21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson) - Bass Cover by Richard Ireson

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  • My interpretation of the amazing bass line to King Crimson's classic: 21st Century Schizoid Man. I was planning on releasing this to coincide with the launch of the 50th anniversary King Crimson documentary but I figure that since the lyrics seemed apt under the present circumstances (28th Feb 2022) that I'd release it now.
    Cat's foot, iron claw
    Neurosurgeons scream for more
    Paranoia's poison door
    21st century schizoid man
    Blood rack, barbed wire
    Politicians funeral pyre
    Innocents raped with napalm fire
    21st century schizoid man
    Death seed, blind man's greed
    Poets starving, children bleed
    Nothing he's got, he really needs
    21st century schizoid man
    In the Court of the Crimson King Official Documentary Trailer
    • IN THE COURT OF THE CR...
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  • @InsomniacRocker
    @InsomniacRocker ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This is definitely one of the most killer bass performances I've seen on TH-cam!

  • @tomasllorente926
    @tomasllorente926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Great job! By the way,I like how the song sounds with the bass at a higher volume, like this..

  • @riffdigger2133
    @riffdigger2133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Excellent playing on the busy sections. How you retained all those lines is well, beyond me. The Jazz sounds great.

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you. It was quite a challenge to remember it all!🤔😂

  • @Calcouk
    @Calcouk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    A day in the life of a pro bass player

  • @oneminutefixed5003
    @oneminutefixed5003 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'm kind of obsessed with this track at this point, you did a phenomenal job

  • @Bailli
    @Bailli 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    probably the best bass performance ive seen in my life, shit is raw as hell

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well thank you so much! Though I think that says more about how many bassists you've seen rather than my playing!!!🤣🤣🤣

  • @ciaranocraobhach
    @ciaranocraobhach ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My jaw is on the floor - that you a) pulled this off with such aplomb and b) that you went fingerstyle over pick and were so damn quick. That's one killer performance, especially the "Mirrors" mid-section ... somebody call the fire brigade because that sh-t was on fire🔥🚒👩‍🚒
    (It's nuts to think that Greg Lake didn't even play bass before King Crimson and picked it up at the request of Robert Fripp!)

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you dude!🙂
      Greg's playing on this was challenging for me to say the least!🤣 Not only for the speed but also for remembering it!

  • @EduardoPerez-ti1lo
    @EduardoPerez-ti1lo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That man feel and enjoying the song, Amazing,😲

  • @garywyatt-classicalandfing2637
    @garywyatt-classicalandfing2637 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome playing. Love this cover, sounds fantastic!

  • @jonasadamson6645
    @jonasadamson6645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This sounds fantastic!
    Brilliant performance and such big and full bass sound!
    Beautiful!👍🎼🎶🎶

  • @nickk5948
    @nickk5948 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great playing and very nice bass!

  • @paytoncinema6454
    @paytoncinema6454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love how into this you got! amazing song and playing

  • @marcoferraresi1
    @marcoferraresi1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautifully played!! Love that bass sound!! Well done!

  • @dickesrennen9461
    @dickesrennen9461 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing cover !

  • @alanconnolly2836
    @alanconnolly2836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Holy crapola! Just seeing this, mate. You never give yourself an easy pass. Love it. Top work as ever.

  • @EllySpace
    @EllySpace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Skilfully played! Really well performed bass cover .

  • @TheAndrewSchweitzer
    @TheAndrewSchweitzer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love the emotion!

  • @jacomans9078
    @jacomans9078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great job! It shows you put time into it, this didn’t take you 5 mins!

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you!🙂 and yes you are correct, just a few weeks more than 5 minutes!😂😂😂

  • @pierreparent9448
    @pierreparent9448 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing bass cover. Congratulations, Richard !

  • @albertchoueiri
    @albertchoueiri 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    that was truly amazing 👏👏

  • @the_bassiah
    @the_bassiah ปีที่แล้ว +2

    man that playing and tone kicks ass!

  • @j.angelo257
    @j.angelo257 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the tone!

  • @ramiromayorga_
    @ramiromayorga_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    that was RIDICULOUS, congratulations👏

  • @wallykaspars9700
    @wallykaspars9700 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bravo! Fabulous performance!

  • @drpasteur6853
    @drpasteur6853 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fantastico, è la migliore cover che ho visto di questa canzone, ti sono grato per aver condiviso questo video, saluti!

  • @pattipooh
    @pattipooh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that ending part with triplets is kicking my ass

  • @nuke97
    @nuke97 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent!

  • @JK_35
    @JK_35 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thatmiddle secion is amazingly played. I have no idea how to even get to a quarter of your talent. super tight

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you most kindly!🙂. I've never wanted to compare my playing with anyone else's, I just practice in the hope that I'll be better than I was yesterday.

    • @JK_35
      @JK_35 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RichardIresonMusician i need your practice routine, haha

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JK_35 Little and often I find makes things stick better than a long practice say once a week. Try to make time every day if you can. If possible leave your practice equipment set up and your guitar out so all you need to do is pick it up and play. When I'm learning something complicated I tend to slow things down and gradually increase to normal speed as muscle memory develops. Finally, time, nothing happens overnight!👴🙂

  • @tarquinibeatice5229
    @tarquinibeatice5229 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    formidable!! bravo!!

  • @Andyjefford
    @Andyjefford 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent bass playing Richard

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you most kindly sir!🙂

    • @Andyjefford
      @Andyjefford 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Richard, check out my new bass cover,The Clash,London Calling. th-cam.com/video/tlVeRo3t8bY/w-d-xo.html Hope you like this one,thanks as always,Andy👍

  • @The_Laser_Wizard
    @The_Laser_Wizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That takes me back!

  • @Bassistdan1
    @Bassistdan1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I come back to revisit your page for this video especially. What a masterpiece, man! I'm about 1 and half months into "Aqualung" from Tull - and I suspect it's going to take me, AT LEAST another week or so before I can play it with any degree of satisfaction from start to finish. I have to say, when it takes me THAT long to learn a tune to which I grew up listening, it removes a LOT of the fun and becomes a grueling nightmare. But I'm not quitting now, that's for sure - I'm so close, I can taste victory! All that said, I couldn't be NEARLY as proud of that as you are of this, man! Once again, for like the 14th time - STANDING OVATION, sir!

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am honoured with your kind words, especially coming from such a wonderful player yourself!

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm also looking forward to your Aqualung!🙂

    • @Bassistdan1
      @Bassistdan1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RichardIresonMusician Hopefully I'll have it ready by this weekend! We shall see!

  • @Machobass1
    @Machobass1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great!

  • @sarawashington6779
    @sarawashington6779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great PHAT tone and attack for fingers!!

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I've never really mastered using a pick so even on tunes where the original used a pick I have to make do with my fingers!😂.

  • @king_pigeon
    @king_pigeon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing cover!!

  • @kingcrimsondanas3518
    @kingcrimsondanas3518 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow!

  • @orkunozcan8096
    @orkunozcan8096 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    pretty neat well done

  • @jamespurcer3730
    @jamespurcer3730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think that it sounded fine, mate. Keep it up.

  • @samanderson7437
    @samanderson7437 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hell yah man

  • @thompsonoboyi4125
    @thompsonoboyi4125 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Watching from Nigeria 🇳🇬
    Rock on 💪👍 🔥

  • @KamBoomBap
    @KamBoomBap 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You've got a new subscriber mate. Really enjoyed that.
    Are you familiar with the jazz Trio Back Door? Id love to see you cover some stuff from their self titled 1972 album.

  • @kratino
    @kratino 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic! Very tough bass line. Lake and Michael Giles had to meld brains for a few minutes there.

  • @in_in_geroin
    @in_in_geroin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh shit, that's fine!!!

  • @ednye1817
    @ednye1817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks!

  • @radio_123
    @radio_123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @aethergnos
    @aethergnos 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish I could like this twice

  • @BigElectricCat
    @BigElectricCat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whew

  • @alibayat7377
    @alibayat7377 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great performance 👏, it's really hard to find differences between what you did and what Greg Lake did 👍

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, that's very kind of you to say. However, not wanting to dis your listening prowess, there are huge differences between what I'm doing and the late great Greg Lake!😏

    • @alibayat7377
      @alibayat7377 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RichardIresonMusician of course your interpretation differs, yet it really fits into the song.. in that sense that's hard for me to decide which one i like more.. cause you and Greg both did it amazing. 👍

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alibayat7377 thank you!🙂

  • @ouie-fl4qo
    @ouie-fl4qo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I cannot get my head around any of the middle

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The thing that helped me was to find an isolated bass track and slow it right down.

  • @draus353
    @draus353 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sensacional, saudações do Brasil

  • @ehocken
    @ehocken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    impressive! what year is that jazz bass? ive got a 71 with a rosewood fretboard 🤘🏻

  • @jotapecu
    @jotapecu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Greg Lake was The King of bass players. Period.

  • @Bassistdan1
    @Bassistdan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That sigh of relief at the end was PRICElESS! That was phenomenal, Richard! If I may ask, how long did it take you to commit that to memory?

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi there, thank you for that, I'm glad you liked it. The sign of relief was after weeks of work. not all the time but each day adding a bit to muscle memory. You can imagine how I felt when they blocked it!

    • @Bassistdan1
      @Bassistdan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RichardIresonMusician HA! Weeks, eh? Even if I grew up listening to that song every single day, and I did NOT, although Crimson was definitely in rotation on my turn-table, it would take me well over 6 months to commit something that complex to memory. I've been told there's some science to practicing for only 10 to 20 minutes per day - but I've never seen any results with that method. I usually put in several hours, every day, for as long as it takes...............and it takes a LONG TIME!

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Bassistdan1 I wish I could devote hours a day to practice!🤔😂

    • @Bassistdan1
      @Bassistdan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RichardIresonMusician That is the ONLY free time I have between working my graveyard shift and getting ready for bed. Usually about 2, to 3 hours at 6:30AM.

  • @theguitarczar1
    @theguitarczar1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job, great T shirt! What were you playing through?

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Frank, thank you, glad you liked it!🙂. I was plugged straight in to Reaper via my UMC404 interface. I can't remember the exact effects chain but it had some stock compression and saturation. If you want the exact prescription let me know and I'll get it for you.

  • @TheTralfaz
    @TheTralfaz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    RIP Greg Lake ....Nice job Richard.....from a bass player

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      RIP Greg indeed!😔 Thank you, glad you liked it. Do you have any of your playing on line anywhere?

  • @mediawarmonger3850
    @mediawarmonger3850 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey there just wanted to ask you a question, would you say that this is an easy song to learn by ear? I have some trouble even hearing the bass at some points like in the very beginning of the song when the main riff plays with it.
    Can you get better at hearing the bass in a song or are my hears that bad? I'm 21 by the way with some very slight hearing loss, at least according to the tests I have made.

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I found this very useful th-cam.com/video/SM-2bXwrEXY/w-d-xo.html

  • @salvador3470
    @salvador3470 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What model/version is your Jazz Bass ?

  • @jt.cote.
    @jt.cote. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    By chance, do you have the sheet music for the song?

  • @nzsteve
    @nzsteve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Outstanding! Glad it's been unblocked.

    • @RichardIresonMusician
      @RichardIresonMusician  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you sir, glad you liked it! Yeah, it was a bit of a trial!😃

  • @conner3157
    @conner3157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    p♥r♥o♥m♥o♥s♥m