King Crimson - Elephant Talk 

I can pitcure Les Claypool's eyes wide open back in the day after watching Tony

Belew and Tony Levin automatically elevate anything they're involved in. Massive talents.

After all these year's, it still sound like something from the future. Perfect music.

Adrian Belew makes it seem effortless. Incredible.

I could watch anything with Adrian Belew in, you can see what a buzz he gets every time he's on stage. My favourite version of King Crimson

I’m amazed knowing Adrian and Tony are making Beat band to play the 80s Crimson music with Vai and Danny Carey.

Probably the most under rated band of craftsmen ever. Love the David Byrne theme.

Adrian Belew spent too much time around David Byrne and gave this elusive delivery 😂👏

Who is listening to King Crimson today July 27, 2024? Best concert ever…. First time seeing them was at the HORDE Festival in Nashville Tn. Awesome!

Pretty sure this is the inspiration for Jerry was a race car driver. Les is a huge king crimson fan so it stands to reason

This is without doubt musicianship of the highest order, it's as simple as that. I am personally still amazed by it after 30 years

Adrian is one of the best to do it! Massively underrated front man

I remember the look of horror and confusion on my ex's face for much of her first Crimson concert, then they played this and she started to dance, and her eyes were wide open to new possibilities :)

OMG. Fripp's precision geometric articulation is the perfect foil to Belew's chaotic stretchy fantabulation. Magic.

I wish I could like this a million times. KC has always been challenging and rewarding, but in the Discipline years, KC was also *fun*. (Maybe not always up on stage, but it sure was in the audience.) Seeing them on the Discipline, Beat, and 3PP tours is a cherished memory.

Amazing sound quality, Tony's Stick pops perfectly. Not often you get live engineering this good.

Adrian oozes geniality and happiness it's fucking contagious! Even Robert is having a blast

Adrian Belew always looks so dam Happy! This is a great track.

In-bloody-credible! Snare sound classic Bill. Belew... in-bloody-sane !!!

Im mag belew, sein tanzen beim spiele..levin elegant mit seinem stick, bruford henialer drummer, fripp danke❤❤❤❤❤

Bill is such a great drummer. Doesn’t flail away but keeps that solid beat in this amazing crazy song.

I was 16 when I bought this album (from my hard-earned money working as a supermarket assistant). I did that based on a favorable review in some magazine, and a desire to widen my musical horizon. In my 'circles' it wasn't normal back then to buy King Crimson albums, but I just thought 'What the heck' and shelled out the cash. Boy, was I happy when I got home, my parents weren't there, and I could play the music as loud as I could stomach. It sounds funny, but I felt 'proud' to have gotten this music into my life. So I made a cassette tape and took it up to school. We had a cantina where we could play our own music on Friday afternoons. I pushed 'play', 'Elephant Talk came up', and right away I saw the most beautiful girl of the school get up and dance, with movements that made me weak in the knees. I took that moment as a reward for having had the guts to delve into King Crimson. A moment to never forget.

When the mustachioed bald dude with a crazy instrument gets in his stance, get ready for the funk!!!

It seams like this was a huge inspiration for Primus and is still inspiring bands like Black MIDI today! Great!

Belew was happy with himself and the world, yes 🤔😁. Impossible not to smile all the time.

I can't help feeling that Belew is rather underrated. This performance was just friggin dynamite! Crimson in a purple patch!

“Vibrant” is the word. “Cooking” is also good.

I first fell in admiration with Bill Bruford's drumming listening to early Yes albums. Such a drive and swing... Uncommon in rock in general - I heard.

if talking heads and primus were a band it would be named king crimson

Elephant Talk sounds like it could have been a song from Talking Heads 1980's album Remain in Light. The influence is evident considering that Belew was part of the band on that album. Greetings from Argentina

A very complex and hard to play song but at the same time very funny and asking you to dance...yes, to dance. Brilliant music that I never get tired of listenning.

This classic 80's King Crimson albums came out while in highschool. You were the ultimate music geek of you bought those albums.

Such a crisp propulsive performance all round, nice recording too. Take care and thanks again for all these wonderful years of entertainment and thought provoking and visceral music too!

Just another great episode in King Crimson history. God bless Bill Bruford & the boys.

My 2nd song by these guys....holy sh*t this is just unreal! Absolutely hooked!

His energy is infectious. G’dman!!!

I was very lucky to get to play drums on this with Adrian, Tony, and Pat! Life on the road must have been fun with them! They have all kinds of road stories and jokes! Plus they are some of the nicest guys out there!

If only pop music had gone down this road instead of the one it did take. But then, these guys are uniquely talented, so... Still great to this day!

I've never believed the doom-and-gloom stuff. Certainly Mr. Fripp can be very serious indeed, but I don't think you or Belew or Tony Levin would even have joined the band in the first place, if being in it felt like a German expressionist film--let alone *stayed* in the band and made so much amazing music together. Speaking of which: Thank you for sharing this excellent performance.

Bang on! Light years ahead of Radiohead. Mind bending facts: You suspended your supersonic powers for the magic of this song. Belew outshined Fripp. Never knew he was the combo of conceptual lyrical prowess, singing and mental guitar tones and chops. Thanks for sharing!

What an amazing spectacle. My wife is a concert pianist and cannot handle dissonance. (It makes her angry) - So, I’ll just consume this alone. So amazing.

I’m not sure newer generations realize just where Adrian came from. He and his cousin Rob Fetters came up in Cincinnati / northern Kentucky. Adrian was discovered by Zappa playing with his cover band in Nashville in the 70’s. He moved back to Nashville some years ago and KC has rehearsed there. Adrian is a wonderful person - generous and kind. He actually came to an art show I had downtown (2015/16?). We talked for over an hour about music, art and music city. I’ve been a fan since 1980.

Love this song and lineup of KC. I wish I could have seen them live. What a treat this video is.

This album turned my musical life arounf!!!!

this was monstrously good, what a great performance, this is really one of their tightest live vids I think

I was a bellman at the Phister hotel (Milwaukee’s only five star hotel) in the 90’s and met these guys when they checked in. Super friendly and they left 6 tickets for me to hand out to whomever I chose.I took a group of my friends and we had a blast. Long live KC. Oh yeah

It's all so absurdly pleasant... one can only grin ear to ear listening to it. Cheers

This is a great piece, I've been listening to it for 40 years now and the emotions haven't changed !!

La vuelta de King Crimson en los 80' fue a lo King Crimson. Totalmente renovados, con excelente nivel y no como otras bandas que volvieron para dar lástima.

I went to the KC concert in Atlanta in 1981 (?), but the club was so crowded I couldn’t see a freakin thing. Glad you posted this vid I can see what I missed after all these years.

Love how Fripp just looks like your accountant.

I saw you guys in 82 in Ann Arbor @ The Second Chance. My life changed. (for the better and thank you)

Great song and fantastic performance. Thanks for posting!

This music is advanced magic......🤔I was always amazed by Mr. Belew's generous smile...as if the audience was understanding him. As if the message was so easy to digest.

they are the best of the best....I´m just over 50, I started listening King Crimson at he age of 15...amazing musicians

Bellew is just amazing! And of course, in this song you can hear something from Zappa, with whom Belew actively collaborated. Fripp did not fail when he attracted the Americans - Bellew-Levin, to his new line-up, rather, he acquired a lot of interesting and new things.

Man this era of King Crimson is so underrated

Peak 80s Crim right there. The sonic synchronicity is incredible. Still. Thank God Peter Gabriel let T-Lev out on a break now and then. As Sid Smith put it for the Crim liner notes if the era, Fripp knew he needed Bill.

Elephant Talk is one of my favorite number of King Crimson.

Frippin’ marvellous

I saw this a month before in Boston ‘84. I was so excited to get a bootleg VHS tape of this years ago. Definitely one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, out if hundreds!

What a great portrait of "the Twang Bar King" as FZ called him! I admit that the days with Adrian are my most favorite KC, especially with Bill!

I experienced the joy of having the 18 year old son of a dear friend play this for me in the car while we were waiting for the rest of the group just last summer. I sang along. He's a big fan. So surprised.

Amazing live performance. And the song is weirdly catchy.

This is the best version out there.

He's such a treat to watch, I've seen him front row twice and he's truly enjoying everything he's doing and is such a down to earth guy, and you just can't go wrong with a Parker Fly

Thank you for the music. I came to Yes and King Crimson late, after being introduced to Remain in Light in a high school music class and discovering Frank Zappa through Sheik Yerbouti...it was perhaps 1991 before I connected the dots, but Three of a Perfect Pair had a real familiar sound and feel to it, so I started asking questions. I'll always be glad I did. Thank you!

I adore KC. This lineup is unsurpassed. If I may, I last saw them in 2021 in Los Angeles, and while it was spectacular, (Fripp and Levin!) the three incredible drummers onstage that night could not fill the shoes of Mr. Bruford.

My favourite KC - with Adrian. Really, as you said, it corresponds with my feelings. When I listen to this lineup, it feels like everything is OK with the world.

Love KC's music. There's so much happening - and deliciously challenging for a musician - that listening to their pieces over and over again just gets better and better.

I find it incredibly that this could be performed live so brilliantly.

I worked on the 1982 tour. Lovely to see this again. Thanks Bill

Such an unusual song but what a swing..

Bonsoir. Génial . Quelle belle recherche musicale . Bravo .

Thank you so much for this channel. It gives us so much perspective on the music that we love.

I first heard this song on Friday's in the early 80's. Blew my mind. But I had seen Bill Bruford and his band at a "Sunday" concert at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado before then. I grew up in the area and went to a few of those concerts. Got to see 6 or so acts over the course of the day. Great way to catch some rays, get a little buzzed and stoned, and enjoy the day. Enjoyed listening to Bill and his band play.

Wonder if Primus were fans of King Crimson ...

IMO Fripps biggest mistake was not inviting Adrian Belew back for the latest KC incarnation. He is such a performer, has the technical skill but makes it looks so easy. He can sell all this complicated material as a party tune.

The first time I ever saw or heard a Chapman Stick was seeing a concert video of these guys playing this song. Such an intriguing instrument, and it looks difficult to play.

I LIKE IT!

Belew King Crimson was quite good Bill Bruford, thanks buddy!!

Well, I'm 57, now, and this blows my mind to this day.

the best KC line up

The precursor to Primus.

How I love this period in King Crimson, how I love “Discipline”, my favorites cds 😍😍😍😍😍🤭

after years being a musician i found that only classical music (romantic) would be eternal. But I will remember now that there is an exception: KC ! its been fantastic, it is and ever will be :D thank you so much for taking music to this step

This was my favorite KC period. Thanks Mr. Bruford!

Dear Bill, I need to let you know the first time I have seen KC , it was in Paris, just after Beat got out , and I was just completely smacked by the sound you did produce with only 4 guys, I thought there was a tape for some minutes, and just realized Tony with its Stick and the others guitar players was able to generate that much sound. Really fantastic, and I sticked to it, until today, I still enjoy this set up and the albums you did altogether. THANK YOU very much.

This is a MASTERPEACE!!

Enjoying your commentary on these has you upload, Bill. Many thanks.

¡Qué bestias! 👏👏👏👏👏

KING CRIMSON is not for everyone. The cream of the UK musicians! Only the strong understand

This is me and my wifes "our song" , played during conception and delivery of our baby girl.🥰 OK I'm Joking :)

really great lineup

Love that you gave the synopsis. I hung on every word, as well as every note. Greatest era in Crimson history

这首确实带劲，非常喜欢belew的表演风格

A stellar performance from great musicians! I loved this band. All the better that it is posted by legendary Bill Bruford himself. Thank you sir. I've been a fan since early Yes.

This is so good it makes me laugh and get chills at the same time. 😂

This is the song that Primus was born from

I'd have loved to see this era of KC live.