KING CRIMSON - "ELEPHANT TALK" (reaction)

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[@jamesw.5855]

Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, and Bill Bruford. Three of my very favorite musicians. Excellent song.

[@j800r_aswell]

Shouldn’t discount Robert Fripp. The anchor of King Crimson.

[@MQuinn-eb3zz]

Robert Fripp, one of the most underrated guitarists/composers of all time.

[@robertobrasini5294]

underrated??

[@RubesGoodBrainCoffee]

You can really tell that Robert Fripp was having a great time. He almost even smiled!

[@SightAfterDark]

Amazing!

[@stevemaconi3348]

almost

[@tomt5745]

Fripp amost smiling is like a Normal being rewarded a Nobel Prize

[@lightaces]

That smile is so creepy....

[@parshakamarsh]

If you want to see Adrian Belew sing try "City of Tiny Lights" by Zappa, he does a great lead vocal on that

[@quixoticindiscipline9524]

Yeah, that's a great one. Also "Frame by Frame" and "Three of a perfect pair" with King Crimson are good Belew tunes

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Andrew!

[@VerMaarte]

Yep, that one's brilliant !

[@KahurangiSteez]

@@quixoticindiscipline9524 SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@guitaralligator7250]

One of my favorites! 💯 🔥

[@mikewoodrow5878]

Brouhaha. Balderdash. Ballyhoo! Frame by Frame is the next track on the Discipline album and it is perfect. Belew shines. Peace from Toronto!

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching Mike!

[@johnjannetti4326]

Love this iteration of King Crimson. The depth and breadth of the creativity still astounds me. And don't get me started on the musicianship...

[@SightAfterDark]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@whycantiremainanonymous8091]

One of the very best Crimson albums. Check out, from the same album, "Frame by frame" and "Mate kudesai", and anything else, really.

[@cscroger6742]

Odd trivia: k.d. Lang does a cover of Matte Kudasai !

[@johnjannetti4326]

@@cscroger6742 Wow CS,. Thanks for that. I hadn't heard her sing that before today, nor had I her intro where she says it was a big influence on her Ingenue album. The influence is obvious now, especially when you compare it to her earlier work, but I'd never noticed it before. Now I have another reason to love her, (as a fellow King Crimson fan), and to love King Crimson, (for unknowingly helping to produce my favorite KD Lang album).

[@gnesteck3276]

@@johnjannetti4326 . My pleasure. I became kd fan seeing her on Ingenue tour. KC fan since the 70s, th.

[@whycantiremainanonymous8091]

@@cscroger6742 Yes, that song fits her! (And, having now heard her referring to it as an influence-it's clear why).

[@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA]

I don't see any love given to Bill Bruford, thus far in the comments. One of my top 5 rock drummers. Yes, Belew playing in country band, gets seen and stolen by Zappa. Gets seen and stolen by Bowie. Then Talking Heads. Then Crimson, simultaneous with solo albums. He actually has a voice that sounds like John Lennon's, when he sings softly. This is the third "relevant" incarnation of Crimson. West African rhythm painting the scapes, much like Talking Heads around '79-'81. Then there were other King Crimsons, after this. Well worth exploring.

[@SightAfterDark]

Definitely!

[@1nelsondj]

I liked him with Anderson, Wakeman and Howe although I don't care for the synth drums he used on the live tracks. Very '80s.

[@sveinunglidsheim5828]

Know those crazy guitar-parts from Bowies song Fashion? That`s the same guy sitting playing guitar right here. The one and only Robert Fripp. This was the new King Crimson (with only Fripp and B.Bruford on drums from the last 70s lineup) with this new art rock wave with Talking Heads and Devo type of style. Tony Levin on the stick came from Peter Gabriels band and to top it of Adrian Belew joined them. He started hes careeer with Zappa and then toured with Bowie and Talking Heads. He was a member of KC from 1981 to 2005.

[@jcf1963]

I love Adrian’s story. He was playing at a bar in Nashville when FZ and his entourage came in. Frank took Adrian’s number. A year later, still slugging it out on the road he called his wife; “Honey, I’m packing it in, coming home to get a real job.” She said, “Hold on. Frank Zappa just called.” He doesn’t read and he got the feeling his audition didn’t go well. He pulled Frank aside and said, “Let me show you what I can do.” The rest is history.

[@sveinunglidsheim5828]

@@jcf1963 Also how Zappa was sour cuz he felt Bowie had taken Belew behind hes back. Bowie walked towards Zappas limo and tried to make peace with him. Zappa rolled down the window of the limo and said "Fuck you Captain Tom". He degraded hes alter ego Major Tom :D

[@jcf1963]

@@sveinunglidsheim5828 Yep, in Berlin.

[@Blakek1763]

Fridays was a great show.

[@wagstaff6135]

Adrian sings on his own solo records, and in the band "The Bears" (as well as another few places, too). When he got the gig with Fripp when Crimso re-formed after their 1974 break, it was a big deal. Indeed, Tony Levin is playing The Stick, aka Chapman Stick. Good catch!

[@cscroger6742]

Don't forget Ade sang & played gtr w/ FZ (City of Tiny Lights), Bowie, Tomtom Club and the best Talking Heads tour 1980, see that live show from Rome....HORY SHET!!!

[@wagstaff6135]

@@cscroger6742 Right, I didn't forget! Not vocal, but guitar only, I also love his appearance on Laurie Anderson's "Sharky's Day". He's a very busy guy.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the info!

[@markdearlove8634]

Sweet👍. Yup, King Crimson, Talking Heads, TheThe, Big Audio Dynamite and B52s was my mid 80s. Until someone said 'hey, listen to this Joe's Garage thing😀

[@SightAfterDark]

☺️nice!

[@-R.Gray-]

That whole TV show intro is probably what keeps this from being blocked. This song was an opportunity for Belew to use his guitar elephant impression. He especially used his guitar to create animal sounds on his own albums - eg. "Ballet for a Blue Whale", "The Lone Rhinoceros". If you were wondering about Robert Fripp's weird guitar solo sound, and that stand next to Belew with knobs he was twisting, they both had Roland GR-300 Guitar Synthesizer pickups installed in their guitars. Actually this song was fairly straight forward compared to some songs like "Frame By Frame", where each guitar played repeating guitar parts of differing lengths which would line up with each other after a certain number of repetitions.

[@SightAfterDark]

Wow, we really want to hear more now!

[@tommc4916]

Fripp completely changed up his approach in 2021 and started posting the living daylights out of KC goodies, and not just studio tracks. He's posted alternate versions, isolated inputs (so you can hear what just one or two players are doing), and he has even COMMENTED on a couple of fan postings I've seen. Yes, Fripp used to be a real hardass for copyright, but he seems to have had a complete change of heart.

[@1nelsondj]

They were such an eclectic group, you gotta love the disciplined Fripp in his suit & tie sitting on his stool doing his meticulous picking while Belew was making elephant noises with his guitar, Tony Levin king of bass and Bill Bruford doing his thing on drums. It still miss John Wetton's vocals though from their '70s incarnation.

[@SightAfterDark]

Hard not to love!

[@paulfenwick8767]

Love King Crimson, one of my fav groups. Tony Levin is brilliant on the Chapman stick. Adrian Belew, ex zappa on guitar and vocals and the awesome Robert Fripp on guitar, one of my fav guitarists. He's also married to Toyah Wilcox, who i mentioned on your own video earlier

[@TAFMSV]

Fripp and Eno go way back, and I’ve come to think of this version of King Crimson as Fripp’s response to Eno’s version of the Talking Heads. A prog supergroup version of the Heads.

[@MindFeather]

that's far out, i dig that. thanks for saying so.

[@purpledynasty]

I hope you guys realize that's Bill Bruford on drums. He left Yes about 7 years before this, right after touring the Close To The Edge album (the live performances caught on the Yessongs album and film). During the years between those bands one if his gigs was touring with Genesis as their 2nd drummer, as Peter Gabriel had left Genesis around the same time, and his singing duties precluded Phil Collins from playing drums except on instrumentals.

[@johnjannetti4326]

Bill Bruford appears in the - sadly hard to find - Genesis concert film Seconds Out. How this flm is not available on Blu-ray, I do not understand.

[@terjerendalsvik5461]

Yes looks like they dont know or respect the history behind these absolute legends!

[@SightAfterDark]

Wow, we DID NOT realize. Thanks!

[@RichieG]

@@SightAfterDark - Bill Bruford is Doctor Bill Bruford!

[@TomNY]

Almost correct. Bruford left Yes after the Close To The Edge album, but did not do the tour. Alan White played the tour, and Bruford only played Close To The Edge on the 1989 Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe tour, and the 1991 Yes Union tour.

[@paulfenwick8767]

This is probably requested off a tv show because King Crimson block virtually everything

[@FelizJesusbirth]

Yes, this is Adrian Belew who played the guitar solo on "Born Under Punches" - he had quite a run he went from playing with Zappa to David Bowie to Talking Heads to King Crimson to Tom Tom Club (I'm sure there's more) - also, the story of him being recruited by David Bowie while still in Zappa's band is funny: "David, trying to be cordial, motioned to me and said, 'Quite a guitar player you have here Frank,'" Belew remembers. "And Frank said, 'F- you, Captain Tom.'"

[@stefanbranden4898]

Tony Levin has played with everyone!!! From all the super groups to totally unknowns! He is a god!!!

[@spiderbass65]

@Zolar Czakl Often a 5 string.

[@wagstaff6135]

Bruford had wanted Jeff Berlin, but I think Fripp thought Berlin (especially wiwth Bruford) would be too "busy"; Levin was a studio stalwart, as you say played with everyone. Including John Lennon, for big names. I remember an interview with Levin where he talked about how being an official band member involved having to make decisions about album covers and other such things that were just a pain. He was asked "then why doesn't Crimson hire you as a sideman?" and Levin responnded, "We can't afford me."

[@VerMaarte]

Lol ... I can hear him say that

[@stefanbranden4898]

@@wagstaff6135 Bruford Levin Upper Extremities. Excellent album!

[@wagstaff6135]

@@stefanbranden4898 I like the live one a lot, the studio less so, in this case. But yeah they're both ripping. David Torn is a beast (and Bruford and Levin were both on Torn's record, Cloud About Mercury -- with a different trumpeter, but otherwise same structure as BLUE).

[@neonpark1874]

Tony Levin on the Chapman Stick, Robert Fripp on the other lead guitar, Bill Bruford on drums, and yes of course the amazing Adrian Belew on guitar and vocals. This is probably my favorite incarnation of King Crimson but several other configurations are also excellent. I just got to see the current version at the Greek Theater in LA a few weeks ago (Tony Levin and Fripp are in this version along with several others but sadly no Bruford or Belew. This version has three (count 'em) drummers! Excellent show with pristine sound but it was a bit short (two opening acts). If you get the opportunity, see them before they call it quits.

[@HisboiLRoi]

I just saw KC in Scottsdale a few weeks ago. It was a great show, but only 95 minutes long (and only one opening act), which was disappointing since on their previous tour their sets were almost double that.

[@neonpark1874]

@@HisboiLRoi Was it the Zappa Band or the California Guitar Trio? I enjoyed the guitar trio (one of the three was actually playing a Chapman Stick). I would have been happy to skip the Zappa Band in exchange for more songs from Crimson.

[@johnjannetti4326]

Just about every track from every album by this incarnation is worth repeat listening.

[@SightAfterDark]

We’re going to see them here in September!

[@HisboiLRoi]

@@neonpark1874 - The Trio. I had a big smile on my face when the lights came up and I saw the Chapman Stick.

[@KawaTony1964]

Oh man - that was frickin' awesome. I had never heard that one or seen that live performance. Sounds like a cross between Talking Heads and Primus.

[@timcardona9962]

Jerry Was a Race Car Driver is basically Les ripping off this riff lol

[@stony2494]

Check out the studio version the vocal is clearer and just insane

[@cscroger6742]

@@timcardona9962 nice call. I also think Les lifted Okonkole y Trompa by Jaco for Tommy the Cat...go hear THAT original and try to not hear Primus.

[@timcardona9962]

@@cscroger6742 that's interesting....I also hear a bit of Sathington Waltz with that french horn

[@gnesteck3276]

@@timcardona9962 hearing is believing

[@Mr.Batsu12]

So cool to see some more Adrian Belew (pink suite singer playing strat) on the channel, He's easily in the top 10 of my favorite musicians. He is a guitar tone genius and a wonderful songwriter. Most of his older solo work is very easy to get into, he wrote a lot of 'pop' music that reminds me a lot of what The Beatles might have written. Some of his great solo work that I love is: Lone Rhinoceros 1967 Men In Helicopters Birds Big Blue Sun One Of Those Days Coconuts The War In The Gulf Between Us Looking For A U.F.O.

[@SightAfterDark]

He’s definitely an artist worth exploring!

[@HisboiLRoi]

For those that aren't familiar with Fridays, it was an SNL clone that ran on ABC for three seasons starting in 1983. Larry David, Rich Hall, and Michael Richards were among the cast members. Their musical guests were generally edgier and more adventurous than SNL's (which then were practically avant garde compared to what SNL features today).

[@keef7224]

Fridays was also the setting for Andy Kaufman’s infamous staged fistfight with the producer.

[@robertkramer41]

The Jamaican Chef lol

[@jamespuleo3269]

And Mark Blankfield's recurring sketch as the drug-abusing pharmacist....His catchphrase: "I can handle it !!(?)!"

[@markhavens1153]

@@jamespuleo3269 Just take a pill!

[@terjerendalsvik5461]

legends: Robert fripp gitar, Bill Bruford drums, Tony Levin bass!

[@RichieG]

Dr. Bill Bruford!

[@HisboiLRoi]

Tony Levin is back in the band and on tour. He doesn't look like he's aged a bit. Maybe he has a picture of himself in his attic.

[@johnfoster5295]

Let's not forget Adrian Belew.

[@lvlooper5768]

@@johnfoster5295 weighing things down imho

[@funkyfurballs1078]

@@johnfoster5295 Hey John! MMHS alum! Go Prog!

[@hot_ratz4258]

That's Robert Fripp's guitar line on Talking Heads "I Zimbra" on the "Fear Of Music" album. You guys would def dig the KC stuff. I'm more of an 80's fan (also with Zappa), but that's a never ending debate amongst fans.. Cool stuff. Love your reactions ! I'll be seeing the current incarnation of Fripp's KC in a few weeks. If you guys can get tix, the show is amazing. They'll be up your way after here in Philly I believe.

[@SightAfterDark]

We’re going in September!

[@zippydoodah1547]

Fuck yes what a groove... Bolderdash!!! Great channel great music Keep well

[@steveschmitz2839]

OMG guys!!! I am old enough to have been very excited about this appearance,loved this show, but also, I taped this on VHS! Great performance, and Adrian is a local kid done well from my low cal. (side note) As an avid NPR listener, whenever I hear an add for "Babble" my brain just runs down, on auto pilot,...Babble, burble, banter, bicker bicker bicker, brouhaha, boulder dash, ballyhoo. Thanks

[@SightAfterDark]

Love it!

[@-davidolivares]

I probably have this on tape too.

[@steveschmitz2839]

@@-davidolivares David, such an incredible performance by an ublievable great ensemble, on live TV!

[@erolbulut2584]

Cincinnati boy. AB

[@steveschmitz2839]

@@erolbulut2584 Covington KY actually, just across the river from Cincy

[@bernycout]

Yes!! Adrian Belew

[@scottethanglenn9747]

I'm lucky enough to be acquainted with Adrian.I've met him a few times,a very nice guy.

[@markdavis7345]

Adrian is the second guitarist onstage with FZ on the live Muffin Man vid you all watched. Got his start with Frank

[@yztrewq]

Sure did. He also played with David Bowie and the Talking Heads. Talking heads were at their best when they had Belew.

[@purpledynasty]

I believe it's Adrian Belew on Frank Zappa's "Flakes", singing an impression of Bob Dylan on the Sheik Yerbouti album. You guys will 💕 it, it would make an excellent reaction video, too.

[@yztrewq]

@@purpledynasty , yes, it's Belew on Flakes.

[@SightAfterDark]

We didn’t know that!!

[@masterofparsnips5327]

Yep !! Adrian Belew

[@4tuneagent]

All musicians here are masters of their craft, and in their prime, making this one of the greatest supergroup lineups of all time.. Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford on drums, and Tony Levin on bass.. unbelievable! Discipline, Beat, and Three Of a Perfect Pair are 3 amazing albums they released..

[@joechurch7]

Adrian sing the song City of Tiny Lights in Franks band

[@RichieG]

Discipline, Beat, Three of a Perfect Pair, and THRAK were all early to mid 80s albums that featured this line-up. When you get to Indiscipline you'll see the current line-up.

[@SightAfterDark]

Nice. Thanks Richie!

[@PK1971PK]

Not sure why you put Thrak in there--it was eleven years (so not the eighties) after Three of a Perfect Pair--when the band reformed and added another drummer and a second bassist (who used a Warr guitar, making this another change from the previous lineup). They called this iteration of the band a double trio because there were two of everything. Still included all of the eighties personnel, but the band and their music had progressed from then.

[@RichieG]

@@PK1971PK Ah, thank you for the correction. I consider myself schooled.

[@VerMaarte]

From that album as a musician myself, "Indiscipline" is the most intriguing

[@SightAfterDark]

Be on the lookout for something intriguing this week ;)

[@swimszoots]

Fantastic performance! I don't remember ever seeing Fripp smile this much. Usually not at all.

[@marcribe6483]

Adrian Belew was "discovered" by Frank Zappa in a bar in Texas. Toured with him for a year and a half (1977-1978) before his services was procured by David Bowie for whom he toured between 1978-1979. He then recorded and later toured with Talking Heads during their Fear Of Music Tour (1979-1980). He then was approached by Robert Fripp who was forming a band that initially was named Discipline but after two or three live appearances was rechristened King Crimson. As a member of King Crimson, Belew stayed from 1981-2013. In between different KC projects Belew began his solo career as well as doing studio work with Talking Heads, Tom Tom Clubs, Laurie Anderson; among other artists.

[@evankeal]

Love the Belew solo after double talk. That is a literal screaming guitar.

[@holypaper]

Yep, AB. I almost went to see him a couple years back. I've watched this performance dozens of times. To me, this is the most interesting era of KC.

[@MindFeather]

love this track, love this album, never seen this live version before. incredible! thanks so much, y'all!

[@SightAfterDark]

It’s so great! Thanks Garth!

[@goatuscrow4135]

Discipline! Never saw this before, thank you.

[@SightAfterDark]

Anytime☺️!

[@johnfoster5295]

I love the fact that each verse of this song has words that start with a different letter. A,B,C,D then finally E.

[@SightAfterDark]

🤯

[@gradypatterson1948]

Not just words starting with the appropriate letter, but words related to speech: "Arguments, Agreements, Advice ..." etc ... :-)

[@johnfoster5295]

@@gradypatterson1948 Yes I know. I love this song. And where he says these are words that start with D.

[@maximilianodelrio]

I had never noticed, thats awesome!

[@44thenazz]

Ever heard of a thesaurus?

[@stevedotwood]

Adrian indeed (Heads, Bowie, Zappa, Crimson) - Bill Bruford (Yes, UK, Crimson, Gong) - Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension exp [Dream Theater offspring] - Robert Fripp (KC)

[@antoniomonsanto3925]

It's Adrian Belew allrigth! The 2nd guitar rocking hard on your F.Z. Muffing Man live Reaction. K. Crimson had a bunch of line-ups along the years, each one defining a singular musical and sound experiences. PLS REACT TO old LARKS' TONGUE IN ASPIC - PART TWO

[@scottblakey1603]

Olius of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson from Yes

[@larryg7126]

Right on the Adrian Belew and the Chapman Stick comments. The glue of King Crimson is the black suited gentleman Robert Fripp. I see from the other comments that they pointed out Bill Bruford (you could set your watch to his precision drumming), Tony Levin who has appeared either on tour or in the studio with Peter Gabriel, musician.

[@HurricaneDeanWalker]

Aside from the Da Da, I believe Primus was heavily influenced by Zappa and the music of King Crimson. I'm looking forward to "seeing" Sight After Dark react to Primus songs like Tommy the Cat and Wynona's Big Brown Beaver. The bass player, Les Claypool, is incredible.

[@SightAfterDark]

Hope they get suggested by the patrons!

[@stretchgilbert]

That's Adrian Belew on vocals & guitar who is another Zappa alum (City Of Tiny Lights) ✌❤🤘

[@brianwhitney5441]

Opening up the King Crimson box is like opening up the Zappa or Tool box. Have fun.

[@salsalzman2325]

The "Discipline" era KC might be the most musically talented quartet to ever record. Recorded 3 albums and they added two other musicians for THRAK.

[@hfhifi6878]

Disagree. Blew sucked. Polls show that the LTIA lineup was the most popular and talented

[@salsalzman2325]

@@hfhifi6878 Tony is the greatest living bass player. Adrian was the best front man the band ever had, tell Zappa, Bowie, and Talking Heads he sucked; would Frank ever hire a bad guitarist? Polls don't tell you anything other than popularity, I'm sure polls show you KC is way less popular than the vast majority of recording artists even if only a handful were ever in their league.

[@stony2494]

One of my favorite tunes by later King Crimson 😎

[@timcardona9962]

Great band! But you still have yet to hear a single KC song that one would consider "quintessential" LOL. I cant understand why folks seem so reluctant to request 21st Century Schizoid Man or In The Court or even something off of Red....

[@An_Cat_Dubh]

Reactions to King Crimson songs on KZbin get blocked. This is a creative way around the blocking that may work - we'll just have to see.

[@cybore213]

@@An_Cat_Dubh Reactions to KC live performances seem to be blocked less often. Studio recordings are always blocked.

[@brianwhitney5441]

This is full of legends. I've seen the drummer Burford many times. He is on at least 1/2 of the Yessongs live album

[@falcon215]

Oh man I remember seeing this back when it originally aired. Seeing King Crimson on television is like a unicorn sighting. I saw KC in the 90s and could not believe the sounds I heard coming from Adrian Belew's guitar. What a great memory. Thanks for checking this out.

[@pipco121234]

Adrian Belew, up front guitarist and vocals, and FZ alumni {-

[@An_Cat_Dubh]

Yes, it's Belew in the pink suit. Tony Levin on the Chapman Stick. Fripp on the far right looking like an accountant. Bill Bruford on the drums. I fortunately got to see this same "Discipline" tour with the reformed King Crimson at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. It was a small venue, so no problem seeing absolutely everything from about 15 feet away.

[@peterthompson8014]

From this lineup came the origins of math Rock. It also inspired bands like Primus and Tool.

[@VerMaarte]

Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp (guitars) , Tony Levin (bass, Chapman-stick), Bill Bruford (drums) .... this album was pretty revolutionary. This song though is kinda like Talking Heads; but maybe nice to check out more of the album "Discipline"

[@SightAfterDark]

More coming up!

[@michaelpebbles6243]

Here's another one with Toni also. No reaction, just exposers to you guys. It's a little calmer, but still the bomb. You know I'll never mislead you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4S4Yat4fMuenMk

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Michael!

[@lifesabeach2597]

Fridays, I remember that show, pretty funny

[@primateinterfacetechnologi6220]

It's funny to picture the audience... expecting to hear "music"... then they get blasted with this. Not something they would soon forget I'm sure. peace.

[@SightAfterDark]

Peace to you! Thanks for watching!

[@j800r_aswell]

This era of King Crimson, especially this particular track is the prog eqivlant of taking you to the middle of the deepest ocean and just dumping you there whether you can swim or not. Definitely an aquired taste for many people. Took me time to work up to more extreme progressive music like this but my god are there some gems from this era Crimson.

[@j.frankparnell]

Yes that was Adrian Belew. He also toured with Zappa on sheik yourbouti.which was also around this time. He sang city of tiny lights, tryin to grow a chin and others.

[@enricocavallo4386]

Terry Bozzio sang _Tryin' to a grow Chin_ but Adrian took lead vocals on many other songs on Shek Yerbouti. His guitar playing on that album is less prominent, though. Later issued live recording from that tour featured more of his guitar work.

[@diegoka7943]

Chicos existe una anecdota de como reacciono Frank Zapa cuando David Bowie se lo llevo luego que termine la gira con Frank poreuropa....Adrian es un gran artista ademas de guitarrista!!!

[@SightAfterDark]

Oh cool. Vamos a encontrar lo! Gracias!

[@mattosmechanics]

Wow-great song! Was just listing to Discipline today

[@BrianR.]

Try Adrian Belew Big Electric Cat from one of his solo albums. Great track.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks!

[@IClifeis2B]

This needs to be remastered into hi-fi quality; we need to hear EVERYTHING of this masterpiece

[@chazblitz]

I can never really understand the comparison with Talking Heads other than the vocal similarities. These 4 are virtuoso musicians. The 4 Heads, well, not so much. And yes, this is the Friday's with Larry David and Kramer. They always scored better musical acts than SNL during the same couple years. A must see/hear is the Pretenders original band from this show. Great job you two!

[@wagstaff6135]

Yeah I agree with this, though I see it as inevitable. Fripp played on a Talking Heads song and worked with Eno a lot. Eno produced several Talking Heads albums and influenced them greatly; did a record with David Byrne that also sampled a lot of African percussion. Eno brought Fripp in on Bowie's heroes. Belew played on the next Bowie record, Lodger, on which Eno was a big collaborator.... But you're right that the virtuosity and improvisational component of Crimson is something else altogether. And the polyrhythmic interplay between the guitars was inspired ore from Gamelan music than from African percussion.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the info! Is it thee The Pretenders you’re talking about?

[@chazblitz]

@@SightAfterDark Yes. Pretenders with Chrissy Hynde. Can't remember which Friday's show it was but it is the original band. Both songs are on KZbin but the version of The Adultress......Damn!!! This was right before the guitarist and bassist ODed and died. That first Pretenders album side 1 is pure perfection. Fortunately I was able to see them right around this time with them opening for The Kinks. Love your reactions guys!

[@SightAfterDark]

@@chazblitz How awesome! We adore Chrissy's voice and we LOVE The Pretenders!

[@erikmaronde2244]

Four (at least at that time) masters. Bill Bruford, (Yes/Genesis), Tony Levin (1000 Long Players he can be heard on, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Paul Simon, etc), Adrian Belew (Zappa, Bowie Talking Heads...) and the master mind/composer Robert Fripp (he is in fact King Crimson, played in Bowie albums with Perter Gabriel etc). And it's fucking 40 years ago, I was 17 then and they blew me away!

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching Erik!

[@erikmaronde2244]

@@SightAfterDark My pleasure. It's fun to watch your reactions!

[@onthatdirtroad]

40 years plus ago, King Crimson was 20 years ahead of their time. Fripp was sitting there playing a Roland Synth Guitar, Levin was playing a 10 string Chapman Stick ( he played bass and stick for Peter Gabriel) (Levin met Fripp working for Gabriel) Bruford was one of the first drummers to play Simmons Electronic Drums and he was the drummer for Yes and he was one of the original Genesis drummers and thus was introduced to Fripp via Gabriel who was the original Genesis singer. Belew in this song was on an old Strat but also played a Roland setup. He was introduced to Fripp via David Bowie who Fripp played for and did Bowie's production. If you want to see and hear what King Crimson became, I suggest,,,, King Crimson - Indiscipline - Live in Mexico City (here on YT)

[@JasonBrockStick]

Love her comment about the level these gentlemen had taken their instrument playing too! I’ve played the Chapman Stick for 23 year’s now and it was refreshing to hear someone KNOW it’s name AND you also knew it predated the Warr guitar. 😅 Great job - both of you!

[@mikeschmelzer9733]

I remember going nuts listening to this song/Album. So funky & elegant .... Like nothing I had ever heard before! Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Bill Buford and Adrian Belew...what a fantastic band!

[@humanman2358]

zamn chick on the left either too high to say something or she's just bored on god

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching!

[@skatter44]

Here are the lyrics: Talk, it's only talk Arguments, agreements, advice, answers Articulate announcements It's only talk Talk, it's only talk Babble, burble, banter, bicker, bicker, bicker Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo It's only talk Backtalk Talk, talk, talk, it's only talk Comments, clichés, commentary, controversy Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat Conversation, contradiction, criticism It's only talk Cheap talk Talk, it's all rhetoric Debates, discussions These are words with a D this time Dialogue, duologue, diatribe Dissention, declamation Double-talk, double-talk Talk, it's all talk Too much talk Small talk Talk that trash Expressions, editorials, explanations, exclamations, exaggerations It's all talk Elephant talk, elephant talk, elephant talk

[@IshwaraYogaNET]

Technically it's interesting ... I never warmed to anything i heard by KC created after their 70's work .... And agreed lots of Talking Heads influence here

[@damonhines8187]

A pretty happy bunch of prog/art-rock/everything leg ends...none of 'em likely footing the bill for the after-party, as it should be. Do your worst, LA, long as we don't get towed. Just before seeing the thumbnail and saving it to this playlist for later consumption/viewing, I'd watched a version of 'Matte Kudesai', possibly from Frejus, France...thought this'd be the same show, just same suit maybe. I love his singing on 'Frame by Frame' and 'Matte Kudesai' especially. Also saw a live version where he(Belew) was manipulating the "regen" setting on a little old flanger stompbox, or guts of, mounted on his mike stand for the elephant effect, as he'd spoken of in an interview. Not doing that here. Loads of freaky sounds, including synths, etc., at their disposal(Fripp and Belew), Bruford's afforded at least a moment not lost in concentration, polyrhythms to grin, look around, seek connection, approval... GOOD ON YA, BILL!! 👋😉 📣I saw ya! Levin's the mad monk(Buddhist), benign, basically, but daft as a PB and pickle sandwich. Love 'em to death. Thought 'Thela Hun Jingeet' and this one were lyrically at least by Belew, but that's not the name I've seen beside Fripp's of late in credits on the official page. Btw, don't feel NO way, D...just check out Bowie's 'Boys Keep Swinging'(studio version), they didn't tell him the key, chords, SFA, "tape's rolling, GO!" Live version on SNL is primo Bowie, fun, not sure Adrian made that scene, maybe Lindsay Kemp tho', not researching now, it's worth a look even if I got some wrong and my coffee's looking ready to go out on its own, get into nasty business. 😮✌😘🎶🎸🔥👋😉🐘💞 P.p.s. I remember some of the women from Fridays, especially Alex Borstein(Lois Griffin-Family Guy, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), momentarily blank beyond. p.p.p.s. Nicole SULLIVAN! Lancombe lady, plenty more. More talent too. This is mortifying..eff it, I'll Google 'em. Debra something, maybe? Okay, my bad, I was thinking of Mad TV, ffs. Yeah, Fridays, Larry David, Melanie Chartoff, dad was.. holy shit, Charlie Chaplin?! My memory's toast. Thought it was some political big-wig.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

This performance on the short lived Fridays is classic! Crimson also did Thela Hun Ginjeet on the show which is as fantastic as this performance of Elephant Talk. Adrian Belew...yep! Tony Levin playing a Chapman Stick....yep! Michael Richards on Fridays....yep!

[@eidetecker]

I love all King Crimson lineups, but this is my favourite from my favourite period in time. And yes, Michael Richards and Larry David were on the show. Larry had a crazy bald-fro. DEVO's performance on this show was also stellar. I recommend it; it's on KZbin.

[@davidmarsalis1522]

King Crimson where and still are an amazing Band. They play with a new line up these days. This line up is Tony Levin on Bass ,Robert Fripp Guitar, Bill Bruford , and yes Adrian is on Guitar. This Band was very Experimental and very innovating. This is why Frank Zappa and the calibre of Frank Zappa’s musicianship would grab Adrian Belew as a guitarist. Tony Levin Has been playing bass with Peter Gabriel for years as well as many others. Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford Have stayed quiet and done their own sort of projects. Adrian Belew is a monster he has played with Talking Heads Frank Zappa and many others has he’s own Power Trio and soon as he strums that guitar you know it’s him . Very unique. Love the Band.

[@happilyeggs4627]

You should check out, "Walking On Air", remastered "Cat Food", "Starless and Bible Black", "Indiscipline" live in Mexico.

[@jryzek1729]

Tony Levin on Chapman Stik, It is Belew on Elephent Sounds and Robert Fripp on the founding guitar as a note Fripp used an elbow and toured with Talking Heads on Stop Making Sense

[@peterthompson8014]

You are correct sir. That is Adrian belew! Along with Robert Fripp the Crimson King himself. Tony Levin on Chapman Stick and the incomparable bill bruford on drums

[@woodyoffmark7944]

"Adrian Belew reinvented the guitar" - Frank Zappa

[@SightAfterDark]

😮Is that a real quote?

[@woodyoffmark7944]

@@SightAfterDark I read it in a Zappa forum, and It seems believable: Sep 14, 2019 · It’s my intention to make this the best Adrian Belew show ever !” Adrian first appeared on the guitar-world radar when he toured with Frank Zappa who later said, “Adrian reinvented electric guitar.”

[@fabioriato]

He did and so did Robert Fripp. How crazy it was to have these two guys playing together in the same band for so many years.

[@cybore213]

@@SightAfterDark Sorry, I can't help it. The first thought that came to mind when I read your comment was "is that a real quote or a Sears quote?". Obscure FZ "conceptual continuity" lyric reference, slightly modified. The actual lyric, from Cosmik Debris is "Now is that a real poncho or a Sears poncho?". That line always makes me laugh. The real poncho or Sears poncho reference also shows up in Camarillo Brillo.

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

Very excited to see them again this coming week. I had the pleasure of seeing this incarnation of Crimson at the time. Great clip - they even got a smile out of Fripp - the ultimate backseat driver of rock and roll.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching Edward!

[@quixoticindiscipline9524]

Check out "Eternity's breath part I & II" by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, I think you guys would dig it. Cool song, cool video too

[@PaulScherdell]

Friday's was a great show and that's why the network cancel it. Lol. I'm not sure about Larry David but I know Michael Richards was on it

[@wwestern99]

OMG! Whatever that was, it was amazing.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching!

[@ChadWiggin]

Check out his solo work "Oh Daddy" for one and his collaboration with David Bowie "Pretty Pink Rose".

[@rustynail3743]

Check out Zappas City of Tiny Lights with Belew ......LIVE

[@davetothebeard]

Don’t forget that David Bowie snatched Adrian from Frank, leading to a big bru-ha-ha at the time.

[@timothyjohnson4890]

Adrian Belew does an outstanding job with David Bowie in a 1977 video of "Stay".

[@IYAMNI]

Yes, correct that is Adrian Belew who also has quite a few solo albums which you might like. But also drummer Bill Bruford of Yes fame and stick bassist Tony Levin who played with just about everybody and the MVP Robert Fripp, founder of King Crimson who always sits on stage and added his unique guitar style to Bowie's Heroes and the album Scary Monsters. A lot of Belew's solo material is more pop style, some of it sounds like it was written by Lennon. Probably my favorite Burned By The Fire We Make kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIOWhappaJtmhtE

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks!

[@duledule1127]

From the moment Adrian Belew joined the band, King Chrimson became THE ULTIMATE ORCHESTRA...before that there was mainly a symphony orchestra that needed 30+ musicians to recreate ALL THE MUSIC - the last stage in the 500 year evolution of music. Miles Davis + Frank Zappa + Jimi Hendriks = KING Crimson

[@SightAfterDark]

😮

[@ronrodriguezboston]

Adrian Bellew also played with Zappa. There is a song of Fripp and Byrne kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4mwqZaQrt5-jdE

[@howardhudome3040]

Go back to there first album Court Of The Crimson King and the four albums after that is Crimson at their best

[@robertkees6048]

That's what happens when you have virtuosos at every position. You don't see that much.

[@MrMartinGross]

From the 1980s Fripp/Belew/Levin/Bruford incarnation of KC, I recommend 'Frame by Frame,' 'Indiscipline,' 'The Sheltering Sky,' 'Neal and Jack and Me,' 'Sartori in Tangier,' 'Waiting Man,' 'Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds),' and especially 'Industry,' a dark instrumental that seems to be musically describing the growth of industry, more and more factories polluting the sky. Also, 'Entry of the Crims,' a live instrumental with them walking on stage--major guitar WAILING by Belew and Fripp! Not to be missed!

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Mawr!

[@fvazquez64]

Now, that's music, everything else is ... small talk

[@pilesovinyl]

It's Belew for sure. Robert Fripp on the other guitar is the mastermind here.

[@jamespuleo3269]

Wanna hear a great Robert Fripp PUNKROCK song??? ALL 1/8th-note downstroke guitar chords like the Ramones, but with more lyrics?? "You Burn Me Up, I'm A Cigarette," from Fripp's Post-1970's Crimson//Pre-1980's Crimson album, "Exposure." (Featuring Tony Levin, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel)

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks James!