I’m countering King Crimson’s magnificence with a surpringly beautiful song from the otherwise heavy metal Pantera.
“Planet Caravan”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVvoEYBFJpc
Or the original by Black Sabbath, if you prefer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3sd9ivoU3g
Both beautiful...haunting...melancholic.
I saw Tull at Merriweather Post Pavilion with ELP and again with Procul Harum.
Same time frame (if memory serves), different sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHjdmNLs0go
Now for something that was very obscure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL-FLrmzVK8
Scratch the second song in my last post. Same band, same album, better song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6axQ1wsYAY&feature=related