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.)
World
King Crimson Lyrics
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A nail file suit your self-serviceman
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
Autographed pictures of Shakespeare fishing
Gear head phone Madison Square Garden hose
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
Get set, get wet, get fat, get fit, get a life
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
Get sacked, get the facts, get a load of this
Get pissed, get real, get over it, get it over with, oh
The world's my oyster soup bowling ball of wax museum
Cannibal dog house plan be happy
As a lark's tongue in cheekbone china doll
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
Don't ask why to cake and eat it too
Nothing lasts for evergreen thumbscrew
The world's my oyster soup kitchen door frame by frame
Get back, slap back, backtalk, halfback, back track, talkback
Back to back I'll be back to get you back
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
Get bumped, get pumped, get dumped, get the funk
Get sick get fixed get jiggy with it, oh
The world's my oyster souffle mignon
Whatever
I'll get along little doggie
Get set, get wet, get fat, get fit
Get along little doggie, get it off of me
Oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
Get sacked get the facts get a load of this, hey
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
The lyrics of King Crimson's "The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum" are a series of nonsensical phrases and wordplay. The words don't seem to have any direct or logical connection, and they don't convey a clear message or story. Instead, they create a surreal and dreamlike atmosphere that encourages the listener to let go of rationality and enter a world of pure imagination.
The imagery in the song is filled with juxtapositions and unexpected combinations. For example, "autographed pictures of Shakespeare fishing" or "gear head phone Madison Square Garden hose" create a sense of playful absurdity. The repetition of the phrase "The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum" throughout the song reinforces the idea that anything and everything is possible in this world of the imagination.
Line by Line Meaning
Hat bandanna Graham cracker jackhammer in
I have an eclectic mix of items that don't necessarily belong together
A nail file suit your self-serviceman
A pun on self-service; I have what I need to take care of myself and don't need anyone else
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
I can do whatever I want and go wherever I want; I have no restrictions or limitations
Autographed pictures of Shakespeare fishing
A combination of high and low culture; I appreciate both the intellectual value of literature and the simplicity of fishing
Gear head phone Madison Square Garden hose
Another mix of unrelated items; a play on words with 'headphones' and 'hose'
Get set, get wet, get fat, get fit, get a life
Encouragement to live life to the fullest without fear or hesitation
Get it on get it up get it off of me
Strong command to take action; do what needs to be done
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
Reiteration of the feeling of freedom and endless possibilities
Get sacked, get the facts, get a load of this
Advice to be aware of what's going on around you and to stay informed
Get pissed, get real, get over it, get it over with, oh
Instructions to deal with obstacles or problems in a proactive way and not dwell on them
The world's my oyster soup bowling ball of wax museum
A nonsensical phrase that emphasizes the idea of having no boundaries
Cannibal dog house plan be happy
A bizarre combination of words that suggests finding happiness in unusual places or circumstances
As a lark's tongue in cheekbone china doll
Another quirky image that emphasizes the uniqueness of the situation
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
Once again, the feeling of boundless possibility
Don't ask why to cake and eat it too
A warning not to try to have everything; you can't always get what you want
Nothing lasts for evergreen thumbscrew
A reflection on the impermanence of life and how everything eventually comes to an end, even things that seem eternal
The world's my oyster soup kitchen door frame by frame
A play on words with 'frame by frame'; another way of expressing the limitless nature of the world
Get back, slap back, backtalk, halfback, back track, talkback
A list of things to avoid when trying to move forward in life; don't let others hold you back
Back to back I'll be back to get you back
A promise to come back even stronger and better after being knocked down
The world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
Final reiteration of the idea that the world is open and full of possibilities
Get bumped, get pumped, get dumped, get the funk
Again, a reminder to stay positive and proactive even when things get tough
Get sick get fixed get jiggy with it, oh
Emphasis on the importance of taking care of oneself and having fun in life
The world's my oyster souffle mignon
A playful twist on the phrase; another way of expressing freedom and open possibilities
Whatever
An expression of indifference or nonchalance, suggesting that the artist doesn't need to worry about anything
I'll get along little doggie
A lighthearted way of saying goodbye or expressing determination to keep moving forward
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto
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@lewascan2676
Taking these abilities at face value, whoever wins this matchup is merely whoever acts second for one simple reason:
Cooldowns.
They both have one, even if it’s only short. That means, for example, if Diavolo erases time, and DIO waits to stop time until the exact moment his foe disappears from sight, he will catch Diavolo in his cooldown period, and the latter won’t be able to do anything, no matter that he can see it coming with Epitaph.
The inverse is also true, of course. Basically, it’s just a matter of whoever first considers the idea of letting the other “blink first” and subsequently make themselves vulnerable.
Also worth noting: Epitaph is an active ability, not passive, so Diavolo is very much vulnerable to this strategy if he erroneously assumes his attack will be a kill without looking further forward, as evidenced by Polnareff being able to hit him in the moment after TE ends. In exactly that same way, DIO could catch him with TS.
Honestly, also given his ability to survive kill shots via vamp durability, yeah, DIO is going to win most variants of this matchup unless Diavolo gets lucky.
@leandroandong7400
@@ricardomilos3872 Diavolo will have a hard time killing Dio because of his vampiric abilities but with his deadly chop, he can give a good fight, he will just skip his death and phase to dio attack the moment he see it.
the reason why Diavolo is the most potent in Jojo, is because his KC is not just time erasure, it also allows him to exemplify himself in fated action and avoid the 10 sec of unfavorable fate the same way he did with Rissoto and also use this as advantage to skip the process if what he see in epitaph is favorable towards him like impaling Narancia or getting Trish.
And don't underestimate his Intellect, cause he is the first to figure out the weakness of Silver Chariot requiem which is mind boggling for me when it appeared.
So the battle between who can win between Dio and Diavolo is a battle of who can activate first. like a battle between Meg and Mosasaurus(who can chomp first).
and If the question is who has the best temporal stand ability, it will be King Crimson, this ability legit deny any attack you did to him by removing himself to causation/time/fate for a fraction of sec. Which is why the protagonist(Giorno) evolved his stand into not just an ability but a condition which is to revert any fated action even intent into Zero.
If any protagonist has this KC ability, legit itcan solve 80% of their problems which revolve around fate.
@RemyTheRattest
Imagine time as a straight line constantly moving forward, different points in time are the events that take place.
In the case of TE (Time Erasure), the flow of time does not stop, it continues moving.
From everyone's POV, they spontaneously moved forward in the timeline. (Illusion, they simply were in a state of unconsciousness during TE)
From Diavolo's POV, there is no change in the flow of time.
In the case of TS (Time Stop), time moves forward normally, at a certain point however, a myriad of events took place in a very minuscule amount of time.
Both TS and TE result in causality being warped for everyone else's POV.
TE: Time Flow continues normally, everyone except for Diavolo however enters a trance-like state and cannot remember anything that occured. During this they're puppeteered by fate itself as well, resulting in a loss of causality from their perspective
TS: Time flow continues normally, DIO however concludes a myriad of actions that exist outside of the time-flow. The effects of these actions however show after TS, resulting in a loss of causality for everyone else.
In both cases the effects of DIO's actions (for TS) or Fate's actions (for TE) occur, the causes being only known by DIO or Diavolo respectively.
If DIO stops time before TE, time will stop as usual, DIO will do whatever he wants and after TS has ended, Diavolo will be able to erase time.
If Diavolo erases time before TS, time will be erased as usual, but a break in casuality will occur out of nowhere (a knife will pop up out of thin air, DIO will have teleported somewhere else, someone may have died) and then TE will continue before ending. From DIO's POV he never saw stopped time. Everything he would've done in stopped time happened in a fraction of a second as seen by Diavolo, but it was skipped by TE for everyone else (including DIO).
Diavolo cannot get trapped in TS if he erased time prior, as TS would have started and ended before TE finished.
In a battle between them. DIO would win easily if he stopped time prior to Diavolo erasing time, as he would've just killed him during TS.
If Diavolo however erased time firstly, he would be confused as to why DIO suddenly teleported during TE, and TE ends he'd go for the hit.
Assuming DIO still has his vampiric abilities, Diavolo's impale wouldn't do much so it might have to be followed up by more attacks.
Diavolo has a winning chance if he knows how TS works, he can use epitaph to see any breaks in causality, and then erase time right before the break happens, rendering TS useless
@Lazar-TS
It's sad to see, but this video is just wrong.
DIO's time-stop ends as soon as it starts. IT DOES NOT RUN PARALLEL to time-erase, and thus is doesn't matter when during time-erase it was activated, as it would be skipped anyway.
This is because no time passes between the start of time-stop and end of time-stop.
DIO would just teleport during Diavolo's time-erasure and would continue moving as fated (still unaware, not even knowing he had used his ability).
Because time would be skipped, from DIO's perspective, his time stop would've happened and been over without him even realising.
TL;DR:
Diavolo would be hoping DIO does activate his ability during time-erase, and his chances of winning are much higher than what the video proposes.
@reflex9238
Late to this but decent video, definitely one of the better ones made.
You didn’t over the scaling of speed AP much though, Star Platinum is easily multiple layers faster than Silver Chariot without armor given his fight with Anubis and how Star Platinum speed blitzed the second user of Anubis who outsped Silver Chariot. Armorless Silver Chariot also bring slower than Hol Horse’s bullets, which Kakyoin’s Emerald Splash was able to intercept. DIO himself without The World reacted and deflected Kakyoin’s Emerald Splash. So it’s consistent to say The World easily scales above Silver Chariot even without armor. This means that DIO would just hit Diavolo before Diavolo could even activate time erasure.
In terms of AP and durability DIO took hits from Star Platinum and unless King Crimson’s got AP close to Star Platinum he’s not hurting DIO. This also doesn’t include DIO also getting amped with Joseph’s blood in which he takes a barrage of punches from Star Platinum with close to no injuries compared to the first time where he got multiple holes in him by Star Platinum. Bottom line the durability/AP is in DIO’s favor to where he wouldn’t even need his regeneration to take hits from Diavolo as he’s just wouldn’t be able to hurt him.
Basically DIO is just way too strong and too fast for Diavolo that it’s a massive stomp as he wouldn’t even need his vampiric regeneration for the fight or time stop.
I do disagree on the idea of what happens if both activate at the same time as time erasure needs time to flow, where as time stop doesn’t it’s halted, meaning time stop would go first. If it’s after time erasure Diavolo would just see DIO teleport as that he’d move during time stop and after it ends it’d still be in time erasure.
@Proidysweet
Diavolo cannot touch anyone during Time Erasure.
Dio can touch all he wants during time stop.
Let's imagine for a second, Diavolo uses his TE to get behind DIO, and times up his punch to hit Dio right after his TE ends.
What do we get?
1. Dio stops time and kills Diavolo, before the hit reaches him.
2. Dio reacts to it and blocks/dodges the attack and kills Diavolo eventually.
3. Dio takes the damage and kills Diavolo.
He can do what he has done to Polnareff, after Silver Chariot pierced his skull. Simply stop time. I don't believe Diavolo can activate his ability during stopped time.
So, in conclusion, since Diavolo's immune to damage only for 10 seconds, like, he can't stay in TE infinitely, and he cannot harm Dio during TE, AND he probably has no idea that Dio is a vampire, he will lose most likely. Like, there's nothing he can do. He himself and his ability are both inferior to Dio's. Even if we take pre-Joseph's-blood Dio with shorter time-stop.
@thescarletking3301
People really don't have a solid understanding of how Time Stop works
Dio himself said that 5 seconds aren't actually passing
It just feels like 5 seconds to him
In actuality 0 seconds are passing because time stopped
If Diavolo were to skip time
It would appear to Diavolo as if he just teleported to a different place
It would not take any time
Diavolo would then reposition himself to behead Dio
Time Stop really just isn't the most effective ability against King Crimson
@crimsonshifter5338
Diovolo basically exists outside of realitys influence during Time Erasure so it makes sense why Time stop wouldn’t affect him during TE’s activation.
Personally, I think this explanation depends on if Time Stop effects is relative for dio only or if it’s absolute and affects the universe itself. If its relative to just dio then diovolo would be affected by TS even if he’s in time skip. If its absolute then that means the universe itself is stopping for 10 seconds. Meaning that anyone who can exist outside of the universes influence can escape time stop, which time erasure allows Diavolo to do.
Man, this is actually messing with my head.
@DR.Afterthought
Finally someone who understands the conundrum
@DebelakaPG3D
All Time abilities are universal, i think.
@reflex9238
This is false, and he already refuted that in the video itself as time is still flowing in Time Erasure something which Diavolo is clearly bound to. It also seems like you don’t know what it means to exist outside of time, and it’s be a form of acausality which means that the future wouldn’t matter for him but it clearly does since he needs Epitaph to know when to use time erasure and if this was the case GER’s RTZ wouldn’t matter because his actions wouldn’t be bound by time and GER wouldn’t be able to reverse his actions which he did.
@reflex9238
We also do have confirmation that time stop affects the universe as a whole as Jotaro when he stopped Made in Heaven didn’t just stop time near him he stopped the time acceleration which was affecting the entire universe.
Also the way you phrased on how you think Time Erasure works might want to rewrite it unless you’re actually trying to say that Diavolo destroys the entire universe and puts it together after time erasure ends.
@OsDijider66
who the heck is Diovolo (jk but seriously Diavolo, Fam.)
@walterdriver22
All this depends if Time stop is relative to Dio only or if its effecting the universe itself. If its Relative then Diavolo can’t-skip it. If it affects the universe then Time Erasure would allow Diavolo to escape it for a time.
@corrupted880
I’m pretty sure when he stops time it just makes him move extremely fast or accelerates his time
@DebelakaPG3D
I think every time manipulation effects the whole universe in jojo.
@TheEmperorOfViltrum
I think time is relative to DIO I think he said it right before he killed Joseph