iconoclastic and uncategorizable Frank Zappa, although then we'd be getting into the weeds over the difference between progressive music and experimental music. Really though King Crimson and "In the Court..." was definitely the moment prog announced it's unique presence on the musical stage, much the same as how Black Sabbath's self titled album was to metal. It took a group like that to snap prog off from its roots in psychedelia, hard rock, early jazz fusion, neo-romanticism, avant-garde, and who knows what else and let it become its own beast.
@@tjenadonn6158 I've never heard of The Pretty Things. I'll have to check out that album!
@@tjenadonn6158 Although I wouldn't call this Metal, it was certainly heavy for the time, and it definitely marked the point when Prog finally became a distinct genre.
I'm was there right at the front in front of Fripp... A life changing experience. No one had played this kind of music before.... GENIUS!
Even Hendrix said they had to be the best band in the world right then.
@aids “Ruf [sic]”? Bow wow!
Rubbish!!! None of you were there. Stop lying.
@@davids.3534 they might not be lying, but they very well could be
@@fump5920probably lying. I feel like most people from that era don’t use tech that much and for sure wouldn’t remember the exact show they were at or what lineup they saw unless they were a huge fan of them which at the time, KC was not popular at all
Jesus this sounds like a tank, just incredible
like an armadillo tank emerging from an erupting volcano, going around fighting cybernetic animals until finally it gets defeated by a half scorpion, half lion, half man beast! insane!!
@@humanman2358 🤣
King Crimson is like that, quite the band, huh?
@@humanman2358Thanks i love Tarkus too.😅
Never thought I'd see King Crimson drawn like Peanuts characters. With his eyeless glasses, Robert Fripp resembles a grown up male hippie version of Marcie.
My impression precisely!
Come to think of it, being a grown-up male hippie version of Marcie is like the highest compliment
@@Emlizardo I know, strange as it is. He could be Marcie's dad.
Wonder if he ever stopped calling Ian McDonald 'sir'....
'Politicians funeral pyre' - still so relevant today!
Innocents raped with napalm fire
@@leofender909 21st Century Schizoid Maa-AAAANN
@@guyravenscroft8118 *angry prog metal guitar noise*
@@guyravenscroft8118 I love that inflection that extra syllable he put on in the early live recordings. The Hyde Park recording of this tune blows me away.
Innocence raped with nap-palm fire~
I guess the pronounciation wasn't as standardized back then, or maybe that's how it was said in the UK news?
Honestly the sound quality makes this better in some ways.
Yeah, like the tape's just being overloaded by the onslaught
@@Emlizardo Brian Eno: "The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.”
@@enmaranadomusnavacrunatus3788 Great quote right there
when I found out these recordings existed, I sacrificed what little money I had to buy them. Thank you sir.
You're welcome.
Lol a fellow jojo fan
@@focusjpeg You're all despised by us fans just so you are aware.
@@edwardcumpstey9061i made that comment like a year ago I’m kind of smarter now. At first I was learning about bands from watching jjba but now I’m figuring out very good bands myself not being an actual dumb ass that i was a year ago.
@@focusjpeg You are not a dumbass by discovering music/bands from watching anime that dude is just gatekeeping you, just appreciate the fact that you got to know really good bands and love yourself.
The playing on this, given it's live is out of this world. It actually sounds like the outtro music to the end of the world. It sounds like Armageddon played by the tightest musicians ever
What is “outtro” supposed to abbrevate? Outtroduction?
I faithfully believe that this is the badass song ever written.
For me, that song and A Little God in my hands by Swans is also a heavy contender
@@alex11v3swans so dope
i saw them the day before,at hyde park with the rolling stones,and later that month where fripp was definitely sitting down and wearing his black crushed velvet trousers. they did such a great version of 'mars' with the effect of a strobe.
Thanks for the info Keith! Always nice to hear from an actual witness of the band!
For me, this is cinema
Best lineup imo
by far. Greg lake was a godly vocalist
i prefer the Wetton era but theres no denying how amazing Lake is
Bruford/Wetton/ Cross
Belew era is my fav
@@jacobfurlong420 Really ? Totally different sound I like it but it wasn't Classic Prog anymore ! With the new lineup of 2014' onwards when the play Classic Crimson from the Debut album to Red they sound Classic and with all the members especially percussion they never miss a sound !! : )
1969 King Crimson packed a hell of a punch and hit an entire unprepared world with a giant wall of sound like no other band. The best thing about it, they were just getting warmed up
0:56 I really like that doomsday clock part, very creative.
This has to be the hardest version of 21st Century Schizoid Man i've heard
Agreed
I really love this recording. Greg Lake stands out a bit more and sounds a bit more like how he'd go on to sound in ELP than how he does on ITCOTCK. RIP
Almost reminds me of the Peanuts in the best way possible. Absolutely marvelous work!
fire animation!
Can’t say this about many songs but the live one just hits different
hits like the most magnificent fart
This line up was my first concert. I wound up with a bunch of people older than I was. That’s happened a lot in my life. By the time I’d just turned 11 in 1972 I wound up in Puerto Rico seeing a festival. My mom I believe was dating a man from ther? We never talked really about any. I didn’t mind as I had a fantastic time. ELP was there. Alice Cooper was still on the Killer tour. Allman Brothers. Sadly had just lost Duane. But still put on a great show. Alls I’ve found from it was wasting time no more. John McLaughlin blew the place up. With Jerry Goodman,Electric Violin. Rick Laird Bass. Jan Hammer Keys. And Billy Cobham,Drums. I was a young drummer then so what a treat these bands were. I eventually got a guitar cause I love the instrument so much. Still love the drums and bass as well. Thanks for the post. It like the band is amazing. The Filmore west version rocks as well!
I was twelve but I am a music nerd because of King crimson Yes and ELP
Holy shit, that guitar sounds MASSIVE.
Where did this animation come from ? I love it
Glad you liked the video, I created the animation, along with two other animators (see the opening credits).
@@sjsleiman That's really cool man, keep making them !
I love to watch such visuals when I listen to prog rock and I think your style can get you many views.
Looks like the art style in Charlie Brown.
Fripp is accurately depicted in many forms
great animation, I can tell that you all Gave a damn when drawing it. Only critique is that Mike is only visible for like 8 seconds, and he's my favorite :c
I really love the animation for this! This is exactly what goes through my head when listining to prog rock, and you brought that to real life. Awesome work!
Like it, great images.
Easily their best period. Period. Spectacular animation, as well!
I wholeheartedly agree, and thanks!
Crimson periods happen every 28 days...
When we are talking live performance, Yes probably. If we are talking studio album in conjuction with live performance, then the John Wetton era from 1973 to 1974 is my favorite king crimson era. It's basically the heaviest stuff king crimson ever did in the studio
@@kattenbroekcom Starless & Bible Black is not a studio album
@@harounel-poussah6936 Well I guess technically it isn't but it was released as a studio album. There might only be 2 studio tracks on the album but the live imrpov songs feel like studio songs. And the intent was to try to have that heavy aspect on the album and in my opinion it is spot on
When I heard this in 1969 I knew that I had to upgrade my musical thinking and get my band to play with more experimental abandon and precision. Well, we never got as good as I hoped we might, but were surely better for the King Crimson experience.
Do you have any recordings?
@@reiva2009 You mean of my band back then? No, regretfully.
@@Glicksman1 man, such a pity
@@reiva2009 Yes, we did do a few good things that I'd like to hear again.
da boys just vibin
This is amazing!!
This couldn't be more perfect! I love your style, how you drew the members of the band, all the vibrant colors and animation, and the fact that the jam/instrumental section caused a shock wave and time warp through the Earth haha. I love this so much!!!!!
I think it was a genius decision to go with a Charles Schulz art style for the animations because it's probably what they would have done at the time.
Thank you! To be honest, I didn’t have Schulz in mind when I made this, but now that you mention it I can see some resemblance.
@@sjsleiman Wow really? That's one hell of a coincidence
God!!!!! That bass!!!
I was in a two man band that played music like this and it's great seeing someone do it SO much better than us, 40 years ago.
OUTSTANDING
Many many thanks for posting
Well done !! Thanks for both the audio and the visual content !!
More of these animations please!
GREAT animations / illustrations!!
Fripptastic!
@1:44 look at those cartoon fingers go!
this is the closest thing to seeing king crimson live
Way cool; and love the animation!
Wow. Amazing. Thanks!
I can categorically state that I was there when this bootleg tape was being sold in the 80s.
Fantastic
Jon Johnson Thanks!
very very cool clip !
muy bueno! congratulations
Thanks!
gregs voice sounds very different here than in hyde park
2:46 holy shit they actually predicted jojo opening
God damnit, so cute
Well done!
chills dude.... love this
This is insane 😵💫💥
Great attention to detail
The audio quality isn't the best but the playing is so good
If you can sens a Pro-Tools back in 1969, my 2cts they'll be happy to use it
But the power it brings...
For a primitive bootleg recording from the 1960's, this actually sounds great.
@@Daniel-415-Ponce 👍
Good job
My Grade 9 English teacher Mr. Wayne O'Reilly played the record for us. Revelatory as much as Jimi Hendrix was.
"The Devil's Tri-tone." 🤟🤩🎶❤️
Quedó muy bien felicitaciones
Nice video!
Brilliant
very goooood!
I love this
Very nice animation!
Very good animation👍 I like it
Thanks!
Господи это прекрасно и здесь лайк!!
Я хотела написать лейк
The imagery here is something else
What a fckn video, dude! Fckn great!
Wow!
GRANDE KING CRIMSON, TENHO ESSE DISCO, É DO CARALHO! JAZZ COM PROG, PSICODÉLICO ETC. UMA SALADA ESPETACULAR. RECOMENDO. ADORO ANIMAÇÃO SLOW MOTION.
Insaneeee
Fripp looks like Marcie 😆
Ikr lol
Too cool
I love the cute drawings
I was there!
i need to find the live album for the whole set
*Yesss😂**1:45*
Why this sounds so cool
Great work, thank you.
Yes
The entire crowd had an existential crisis after hearing that.
Hoooooly shiiiiit this is THE napalm fire
TOO LOUD!!!
So just about perfect.
Great animation dude. Must have taken a few weeks.
Wetton was so much more melodic than Lake. The USA live version of this is just insane.
...yes, but lake was a damn good singer...wetton wasn't bad either...
@@rolandkobelbauer8280 Yeah. Don't want to take anything away from Lake but my personal favorite is the Wetton era. Even with the Lake basslines he just added a new dimension and power. I also prefer Wetton's voice and think it is the perfect prog vocal. That is, of course, my personal opinion.
Lake had the voice:)
They were both good vocalists, but Lake didn't have to strain so much to hit higher notes. Wetton sometimes sounded like he was struggling for those high notes.
🔥🔥🔥
For me (I never saw them) this was 1970 dorm room pot brownie immersion material, along with Pink Floyd. We woulld have flipped at this animation!
You hafta do something from the Islands/ Earthbound era.
Love the animation
oh yeah, brill animation
the itcotck flyswatter
Happy Birthday to Robert Fripp
To be picky, Agnew didn’t resign for a few years.
But this is really cool. Great work on Ian in particular.
the style reminds me of the peanuts
i like it
"...napalm fire..."
Kingu crimson
This is very schizoid, even for I, a person born in the 21st century
Greg Lake on Bass and vocal
Didn’t Fripp play standing up during their earliest days?
crescentfreshbret You are correct, but by the time of this gig, he was already sitting down.
For like 3 concerts then he never stood up for another gig
😢😊
the peanuts goes proto metal