Interesting. Only one former member of KC playing this track. Nice to see the cross-breeding of YES, KC, ASIA, ELP and every other concoction from the golden years of Prog Rock.
Yep, strange choice, as it was Greg Lake who sang this with King Crimson, but perhaps John Wetton would have come across it later, live. Whatever, a good version of an old classic 👍
There is no real bad version of this classic but this is a great "prog update"..John Wetton pristine vocals as ever.....Palmer superb on drums as usual.... proper music....
i agree.. all renditions/covers of this song are simply masterful. we should expect no less from one of the songs that truly kicked off the prog rock genre
Arrrbol Greg Lake was also the lead singer on the original release as well. Interesting that within months of the release of this Album, Carl Palmer and Greg lake would become part of ELP.
not a complaint, but Asia should have played something from Red, Larks, or Starless which are albums that Wetton appeared on, granted he did perform this song live during his time with KC.
Great version:) One thing that always bothers me with live versions is that the lead voice on the chorus ‘King ‘ part is always too loud in the mix which takes away the high point which makes it sound a bit dirge like.
Michael Giles was the drummer at the time In The Court of the Crimson King was recorded. Bill Bruford is still a great drummer though, as is Carl Palmer
I think the ending of this song on the album with the spacey 'fade away' was more in keeping with the rest of the record whereas the song on its own does not require it ?
Whetton was obviously in KC, but after this song was written, and Palmer was in a different band with the guy who wrote the lyrics to this song and sang and played bass on the original recording of it. Cool twist.
The guy who wrote the lyrics for this and other songs on this album was not Greg Lake who sang and play bass. It was Peter Sinfield. Sinfield wrote all lyrics for King Crimson from the start up to Islands. 😉
Chant parfait pour lire les formes subjectives des nuages et suivre d'un œil attendri les rainures des tiges des arbres; apprécier l'écriture complexe des branches imbriquées, goûter les couleurs de la décomposition de la lumière en gouttelettes d'eau dans un jardin, ressentir fortement le sol humide de la forêt ancestrale pour percevoir les traces des animaux du passé profond 🍍🌴🦹♂
It's listening to things like this that we realize that Asia was a waste of talent, that they made loads of money making fifth-rate songs to play on the radio.
I think it works a lot if you consider it Pop-Prog with AOR leanings. It’s not ‘Red’ or ‘Close to the Edge’ levels of Prog, but it’s not exactly pure AOR like Boston or Journey either.
Funny the Asia vocal lines version was identical to the original version, while the version of Greg Lake Band was really different. Lake, who was the original singer of that song, in his solo career did a much higher pitch on "..King aaah aah aaah..." that it was a bit awkward to listen to to be honest. Maybe Lake didn't get the rights to sing it like the original for some reasons, but Wetton acquired the rights.
If there exists a drummer that can play this song as well Bill Bruford it certainly must be Carl Palmer. That is if I'm correct in surmising that this is Carl Palmer, what with all the personnel changes. Who ever the hell it is certainly did justice to the songs essense and to Brufords original drum work on it.
Rediscovering this song... I wonder, who in the band is MOST embarrassed to play this as all of their entire existences were based on this blueprint. I think Howe.
I was shocked by such a significantly sub-standard lead vocal performance. It's really not such a demanding vocal piece - I'm amazed that he didn't quite have the chops for it. * Severe pitching problems right from the start. * Evidently unable to reliably hold, control or sustain a note of any reasonable length. * In a live performance, your audience deserve to hear a masterful presentation of what you can do - not what you can almost do / used to be able to do / wish you could do. Always remain within your 'zone-of-mastery' in live performances - stretching the boundaries and discovering your limitations is great... BUT ONLY IN REHEARSALS!!! Very sad, very disappointing, completely unnecessary.
What a nicely structured, yet completely unnecessary drivel 🤗 This level of delusion of grandeur is off the charts, congrats.. And adorning it with asterix´s .. wow .. arent you obsessed a bit ? Looks kinda ghey, y´know ? 😇
The voice of an angel 😇💖 Thank u John Wetton 💖RIP 🙏
John Wetton's vocals and bass on the 3 records he did with KC are god level. The talent that circulates in and out of KC to this day is legendary.
Originally sung by Greg Lake on the 1st album of the King Crimson, have already left us both, RIP Greg Lake and John Wetton
I used to joke that they were actually the same person. Lost Squire, Wetton and Lake in short order.
And Boz Burrel 😢😢😢
Грег Лейк и Джон Уэттон два легендарных музыканта, два вокалиста и два басиста великой группы Кинг Кримзон, светлая память обоим🕯️❤️
Interesting. Only one former member of KC playing this track. Nice to see the cross-breeding of YES, KC, ASIA, ELP and every other concoction from the golden years of Prog Rock.
To play one of the anthems of prog rock, not less
I would expect no less.
Don't forget Buggles.
Yep, strange choice, as it was Greg Lake who sang this with King Crimson, but perhaps John Wetton would have come across it later, live. Whatever, a good version of an old classic 👍
Interestingly John Wetton and Greg Lake were both vocalist at Asia and King Crimson, and they sang the other song vice versa.
I love also the guitar arrangement of Steve Howe...
First time Howe played this song live.
what a gem of a cover
great song...... great musicians
There is no real bad version of this classic but this is a great "prog update"..John Wetton pristine vocals as ever.....Palmer superb on drums as usual.... proper music....
i agree.. all renditions/covers of this song are simply masterful. we should expect no less from one of the songs that truly kicked off the prog rock genre
I think the synth/mellotron they used for this show really adds a more medieval tone in my opinion
If you have never heard The Claypool Lennon Delirium live version check it out.
So glad they used Mellotron samples, wouldn't of sounded right otherwise imo
John sang this in Steve Hackett's band with Julian Colbeck and Chester Thompson. Fantastic. Asia seems to be enjoying themselves here, which is great.
If there was ever an anthem for progressive rock, this would have to be it surely ?
Without dubt ..
Such as Epitaph.
Maybe. With Close to the Edge as the overture.
Might add "Watcher..." The opening chords of Tony Bank's mellotron is prog personified.
Don't forget Epitaph
Prog rock forever!
Palmer is great as always...Love the 'style'.
Great version with
this group of rockers.
A masterpiece for sure...
Saw Asia 2008 Rochester ny with Geoffrey downs Steve Howe Carl planer and John wetting awesome show one of them has passed away rip❤
Solid lineup of all-stars.
seeing this tour and this song was incredible
Arrrbol Greg Lake was also the lead singer on the original release as well. Interesting that within months of the release of this Album, Carl Palmer and Greg lake would become part of ELP.
Rip John, Rip Greg
.......we miss you John!
このメンバーでもスパッとハマる感がたまらん。コピーに聞こえない、普通にえ?KC?みたいなｗ
the sweetiest version of the song
Until Rain with guests - Court Of The Krimson King (King Crimson Live Cover)
Úristen! 46 éves zene...és ZENE lesz 46 év múlva is...
Gotta love what surprise pops up on my feed
With all the great songs Wetton sang with KC, he should have sang one of those -like Exiles.
not a complaint, but Asia should have played something from Red, Larks, or Starless which are albums that Wetton appeared on, granted he did perform this song live during his time with KC.
daddysensei Silver they did play starless one time in Japan I think
epic! (:
Great version:) One thing that always bothers me with live versions is that the lead voice on the chorus ‘King ‘ part is always too loud in the mix which takes away the high point which makes it sound a bit dirge like.
Michael Giles was the drummer at the time In The Court of the Crimson King was recorded. Bill Bruford is still a great drummer though, as is Carl Palmer
Отлично 🔥
A jó zene időtlen !
Hey, what happened to the end? That was one of the best parts.
I think the ending of this song on the album with the spacey 'fade away' was more in keeping with the rest of the record whereas the song on its own does not require it ?
¡Woah!
Whetton was obviously in KC, but after this song was written, and Palmer was in a different band with the guy who wrote the lyrics to this song and sang and played bass on the original recording of it. Cool twist.
The guy who wrote the lyrics for this and other songs on this album was not Greg Lake who sang and play bass. It was Peter Sinfield. Sinfield wrote all lyrics for King Crimson from the start up to Islands. 😉
Sinfieleld also wrote the lyrics for Rain or Shine by Five Star.
Палмер красавчик - Кто в теме.. Кингд кримсон !!!
I like this version better than the original
RIP John Wetton
Chant parfait pour lire les formes subjectives des nuages et suivre d'un œil attendri les rainures des tiges des arbres; apprécier l'écriture complexe des branches imbriquées, goûter les couleurs de la décomposition de la lumière en gouttelettes d'eau dans un jardin, ressentir fortement le sol humide de la forêt ancestrale pour percevoir les traces des animaux du passé profond 🍍🌴🦹♂
ooh yeah they are kicking ballz
Le fantôme de greg lake parti aussi
John wetton made this song his own
😎👍💗🇬🇧🥁🔥🎼💣🔊))GO CARL GO!!!
😎👍💗🇨🇭🔥🎼🔊)) PAISTE!!!
It's not finished!
It's over Bucciarati
When I saw Asia in 2010 they played Go but not Wildest Dreams
That's how it began... araki senpai
Who is playing The keyboard?
The great Geoffrey Downes.
Geoffrey Downes . Of course.
Personnel?
Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, John Wetton, Carl Palmer
Professionals
en l'espace de deux mois on a perdu 2 perles de bassites rip lake et wetton.......😪
🏰ghosts of crimson spectred towers🏰
It's listening to things like this that we realize that Asia was a waste of talent, that they made loads of money making fifth-rate songs to play on the radio.
I think it works a lot if you consider it Pop-Prog with AOR leanings. It’s not ‘Red’ or ‘Close to the Edge’ levels of Prog, but it’s not exactly pure AOR like Boston or Journey either.
Well said
Kekka dake da !
...which leads me to the question, did the '72-'74 'Crimson ever perform this? Ik they did 21st Century Schizoid Man and Cat Food.
I don’t think so, which is a shame.
Funny the Asia vocal lines version was identical to the original version, while the version of Greg Lake Band was really different. Lake, who was the original singer of that song, in his solo career did a much higher pitch on "..King aaah aah aaah..." that it was a bit awkward to listen to to be honest. Maybe Lake didn't get the rights to sing it like the original for some reasons, but Wetton acquired the rights.
If there exists a drummer that can play this song as well Bill Bruford it certainly must be Carl Palmer. That is if I'm correct in surmising that this is Carl Palmer, what with all the personnel changes. Who ever the hell it is certainly did justice to the songs essense and to Brufords original drum work on it.
Not Bill on the original.
George Penwell Michael Giles was the original drummer
Rediscovering this song... I wonder, who in the band is MOST embarrassed to play this as all of their entire existences were based on this blueprint.
I think Howe.
So why isn't Carl Palmer in the Rock n Roll Hall of fame? For that matter, why isn't John Wetton? ELP? Why?
Because they are not crappy enough.
Why ASIA Is not?
豚さんまだ若ーい◡̈
Lackluster performance even by Carl Palmer except right at the end. Vocals were insipid.
うまく言えないが、全てが台無しだ！特にリズムセクションがいくら贔屓目にみても原曲とはかけ離れすぎていて、人から金を取って演るシロモノではない！痰でも吐きつけてやりたい気持ちでいっぱいだ！
まったくその通り、
遺産で喰ってる道楽野郎ども、最早プログレでもなんでもない…おそらくロックですらない。
I was shocked by such a significantly sub-standard lead vocal performance.
It's really not such a demanding vocal piece - I'm amazed that he didn't quite have the chops for it.
* Severe pitching problems right from the start.
* Evidently unable to reliably hold, control or sustain a note of any reasonable length.
* In a live performance, your audience deserve to hear a masterful presentation of what you can do - not what you can almost do / used to be able to do / wish you could do.
Always remain within your 'zone-of-mastery' in live performances - stretching the boundaries and discovering your limitations is great... BUT ONLY IN REHEARSALS!!!
Very sad, very disappointing, completely unnecessary.
What a nicely structured, yet completely unnecessary drivel 🤗 This level of delusion of grandeur is off the charts, congrats..
And adorning it with asterix´s .. wow .. arent you obsessed a bit ? Looks kinda ghey, y´know ? 😇