Epitaph (song)

"Epitaph" is the third track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.

The song is noted for its heavy use of the mellotron,[2] [3]  and as with the first track, "21st Century Schizoid Man", the song's lyrics have a distinctlydystopian feel to them.[2] [4]

The song's title was used as the name for a live album of recordings done by the original King Crimson, Epitaph.[5]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer would later incorporate an excerpt from this song after the "Battlefield" portion of the live version of their song Tarkus, from the Tarkus album, as documented in the live album Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

"Stripes" from Cage's album Hell's Winter samples a middle part of the song throughout its duration.

Epitaph Records also took its name from the song.[6]



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[hide]  *1 Personnel  ==Personnel[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==1976 single<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">In 1976, Epitaph/21st Century Schizoid Man, a single released, a companion to the compilation A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson (1976). ===Track listing<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 2 1976 single
 * 2.1 Track listing
 * 3 References
 * 3.1 Sources
 * Robert Fripp – guitar
 * Greg Lake – bass guitar, vocals
 * Ian McDonald – mellotron, harpsichord, piano, organ, clarinet, bass clarinet
 * Michael Giles – drums, percussion, timpani
 * Peter Sinfield – lyrics
 * 1) "Epitaph" (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield)
 * including:
 * "March for No Reason"
 * "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
 * 1) "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield)
 * including:
 * "Mirrors"