King Crimson - Islands

[@markcharig1]

I had a wonderful time playing the cornet on this album. Robert and the rest of the crew there were such an awesome group to be around. Being able to feature on an album created by rock legends was an experience I will never forget.

[@kalka862]

Thank you for the wonderful solo at the end!

[@blink-xt2bp]

thank you for your part in this. you are yourself a legend as well!

[@thelyricologist9568]

I can only envy - in the best possible meaning of the word - the feeling of playing with those guys. But also I envy you being yourself an acclaimed musician and providing us with a wonderful piece of music. :-)

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Bravo to all of you! This is the quintessence of serene and melancholy! A masterpiece!

[@yana_2_6_0]

My man: for me, you MADE this album off that solo alone...

[@progrockplaylists]

I'm not friends with anyone that doesn't like this song. they aren't welcome to my island

[@eldiosdeltocino]

And all the friends that unknown this song, are welcome to my island

[@zenmarqzenway]

I have no island, but this island. That has him singing from the left side of, on my headphones

[@Spugnaroberto]

Fun fact: i used to dislike this song... a lot... now I love it!

[@tommyrawlings3046]

The most quintessential mellow, peaceful piece of music ever created!

[@kw19193]

Too brill. Cheers!

[@tenzinsmith]

The most underrated King Crimson song. Absolutely beautiful.

[@dougmphilly]

i'm not a fan of the album, except for this. boz was such a great singer. and tippet's piano. and that coronet solo. and finally, sinfield strings together words that we can all understand.

[@nelsonluisfreire8969]

This song is soooo boring

[@tagomago994]

@@nelsonluisfreire8969 no problem, you can go have fun elsewhere.

[@music7]

I agree with you

[@andrewwilliams9599]

The most underrated King Crimson album. Absolutely sublime.

[@kurarisu_]

This is the reason why the ability to hear was created

[@이지태-x1m]

I thought this is the reason why need to trianed to hear. Going to ask my only old son to play this when the moment i will be disappeard eventually. The last song to me in the rest of life.

[@WalkmanAssassin]

For the hearing impaired.

[@이지태-x1m]

@@WalkmanAssassin Listening 🎶 👌 Drank too much, but you will understand what I am trying to express

[@Japanese_Tiger]

This is the Hymn of my Loneliness and my Love. Love you, King Crimson, and thank you for all the times you with me.

[@triangulum8869]

this song really makes you feel infinite peace

[@ailigimmo9668]

Exactly....

[@carlosaramayo7633]

@@ailigimmo9668 The infinite pain and the infinite peace of solitude.

[@Mythriak_]

This is one of the most beatuiful songs I've ever listened. And I had the privilege of watching it be played live. This song made the world a better place.

[@music7]

What a lucky man!!

[@weltire]

...He squeezes tears, but I don't cry:) ... Only Chopin can do something like that ...

[@luismoraless7133]

Man, this thing live is like a hug to the soul, I had the same luck too

[@4karros]

I saw it live july 28th of this year it was extremely emotional almost made me cry

[@natejacobs5879]

@@4karros I am two nights removed from watching Crimson perform this live & I know what you speak of. Just a stunning piece of music.

[@marcobelloni6757]

This song is for me the Big Bang of peace. I had it in my earphones at the hospital while being close to death, though fully conscious and fighting cancer before a transplant saved me. King Crimson's Islands was telling me 'any way this will end it will be fantastic'.

[@mononoaware1960]

Glad to hear you’re alive and well my friend, stay strong.

[@marcobelloni6757]

@@mononoaware1960 Thanks a lot, friend. Same for you!

[@gabrieldzwonowski3363]

I can't imagine how heavy that must've been

[@dayotobiusa]

"Always has been." We are all little connected islands, sharing the birds and winds with each other while trying to make sense of this fantastic experience that is life itself. It is a rare thing to be aware of, how small and fast our time here is, and how it makes all our life even more amazing because of it. I cherish you. Because you know this better\closer than a lot of people. You have known what it is to accept your end, to really know every day is a gift. Not in the sense that you can always do more each higher, but in the sense that every small gesture is beautiful in its significance (personally, I've always believed the greatest, divine good is hidden in the smallest gesture of kindness, and it always puts a smile on my face), that the fact that every interaction could be your last and as such should be done as if it were, and that at the end, you are your own judge, and as long as you've lived true to yourself and your loves, you will forgive and accept your end (no one is clear of guilts and regrets., but that is\was part of the journey that is human life, it is about learning after all).

[@jacquesdelaquaire7471]

@@dayotobiusa How interesting it'd be to talk about that with you... ❤🤩

[@obi234]

Mark Charigs cornet solo makes me cry (from 6:05 to 8:55) ... It draws a distinct story in my head; a person, who lived a sad and lonely life, finds true love in the autumn of their life, which makes them happy and full of joy. But there's great tragedy in this, because their life is damn near over, and it took them so long to realize the beauty of it - but in the moment, the fact is lost on them, or they just don't care. And when they die, there is a smile on their face, because they have lived a great life.

[@johnfowler3125]

He replied to the video

[@obi234]

@@johnfowler3125 oh man, that's sweet! Thanks for letting me know

[@raydarable]

Great profile picture.

[@mrlightningbolt887]

Nice to see a fellow Wilson fan here

[@thickasabrick1and2]

Mark Charig's cornet solo is just... Perfect.

[@y2k.channel]

when mark charig plays on a king crimson song it just makes the song like 18348393 times bettr

[@sharonhallshipp6011]

Sublime.

[@andreasalvioli3801]

Great. Amazing.

[@samuelarias9242]

if they dont play this song at my funeral then im not going

[@Rog5446]

I never thought of this as a funeral farewell song, but I bet some people have chosen it for their farewell.

[@josephhutchison1983]

Ha!

[@justyna8156]

They should play it in churches in general, it would have better impact on people and their meditation.

[@AUSTIN-sz1gz]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jiggersotoole7823]

@@justyna8156 they should play it in shopping malls. it would start a riot. or better stiill a revolution.

[@joakasgu-kum.3910]

This song is another level of beauty...

[@libertyvalance64]

Another level of Everything...

[@gigisonishvili7146]

This is the most beautiful and calming song ever.

[@lukaedilashvili6477]

გეთანხმები :დდდ

[@giorgi857]

მეც გეთანხმები

[@fabrigasan2150]

E” la maglia del Como Calcio?😜

[@elzagvelesiani]

გემოვნებიანი ქართველები ♥️

[@conjointoates]

იმენა

[@wanttobeaspaceface5486]

Thank you for everything Pete this song has gotten me through so much

[@VeeeeryyyFaaaastSlooooth]

One of the best songs ever, and Keith Tippet's piano work here is exceptional

[@TheReaperMan275]

Yes, he (Tippet) behaved himself on this one. 😉

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Tippet was an exceptional piano player!

[@baco82]

There's a whole Canterbury team behind Lizard and this 😀

[@charlytaylor1748]

Ha ha reaper man. Mr Tippett came to our house after a gig at Oxford improvisers co-op mid-80s. He talked to my housemate about eastenders as I remember

[@ChrisStevens-cr3qu]

not to mention the harmonion near the end of the song

[@kinoepigrafe]

Thank you for the artworks you've given to the world, Peter - you might no longer be with us, but what you've accomplished with these albums will never be forgotten ♥️

[@randyginn1747]

The most tranquil and peaceful song ever recorded by a rock band. A Masterpiece..

[@spexvtx]

I have been moved by this song since it’s release in 1972. It never grows old but it’s depth grows with age.

[@jd-bl3gf]

Cannot say anything more

[@josephhutchison1983]

Been listening to this cut since I owned this album since 1972 or '73. I got it on sale at JL Marsh record warehouse in Dallas where I worked a short time.

[@BillJohnson-jr1jd]

Yupp just like wine

[@bobsbigboy_]

was released in 1971

[@dnn909]

Fripp turns his gaze towards the Trifid Nebula of Sagittarius, and recalls that story he read in his youth, about some monks who in their monastery observed, one night a thousand years ago, how particles were released from the moon that originated new stars in the sky. Evokes the metaphor of stars, islands scattered across the sky, and gives name to the fourth King Crimson album.

[@blownupfishnchips9071]

This does not sound like a King Crimson album at all and I'm not even complaining.

[@holderlin13]

Maybe because it's King Crimson!

[@Scottlp2]

I’ve only recently explored their works beyond Court of the Crimson king album and I still can’t get over how they have beautiful quiet pieces and what I assume death metal sounds like as well as something posted today which sounds like straight Jazz.

[@holderlin13]

@@Scottlp2 Maybe what you just discover is that King Crimson is not a matter of style but an invention of a King Crimson style...

[@progrockplaylists]

KC is well known for originality. this sure is outstanding

[@davehamilton-smith9460]

@@Scottlp2 In that case, death metal does not sound like how you think it might.

[@moshebarnoach3070]

this may be the most beautiful song ever composed.

[@michaelgiordani3967]

Thats Echoes from Pink Floyd

[@moshebarnoach3070]

@@michaelgiordani3967 Close ... and if, in some other dimension, where King Crimson did not exist, i would agree wholeheartedly .

[@michaelgiordani3967]

@@moshebarnoach3070 King Crimson its ok. But Pink Floyd are the holy fck gods

[@plompiderunglaubliche8764]

@@michaelgiordani3967 nah king crimson are better they use way more instruments and are more skilled players and their songs sounds more expressive

[@plasticweapon]

@@michaelgiordani3967 echoes isn't "beautiful" (at least not in the kind of way we're talking about now).

[@andrewwilliams9599]

2:30 to 3:10. Like being in a church, with only Marc Charig on cornet and Fripp on pedal harmonium. Absolutely sublime.

[@josephhutchison1983]

GOOSEBUMPS!!!

[@michaelforrest7295]

Was thinking the same thing, gave me peace of mind

[@albertotristanrodriguezamenedo]

《SON REALMENTE BUENOS 👍

[@giannirizzi1031]

Not only armonium (latin, please😊), but Mellotron too!

Fifty years have passed since the creation of this song (1971) and which I heard for the first time when I was sixteen in 1975, at the premises of the mythical record store “Showco”, which was in one of the commercial galleries in Buenos Aires in the Belgrano neighborhood. His owner, Juanjo Fernández Padrón, was always there with several of his friends listening to “strange things” that came on vinyl from Europe, Japan and the US. There, I also heard for the first time Peter Hamill's Van der Graaf Generator, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Premiata Forneria Marconi, and Pink Floyd. But it was King Crimson who blew my mind. The lyrics of the poet Peter Sinfield, the incredible guitar of Robert Fripp and the melodies and voice of John Wetton, made something change in me forever. Because not only had he discovered music, he had also discovered poetry. Happy 50 years, Islands! And thank you.

[@BoazMoerman]

Nice story! The singer here is Boz Burrell though, not John Wetton.

[@GraachAhim]

Yo tengo una experiencia similar, solo que en Porto Alegre, no lejos de BsAs, y la tienda de discos llamava Pop'Som en Galeria Chaves. Perdon por mi pobre castellano.

[@joshmolina4435]

Thank you King Crimson

[@fabrigasan2150]

Mellotron da paura👑👑🧏

[@caiosoares2834]

I had written a text similar to this one on the other upload of the track, but it has been lost since KZbin disabled the comments. I must thank Fripp, Sinfield, Boz, Wallace, Tippet, Charig, and everyone who made this song possible. This song helped me a lot during these strange times, ever since the albuns were available on KZbin. When i felt like everything was lost forever, i would come back to this track, it gave me strengh and hope for better times. This will forever be the best King Crimson song for me. Edit: also, thank you Hirohiko Araki for getting me into King Crimson.

[@troloquimicoxd69]

Likewise bro 🤝

[@andrewwilliams9599]

Marc Charig on cornet. His duet with Fripp on harmonium, and his solo at the end.

[@nathanp1160]

Ditto hoss, never would've found this beatiful music if not for part 5

[@doceunodoceuno]

Marc Charig !!! That cornet...

[@funnyvalentine8731]

that last statement, i feel that too. King Crimson is indeed a total hidden gem... i'm so happy I found this band

[@mintoto4184]

학창시절 누워서 잠들기 전 항상 이 노래의 카세트테잎 틀고 들으면서 스르르 잠들었던 기억이 난다. 몽롱하게 꿈속에서 상상의 낙원을 그리며 기분좋은 환상에 사로잡히게 만드는 마성의 명곡!

[@nataliacintia1719]

Mi papá eligió despedirse de este mundo con esta canción...te amo pa!!! siempre en mi ❤️

[@eduardogamez2661]

Mi papá también eligió esta canción que coincidencia

[@CooperLawless93]

Sus papis tenían excelente gusto musical como para conocer y degustar este himno 🥺🙌

[@davidhockley1082]

That is beautiful...Your father was clearly a man of impecable taste

[@CristMartinezS]

Que bello, también pediría eso en mis ultimos momentos...un abrazo para ti

[@michaelmorgan1674]

Debido que vivo en una pequena isla Caribenyo estos ultimos 12 anyos, puedo entender la eleccion de su papa. Puede ser lo mio

[@miguelherrera8840]

THE MOST DEPRESSIVE AND AT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD! rest in peace Ian Mcdonald king crimson

[@rulostulos4891]

Que momento para estar vivo.

[@januszstopa3383]

It's been so many years I heard this mesmerising piece of music over the radio on a late summer evening in 1972. Poland in the middle of communist rule with no perspective of seeing the world and feeling free... And Oh, this music that takes you to another world where there is no persecution and bans but pure permeating beauty. Those were the days and ... King Crimson - the hope for peace and beauty to come some day!

[@jd-bl3gf]

Well said

[@antonovt]

oh that's a beautiful memory. The world is a wonderful place for things like that. Thanks for sharing that!

[@januszstopa3383]

@@antonovt I'm really happy you liked it! The things like this make the world go round.

[@fedorkorobin3144]

You're breathing freely now, of course.

[@timwilderspin]

Such a moving window on your life, thank you.

[@Happyal-qt3xs]

Headphones on, lights off, I could lay down and listen to this for hours and hours

[@JaeSamantha]

One of the first post-rock songs ever composed

[@siladex-gaming]

king crimson was literally everything back then

[@kw19193]

Although many may prefer "Starless" when it comes to holding the claim of KC's most beautiful song I, for one, believe "Islands" walks with that honor. Sublime to its core and deeply moving a song that succeeds on every level, not an easy thing to do. Too, Pete Sinfield's lyrics are worthy of being singled out, rich with allusion, imagery, and alliteration they are close to very best he achieved in his collaboration with Fripp (and that's saying something in light of his overall brilliance). Breathtaking. Cheers!

[@gordonbryce]

Yes, I just replied to a post above and agree with your judgement of Peter Sinfield's poetry, I believe he will come to be recognised as one of the greatest lyricists/poet of his time. Maybe he should come out of semi retirement and write a paean for the best of the 1970's/80's in contrast to our present social-cultural collapse!

[@carlosaramayo7633]

@@gordonbryce I was able to know, many years ago, that Peter Sinfield was mentioned in the 70s as one of the two best lyricists of Rock, along with...Jim Morrison.

[@gordonbryce]

@@carlosaramayo7633 Peter Sinfield draws from the very best of British romantic poetry going all the way back to William Wordsworth and William Blake and, in my opinion, transcends them both at times because he mixes in his clever perceptions of the late 20th century. What is sad is so much of British radio is vapid and our music scene lacks depth and real musicianship now, when compared to the sublimest moments of prog. rock. Ah! Things come and go. The way of life!

[@TheReaperMan275]

And this would turn out to be the last collaboration between Peter Sinfield and Robert Fripp, who fired him after this project. Richard Palmer James would be Crimson's next lyricist during the John Wetton years.

[@gordonbryce]

@@TheReaperMan275 Peter really sits proudly at the head of the English romantic poetic tradition for the 1970's and he has not been replaced.

[@papabibo5]

This song made me cry when I first heard it, good times with good music. RIP Boz.

[@Finbarheerlen]

My most beautiful song ever made. I love it since I bought Islands in 1971. So my favourite song for 50 years.

[@kasimir-fs4oi]

Same with me except I bought "Islands" two years later, so I have to wait for my personnel anniversary.

[@josephhutchison1983]

It is beauty in music!

[@alessandromerelli7221]

My boss sell me some records and Islands was one of them. I never felt anything like it while listening to an album. I was smiling from the start to the end and when I reached the part with the trumpet all my thoughts were lucent and estatic. What an opera, what a miracle is music.

[@josephhutchison1983]

Truly..a miracle is music!

[@jackhughesbooks]

I remember listening to this song on the ferry to Formentera when I was younger, so much younger than today. I could not believe I was going somewhere Sinfield had written about. Utter magic.

[@duaneberry3298]

Yes, Formentera Lady.

[@ishallremaincalm]

I also listened to this on the ferry from an island to the mainland it was magical

[@jackhughesbooks]

@@ishallremaincalm 😁

[@daviantasori317]

one of the most beautiful songs with a rustic, nostalgic atmosphere enhanced by the oboe and cornet solos. What charm ! ☮️🐟🎺

[@andrasgyuris8009]

Maybe it's flute, not oboe...

[@kathowed]

For mine, the most heart-rending track of yearning from the rich and vast KC catalogue. And that cornet solo? Achingly beautiful! Mark Charig strives with such passion and conviction. I get goosebumps every time I hear it.

[@el_mal_de_ojo]

One of the most beautiful things I've ever had the pleasure of listening. To say it's angelic seems lacking. It gives me such a strange feeling...like miracles exist, like things will be OK.

[@KERSTEN27]

R I P Pete Sinfield

[@yasserabdelrazek7077]

This album brings back fond memories of my twenties..thirty years ago...it was my first king Crimson's..given to me by a dear friend who passed away few years after it Whenever I hear those tunes I remember you ..R.I.P dear friend till we meet

[@albertougalde1268]

Islands es la mejor cancion del mundo. Me enamoré de ella cuando era joven, y ha sido uno de los pilares de mi vida. Todavia no entiendo tanta belleza. Pero no es necesario entender

[@joseluissuarez2673]

Completamente de acuerdo. Como tantas otras obras maestras de esa gloriosa época, analizarla es perder el tiempo. Simplemente usen unos buenos cascos, suban el volumen y déjense llevar.

[@music7]

Sólo hay que sentir!!!!!!!!!!

[@academia59]

Simplemente bella

[@antonioluismarinescalante2153]

De acuerdo con vosotros. Escribo esto con mis cascos a buen volumen y me vuelve a emocionar.

[@andreasalvioli3801]

Also for me. The best song of all time.

[@philmerlot9074]

Not liking this album is an admission of ignorance. It is thematically very integrated. Formentera is in the Balearics and was a hippy Mecca in the sixties and seventies. Odysseus is reputed to have landed in Menorca on his travels. Menorca was famous in ancient times for its slingsmen and they were recruited as mercenaries in several campaigns. The Sailors Tale is about riding a terrible storm in a boat at the mercy of the gods as depicted in the Odyssey. I know those Islands and this album is one of the most richly evocative bodies of work I know.

[@anthonycardott3541]

yeah I agree, taken in context too, we know that Boz was a rockanroll type dude, so likely not prepared to put in the effort for Crimson, but ill-prepared bandmates considered, this album has excellent tunes, and is definitely as much the product of its members' interests (to me this must be COLLINS' album!) as any other

[@timcardona9962]

So they're all Islands...what does that have to do with liking/not liking the album? It's nice but nowhere near KC's best

[@philmerlot9074]

@@timcardona9962 I can tell you've given it a lot of thought..........

[@deathcrush6155]

I love this album and it's my second favourite from KC. But I couldn't disagree more with your first afirmation. Not liking one or another piece of music doesn't make anyone ignorant. And honestly that goes for any album in this wide world. Knowing that music is subjective and each has a different relation with music itself. Aside from that, your comment was really interesting, thanks for sharing it with us.

[@gobbiprimus8167]

While this song in particular is exquisite and quite serene. There are a couple of issues I have with the overall album. For one, with the exception of the title track, I never found myself really engaged with it. And Boz's vocals just don't do it for me. I personally prefer Jakko's live version of this song to the studio release. Finally, I think your comment is interesting, but whether or not someone likes a song/album has nothing to do with ignorance. Music taste is subjective after all.

[@LudwigHollywood66]

I’m 52 years old and just heard this for the first time about a year ago. I would consider it to be one of the most beautiful songs ever.

[@JeffChetelat]

Une merveille qui vous emmène en pays mélancolique. . Et le piano de Keith Tipett

[@yromho]

This is my favorite King Crimson song, Islands! !! It may be the most beautiful song.

[@felixhayman5934]

As you get older this song gets more beautiful as it is absorbed into the skin of time.

[@AdeneTzr]

i kinda like at the end 10:12 they all start talking and testing their insturments gives a sort of strange feeling like if you are there with them

[@PikyFen]

they didnt have to make this shit so beautiful, currently crying my eyes out cause it ended. if only they made another album like this.

[@monicayazminsolissuarez3507]

Indudablemente esta es una de las canciones más hermosas de King Crimson.

[@miguelmanzo5101]

De la historia del Rock

[@leopoldoramirezangeles7671]

Totalmente de acuerdo contigo... Apenas la escuché hace unos meses y no me canso de la magia y paz destila.

[@caricaturafea453]

I'm gonna cry

[@anothertime1282]

I was in Formentera in July 1968. it's a sad story, involving lost love. But how much this has always brought the memory back.

[@demiandorado4879]

Increible poema musical, la belleza hecha musica!

[@marycarter8009]

This is my very favorite song in the world. Nothing better ( back in the day) smoking a joint putting on great headphones and sitting back listening to this amazing song.

[@MormonShotGun]

Same, man

[@Syntomis]

Honestly, this track is awesome! I thought only _I talk to the wind_ can make me so calm, but it seems to be even greater.

[@gbarbosar]

Será quizás una de las mejores canciones de nuestra humanidad? Yo creo que sí

[@ignacioduran6992]

an absolute masterpiece

[@agustinyanez3023]

Islas La tierra, el arroyo y el árbol rodeados por el mar, las olas barren la arena de mi isla. Mi puestas de sol se desvanecen. El campo y la hierba sólo esperan a que llueva, grano a grano el amor corroe mis desgastados muros, los que me defienden de la marea, acunan al viento hacia mi isla. La fina arena sube hasta donde están las gaviotas y planean, tristemente planean sobre mi isla. Mi blanco velo de novia, frío y pálido, lo disuelve el Sol. La telaraña del amor está hilada - los gatos cazan, los ratones corren, los cogen por la fuerza en las zarzas donde los búhos conocen mis ojos, cielos morados tocan mi isla, me tocan a mí. Bajo las brisas el viento, paz infinita, las islas unen sus manos bajo el mar celestial. Oscuros muelles del puerto, como dedos de piedra ávidamente alcanzan mi isla. Agarran las palabras del marinero - perlas y calabazas se esparcen en mi orilla. Indistinto al amor, atado en círculos. La tierra, el arroyo y el árbol regresan al mar, las olas barren la arena de mi isla, me barren a mí.

[@davidanspach1624]

What a beautiful song, what a beautiful comment section...

[@Bocchichan2642]

just meet this song recently and now i'm completely addicted to her, such a masterpiece

[@PoteDaGanancia]

This song is a experience.

[@米田さとし]

What a sweet voice! Boz Burrell is my most favourite singer though Crimso's history.

[@kolbe-wl7sw]

I cannot agree more with you, but sometimes it's hard for me to believe that the person singing this song is the same person who sings it in EARTHBOUND.

[@dunebug233]

I just started getting more into King Crimson due to a certain show, and this was personally my favorite from the Islands album. So peaceful. So ironic that it was just posted on KZbin too!

[@piotrgpt-4178]

Aloha?

[@gyro3454]

jojo

[@cshirt]

“a certain show”

[@bunnysoup6858]

@@cshirt Obviously Sea Of Tranquility 😭😭😭

[@rporta]

@@bunnysoup6858 the youtuber?

[@AP-dj2kv]

I just can't get enough. Piece of art.

[@kinkinbo]

本当によく聴いた曲。いつ聴いても新鮮さが甦る。

[@justchilling177]

I know music is subjective, but i can't believe there are actual people who hate this album and think its mid ... As cliché as it sounds This song is simply a masterpiece

[@nousername4416]

I've tried to like this one more but it's my least favourite personally. KC never had a bad release, this album is just a bit too soft and slow for my liking. I do like stuff like exiles or walking on air but this is even softer to a point where it's hard for me to keep my interest. I'll still revisit It the future to see if my opinion changes though. It is objectively good music, its mostly just a style thing for me.

[@rubicon-oh9km]

Been a Crimson fan for so many years and never really gave this album a chance because I had heard so many lukewarm things about it. Finally purchased an original pressing on vinyl and like it immensely.

[@atlasking6110]

Marc Charig though. That solo kills me, always has and always will.

[@sharonhallshipp6011]

And me.

[@shugokanou7499]

これぞKing Crimson メロディ。 素晴らしい。

[@robertjoseph8008]

I was fortunate to experience a King Crimson concert at the Eastown Theater in Detroit in 1971. Their evocative music has led me to explore many "Islands" through the years. The journey continues....

[@nakim55]

I was also there, blues project and Proco harum opened for them.

[@kimchung864]

I love every small detail of this song ... so beautiful!

[@andreasalvioli3801]

Formentera lady, sailors tale, the letter, prelude, island. MAMMAMIA. The best album of kc.

[@tomaszskupniewicz5163]

'Islands' is a deep spiritual experience.

[@davidcline471]

This was the final song i put on my little brother’s mixtape years ago. Will probably never see him again. But i put this on there because of the way it ends, with such hopefulness.

[@robubik670]

What happened between you and your brother?

[@ThomasSteves]

certainly one of my very favorite songs.

[@gordonburger419]

Such a beautiful song, loved the album…thanks for the cornet playing. The end of the song had some incredible deep bass as the musicians shuffled around. My father thought I was knocking down a wall in my room. I had built a subwoofer w 15 inch speaker…the rumbling scared me too; but after such a beautiful song, my fathers aggression upsets me to this day.

[@pythonbyte]

fell asleep with spotify on and this was playing when i woke up, i knew that day was going to be a good one.

[@francosategna7150]

Hypnotic,metaphysical, enveloping,persuasive but deep...a monster amongst the monster tracks,made by monster musicians.....Art at its best,Boz Burrell was a Platonic monad,one of the best voices of story of the rock,Fripp'mellotron is devasting like the trumpet solo by Charig....superb and awesome the works by pianist Tippett,oboist Miller and flutist Collins...no words needed....

[@januszstopa3383]

Not only freely. I am overjoyed that I I lived to see the day of everybody can find interest they want to. And that is what life and freedom is about.

[@spectralmaya4586]

Beautifully melancholic, one of my favourite KC title tracks.

[@timberframingbear]

This song and the album was quite literally a life saver.

[@ivanr3107]

The album title and the cover have the best synergy I've ever seen/felt.

[@正後久-k1f]

キング･クリムゾンのアルバムで、一番好きなアルバム、アイランズ。それは永遠に、変わりません‼

[@bali2919]

My favourite song and my grandmother just passed away couple hours ago, what an odd timing...

[@duaneberry3298]

Peace to you, bro.

[@raydarable]

I'm so sorry to hear that.

[@SEGAClownboss]

Lots of love, that's difficult. Your grandmother must be proud of you.

[@edwardsolon168]

To me this song is best described as a delicate, classical piece of music. A composiotion that so beatifully express the Title. the endless time and loliness, the yearing for contact, the acceptence, the slowness of time, and the finally peace with it. Althought its full of human emotion it's expressed through the long life of a island.

[@ReddyObscura]

Well written music yet the hissing noise is left untouched since its first release. Tender and dreamy.

[@demiandorado4879]

Es una canción tan bella, para escuchar con los ojos cerrados y a oscuras, solo en mi isla...

[@mpg8314]

Here after the reveal of James Webb telescope first images. First thing I thought was this album's cover, but then I realised it goes further: we are just a little and insignificant island in the vastness of space.

[@antonioluismarinescalante2153]

Tantos años después me sigue emocionando......

[@moreoobservatory1869]

Hearing this song live was one of my most treasured experiences as a King Crimson fan By far, their most beautiful song

[@haroldkramer495]

One of the best Prog bands

[@elmochaorejas6122]

Una de las más hermosas piezas de KC, una belleza. Greettings from Mexico every one!

[@win4678]

The most beautiful progressive rock&jazz fusion album

[@TeAyudo_1213]

Prog yes.. Jazz Fusion no.. man.. Classic Progressive Rock Album.

[@win4678]

@@TeAyudo_1213 oh shit, I thought it is jazz fuzion. I don't know much about jazz, could you please recommend me some of the best albums of jazz fuzion？

[@lauragabriela256]

@@win4678 Zappa - Hot Rats, Miles Davis - In a silent way

[@ChrisStevens-cr3qu]

I first heard this as a very young man, on a hot night in australia when it was first released. It opened my eyes to music beyond the traditional rock of zeppelin and deep purple. I have asked my wife to play this at my funeral . To me it is all about the lonelyness of us all , but being at peace with our isolation.Peter Sinfield wrote the most powerful lyrics, and fripps ability to let musicians shine around him, such wonder.

[@fellini_federico]

revivió el arte

[@danielmacdonald8349]

Not too long ago I was literally deaf in one ear. It happened around March and was just corrected about 2 weeks ago. OMG - It was awful. The worse part was when listening to music - especially in my car. No sound into my right ear. When it was corrected I put this CD in on my ride home!! Sure sounded good!!! Amazing the little things we take for granted.

[@ВячеславБормотов-я3т]

Слушаю Кинг Кримпсон с 19 лет. Сейчас мне 60.

[@ГенадійМельник]

Для меня это самый лучший альбом группы слушаешь его и кажется лежишь в поле а вокруг цветы и голубое небо над тобой

[@bobduerwald9805]

Put this song on , turn out the lights, and close your eyes.