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

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@stevemaconi3348

Жыл бұрын

almost

@tomt5745

Жыл бұрын

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

@lightaces

Жыл бұрын

That smile is so creepy....

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

@robertobrasini5294

Жыл бұрын

underrated??

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

@j800r_aswell

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

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

@quixoticindiscipline9524

2 жыл бұрын

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

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew!

@VerMaarte

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that one's brilliant !

@KahurangiSteez

2 жыл бұрын

@@quixoticindiscipline9524 SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

@guitaralligator7250

10 ай бұрын

One of my favorites! 💯 🔥

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

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Mike!

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@sveinunglidsheim5828 Yep, in Berlin.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, we DID NOT realize. Thanks!

@RichieG

2 жыл бұрын

@@SightAfterDark - Bill Bruford is Doctor Bill Bruford!

@TomNY

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@cscroger6742

2 жыл бұрын

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

@johnjannetti4326

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@whycantiremainanonymous8091

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.'"

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

🤯

@gradypatterson1948

2 жыл бұрын

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

@johnfoster5295

2 жыл бұрын

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

@maximilianodelrio

2 жыл бұрын

I had never noticed, thats awesome!

@44thenazz

4 ай бұрын

Ever heard of a thesaurus?

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

2 жыл бұрын

Hard not to love!

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

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

2 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@-davidolivares

2 жыл бұрын

I probably have this on tape too.

@steveschmitz2839

2 жыл бұрын

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

@erolbulut2584

Жыл бұрын

Cincinnati boy. AB

@steveschmitz2839

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@RichieG

2 жыл бұрын

Dr. Bill Bruford!

@HisboiLRoi

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget Adrian Belew.

@lvlooper5768

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnfoster5295 weighing things down imho

@funkyfurballs1078

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, we really want to hear more now!

@tommc4916

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

It’s so great! Thanks Garth!

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..

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@stony2494

2 жыл бұрын

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

@cscroger6742

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@gnesteck3276

2 жыл бұрын

@@timcardona9962 hearing is believing

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.

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@robertkramer41

2 жыл бұрын

The Jamaican Chef lol

@jamespuleo3269

2 жыл бұрын

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

@markhavens1153

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamespuleo3269 Just take a pill!

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

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

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

@yztrewq

2 жыл бұрын

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

@purpledynasty

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

We didn’t know that!!

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

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely!

@1nelsondj

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

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

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Be on the lookout for something intriguing this week ;)

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

@spiderbass65

2 жыл бұрын

@Zolar Czakl Often a 5 string.

@wagstaff6135

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

Lol ... I can hear him say that

@stefanbranden4898

2 жыл бұрын

@@wagstaff6135 Bruford Levin Upper Extremities. Excellent album!

@wagstaff6135

2 жыл бұрын

@@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).

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

We’re going to see them here in September!

@HisboiLRoi

2 жыл бұрын

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

Yes!! Adrian Belew

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Thanks Richie!

@PK1971PK

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

He’s definitely an artist worth exploring!

Yep !! Adrian Belew

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

2 жыл бұрын

☺️nice!

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

We’re going in September!

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

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)

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

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Discipline! Never saw this before, thank you.

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Anytime☺️!

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.

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

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Edward!

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.

What a voice on Dinosaur. !!! Happy with what you have to be happy with and the whole eyes wide open .

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!

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

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)

Wow-great song! Was just listing to Discipline today

One of my favorite tunes by later King Crimson 😎

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!

I watched this and looked forward to Fridays. So many years ago, wow.

I turn 65 tomorrow. Glad to see KC lighting up some youngsters. The talent on that stage has DNA that goes MILES...

@SightAfterDark

Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday!

@dunningkruger3774

Жыл бұрын

@@SightAfterDark thank you. What a wonderful ride it is :)

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@salsalzman2325

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

More coming up!

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

OMG! Whatever that was, it was amazing.

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I saw King Crimson in 1983. With this lineup. One of the best shows we ever saw

I think the show told Fripp to smile. Not something he would typically do on stage. I'm glad there was a video by KC that wouldn't get blocked. Also, you might want to check out Belew's playing with Tom Tom Club. "Genius of Love" has some really cool guitar work.

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

We’ve heard it, we love it!

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

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

Adrian Belew was in King Crimson, Talking Heads, Zappa's band, David Bowie's band, and Peter Gabriel's band. As well as hi own solo projects! And more! I would love to here more reactions to King Crimson w/ Adrian Belew in the early 21st century incarnations. Thanks you guys

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

What a cool group of musicians!

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Erik!

@erikmaronde2244

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.

King Crimson had been the pioneers of avante garde progressive rock for over a decade by then, so it kind of made sense to have someone like Adrian ( Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, Laurie Anderson) fronting the band in their 80s line-up. As we all know, the real mad scientist behind their strange, dissonant sound is Robert Fripp, the gentleman who looks like an anthropology professor, sitting in the far corner, He plays like a patient Karate master, cutting hard shapes and angles on the fretboard and using the exact right amount of energy to split the board, Lol...he played on several David Bowie and Peter Gabriel releases.( go figure) and can be counted on to always deliver something new.

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Marc!

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

9 күн бұрын

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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

Жыл бұрын

Peace to you! Thanks for watching!

Adrian Belew on vox/guitar. He played with David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, King Crimson and more. He and Tony Levin, who has done extensive work with Peter Gabriel as well, are musical giants that are unsung...except for the proof in the pudding of their music. So great to see you get into this. The last song King Crimson put out in their earlier incarnations was "Starless" from their "Red" album, 1974. WE WAITED SEVEN YEARS AND KING CRIMSON REFORMED! With Bruford, Belew, and Levin. Stunning line-up. The ALSO did this number, which was the first time I got to hear what the new King Crimson sounded like, on Saturday Night Live, back in Dec. '81. Belew also did a lot of solo albums. And, when he played with Zappa he played with Steve Vai. Imagine: Zappa/Vai/Belew. I got to see that band line-up live at Pauly Pavilion, UCLA. Adrian Belew was wearing a hardhat with a red flashing light like an old cop-car would have on top. A year or two later I saw King Crimson for their advance tour of the album "Beat". It was absolute HEAVEN for those of us who grew up with the earlier incarnations of King Crimson! Blessings. Oh...almost forgot. Emmit Chapman invented the Chapman Stick that Tony Levin has made the best use of by any musician. The guy has played with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson for years. Many others too. I saw Emmit Chapman do a concert showing off his Chapman Stick. The crowd was yelling out "play Birds of Fire, maaan!", a Mahavishnu Orchestra song you must get to some day. But he played the most haunting and incredible version of "Waltzing Matilda". Captivating. Second Blessings.

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we’re getting to experience them! The Emmit Chapman performance sounds amazing!

@leoscone4036

2 жыл бұрын

@@SightAfterDark It was an amazing day in a Greek theater style venue in the hills between Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley. It was the "Pilgrimage Amphitheater", and later the "John Anson Ford Amphitheater". "The Stick" was virtually unknown of at the time. This was back near 1978-9. My mother had taken my brother and I to some jazz concerts at this venue in the late '60's. It was later my older brother, who paid attention to concert listings, took us to see Emmit Chapman playin' his stick. It was years before anyone I know of saw Tony Levin workin' the Stick. We saw one other very notable concert there sometime in the late '70's. I wish I could remember the specific folk in the band, but a couple had performed on some of Zappa's earlier albums. Crazy thing was? They did these ostensibly jazz concert series FOR FREE every summer. The only person I've seen work the Chapman Stick worth a damn are Tony Levin and Emmit Chapman. Blessings.

Adrian sing the song City of Tiny Lights in Franks band

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.

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

Fridays, I remember that show, pretty funny

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 KZread.

Ok... I'm going to brag a little bit here... I have to...In 2004 I organized a 45 hour long improvisation here in Italy (150 musicians alternating instruments but the musical flow never stopping... not even for one second...)...and I paid Tony Levin to come and play during the 45 hours. (My good friend Willie Oteri had just made an album with Tony and we lucked out...he was available and he loves Italy) ...anyways...yeah...that guy playing the stick...the guy that worked for John Lennon ,Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Liquid Tension Experiment, King Crimson, Cindy Lauper... and I think maybe even Yes...he also worked for little ol' ME...for 45 hours. At one point during my show he played sitting cross-legged...it was at the end of a 5 and a half hour run that he did playing during the 45 hours... a magical moment that I will never forget. NOTE: I don't talk very much about this, and I wouldn't blame people for thinking this is a fantasy I created... I googled it. (45 hours tony levin padova) and I found this quote that I acually didn't know existed until just now...T. L.: I’ve got a lot of projects that want to be done, but time only permits me to work on a few. (And sometimes these few take far longer than I would wish.) As I write this, I’m hard at work on a solo album, this one will feature lyrics and singing in addition to bass playing, and it’s taking me a lot longer to write and record than any of my previous albums. I’m midway through volume two of Crimson Chronicles - a photo journal of my years in King Crimson. I have a rough plan for another book, which I’d like to get done in the next few years. And, there’s even a half finished painting of my father (he passed away last year) on an easel in my studio, waiting for my attention for the hard part - finishing it off. The main obstacle to my finishing these things, and more, is that when I get called for an interesting tour or record playing the bass, it always takes precedence over what I’ve been working on. I guess that’s because playing the bass with other musicians is my favorite thing to do. (Recently, though I was intensely working on my music, I couldn’t resist taking a break to travel to Italy and participate in a 45 hour non-stop jam session in Padova!)

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

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!

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

"Adrian Belew reinvented the guitar" - Frank Zappa

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

😮Is that a real quote?

@woodyoffmark7944

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Olius of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson from Yes

I watched your music video earlier. I love it.

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Peter!

@peterthompson8014

2 жыл бұрын

You're quite welcome. We have similar musical visions.

Adrian Belew's solo album, "Lone Rhinoceros", is completely excellent. Its first single had a weird, early video, called "Big Electric Cat", and it abso-lutely groooooves.

Awesome.

You are playing all my favorite bands. Great jobb. Have you done anything of Leprous. If not i can recomend Running low (the official video)🤘

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

We haven’t heard of Leprous yet. Hey, suggest it on patreon for a reaction!

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

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mawr!

Yes, Belew on guitar and vocals. Also the writer of this song, I believe. In addition to the many great bands he’s contributed to, Belew has a dozen or so solo albums, plus the AB Power Trio, all worth checking out. As others have mentioned, he was discovered by Zappa. Then David Bowie poached him from Zappa’s band. I think Bowie introduced him to Fripp, who then introduced him to the Talking Heads. Somewhere on YT I’m sure you can find an interview with Belew where he talks about Zappa discovering and auditioning him.

@bobcorbin3294

2 жыл бұрын

I saw Adrian playing in the small club where Zappa discovered him here in Nashville. Adrian was playing in a band called Sweetheart.

@markdrechsler5660

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobcorbin3294 cool.

@bobcorbin3294

2 жыл бұрын

@@markdrechsler5660 a couple of years later I saw him playing lead guitar for David Bowie at the Nashville Auditorium. Bowie introduced him as the Hometown hero.

@markdrechsler5660

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobcorbin3294 I saw him multiple times, including the first ever show with the Power Trio, at Shank Hall in Milwaukee. I wish I could post a picture on here. I have the KC “Discipline” knot design tattooed on my arm. Once he autographed my arm.

@bobcorbin3294

2 жыл бұрын

@@markdrechsler5660 I've only seen him solo once, that was with a five-piece band in 1992 at 328 Performance Hall here in Nashville.By coincidence I lived about a mile down the street from him in the late 1990s

She could not look more bored while watching Crimson’s performance. Please don’t tell me she liked it!!

@SightAfterDark

Ай бұрын

Why don’t you watch until the end and find out. Or would you prefer to judge a book by its cover?

Adrian Belew rules!!! More Zappa and Crimson!!! Thanks for your videos, guys. Hi from Argentina.

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Hi!! Thanks for your support!

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. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4eJktp7d8nRlso.html

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael!

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

2 жыл бұрын

Hope they get suggested by the patrons!

More King Crimson. Good review

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Thanks for watching Eric!

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

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

The band leader is Robert Fripp, rhythm weaver. Listen to some Giles, Giles and Fripp. King Crimson's Discipline is 100% that.

@SightAfterDark

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! We recently reacted to “Discipline“ hope you check it out!

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