King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair

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THREE OF A PERFECT PAIR
She is susceptible
He is impossible
They have their cross to share
Three of a perfect pair...
He has his contradicting views
She has her cyclothymic moods
They make a study in despair
Three of a perfect pair...
One, one too many
Schizophrenic tendencies
Keeps it complicated
Keeps it aggravated
And full of this hopelessness
What a perfect mess...
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Adrian Belew: Voice, Fretted and Fretless guitars
Robert Fripp: Guitar
Tony Levin: Bass, Stick, Synth and Background Voice
Bill Bruford: Acoustic and Electric Drumming
Music by King Crimson
Words by Adrian Belew
Produced by King Crimson
Engineer: Brad Davis
With Tony Arnold (Arny’s Shack) on “Industry” and “Dig Me”
“Sleepless” mixed by Bob Clearmountain
Assistant Engineers: Nick James, Ray Niznik and Peter Hefter
Social Services: Tex Read
Cover Symbol From a design by Peter Willis of the Trevail Mill Studio
Cover Art by Timothy Eames
#KingCrimson
#RobertFripp

[@matthewfinger2381]

This song came on at the gym today. Last thing I was expecting to hear in there lol.

[@rosealfidi9510]

Ikr

[@HazardProfile]

SIDE A : ❤❤🙌🎶😍 SIDE B : Į̶̤̘͖̖̀N̸̞̤̫͙̺̙̩̠̟̫̅̏̈́͜D̷̮̳̮͍̫͈̅͛̃̈̈́̓͊̓̕͠͝U̶̬̦̼̜̦̞̮̰̣͋͐́̔͆̊̐͂͝͝Ś̴̙̼͇͓̀̽̈́͌̓̌̽͆͝͝T̴̛̪̞̖̺̼̼̱̹̩͎͛̇̊̉͐͜Ṟ̶̱͈̓̂̇̐̒̊̔̊̚͝͠I̵̝͎͊̔̆͐̊̕̕͠A̷̞̠̟͎̠̖̯̘̜̺̒̋Ľ̴̨̩͔͓̃̉̄͘̚

[@RbOlUeGuE]

Acurate

[@officialpierluk]

in a nutshell haha tight

[@opedrodubois]

Bonus Tracks: kInG cRiMsoN baRbEr sHOp

[@methyod]

@@opedrodubois that was my shit when i was 13

[@markharris8703]

I love both sides.

[@juankgonzalez6230]

80's Crimson is just so quotable, my god

[@FrenchToasted1995]

i'm moving wheels

[@yarlodek5842]

Sheeeeeeeeeeee

[@ShadowNinja452]

“This is a dangerous... Oh, this is a dangerous place...!”

[@stevenj2717]

@@ShadowNinja452 and when I turn the corner, who should appear? Two policeman!! Hahahahah...

[@benjaminseelig8675]

I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stres i repeat myself when under stress s

[@stevenj2717]

Words can't describe how much I love Crimson . I guess I now know why Jimi Hendrix was jumping up and down at one of their early shows, yelling "This is the greatest band in the world".. look it up if you doubt it.

[@nickdreique]

Gentle Giant. Jethro Tull

[@The-priest-of-darkness]

​@@nickdreiqueperfect pair of three best bands: King Crimson, gentle giant and Jethro tull

[@grannyjudi1]

as a young hippie girl I waited on them in Tempe Arizona..they gave me pass to their show as my tip...best tip I ever got....still talking about it...50 years later ha ha

[@jaivkoltun4948]

Yeah. . . Jimmy was on. One genius to another. . .

[@cwinsten1]

Mahavishnu Orchestra enters.

[@caiobernardo9111]

ONE, ONE TOO MANY SCHIZOPHENIC TENDENCIES KEEPS IT COMPLICATED

[@spectralmaya4586]

COMPLICATEEED

[@theempires5]

KEEPS IT AGGRAVATED

[@spectralmaya4586]

@@theempires5 AGGRAVATEEED

[@theempires5]

AND FULL OF THIS HOPELESSNESS

[@spectralmaya4586]

@@theempires5 WHAT A PERFECT MESS

[@bierdlll]

King Crimson, Keeping It Complicated!

[@mistajoe2077]

SHEEEEEEE 🎶

[@ThePugGod]

EEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Klowny_Gaming]

REEEEE (so no one will say about LITERALY KING CRISMON will make one music? where is diavolo?)

[@fatheroftwo852]

Probably one of my favourite openings of all the songs I know :D

[@rabidsquirrel4702]

Is susceptible

[@ThePugGod]

@@rabidsquirrel4702 HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@dr.weaklicksofcrashedcurse4535]

The title alone is pure genius!

[@AlexandreVilasBoas]

It seems to be a koan ;)

[@Samtonit]

tree of a perfect pear lol

[@steveclark3879]

2:24 - 2:57 Gets me every time. How can this still surprise me after all these years?

[@sergegirard9712]

Because it is so brilliant!

[@coreyzimmerman9782]

Genius

[@jcolorful9815]

Like Eno jumped in !

[@skepticsinister]

Greatest guitar solo ever!

[@PhilDocking]

The guitar solo from this recording was my ringtone for many years... One of the best solos of all time, as far as I am concerned.

[@edjwise]

That solo is like nothing else. Digging in the Dirt is my close second. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmGmZHd-pZhpsMU

[@lmolmud]

@@PhilDocking You mean Fripp?

[@PhilDocking]

@@lmolmud Sorry - looks like a previous reply from someone else was deleted, so now my reply looks silly and out of context - I'll delete my previous reply shortly.

[@skepticsinister]

Agree, greatest guitar solo ever!

[@codycigar6542]

Nobody talks about Bruford enough. He is literally the best drummer of all time in my opinion. Yes, ALL time.

[@bunnysoup6858]

I agree

[@sthomasond]

Yes, thank you. Got overshadowed by Bonham, who of course is great but Bruford was doing way more interesting stuff and was much tighter and it was the same era

[@frankhausman1033]

Trouble is, Bill makes playing this song sound easy when even counting is it is hard AF.

[@murraykippax1282]

Bill is absolute quality .

[@a.s.vanhoose1545]

Vinnie Caliuta is objectively superior

[@richpeltier9519]

Fripp's guitar often reminds me of lighting in a bottle. Belew's guitar often reminds me of water. Such a great mix.

[@hopefullyexisting1531]

in all honesty i have never drunk a combination of lightning and water, will have to get back to you on that

[@colefitzpatrick8431]

@@hopefullyexisting1531 E N E R G I Z E R

[@superomgcheese]

This isn't mix, it's King Crimson. And an underappreciated song.

[@BREAKocean]

@@hopefullyexisting1531 The taste of King Crimson

[@arte0021]

how to tell when it is Fripp or Belew playing?

[@ididyermom3273]

Most genius drum beats from Bruford!!

[@flowerlandofjohn]

A simply beautiful song with some brilliant time signatures. I just had to do a short drum-cover with some different drums. Enjoy! 🤩 kzbin.infoQE63T7-3Fjk?feature=share

[@danopticon]

Listening to this again today, nearly 35 years after I first heard it, I realize I didn’t give enough credit for creating this song’s atmosphere to those very full, yet chime-like, watery, bubbling gamelan tones they somehow evoked from their guitars in that opening riff. I don’t know what combination of tremolo plus chorus pedal and neck humbucker tone settings I’d have to apply to come close to that tone! Geniuses, really.

[@thomasayala440]

great musical commentary buddy

[@robjohnson8214]

I remember hearing this as a senior in high school and thinking "THIS...is what i've been looking for".

[@RhythmAddictedState]

Love the guitar tone too. Sounds like a super clean Smallclone pedal.

[@atomictorchlight8751]

Have no idea about pedals per se, but a Fender Mustang through Roland JC120 is essential.

[@thickasabrick1and2]

I'm Tony I'm Billy I'm Bobby I'm Belew We're here to sing and play for you

[@cipherrephicsamplename554]

im stuff

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

I'M WHEELS

[@user-wx2ek3uv1i]

IIIIIIIIIIIIII'M A DINOSAUR

[@reapervich4192]

we don't do 21st Century Schizoid Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

[@lucashimself_]

Thank you Tarkus

[@eduardogonzalomuntaner4324]

It was the first work by King Crimson that I heard, I was not even twenty, now at 53 years old, I am writing these words, it is a recording that left me thinking.

[@sound-ur1bq]

hope you have listen to the two previous albums ;-)

[@eduardogonzalomuntaner4324]

@@sound-ur1bq If you listen to them, a big hug, Jesus is with you.

[@user-dj4dl9pi7m]

54.......i took my first trip to this album .......great tune ...even today it resonates

[@bierdlll]

Late-period King Crimson and Pink Floyd's Division Bell inducted me into the world of "Adult Rock".

[@bastidface]

Don't forget the 80's Yes, Genesis, and Asia. Not all bad, but there's something to be said of the rawness of the early days of progressive rock. Then again, it's also nice to put on the 3-4 minute, polished adult tracks during family dinners and bbqs.

[@jimbritt1471]

The Black community call it “Grown Folks Music.”

[@BichaelStevens]

As opposed to...?

[@russellreising4294]

Interesting. I never thought of that label before.

[@dragon___]

@@russellreising4294 its called dad rock or butt rock nowadays

[@not_ryuka]

WHAT A PERFECT MESS!

[@YellowGear]

King Crimson in four words

[@Chadlite]

Love the odd time signatures. Bill Bruford is highly underrated.

[@bornflippy1]

The whole outfit is under rated..all musical genius's each one a bona fide master of their craft.

[@marpsr]

18 years old in a college dorm room and this on vinyl blew my mind completely, nothing has been the same since

[@glennhecker4422]

I, too, was introduced to this album and to this band in a college dorm room, in early 1984. (I was 20.) And yes, it blew MY mind, too!

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

It gets into your DNA. On my death certificate it will say he died a Crimsoid,

[@LudwigHollywood66]

Bruford was often overlooked by Bonham,Moon and Baker. All greats but in my opinion Bruford was on another level.

[@luisreyguerrero6511]

King Crimson con Adrian Belew....¡ERA OTRA COSA!!

[@ash_11117]

I love how in some parts of the song it has the weird reverse guitar. This was clearly inspired by the Beatles’ masterpiece Tomorrow Never Knows. They revolutionized so many aspects of music itself and you can see this everywhere.

[@BellXllebMusic]

I'm pretty sure reversed tapes were invented by musique concrete artists when tapes were first invented. Tbh the Beatles didn't really do anything that hadn't been done before, they just put it all in a package that could be sold easily

[@ash_11117]

@@BellXllebMusic Not going to lie, this is one of the worst musical takes I have ever seen.

[@BellXllebMusic]

@@ash_11117 Name one thing they invented themselves and hadn't heard from avant garde artists first

[@ash_11117]

@@BellXllebMusicreverse tracks, album covers and the music video

[@MichaelMattison]

Yeah and TNK was done in 65 or 66

[@JohnAlbertRigali]

I’d heard some early Crimson on the radio before I bought this album in the mid-1980s. When I first listened to it, it blew my mind! 🤯 And this track particularly stood out (and still stands out) as the créme de la créme. Fripp. Bruford. Levin. Belew. A stellar lineup. 👏🏻

[@Shoult55]

Even when King Crimson goes Pop it's great.

[@jimmyscutts8082]

We all remember where we were and how we felt when we listened to KC!

[@cattycorner8]

I love this album. This song blew my mind when I first heard it and still does.

[@allanmarkersdagreyt9731]

im happy that three of perfect pair is put but the only problem they only have 3 studio albums left to release

[@ianbusby1310]

Bought first Crimson album in 1969 and have been buying them ever since.

[@stevetheprogger1]

Saw them in 1982 in Portugal. When they started their set their want a great deal of interest from the locals... The adverts for the gig even misspelt their name. As the show progressed jaws started to drop and they were clocking a small group of Brits ( us) singing all the words and going mental to the fantastic stuff going on before us. Come the end they were coming up to us and asking for the names of the songs....oh and applauding long and loudly to the mighty Crimson!!

[@ZandorDaysev]

My favourite King Crimson song of all time. The music goes alongside lyrics so well... The music, the lyrics, the band... Truly a three of a perfect pair.

[@uselessthing3429]

This album is underrated man Comparing the views of the other albuns with this one makes things look really unbalanced

[@elsupermegan2079]

pretty much every album apart from the court is unbalanced, the court just has more views because it was more influential

[@soneslixo6791]

@@elsupermegan2079 Discipline was pretty influential too

[@elsupermegan2079]

@@soneslixo6791 yes but the court tho

[@gogoyubari366]

What makes you believe it's underrated?

[@soneslixo6791]

@@gogoyubari366 it just means that not enough people appreciate it

[@chesterlane3032]

I do remember the radio station played this song when I was young and it was the best song I've ever heard in my youthful years and now I'm 44 years old and I still love it lol and it has been years since I have heard it and it's just a joy to my liking lol

[@gideonk123]

Haven’t noticed if it’s been commented, and sorry for the spoiler: The verse has guitar accenting 2 beats per bar, in parallel to the vocals and bass which suggest 3 beats per bar, reflecting the title of the song! (You can understand/feel it as either a triplet of quarter notes over 2/4, or 2 dotted quarter notes over 3/4.) The chorus is in 7/8.

[@stevenj2717]

Cool that you noticed all that. Are you a drummer? I'm a guitarist, but I was introduced to Crimson by a drummer who said "They play with time signatures the way a gifted child plays with toys." And I instantly noticed the creative and complex guitar work on just about everything they've done.. especially since "RED". But I'd have to say that my favorite live lineup is when they did the "double trio". Two drummers, two bassists, and two guitarists (one of whom sings lead vocal). 😁 Just the idea of two three piece bands playing as one is so Frippian....

[@user-hx8vv9hk4p]

Love this song and album and band ❤❤❤

[@thatdude9029]

One of my favorite K.C Jams. always come back to it at some point in time.

[@debrakiviat5097]

Love Bill Bruford

[@gabriele8019]

The Apex of the Discipline era. Listen to the 1984's Absent Lovers live.

[@cesarguzman7848]

La primera vez que la escuché me voló la cabeza, sobre todo ese solo alucinante...

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Saw this tour at the Mann in Philadelphia, June 84.

[@firebrand4074]

SHEEEEEEEEEE

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

IS SUS 😳

[@uselessthing3429]

@@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA Amogus referenze 😳😳😳😳

[@lec1076]

EEEEEEEEEEEZ

[@plusCstandsForConfusion]

Threeeeeeeeeee of a perfect pair♪ I don't know why this song gives me so much energy&happiness and relaxed feeling at same time.. Last week a radio had prog rock bands in 80's, in rock-metal hours; and this was playing

[@darkblakdk2865]

694 likes and 0 dislikes, that's exactly what this song deserves, so unique, yet at the same time some of King Crimson's most accessible work. Also amazing album, nice mix of accessible songs like this and more complex and interesting songs like larks 3.

[@bigstupidgrin]

Name anyone involved with this: they are underrated

[@BrytonBand]

Probably my favorite out of the trilogy.

[@JonEffinZoidberg]

Thanks king crimson for your amazing music and thank you so much for inspiring bands such as Tool with artists like Maynard which have been huge in my life.

[@miguelito5859]

Arrasador trabajo quedó por siempre en mi memoria sin ser uno de los mejores pero sin dudas una joya única ...por siempre el Rey Carmesí

[@OscarAlejandro4]

Cuatro, ojo, sonejor que 10.

[@rojohe]

Awesome album. Incredible musicians. Thank you.

[@lmp9726]

My favorite cut on the album.

[@healspirit.]

My favourite King Crimson song ngl

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

One of the most beautiful melodies ever created 🎶

[@pliozhkapliozhkapliozhkapl7414]

This album is so underrated

[@lostcat9lives322]

Good. That means it doesn"t not become a jingle for a TV commercial.

[@annalizmontilla]

Real good thanks💕

[@stephaniesmith9715]

Kick ass band Kick ass performance. Kick ass song. Saw them on the thrak tour in Atlanta

[@octofish]

Saw the Chicago stop of the tour in Chicago. Greatness.

[@Pcrimson1]

I was at the Pier Show in NYC '82. Blown away! This period of Crimson was so different from the earlier ones. What can you say about Fripp and the journey of this band? Always ahead of the curve, always a class act.

[@Leniwalk]

That’s beginning always gets me man! It’s so good!

[@stevenj2717]

Me too, man! Many crimson song intros grab me and won't let go but I particularly love the way Adrian's two part vocal harmony fades in at the beginning of this track... And that solo that sounds like they are turning a preset knob while playing! Eargasm!! Show me any other band that has been consistently great, ultra talented, and always unique, since 1969! They are innovators, not imitators. ✌️

[@danieltapia7198]

Para mi el mejor disco del Rey Carmesí !! Y lo hicieron puros Genios !!! ... La cago pa bueno el disco.

[@s108t7]

mi favorito es el larks tongues in aspic junto con Discipline pero concuerdo que este album es la raja

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

El mejor diría que es el del Sol de Mayo con la lunita, pero este está buenazo también

[@Desmaad]

The song that turned me on to King Crimson.

[@BeatlesBowieKrimson]

We all have one ...

[@badabomb9946]

@@BeatlesBowieKrimson it was Elephant Talk for me

[@gorila2609]

Awesome song!

[@tartarart4922]

King Crimson give me so much inspiration for my Arts.Thank you!

[@nothininterestinn]

My favourite King Crimson tune!

[@lordaertai]

Adrian Belew

[@rustysmalls]

A finely crafted perfect prog rock song. This and Starless for me are amongst the very best in the genre

[@rntonkc4773]

Adrian belew 😍

[@edsonponciano3769]

Yes!

[@MsJuliadanny]

My very favorite from this masterpiece!!

[@Ahmed-hd4lr]

this song gives me a really weird sense of comfort

[@MrThomas1958]

superb

[@user-wx2ek3uv1i]

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY

[@GustavoSeluja]

I haven't heard it in quite some time. So friggin' ahead of their time. Not just three: they are FOUR of a pair perfect pair. Great comments from everyone. I love YT! ☮❤✌

[@sorcyboi2848]

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

IS SUS 😳

[@danander11]

My favorite KC album.

[@tomrankenburg]

Awesome!

[@rinobelgium9198]

thanks king crimson

[@bryanosullivan8261]

awesome!

[@luisausa6026]

Perfecto tooooooo!!!!!!!

[@paulinawojda5592]

I feel so in love whan I'm listeing to this... I love music!

[@soundscapes4619]

Great!

[@kathowed]

I wish I could hear this the way other people hear it. It burst into my life in '84, while I was living what I didn't realise at the time was the most defining year of my life (thus far).

[@boogyjuggy]

a masterpiece

[@rogerwelsh2335]

This song Belews my mind!!!

[@bruceparrott2292]

The rhythmically change their time signature giving the musical effect of keeping you unsteady on your feet.

[@markcastillo2757]

The great Crimson

[@damonedwards1544]

Finally getting to hear this on a good system. Incredible production.

[@MarceloAngio]

Always the same when I listen this Song... Incredible music ✨

[@user-iv5ig1lq5w]

респект и уважуха группехе Keeping It Complicated

[@jeffdawson2786]

This era of KC was formidable.

[@BeatlesBowieKrimson]

Four master musicians.

[@averagefan2397]

drops on my birf day nice

[@vitordarksider]

hb man

[@averagefan2397]

@@vitordarksider thanks bro i appreciate it

[@zachjohnson8731]

everything perfect

[@torionebes]

Here comes right now 🎶

[@garytackett7580]

Gifted

[@themediumcheese]

this song is so much fun

[@Culpano]

My favourite KC track. It is phenomenal.

[@robertosobarzo1524]

Buenisima...Santiago ..Chile..

[@PruebaDepruebas]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@MegaCirse]

🐾😺 Paysages merveilleux de mots, de motifs musicaux et de couleurs

[@henrivie2058]

De la musique toujours au top malgré les années. Periode très riche et productive . Gros manque d'imagination de nos jours. Beaucoup de reprises .

[@jackwalters3650]

No doubt favorite opening

[@WalterPedersoli]

I love that Hi Hat!

[@charliegilliam1596]

Can't wait to see vai Adrian Tony Danny in Phoenix in November this is gonna ignite my crimson heart and take me back to early 2000s late 90s