You know the night is over when you're listening to Starless

@fedelamort5107

3 ай бұрын

Too accurate

My life would be starless without this song

@Progorama

3 жыл бұрын

Say hi to your wife from me

@lumi1079

3 жыл бұрын

What a poet

@alexanderzolotar4645

3 жыл бұрын

Perfectly put Michael!!!

@cirocampos9953

Жыл бұрын

@@Progorama hi

One of the best tracks in the history of music.

@RowdyYates

2 жыл бұрын

And almost "none" have heard it.

@vitaminag9986

2 жыл бұрын

Agree!!!!

@cousinlaszlorobinson8253

2 жыл бұрын

The best track in the history of music.

@fx93250

Жыл бұрын

@@RowdyYates They should use it in that "Stranger Things" show. That would solve the problem and it would get to the top of the charts!! Still, the first 4 minutes of the song are used in the opening sequence of a movie that people seem to either love or hate, "Mandy" (2018) by Panos Cosmatos.

@EchoHD

Жыл бұрын

@@fx93250 really that’s why it’s recognized it that movie was awesome I really wish more movies went out of there way to be different now that’s why I love movies like a clock work orange,they live and so on

One of the best finales in rock, when Wetton's crunching bass joins the mellotron at 11:24, it can't help but send shivers down the spine of any mortal.

@cesarincamendozaloyola4407

2 жыл бұрын

There was also a duo of a cellist and a contrabassist hired for the finale.

@scotthendricks7513

2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with this whole entire statement it sounds like I wrote it myself the song always got me in the ending and that last final moments of this song is this insanely excellent very intense

@d3athr0ck3r

Жыл бұрын

My lungs and stomach tighten up from the pure intensity of this glorious finale

@kittiederisse6508

Жыл бұрын

I know this is amazing

@bigmistqke

Жыл бұрын

best outro ever

Just checking in to see if it's still one of the best songs ever. Yup. Still is

@bradgaffney9855

3 ай бұрын

Yes, timeless.

STARLESS AND... BIBLE BLAAAAAAAAAAAACK

@azuldemetileno17

2 ай бұрын

Well done ;)

11:38 Wetton's massive bass sound against those Mellotron chords here always kills me.

@dashingeduardosuarez

6 күн бұрын

Every fcking time

It's that point at 11:18 where the song goes from fantastic to one of the best songs ever made, literally perfection.

@mikedocemrick9497

3 ай бұрын

Genuinely wouldn’t mind if this part had lasted another 5 minutes. I feel like that minute is one of the best displays of contemporary music (in relative terms) ever. The whole song is!

Recently started getting more and more interested in King Crimson's discography, and I think I've found one of my favorite bands of all time.

@hopefullyexisting1531

3 жыл бұрын

good time to start considering they've actually uploaded their discography somewhere now

@seremes

3 жыл бұрын

That's the good part with jojo, it introduces you to the most legendary music. Araki is undoubtedly a legend.

@alejandrodoce527

3 жыл бұрын

@@seremes Definitely. I used to listen to "Roundabout" a lot, and so I decided to check more of Yes' stuff, and now it's one of my favorite bands

@raduserbansasa6504

2 жыл бұрын

Jojo fan like me loving "Roundabout" And "King Crimson" and btw try AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap or

@ricardooliva8916

2 жыл бұрын

@@raduserbansasa6504 AC/DC is great too ❤️

The intro was written by John Wetton and originally meant to be the title track for Starless and Bible Black, but Fripp and Bruford didn't like it so they replaced it with a different piece. Imagine if they scrapped it entirely instead of bringing it back for this album.

@iain2080

3 жыл бұрын

I always wondered why the lyric showed up here and not on that album. Similar to Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin not being on the album of that name. Glad both tracks survived tho. Goes without saying this is in a different league lol.

@paulahunt5621

3 жыл бұрын

That is a chilling thought to consider if Starless never made it to vinyl and to our ears. I wonder how different the recorded version is from what Fripp and Bruford originally vetoed?

@Almamater25

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, very true. John said that in an interview in the 80s, being still in UK if I remember well. It's in KZread.

@enricocavallo4386

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulahunt5621 , I may be wrong but I believe Wetton's original song was just the first 4 minutes with vocals.

@skan5728

3 жыл бұрын

@@iain2080 or like the Sheer Heart Attack song by Queen is not on the homonymous album

My favorite song, probably. There is nothing as hauntingly beautiful and intense as this for me. I see it as an aural representation of King Crimson tearing apart their classic sound after giving one final performance- and they just happen to make it their best ever. Vocals and mellotron to rival Epitaph, Fripp’s signature guitar, Bruford’s masterful percussion, and a crescendo that beats out even The Talking Drum for me. The definition of the word “masterpiece”. This is where Crimson firmly cemented their roles as musical legends.

@fredlazaroski2968

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta agree!!

@ild4099

3 жыл бұрын

It's very sad to me seeing how much potential they had, but they still wasted their talent on some nonsensical avant-garde music. I like it when a song is a bit avant-garde, but not if there is a shit ton of dissonance, and the song doesn't make musical sense. When I look at Epitaph, In The Wake Of Poseidon, and this song, I think that if they made more songs in that style they would be regarded one of the best bands of the 20th century. But instead we got some tunes that don't follow a certain scale, weird song structures, weird time signature etc... I guess they were forced to make these songs because the band would fail commercially and they wouldn't get recognition.

@tenzinsmith7991

3 жыл бұрын

@@ild4099 Idk, I can find something to appreciate with most of their material. I think you should check out Discipline if you haven’t already. It’s the perfect combination of avant-garde with fun, catchy pop sensibilities.

@paulahunt5621

3 жыл бұрын

True, but I also find LTIA PT. 2 a fitting end to a masterpiece album. Admittedly, I vacillate between LTIA and Red as being my favorite depending upon the day of the week. It is kind of like asking a parent which of his/her children are their favorite? LOL

@gusdoes897

3 жыл бұрын

Song makes me cry

RIP John Wetton 🙏🏻 He wrote the fantastic melody of this music

@Christian-97

2 жыл бұрын

I think either David or Robert wrote the first half with the Mellotron and Bill did the entire second half.

@josedealbuquerquejr.941

2 жыл бұрын

@@Christian-97 5:19 he explains everything kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5yX0dh_d7m9ZJc.html

@Jalt3001

Жыл бұрын

@@Christian-97 nope, wetton wrote the first half, that bass section in the middle is bruford

@Christian-97

Жыл бұрын

@@Jalt3001 the more you know huh

@joaquinlezcano2372

7 ай бұрын

​@@Christian-97in fact, when he wrote the first half it was ditched by Fripp and Bruford.

The middle 13/4 section is such a sinister moment in Crimson's music, yet there's something oddly satisfying listening to Whetton's increasingly loud and brooding bassline, Bruford's manic drum/percussion interplay, and Fripp's guitar gradually "descent" into madness. I don't think words can perfectly describe this masterpiece of music, seriously..

@davidg.8031

3 жыл бұрын

I always read it as more a descent into desperation. As the song was coming to a close, the playing became more and more frantic, trying to get as much out of the song before it's over. Because this was it. The curtain call for King Crimson. The entire instrumental section feels to me like a band that doesn't want the song to end.

@markc6557

3 жыл бұрын

there are no words to describe it.... it is just perfectly beautiful....

@mpg8314

2 жыл бұрын

it doesn't even feel like it lasts for almost 5 minutes

@hatujemeletsplayeryheskyce6460

2 жыл бұрын

It's 13/8

@cesarincamendozaloyola4407

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, and Bruford wrote it.

11:37 is pure eargasm, perfection even

The King Crimson Masterpiece. The best song of the album and my favorite of all the progressive.

@user-hi6jq8mq8k

2 жыл бұрын

And of jazz rock.

i think the best compliment king crimson can receive, aside from the astonishing musicianship, is that they make a 12-minute song feel like 5 minutes. how do they do it-

Starless has so much finality to it man, it really marks the end of a period of king crimson

i have to admit, part of me still kinda wants this to be king crimson's last song

@SpagEddie8113

3 жыл бұрын

But then we’d never have Elephant Talk and King Crimson Barbershop

@Shrek_es_mi_pastor

3 жыл бұрын

It was the perfect finale.

@Christian-97

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine starting your musical career with 21st Century Schzoid Man and ending it with a track like this.

@paulahunt5621

2 жыл бұрын

It was, for 7 years we just didn’t know it at the time, we thought it was forever. But those 7 years might as well been 7,000 years because what came after it sounded like nothing that had come before.

@mpg8314

2 жыл бұрын

it feels like a goodbye for good, but it feels better like a "goodnight and see you soon" to me

I'm a lucky man. I saw them live in '74 in Atlanta.

That ending is bone chilling. What a performance, Wetton really killed it with that bass!

@tommyrawlings3046

9 ай бұрын

I played this one time in my basement pretty loud My mother was upstairs cooking, she pretty much liked basic popular stuff from the forties and fifties, but when this song ended, she exclaimed "that was awesome!"

The perfect swansong to a band that would never be the same.

@paulahunt5621

3 жыл бұрын

My teenaged self at the time viewed Starless as KC’s last message to us before the void and the void was VAST. When KC returned 7 years later (originally called Discipline upon their re-entry if I remember correctly) it was if they had been absent for 700 years and not just 7. I recognized nothing from their previous existence. It took me years to come to terms with the 80’s KC. In hindsight I can now see it as a progression of what was. I still say Starless is beauty, pathos and timeless all rolled into one.

@CrimsonTemplar666

3 жыл бұрын

When was KC ever "the same"? There were periods of slightly similar records for a while, but even this record has hardly anything to do with the Greg Lake era.

@paulahunt5621

3 жыл бұрын

@@CrimsonTemplar666 LTIA, SABB and Red were essentially the same KC (minus David Cross and Jamie Muir on Red) but easily identifiable as KC. Discipline sounded nothing like anything that had come before, like comparing a Porsche to a Stone Age wheel.

@shadez123

3 жыл бұрын

IT'S ALL TALK

@Jaguar_E-Type

3 жыл бұрын

This was their last good album.

The only one, and unique GRAN FINALE in music history belongs to this song and starts at 11:38

STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK 🗣🗣🗣 ‼‼‼

1974-75, the King Crimson got disbanded right at the peak of their popularity, a ballsy decision which paid off. Prog rock had just reached its zenith and it was the right time to move on. Rock reached its perfection in 1974 and Sir Fripp grasped that. He is such a smart artist. Other mortals would continue to write prog rock music maybe without getting that the heyday of prog rock had gone after 1974. Call me crazy but for example the Genesis declined right after the album 'and the lamb lies down on Broadway', if only they had split up in 1974-1975, it would have been better. And then Robert Fripp came back in the 80s with a great style and he still continues to surprise us with his talent. Thank you Mr Fripp.

Bass line at the end is awesome. It blows my mind.

Apart from being a flawless masterpiece, i have to say this song is the epitome of studio recording. I love KC's live performances but when it comes to starless, the studio version is the undisputed best

@OneMoreRedNightmare

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, There's several songs from artists of which I prefer the studio version. There are some elements that just can't be translated into a live setting. We're lucky to live in a time that recorded music is available. Certain songs are impractical or impossible to replicate for live performance, imagine just how much great music we'd miss out on otherwise.

@uv77mc85

8 ай бұрын

I have heard live versions of starless from the Bruford days and the drums are amazing. His live drum sound back then was something else.

This is not a song, it's an experience

@Electric412

2 жыл бұрын

Gold Experience!

@luismigueldavila7172

Жыл бұрын

@@Electric412 JoJO Prince 😁

@saltedbutter1158

Жыл бұрын

An otherworldly experience

@aakkoin

Жыл бұрын

welp, a nightmare is also an experience... the mid-section sounds like a nightmare.

@queennai6471

Жыл бұрын

​@@aakkoinperhaps a red one?

Oh god, that main minor key motif… that chorus of “staaaarless and bible blaaaack”… the way fripp utilizes one note… so much raw emotion. Easily the best of their more subtle tracks. Maybe even their best song, I really don’t know.

There’s so much good about this track. That ungodly legato guitar, the most innovative drumming in rock - both incredibly delicate and incredibly intense, and that expressive vocal

One of, if not the greatest songs ever created. It shocks me that this masterpiece was created by humans, and not by angels.

@klausscharlipp6501

3 жыл бұрын

Robert Fripp is an alien

@firebrand4074

3 жыл бұрын

@@klausscharlipp6501 wouldn’t surprise me he stares like he can see the future

@klausscharlipp6501

3 жыл бұрын

@@firebrand4074 Maynard James Keenan can. Listen to the Album fear inoculum 2019. Predicted 2020

@klausscharlipp6501

3 жыл бұрын

@@firebrand4074 definately Robert Fripp is in a higher state of mind than 99.8% of us Monkeys

@horriblepizza4647

Жыл бұрын

The members of King Crimson are aasimar by default.

That thundering middle section that begins at 4:20 is just spectacular.

As haunting as it was 19 years ago. These records never lose their edge.

@scriminamp

3 жыл бұрын

19 years ago? red came out in 1974

@rushnerd

3 жыл бұрын

@@scriminamp That was when I bought all my KC vinyls! That was also around the time I discovered Serial Experiments Lain! Love your avatar.

@scriminamp

3 жыл бұрын

@@rushnerd lets all love lain

Probably the best prog rock song ever. That feeling of catharsis at the end is unmatched and I think I've never heard something as astonishing as this. Dogs or the Battlefield section of Tarkus are close contenders, but the build up and the finale of this one are just superb. I love it more and more with every listen.

@joaquinlezcano2372

2 жыл бұрын

I think the Yessongs version of Starship trooper or The Musical Box are good contenders as well

@cytrynka1975

Жыл бұрын

For me the best song ever.

@johnscoone9310

Жыл бұрын

My pick for best prog rock song is Awaken by Yes. Supper's Ready by Genesis probably second, then maybe Gates of Delirium, also by Yes. So many though. I'm just discovering this one. Jon Anderson and John Wetton were the best vocalists I've ever heard.

@elephantman2112

Жыл бұрын

For me, the two best prog tracks are Starless and Supper's Ready.

@extrullorgd4444

Жыл бұрын

Along with Close to the Edge, And you and I, Starship trooper, Heart of the Sunrise, Supper's Ready, SOYCD...

Simplemente no puedo expresar en palabras lo que es esta canción. Iba a hablar en inglés pero se me hace imposible. Esto es algo que tengo que describir en mi lenguaje. Esta canción tiene todo lo que puedo pedir de la música. En cierta forma, me gusta que no sea tan conocida, por que realmente se siente haber encontrado un tesoro, una joya, un milagro musical. Robert Fripp, te admiro muchísimo y siempre lo haré.

@ricardooliva8916

2 жыл бұрын

Exactamente lo mismo pienso cuando veo que las reproducciones y vistas para King Crimson son relativamente pocas, es un verdadero deleite y un tesoro descubrirlos y apreciarlos como nosotros, vaya que somos privilegiados

@aturdidoo

Жыл бұрын

​@@ricardooliva8916 pero si el otro audio de starless tiene casi 7 millones de reproducciones xd

@Eldelbigote

Жыл бұрын

@@aturdidoo 6 millones de esas son mías

@ozzyousbourne8102

Жыл бұрын

@@ricardooliva8916 realmente a mi me frustra me gustaría que todos pudieran escuchar esta cancion de principio a fin.

@klausvangyann4466

Жыл бұрын

​@@ozzyousbourne8102 King Crimson no es para las masas.

One of the most complex but brilliant tracks ever recorded

the mellotron in this always gives me chills. it’s so beautifully creepy.

I absolutely love this song, I want it played at my funeral.

@caucindro

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@rondegroot1508

11 ай бұрын

Bad news! After hearing Starless you become immortal.

Greatest song ever written

@tomt5745

Жыл бұрын

amen to that :)

God I'm glad Bruford left Yes.

@EpicB

3 жыл бұрын

Bruford at least left his final mark on Yes with Close to the Edge.

My all time favorite song. I will never forget the first time I heard the whole thing. It is a sonic journey unlike any other. It’s haunting, deeply melancholic, atmospheric, hypnotic, entrancing, heavy, fierce, chaotic, beautiful, and it has the best ending in rock history.

The last two minutes are pure and utter perfection. No other finale gets me so hyped

I only heard this the first time watching the film Mandy. I have heard Epitaph and Larks Tongues before and I had never paid much attention to their other works. I massively regret this now and have begun exploring for the first time King Crimson and I love it!

@elieattie

Жыл бұрын

Mandy is a masterpiece

@williamp7278

Жыл бұрын

Mandy - classic film. So is this track

starless more like flawless

I have nothing original to say, Just Love It

The emotional and powerful climax is truly one of the most satisfying and beautiful moments I’ve ever heard in all of music.

As far as King Crimson songs go, it can't get better than this!

@guidomotshagen7541

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJx_rMmqqLGqdJs.html (Live)

@sohamsinharay7062

3 жыл бұрын

Love that. But I somehow like the studio version more. Both are amazing in their own ways.

@robertdarby1039

3 жыл бұрын

As far as any band goes, it can't get better than this.

@Mythriak_

3 жыл бұрын

And, boy, they go far!

@villain68

3 жыл бұрын

This is way at the top of my favorites!! Long live the King!!

If Universe was a song, this song would be it. Dark, chaotic and very intense…

@lynbrowne931

2 жыл бұрын

Order and Chaos

"Starless" is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever listened to, in my life. What a great ending to such a remarkable album, like _Red_ (1974). I'd like to thank this channel for the official upload of the songs/albums released by King Crimson. Thank you, indeed.

Отец ставил мне эту музыку с самого рождения. И до сих пор возможно это самое грандиозное и прекрасное, что я слышал в своей жизни. Некоторые утверждают, что красота спасет мир. Если и спасет. То такая!

A perfect song. I remember when it came out I had thought they could not get any better with their lineup than they had with Larks Tongues or Starless and Bible Black but what a great surprise. This song is one of the best. I would love to go back in time and see them again. Best concerts I ever attended.

@OneMoreRedNightmare

Жыл бұрын

@mags jay Lucky! Always jealous of people who got to see bands play live that I'll never never get to. Very fortunate to live during the technological point in history where recorded music is available, but there's nothing like being there in person.

Ominous and beautiful at the same time . Pure musical genius .

During my first listening, I really liked how at the end they come back with the melody from the beginning, shiver-causing.

Best experience of all time

One of the greatest no doubt. But today after 51 years of being a "Crimhead" Fallen Angel is the one I listen to the most of this album.

@raulruizdevelasco6215

3 жыл бұрын

Fallen Angel is more replayable. I don’t listen to Starless often either. But when I do, it is a transcendent experience. Starless is like champagne. You only open it on special occasions.

@guitaristssuck8979

Жыл бұрын

Traitors, you can't even listen to an album in its entirity anymore! 🗿

@Almamater25

Жыл бұрын

@@guitaristssuck8979 👈 "Traitors"?? You're not a Crimhead nor a musician, you're just crazy.

@lukeskinner7900

Жыл бұрын

@@guitaristssuck8979 man shut up

Tears come out when I listen to this song .

@gusdoes897

3 жыл бұрын

Same, makes me cry often.

@crimsonqueen_

3 жыл бұрын

@@gusdoes897 yes yes ；)

@alejandrodoce527

3 жыл бұрын

Nice username; "Crimson Queen"

@crimsonqueen_

3 жыл бұрын

@@alejandrodoce527 Thanks JOJO ! But I google it now, I found x-rated comics..

OMG. That bass line!!! If there is a God, it is evident that he wanted the best bass player with him.

Greatest song from the album

11:18 me when every cell in my body cries out in pain due to the intense euphoria of starless’ incredible finale

@bunnysoup6858

Жыл бұрын

Bro same

@sayozrespubilk894

Жыл бұрын

Euphoria🤮

@Cobalt985

Жыл бұрын

@@sayozrespubilk894 true, real gamers take 10 benadryls and enter psychosis for fun 😎

Always I hear Starless, I get nervous after the firsts 6 minutes, even if I know exactly what's going on, and this is the unique song that got me nervous after cents of times I listen to it. Starless is just a Masterpiece.

I love the bass tone on this whole album .

There is something about Crimson that is both ethereal and dark as unhinged madness. In between lies the beauty and it's apotheosis. It is as ... Ah screw it, awesome song.

The end of an era, and one of their greatest and representarive song. One of a kind masterpiece, blooming beauty inside the disgrace. Too much to say, timeless art.

If you look for "Perfection" in a dictionary, you can find this song.

@barackobama9552

3 жыл бұрын

Aren’t you supposed to be fighting the manticore right now?

@SemenSonyah

3 жыл бұрын

Did you stand beside the spectrum torch?

@davidmezadiaz5374

3 жыл бұрын

When will you evolve into aqua tarkus?

@user-wx2ek3uv1i

3 жыл бұрын

Have you walked on the Stones of Years?

@epicmonkey3347

3 жыл бұрын

RIP man... Aquatarkus is super homie but I won't forget you dawg

Holy crap, I just started getting into prog rock and I accidentally stumbled across this masterpiece. I literally "WOWED" listening to that ending. One of the most beautiful songs Ive ever heard and I've only listened to it like 3 times.

I saw the current lineup performing this song live in Chile... just incredible, with the lights changing to red before the sax solo near the end was a terrific experience...

This theme inevitably digs deep into your soul.

The deep and velvet sensitivity of John Wetton..

This song makes me weep like no other song.... always.

i legit think this is one of the best piece of music humans ever created

This masterpiece makes your hair stand on end from the first note. Step by step, the heart shrinks with that repetitive note of Fripp, like a crescendo mantra that leads to the final catharsis.

Greatest song that has ever existed

@clownst8penitentiary792

Ай бұрын

Yes, a roundabout yes to that.

Much has been written about this haunting and sad piece and I agree with most if not all of it, but here’s what I want to say about this piece... I love David’s opening keyboard, holding long notes, while Bill plays delicately on his drums. I love Robert’s guitar, the way it comes in, almost crying, weeping. I love the way Bill ‘taps’ at the cymbals as he keeps a soft beat. I love John’s haunting voice, as he sings slow and long, showing the sadness and emptiness of his soul. I love how Mel’s sax sounds, as it comes in during this phase. It sounds like he’s improvising, playing soft melodic runs, just kinda playing around the melody. 3:20 I love how Robert comes back in. Is he playing a mellotron or is that just how his guitar sounds? I don’t know. I love how the lyrics last word is the first word in the next line. Well, not the first, but you’ll see. 4:30 I love how it just stops with just John’s bass, playing a few notes. I love how Robert then comes in with one note, played over and over. Just one note. Then he changes to another note and keeps playing that note over and over. David’s violin plays soft screeching sounds behind it, and over it. Bill taps his cymbals again and then hits some wood blocks, or something, creating a wonderfully chilling sound. Robert keeps building up his one note, rising to another, but still playing one note, over and over, in a time signature that I still can’t figure out. I think it’s 13/8, but I’m not sure. John’s bass grows louder. Robert’s one note goes higher and a little louder. Bill keeps hitting those wood blocks, while also hitting his drums intermittently. The build keeps going, rising, ascending. The intensity increases, as Robert’s one note keeps rising. Bill is all over his cymbals. John keeps pounding out those notes on his bass. 7:55 Now Robert’s one note is repeated faster, as though it’s screaming at you, while Bill’s drumming becomes more intense. More cymbals. How long is this buildup going to go on? 8:50 A sudden change. Now Fripp seems to be calling out something on his guitar, or maybe it’s a warning to get back. Everything starts to kind of sound disjointed as John and Robert go back and forth in a rhythmic pattern. 9:12 Mel’s sax comes back in, loud and screaming, chords crunching, Bill’s drums are more intense now. Mel’s sax goes freeform and just wails. John’s rhythm is faster now. It’s pure jazz now. 10:07 it goes quiet again, as Mel’s sax plays the melody while Bill taps those cymbals. 10:26 Bill signals the change and Mel’s sax sets it up and then Robert screeches his guitar. Now the pace is out of control. Chaos is all around. John sounds like he can barely keep up that crazy rhythm he keeps playing. Bill starts going nuts on his drums. I’m sure David’s violin is screeching too, but it’s hard to distinguish between David’s violin and Robert’s guitar now. 11:20 it all comes back around. Now John pounds his bass. Oh, David is hitting chords on his keyboard. I missed that. I’m listening as I type these words. It ends in a fade out as the last note is played. My soul weeps.

@hyf6845

3 жыл бұрын

This comment is really underrated

@Syfoll

2 жыл бұрын

3:20 it's the guitar, probably it was made to stay within a certain distance from the amp, to feedback just the right amount to sound like it had infinite sustain

@Lightmane

2 жыл бұрын

@@Syfoll cool. Thanks for that

@cesarincamendozaloyola4407

2 жыл бұрын

David was absent in this recording. The band only retained his pianet companion to Wetton's bass during the dark 13/8 interlude... and from a live recording.

@OneMoreRedNightmare

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this little walkthrough, it brought up a few details I hadn't noticed in the song before. That's one of the traits of great music that allows it to transcend through the decades, no matter how many times you've heard it. Years down the line there are still interesting facts you can find out or notice something for the first time that had been there all along. Refreshes it and kinda makes you fall in love all over again with the song.

The best album of all time. I know that's saying something but the compositional and instrumental qualities are exemplary, plus of course John Wetton's vocals are superb, especially on Starless my favourite track of all time. Knocks your socks off every time!

This song is so... so fucking amazing.

God himself was put into a juicer and synthesized into the final minute of this track. You can't tell me Wetton and Fripp didn't channel some kind of holy spirit making that masterpiece of music.

One of my favorite moments on this planet was getting to watch this song played live. It's really something else

10:22 brings a tear to my eye

@bruhman19

2 жыл бұрын

Best build up

The most amazing band ever 🖤🖤🖤

Incredible from start to finish

When I need to deep dive into art rock music and enjoy a total experience, mind, heart, body and soul, this is one of the few tracks I always pick. I started half a century ago with ITCOTCK and have seen them all over the years whenever I could see them live. Their rendition of this masterpiece in the 50th anniversary Tour was truly outstanding. I hope this damned pandemic will be over and will have a chance to see them again.

This hits different now that they recently played it in their last live performance

Their definitive masterpiece. Since the first time I heard it,when I was 24, till now listening to it or watching the band live... I cry.

It never ceases to amaze me how well KC plays in asymmetrical times. - I bought several KC albums in the nineties and now I get to hear this as an upload to the public. Grateful.

Starless. ..brano di altissimo livello. ..non per tutti. .Robert Fripp vero genio assoluto del rock.

@ajmac7432

3 жыл бұрын

Lui é incredibile. Un influenza importante per tanti gruppi.

@Insidia85

2 жыл бұрын

Grandissimo Roberto Frippa

King Crimson have the knack to make epic, riding in the sunset in a post apocalyptic world, songs. Epitaph, Starless, The court of the Crimson King. Majestic fusion of grandiose (thanks to their use of the mellotron), jazz ock\free style\ hard rock and virtuoso playing. In the Court of the Crimson King and this album (Red) and especially this majestic song (used to great effect in the opening credits of the movie Mandy) are a necessary part of my 'Desert Island' albums, albums I could listen over and over and over and never tire of them.

LYRICS: Sundown dazzling day Gold through my eyes But my eyes turned within Only see Starless and bible black Old friend charity Cruel twisted smile And the smile signals emptiness For me Starless and bible black Ice blue silver sky Fades into grey To a grey hope that oh yearns To be Starless and bible black Sundown dazzling day Gold through my eyes But my eyes turned within Only see Starless and bible black Old friend charity Cruel twisted smile And the smile signals emptiness For me Starless and bible black

@OneMoreRedNightmare

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm always grateful when someone thinks to post the lyrics.

@manasbose8817

Жыл бұрын

And what great lyrics they are to accompany a musical masterpiece. Written by Richard Palmer-James. John Wetton sings them beautifully and his base playing blows me away. RIP JW

Voice of KC, Mr.John Kenneth Wetton

for real this could be the best song in the history of music

@kanyuphilmahar

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one to think this

@arytecht

Ай бұрын

up there with weird fishes by radiohead and when you sleep by my bloody valentine

This is not a song, this is a experience.

A wonderful song, melodies, guitars, composition, a masterpiece.

Mi canción favorita desde los 12 años, saludos desde Rosario, Argentina

@misterambience

2 жыл бұрын

Saludos desde santa fe ;)

@davidsalomondelosrios3085

2 жыл бұрын

Y desde Colombia!

@pres3498

Жыл бұрын

Messi won you the world Cup congratulations

@lordAgustin

2 ай бұрын

Saludos, también desde Rosario

The best king crimson song, indisputably

@jimmybob5541

3 жыл бұрын

You're right, drip Eren!

Perfection.

After so many hours of music....I found ths ultima song. Unsurpassed. Thank you.

As a drummer, there are few songs which completely wreck you emotionally like this. The finale roll and crash is one of the most satisfying passages you can play, with the hats at the end just to set it all ablaze. Many times it has made me cry, especially live. You just want to walk out the door and be alone until you decompress afterwards.

The best song of the album, if not of the whole band. Thank you for giving us a "starful" day :D

@CastleMiser

9 ай бұрын

Fallen angel is also a good contender

@Neil_A.

8 ай бұрын

Starful and... Torah white!

Дякую за творчість. Мабуть, найкращий (найулюбленіший, так точно) твір чудового "короля".

Best song I ever heard

This song is so haunting and perfect

as well as islands, the most beautiful and powerful song ever made by a rock band