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I just discovered "The Court Of The Crimson King" by King Crimson and it's a darn good song.

Posted on 01/25/2020 2:59:22 PM PST by SamAdams76

I think I played this song at least 10 times today.

I discovered this because I am building a playlist of songs that were popular a half century ago. I intend to carry this through for the rest of my life. The playlist is called "50 Years".

I was born in 1962 so I only started remembering music around the year 1970 but back then, it was Partridge Family, Archies, that type of stuff, because I was only 7 years old, you know.

But this song by King Crimson is EPIC. Turns out that the late Greg Lake did vocals. It's a 10+ minute masterpiece. Said to be the first real "prog-rock" album.

Here it is in all it's glory

Anyhow, it's great to discover music a half century after it came out. The album art is ugly but I'll post a lion down below, which is pretty cool.


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To: newfreep
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends

Also known as the Trump Impeachment.

21 posted on 01/25/2020 3:17:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SamAdams76

Great tune - part of my default rotation for eons.


22 posted on 01/25/2020 3:18:56 PM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: SamAdams76

Yep. I love King Crimson.


23 posted on 01/25/2020 3:19:52 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: SamAdams76

Now you should check out all the covers of the song by others that are on youtube. There’s a group of 12-year olds that cover it as an instrumental. The Claypool-Lennon Delirium do a good, live cover. The metal group Saxon has its own cover. The original line-up for ASIA, featuring King Crimson alum John Wetton, do a fine live cover. I think there’s even a cover played on ukele—and covers of songs played on ukelele is its own youtube rabbit-hole!

Another fun youtube rabbit-hole is watching covers of the AC/DC song “Thunderstruck.”


24 posted on 01/25/2020 3:19:57 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: SamAdams76

Really nice. I pulled it up on Spotify (expanded & remastered).


25 posted on 01/25/2020 3:20:35 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: newfreep

I appreciate ELP and Moody Blues so much better now than I did in the 70’s. In fact I was going to post a link to Karn Evil but my aging brain was looking for it under the Moody Blues.


26 posted on 01/25/2020 3:21:19 PM PST by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: SamAdams76

Check out “Tresspass” by Genesis from 1970, as well, (Phil Collins had yet to join the band), but it’s still a great album (especially ‘The Knife’)


27 posted on 01/25/2020 3:21:32 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: TexasGator
I lasted 15 seconds.

That's probaby what your wife said too!

Anyway, I am really liking my "50 Year" playlist. Already up to 124 songs and it's only Jan 25, 2020. I am using the book below as a reference. Any song that gets into the Hot 100 charts I will listen to and if I like it, it makes my playlist. I also listen to the albums they were from and add those songs as well if I deem them worthy.

Over time, I will drop songs off the playlist in order to keep it truly a "50 year" listing. So by 2023, I'll have all mostly 1973 songs in there.


28 posted on 01/25/2020 3:22:33 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

Listen to “The Story in Your Eyes” and realize just what a fantastic guitar player Justin Hayward is, and yet he’s very rarely mentioned amongst the great guitarists.


29 posted on 01/25/2020 3:24:14 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: doorgunner69

Heavy Duty?

BloodRock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhtoRlVUPo0


30 posted on 01/25/2020 3:24:34 PM PST by justme4now (Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it)
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To: SamAdams76

ig have to say back in the day there was smoke filled rooms a plenty hangin out listening to Crimson...


31 posted on 01/25/2020 3:24:47 PM PST by sit-rep
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To: SamAdams76
All Along The Watchtower. Written by Dylan...performed by Hendrix. Very possibly the very best song of the 60s.

All Along The Watchtower

32 posted on 01/25/2020 3:25:01 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: SamAdams76

Good stuff.


33 posted on 01/25/2020 3:25:34 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: SamAdams76

This is one by them called Indiscipline. This is live, with three drummers. For non-drummers, be patient and make it through the beginning with the three drummers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpZxwe4SXY8


34 posted on 01/25/2020 3:27:41 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup

Thanks, I’m going to check all these recommended tunes out later - got to go see a movie with the wife. But no matter how much you think you know music, there is always more to discover!


35 posted on 01/25/2020 3:29:23 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgQQ7k30Ti4


36 posted on 01/25/2020 3:30:07 PM PST by sit-rep
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37 posted on 01/25/2020 3:30:38 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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To: doorgunner69

Same here. I do have the LP but haven’t owned a working turntable in over a quarter century.


38 posted on 01/25/2020 3:30:51 PM PST by ph_balanced
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To: SamAdams76

Now play the rest of the album...then go on a Crimson discovery tour. I’m a fan of the earlier stuff: Red, Starless and Bible Black, Islands, In the Wake of Poseidon


39 posted on 01/25/2020 3:31:12 PM PST by MarDav
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To: SamAdams76

Used to listen to that album when it first came out ... 1969 ish


40 posted on 01/25/2020 3:32:55 PM PST by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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