King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (Live at Hyde Park 1969)

[@markmurray2151]

“Hippies confused and scared by loud noise”-1969

[@Napoleon4778]

No way, they loved The Who and The Experience.

[@inaciobits682]

I don't think they were scared but they sure as fuck were confused

[@lavoniajohallharris3313]

Never!! Where ya think it came from 😎

[@zotron9228]

and Jefferson Airplane too lol

[@variedgamer9498]

Idk, those guys at 0:30 seemed to vibe with it

[@beckoning-chasm]

The cameraman should have been told, "The zoom feature is not a toy."

[@fabienlamour3644]

Probably completly L.S.D.

[@DrewberTravels]

It was like they gave a 7 year old the camera and said "record the concert..."

[@oliversutton5401]

This is how it's supposed to be recorderd, complete chaos.

[@sfeigh]

Which cameraman? There were at least 5 shooting film cameras.

[@MorganMcGinnis]

I think every camerman at some point in their lives needs to be told this lol

[@wesc6755]

It's weird that even now this song is ahead of its time. It's perpetually progressive.

[@tylerross3163]

If I first heard this song today I would be blown away. I cant even imagine being in this audience 50+ years ago

[@carolebarker2195]

@@tylerross3163 I can't even imagine that that was in London 50 years ago. Wow, were we ever like that??!!

[@klbn6]

my exact words. I would even go far to say this is progressive for rock.

[@an1tvaw-kp5pm]

London was fvcking wild as Fvck

[@paranoidlawyer]

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

[@belladonichaze3213]

"Hey cameraman, make sure to never focus on the genius guitarist Robert Fripp"

[@Fell_the_Dabus]

Belladonic Haze “Hey cameraman, make sure to not focus on anything and just shake the camera and zoom a lot.”

[@dariagalick4943]

Yes ! I was thinking the same thing. Where is Robert Fripp ?

[@Aaron-cg4qe]

Off to the side as he likes it lol

[@opheliajade1986]

I know! Where's the Fripp at?

[@TvDaddyAndTheTabloidArmy]

genius guitarist?

[@sLiVeRmx]

"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."

[@alexno.335]

That is so true more people under 30 like crimson than boomers

[@roundabout468]

@@B0K0691 bro don't pretend JoJo made King Crimson famous lmao

[@alexno.335]

@@B0K0691 no, not jojo

[@lesb.n.3096]

@@B0K0691 who's jojo?

[@consumerjtc5835]

Jojo Siwa?

[@nickchambers3935]

Imagine you're stoned out of your mind just waiting to hear Jumpin' Jack Flash and then this happens right in front of you

[@viennapalace]

I live for those enlightening moments...

[@Qwalnuts]

XD

[@karolk7711]

Jumping Jack flash is better song

[@XanAxDdu]

@@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 ?

[@larsivar8772]

@@XanAxDdu It's not as if jumping Jack flash is some kind of bubble gum teen pop song you know.

[@Terribleathletes]

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!

[@kendingus]

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.

[@crotchetyman8806]

I don't have to imagine ... I was there!

[@BritIronRebel]

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.

[@hellriser8955]

Ironic, a peasant inviting the king.

[@syby1112]

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.

[@Vincent-wg3kc]

this song is still 50 years in advance

[@badder27com]

I agree

[@saam6768]

honestly. this title track could have been recorded yesterday and it would have ripped everyones' balls off and made them question everything they believe.

[@ThePhantom4516]

mars volta - goliath

[@SkyNetAR]

10 seconds*

[@maskett653]

It's almost like it skipped time

[@juliodeasis417]

Damn those few seconds where you can clearly hear the tremendous power sound of Fripp's guitar and Lake's voice, priceless

[@scionecto59]

Those moments were cut in from the Filmore West performance of Schizoid Man, probably due to tape damage or a messed up part of the recording.

[@seanno9744]

Greg's voice is a treasure

[@Neel-ff4mn]

SUNN!!!

[@PoweredByDarkness]

Neel 2000 Aphex!!

[@brucestratton1289]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[@christianl3852]

Aphex twin

[@vandalking8341]

We miss you Greg

[@nintendofan7072]

Greg Lake's singing is amazing, the dude literally sings from his soul as if he's seriously pissed off at the world around him.

[@charliblake8551]

Nintendo Fan don’t all of the best?✊🏼

[@saam6768]

bless your heart, never actually realized it was greg singing on that track. he fucking kills it.

[@YOTSUBA_desu]

Nintendo Fan yeah. makes the shitty lyrics bearable

[@rman52]

@@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.

[@mr.look-see7464]

Don't you mean Za Warudo

[@onurkucukarslan6538]

“THIS IS THE BEST GROUP IN THE WORLD!'” said Jimi Hendrix, after hearing King Crimson at The Revolution Club in Mayfair (London) in 1969.

[@mariuszgronczewski4654]

To samo rzekł rzeczony Jimmy na koncercie genialnej kapeli z Leicester "Family" z fantastycznym wokalistą Rogerem Chapmanem. Serdecznie pozdrawiam.

[@TheSWolfe]

I'm w/Jimi.

[@MrWadsox]

He must have been stoned to the bone.

[@monger6689]

@@MrWadsox stoned or not, he was right

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

Nonsense.

[@randylahey5463]

Really cool to see a minute and a half of a ten minute song...

[@jackmerlotdoesntliveherean9652]

the lee says wow wifi access point is down for scheduled maintenance

[@gogbone]

i doubt they performed the mirrors part live. if they did correct me

[@FacePomagranate]

@@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.

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

@@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

[@ynotbmale5218]

Film was very expensive and a roll fir 8mm might have only been 90 seconds. The sound was added to this vid later.

[@justinx.8949]

Nobody had any idea why these guys' musical style was as good as it was. I guess it just worked.

[@fernandocirett2048]

you really made me read that with my two whole ass eyes huh

[@ninjacell2999]

King Crimson: It just works.

[@yokatta-f]

TURURURURUR

[@Lahtiman81]

Greg Lake: ELP

[@Topunito]

You fucking genius

[@wrekkingcru]

"Trees, fleas, hippies sneeze...0:43 second Lamp Post Man!"

[@HommusMan]

This comment is so underrated bro

[@kevinkershaw1209]

This is so fucking good 😂

[@salvie5]

Damn 👍👍

[@crimsondreams9634]

I can't stop laughing at the confused hippie at 0:14

[@garageomuerte6607]

And what about the crazy dancing Freaks at 0:33

[@RoseDeDax]

When boomers first felt confusion

[@yunarukami14]

@@RoseDeDax i bet it will be their epitaph

[@humanman2358]

@@yunarukami14 as they crawled a cracked and broken path

[@marrakeshexpressuk]

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.

[@rippi37]

You lucky man !! Very cool Jack !!

[@dannyhood7433]

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.

[@mickspurrier4089]

i was there that day too and i did not know until now that King Crimson was even playing..got there too late i guess..what a bummer

[@chasbodaniels1744]

@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.

[@salcomella]

LUCKY

[@JiTiAr35]

King Crimson could make a heavy headbanging song with a freaking saxophone...in 1969!!! I guess they were ahead at the time.

[@XanAxDdu]

lol at that time hahahaha what time is now, for what ? what things come from this time ?

[@Almamater25]

We urgently need a good King Crimson documentary...

[@doctorinthezone3494]

YES!!

[@c.bradleyjacobs8069]

@@doctorinthezone3494 A YES documentary would also be welcome.

[@Esotereclectic]

They were working on one called "Cosmic FuKc", but they haven't mentioned it on the DGM site or Facebook for quite a while.

[@notthatsuperman]

@@Esotereclectic They actually renamed that movie to in the court of the crimson king and i think it has an instagram page

[@suicidaltendenciezzz]

well...

[@m3rcmusic]

The audience's reminder that the sixties were coming to an end

[@dlphcoracl9645]

King Crimson was the British equivalent of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Outstanding musicians who were decades ahead of their time.

[@paull.6026]

Agreed.

[@tomyarboleda4881]

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

[@zackzallie8735]

Hot Rats and The Courts album are released on the same day so its no big surprise.

[@billienova]

Yeeessssssss!!!!!

[@puk1667]

What exactly makes them ahead of their time?

[@Simon-cc9ob]

pretty cool that they sampled kanye in this, they have good taste!

[@sydneykamer3434]

Thank you Simon, very cool!

[@briancook5838]

WHO SAMPLED WHO ?

[@jeeomaisfodao9841]

@@briancook5838 kanye sampled this song on "Power"

[@len5676]

This is a woosh bait

[@blindboygrunt7711]

@@jeeomaisfodao9841 No pretty sure King Crimson sampled Kanye’s Power on this

[@mikemaeo]

Was at this concert aged 16 truly turned my head wow

[@AstronomyDomine]

Luckiest person on Earth

[@michellecerioni4903]

66 years man, keep on rockin mam

[@rippi37]

Must have been mind blowing !!!

[@PaizuruInsanal]

Sure you were.

[@sunfucker2213]

Lucky man

[@robbieclark7828]

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.

[@leavewe]

if only we had more footage of this

[@KahurangiSteez]

@@leavewe I'm sure it exists *somewhere*. It has to. There's no way this is all they recorded

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

@@KahurangiSteez it IS all they filmed. Go talk to Fripp lol

[@KahurangiSteez]

@@Piggy-Oink-Oink Or it's all that Fripp is aware of. He didn't film it, he was on stage lol.

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

@@KahurangiSteez Actually those old film reels ran 3 minutes..ok so there's another 40 seconds out there..lol half of it probably out of focus.

[@yokatta-f]

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.

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

Well played

[@ThrashRats]

It does truly sound like a golden experience.

[@raquelspinelli4345]

I never thought you can cram so many references into one paragraph

[@dishwasherdetergent3366]

@@ThrashRats this is.... requiem

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

pepe

[@kstardustandthespidersfrom3085]

My first LP , i was 7 . I'm 53 now . Fucking hell ...

[@wanderingwade8877]

He must of had an older brother or had a friend who had older brothers. That's how my 1st LP was Disraeli Gears at age 12.

[@kstardustandthespidersfrom3085]

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....

[@smithpm81]

My first was space ritual by hawkwind

[@thomasstafford9324]

K 'Stardust And The Spiders From Mars' yes tell me about it.. Life is twisted

[@kstardustandthespidersfrom3085]

??!?

[@henryestraven9136]

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.

[@petermgruhn]

Thanks for the warning.

[@arandomguy4637]

R.I.P. Greg Lake

[@lucavalentin8515]

arandomguy46 r.i.p

[@FortunateJuice]

Greg Lake is one of my all-time favorite vocalists.

[@jeremyfrost2636]

Same.

[@glennhecker4422]

Count me in... he's one of my most favorite also!

[@adolforojasmors5054]

So do I. In 2024.

[@nealjones2901]

I am proud to say I was at this show. It was awsome. Eat your hearts out!

[@kukulroukul4698]

you were in coma maybe on a hospital bed AT MOST. More then this....i have little hopes for you :

[@lazyharmony]

Wow for real?

[@shyman99]

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.

[@lasang..]

@@shyman99 maybe he was there but he just didnt knowed what the fuck was happening

[@triggerfish6619]

You lucky phucker..

[@Danmex16]

I got a time machine ready to go to 1969 into this concert who want to go?

[@capricosm8086]

Me

[@walterkersting9922]

Could you capture the smell and use it on anarchists?

[@robroper8878]

Don't need to I was there with my brother about 60 yards back right of the stage. Tried to see if I could spot us, unfortunately no!

[@portcullis5622]

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. . . . . . .

[@boataxe4605]

Danmex16 Will your time machine fit a Chevelle SS 454? I want to bring a new one back with me.

[@josukehigashikata8624]

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.

[@blokvader8283]

Yeah I initially knew KingCrimson, but then decided to look more into King Crimson, and it is so good

[@tulangkerangka1599]

King Crimson and kingu crimson you mean?

[@eis904]

I come because I love Belew lol

[@layicorn]

What's King Crimson? Don't you mean *e m p o r o r c r i m s o n*

[@anayshah3349]

@@layicorn d e a d l y q u e e n h a s a l r e a d y t o u c h e d t h e l o c a l i z e d n a m e s

[@ethanmarino931]

0:19 is just so fucking good.

[@glennhecker4422]

He rips right into it, doesn't he? Absolute ferocity.

[@ntvm4749]

[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]

[@_MrMoney]

The first verse didn't exist when they performed this

[@ntvm4749]

@@_MrMoney edited

[@lauraarcher6996]

Well, that just about sums up the 21st century so far!!!

[@kirbysauce]

I always heard, "matte black, barbed wire"

[@KeithOtisEdwards]

Thanx for posting. All these years, I thought it was “Aardvark, barbed wire . . .” I think my version is better.

[@loisplane]

I could smell the BO through my computer screen.

[@RockNRoller66]

I could smell the fresh homegrown grass! We used to call it 'Kermit the Frog' weed. That's a bad thing...

[@Steacy783NUTS]

A little BO bother you lois ! In the 70's and 80's they called it MUSK :)

[@z512345]

that's the way liberal hippies smell

[@Steacy783NUTS]

@@z512345 AS long as we don't smell like The AMERICAN PREZ TRUMP ,,, DEEP fried mushrooms :) Lol :)

[@KutiePieKiera]

Ah, the 60s, what a wonder

[@tielemandean]

This, in my humble opinion, is the first live performance of what we now call Prog Rock.

[@TheThaggs]

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.

[@jairrr7597]

@@TheThaggs I Am The Walrus es Rock Psicodelico

[@a2ndopynyn]

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.

[@gustavocarletti347]

Greg Lake....what a voice.....

[@Threadbone]

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.

[@KahurangiSteez]

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?

[@UserName_no1]

Lucky dog. All I remember about my first six concerts was going to them. Don't ask me to recall what happened at them.😝

[@lv2465]

That's a perfect definition of being at the right place at the right time.

[@philipduncan9312]

_What a great day of music! Must have been a challenge under the influence..

[@saraivatoledo1842]

" This is the greatest band I´ve ever seen " . Jimi Hendrix .

[@epicfirechimp]

They're now on Spotify fellas

[@fc43]

So is Tool!

[@sunfucker2213]

Yeahhhh

[@gj8683]

Took a while, but finally ...

[@antoniozuquete5068]

@@fc43 but tool sucks

[@jonhumble7199]

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).

[@dwiseman1]

Wow, I was living in Plymouth at the time too ,well Torpoint, what i would have given for my 11 year old self to have been there! LOL You lucky man.

[@lucianfick2218]

Watching the video, is that Carl Palmer on drums?? It sure looks like him.

[@petermgruhn]

"And how did you know the music was good?" "They sat down. Then they stood up. Very freaky, man."

[@paland99]

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.

[@desert.mantis]

I saw King Crimsom play five times but never got to see the original band lineup. Great to see this concert footage! Greg Lake looks like a young boy.

[@toadfan64]

Please upload more, there's a serious lack of KC on here.

[@drogoburrows8805]

toadfan64 Fripp doesn't like his music to be online in its original form

[@ThePhantom4516]

hes a nonce

[@psychrestore9610]

You want crimson? Just use vimeo they have all the albums

[@fish5215]

The Fripp will not allow it.

[@adrianarias986]

The vids were prolly skipped by kingu krimsun

[@OctavioRichetta]

I am sorry, but the Rolling Stones don't come anywhere near a group like this! So many great musicians passed by this band! Greg Lake one of my favorites who continued into ELP. Another band miles far ahead of RS

[@MartinVengadesan]

RIP Ian McDonald. This song is genius. Thank you for the music.

[@FergusonFiller]

rip greg lake

[@pizza2437]

RIP Norm McDonald

[@vesosobot4094]

Still ahead of it’s time … luv the genius of Greg Lake … highly under appreciated … RIP

[@MrWhoevr]

I remember putting this album on my record player when I was a kid and cranking it up. I still have it.

[@mcvitus3922]

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.

[@jolerojosta]

50 years later: WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS

[@zmzna]

I didn't expect a Emerson Lake Palmer reference

[@jolerojosta]

@@zmzna R.I.P Greg Lake

[@TheErwinator90]

You're in the wrong universe, dude

[@progisloveprogislife4501]

Come inside come inside

[@charlie172011]

We are so glad you could attend

[@michaelulbricht9438]

Not only one of the greatest prog rock songs of all time, but one of the first, also. Great vocals, fantastic fretwork; truly amazing!

[@kollo3457]

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”

[@jessekircher2801]

Also captain beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica and hot rats by frank zappa

[@AmericasChoice]

"Stand Up". Jethro Tull

[@ole-helliklobben-seth143]

Ummagumma 😂😂

[@harb1ng3r82]

“Kozmic Blues” by Janis Joplin and the Velvet Underground’s self-titled album are both amazing too.

[@rippi37]

Was a magical year !! VERY important in musical history IMO

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

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

[@Gaditoo]

0 Dislikes, that's how it has to be.

[@TremanFamily]

way to ruin it by pointing it out.

[@NuggetMilitia1]

Kevin Treman yep, now there's a few.

[@SuzukiCabs]

Gaditoo good job

[@sloshed-rat]

Hope you're proud of yourself.

[@blipco5]

"OH TEACHER....You forgot to give us homework" said Gaditoo.

[@alisonoverton]

Saw them last night. One of the most powerful shows I've ever attended. Fripp really shredded on this one. Long live King Crimson! 👹

[@wildbill5670]

I fucking promise you most the people that left that concert gave King Crimson first place. I know I gave George Thorogood first place when he opened for the Stones 1980

[@heatherc772]

Thanks KingCrimson Veto for this upload. We need more people like you.

[@dr.weaklicksofcrashedcurse4535]

If I am asked, this is one of the most original rock songs ever.

[@sheilamayren9672]

😍

[@Romchikthelemon]

Thank you Cap.

[@michaeldavison9808]

I love the caption when you have the subtitles turned on...... between the lines in the vocals it pops up with '(energetic rock music)', well it made me smile.... it couldn't have been more accurate.

[@davids.3534]

This tune is one of the most kick-butt rock songs in history. Too bad many are not aware of it.

[@samusbros66]

Nobody but Greg Lake can sing this song with real emotion

[@davidgilbert7994]

These fellas in the crowd are completely zonked out of their minds😮

[@boondoggle4820]

Excellent. I've heard that this is often credited with being the first true heavy metal song, or at least the song that brought all the elements that would come to define heavy metal together.

[@paull.6026]

More prog then metal. Blue Cheer was before KC and much heavier, laying the groundwork for metal. Even before Sabbath. Not taking anything away from Crimson, because they are incredible, but true prog pioneers more than anything.

[@mysterygroup]

the classic crimson sound

[@ryansadauskis]

Their other stuff is good too though.

[@Guille-mz7xf]

Damn I wished they had played the full song, I would've loved to see the audience reaction

[@methyod]

People bitching about Fripp not being in this seem to have forgotten that Fripp is not fun to watch. He just sits there on a stool way off to the side with his eyes down and a vaguely disapproving look on his face and shreds. Been doing it for 50 years, every show he plays he looks exactly the same. Would much rather watch Greg sing.

[@kalihiwarhomes2177]

Way back in 1969 King Crimson predicted just what would be coming in the 21st century: King Crimson

[@johngibson5454]

On point my friend 🙏❤️

[@anaradu7659]

I wanted to be in the area so much... But I was behind the iron curtain. Don' t forget how happy you were.

[@peterricard7483]

Greg lake is such a badass. There’s a live one of him somewhere smacking gum away in his mouth while playing a 12 string and singing Still you Turn me On, and its flawless. Oh and he’s also picking on that 12 string not just strumming, thats kinda tough I think.

[@CreeperSkullDZ]

greg lake is so underrated as a guitarist

[@kathyratino962]

Cal Jam.

[@alexhicks5889]

Giles's triplets on the kick drums are so savage, or as he would say, dangerous.

[@Bay0Wulf]

I didn’t much “follow” musicians at the time. I simply followed the music that caught my ear and caught my mind. Decades late, looking through my collections its interesting to see how often I was still listening to the same musicians through different “bands” … I got my first copy of Court in 71-72 and yesterday I spent a bit of time listening to Lake with ELP and Fripp with Eno

[@titansamuderakoraag9735]

This is a test... (TEN SECONDS PASSED) ...Wouldn't you agree, Jean Pierre-Polnareff

[@mr.look-see7464]

Dude you skipped your monolog

[@MrLCGO]

@@mr.look-see7464 Nooo...

[@THE-HammerMan]

"...I would agree you're a moron..."

[@yixinzhang1854]

such an accurate (yet scary) prediction of the 21st century

[@tlm8436]

Still following the Crimson King and yes, there was the recent King Crimson Documentary. So glad to have this live footage of Greg singing however, not long enough, I could watch and listen to him sing all day. Miss you GREG!!! Then there's the more recent tour, which is now becoming long ago, where Jakko Jakszyk sings with KC. He too has a wonderful voice and can play the hell out of his cool, Schizoid PRS SE guitar. I could go on and on.

[@NatesGuitarHub]

The song is ahead of its time, but the video looks so ancient.

[@floopusdoopus]

Professional school fight recorder

[@paulavish5482]

Such a great sound! Listening for the first time.👍👍👍

[@KillerMcDiller]

1:01 a young Joey Ramone.

[@raulruizdevelasco6215]

Those people had no idea what hit them. A revolutionary song that is sadly often overlooked in pop culture.

[@garylester8621]

One of the top 10 rock albums, so far, and it's 2023 now. And I'm 75.

[@veggiesarefruits]

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.

[@supermuttley2892]

Lake, Fripp & C. the legend of prog

[@бларгбонипасио]

1:02 when the father's of punk music (RAMONES) comes to see the style that the one day will destroy🥴😉

[@qthervil02]

This song feels like its so ahead of it's time because it just works

[@haharmageddontv6581]

What happened to the time in between? Was it truly erased or were people made to forget it?

[@qthervil02]

@@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]

@@qthervil02 ah yes thank you

[@Real_fr-ong]

*it just works*

[@Real_fr-ong]

@@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.

[@cboisandlin9601]

1:02 omg it’s Joey Ramone 😱😱😱

[@Juan-wo7zu]

My grandad was telling me about his memories of being at uni in the 60s, he suddenly told me about how he went to a Rolling Stones concert in hyde park 1969. I thought for a second “wow that’s king crimsons first big performance”. I later watched this video with him .

[@Ziggy121]

A prophetic title... Schizophrenia has conquered the world.

[@Tbone6string1]

I saw them in 1974 or thereabouts with Humble Pie. Great show with legendary performers. This video left me feeling dizzy. Why do film editors think we want to see a different scene every 1/2 second?

[@sankalchi]

It's impressive how I can miss the time when I was not even born yet.

[@an1tvaw-kp5pm]

i was there as a baby

[@bethkelly6126]

RIP Greg Lake

[@chrismorrison3696]

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.

[@minemaster1337]

one way or another, this is an iconic performance

[@anthonyglennmollicasr.425]

R.I.P. Greg, you truly are a legend!

[@startervisions]

It is kinda nuts that this came out in 69

[@an1tvaw-kp5pm]

very 69

[@mozzyk4926]

People say they were there, maybe. I was there quite young, couldn't get anywhere near the stage. So we left. Don't remember much except Jagger saying something about Brian Jones. Stones were good, very good, but I preferred, The Who, Small Faces, Kinks etc. I would have stayed for them. I had no idea King Crimson were there, or I might have stayed.

[@terrycrews6179]

Lol did these guys really just copy Kanye?

[@aestheticaltwat]

Terry Crews, they totally stole the hook from Kanye!

[@vcmadrid97]

My God this song is such a Golden Experience

[@manskullman6509]

King Crimson was a GREAT band. Love them still. - jon fisher

[@tkzsfen]

a girl called Irem from Istanbul introduced to this song. now i think i'll check the rest. i should thank her again.

[@druffner]

tkzsfen you mean from Constantinople

[@callofthewilderinokripperi4417]

DEUS VULT

[@GlazeBattleBorn]

tkzsfen Constantinople*

[@faizulr9251]

constantinople got rekt, so they changed name

[@devinthierault]

faizul r It really means the same thing. Istan means Constantine.

[@martinbe5111]

if video would be high quality this would look like the future, thats how ahead of their time they where