Focus - House of the King

Focus - House of the King
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Written by Jan Akkerman
Publisher: Radio Tele Music België / Nanada Music
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[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Schools and Colleges in the 1970's. 60 kids gathered around a behemoth T.V set in the gym of primary schools all over the British Isles to watch interesting things and stuff...that music will always be associated with primary school, itchy polyester trousers, angry teachers and disgusting school dinners. Thank you Focus for brightening my days.

[@shakeyhandsshedmodelrailwa2494]

true story , just as i remember it

[@Dracopol]

You're talking about the DON'T ASK ME show...

[@ste123456754]

Yes remember the trousers itchy as f%k

[@richardupton3323]

and that soap in the toilets that was mixed with grit, and azal toilet paper that was like wiping your arse on sandpaper.

[@finnmacdiarmid3250]

Just bought a rare Focus 3 vinyl print in Amsterdam, they’re about the best band ever!

[@Al-iv3mb]

Why is this brilliant? Don't Ask Me!

[@muppetrowlf1473]

🇬🇧

[@johnbailey9314]

Jan Ackerman for me was the best in the seventies 💯🎸

[@Tangetbell]

Still epic 50 years later....

[@RushianRichard]

Grew up during the 70's and NOTHING beats the musical variety of that era. 🤩 Although I can't recall traditional Jazz, you could hear almost every style, just on regular radio! Pop, Rock 'n Roll, Folk, Blues, Hard/Classic/Shock/Art/Symphonic/Prog Rock, Country, Middle of the Road, Reggae, Punk, New Wave, Synth Pop, Broadway, Soundtracks, Disco (even with use of Classical music!) and of course some of the best ballads EVER written. I started drumming in the 80's and rolled straight into rock, heavy metal and prog but thanks to the 70's I can appreciate almost all music.

[@michaelegan6092]

I've been trying to find this track for years. thank you with all my heart.

[@robhavock9434]

Has to be the most iconic sound of the 70,s. How amazing a time, almost another world in comparison to today.

[@larrybarron3504]

Saw them twice in the early and mid 70's...they were great live, and their energy and proficiency was par excellence. Wish there was a time machine to bring back the music of those days: Focus, Tull, etc.

[@richjones4956]

Referendum on Immigration...join UKIP.

[@floydbutselaar6743]

@@richjones4956 Dude what are you doing...

[@Staszu13]

It was long ago. Saw Thijs van Leer on here as he looks these days. He looks and sounds like a grandfather now. Hard to believe he, Akkerman etc were ever so young

[@cascharles3838]

​@@larrybarron3504 they're both still around!

[@MarkWilliams-hj6hn]

Wonderful tune! I have always loved this. It has appeared everywhere - adverts, theme tunes, you name it. I hope the guys got their royalties! Fabulous musicianship and a timeless classic.

[@ogstopper]

I am so grateful to have lived during such a fantastic decade of music. The 70s.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

This is what you get when you've got one of the top ten guitarists of all time, one of the top ten drummers of all time, and the best Thjis Van Leer there will ever be!

[@tutankraider3502]

yes, four higly skilled and educated musicians together, it can only be magic, and it were. ive Seen Jan Akkerman and his band live, that were for shure awesome.

[@tutankraider3502]

@@missprimproper1022 I saw a lot of bands in the 70's , including Jethro Tull . But Focus were 4 very,very talented guys, Thijs , later became a great classic composer, he were in TV in our country , with our national symphony orcestra

[@jerryjones8513]

Well to be correct Pierre didn`t play on this track or Cyrill who didn`t play bass on any Focus records, Jan played bass as C was more of a singer. It was Hans Cleuver on drums and Martijn Dresden on bass. Still a top tune.

[@damirhlobik6488]

Absolutely right Why nobody never ever mention Mr Bert Ruiter (R I P)???

[@yettsoman4364]

@@damirhlobik6488 Bert was a bit later than this vid, Focus 3 onwards. Though HoftheK was on that album, as well as Focus1. Sad to hear he passed in '22 RIP

[@alfredodarchivio6953]

In Italia questo brano fu sigla del programma mattutino "Voi ed Io" dal 5 Gennaio 1970 al 2 Ottobre 1976."Voi ed Io" era un contenitore in onda sull'allora Programma Nazionale (poi Radiouno) dalle 9 alle 11,30 (poi ridotto fino alle 11) dal lunedì al sabato condotto da un personaggio dello spettacolo (per la maggior parte delle volte un attore di teatro o cinema ma anche presentatori TV) che restavano alla guida del programma per un mese ciascuno.Si privilegiava il dialogo aperto e diretto con i radioascoltatori e si affrontavano i temi più svariati dalla lettura al monologo sull'attualità,al commento e riflessione sui fatti di cronaca con molte canzoni in onda.L'impronta e lo stile del programma era dato quindi dal conduttore di turno che decideva anche gli argomenti da presentare e come trattarli.Ebbe sempre una vasta platea (arrivò anche a 3 milioni di ascoltatori). Paolo Ferrari, Gianrico Tedeschi,Renzo Palmer,Aldo Giuffrè,Aroldo Tieri,Nando Gazzolo, Alberto Lupo sono soltanto alcuni dei personaggi che condussero "Voi ed Io", programma che ancora oggi a distanza di molti anni (temino' definitivamente nel 1981 con formula diversa) molti rimpiangono!!.

[@alfioalberelli1071]

Grazie x la nota storica! Ero bambino all'inizio degli anni settanta, la radio infondeva spesso questa sigla, e quel giro di flauto entrò nel mio acerbo mondo musicale! Infatti, negli anni a venire, i Jethro Tull entrarono di prepotenza nei miei gusti musicali, diventando il mio punto di riferimento!

[@yepheth]

Mi pareva di averla gia sentita ai tempi come sigla. Non ricordavo il programma , grazie per la nota informativa.

[@vitorenda4146]

Fu anche la sigla di un altro programma radiofonico, andato in onda nell'estate del 1997 nel pomeriggio di RadioDue Rai e che ripercorreva la musica e il costume degli anni '70, il cui titolo era "Jimi & Johnny - la lunga estate degli anni '70", con un riferimento ai due musicisti che caratterizzarono l'inizio e la fine del decennio (Jimi Hendrix e Johnny Rotten dei Sex Pistols); il programma fu condotto da due fra i più valenti dj radiofonici dell'epoca: Federico Guglielmi e Sergio Mancinelli.

[@m33cav]

Brilliant FOCUS. Fabulous music never ages.

[@FeliceDeFalco]

one of the best tunes of my youth :)

[@bangersnmash4856]

Such an iconic piece of music

[@dupont135]

When there's fun in music...!

[@jimbrechin1089]

Like others, I have had a fragment of this tune in my noggin for years, knew it was on telly as a theme tune for something! Been trawling through Jethro Tull archives ( no bad thing ) but finally, tonight - closure!

[@diabolicalartificer]

The programme was "Don't ask me" on Yorkshire TV with the great Magnus Pike - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Ask_Me_(TV_programme) .....DA.

[@jimbrechin1089]

@@diabolicalartificer Thank you for that.I would never have got there but I remember most of the people on it. Happy to see that Derek Griffiths is still going strong - used to love the music from Heads & Tails.

[@portcullis5622]

@@jimbrechin1089 Also used as the theme for Steve Coogan's 'Saxondale' in the early 2000s.

[@JoseGarcia-md9lv]

UNAS DE LAS BANDAS MAS ICONICAS Y MAGICAS ..FOCUS CON SUS MAGICOS MUSICOS ... HERMOSA MUSICA ... SALUDOS DESDE CHILE DE UN ADMIRADOR NOSTÁLGICO ..JOSE LUIS GARCIA ..SALUDOS☮☮☮☮

[@wb243wb]

Marvellous. Takes me straight back to the 70's.

[@donnaatienza8001]

It takes me back to the 70s too. If only we really could go back in time at least for a while.

[@2202Chrissy]

Blijft geweldig dit nummer Jan Akkerman gefeliciteerd met je 75e verjaardag.

[@janscorpio2323]

Great Jan 🥇

[@teresavazquez5062]

I've been listening to this since I was a kid with my mom! Thankful that she introduced me to Focus, 22 year and they are still a fav

[@philburton6111]

Why is music not like this anymore?

[@duke4384]

Blame Freemasons.

[@abushams3336]

Because Thijs was from a musical family and actually a trained and educated musician , those are rare nowadays , and if they exist they prefer to use modern tools . If you listen to the more folk like albums by the Goth musician Chelsea Wolfe you see the knowledge and talent is there .. she just prefers different music .. Beside that , Modern digital tools can make soundscapes classical instruments cant reach , Focus was limited to the instruments of that era , god knows what they would have produced with instruments that went beyond a Hammond organ

[@juhman]

@@duke4384 ???

[@duke4384]

@@juhman Dude, you must watch this, I know it's long but give it 30 minutes and you'll see what I mean. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2iqZnaBjZWdm5I

[@darialinderssen1572]

Because everything has been thought of, no one can come up with something original. Some people do try. It is the most stupidest uncreative thing to hear a song that's been played on the radio on a commercial, and especially when the it doesn't even match, or have anything to do with the song and the meaning of the song.

[@theodoretekkers]

Amazing flute playing there!

[@EmbraceBoredom-pr7rt]

Music from those times pull me through these boring forgettable times

[@Batwing3]

so so glad i saw focus 2 years ago fkn ace

[@dunkace]

My only wish, is that this song had been longer. Absolutely amazing

[@nadamasencore]

Do like me and use repeat fonction when playing it. Well maybe abroad than in KZbin😄

[@robertsanders7060]

Isn't it also part of the brilliance of the song that it leaves you wanting more?

[@ThinPicks]

They look like they were having a bit of fun making this video, especially Jan, the greatest guitarist of the '70s (and beyond).

[@vladimirkrysenko]

Focus never dies!

[@turcoarnaldo3401]

Excelente y hermosa canción. La escuché por primera vez en Mayo de 1980 y pregunté cómo se llamaba esa canción y nunca más se me fue de la mente. Tenía 15 años recién cumplidos. Abrazo 🫂 para toda esa linda y bella gente de esas hermosas épocas doradas. Saludos desde Argentina provincia de Córdoba. ❤

[@morningstarghuleh1087]

I didn't realize this was an actual song and I haven't heard it since the 70s when it was the theme song for Don't ask me. I still remember it!

[@iaindcosta]

It was the music between schools' TV shows when I was at school..

[@teresadavila457]

¡¡¡HERMOSA MÚSICA!!! 💜" GRACIAS DESDE URUGUAY! 🌞"

[@notsorandumusername]

I think this should be used as the soundtrack to an iconic driving scene

[@JoseGarcia-md9lv]

de mis BANDAS MAS QUERIDAS DE MI REPERTORIO PROGRESIVO GENIALES Y MAGICOS MUSICOS UNA MARAVILLOSA MUSICA GENIALE ..MAESTROS UN ABRAZOTE Y GRASIAS X COMPARTIR ESTA EMBLEMATICA BANDA HOLANDESA GRASIAS Y SALUDOS DESDE CHILE ATTE. JOSE LUIS GARCIA☮☮☮☮☮✌☮️✌️☯️☮️☮️☮️☮️

[@juliomartinez-pg5pu]

This song make me fly.

[@claudiomireltontemp528]

Grande Mestre o Leopoldo Rey, guardo até hoje edições da revista Somtres as quais possibilitaram que divulgasse o meu fã clube na época, que era denomidado da"Massa", destinava ao intercâmbio com pessoas e bandas visando troca e informações de bandas, ganhei alguns lps desta revista em promoções realizadas pela mesma, (dois lps infelizmente não chegaram via correio). A revista somtres possibilitava além de promoções também a divulgação dos fãs clubes (endereços de contatos) juntamente a esta revista tinha também revista Bizz que também deu bastante espaço e divulgações do jornalismo musical. Também guardo edições da revista metal, correspondi naquela época com o fã clube Blackstage , que tinha uma vasta lista de materiais de bandas . Leopoldo Rey também atuou como jornalista na revista hard rock, As obras e ensinamentos de Leopoldo Rey, ficarão presentes para a posterioridade, muito obrigado pelo seus grandes no jornalismo musical Mestre Leopoldo Rey! Leopolto Rey está junto com o Mestre kid Vinil discoteando no céu, infelizmente as pessoas ilustres grande parte das vezes somente são reverenciadas quando partem fisicamente, espero que isto mude com o passar do tempo, é preciso homenagear em vida as pessoas que se destacam em todos os ramos profissionais ! Meus sentimentos aos familiares, amigos e fãs, descanse junto a Deus, Jesus!kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4qVkKKQdqp0gck

[@danielmorgan1104]

Ian Anderson has some competition for the "Rock Flute King".

[@alessandro56moog75]

jan akkerman con la gretsch white falcon.... grande band.. grande pezzo.. ricordo perfettamente la sigla del programma radio

[@luisalbertodiazyubero5382]

Tremendo tema musical. Un clásico del rock progresivo

[@richardhughes9255]

All I need now is a Schools and Colleges clock, and my nostalgia trip is complete!

[@iaindcosta]

I was looking for this comment!

[@brucestirling8215]

One of my fav bands such talent

[@lilyofthevalley5586]

This is sooooo beautiful! 🤎

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Utter brilliance.

[@patrickbass8648]

Have this tune in my head also for decades. Whistled the tune to google on Sunday and found. Brilliant musicians

[@jjrrbb]

Pretty pretty. Love this song. Focus is excellent!

[@78zappaf]

One of my favorite Focus tunes. First heard it on Radio Soundhog.

[@bryandunn425]

How had I forgotten this? Great stuff

[@kevinlyons1788]

Don't Ask Me with the amazing Dr. Magnus Pike!

[@maurazerbini9268]

the best song of progressive rock.

[@grahamwebber5795]

Brilliant the untouchable 70s music 😊

[@mikelawrence6840]

the guitar solo is awesome wish i was13 again not 61!

[@user-gv4we5js5f]

この当時ヤンアッカーマンはタイスヴァンリーの作った楽曲にギターをあとからかぶせただけだと云ってたが、だからこそこのバンドは輝くことが出来たのだと思う。

[@garyhunt8067]

This was featured in a TV series called Don't Ask Me. Then, it was featured on a school programme called Encounter France, Encounter Germany and Encounter Spain

[@TumbleTower]

Also the "own language" versions of the "Encounter" progammes, those being Rendez-Vous: France, Treffpunkt: Deutschland and Descubra: España.

[@iadorenewyork1]

They sound just like Jethro Tull here! I like the beginning -- it's very endearing.

[@maurazerbini9268]

I love Focus.very great song.forever

[@andersoncorreadercio4550]

Muito boa banda de rock progressivo!

[@skumbino]

Thank you! Awesome quality!

[@mikewest1542]

Utterly brilliant!

[@pedromanueldinis]

Música do genérico inicial e final da rubrica "Minutos Musicales", emitida no Telediario da TVE 1 de 1982.

[@theodoretekkers]

Best flute song ever!!! This and California dreamin' flute solo is amazing!!!

[@macalaman]

Such as Jethro Tull…!!

[@alisonwunderland9900]

Magnus Pike (for those old enough to remember Don't Ask Me)

[@lea6555]

Yes! Then in the mid 2000's Steve Coogan used it for the theme of Saxondale. This tune is timeless. ✌️❤️

[@maddog8621]

Magnus was nearly as eccentric as Van Leer

[@TheXeroid]

And a very smokin' Dr. Myriam Stoppard.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

That’s the geezer who used to wave his arms around everywhere on schools tv science programmes lol.

[@pauljohnson4539]

@@TheXeroid Not forgetting Derek Griffiths!

[@arielbar5348]

Super grupo nunca valorado hay que ayudarlos se merecen

[@lorenapasquetti8627]

Fantastici!!!💞❤🌺

[@NibaldoLores-re8vf]

Un temazo, Focus una gran banda, un clasico de la buena musica.

[@stephenport4768]

Music from the opening titles to Saxondale

[@Meld61]

Great sound and snap shot in time footage

[@user-cr5hp1wi8h]

La intro parece música del norte de mi pais

[@elbarbaroadducci]

¡¡¡GRUPO DE AVANZADA SI LOS HUBO¡¡¡¡

[@luzantonio908]

¡Una joya!

[@joaopaulogoncalves6566]

Focus is the greatest band of all time!!

[@TheMajkla]

The best unknown band so many people don't know it has ever existed.

[@drumdad54sdl47]

Most definitely one of my favorites.Thijs Van Leer is a musical genius. His talent on the flute, all the different keyboards, songwriting and as well as his vocal abilities, as avant-garde as they may be. 😉

[@joaopaulogoncalves6566]

@@drumdad54sdl47 truly, he is. It is because of him that I started to play the flute. Already finished my studies on piano, but one never does finish it, right?! And now I'm learning the flute . Thanks to this supreme musician!

[@donaldcarey114]

Tull wannabees

[@Paul-om3kx]

@@donaldcarey114 Only a complete ignoramus could come up with a comment like that

[@janvandaele8283]

The track 'of the King !

[@tinkopinko]

Thanks for sharing!

[@gearoidpthompson5914]

Great track

[@devmiles]

This is so good!

[@nikolajovanovicks1470]

Amazing this is!!

[@billbrillford7883]

always thought Focus' House of the King was more Jethro Tull than Jethro Tull...ill show myself out now

[@rufarolo]

Sale I did. It sounds pretty Jethro

[@neilsingh4659]

Impressive!

[@SilvioNapoliiu5SPA]

never seen before! thanks

[@susanravey3749]

Brilliant reminds me of 1973

[@dencameron3450]

Takes you right back

[@bizzonimusic4257]

Maravilha de música e banda! Obrigado por compartilhar.

[@blafaard]

Quentin Tarantino should put this song in one of his movies, I'm sure he would if he knew it existed.

[@fergusjoel6886]

Yip, Kill Bill comes to mind

[@lennacarlisle9626]

Pure sound stag

[@brianm.9062]

beautiful

[@cleciusviana7623]

Música espetacular, com a flauta magnífica de Thijs Van Leer da banda Focus.

[@vedabou]

0:34 - incredible shot

[@carlospalacios7193]

Great!!!!!!

[@stefanoburatti8916]

Mitici... Immensi...

[@shaundoodles]

Stare idly into the camera. Oh, this is great band and song.

[@alexandreazevedo1378]

Pensei que só Jethro Tull tocasse flauta no rock, grata surpresa

[@emersonalder1486]

One word - Saxondale !!

[@garypritchard6070]

one word ,DONT ASK ME itv 1975

[@brianthompson5287]

Jan ackerman still playing give it a try

[@ilovewindyskirts]

This tune was used on a numerous tv shows, I can remember when i was younger in the 70's it was used on a few Schools programmes..(Remember the dot clock that used to count down the start of the programme)..😁😁

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

Wow, yes! Pre-school age, I remember being fascinated by that clock and this tune.

[@mjarbar3204]

Yep the old Schools and Colleges programs on the old Ferguson Videostar VHS players! Don't remember the programmes but do remember the clock and the music. 🤣

[@valton9651]

It was called "Don't Ask Me".

[@manuman27]

I bought the moving waves Album , bought house of the King bought Hocus Pocus. Seen them lives sevaral times . They are unique, super.Jazz , classical, rock

[@SilvioNapoliiu5SPA]

best emotional music ever

[@sachsenkanal]

thanks!

[@dracageboren3274]

This is it no better no worse

[@lennacarlisle9626]

Amazing not less but EV seen the band

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Thijs Van Leer always insisted that Focus isn't a Prog Rock band because "Prog doesn't swing." - But all the same, this song is in a 7/8 rhythmic pattern that's basically putting up a billboard sign which says "Yes, we ARE prog!" And another thing Prog Rock Bands always did was to push the boundaries and NOT sound like what the other Prog rock bands were doing. Focus is a Prog band which SWINGS!

[@peterpesch]

Sounds more like 12/8 to me. (With a 10/8 thrown in between at some places, that's where it sounds somewhat irregular).

[@tonykeggin8906]

Did hear thjs one morning in the Dam. True that.

[@phillstitt3819]

Takes me back to “The Hordern” yeeeeww !!!!

[@Rippenhengst]

How young they were! Now we all are old farts with one foot in the grave ... 🤣

[@tutankraider3502]

We shure are :-)

[@hughcawley3359]

Never age if you keep on listening

[@Rippenhengst]

@@hughcawley3359 I hope so. But when i look in the mirror and at my diagnosis, i'm sure it's time to hop in the coffin. 🤣

[@heliodecastro9926]

But good music FOREVER YOUNG