one of the most important albums in the history of rock. This record from 1969 opened new trends in music. They came out of nowhere, played for the first time before Rolling Stones in Hyde Park and everyone's jaws dropped. Before that, everyone was obsessed with The Beatles. If it wasn't for this album, there would be no bands like Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP, Genesis, Camel, Rush etc.
Pink Floyd aside absolutely correct, although Yes had been formed they had little impact to this point. PF were formed earlier and had an impact on King Crimson, although the album itself had some impact on later PF.
@Gerhardium eh. Pf on the early years created music based on the beatles. Then they nearly created psychedelic music. But Kc was way ahead this. After they had live before rolling stones in Hyde Park then PF recorded Atom. And that was the first PF prog rock. Of course the first prog rock album was the beatles Sgt pepper. But it wasn't so complex such as In THE COURT. Jon Anderson Watched this live at Hyde Park and he said to Squire that they must more practice. And Genesis story was similar. If you listen from genesis to revelation you hear the beatles.
@@joeking5310 tricky question. In those times nobody use "prog" genre. But nowadays i use this genre to all music from 60' till late 80'. But this is my opinion. If you asking official genre that was psychodelic rock. But those frame for me is meaningless
21st century is one of my favourite songs ever written, and I've been listening to it for a lonnnnng time, but I don't know I can ever get the image of a dog chasing it's own tail out of my head when I listen to it now. Amazing.
King Crimson was always experimental. Most people I know skip passed "Moonchild" unless they are in a certain frame of mind. I like its contrast to the rest of the album. The singer is Greg Lake who shortly after this helped form Emerson,Lake and Palmer. You need them in your life! Interesting note about "Moonchild". It was novel written by Aleister Crowley an occultist in the early 20th Century, about trying to create a female human (an homunculus) using sorcery. Good reaction. Keep going!
I was 18 when this album came out. This was totally a stoner album. I remember toking some hashish and laying on the carpet and listening with headphones.
Ha! Another convert! Dude, I loved your honest reactions. King Crimson somehow got into my brain when I was in high school - I'm 60 now - and they've grown like a beautiful flower ever since. They're a special band, unusual in every way and you picked up on that instantly. Do listen to them again.. The music may not explain itself to you but your appreciation of their creativity will deepen for sure. You absolutely got it when you said they are less of a band and more of an art project. Robert Fripp, whose band this is, has said as much!
@Smags Wait until you see how they completely changed (after a hiatus) and came back with a totally different (but still incredible) sound in the 80's with the Discipline album. It's mind blowing.
Moonchild is free improvisation. You should go back to Pink Floyd's first album to hear a more aggressive version of this idea in Interstellar Overdrive. A lot of groups did this and Charlie Watts was a huge fan of freely improvised music.
I heard 21st Century Schizoid Man on the radio in October 1969. As soon as I could, I bought the album. I was hooked at the start. The album wasn't the first of its kind, but it was a breakthrough in terms of production, popularity and influence. It was a game changer. You can't name a 12 minute song? You need to be exposed to a lot more, I think.
Congrats on giving it a try. Most rock fans and critics alike view this record as ground-breaking and influential. Greg Lake's vocals are considered tops in rock music. I didn't like this album so much in my youth because I guess I was not really a jazz fan, and I didn't even know really what jazz was. It's a bit experimental and a lot psychedelic. It's worth listening whether you listen again or not.
So, ya gotta think about the time period when this album came out... the Beatles and Stones had just moved through and had broken Rock and rebuilt it. FM radio was just in its infancy, and considered "underground". Then this happens. I would spend some nights as a highschool junior, late after working a part time job, laying in the living room floor in front of one of the first stereo cabinet radio/turntables... listening softly to this (after all, it was 2am), falling asleep to King Crimson. My parents thought I was going to Hell, especially after seeing the album cover.
Regarding track 4- you’re right, they were just messing around. Improvisation has always been a huge aspect of King Crimson, but it’s something they would get much better at as time went on (this was their first album). I recommend their Red and Discipline albums.
Hello from u.k. I’m 66 now, cut my teeth on this album at 14 yrs old! Bought everything by them since. Keep going back to this and the early stuff! This is so out there for the time, masterpiece! Take care.
Larks tongue in aspic is one of their best albums, then you have their stuff from the 80s starting with Discipline which has a totally different energy. Well worth a listen
At a live show by the first incarnation of King Crimson in 1969 (before the first record had been released ) - a young Bill Bruford - then the very talented drummer with an up & coming band called YES - was so blown away by KC's live show - that he wanted nothing more than to be in that band - and by the summer of 1972 when YES were becoming an international superstar group - Bruford did just that - quitting YES and joining KC - much to the astonishment of his bandmates in YES ..
Moonchild was written (song part) / improvised (quiet part) in the studio when the band didn't think any of the other songs from their live set were strong enough. The band improvised a lot, but usually not that soft and, well, noodle-y. Ian McDonald (sax/fute/clarinet/bass clarinet/keyboards) found a vibraphone somewhere in the studio and played that with Robert Fripp and Michael Giles playing their usual instruments (guitar and drums, respectively). Bassist/vocalist Greg Lake sat that part out. It's definitely an acquired taste and I used to skip it a lot. I've come to enjoy it because most of it is rather nice, and then when The Court of the Crimson King comes in it has such a huge impact. The most recent version of the album edits Moonchild down to 9 minutes, as Fripp (who had long been the only remaining founding member) decided it was excessive. It wasn't played live until 2017, when they played the song part followed by bassist Tony Levin improvising a bit on electric upright bass (usually no more than 2 minutes), and then drummer/keyboardist Jeremy Stacey improvising on the piano, again only for a short while. Later on, Fripp would improvise on guitar for a bit between Levin and Stacey's parts. So it kept the free-form nature but didn't just drift away. I was surprised at how effective it was live. BTW, that bit of noise at the end wasn't on the original album (although the sounds at the beginning were).
It's worth hearing this lineup (which lasted just under a year, Jan-Dec 1969) live, as they were much more aggressive. The only readily available live album, Epitaph, has some BBC tracks (which aren't really live), a few tracks from the Fillmore East shows (which are amazing), and then more tracks from their last gig at the Fillmore West, which have the best sound quality but the weakest performances. There were originally two more discs to Epitaph that you could mail order, with shows from Plumpton and Chesterfield which are much stronger performances but much rougher sound quality. Plumpton has an amazing Court, and Chesterfield has a fantastic improv section in Get Thy Bearings (a cover song they used to perform regularly).
Track 4 was an attempt at doing a genre called free improvisation. There are artists like Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley and Evan Parker who have made entire careers out of that kind of style, it’s not for everyone and I don’t listen to it a lot but when it’s done well it can take you to places no other music can
I enjoyed your commentary. It's great to see the first reaction of one so young, it takes me back to my own first recon to the album. I'm impressed by how own minded and persistent you were. Keep up the good work!
Moonchild; Imaging being on the quiet airless moon, and there is a moon pixie skipping in and out…,you gotta be in that very chill space with blacklight posters.
Good to see a younger person checking out King Crimson! In fact they havs a compilation album called " The Young Persons Guide to King Crimson" which was my first Crim album I ever bought in the early 80's. It covers songs from this album through "Red"
@@parrott4634 Well I never heard of it lol I never said young people heard King Crimson because of the Young Persons Guide, only stated that it exists and it was my first KC album.
Welcome to the world of the mighty Crim! Your reactions were much the same as us who were the audience fur its initial release in 1969! They woke the whole music world up! Yes, the vocalist was the same on all tracks, including the Schizoid Man. It was Greg Lake who went on, together with Keith Emerson & Carl Palmer to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He has been described as having the voice of an angel. It's definitely an album of massive contrasts. Their entire band career has continued to be one of contrasts, and you may be even more astonished by their later albums. For me, the down track is Moonchild simply because it's too long, and meanders, as you said, through just messing about on their various instruments, even though it has some cool moments. They were one of only three bands using the mellotron at the tape looped orchestral lines. The other two were The Beatles (notably on Strawberry Fields Forever, but that was in the studio, whereas Crim took it in tour) and The Moody Blues. Interestingly, Crim weren't on to sell it to Genesis. The night Crim has continued to be a band of contrasts, and you may be even more astonished if you listened to one of their more recent albums which were very much pioneers of grunge. In particular, give Thrak a try.
Very nice reaction! You might be interested in checking out Frank Zappa's "Hot Rats" which came out the same year as this one. Somehow King Crimson and Frank Zappa are really connected to me: they (especially Fripp vs. Zappa) are deeply opposite in some ways, but are also very similar in how they are constantly doing new and interesting things that are still very melodic.
I was 15 when King Crimson's album hit the States. My friends were pretty advanced musically. Loved the first Black Sabbath album, Zep I and II, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, ELP, Bowie, et al. Buying albums and going to concerts. A great time to be young.
King Crimson - In The Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, Islands, Red, Discipline Beatles - Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgn.Pelpper Lonely Hearts Club Band, White album, Abbey Road, Let it be Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, A Saucerful of secrets, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Relics, Dark Side of The Moon, Wish you were here, Animals, The Wall, A momentary lapse of reason, Division bell Jimi Hendrix - Are you experienced?, Axis Bold as love, Electric Ladyland, Band of Gypsys Frank Zappa - Freak out, Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo, Waka Jawaka, Roxy and Elsewhere, Apostrophe, Yellow Shark The Doors - The Doors, Strange days, Waiting for the sun, The soft parade, Morrison hotel, LA Woman Janis Joplin - Kozmic blues, Pearl Miles Davis - Kind of blue, Sketches of Spain, Bitches Brew, Tribute to Jack Johnson John Coltrane - My favourite things, Africa Brass Soft Machine 7 Brekout - Na drugim brzegu tęczy, Blues Czesław Niemen - Dziwny jest ten świat, Niemen Enigmatic Marek Grechuta - Anawa, Korowód Maanam - Night patrol (Nocny patrol) Krzysztof Komeda - Astigmatic Nirvana - Nevermind, In Utero Bjork - Debut, Post, Homogenic Portishead - Dummy, Portishead Amy Winehouse - Frank, Back to black
Some say Prog started with Pepper. Days of Future Past. Those records have some Roots. But really this was the one. Why ? Because no one played like them. The record today is still powerful . From that Cover to the Music. That record was a one off. At Hyde Park. They blew everyone away. Including the Stones. One of the most important records in Music History. Music has many elements. From Jazz Fusion to Metal To Folk and Expermental. That record stands the test of time.
@Joseph Scott I agree we disagree somewhat. The Doors THE END is Monumental. It's almost like Velvet Undergrounds HEROINE. Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Steve Howe , David Gilmour mention Stg. Pepper as a Doorway to Prog. Frank Zappa early Mothers as well. In Pepper there were tape loops, Backwards Guitar. A Day in the Life that Buildup towards the end was very progressive. Actually I personally feel it Started with Tommorow Never Knows. On Revolver. We're the BEATLES a purely Prog. No they weren't. They did everything. That first Doors record was there Best. I grew up during that while period. Nothing like it. When KING CRIMSON came out. They turned everything upside down. That first record is a One Off.
the drums on 21st Century Schizoid Man are amazing.. I am not an expert in prog music, I only know some albums by king crimson (not all), some by camel, pink floyd, some of my country (im from argentina) and many others by prog metal bands. But this is one of my favorites cool reaction
This pivotal album in the history of complex rock music never ages and it defies every genre. Truly one of a kind, even within the group´s output. They stil play some of its tracks live for a reason. It is of such brilliance than it typically hooks anybody of any age and musical taste. (except some mainstream genres I dare not name) And, of course, it has been an inspiration for many brilliant bands since it came out.
Recommend listening to "Pawn Hearts" by Van der Graaf Generator -it is a darker more heartfelt journey than even "21st Century Schizoid Man". While "Epitaph" from " In the Court of Crimson King" personally feel is the best prog track of all time. With "Supper's Ready" from the "Foxtrot" album by Genesis a close second. then Pawn Hearts ...happy listening.
Moonchild is basically a two part concoction with the the three minute vocal tune at the beginning segueing into the instrumental jam that goes on til the end. The tune part is nice, but the jam does go on a bit too long. King Crimson did do the jamming thing better on later albums.
After their second album 'In the Wake of Poseidon' the lead singer Greg Lake, went on to fame with Emerson, Lake & Palmer. On their 1974 live triple album 'Ladies and Gentlemen: Emerson, Lake & Palmer', at the end of their epic piece 'Tarkus', he plays a small but beautiful nod to his Crimson days with a little bit of 'Epitaph'.
King Crimson would have rivaled Pink Floyd as the most important group of the 1970s if they hadn't lost Greg Lake (vocals and bass) and Michael Giles (Drums) after only two albums. It took a few more crucial albums at a crucial time for their development before they positioned themselves squarely as the hardest and darkest pioneers of progressive rock with Lark's Tongues in Aspic,(1973) Starless and Bible Black,(1974) and then what many consider to be the 'other' two classics, 'Red' from 1974 and then their jaw-dropping comeback release 'Discipline' in 1980.
"This track is just fuckin' w/me at this point. Like: what is happening?" "I'm gonna cry right now." "Should I raise the volume?" "No, not the train...thank you, God!" Hey, fun reactions. This album is a grower, so enjoy...
i HOPE YOU do some more Crimson discs, very entertaining, you had me laughing my tits off during your critique of Moonchild. Listen / critique Starless and Bible Black , my personal favourite, and maybe RED . Funny
Nice reaction, im a very big King crimson fan. I have an album reccomendation for you. santana-caravanserai. Its some of the best jazz rock you will ever hear, very underrated album, its a 11/10 album.
Yes Stephen King took from this for his multi verse . This is just the opening Chapter of King Crimson . Many geniuses/ virtuosos did time with this brilliant band !
If you want some more progressive Rock Suggestions Jethro Tulls Thick as a Brick and Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway there both long but thats the beauty of progressive Rock that its like a meal for the senses unlike most mordern music is like a sandwich.
I Talk to the Wind is sort of a filler. A lot of spacey jazz. It lulls you into a meditative state before the title track kicks yer ass. Back in the day we'd be stoned, so it worked. If not stoned, skip track 4.
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King Crimson are the truth. Next to The Beatles and RUSH they are arguably one of the most influential rock bands of all time. And this is a band that ONLY got better with each subsequent album. This was back when musicians were godlike virtuosos and played well beyond human capability. Good for you for discovering them. Enjoy! And Kanye is a child compared to the mighty Crimso
Sad you skipped most of "In The Court Of The Crimson KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!" parts. Also, I was expecting "A Man A City". But that's live.
one of the most important albums in the history of rock. This record from 1969 opened new trends in music. They came out of nowhere, played for the first time before Rolling Stones in Hyde Park and everyone's jaws dropped. Before that, everyone was obsessed with The Beatles. If it wasn't for this album, there would be no bands like Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP, Genesis, Camel, Rush etc.
Pink Floyd aside absolutely correct, although Yes had been formed they had little impact to this point. PF were formed earlier and had an impact on King Crimson, although the album itself had some impact on later PF.
@Gerhardium eh. Pf on the early years created music based on the beatles. Then they nearly created psychedelic music. But Kc was way ahead this. After they had live before rolling stones in Hyde Park then PF recorded Atom. And that was the first PF prog rock. Of course the first prog rock album was the beatles Sgt pepper. But it wasn't so complex such as In THE COURT. Jon Anderson Watched this live at Hyde Park and he said to Squire that they must more practice. And Genesis story was similar. If you listen from genesis to revelation you hear the beatles.
very well said@@Gerhardium
@@jareczek1980 so saucerful of secrets wasn't prog then?
@@joeking5310 tricky question. In those times nobody use "prog" genre. But nowadays i use this genre to all music from 60' till late 80'. But this is my opinion. If you asking official genre that was psychodelic rock. But those frame for me is meaningless
"That track made me feel like a princess running through a field of flowers." 🤣👌 This is so hilarious yet accurate.
I picture Buffalo 66 when they play KC in the bowling alley tap dancing to ITCOTCK :)
More like a field of poppies
@@ggaworowski finally someone said it
21st century is one of my favourite songs ever written, and I've been listening to it for a lonnnnng time, but I don't know I can ever get the image of a dog chasing it's own tail out of my head when I listen to it now. Amazing.
King Crimson was always experimental. Most people I know skip passed "Moonchild" unless they are in a certain frame of mind. I like its contrast to the rest of the album. The singer is Greg Lake who shortly after this helped form Emerson,Lake and Palmer. You need them in your life! Interesting note about "Moonchild". It was novel written by Aleister Crowley an occultist in the early 20th Century, about trying to create a female human (an homunculus) using sorcery. Good reaction. Keep going!
Greg Lake's Prog credentials are impeKCable
Wasn't it moonchild that Robert went back to cut out a huge chunk of music out because he felt like it was too much nonsense?
@@punker-gamer-trucker-guy Moonchild was definately out there and takes a certain frame of mind to listen to.
Actually my favourite king crimson track is epitaph as it's the saddest piece of music ever written.
It WAS the saddest until Steven Wilson's Routine. Second saddest song since then.
starless
@@trapitogamer999pro4 Starless is my favorite track from King Crimson, the instrumental perfectly fits the story and emotion of the lyrics
@@spenorr trueee, and also fits the motif of the album pretty well¡¡¡
I was 18 when this album came out. This was totally a stoner album. I remember toking some hashish and laying on the carpet and listening with headphones.
God you’re getting on a bit mate
I was 10, and as yet untouched by any substances. Believe me, still just as mind-blowing.
@@derk48670!! Woah
Ha! Another convert! Dude, I loved your honest reactions. King Crimson somehow got into my brain when I was in high school - I'm 60 now - and they've grown like a beautiful flower ever since. They're a special band, unusual in every way and you picked up on that instantly. Do listen to them again.. The music may not explain itself to you but your appreciation of their creativity will deepen for sure. You absolutely got it when you said they are less of a band and more of an art project. Robert Fripp, whose band this is, has said as much!
Thank you man I appreciate that. Definitely love this album.
@Smags Wait until you see how they completely changed (after a hiatus) and came back with a totally different (but still incredible) sound in the 80's with the Discipline album. It's mind blowing.
@@neonpark1874 Heavy jazz in the 70s with John Wetton and then Math rock in the 80s. Gotta be one of the most innovative bands ever.
Moonchild is free improvisation. You should go back to Pink Floyd's first album to hear a more aggressive version of this idea in Interstellar Overdrive. A lot of groups did this and Charlie Watts was a huge fan of freely improvised music.
Wow Kudos for the connection from here to PF's Interstellar Overdrive - that's another gem!
I heard 21st Century Schizoid Man on the radio in October 1969. As soon as I could, I bought the album. I was hooked at the start. The album wasn't the first of its kind, but it was a breakthrough in terms of production, popularity and influence. It was a game changer.
You can't name a 12 minute song? You need to be exposed to a lot more, I think.
Congrats on giving it a try. Most rock fans and critics alike view this record as ground-breaking and influential. Greg Lake's vocals are considered tops in rock music. I didn't like this album so much in my youth because I guess I was not really a jazz fan, and I didn't even know really what jazz was. It's a bit experimental and a lot psychedelic. It's worth listening whether you listen again or not.
So, ya gotta think about the time period when this album came out... the Beatles and Stones had just moved through and had broken Rock and rebuilt it. FM radio was just in its infancy, and considered "underground". Then this happens. I would spend some nights as a highschool junior, late after working a part time job, laying in the living room floor in front of one of the first stereo cabinet radio/turntables... listening softly to this (after all, it was 2am), falling asleep to King Crimson. My parents thought I was going to Hell, especially after seeing the album cover.
Regarding track 4- you’re right, they were just messing around. Improvisation has always been a huge aspect of King Crimson, but it’s something they would get much better at as time went on (this was their first album). I recommend their Red and Discipline albums.
Most amazing thing is that this album was released in 1969, they were so ahead of their time.
1:05 Amazing reaction 😆
Hello from u.k.
I’m 66 now, cut my teeth on this album at 14 yrs old!
Bought everything by them since.
Keep going back to this and the early stuff!
This is so out there for the time, masterpiece!
Take care.
Welcome to prog rock dude! Get ready to be consistently mind-blown with each listen.
I'd love to see a reaction to Genesis "Selling England by the Pound". I think you'd really like it (as well as other Genesis albums)!
Larks tongue in aspic is one of their best albums, then you have their stuff from the 80s starting with Discipline which has a totally different energy. Well worth a listen
Wetton era 72-74 💕💕💕
I like Red better than Larks tongues and aspics but that's just my personal preference
At a live show by the first incarnation of King Crimson in 1969 (before the first record had been released ) - a young Bill Bruford - then the very talented drummer with an up & coming band called YES - was so blown away by KC's live show - that he wanted nothing more than to be in that band - and by the summer of 1972 when YES were becoming an international superstar group - Bruford did just that - quitting YES and joining KC - much to the astonishment of his bandmates in YES ..
Moonchild was written (song part) / improvised (quiet part) in the studio when the band didn't think any of the other songs from their live set were strong enough. The band improvised a lot, but usually not that soft and, well, noodle-y. Ian McDonald (sax/fute/clarinet/bass clarinet/keyboards) found a vibraphone somewhere in the studio and played that with Robert Fripp and Michael Giles playing their usual instruments (guitar and drums, respectively). Bassist/vocalist Greg Lake sat that part out. It's definitely an acquired taste and I used to skip it a lot. I've come to enjoy it because most of it is rather nice, and then when The Court of the Crimson King comes in it has such a huge impact.
The most recent version of the album edits Moonchild down to 9 minutes, as Fripp (who had long been the only remaining founding member) decided it was excessive. It wasn't played live until 2017, when they played the song part followed by bassist Tony Levin improvising a bit on electric upright bass (usually no more than 2 minutes), and then drummer/keyboardist Jeremy Stacey improvising on the piano, again only for a short while. Later on, Fripp would improvise on guitar for a bit between Levin and Stacey's parts. So it kept the free-form nature but didn't just drift away. I was surprised at how effective it was live.
BTW, that bit of noise at the end wasn't on the original album (although the sounds at the beginning were).
It's worth hearing this lineup (which lasted just under a year, Jan-Dec 1969) live, as they were much more aggressive. The only readily available live album, Epitaph, has some BBC tracks (which aren't really live), a few tracks from the Fillmore East shows (which are amazing), and then more tracks from their last gig at the Fillmore West, which have the best sound quality but the weakest performances. There were originally two more discs to Epitaph that you could mail order, with shows from Plumpton and Chesterfield which are much stronger performances but much rougher sound quality. Plumpton has an amazing Court, and Chesterfield has a fantastic improv section in Get Thy Bearings (a cover song they used to perform regularly).
I like the hoodie effect... trippy.
“Squidward gotta relax” killed me
your faces at 1:07-1:09 when you realized its the kanye sample is so funny lmfao
also review in the wake of poseidon pls
Track 4 was an attempt at doing a genre called free improvisation. There are artists like Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley and Evan Parker who have made entire careers out of that kind of style, it’s not for everyone and I don’t listen to it a lot but when it’s done well it can take you to places no other music can
I just love that actually hear the entire album of an band you don't even know. And I really appreciate that. Thank you. I enjoy your reactions.
I enjoyed your commentary. It's great to see the first reaction of one so young, it takes me back to my own first recon to the album.
I'm impressed by how own minded and persistent you were. Keep up the good work!
One of the very best albums ever created. hard to believe this was released in 1969. And welcome to Progressive rock, it is fascinating journey!
Epitaph = epic. Those words 💕
Moonchild; Imaging being on the quiet airless moon, and there is a moon pixie skipping in and out…,you gotta be in that very chill space with blacklight posters.
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This is one of the most legendary albums of all time for a reason. ;)
Great reaction to a hole album. Keep it up
Right, I look forward to more great reactions like these. 🎉
Holeheartedly agree, he eight this up!😋🍽
Good to see a younger person checking out King Crimson! In fact they havs a compilation album called " The Young Persons Guide to King Crimson" which was my first Crim album I ever bought in the early 80's. It covers songs from this album through "Red"
A lot of younger people have gotten more into it because of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
@@parrott4634 is that a movie?
@@ManikMekanik it’s a show on Netflix
@@parrott4634 Well I never heard of it lol I never said young people heard King Crimson because of the Young Persons Guide, only stated that it exists and it was my first KC album.
Welcome to the world of the mighty Crim! Your reactions were much the same as us who were the audience fur its initial release in 1969! They woke the whole music world up!
Yes, the vocalist was the same on all tracks, including the Schizoid Man. It was Greg Lake who went on, together with Keith Emerson & Carl Palmer to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He has been described as having the voice of an angel.
It's definitely an album of massive contrasts. Their entire band career has continued to be one of contrasts, and you may be even more astonished by their later albums. For me, the down track is Moonchild simply because it's too long, and meanders, as you said, through just messing about on their various instruments, even though it has some cool moments.
They were one of only three bands using the mellotron at the tape looped orchestral lines. The other two were The Beatles (notably on Strawberry Fields Forever, but that was in the studio, whereas Crim took it in tour) and The Moody Blues. Interestingly, Crim weren't on to sell it to Genesis.
The night Crim has continued to be a band of contrasts, and you may be even more astonished if you listened to one of their more recent albums which were very much pioneers of grunge. In particular, give Thrak a try.
One of the greatest songs of all time
“Cartoon Police Chase” greatest sentence of the video😂
Try King Crimson Red. So ahead of its time.
i love the improv section of Moonchild
and Moonchild in general
Very nice reaction! You might be interested in checking out Frank Zappa's "Hot Rats" which came out the same year as this one. Somehow King Crimson and Frank Zappa are really connected to me: they (especially Fripp vs. Zappa) are deeply opposite in some ways, but are also very similar in how they are constantly doing new and interesting things that are still very melodic.
I was 15 when King Crimson's album hit the States. My friends were pretty advanced musically. Loved the first Black Sabbath album, Zep I and II, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, ELP, Bowie, et al. Buying albums and going to concerts. A great time to be young.
I love this album! You gotta do Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, or The Wall next
King Crimson - In The Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, Islands, Red, Discipline
Beatles - Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgn.Pelpper Lonely Hearts Club Band, White album, Abbey Road, Let it be
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, A Saucerful of secrets, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Relics, Dark Side of The Moon, Wish you were here, Animals, The Wall, A momentary lapse of reason, Division bell
Jimi Hendrix - Are you experienced?, Axis Bold as love, Electric Ladyland, Band of Gypsys
Frank Zappa - Freak out, Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo, Waka Jawaka, Roxy and Elsewhere, Apostrophe, Yellow Shark
The Doors - The Doors, Strange days, Waiting for the sun, The soft parade, Morrison hotel, LA Woman
Janis Joplin - Kozmic blues, Pearl
Miles Davis - Kind of blue, Sketches of Spain, Bitches Brew, Tribute to Jack Johnson
John Coltrane - My favourite things, Africa Brass
Soft Machine 7
Brekout - Na drugim brzegu tęczy, Blues
Czesław Niemen - Dziwny jest ten świat, Niemen Enigmatic
Marek Grechuta - Anawa, Korowód
Maanam - Night patrol (Nocny patrol)
Krzysztof Komeda - Astigmatic
Nirvana - Nevermind, In Utero
Bjork - Debut, Post, Homogenic
Portishead - Dummy, Portishead
Amy Winehouse - Frank, Back to black
You really Snuck rubber soul and HELP😅 in there instead of THE WHITE ALBUM AND ABBEY ROAD!!!
Some say Prog started with Pepper.
Days of Future Past.
Those records have some Roots.
But really this was the one.
Why ?
Because no one played like them.
The record today is still powerful .
From that Cover to the Music.
That record was a one off.
At Hyde Park.
They blew everyone away.
Including the Stones.
One of the most important records in Music History.
Music has many elements.
From Jazz Fusion to Metal
To Folk and Expermental.
That record stands the test of time.
The Beatles didn't make any prog. The Doors' "The End," recorded in 1966, is closer to prog.
@Joseph Scott I agree we disagree somewhat.
The Doors THE END is Monumental.
It's almost like Velvet Undergrounds
HEROINE.
Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Steve Howe , David Gilmour mention Stg. Pepper as a Doorway to Prog.
Frank Zappa early Mothers as well.
In Pepper there were tape loops, Backwards Guitar.
A Day in the Life that Buildup towards the end was very progressive.
Actually I personally feel it Started with Tommorow Never Knows.
On Revolver.
We're the BEATLES a purely Prog.
No they weren't.
They did everything.
That first Doors record was there Best.
I grew up during that while period.
Nothing like it.
When KING CRIMSON came out.
They turned everything upside down.
That first record is a One Off.
@@JosephScott-ct9sw They're definitely proto prog if not prog
Days Of Future Passed is the proto prog@@akshayhere
@@daghetto101 Sure. Both can be true.
1:07 me when a wizard casts a spell that steals all my money and I look in my wallet
Only one of the guys in the photo, Robert Fripp - guitarist - played on this album. They were from a later incarnation.
Okay that explains it, I was so confusing trying to see which one was Greg Lake lmaoo
Stoner from the 70s here. If you're willing, I've got some thoughts. Yes, Return to Forever, Weather Report, Yes...
Gotta album for you. “PLEASE RECONNECT CONTROLLER.” ROMderful
the drums on 21st Century Schizoid Man are amazing..
I am not an expert in prog music, I only know some albums by king crimson (not all), some by camel, pink floyd, some of my country (im from argentina) and many others by prog metal bands. But this is one of my favorites
cool reaction
Argentinian has some fantastic prog though. Aquelarre is so good, La Maquina De Hacer Pajaros is incredible.
This pivotal album in the history of complex rock music never ages and it defies every genre. Truly one of a kind, even within the group´s output. They stil play some of its tracks live for a reason. It is of such brilliance than it typically hooks anybody of any age and musical taste. (except some mainstream genres I dare not name) And, of course, it has been an inspiration for many brilliant bands since it came out.
Have you done either Brian Enzo’s early solo albums? Here come the warm jets and taking tiger mountain by strategy are both excellent
Absolute banger
This album is great! The next one, In The Wake of Poseidon is good too.
This band is worth a deep dive for sure!!! Every lineup brought a new dynamic to their sound.
9:23 my two braincells communicating
Robert fripp still mad as a box of frogs.
This superior conceptual album that ushered in a whole new era of music!
Recommend listening to "Pawn Hearts" by Van der Graaf Generator -it is a darker more heartfelt journey than even "21st Century Schizoid Man". While "Epitaph" from " In the Court of Crimson King" personally feel is the best prog track of all time. With "Supper's Ready" from the "Foxtrot" album by Genesis a close second. then Pawn Hearts ...happy listening.
second this so hard, this or The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other, phenomenal records
I love King Crimson. I hope somebody somewhere gets something out of this video.
The first truly prog rock album. The use of mellotron and primitive synth was amazing.
Moonchild is basically a two part concoction with the the three minute vocal tune at the beginning segueing into the instrumental jam that goes on til the end. The tune part is nice, but the jam does go on a bit too long. King Crimson did do the jamming thing better on later albums.
Try red by the same band
Getting to that very soon
Look up the lyrics to epitaph, you will know what the lyrics mean.
Moonchild is best listened to stoned, with friends. :) The twiddley tweedles do go on, but it does come back around... I get lost in it.
Dude.... This is Prog Rock Jazz.
After their second album 'In the Wake of Poseidon' the lead singer Greg Lake, went on to fame with Emerson, Lake & Palmer. On their 1974 live triple album 'Ladies and Gentlemen: Emerson, Lake & Palmer', at the end of their epic piece 'Tarkus', he plays a small but beautiful nod to his Crimson days with a little bit of 'Epitaph'.
King Crimson would have rivaled Pink Floyd as the most important group of the 1970s if they hadn't lost Greg Lake (vocals and bass) and Michael Giles (Drums) after only two albums. It took a few more crucial albums at a crucial time for their development before they positioned themselves squarely as the hardest and darkest pioneers of progressive rock with Lark's Tongues in Aspic,(1973) Starless and Bible Black,(1974) and then what many consider to be the 'other' two classics, 'Red' from 1974 and then their jaw-dropping comeback release 'Discipline' in 1980.
would’ve been the absolute greatest rivalry
I'm 71 and really enjoy this album, and think of it.... they wrote this in a house without wearing (how do you say?) some gangsta hoodie. 😂
One of the originators of Prog Rock, yet others point here for the birth of Metal.
That "clarinet" is a flute
Damn I figured
You should definitely give "Close to the Edge" by Yes a listen.
"This track is just fuckin' w/me at this point. Like: what is happening?"
"I'm gonna cry right now."
"Should I raise the volume?"
"No, not the train...thank you, God!"
Hey, fun reactions. This album is a grower, so enjoy...
Moonchild it's just ASMR for Musicians
Twenty first century schizoid man🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣
Moonchild is easily my favorite song on the album.
I feel like you'd love the composer Edgard Varese
@@oskar3897 👀👀👀 i’m interested
Well Kanye did get Fripp's permission to play a few seconds of King Crimson.
i HOPE YOU do some more Crimson discs, very entertaining, you had me laughing my tits off during your critique of Moonchild. Listen / critique Starless and Bible Black , my personal favourite, and maybe RED . Funny
I was a King crimson Head Back when I was 16, 1970 . Most excellent progressive rock
You have to react to Morrissey - Vauxhaull and I album it's very good
Nice reaction, im a very big King crimson fan. I have an album reccomendation for you. santana-caravanserai. Its some of the best jazz rock you will ever hear, very underrated album, its a 11/10 album.
And the title song is the crown jewel. It got a lot of airplay back in the day.
The first song i played diablo with a long time ago, great album
Yes, the lead vocalist on all the tracks is Greg Lake. He would leave the band and form a new band called Emerson, Lake & Palmer..
The last 10 minutes of Moonchild are what is called "Frippertronics", as in Robert Fripp, the lead guitarist.
No, it is not Frippertronics just improv. Frippertronics included the use of tape looping…
@@ynotbmale5218 You are right. It reminded me or Frippertronics.
Fripp added lots to music… Check out “Heavenly Musical Corporation” for Frippertronics. 😁
Insane album. It's aged so well
12:02 bro this shit is so funny
12:31. they are like "Psych!"
All Hail The King
Great reaction!
I painted the album cover. Red blue and white only colors.
Yes Stephen King took from this for his multi verse . This is just the opening Chapter of King Crimson . Many geniuses/ virtuosos did time with this brilliant band !
If you want some more progressive Rock Suggestions Jethro Tulls Thick as a Brick and Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway there both long but thats the beauty of progressive Rock that its like a meal for the senses unlike most mordern music is like a sandwich.
I Talk to the Wind is sort of a filler. A lot of spacey jazz. It lulls you into a meditative state before the title track kicks yer ass. Back in the day we'd be stoned, so it worked. If not stoned, skip track 4.
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King Crimson are the truth. Next to The Beatles and RUSH they are arguably one of the most influential rock bands of all time. And this is a band that ONLY got better with each subsequent album. This was back when musicians were godlike virtuosos and played well beyond human capability. Good for you for discovering them. Enjoy!
And Kanye is a child compared to the mighty Crimso
4:59 🤨📸
Sad you skipped most of "In The Court Of The Crimson KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!" parts.
Also, I was expecting "A Man A City". But that's live.
Moonchild is kind of boring, but if you think about it it's actually the perfect track to come before TCOTCK. The whole track is a build-up.
Read "Lucky Man: The Autobiography of Greg Lake." (He's the vocalist.) He takes you back to the creation of this album. It's excellent.
These trumpets 2:03 ???........It's a sax.
Now do Selling England by the Pound, by Genesis.
Prog Rock rules!!!
Ah, the young generation. No appreciation for psychedelia and free-form. ;-)