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4 unusual facts about The Court of the Crimson King


Neil's Heavy Concept Album

A parody horror movie commercial, which sees vegetarian Neil being turned into a carnivorous monster after accidentally eating a hamburger leads into the original Planer composition "Lentil Nightmare", a dark heavy metal number that quotes briefly from King Crimson's "The Court of the Crimson King" and features Planer singing in an uncharacteristic wailing, high falsetto.

The Court of the Crimson King

The song was covered by King Crimson members Ian McDonald and John Wetton with Steve Hackett on Hackett's Tokyo Tapes and by Greg Lake featuring Gary Moore on Lake's Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1981 live album released by King Biscuit Records in 1996.

Eläkeläiset covered the song on their 2012 album Humppasheikkailu as Humpan Kuninkaan Hovissa.

The song is also used widely in the Canadian television series Kenny vs. Spenny.



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