King Crimson - Islands

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Full Album Playlist: • Islands | Full Album
ISLANDS
(Fripp, Sinfield)
Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
Waves sweep the sand from my island.
My sunsets fade,
Field and glade wait only for rain
Grain after grain love erodes my
High weathered walls which fend off the tide
Cradle the wind
to my island.
Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully cry o'er my island.
My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,
Dissolves in the sun.
Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
Violet skies
Touch my island, touch me.
Beneath the wind turned wave
Infinite peace
Islands join hands
'Neath heaven's sea.
Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily reach from my island.
Clutch sailors' words, pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my shore.
Equal in love, bound in circles.
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
Waves sweep the sand from my island,
from me.
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Robert Fripp: Guitar, Mellotron, Peter’s Pedal Harmonium and sundry implements
Mel Collins: Flute, Bass Flute, Saxes & Vocals
Boz: Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals & Choreography
Ian Wallace: Drums, Percussion & Vocals
Peter Sinfield: Words, Sounds & Visions
Featured players
Keith Tippett: Piano
Paulina Lucas: Soprano
Robin Miller: Oboe
Mark Charig: Cornet
Harry Miller: String Bass
Engineer: Andy Hendrikson
Cover Design & Painting: Peter Sinfield
Equipment: Vick & Mike
Recorded at Command Studios, Piccadilly, London
Outer cover illustration ‘Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius’ by courtesy of The Institute of Technology and Carnegie Institution of Washington
#KingCrimson
#RobertFripp
#Islands

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@markcharig1 2 жыл бұрын

I had a wonderful time playing the cornet on this album. Robert and the rest of the crew there were such an awesome group to be around. Being able to feature on an album created by rock legends was an experience I will never forget.

@xadm1ral135 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the wonderful solo at the end!

@blink-xt2bp 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for your part in this. you are yourself a legend as well!

@thelyricologist9568 2 жыл бұрын

I can only envy - in the best possible meaning of the word - the feeling of playing with those guys. But also I envy you being yourself an acclaimed musician and providing us with a wonderful piece of music. :-)

@tommyrawlings3046 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo to all of you! This is the quintessence of serene and melancholy! A masterpiece!

@yana_2_6_0 2 жыл бұрын

My man: for me, you MADE this album off that solo alone...

@progrockplaylists 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not friends with anyone that doesn't like this song. they aren't welcome to my island

@eldiosdeltocino 3 жыл бұрын

And all the friends that unknown this song, are welcome to my island

@zenmarqzenway 3 жыл бұрын

I have no island, but this island. That has him singing from the left side of, on my headphones

@7cosmo832 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: i used to dislike this song... a lot... now I love it!

@tommyrawlings3046 24 күн бұрын

The most quintessential mellow, peaceful piece of music ever created!

@tenzinsmith7991 3 жыл бұрын

The most underrated King Crimson song. Absolutely beautiful.

@dougmphilly 3 жыл бұрын

i'm not a fan of the album, except for this. boz was such a great singer. and tippet's piano. and that coronet solo. and finally, sinfield strings together words that we can all understand.

@nelsonluisfreire8969 3 жыл бұрын

This song is soooo boring

@tagomago994 3 жыл бұрын

@@nelsonluisfreire8969 no problem, you can go have fun elsewhere.

@music7 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you

@andrewwilliams9599 3 жыл бұрын

The most underrated King Crimson album. Absolutely sublime.

@kurarisu_ 3 жыл бұрын

This is the reason why the ability to hear was created

@user-tm7xe3qm7n 2 жыл бұрын

I thought this is the reason why need to trianed to hear. Going to ask my only old son to play this when the moment i will be disappeard eventually. The last song to me in the rest of life.

@WalkmanAssassin 2 жыл бұрын

For the hearing impaired.

@user-tm7xe3qm7n 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalkmanAssassin Listening 🎶 👌 Drank too much, but you will understand what I am trying to express

@mintoto4184 Жыл бұрын

학창시절 누워서 잠들기 전 항상 이 노래의 카세트테잎 틀고 들으면서 스르르 잠들었던 기억이 난다. 몽롱하게 꿈속에서 상상의 낙원을 그리며 기분좋은 환상에 사로잡히게 만드는 마성의 명곡!

@triangulum8869 3 жыл бұрын

this song really makes you feel infinite peace

@ailigimmo9668 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly....

@carlosaramayo7633 Жыл бұрын

@@ailigimmo9668 The infinite pain and the infinite peace of solitude.

@Japanese_Tiger 4 ай бұрын

This is the Hymn of my Loneliness and my Love. Love you, King Crimson, and thank you for all the times you with me.

@samuelarias9242 3 жыл бұрын

if they dont play this song at my funeral then im not going

@Rog5446 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought of this as a funeral farewell song, but I bet some people have chosen it for their farewell.

@josephhutchison1983 3 жыл бұрын

Ha!

@justyna8156 3 жыл бұрын

They should play it in churches in general, it would have better impact on people and their meditation.

@AUSTIN-sz1gz 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@jiggersotoole7823 3 жыл бұрын

@@justyna8156 they should play it in shopping malls. it would start a riot. or better stiill a revolution.

@dnn909 3 жыл бұрын

Fripp turns his gaze towards the Trifid Nebula of Sagittarius, and recalls that story he read in his youth, about some monks who in their monastery observed, one night a thousand years ago, how particles were released from the moon that originated new stars in the sky. Evokes the metaphor of stars, islands scattered across the sky, and gives name to the fourth King Crimson album.

@obi234 3 жыл бұрын

Mark Charigs cornet solo makes me cry (from 6:05 to 8:55) ... It draws a distinct story in my head; a person, who lived a sad and lonely life, finds true love in the autumn of their life, which makes them happy and full of joy. But there's great tragedy in this, because their life is damn near over, and it took them so long to realize the beauty of it - but in the moment, the fact is lost on them, or they just don't care. And when they die, there is a smile on their face, because they have lived a great life.

@johnfowler3125 Жыл бұрын

He replied to the video

@obi234 Жыл бұрын

@@johnfowler3125 oh man, that's sweet! Thanks for letting me know

@raydarable Жыл бұрын

Great profile picture.

@mrlightningbolt887 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see a fellow Wilson fan here

@randyginn1747 2 жыл бұрын

The most tranquil and peaceful song ever recorded by a rock band. A Masterpiece..

@Mythriak_ 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most beatuiful songs I've ever listened. And I had the privilege of watching it be played live. This song made the world a better place.

@music7 3 жыл бұрын

What a lucky man!!

@weltire 3 жыл бұрын

...He squeezes tears, but I don't cry:) ... Only Chopin can do something like that ...

@luismoraless7133 3 жыл бұрын

Man, this thing live is like a hug to the soul, I had the same luck too

@4karros 3 жыл бұрын

I saw it live july 28th of this year it was extremely emotional almost made me cry

@natejacobs5879 3 жыл бұрын

@@4karros I am two nights removed from watching Crimson perform this live & I know what you speak of. Just a stunning piece of music.

@marcobelloni6757 2 жыл бұрын

This song is for me the Big Bang of peace. I had it in my earphones at the hospital while being close to death, though fully conscious and fighting cancer before a transplant saved me. King Crimson's Islands was telling me 'any way this will end it will be fantastic'.

@mononoaware1960 Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you’re alive and well my friend, stay strong.

@marcobelloni6757 Жыл бұрын

@@mononoaware1960 Thanks a lot, friend. Same for you!

@gabrieldzwonowski3363 Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine how heavy that must've been

@dayotobiusa Жыл бұрын

"Always has been." We are all little connected islands, sharing the birds and winds with each other while trying to make sense of this fantastic experience that is life itself. It is a rare thing to be aware of, how small and fast our time here is, and how it makes all our life even more amazing because of it. I cherish you. Because you know this better\closer than a lot of people. You have known what it is to accept your end, to really know every day is a gift. Not in the sense that you can always do more each higher, but in the sense that every small gesture is beautiful in its significance (personally, I've always believed the greatest, divine good is hidden in the smallest gesture of kindness, and it always puts a smile on my face), that the fact that every interaction could be your last and as such should be done as if it were, and that at the end, you are your own judge, and as long as you've lived true to yourself and your loves, you will forgive and accept your end (no one is clear of guilts and regrets., but that is\was part of the journey that is human life, it is about learning after all).

@jacquesdelaquaire7471 Жыл бұрын

@@dayotobiusa How interesting it'd be to talk about that with you... ❤🤩

@joakasgu-kum.3910 Жыл бұрын

This song is another level of beauty...

@thickasabrick1and2 3 жыл бұрын

Mark Charig's cornet solo is just... Perfect.

@y2k.channel 3 жыл бұрын

when mark charig plays on a king crimson song it just makes the song like 18348393 times bettr

@sharonhallshipp6011 3 жыл бұрын

Sublime.

@andreasalvioli3801 2 жыл бұрын

Great. Amazing.

@spexvtx 3 жыл бұрын

I have been moved by this song since it’s release in 1972. It never grows old but it’s depth grows with age.

@jd-bl3gf 3 жыл бұрын

Cannot say anything more

@josephhutchison1983 3 жыл бұрын

Been listening to this cut since I owned this album since 1972 or '73. I got it on sale at JL Marsh record warehouse in Dallas where I worked a short time.

@BillJohnson-jr1jd 7 ай бұрын

Yupp just like wine

@bobsbigboy_ 3 ай бұрын

was released in 1971

@VeeeeryyyFaaaastSlooooth 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best songs ever, and Keith Tippet's piano work here is exceptional

@TheReaperMan275 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he (Tippet) behaved himself on this one. 😉

@tommyrawlings3046 2 жыл бұрын

Tippet was an exceptional piano player!

@baco82 2 жыл бұрын

There's a whole Canterbury team behind Lizard and this 😀

@charlytaylor1748 2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha reaper man. Mr Tippett came to our house after a gig at Oxford improvisers co-op mid-80s. He talked to my housemate about eastenders as I remember

@gigisonishvili7146 3 жыл бұрын

This is the most beautiful and calming song ever.

@lukaedilashvili6477 3 жыл бұрын

გეთანხმები :დდდ

@giorgi857 3 жыл бұрын

მეც გეთანხმები

@fabrigasan2150 3 жыл бұрын

E” la maglia del Como Calcio?😜

@elzagvelesiani 3 жыл бұрын

გემოვნებიანი ქართველები ♥️

@conjointoates 3 жыл бұрын

იმენა

@andrewwilliams9599 3 жыл бұрын

2:30 to 3:10. Like being in a church, with only Marc Charig on cornet and Fripp on pedal harmonium. Absolutely sublime.

@josephhutchison1983 3 жыл бұрын

GOOSEBUMPS!!!

@michaelforrest7295 2 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing, gave me peace of mind

@albertotristanrodriguezamenedo Жыл бұрын

《SON REALMENTE BUENOS 👍

@giannirizzi1031 10 ай бұрын

Not only armonium (latin, please😊), but Mellotron too!

3 жыл бұрын

Fifty years have passed since the creation of this song (1971) and which I heard for the first time when I was sixteen in 1975, at the premises of the mythical record store “Showco”, which was in one of the commercial galleries in Buenos Aires in the Belgrano neighborhood. His owner, Juanjo Fernández Padrón, was always there with several of his friends listening to “strange things” that came on vinyl from Europe, Japan and the US. There, I also heard for the first time Peter Hamill's Van der Graaf Generator, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Premiata Forneria Marconi, and Pink Floyd. But it was King Crimson who blew my mind. The lyrics of the poet Peter Sinfield, the incredible guitar of Robert Fripp and the melodies and voice of John Wetton, made something change in me forever. Because not only had he discovered music, he had also discovered poetry. Happy 50 years, Islands! And thank you.

@BoazMoerman 3 жыл бұрын

Nice story! The singer here is Boz Burrell though, not John Wetton.

@GraachAhim 2 жыл бұрын

Yo tengo una experiencia similar, solo que en Porto Alegre, no lejos de BsAs, y la tienda de discos llamava Pop'Som en Galeria Chaves. Perdon por mi pobre castellano.

@joshmolina4435 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you King Crimson

@fabrigasan2150 3 жыл бұрын

Mellotron da paura👑👑🧏

@Happyal-qt3xs 3 жыл бұрын

Headphones on, lights off, I could lay down and listen to this for hours and hours

@moshebarnoach3070 3 жыл бұрын

this may be the most beautiful song ever composed.

@michaelgiordani3967 3 жыл бұрын

Thats Echoes from Pink Floyd

@moshebarnoach3070 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgiordani3967 Close ... and if, in some other dimension, where King Crimson did not exist, i would agree wholeheartedly .

@michaelgiordani3967 3 жыл бұрын

@@moshebarnoach3070 King Crimson its ok. But Pink Floyd are the holy fck gods

@plompiderunglaubliche8764 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgiordani3967 nah king crimson are better they use way more instruments and are more skilled players and their songs sounds more expressive

@plasticweapon 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgiordani3967 echoes isn't "beautiful" (at least not in the kind of way we're talking about now).

@miguelherrera8840 2 жыл бұрын

THE MOST DEPRESSIVE AND AT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD! rest in peace Ian Mcdonald king crimson

@caiosoares2834 3 жыл бұрын

I had written a text similar to this one on the other upload of the track, but it has been lost since KZfaq disabled the comments. I must thank Fripp, Sinfield, Boz, Wallace, Tippet, Charig, and everyone who made this song possible. This song helped me a lot during these strange times, ever since the albuns were available on KZfaq. When i felt like everything was lost forever, i would come back to this track, it gave me strengh and hope for better times. This will forever be the best King Crimson song for me. Edit: also, thank you Hirohiko Araki for getting me into King Crimson.

@troloquimicoxd69 3 жыл бұрын

Likewise bro 🤝

@andrewwilliams9599 3 жыл бұрын

Marc Charig on cornet. His duet with Fripp on harmonium, and his solo at the end.

@nathanp1160 3 жыл бұрын

Ditto hoss, never would've found this beatiful music if not for part 5

@doceunodoceuno 3 жыл бұрын

Marc Charig !!! That cornet...

@funnyvalentine8731 2 жыл бұрын

that last statement, i feel that too. King Crimson is indeed a total hidden gem... i'm so happy I found this band

@blownupfishnchips9071 3 жыл бұрын

This does not sound like a King Crimson album at all and I'm not even complaining.

@holderlin13 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe because it's King Crimson!

@Scottlp2 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve only recently explored their works beyond Court of the Crimson king album and I still can’t get over how they have beautiful quiet pieces and what I assume death metal sounds like as well as something posted today which sounds like straight Jazz.

@holderlin13 3 жыл бұрын

@@Scottlp2 Maybe what you just discover is that King Crimson is not a matter of style but an invention of a King Crimson style...

@progrockplaylists 3 жыл бұрын

KC is well known for originality. this sure is outstanding

@davehamilton-smith9460 3 жыл бұрын

@@Scottlp2 In that case, death metal does not sound like how you think it might.

@rulostulos4891 3 жыл бұрын

Que momento para estar vivo.

@marycarter8009 3 ай бұрын

This is my very favorite song in the world. Nothing better ( back in the day) smoking a joint putting on great headphones and sitting back listening to this amazing song.

@MormonShotGun Ай бұрын

Same, man

@daviantasori317 Жыл бұрын

one of the most beautiful songs with a rustic, nostalgic atmosphere enhanced by the oboe and cornet solos. What charm ! ☮️🐟🎺

@andrasgyuris8009 Жыл бұрын

Maybe it's flute, not oboe...

@jackhughesbooks 3 жыл бұрын

I remember listening to this song on the ferry to Formentera when I was younger, so much younger than today. I could not believe I was going somewhere Sinfield had written about. Utter magic.

@duaneberry3298 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Formentera Lady.

@ishallremaincalm Жыл бұрын

I also listened to this on the ferry from an island to the mainland it was magical

@jackhughesbooks Жыл бұрын

@@ishallremaincalm 😁

@Finbarheerlen 3 жыл бұрын

My most beautiful song ever made. I love it since I bought Islands in 1971. So my favourite song for 50 years.

@kasimir-fs4oi 3 жыл бұрын

Same with me except I bought "Islands" two years later, so I have to wait for my personnel anniversary.

@josephhutchison1983 3 жыл бұрын

It is beauty in music!

@kathowed 3 жыл бұрын

For mine, the most heart-rending track of yearning from the rich and vast KC catalogue. And that cornet solo? Achingly beautiful! Mark Charig strives with such passion and conviction. I get goosebumps every time I hear it.

@alessandromerelli7221 3 жыл бұрын

My boss sell me some records and Islands was one of them. I never felt anything like it while listening to an album. I was smiling from the start to the end and when I reached the part with the trumpet all my thoughts were lucent and estatic. What an opera, what a miracle is music.

@josephhutchison1983 3 жыл бұрын

Truly..a miracle is music!

@papabibo5 3 жыл бұрын

This song made me cry when I first heard it, good times with good music. RIP Boz.

@yasserabdelrazek7077 Жыл бұрын

This album brings back fond memories of my twenties..thirty years ago...it was my first king Crimson's..given to me by a dear friend who passed away few years after it Whenever I hear those tunes I remember you ..R.I.P dear friend till we meet

@LudwigHollywood66 Жыл бұрын

I’m 52 years old and just heard this for the first time about a year ago. I would consider it to be one of the most beautiful songs ever.

@yromho 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite King Crimson song, Islands! !! It may be the most beautiful song.

@JaeSamantha Жыл бұрын

One of the first post-rock songs ever composed

@siladex-gaming Жыл бұрын

king crimson was literally everything back then

@demiandorado4879 3 жыл бұрын

Increible poema musical, la belleza hecha musica!

@kazutan4674 3 жыл бұрын

オイラ、このアルバムがとても、とても好きだった。深夜、自分が何物になるのか、不安でしょうがなかった二十一の頃、このISLANDSを聴くとナゼか心が安らぎ、眠ってることがよくあった。　評論家は、他のアルバムと比べて私情的で、つまらないと酷評された。　でも、オイラにとってevergreenそのものでした。

@JeffChetelat 11 ай бұрын

Une merveille qui vous emmène en pays mélancolique. . Et le piano de Keith Tipett

@el_mal_de_ojo 11 ай бұрын

One of the most beautiful things I've ever had the pleasure of listening. To say it's angelic seems lacking. It gives me such a strange feeling...like miracles exist, like things will be OK.

@nataliacintia1719 2 жыл бұрын

Mi papá eligió despedirse de este mundo con esta canción...te amo pa!!! siempre en mi ❤️

@eduardogamez2661 2 жыл бұрын

Mi papá también eligió esta canción que coincidencia

@CooperLawless93 2 жыл бұрын

Sus papis tenían excelente gusto musical como para conocer y degustar este himno 🥺🙌

@davidhockley1082 2 жыл бұрын

That is beautiful...Your father was clearly a man of impecable taste

@CristMartinezS Жыл бұрын

Que bello, también pediría eso en mis ultimos momentos...un abrazo para ti

@michaelmorgan1674 Жыл бұрын

Debido que vivo en una pequena isla Caribenyo estos ultimos 12 anyos, puedo entender la eleccion de su papa. Puede ser lo mio

@oasis5023 Жыл бұрын

예전 너무 좋아해서 매일 듣고 또 들었는데... 오랜만에 들어도 역시 좋네요 킹크림슨 내 학창시절을 풍성하게 보낼 수 있게 해줘서 고마워요

@user-br2hw9wt4m Жыл бұрын

명곡이죠.몇 곡 안되는 서정적인 곡ㅎ

@januszstopa3383 3 жыл бұрын

It's been so many years I heard this mesmerising piece of music over the radio on a late summer evening in 1972. Poland in the middle of communist rule with no perspective of seeing the world and feeling free... And Oh, this music that takes you to another world where there is no persecution and bans but pure permeating beauty. Those were the days and ... King Crimson - the hope for peace and beauty to come some day!

@jd-bl3gf 3 жыл бұрын

Well said

@antonovt 3 жыл бұрын

oh that's a beautiful memory. The world is a wonderful place for things like that. Thanks for sharing that!

@januszstopa3383 3 жыл бұрын

@@antonovt I'm really happy you liked it! The things like this make the world go round.

@fedorkorobin3144 3 жыл бұрын

You're breathing freely now, of course.

@timwilderspin 3 жыл бұрын

Such a moving window on your life, thank you.

@PikyFen 2 жыл бұрын

they didnt have to make this shit so beautiful, currently crying my eyes out cause it ended. if only they made another album like this.

@Bocchichan2642 Жыл бұрын

just meet this song recently and now i'm completely addicted to her, such a masterpiece

@Syntomis Жыл бұрын

Honestly, this track is awesome! I thought only _I talk to the wind_ can make me so calm, but it seems to be even greater.

@albertougalde1268 3 жыл бұрын

Islands es la mejor cancion del mundo. Me enamoré de ella cuando era joven, y ha sido uno de los pilares de mi vida. Todavia no entiendo tanta belleza. Pero no es necesario entender

@joseluissuarez2673 3 жыл бұрын

Completamente de acuerdo. Como tantas otras obras maestras de esa gloriosa época, analizarla es perder el tiempo. Simplemente usen unos buenos cascos, suban el volumen y déjense llevar.

@music7 3 жыл бұрын

Sólo hay que sentir!!!!!!!!!!

@academia59 3 жыл бұрын

Simplemente bella

@antonioluismarinescalante2153 2 жыл бұрын

De acuerdo con vosotros. Escribo esto con mis cascos a buen volumen y me vuelve a emocionar.

@andreasalvioli3801 2 жыл бұрын

Also for me. The best song of all time.

@user-rw9ju2zy5u 3 жыл бұрын

What a sweet voice! Boz Burrell is my most favourite singer though Crimso's history.

@davidcline471 Жыл бұрын

This was the final song i put on my little brother’s mixtape years ago. Will probably never see him again. But i put this on there because of the way it ends, with such hopefulness.

@anothertime1282 Жыл бұрын

I was in Formentera in July 1968. it's a sad story, involving lost love. But how much this has always brought the memory back.

@kw19193 2 жыл бұрын

Although many may prefer "Starless" when it comes to holding the claim of KC's most beautiful song I, for one, believe "Islands walks with that honor. Sublime to its core and deeply moving a song that succeeds on every level, not an easy thing to do. Too, Pete Sinfield's lyrics are worthy of being singled out, rich with allusion, imagery, and alliteration they are close to very best he achieved in his collaboration with Fripp (and that's saying something in light of his overall brilliance). Breathtaking. Cheers!

@gordonbryce Жыл бұрын

Yes, I just replied to a post above and agree with your judgement of Peter Sinfield's poetry, I believe he will come to be recognised as one of the greatest lyricists/poet of his time. Maybe he should come out of semi retirement and write a paean for the best of the 1970's/80's in contrast to our present social-cultural collapse!

@carlosaramayo7633 Жыл бұрын

@@gordonbryce I was able to know, many years ago, that Peter Sinfield was mentioned in the 70s as one of the two best lyricists of Rock, along with...Jim Morrison.

@gordonbryce Жыл бұрын

@@carlosaramayo7633 Peter Sinfield draws from the very best of British romantic poetry going all the way back to William Wordsworth and William Blake and, in my opinion, transcends them both at times because he mixes in his clever perceptions of the late 20th century. What is sad is so much of British radio is vapid and our music scene lacks depth and real musicianship now, when compared to the sublimest moments of prog. rock. Ah! Things come and go. The way of life!

@TheReaperMan275 Жыл бұрын

And this would turn out to be the last collaboration between Peter Sinfield and Robert Fripp, who fired him after this project. Richard Palmer James would be Crimson's next lyricist during the John Wetton years.

@gordonbryce Жыл бұрын

@@TheReaperMan275 Peter really sits proudly at the head of the English romantic poetic tradition for the 1970's and he has not been replaced.

@ignacioduran6992 3 жыл бұрын

an absolute masterpiece

@michaellaporte4951 3 жыл бұрын

The flitting wind-whispers of Fripp's guitar in the bridges are the perfect touch, like petals floating on water.

@kimchung864 3 жыл бұрын

I love every small detail of this song ... so beautiful!

@PoteDaGanancia 3 жыл бұрын

This song is a experience.

@user-sq5kt7wf5e 5 ай бұрын

Для меня это самый лучший альбом группы слушаешь его и кажется лежишь в поле а вокруг цветы и голубое небо над тобой

@robertjoseph8008 4 ай бұрын

I was fortunate to experience a King Crimson concert at the Eastown Theater in Detroit in 1971. Their evocative music has led me to explore many "Islands" through the years. The journey continues....

@nakim55 3 ай бұрын

I was also there, blues project and Proco harum opened for them.

@felixhayman5934 7 ай бұрын

As you get older this song gets more beautiful as it is absorbed into the skin of time.

@AdeneTzr 11 ай бұрын

i kinda like at the end 10:12 they all start talking and testing their insturments gives a sort of strange feeling like if you are there with them

@atlasking6110 3 жыл бұрын

Marc Charig though. That solo kills me, always has and always will.

@sharonhallshipp6011 3 жыл бұрын

And me.

@francosategna7150 Жыл бұрын

Hypnotic,metaphysical, enveloping,persuasive but deep...a monster amongst the monster tracks,made by monster musicians.....Art at its best,Boz Burrell was a Platonic monad,one of the best voice of story of the rock,Fripp'mellotron is devasting like the trumpet solo by Charig....superb and awesome the works by pianist Tippett,oboist Miller and flutist Collins...no words needed....

@gbarbosar 3 жыл бұрын

Será quizás una de las mejores canciones de nuestra humanidad? Yo creo que sí

@timberframingbear Жыл бұрын

This song and the album was quite literally a life saver.

@monicayazminsolissuarez3507 3 жыл бұрын

Indudablemente esta es una de las canciones más hermosas de King Crimson.

@miguelmanzo5101 Жыл бұрын

De la historia del Rock

@leopoldoramirezangeles7671 11 ай бұрын

Totalmente de acuerdo contigo... Apenas la escuché hace unos meses y no me canso de la magia y paz destila.

@dunebug233 3 жыл бұрын

I just started getting more into King Crimson due to a certain show, and this was personally my favorite from the Islands album. So peaceful. So ironic that it was just posted on KZfaq too!

@piotrgpt-4178 3 жыл бұрын

Aloha?

@gyro3454 3 жыл бұрын

jojo

@cshirt 3 жыл бұрын

“a certain show”

@bunnysoup6858 2 жыл бұрын

@@cshirt Obviously Sea Of Tranquility 😭😭😭

@rporta Жыл бұрын

@@bunnysoup6858 the youtuber?

@spectralmaya4586 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully melancholic, one of my favourite KC title tracks.

@kinkinbo 2 жыл бұрын

本当によく聴いた曲。いつ聴いても新鮮さが甦る。

@bobduerwald9805 3 жыл бұрын

Put this song on , turn out the lights, and close your eyes.

@rubicon-oh9km Жыл бұрын

Been a Crimson fan for so many years and never really gave this album a chance because I had heard so many lukewarm things about it. Finally purchased an original pressing on vinyl and like it immensely.

@ivanr3107 3 жыл бұрын

The album title and the cover have the best synergy I've ever seen/felt.

@januszstopa3383 3 жыл бұрын

Not only freely. I am overjoyed that I I lived to see the day of everybody can find interest they want to. And that is what life and freedom is about.

@AP-dj2kv 2 жыл бұрын

I just can't get enough. Piece of art.

@moreoobservatory1869 3 жыл бұрын

Hearing this song live was one of my most treasured experiences as a King Crimson fan By far, their most beautiful song

@davidanspach1624 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful song, what a beautiful comment section...

@massivecumshot 2 жыл бұрын

Looking west, into the sunset from my beach, I can just see his island, shrouded by mist, floating on distant horizon.

@ThomasSteves 3 жыл бұрын

certainly one of my very favorite songs.

@win4678 2 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful progressive rock&jazz fusion album

@TeAyudo_1213 2 жыл бұрын

Prog yes.. Jazz Fusion no.. man.. Classic Progressive Rock Album.

@win4678 2 жыл бұрын

@@TeAyudo_1213 oh shit, I thought it is jazz fuzion. I don't know much about jazz, could you please recommend me some of the best albums of jazz fuzion？

@lauragabriela256 2 жыл бұрын

@@win4678 Zappa - Hot Rats, Miles Davis - In a silent way

@Happyal-qt3xs 3 жыл бұрын

That part at the end where all instruments reach a crescendo just before the song fades, that fills me with goosebumps!

@danielmacdonald8349 3 жыл бұрын

Not too long ago I was literally deaf in one ear. It happened around March and was just corrected about 2 weeks ago. OMG - It was awful. The worse part was when listening to music - especially in my car. No sound into my right ear. When it was corrected I put this CD in on my ride home!! Sure sounded good!!! Amazing the little things we take for granted.

@pythonbyte 3 жыл бұрын

fell asleep with spotify on and this was playing when i woke up, i knew that day was going to be a good one.

@VinylandKicks86 Жыл бұрын

song is so beautiful both my soul & eyes cried while closed.it's a song like this that always reminds why i love music so much i couldn't live without it.

@bali2919 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite song and my grandmother just passed away couple hours ago, what an odd timing...

@duaneberry3298 3 жыл бұрын

Peace to you, bro.

@raydarable 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear that.

@SEGAClownboss 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of love, that's difficult. Your grandmother must be proud of you.

@ReddyObscura 3 жыл бұрын

Well written music yet the hissing noise is left untouched since its first release. Tender and dreamy.

@andreasalvioli3801 2 жыл бұрын

Formentera lady, sailors tale, the letter, prelude, island. MAMMAMIA. The best album of kc.

@demiandorado4879 3 жыл бұрын

Es una canción tan bella, para escuchar con los ojos cerrados y a oscuras, solo en mi isla...

@caricaturafea453 Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna cry

@iamdamosuzuki_ 3 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how the second half of this song basically sounds like early 90’s Talk Talk mixed with early 2000’s Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but was recorded two to three decades earlier!

@miguelbranquinho7235 3 жыл бұрын

King Crimson were light-years ahead back then.

@user-pv1ut5mx3w 7 ай бұрын

Слушаю Кинг Кримпсон с 19 лет. Сейчас мне 60.

@annamarinabevilacqua5549 2 жыл бұрын

Mi addormentavo con questa canzone un secolo fa in Scozia e a volte ne sogno la melodia

@shugokanou7499 3 жыл бұрын

これぞKing Crimson メロディ。素晴らしい。

@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA 3 жыл бұрын

Islands Gang rise up.

@trash_dumplingg 3 жыл бұрын

Ayyy

@DavidWatts83 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@markyerskey7715 3 жыл бұрын

@@trash_dumplingg Never strayed

@ernestolazzeri4752 3 жыл бұрын

I´m in

@y2k.channel 3 жыл бұрын

islands gang from da beginnin *throwing gang signs like a duck*

@agustinyanez3023 2 жыл бұрын

Islas La tierra, el arroyo y el árbol rodeados por el mar, las olas barren la arena de mi isla. Mi puestas de sol se desvanecen. El campo y la hierba sólo esperan a que llueva, grano a grano el amor corroe mis desgastados muros, los que me defienden de la marea, acunan al viento hacia mi isla. La fina arena sube hasta donde están las gaviotas y planean, tristemente planean sobre mi isla. Mi blanco velo de novia, frío y pálido, lo disuelve el Sol. La telaraña del amor está hilada - los gatos cazan, los ratones corren, los cogen por la fuerza en las zarzas donde los búhos conocen mis ojos, cielos morados tocan mi isla, me tocan a mí. Bajo las brisas el viento, paz infinita, las islas unen sus manos bajo el mar celestial. Oscuros muelles del puerto, como dedos de piedra ávidamente alcanzan mi isla. Agarran las palabras del marinero - perlas y calabazas se esparcen en mi orilla. Indistinto al amor, atado en círculos. La tierra, el arroyo y el árbol regresan al mar, las olas barren la arena de mi isla, me barren a mí.

@VolodyaVolodenka1981 3 жыл бұрын

perhaps the best KC album from the audiophiliac point of view? so many beautiful casual details left in for us to savour

@leonardomalta9110 2 жыл бұрын

Recently listened to this piece while taking a brisk jog in the morning by a lake nearby my home. Ducks, geese, parrots, turtles and many other animals playing around. I was mesmerized with the bliss and the joy of the nature that surrounded me. Thanks, King Crimson, for this piece.