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Moonchild (12:14)

Cover of In the Court of the Crimson King

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Call her Moonchild
Dancing in the shallows of a river
Lonely Moonchild
Dreaming in the shadows of a willow

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  • wiehanbester

    So much random improv wankery, but it works really well when listening to the album as a whole, leading brilliantly into the final track.

    15 Apr 6:26am Reply

  • LFDibley

    I love Moonchild to bits. All 12:16 of it.

    13 Apr 2:21pm Reply

  • kitkat129

    Agreed with bgk90, got the 40th anniversary edition and I'm not happy that they cut out three minutes of the song (yeah, I know the full version is included as a bonus track, but still), it's perfect as it is in its12 minutes glory.

    6 Apr 12:57pm Reply

  • ProgPro96

    If you think this is boring or too long, you better not listen King Crimson [3]

    24 Mar 3:51pm Reply

  • mightygorilla

    is its story related to Aleister Crowley's Moonchild?

    20 Feb 8:45pm Reply

  • TheBeasley

    It's got nothing to do with the fact that it's 12 minutes long; it's just a boring song. The first two and a half minutes are great though.

    15 Feb 1:13pm Reply

  • LRandolph

    That has to be the longest song closer I've ever heard.

    26 Jan 5:41pm Reply

  • luciafaria19

    Amazingly beautiful song.

    3 Dec 2012 Reply

  • berry_dreams

    perfect ending.

    14 Nov 2012 Reply

  • bgk90

    Screw the 9 minute version, 12 minutes is what they put out and 12 minutes is what it should be!

    19 Sep 2012 Reply

  • nicejumping

    lovely track, and the free improv part is essential to clear the air of the heaviness before the title song.

    27 Jul 2012 Reply

  • blakemichigan3

    this is fine to listen to, but i feel like they just threw this in to fill up space on the vinyl

    21 Jul 2012 Reply

  • petross85

    Doesn't Christina Ricci do a tapdance to this on Buffalo '66? Sure I've heard it before

    30 Jun 2012 Reply

  • DanielaCullen

    this song remains the same.

    12 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Raesyricon

    I listened to it all. It's quite interesting if you play it real loud. Just make sure to turn it down for when TCOTCK comes on ._. I learned that the hard way

    4 Jun 2012 Reply

  • GirTheRobot

    Ya know the interesting thing about the "free improv" part is that Fripp is really playing in A minor most of the time. He just makes use of all the half steps and stuff to give it a really dissonant sound. But all of it (aside from a few bits of wankery here and there, such as those muted sweeps) is still diatonic. Good stuff.

    30 May 2012 Reply

  • FuckinEchoes

    they gave in yay lol

    16 Apr 2012 Reply

  • helloimjoshua

    big lol at G315HA

    4 Apr 2012 Reply

  • G315HA

    sucks sucks sucks sucks the album is way better once you've deleted this track

    3 Mar 2012 Reply

  • RottingGrass

    It now is "12:14" instead of "2:56". Victory!

    26 Feb 2012 Reply
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