Lark's Tongues in Aspic Part 2 - King Crimson | The Midnight Special
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- Опубліковано 26 бер 2023
- King Crimson performed live on The Midnight Special on October 12, 1973
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I never realized that Midnight Special had the balls to air something like this.
Well, they aired Focus playing a speedier version of 'Hocus Pocus'. They got a standing ovation, afterwards.
@@synthonaplinth5980 That's a novelty song.
@@fuckamericanidiot What they did at that tempo was far from a novelty, though.
@@synthonaplinth5980also genesis playing the musical box and watcher of the skies.
Great reminder of what music was all about. The snowflake generation has no concept of real music. They Just aren't capable, because it requires thought and creativity. Sadly the snowflakes today Just understand the beauty of real music.
During the Discipline tour in Baltimore, Robert Fripp actually got up out of his chair for about a minute during an intense technical solo. The crowd roared.
NO!
is this true?
@@ocatviomeidna it is indeed. I was looking at Adrian Belew and didn't even realize it was happening until the crowd roared and I saw it with my own eyes. Turned into a standing ovation. To anyone who's not a KC freak it would be no big deal.... Nov 4 1981 at Painters Mill.
Not the same, but when I saw them on the Three of a Perfect Pair, he kinda stood up while blasting some shrieking chords during LTIA Part III. And yeah, people went batshit.
@@mightybarrister which song were they playing?
What an awesome drummer Bill Brudford is!
Yes Billie was great, the best of All drummers
One of my fave drummers or all time. Never disappointed me on record or in a live setting. Yet BB is strangely often overlooked when people compile those videos of, "10 Best Drummers."
Amazing since teenage
One of the greatest
One of the GOATS!
Smashing drums, deep pounding bass, screeching electric violin, distorted lead guitar, and an underlining dark rhythm... this was King Crimson when I was 17 years old. Life was never better.
Same! I saw this lineup a few times including once during the short time Jamie Muir was in the band. Power, beauty and sublety in equal measures. Still my favourite Crimson lineup.
Love how forward Cross' violin is here. He's usually buried in the mix. Purportedly why he quit.
Same here, same age. They made you believe in something special. I’m still that original line up fan. Saw them live stood in front of Wetton.
I recently came across an article about their playing at Hyde Park somewhere in the late 60's-- Pete Townshend was there and was completely blown away, according to 🔊 sources---
I was 15, never liked them more
heavy prog metal baroque music?...yessss!!
David Cross going absolutely manic on that violin has to be one of the best live TV moments ever
It boggles the mind that this was shown on a major American TV network. I wonder how many minds were blown when people randomly turned it on during Cross' solo...
I bet it scared the audience. hehehehehe
It looked like the bow string snapped early in the performance.
He was the greatest
Was broken hearted when he ‘left’
The album was 50 years old on 23 March 2023. Still sounds modern.
No, still ahead of it's time!! They don't make captivating music like this anymore!!✌️
This was back when The Midnight Special would give Americans a chance to see groups they had only heard about. The first album I ever purchased was "Court of the Crimson King" but never had the opportunity to see them live. There was a chance to see the Adrian Belew version in the 1980s, but it was too far away for a road trip (New Orleans, maybe). Looking through their tour history, they didn't come to Houston or Texas much, if at all.
Huh? Nothing today sounds like this.
In terms of arrangements? 100%.
In terms of the mixing/production I would argue it's extremely dated, but in an endearing way.
Red is a better produced album in my opinion, but Larks might be KC at it's most destructive.
@@shawnmcvey7789 Dated HOW?
Bill Bruford is on a totally different level than most. Amazing.
Yup! Lots of people get dazzled by drummers who play very fast - and there isn't anything wrong with that. But it causes some people to focus on the speed thing and they miss how fricking amazing Bill is/was (as a drummer). His playing is always so fascinating to me - and very original. He is by far my favorite drummer.
@@1ouncebird And one that is recognised immediately by just the sound of his snare drum.
@@roelsiebrand7181 Absolutely! Bill's snare "bonk" is so recognizable.
Not gonna lie this is one of the best things I've ever watched. Made me so happy. In the late 90s, Bruford and Liebzeit were huge influences on me, though I lacked the technical ability and the discipline to get anywhere near their levels. Its worth also saying that there are fast drummers and there is/was Sean Reinert 🙏😢
Bill is sat so far away from the snare! How’d he reach the bass drum pedal? I’m a drummer, BTW….
This is legendary footage. Fripp, Bruford, Wetton and Cross are great forces in this! ❤
Yeah, youre right, best line up of K.C. love John and Billie ever since
A great line-up for sure (then again I don't know of a bad KC line-up, each one has it's idiosyncrasies and outstanding merits.)
The best line up ever loved them saw them live
Too bad there is no full video of an entire show from this lineup ❤
Some days, Fripp-Belew-Levin-Bruford is my favorite Crimson lineup. Other days, it's this lineup. This is one of those days. Pure brilliance.
Those are always my 2 favorites as well. The one two punch of Red and Discipline is really something else.
Cross does not get enough credit for his actually amazing playing and contribution to some of King crimson's most beautiful songs. this is by far their best lineup And my personal favorite
I might agree. Fripp doesn't...
I was lucky enough to see them twice with this lineup .I agree this was the best line up . All were at the top of their game .
@@P.DuncanMonk Might be. Still not according to Fripp. There's certainly parallells with Zappa here, who didn't think any line-up did his compositions justice until Ensamble Modern. Fripp holds his last line-up as the one coming closest to the works as he has them in mind. That's why he finally did recreations of those old masterpieces live.
@@progperljungman8218 I get what you are saying but to my ear and for my hard earned music buying money sometimes less is actually more .
@@P.DuncanMonk Absolutely!
The 70s music decade will never come again. Experimentation and expansion of genres. Thanks for keeping this alive.
John Wetton sure is slapping that bass! I loved John Wetton bass playing in King Crimson.
❤
excellent voice as well
In my opinion the most naturally talented instrument player in King Crimson is John Wetton.....monster player!
@@joewalker511 Big man, big sound, big presence. Master.
Even as I'm shopping in the grocery store and those awful Asia songs play, I can't really begrudge him his popular success. He more than earned it with the years of amazing work he put in.
RIP
Totally cool. Can't imagine what the typical viewer of this show thought they were being subjected to with this!
Actually, the music line up on M.S. was all over the place. This was before A.O.R. radio stations became totally predictable. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_guests_appearing_on_The_Midnight_Special
I loved it. You never knew what would be on Midnight Special. Junior in HS, no boyfriend & radio was not locked into formulas back then.
Bawookles: I do - because I remember actually watching this at the time ~ and was Blown Away!!! ...I was 13/14 years old... I used to get up (unbeknownst to my parents) and watch the MS - whenever it was on! Became a HUGE K.C. fan after this....
@@brianordelheide4661 Nothing in that list compares to Larks tongues in Aspic
Grandma said it was that acid rock devil music so you knew it was going to be good.
The best rhythm section ever in history of rock
Except for maybe that other Bruford outfit with Chris Squire.
@Maxine McKenzie 23 no way 🤦🏻♂️ no disrespect to Ginger but he's not in the same league as Bruford
You mean in fusion. They were never a rock band
@@mountzod you have that backwards
Why is being "the best" so important, especially in music/art where good versus bad is completely subjective?
I showed this clip to a 7th grade music class I was subbing for. They were taken in by the talent and 'craziness' of David Cross's violin solo. Needless to say, it was a great time.
jealous of your class! I would’ve been nerding out the entire time😂
Liar.
You win the official coolest teacher award, well done
Well done you! My music teacher did something similar with a different track in the 70s and it always stuck with me. Long time Genesis, Yes and Rush fan.
Extremely heavy music for 1973. Yet so musical. Love KC!
How cool! Never imagined a cutting-edge prog-rock band like King Crimson was on Midnight Special...
The coolest bands tended to come on really late at night. Easy to miss if you had a job to be at the next day.
@@gj8683 except the Midnight Special, as far as I knew( and maybe I crashed too early) always had commercially successful bands on
Midnight Special had a ton of amazing performances! Strawbs and Genesis come to mind!
Gentle Giant, and Focus were on as well in other episodes. A lot of the shows were filmed in Long Beach, CA at the Arena. I went to quite a few of the shows.
@@jchris3227 Did you see Flash with Peter Banks? I'm a friend of the band and would love to see that performance!
Have not seen this since it aired originally. My wife and I were in our first apartment after I had finished my time in the Army. We had a little Black and White (no color) TV, and I remember that the hosts on the show were The Bee Gees, and I believe that Crimso played Easy Money first. I’ve been hoping to see this for 50 years. I REALLY hope you have the other clip as well. ❤️💕🎶🎉
They posted both clips! Great story.
The Bee Gees pre- Saturday Night Fever.
That’s awesome. It is such a great time we’re living in for rediscovery of of lost art and fuzzy memories. I’ve been able to pull some gems from the recesses of my mind and manifest them on UA-cam. 😃
It’s here go find it , I just watched it.
@@brianhassett1994 Bee Gees made a joke, fumbling over pronouncing "King Crimson"! Lame!
How lucky I am to have seen this lineup a couple of times in 73. What a band!
That violin solo from David Cross, the most deliberate dissonant solo I have ever heard from my memory. Well one of them anyway.
abrasively beautiful
これは素晴らしい。ショートとは言え生演奏だし、この4人の時代が賞賛される理由がよくわかる。
So nandesukeredomo. It was the Midnight Special. That show usually had more mainstream popular music on
Outstanding! My first concert ever was in the spring of 1973 with King Crimson touring with Larks Tongues at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago and it was incredible! I saw them yet again in the fall of '73 at the Auditorium Theater . . . two of my favorite concerts!
Rock on!
I was at the Kinetic Playground show as well! Peter Frampton opened! The crowd was rowdy as hell, Bob F. looked a bit disturbed by it all! Bottles being thrown etc.!!
@@CStack2Ci Awesome brother! Yes indeed Frampton's Camel . . . the Kinetic Playground was one wild place what a night!
@@sounddesign1496 Can't believe all the folks posting who were there!!
@Sound Design You make me feel so inadequate... My first was Van Morrison (with Ronnie Montrose on guitar!) at Stanford in the early '70s. I was a kid who was all, "I'm going to a real _concert_ "...
Thanks for unearthing this. King Crimson continues to blow my mind 50 years later.
But I don't think in 50 people will be amazed about the music nowadays.
Absolutely one of the greatest Prog Rock songs in the History of Music by one of the greatest Groups EVER!
Fantastic performance! Great quality footage. Worth waiting 50 years to see this! Huge thank you to Midnight Special!
F-ing amazing! Bruford is definitely at the top of the list of my all time drummer heroes
🤯👍🔥🎶
👍😁👍🤟🤟
Heaviest moment in TV history upto then.
When I saw King Crimson premier this album at NYC Academy of Music in 73, the most comments I heard when leaving when the show was over was “who the hell was that drummer”? The encore of 20th century schzoid man was just incredible.
My favorite Crimson tune...
Cross was shreddin on that violin 🔥🔥🔥
Literally.
What is mind blowing is that it sounds so chaotic, yet it's almost note for note identical to the album version (with enough differences to tell it's live of course).
Exactly right. How tight can a band get? Sheer brilliance. :-)
But isn't the studio version seven minutes long? I miss some parts
I saw this brilliant line up in 1973 LIVE in Detroit perform their "Larks Tongues in Aspic" tour❤❤! One of the Best Concerts Ever❤❤!
Yep, me too. In fact the date in the description is incorrect - not "performed live." On that date King Crimson played at Winterland in San Francisco (also the 13th). I know because I was there. Blue opened, then King Crimson, then The Steve Miller Band was the top billing. I think this video was pre-recorded and maybe AIRED on Oct. 12, 1973. Awesome concert - Steve Miller also terrific.
Wonderful to see 'new' Crimson clips from the golden era. Cheers.
3:20 christ almighty what a terrifying man
"The problem lies elsewhere..."😁
awww man that incredible, two-measure bass solo was cut out. BUMMER!!! Nothing beat that crunch of Wetton's.
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's so clear the inspiration bands like Tool and Phish took from KC.
Got to see their bassist play with NIN a few years ago. Amazing
primus too. les was a huge crimson fan.
I loved King Crimson and Midnight Special but must have missed that episode. Would have remembered them being on it. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Lark's Tongues and Jimmy Crack Corn are my two favorite whistling tunes.
And here I was thinking I’d seen every video of the larks band!
Wow! David Cross just tears it up in this performance.
Never got to see this lineup but I did get to see a couple shows with Adrian Belew and Tony Levin in the band
Absolutely Amazing ❤
Shortest version ever? But still an extraordinary performance, David Cross seems wilder than usual! Thank you, the video looks great!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You will find the shortest version ever in the Great Deceiver Box Set
@@bigfootpegrande Yup, just 2 minutes long
Unfortunately TV Show Even Back Then Had Limits To How Long A Band Can Perform I'm Afraid...
This is slightly before my time. My first chance to see them was in 1980 after they reformed (minus Wetton and Cross) and I sat front row center at a very small venue on my college campus. The performance was mesmerizingly magical. I skipped a test to wait in line.
WOW!!
Stunningly tight performance. Cross’ intonation is perfect, just crazy!
Bloody Wicked[Including Absolutely Splendid]
Sadly The One Midnight Special I Missed In 1973...
Fan- F__cking-tastic !!!! 👍🎼🎸🥁🎻🎶
The Clueless Pop audience ....... "WTF did we just see & hear !!! 😆
To bad the song was shortened up, missing Wetton Bass drag with Bruford's pounding !
We used to love this at the school disco…
Thanks for posting. This is one of their best compositions. The Drumming is exceptional and the crazy violin solo.
3:22 Fripp's Walter White stare.
You ain't kiddin' - spot on comment.
Fuck. That was better than when I first heard that in my bedroom circa 1975, one of Bob's best combos IMHO.
I saw this. It prompted me to buy Larks' Tongues in Aspic.
Wonderful performance. So sad they had to cut it short. IMO the spot they cut was also a really strong point in the song.
agreed - Horrible choice IMO. In protest, I'll never go in my time machine and watch the Midnight Special again.
Definitely shorter version but it's the band's decision to do so, correct ? The video, itself isn't cut short, is it ?
@@EastmanD It was the network's decision. Either for time or they just didn't want to air a 5+ minute song
Thanks Yellow !
didn't get to see them until early eighties still one of my favourite bands
Can't imagine this type of music being on US TV even just 4 years later.
My dad bought this for me when I was about 11 in 1992. If there is one song that I could pinpoint as the reason I toured in prog bands for almost 20 years, this would be it.
Thanks so much for posting this! For us prog rock fans, please also post the two tracks from Genesis with Peter Gabriel recorded late 1973 and broadcast early 1974. Love it!
@Barry Fisch Now _that_ I remember seeing the original broadcast...
what 2 tracks?
@@fmradio42 I don't remember what the second one was but the first one was definitely Watcher of the Skies. That show was how I became aware of Genesis in the first place...
They are available on elsewhere on YT
Doesn't get much heavier than this - & in 1973 no less!
This is how I remember them live, blew your teen mind yet lulled you to heaven. So glad I found this. Thanks King Crimson early days I stood right in front of you and was amazed and fell in love for a lifetime.
Best music I have seen on this show. Powerful.
Thanks for that ! I hope the midnight special with Genesis from 1973/74 will follow :)
Love Bruford counting out time. (Tenuous Genesis reference there😊)
Thanks so much the rare footage! Never knew KC played Midnight Special!
これは貴重な映像！BBCのライブも見たい
Wonderful !
A classic masterpiece of a masterpiece band !
I saw this tour in Long Beach, and the amazing thing was, WE HAA NEVER HEARD THIS ALBUM. So there we are, wasted on whatever, and the band comes out and starts playing an album W HAD NEVE HEARD. But by the end of Larks T Part 1, we were captive. At the end of the first half, and the second we gave them a standing ovations. Fripp after the first standing O, actually instructed us to "Calm down, calm down".
Incredible that I can watch this, I love it, easily one of my favourites songs😍😍😍
Great to see, thanks for posting! First time I heard/saw this tune live still rings in my head. I was lucky enough to be at the Savoy in NYC in 1981 where they took this tune to another level. I was used to the bands I grew up with getting worse and selling out. King Crimson did the opposite.
Absolutely outstanding.
John Wetton and Bill Bruford both at the top of their game here!!
OMG...thank you thank you thank you Midnight Special !!!
You are so welcome
Thank you for posting this! I haven't seen this since it first aired. Looks and sounds great! I remember MS used that saturation effect on Edgar Winter's Frankenstein, but that was AFTER they used it here. The Bee Gee's hosted this episode, and made a joke of saying "King Crimson" fast three times.😁
thanks for the fun facts
BeeGees = Airheads 🙃
@@dwalkmusick Who happened to write and sing some of the greatest songs in history
Bee Gees pre- SN Fever.
The greatest progressive rock band of all-time! Fantastic. Man I gotta catch up with everything here on the M.S. channel.
Awesome theme and LP, iconic era of KC
Wonderful solo from David, all in all a very tight, exuberant reading of LTIA part II. Thanks for this!
So happy and enjoying that this King Crimson footage has finally come out and in good quality.
Thanks for uploading. KC are my favourite prog band since I first heard them 53 years ago till today.
I'm surprised that Fripp's lawyers haven't yanked it!! Maybe they paid him?
Bruford, Fripp and Wetton what a combination.
What a fantastic job you guys did on this clip! Looks and sounds super crisp!
Absolutely mindblowing 👍
Great footage of young Bill Bruford. This song never has the same energy without him, despite all the incredible drummers that have played in the band.
🤘🧙♂️🤘
Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
Saw this line up in Paris in the 70's great concert and memories !!!
Wow! What a great band. A force of nature. 🤩❤
Awesome! Another great one from the mighty Crimson! Thank You!!!!
This was so badass man! I imagine this was something scary y the early 70s'.
Wow. Can't believe what I'm seeing. Thank you for sharing!
こんなのがあったんだ！感激！
ジョンウェットン。凄すぎる！
So heavy just insanely good
I saw this band in Toronto for my 20th birthday...10th row centre.
I'm still that guy and saw their 50th and final just before covid
They will stand alone in history.
Saw this lineup in LA at the Shrine. Two guys next to me were obviously frying. When they did Starless (with the red lights facing the crowd) they freaked. One guy screamed "THIS IS A FUNERAL! WE'RE ALL DEAD!!" and both of them ran up the aisle, never to be seen again. I believe Fripp noticed and watched their hasty exit. A strange night indeed with one of the best bands ever.
@@jupiterlegrand4817 Too bad you forgot to bring thorazine with you...
The best rock band ever..!!
Superlatives in art are dumb.
Great footage of a legendary band !
Fantastic not seen this!! Look how easy Bill Bruford makes the drumming look. Happy 50th LTIA
They are the masters in the art of making your skin crawl. Drinking some strong coffee before listening enhances that effect.
The music of nightmares
Que maestros no más oír que está época una obra como está,que años ! Solo para los que verdaderamente les gusta el progresivo de buena calidad 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗
Magical footage!
Thank you soooo much whoever you are for making this available!
Por favor!!!! Vuelvan a poner el video de esta canción en el que ROBERT FEIPP parece mirar ENOJADO a la cámara 🎥 que le filma !!!
Ese video era “IMPAGABLE”!!!
Esta época y en la que se suman TONY LEVIN y ADRIAN BELEW, son mis formaciones preferidas de KING CRIMSON !!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
🙏🏻🎵🙏🏻
Tremendo !!! Sin duda esta formación es el mejor Rey!
A metal masterpiece.