King Crimson Cat Food 1970 video
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Topic: King Crimson Cat Food 1970 video
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Subject: King Crimson Cat Food 1970 video
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:16
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This video has just been posted of King Crimson performing Cat Food on the set of UK TV show Top of the Pops. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:18
GREG!!!!!!!!!  back when King Crimson were great hahah ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:18
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btw ... those English sure speak damn good German. Likely a Beat Club recording.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:22
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Absolutely no attempt to pretend the song wasn't prerecorded. I wonder if Fripp bought in his copy of the album for them to play. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:24
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Greg back when he was a pretty boy! The set looks like the Top of the Pops one from that era with the cage, and that girl is definitely English the way she says "Cat Food". Perhaps Beat Club came over the London to record it? ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:25
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the 'King Crimson' girl looked like Laurie Partridge ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:27
The Who were the masters of that  Purposefully so badly mimed it was entertainment in itself to watch.Yeah, I think most of those era Beat Club performances were either prerecorded or taken straight from the album. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
The Dark Elf wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:28
perhaps. Good find btw. I hadn't seen that!  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:38
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I liked the joke the German host made. Basically "Ah, the King is here in the studio!-" "Oh! King Crimson."
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:43
I see where the joke writer I employ for my various internet personnas got his start in the business... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:46
| Thanks for posting this! |
Posted By: LizardsExist
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 19:20
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Thank you for this one. It is nice to see them young Cat food is a great song btw  ------------- https://lizardsexist.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbI4wpMV08H4DeRlM4PfjLA |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 19:25
Love the part at 2:08 when Fripp tries to mime the guitar growl part  Also, who is on piano? I know Keith Tippet recorded the studio piano part but that doesn't look like him to me... ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 19:53
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Greg's voice is both studio AND live...interesting. otherwise, bonus points for you for finding and uploading this!!! ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 19:54
probably the BBC keyboard tech..some lucky sap from the audience.. or perhaps someone's brother.. brought in to mime as best they could ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 20:16
Well considering the...ahem...how do I put this...atonal style of Keith Tippet, they could have had a cat running across a piano and it would have looked believable  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 23:38
hah... perhaps it was Mike Garson!!! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 01:06
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I couldn't sleep, so I came here to find this. I thought this was wiped from the archives. Good song, btw. I'm still surprised that this didn't make it big on the singles charts. I guess Keith Tippet's piano and Peter Sinfield's lyrics scared them off. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 01:34
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Seen it before but a long time ago From what I remember ELP had already been announced by this time but Lake still went ahead with the recording. It may have been his last appearance with KC.
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 02:20
Really? Can you remember where it was shown, as this was previously thought to have been wiped along with 90% of other Top of the Pops from that era. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 02:51
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I've got a feeling I've seen a few seconds of that clip before probably on a prog rock documentary. It looks familar. I would also agree it comes from the Beat Club. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 05:53
Not to mention the two bass guitars on stage (Lake and Pete Giles)
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 08:58
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I can't think of a more awkward band to ever appear on TOTP. Awesome! ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 09:25
| I remember seeing pictures of this performance ,,many, many years ago from a booklet included in the Young Person's Guide To King Crimson, double LP released on Island records. I have the Japanese import cd of the Young Person's Guide and wouldn't part with it ever, but it just sounds completely awful and I have to resort to using an EQ in order to clean it up a bit. Never in my life have I actually seen this footage and I'm loving it! This is a very rare and precious moment in time and I really appreciate this vid. Peter Giles playing bass with King Crimson on a film? Really? This is a rare moment that sends chills up my spine. A very unique transitional period for the band. A true rare video archive that should be posted on P.A. along side the classic reviews to further stun the viewers. This is simply amazing! It's as rare as rocking horse sh-t! The only thing I can compare it to would be having a performance on film of Hatfield and the North WITH the Northettes...which will never happen. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 10:08
Henry Cow, maybe??
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 10:09
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^Good choice my good man! ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 11:16
| According to someone on YouTube it's Top of the Pops footage but with a German continuity link. |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 12:37
Yes that seems most likely, the German presenter looked like he was in the Top of the Pops studio in London. A lot of Top of the Pops footage from the late 60s and early 70s only survives because Swiss and German stations stored it, like the recently found Black Sabbath performance of Paranoid, while good old Auntie Beeb erased nearly all episodes from that era. It makes you wonder what else might turn up - Caravan, Family and Audience were also on the programme in 1970. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 12:42
I've still got the Young Persons Guide vinyl with the booklet containing the Top of the Pops photos. It really is surreal after all these years to see those static images comes to life. And pretty funny to see the audience attempting to dance to such as undanceable song! ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 15:18
maybe it was just a clip as Andy said in a later post
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 15:28
I noticed some great sh*t, live performance clips from the new upcoming Romantic Warriors movie done on the Canterbury scene that I sure had never seen before. Perhaps they exist and Jose and Adele got access to them.. or they simply got them directly from the bands. I didn't think to ask actually.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 03:22
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Very cool, I had never seen it, thanks for posting! Now let's hope that Mr. Fripp will not quickly ban it from YT because of author rights infringement
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Posted By: LizardsExist
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 05:36
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------------- https://lizardsexist.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbI4wpMV08H4DeRlM4PfjLA |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 05:42
book it!!! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 06:19
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A bullsh*t video and the worst song from Lizard. Just my opinion, of course.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 07:20
and a very wrong one First, Cat Food is a great tune (especially the longer album version) Second, it's from Poseidon, and it's probably the best song from that album (given that side A is ITOTCK part 2 and Mars is a readaptation of Holtz) As for the vid in itself, it's better than nothing
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 08:55
Of course that's from Poseidon, sorry for the lapse. Lizard doesn't have a weak moment like Cat Food IMO.
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Posted By: TheRollingOrange
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 19:14
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Oh I saw this yesterday and I think I've seen it three times since then. Love seeing early crimson perform (even if it's dubbed) and Greg looks so good! |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: January 09 2015 at 00:46
http://dgmlive.com/news.htm?entry=4998 As far as the origins of the vid itself, here's what a German fellow on another site had to say: " It's "Hits a Go Go" a German - Swiss television co production. The Music Clips are from TotP. The rest has Swiss or German hosts in the TotPs Studio with the original TotP GoGo girls. " ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: January 13 2015 at 07:13
Going back to cat food..... just noticed this lady on Linkedin...... oh dear. :-)
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Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: January 15 2015 at 10:07
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Yeah, I swear I've seen this before..........as others have said though, it may have just been a clip. I also thought I remembered seeing it in color. Maybe a different song from Poseidon? Nah, probably a clip from this on some prog rock documentary.... |
Posted By: gloriousgoldfish
Date Posted: September 12 2015 at 14:24
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I love live performances of KC, the majority of them I've seen are without Lake so this is nice. |
Posted By: madspace
Date Posted: September 12 2015 at 22:17
| First time I've seen this and I love it! |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 13 2015 at 16:27
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Nice little clip even if it was mime....one doesn't get many vids from the Lake days. Great song btw which, as corrected ,was from Poseidon. I've finally come to realize, a bit late , that ' Komandant Shamal' doesn't know much about prog. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: chazzaboy
Date Posted: September 29 2015 at 11:29
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How bizarre.Its always been the record companies view get out the most commercial song as a single to promote the album , I think in this case it was just the shortest track.Very odd.Any thoughts Chris Blackwell?
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