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21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson
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King Crimson Was A Progressive Rock Band Formed In 1968 In London England. The Band Draws Inspiration From A Wide Variety Of Music Incorporating Elements Of Classical Jazz Folk Heavy Metal Gamelan Industrial Electronic Experimental Music And New Wave. They Exerted A Strong Influence On The Early 1970s Progressive Rock Movement Including On Contemporaries Such As Yes And Genesis And Continue To Inspire Subsequent Generations Of Artists Across Multiple Genres. The Band Has Earned A Large Cult Following. Founded By Robert Fripp Michael Giles Greg Lake Ian McDonald And Lyricist Peter Sinfield The Band Initially Focused On A Dramatic Sound Layered With Mellotron McDonald's Saxophone And Flute And Lake's Powerful Lead Vocals. Their Debut Album In The Court Of The Crimson King 1969 Remains Their Most Commercially Successful And Influential Release With A Potent Mixture Of Jazz Classical And Experimental Music. Following The Sudden Simultaneous Departures Of McDonald And Giles With Lake Also Leaving Very Shortly Afterwards Fripp And Sinfield Assumed Direction Of The Group For In The Wake Of Poseidon 1970 Lizard 1970 And Islands 1971 With Mel Collins Boz Burrell And Ian Wallace Among The Band Members During This Period. In 1972 Fripp Changed The Group's Instrumentation And Approach Drawing From European Free Improvisation And Developing Ever More Complex Compositions. With Bill Bruford John Wetton David Cross And Briefly Jamie Muir They Reached What Some Saw As A Creative Peak On Larks' Tongues In Aspic 1973 Starless And Bible Black 1974 And Red 1974 . Fripp Disbanded This Group In 1974. In 1981 Fripp And Bruford Reformed King Crimson With Another Change In Musical Direction. The New Group Also Included Adrian Belew And Tony Levin. They Drew Influence From African Music Gamelan Post-Punk And New York Minimalism. This Group Lasted Three Years Resulting In The Trio Of Albums Discipline 1981 Beat 1982 And Three Of A Perfect Pair 1984 . Following A Decade-Long Hiatus Fripp Revived The Group As A Sextet He Called The "double Trio" In 1994 Adding Pat Mastelotto And Trey Gunn. This Group Participated In Another Three-Year Cycle Of Activity That Included The Release Of Thrak 1995 And Multiple Concert Recordings. There Was A Hiatus Between 1997 To 2000. Four Members Of The Previous Sextet Reunited In 2000 As A More Industrial-Oriented King Crimson Called The "double Duo" Releasing The Construkction Of Light 2000 And The Power To Believe 2003 . After A Five Year Hiatus The Group Expanded In The Person Of New Second Drummer Gavin Harrison For A 2008 Tour Celebrating The 40th Anniversary Of Their 1968 Formation. Following Another Hiatus 2009–2012 During Which Fripp Was Thought To Be Retired King Crimson Came Together Again In 2013 This Time As A Septet And Later Octet With An Unusual Three-Drumkit Frontline And New Second Guitarist And Singer Jakko Jakszyk. This Version Of King Crimson Continued To Tour From 2014 To 2021 And Released Multiple Live Albums Rearranging And Reinterpreting Music From Across The Band's Entire 50-Year Career For The First Time. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/KingCrimson Studio Albums
In The Court Of The Crimson King 1969 In The Wake Of Poseidon 1970 Lizard 1970 Islands 1971 Larks' Tongues In Aspic 1973 Starless And Bible Black 1974 Red 1974 Discipline 1981 Beat 1982 Three Of A Perfect Pair 1984 Thrak 1995 The Construkction Of Light 2000 The Power To Believe 2003 NOTE Album Covers Band Images And YouTube Links Are Not Available Due To Certain Legal Restrictions Imposed On Last.Fm By King Crimson's Management.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: 21st Century Schizoid Man
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"21st Century Schizoid Man" Is A Song By King Crimson. The Song's Lyrics Consist Of A Short Poem With One Or More Metaphors In Every Line. The Guitar Solo Of The Song Was Number 82 On Guitar World's "100 Greatest Guitar Solos". The Song Makes Reference To The Vietnam War As Exemplified In The Lyric "innocents Raped With Napalm Fire" And "politicians' Funeral Pyre." Before A Live Performance Of The Song On 14 December 1969 As Shown In The Live Album "Epitaph" Fripp Remarked That The Song Was Dedicated To "an American Political Personality Whom We All Know And Love Dearly. His Name Is Spiro Agnew." Musically The Song Is Notable For Its Heavily Distorted Vocals Sung By Greg Lake A Driving Mechanical Rhythm And Piercingly Loud Saxophone And Guitar Along With Its Instrumental Middle Section Called "Mirrors". Most Of The Song Is In Either 4/4 Or 6/8 Time Save For The Percussive Section In "Mirrors" Which Alternates Between 1/4 2/4 And 5/4. The Very End Of The Song Is In Free Time. King Crimson Continued To Perform It In Their Live Act After Greg Lake Left King Crimson In 1970 To Form Emerson Lake & Palmer. It Appeared On Four Live Albums From Different Versions Of The Band First Sung By Greg Lake On "Epitaph" Then By Boz Burrell On "Earthbound" By John Wetton On USA And By Adrian Belew On "Vrooom Vrooom" 2001 Recorded In 1996 . The Song Has Recently Been Covered By Ozzy Osbourne On His Cover Album Under Cover. Flower Travellin' Band Entombed Voivod Unrest Noir Désir Afterhours Rorschach And April Wine Have Also Covered This Song As Have Forbidden On Their Album Distortion. Cripple Bastards Also Covered This Song On Their 'Your Lies In Check' Album. Bad Religion Made A Homage To The Song Called "21st Century Digital Boy ". In It They Refer To The Original Song Several Times With Lyrics Such As "innocents Raped With Napalm Fire" And "21st Century Schizoid Boy". "21st Century Schizoid Man" Is A Playable Track In The Game "Guitar Hero 5".
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King Crimson Was A Progressive Rock Band Formed In 1968 In London England. The Band Draws Inspiration From A Wide Variety Of Music Incorporating Elements Of Classical Jazz Folk Heavy Metal Gamelan Industrial Electronic Experimental Music And New Wave. They Exerted A Strong Influence On The Early 1970s Progressive Rock Movement Including On Contemporaries Such As Yes And Genesis And Continue To Inspire Subsequent Generations Of Artists Across Multiple Genres. The Band Has Earned A Large Cult Following. Founded By Robert Fripp Michael Giles Greg Lake Ian McDonald And Lyricist Peter Sinfield The Band Initially Focused On A Dramatic Sound Layered With Mellotron McDonald's Saxophone And Flute And Lake's Powerful Lead Vocals. Their Debut Album In The Court Of The Crimson King 1969 Remains Their Most Commercially Successful And Influential Release With A Potent Mixture Of Jazz Classical And Experimental Music. Following The Sudden Simultaneous Departures Of McDonald And Giles With Lake Also Leaving Very Shortly Afterwards Fripp And Sinfield Assumed Direction Of The Group For In The Wake Of Poseidon 1970 Lizard 1970 And Islands 1971 With Mel Collins Boz Burrell And Ian Wallace Among The Band Members During This Period. In 1972 Fripp Changed The Group's Instrumentation And Approach Drawing From European Free Improvisation And Developing Ever More Complex Compositions. With Bill Bruford John Wetton David Cross And Briefly Jamie Muir They Reached What Some Saw As A Creative Peak On Larks' Tongues In Aspic 1973 Starless And Bible Black 1974 And Red 1974 . Fripp Disbanded This Group In 1974. In 1981 Fripp And Bruford Reformed King Crimson With Another Change In Musical Direction. The New Group Also Included Adrian Belew And Tony Levin. They Drew Influence From African Music Gamelan Post-Punk And New York Minimalism. This Group Lasted Three Years Resulting In The Trio Of Albums Discipline 1981 Beat 1982 And Three Of A Perfect Pair 1984 . Following A Decade-Long Hiatus Fripp Revived The Group As A Sextet He Called The "double Trio" In 1994 Adding Pat Mastelotto And Trey Gunn. This Group Participated In Another Three-Year Cycle Of Activity That Included The Release Of Thrak 1995 And Multiple Concert Recordings. There Was A Hiatus Between 1997 To 2000. Four Members Of The Previous Sextet Reunited In 2000 As A More Industrial-Oriented King Crimson Called The "double Duo" Releasing The Construkction Of Light 2000 And The Power To Believe 2003 . After A Five Year Hiatus The Group Expanded In The Person Of New Second Drummer Gavin Harrison For A 2008 Tour Celebrating The 40th Anniversary Of Their 1968 Formation. Following Another Hiatus 2009–2012 During Which Fripp Was Thought To Be Retired King Crimson Came Together Again In 2013 This Time As A Septet And Later Octet With An Unusual Three-Drumkit Frontline And New Second Guitarist And Singer Jakko Jakszyk. This Version Of King Crimson Continued To Tour From 2014 To 2021 And Released Multiple Live Albums Rearranging And Reinterpreting Music From Across The Band's Entire 50-Year Career For The First Time. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/KingCrimson Studio Albums
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"21st Century Schizoid Man" is a song by King Crimson. The song's lyrics consist of a short poem with one or more metaphors in every line. The guitar solo of the song was number 82 on Guitar World's "100 Greatest Guitar Solos".
The song makes reference to the Vietnam War as exemplified in the lyric "innocents raped with napalm fire" and "politicians' funeral pyre." Before a live performance of the song on 14 December 1969 (as shown in the live album "Epitaph"), Fripp remarked that the song was dedicated to "an American political personality whom we all know and love dearly. His name is Spiro Agnew."
Musically, the song is notable for its heavily distorted vocals sung by Greg Lake, a driving mechanical rhythm and piercingly loud saxophone and guitar, along with its instrumental middle section, called "Mirrors". Most of the song is in either 4/4 or 6/8 time, save for the percussive section in "Mirrors" which alternates between 1/4, 2/4 and 5/4. The very end of the song is in free time.
King Crimson continued to perform it in their live act after Greg Lake left King Crimson in 1970 to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It appeared on four live albums from different versions of the band, first sung by Greg Lake on "Epitaph", then by Boz Burrell on "Earthbound", by John Wetton on USA, and by Adrian Belew on "Vrooom Vrooom" (2001, recorded in 1996).
The song has recently been covered by Ozzy Osbourne on his cover album Under Cover. Flower Travellin' Band, Entombed, Voivod, Unrest, Noir Désir, Afterhours, Rorschach and April Wine have also covered this song, as have Forbidden on their album Distortion. Cripple Bastards also covered this song on their 'Your Lies In Check' album.
Bad Religion made a homage to the song called "21st Century (Digital Boy)". In it they refer to the original song several times with lyrics such as "innocents raped with napalm fire" and "21st century schizoid boy".
"21st Century Schizoid Man" is a playable track in the game "Guitar Hero 5". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.