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A great heart-to-heart moment from the movie, Blazing Saddles.



The sentiment is so true.

Here is some super footage of King Crimson playing live from their 1980s period.

What hits me specially in this performance is how relaxedly on top of their game the musicians are. Their musicianship is technically superlative yet they really do make it look so easy, like they are just jamming away and having a blast.

I just have to collect these as I find them.

I'd never heard of this band before 5 minutes ago, and stumbled on to them while looking up some "Back to the Future" footage. Well, you can see how that happened...!

You will surely enjoy this!

Allan Holdsworth's unique playing style is surely indispensable for this tune. But the track was written by Steve Hunt so props of the maddest kind must surely go to him.

I have loved this piece since I first heard it back in 1989, when I bought Holdsworth's Secrets album. I was blown away by this music, which a college friend at the time said was like music that "intelligent aliens would listen to". Still to this day this is one of the best expressions I can find to describe Holdsworth's music.

Some musicians have loads of feeling but lack technical ability; others are replete with technique but leave you cold. Given the right song, this Holdsworth bloke nails both in spades.