Keep in mind that at the time of this performance In The Court Of The Crimson King hadn't been released yet. The Rolling Stones had invited them to open up their show in HP; the audience had no idea what to expect from these guys and then they hit them upside the head with this! Imagine what that crowd must've been thinking!
I can give U insight as to what the chicks were thinking as Greg was looking as excellently fine as he was sounding on this mutha. Seriously. Mick who?! EDIT: My mother made this reply so if you have any questions I'll tell her.
I went to see another band in 1969 (can't recall for sure, but I think it was Jethro Tull...drugs may have affected my memory of that night) and King Crimson was the warm up band. They blew me away! A fan ever since.
Greg lake was definitely one of if not the best looking ,photogenic, smooth, best sounding artist of that time. Unfortunately time was slashing and reaping and he died at 69 an ugly old man .That's the adamic curse.
@@karolk7711 dont understand what you mean no way to be according with your proposition. jumping Jack flash better than king crimson, better than 21st century schizoid man sort of a ben stiller movie is better than a stanley kubrick movie ?
More like, rock music tends to be ankle-deep when it comes to musical content, so any hint of genuine virtuosity, harmonic intrigue, or interesting theme and development makes 'alt' crowds think it's the next coming of christ
honestly. this title track could have been recorded yesterday and it would have ripped everyones' balls off and made them question everything they believe.
@@YOTSUBA_desu lol...ELP was the greatest rock band in terms of musicians ability ever but their lyrics were sometimes really good like lucky man, sometimes mehh. But lakes singing, bass playing, never mehh.
@@gogbone They did play the song in full. In fact, they were so well rehearsed from live performance that they laid down the rhythm track on the album in one take.
@@gogbone They played the whole song unfortunately they only have this small but important piece of film. If they ever find more Fripp will take it down
i was there , when they came on early in the afternoon people didnt know who they were and they simply freaked everybody out with their brilliance. The Stones nearly lost the day to them.
Was this concert after Brian Jones died from rolling Stones?. I heard there was tribute concert (I could be wrong, this before my time, I was like 3 years, still a toddler. I'm not really into Stones although found necessary to learn..Heavy songs like this i listened too. Regardless of MTV's idea was for music being played during that trend. Which wasn't good then, and certainly didnt last on.. Most of MTV bands and their music from the start, is hardly mentioned if song writing and good bands are concerned.
@Danny Hood Yes, Brian drowned at home, two days before this concert in Hyde Park. He’d been told of his “dismissal” from the Stones the previous month, and this show was the first public performance by Mick Taylor, Brian’s replacement.
When I was a child, this song scared the shit out of me. It's menacing. Unfortunately, after all of these years and about 100 LSD trips, I am a 21st Century Schizoid Man.
Let me guess. You decided to stop by Hyde Park for this concert on your way back from attending Woodstock. Today, people who were at either event are dead or don't know they were there.
The Stones at Hyde Park: Multi-camera film restored in HD with a professionally mixed soundboard recording of the entire set. King Crimson at Hyde Park: An abridged version of the opening song filmed on a single reel of 16mm with a hair in the gate, and audio recorded from the audience with a toaster, but with the levels set very well.
I saw King Crimson earlier that year in a little church hall in Plymouth, Devon. Nobody had heard of them before, so we didn't know what to expect. They came on to a dark stage and sat down on stools and in a split second they jumped off the stools and ripped into Schizoid man at full volume and at the same time a full on strobe turned on. I had never heard or seen anything like it. The whole night was was such mind blowing experience it left everybody totally stunned. I was also at this concert in Hyde Park and it is not mentioned enough that admission was free. The other bands I remember being there were The Third Ear Band and Family (the UK band , not Sly Stone).
How 'bout The Beatles doing I Am the Walrus, from Magical Mystery Tour film, 1967. I guess technically not a live performance. I just read how Robert Fripp had his mind blown upon hearing A Day In the Life. They influenced everyone.
You're forgetting that YES was right there with them. KC didn't inspire YES to _become_ prog - just to practice a lot more, which is never a bad thing.
KG is the only more well known older prog rock band I think have justified hype (other than Camel). But of course, the normie world had to make Pink Floyd into the big stars....
Imagine being a stoned hippy in the late 60s going to see the Rolling Stones and have a good time and these maniacs come on stage and play the most terrifyingly loud and complex music you’ve ever heard in your life
Son mis preferidos, KING CRIMSON, Frank ZAPPA, BACH y PIAZZOLLA los más grandes creadores de obras musicales que marcaron tendencias y generaron influencias que hicieron diferencia del resto. Los admiro y los tengo en los más alto. GENiOS
My dad, being the badass that he is, introduced me to this SIXTIES band, that clearly has a heavy, sludgy guitar sound, and bangin drums. They were WAAAY ahead of their time, and are definitely responsible for laying the foundation for heavy metal.
This song stands so ahead of its time that skipped time through decades of musical industry. Kind of like Mozart's requiem, it makes a hole in my chest. I really want to play this song over and over and never reaching the end of it.
1969 was truly the best year for music, king crimson releases “in the court of the crimson king” , beatles release “abbey road” , Led Zeppelin released “Led Zeppelin” and “Led Zeppelin 2” , Rolling Stones release “let it bleed” , The Who release “tommy”
These guys have such a great catalog. Lake and Fripp what a combo. Gotta say after all these years epitaph is my favorite King Crimson tune. I had the privilege to see them in very early 70's in a 3,000 seat theater and was properly blown away.
It was a great concert and just had to get the album as soon as it was out. That first album was just so good from beginning to end. Shame I had to leave halfway through Stones set to get across to the Albert Hall for The Who's Tommy. Fancy that a day of King Crimson, Stones and the Who's Tommy. Embedded in my memory.
What was the general mood whilst KC was playing? Were people as confused as this footage makes out or were they just focusing on people who looked like that?
I saw Greg Lake in 2013 on his last tour in San Francisco. It was kind of sad in a way because he couldn't quite hit those notes that he was so famous for. He opened with a one minute version of "Court of the Crimson King," and then played his ELP songs. It was also my last concert. RIP Greg.
I first heard the full version of this when it came out in 1969. We were driving through Fayetteville, NC, trying to find something other than Country on the radio, which was a challenge. As we listened to this in disbelief, it just about blew us off the road. Got lots of King Krimson and ELP albums after that.
what radio station were you listening to in 1969 in fayettenam that was playing crimson? must've been a weird atmospheric bounce out of new york cuz i guarantee there's never been a station in cumberland county that ever played this song....to this very day.
[Verse 2] Blood rack, barbed wire Politician's funeral pyre Innocents raped with napalm fire Twenty-first century schizoid man [Instrumental: "Mirrors"] [Verse 3] Death seed, blind man's greed Poets starving, children bleed Nothing he's got he really needs Twenty-first century schizoid man [Instrumental Outro]
I grew up with a bunch of freaks , all more aged than me , who initiated me to all kinds of music of the late sixties and beginning of seventies . That's how i learnt to love King Crimson . Simple as that....
I love the caption when you have the subtitles turned on...... between the lines in the vocals it pops up with '(energetic rock music)', well it made me smile.... it couldn't have been more accurate.
Like Stravinsky's "The Rites of Spring," or Francis Bacon's triptych painting "Crucifix," King Crimson were revolutionary. The looks on some of these Stone's fans faces says it all. Though I can see many digging it, I am sure there were those like, "WTF is this?" So fantastic. Greg Lake forever.
I was there watching King Crimson playing in Hyde park in 1969, I was 18 yrs old just growing up and opening my eyes to the wonders of life. Great days !
Absolut genius!!!! I'am so glad grew up this strange and unbelievable times, so i had tis music from the beginning live an nowadays in my soul, my brain and in everey cell of my body. So i can recall the 60/70ties feeling whenever i hear this music or look the videos. This feeling is not byable for the whole money of the world.
Amazing. I was born that year. And to think just a mere 5 years earlier "A Hard Day's Night" was in the cinemas. The 1960s were like 10 mini-centuries going on! Amazing.
I'll never forget this song showing up in my discover weekly and looking it up, expecting to find some alternative band from 2000s. Imagine my surprise when I found out these guys were 60s/70s. Completely ahead of their time
I was there- sort of. There were so many people that I couldn't get to the top of the bowl to look down on the stage. I'd been to earlier events the previous year and they were sublime. Between 5 and 10,000 music fans, perfect setting, great sound, great vibe. The Stones event was chaotic in comparison. Too many people by far- estimates range from 200-500k- and most of them couldn't see the stage. I did go to see King Crimson at the Marquee a week later. They were awesome- one of the best bands I'd ever seen- and I'd seen a huge number by then.
I missed this concert by just a few months. I arrived in England on September 12, 1969 to begin a 3.5 year tour in the United States Air Force. The guys that met me at our base (RAF Bentwaters) found out I was a guitar player and a Stones fan were still raving about going to Hyde Park that day. 🤘🎶
i'm not being hyperbolic, i got goosebumps. something about this grainy audio and film, a recording nearing a century old, and yet it still feels so full of life, so unique, so moving.
This very band opened the West Palm Beach Pop Festival in 1969...first on Friday night then Saturday, playing the exact same set each night. They were the only ones to do this. It was an AMAZING 3 day festival featuring acts like Iron Butterfly, The Byrds, Spooky Tooth, Grand Funk, Sly & the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Spirit ; etc. with the Stones as the closer (I believe they played Altamonte directly afterwards). Take it from someone who was there: King Crimson stood head and shoulders above them all...
This was a great band. 'In the court of the Crimson King' has gone down as a classic late 1960s Psychedelic rock album - and groundbreaking in its fusion of folk, jazz and blues.
my grandpa was in this concert, he took a flight from chile to see the rolling stones, when he saw what this band did, he told me that everyone was shooked, nobody was talking or anything, just vibing to the song and hearing that elecrtric guitar, it is literally a ''you had to be there'' story.
As you wrote this comment 7 months ago, I was wondering if you have set off yet, and if so, was it as good as we would imagine? I was only 3 when this was recorded, so if I aren't too late, I would also like to see Free in their prime and the late, great Sandy Denny, and. . . . . . .
Excellent. I've heard that this is often credited with being the first true heavy metal song, or at least the song that brought all the elements that would come to define heavy metal together.
More prog then metal. Blue Cheer was before KC and much heavier, laying the groundwork for metal. Even before Sabbath. Not taking anything away from Crimson, because they are incredible, but true prog pioneers more than anything.
I got to see this version of KC in Nashville around this same time (1992) I had to sleep in my car in the parking lot in order to see the added Sunday matinee show.I woke up and who should pull up in a rental car but no other than Fripp himself.He was really nice and talked to me for a few minutes . This was at about 8 am and he said they would be rehearsing in about an hour and I could check them out if I wanted too! Needless to say I was there. I know Fripp has a rep as a not so friendly guy but he was really cool to me. Also got too meet Bruford at a festival one time - he was just walking around in the crowd I got him to sign my ticket stub. They were playing that same day.He was a real cool guy too.
My step dad who’s 69 always talks about how Crimson and Sabbath totally blew every one away. They were scared, confused, and intrigued all at the same time. And from what he tells me they enjoyed the shit out of every minute of it. Some of the general public and people that weren’t avid music fans actually thought it was evil no joke. My guitar teacher’s parents even threw away his Black Sabbath self titled record when they heard it. Two of my biggest influences. What a time grow up in for sure. Bands like Zep, Cream, Deep Purple, Zappa, Beatles, and Hendrix were definitely mind blowing and just as profound, but there was something more sinister with these two bands.
Crimson & Sabbath are the two you say? Crimson was experimental music. Sabbath was blatant satanism. Even Geezer Butler said he was a satanist & spoke of the demonic experiences he had in his home.
@@thomasvarady1210 I mean if you watch interviews with them they’re actually devout Christians, they don’t worship satan and that’s it. Every interview Tony Iommi is wearing a crucifix, facing the right way I might add. Read the lyrics to after forever and then ask if they’re satanists lol. Their lyrics are more of a warning of evil rather than them being evil themselves. They definitely dabbled around in the occult and I’m not denying their interest in it but to call Sabbath satanism is kind of ignorant imo. A lot of what they were doing was playing into what people were saying about them and their image at the time as well. I’d argue that jimmy Page was more of a satanist than Sabbath, going so far as buying crowleys home and using occult symbols for each band member. A lot of that image of Sabbath was drawn up by the public and record company, their first album cover wasn’t even made by the band. The record company chose it without consulting them first.
Great footage. Greg in excellent form. The crowd at this concert looked rather scary. Most of those early rock festivals seemed to breed a certain resentment and aggression, in factions of the audience.
Man the way Lake comes in with « Blood rack » is one of the most badass, sexy, angry thing I ever heard Great bassist and singer Rest InPeace Greg Lake
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Keep in mind that at the time of this performance In The Court Of The Crimson King hadn't been released yet. The Rolling Stones had invited them to open up their show in HP; the audience had no idea what to expect from these guys and then they hit them upside the head with this! Imagine what that crowd must've been thinking!
I can give U insight as to what the chicks were thinking as Greg was looking as excellently fine as he was sounding on this mutha. Seriously. Mick who?!
EDIT: My mother made this reply so if you have any questions I'll tell her.
I don't have to imagine ... I was there!
I went to see another band in 1969 (can't recall for sure, but I think it was Jethro Tull...drugs may have affected my memory of that night) and King Crimson was the warm up band. They blew me away! A fan ever since.
Ironic, a peasant inviting the king.
Greg lake was definitely one of if not the best looking ,photogenic, smooth, best sounding artist of that time. Unfortunately time was slashing and reaping and he died at 69 an ugly old man .That's the adamic curse.
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."
That is so true more people under 30 like crimson than boomers
@@B0K0691 bro don't pretend JoJo made King Crimson famous lmao
@@B0K0691 no, not jojo
@@B0K0691 who's jojo?
Jojo Siwa?
Imagine you're stoned out of your mind just waiting to hear Jumpin' Jack Flash and then this happens right in front of you
I live for those enlightening moments...
XD
Jumping Jack flash is better song
@@karolk7711 dont understand what you mean no way to be according with your proposition. jumping Jack flash better than king crimson, better than 21st century schizoid man sort of a ben stiller movie is better than a stanley kubrick movie ?
@@XanAxDdu It's not as if jumping Jack flash is some kind of bubble gum teen pop song you know.
“Hippies confused and scared by loud noise”-1969
No way, they loved The Who and The Experience.
I don't think they were scared but they sure as fuck were confused
Never!! Where ya think it came from 😎
and Jefferson Airplane too lol
Idk, those guys at 0:30 seemed to vibe with it
The cameraman should have been told, "The zoom feature is not a toy."
Probably completly L.S.D.
It was like they gave a 7 year old the camera and said "record the concert..."
This is how it's supposed to be recorderd, complete chaos.
Which cameraman? There were at least 5 shooting film cameras.
I think every camerman at some point in their lives needs to be told this lol
It's weird that even now this song is ahead of its time. It's perpetually progressive.
If I first heard this song today I would be blown away. I cant even imagine being in this audience 50+ years ago
@@tylerross3163 I can't even imagine that that was in London 50 years ago. Wow, were we ever like that??!!
my exact words.
I would even go far to say this is progressive for rock.
London was fvcking wild as Fvck
More like, rock music tends to be ankle-deep when it comes to musical content, so any hint of genuine virtuosity, harmonic intrigue, or interesting theme and development makes 'alt' crowds think it's the next coming of christ
this song is still 50 years in advance
I agree
honestly. this title track could have been recorded yesterday and it would have ripped everyones' balls off and made them question everything they believe.
mars volta - goliath
10 seconds*
It's almost like it skipped time
"Hey cameraman, make sure to never focus on the genius guitarist Robert Fripp"
Belladonic Haze “Hey cameraman, make sure to not focus on anything and just shake the camera and zoom a lot.”
Yes ! I was thinking the same thing. Where is Robert Fripp ?
Off to the side as he likes it lol
I know! Where's the Fripp at?
genius guitarist?
Damn those few seconds where you can clearly hear the tremendous power sound of Fripp's guitar and Lake's voice, priceless
Those moments were cut in from the Filmore West performance of Schizoid Man, probably due to tape damage or a messed up part of the recording.
Greg's voice is a treasure
SUNN!!!
Neel 2000 Aphex!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Aphex twin
We miss you Greg
Greg Lake's singing is amazing, the dude literally sings from his soul as if he's seriously pissed off at the world around him.
Nintendo Fan don’t all of the best?✊🏼
bless your heart, never actually realized it was greg singing on that track. he fucking kills it.
Nintendo Fan yeah. makes the shitty lyrics bearable
@@YOTSUBA_desu lol...ELP was the greatest rock band in terms of musicians ability ever but their lyrics were sometimes really good like lucky man, sometimes mehh. But lakes singing, bass playing, never mehh.
Don't you mean Za Warudo
The audience's reminder that the sixties were coming to an end
Absolutely..now for something to blow your mind
Really cool to see a minute and a half of a ten minute song...
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i doubt they performed the mirrors part live. if they did correct me
@@gogbone They did play the song in full. In fact, they were so well rehearsed from live performance that they laid down the rhythm track on the album in one take.
@@gogbone They played the whole song unfortunately they only have this small but important piece of film. If they ever find more Fripp will take it down
Film was very expensive and a roll fir 8mm might have only been 90 seconds. The sound was added to this vid later.
i was there , when they came on early in the afternoon people didnt know who they were and they simply freaked everybody out with their brilliance. The Stones nearly lost the day to them.
You lucky man !! Very cool Jack !!
Was this concert after Brian Jones died from rolling Stones?. I heard there was tribute concert (I could be wrong, this before my time, I was like 3 years, still a toddler. I'm not really into Stones although found necessary to learn..Heavy songs like this i listened too. Regardless of MTV's idea was for music being played during that trend. Which wasn't good then, and certainly didnt last on.. Most of MTV bands and their music from the start, is hardly mentioned if song writing and good bands are concerned.
i was there that day too and i did not know until now that King Crimson was even playing..got there too late i guess..what a bummer
@Danny Hood Yes, Brian drowned at home, two days before this concert in Hyde Park. He’d been told of his “dismissal” from the Stones the previous month, and this show was the first public performance by Mick Taylor, Brian’s replacement.
LUCKY
“THIS IS THE BEST GROUP IN THE WORLD!'” said Jimi Hendrix, after hearing King Crimson at The Revolution Club in Mayfair (London) in 1969.
To samo rzekł rzeczony Jimmy na koncercie genialnej kapeli z Leicester "Family" z fantastycznym wokalistą Rogerem Chapmanem. Serdecznie pozdrawiam.
I'm w/Jimi.
He must have been stoned to the bone.
@@MrWadsox stoned or not, he was right
Nonsense.
"Trees, fleas, hippies sneeze...0:43 second Lamp Post Man!"
This comment is so underrated bro
This is so fucking good 😂
Damn 👍👍
King Crimson could make a heavy headbanging song with a freaking saxophone...in 1969!!!
I guess they were ahead at the time.
lol at that time hahahaha what time is now, for what ? what things come from this time ?
When I was a child, this song scared the shit out of me. It's menacing. Unfortunately, after all of these years and about 100 LSD trips, I am a 21st Century Schizoid Man.
Thanks for the warning.
Nobody had any idea why these guys' musical style was as good as it was.
I guess it just worked.
you really made me read that with my two whole ass eyes huh
King Crimson: It just works.
TURURURURUR
Greg Lake: ELP
You fucking genius
I am proud to say I was at this show. It was awsome. Eat your hearts out!
you were in coma maybe on a hospital bed AT MOST. More then this....i have little hopes for you :
Wow for real?
Let me guess. You decided to stop by Hyde Park for this concert on your way back from attending Woodstock. Today, people who were at either event are dead or don't know they were there.
@@shyman99 maybe he was there but he just didnt knowed what the fuck was happening
You lucky phucker..
The Stones at Hyde Park: Multi-camera film restored in HD with a professionally mixed soundboard recording of the entire set.
King Crimson at Hyde Park: An abridged version of the opening song filmed on a single reel of 16mm with a hair in the gate, and audio recorded from the audience with a toaster, but with the levels set very well.
if only we had more footage of this
@@leavewe I'm sure it exists *somewhere*. It has to. There's no way this is all they recorded
@@KahurangiSteez it IS all they filmed. Go talk to Fripp lol
@@Piggy-Oink-Oink Or it's all that Fripp is aware of. He didn't film it, he was on stage lol.
@@KahurangiSteez Actually those old film reels ran 3 minutes..ok so there's another 40 seconds out there..lol half of it probably out of focus.
Was at this concert aged 16 truly turned my head wow
Luckiest person on Earth
66 years man, keep on rockin mam
Must have been mind blowing !!!
Sure you were.
Lucky man
I saw King Crimson earlier that year in a little church hall in Plymouth, Devon. Nobody had heard of them before, so we didn't know what to expect. They came on to a dark stage and sat down on stools and in a split second they jumped off the stools and ripped into Schizoid man at full volume and at the same time a full on strobe turned on. I had never heard or seen anything like it. The whole night was was such mind blowing experience it left everybody totally stunned. I was also at this concert in Hyde Park and it is not mentioned enough that admission was free. The other bands I remember being there were The Third Ear Band and Family (the UK band , not Sly Stone).
Wow, I was living in Plymouth at the time too ,well Torpoint, what i would have given for my 11 year old self to have been there! LOL You lucky man.
Watching the video, is that Carl Palmer on drums?? It sure looks like him.
"And how did you know the music was good?"
"They sat down. Then they stood up. Very freaky, man."
Not only one of the greatest prog rock songs of all time, but one of the first, also. Great vocals, fantastic fretwork; truly amazing!
I can't stop laughing at the confused hippie at 0:14
And what about the crazy dancing Freaks at 0:33
When boomers first felt confusion
@@RoseDeDax i bet it will be their epitaph
@@yunarukami14 as they crawled a cracked and broken path
0:19 is just so fucking good.
He rips right into it, doesn't he? Absolute ferocity.
This, in my humble opinion, is the first live performance of what we now call Prog Rock.
How 'bout The Beatles doing I Am the Walrus, from Magical Mystery Tour film, 1967. I guess technically not a live performance. I just read
how Robert Fripp had his mind blown upon hearing A Day In the Life. They influenced everyone.
@@TheThaggs I Am The Walrus es Rock Psicodelico
You're forgetting that YES was right there with them. KC didn't inspire YES to _become_ prog - just to practice a lot more, which is never a bad thing.
KG is the only more well known older prog rock band I think have justified hype (other than Camel). But of course, the normie world had to make Pink Floyd into the big stars....
We urgently need a good King Crimson documentary...
YES!!
@@doctorinthezone3494 A YES documentary would also be welcome.
They were working on one called "Cosmic FuKc", but they haven't mentioned it on the DGM site or Facebook for quite a while.
@@Esotereclectic They actually renamed that movie to in the court of the crimson king and i think it has an instagram page
well...
Greg Lake is one of my all-time favorite vocalists.
Same.
Count me in... he's one of my most favorite also!
So do I. In 2024.
Imagine being a stoned hippy in the late 60s going to see the Rolling Stones and have a good time and these maniacs come on stage and play the most terrifyingly loud and complex music you’ve ever heard in your life
I saw King Crimsom play five times but never got to see the original band lineup. Great to see this concert footage! Greg Lake looks like a young boy.
RIP Ian McDonald. This song is genius. Thank you for the music.
rip greg lake
RIP Norm McDonald
0:30 first mosh pit in the world ever
R.I.P. Greg Lake
arandomguy46 r.i.p
King Crimson was the British equivalent of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Outstanding musicians who were decades ahead of their time.
Agreed.
Son mis preferidos, KING CRIMSON, Frank ZAPPA, BACH y PIAZZOLLA los más grandes creadores de obras musicales que marcaron tendencias y generaron influencias que hicieron diferencia del resto.
Los admiro y los tengo en los más alto.
GENiOS
Hot Rats and The Courts album are released on the same day so its no big surprise.
Yeeessssssss!!!!!
What exactly makes them ahead of their time?
My dad, being the badass that he is, introduced me to this SIXTIES band, that clearly has a heavy, sludgy guitar sound, and bangin drums. They were WAAAY ahead of their time, and are definitely responsible for laying the foundation for heavy metal.
This song stands so ahead of its time that skipped time through decades of musical industry. Kind of like Mozart's requiem, it makes a hole in my chest. I really want to play this song over and over and never reaching the end of it.
Well played
It does truly sound like a golden experience.
I never thought you can cram so many references into one paragraph
@@ThrashRats this is.... requiem
pepe
1969 was truly the best year for music, king crimson releases “in the court of the crimson king” , beatles release “abbey road” , Led Zeppelin released “Led Zeppelin” and “Led Zeppelin 2” , Rolling Stones release “let it bleed” , The Who release “tommy”
Also captain beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica and hot rats by frank zappa
"Stand Up". Jethro Tull
Ummagumma 😂😂
“Kozmic Blues” by Janis Joplin and the Velvet Underground’s self-titled album are both amazing too.
Was a magical year !! VERY important in musical history IMO
These guys have such a great catalog. Lake and Fripp what a combo. Gotta say after all these years epitaph is my favorite King Crimson tune. I had the privilege to see them in very early 70's in a 3,000 seat theater and was properly blown away.
It was a great concert and just had to get the album as soon as it was out. That first album was just so good from beginning to end. Shame I had to leave halfway through Stones set to get across to the Albert Hall for The Who's Tommy. Fancy that a day of King Crimson, Stones and the Who's Tommy. Embedded in my memory.
What was the general mood whilst KC was playing? Were people as confused as this footage makes out or were they just focusing on people who looked like that?
Lucky dog. All I remember about my first six concerts was going to them. Don't ask me to recall what happened at them.😝
That's a perfect definition of being at the right place at the right time.
_What a great day of music! Must have been a challenge under the
influence..
I saw Greg Lake in 2013 on his last tour in San Francisco. It was kind of sad in a way because he couldn't quite hit those notes that he was so famous for. He opened with a one minute version of "Court of the Crimson King," and then played his ELP songs. It was also my last concert. RIP Greg.
Takes my back to being so stoned… Loved Greg Lake. Miss him. R.I.P.
They're now on Spotify fellas
So is Tool!
Yeahhhh
Took a while, but finally ...
@@fc43 but tool sucks
I first heard the full version of this when it came out in 1969. We were driving through Fayetteville, NC, trying to find something other than Country on the radio, which was a challenge. As we listened to this in disbelief, it just about blew us off the road. Got lots of King Krimson and ELP albums after that.
what radio station were you listening to in 1969 in fayettenam that was playing crimson? must've been a weird atmospheric bounce out of new york cuz i guarantee there's never been a station in cumberland county that ever played this song....to this very day.
@@jgeur AM radio day's , quite possible 👍👍🇺🇸
This band was so great and ahead of the curve. Damn.
I was 18 when their first album came out
Bought cause I heard it on the first Fm station in the country KPPC in Pasadena then. Bad ass band
[Verse 2]
Blood rack, barbed wire
Politician's funeral pyre
Innocents raped with napalm fire
Twenty-first century schizoid man
[Instrumental: "Mirrors"]
[Verse 3]
Death seed, blind man's greed
Poets starving, children bleed
Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty-first century schizoid man
[Instrumental Outro]
The first verse didn't exist when they performed this
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Well, that just about sums up the 21st century so far!!!
I always heard, "matte black, barbed wire"
Thanx for posting. All these years, I thought it was “Aardvark, barbed wire . . .”
I think my version is better.
My first LP , i was 7 . I'm 53 now . Fucking hell ...
He must of had an older brother or had a friend who had older brothers. That's how my 1st LP was Disraeli Gears at age 12.
I grew up with a bunch of freaks , all more aged than me , who initiated me to all kinds of music of the late sixties and beginning of seventies . That's how i learnt to love King Crimson . Simple as that....
My first was space ritual by hawkwind
K 'Stardust And The Spiders From Mars' yes tell me about it.. Life is twisted
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I love the caption when you have the subtitles turned on...... between the lines in the vocals it pops up with '(energetic rock music)', well it made me smile.... it couldn't have been more accurate.
Like Stravinsky's "The Rites of Spring," or Francis Bacon's triptych painting "Crucifix," King Crimson were revolutionary. The looks on some of these Stone's fans faces says it all. Though I can see many digging it, I am sure there were those like, "WTF is this?"
So fantastic. Greg Lake forever.
My God this song is such a Golden Experience
Still ahead of it’s time … luv the genius of Greg Lake … highly under appreciated … RIP
Thanks KingCrimson Veto for this upload. We need more people like you.
Greg is realistically the reason why this song is what it is
The vocals and the bass playing is so powerful and memorable ❤
I remember putting this album on my record player when I was a kid and cranking it up. I still have it.
" This is the greatest band I´ve ever seen " . Jimi Hendrix .
50 years later: WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS
I didn't expect a Emerson Lake Palmer reference
@@zmzna R.I.P Greg Lake
You're in the wrong universe, dude
Come inside come inside
We are so glad you could attend
I was there watching King Crimson playing in Hyde park in 1969, I was 18 yrs old just growing up and opening my eyes to the wonders of life. Great days !
pretty cool that they sampled kanye in this, they have good taste!
Thank you Simon, very cool!
WHO SAMPLED WHO ?
@@briancook5838 kanye sampled this song on "Power"
This is a woosh bait
@@jeeomaisfodao9841 No pretty sure King Crimson sampled Kanye’s Power on this
Absolut genius!!!! I'am so glad grew up this strange and unbelievable times, so i had tis music from the beginning live an nowadays in my soul, my brain and in everey cell of my body. So i can recall the 60/70ties feeling whenever i hear this music or look the videos. This feeling is not byable for the whole money of the world.
such an under appreciated and underrated Band. I still crank King Crimson up , on a regular basis. Thank you , to the Band.
If I am asked, this is one of the most original rock songs ever.
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Thank you Cap.
Amazing. I was born that year. And to think just a mere 5 years earlier "A Hard Day's Night" was in the cinemas. The 1960s were like 10 mini-centuries going on! Amazing.
God,you must be 60 years right now
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Wow, amazing gig footage!!
Such an iconic song.
I'll never forget this song showing up in my discover weekly and looking it up, expecting to find some alternative band from 2000s. Imagine my surprise when I found out these guys were 60s/70s. Completely ahead of their time
The song is ahead of its time, but the video looks so ancient.
I shared this song from King Crimson to broadcast it on Radio Saint Affrique FM. Thanx a lot, long living to rock 'n roll, your the welcomes. Antoine
I was there- sort of. There were so many people that I couldn't get to the top of the bowl to look down on the stage. I'd been to earlier events the previous year and they were sublime. Between 5 and 10,000 music fans, perfect setting, great sound, great vibe. The Stones event was chaotic in comparison. Too many people by far- estimates range from 200-500k- and most of them couldn't see the stage. I did go to see King Crimson at the Marquee a week later. They were awesome- one of the best bands I'd ever seen- and I'd seen a huge number by then.
the classic crimson sound
Their other stuff is good too though.
I missed this concert by just a few months. I arrived in England on September 12, 1969 to begin a 3.5 year tour in the United States Air Force. The guys that met me at our base (RAF Bentwaters) found out I was a guitar player and a Stones fan were still raving about going to Hyde Park that day. 🤘🎶
i'm not being hyperbolic, i got goosebumps. something about this grainy audio and film, a recording nearing a century old, and yet it still feels so full of life, so unique, so moving.
This very band opened the West Palm Beach Pop Festival in 1969...first on Friday night then Saturday, playing the exact same set each night. They were the only ones to do this. It was an AMAZING 3 day festival featuring acts like Iron Butterfly, The Byrds, Spooky Tooth, Grand Funk, Sly & the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Spirit ; etc. with the Stones as the closer (I believe they played Altamonte directly afterwards).
Take it from someone who was there: King Crimson stood head and shoulders above them all...
This was a great band. 'In the court of the Crimson King' has gone down as a classic late 1960s Psychedelic rock album - and groundbreaking in its fusion of folk, jazz and blues.
Saw them last night. One of the most powerful shows I've ever attended. Fripp really shredded on this one. Long live King Crimson! 👹
Powerful stuff man..thank goodness we can still listen to the old stuff
my grandpa was in this concert, he took a flight from chile to see the rolling stones, when he saw what this band did, he told me that everyone was shooked, nobody was talking or anything, just vibing to the song and hearing that elecrtric guitar, it is literally a ''you had to be there'' story.
I got a time machine ready to go to 1969 into this concert who want to go?
Me
Could you capture the smell and use it on anarchists?
Don't need to I was there with my brother about 60 yards back right of the stage. Tried to see if I could spot us, unfortunately no!
As you wrote this comment 7 months ago, I was wondering if you have set off yet, and if so, was it as good as we would imagine? I was only 3 when this was recorded, so if I aren't too late, I would also like to see Free in their prime and the late, great Sandy Denny, and. . . . . . .
Danmex16 Will your time machine fit a Chevelle SS 454? I want to bring a new one back with me.
R.I.P. Greg, you truly are a legend!
Excellent. I've heard that this is often credited with being the first true heavy metal song, or at least the song that brought all the elements that would come to define heavy metal together.
More prog then metal. Blue Cheer was before KC and much heavier, laying the groundwork for metal. Even before Sabbath. Not taking anything away from Crimson, because they are incredible, but true prog pioneers more than anything.
One of the most incredible bands ever.
King Crimson were well ahead of the game. By at least half of a century. One of the most underrated bands of all time
So true
underrated living legends!
Not really. King Crimson is respected by anyone who knows a little bit about music
Wooow i just discovered this song and it blowed my mind!!The bass is killing it🤯
I got to see this version of KC in Nashville around this same time (1992) I had to sleep in my car in the parking lot in order to see the added Sunday matinee show.I woke up and who should pull up in a rental car but no other than Fripp himself.He was really nice and talked to me for a few minutes . This was at about 8 am and he said they would be rehearsing in about an hour and I could check them out if I wanted too! Needless to say I was there. I know Fripp has a rep as a not so friendly guy but he was really cool to me.
Also got too meet Bruford at a festival one time - he was just walking around in the crowd I got him to sign my ticket stub. They were playing that same day.He was a real cool guy too.
My step dad who’s 69 always talks about how Crimson and Sabbath totally blew every one away. They were scared, confused, and intrigued all at the same time. And from what he tells me they enjoyed the shit out of every minute of it. Some of the general public and people that weren’t avid music fans actually thought it was evil no joke. My guitar teacher’s parents even threw away his Black Sabbath self titled record when they heard it. Two of my biggest influences. What a time grow up in for sure. Bands like Zep, Cream, Deep Purple, Zappa, Beatles, and Hendrix were definitely mind blowing and just as profound, but there was something more sinister with these two bands.
Crimson & Sabbath are the two you say? Crimson was experimental music. Sabbath was blatant satanism. Even Geezer Butler said he was a satanist & spoke of the demonic experiences he had in his home.
@@thomasvarady1210 I mean if you watch interviews with them they’re actually devout Christians, they don’t worship satan and that’s it. Every interview Tony Iommi is wearing a crucifix, facing the right way I might add. Read the lyrics to after forever and then ask if they’re satanists lol. Their lyrics are more of a warning of evil rather than them being evil themselves. They definitely dabbled around in the occult and I’m not denying their interest in it but to call Sabbath satanism is kind of ignorant imo. A lot of what they were doing was playing into what people were saying about them and their image at the time as well. I’d argue that jimmy Page was more of a satanist than Sabbath, going so far as buying crowleys home and using occult symbols for each band member. A lot of that image of Sabbath was drawn up by the public and record company, their first album cover wasn’t even made by the band. The record company chose it without consulting them first.
Looks like Greg Lake on vocals! I missed seeing this version of King Crimson live. I did see them in 1971 and that was one hell of a good concert!
These 90 secs are really up there with some of the most important footage ever shot in rock history ...
I swear the full concert used to be on UA-cam, such a shame you can't see it anymore :/
Great footage. Greg in excellent form.
The crowd at this concert looked rather scary. Most of those early rock festivals seemed to breed a certain resentment and aggression, in factions of the audience.
Damn man. This video needs to be saved
if video would be high quality this would look like the future, thats how ahead of their time they where
Wow, never knew Greg Lake was in King Crimson. Thank you!
such an accurate (yet scary) prediction of the 21st century
His voice is so badass I’m obsessed
been looking for this all of my life... will watch over and over and over
Greg Lakes voice is absolutely incredible here...
Love Greg Lakes Voice one of the best vocalists ever!
the bark of that ragged mic Greg was singing thru hooked me 50 yrs ago!
That zoom in on the girl’s face at the end completes it.
It just works
Greg RIP we all loved you
Man the way Lake comes in with « Blood rack » is one of the most badass, sexy, angry thing I ever heard
Great bassist and singer Rest InPeace Greg Lake
I could smell the BO through my computer screen.
I could smell the fresh homegrown grass! We used to call it 'Kermit the Frog' weed. That's a bad thing...
A little BO bother you lois ! In the 70's and 80's they called it MUSK :)
that's the way liberal hippies smell
@@z512345 AS long as we don't smell like The AMERICAN PREZ TRUMP ,,, DEEP fried mushrooms :) Lol :)
Ah, the 60s, what a wonder