@@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 ?
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”
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.
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
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
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. . . . . . .
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?
[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 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.
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.
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.
People come here for two reasons: They either love King Crimson or they love King Crimson. I personally love King Crimson but soon enough I also became a fan of King Crimson.
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.
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. 🤘🎶
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.
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 !
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.
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'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
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.
It’s like a year 2021 anthem . Uncanny . Confusion will be my epitaph As I crawl the cracked and broken path And if we make it we can all sit back and laugh But I fear tomorrow I” ll be crying And I fear tomorrow I”ll be dying Think that’s how it goes . One of my favorite albums as a kid .love King Crimson
it's not like a 2021 anthem, it's far more that, the whole point of the song is supposed to be that never will ever get better so i don't see why you'd think it's uncanny that it fits our current times
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...
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 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.
@@haharmageddontv6581 Judging by my like... hour of trying to understand King Crimson's ability thus making me a doctor in the physics of time I concur that people are made to forget the time as they move blindly towards their fate. This is proven by the fact that 1+1=3
@@haharmageddontv6581 it’s kind of like editing, you cut out a piece of a video and the people who watched it don’t know that the deleted part existed.
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.
