the great deceiver

• king crimson grubunun efsane olmuş box-set albümüdür.1973-1974 yılları arası vermiş oldukları konser kayıtlarından oluşan 4 cd lik bu yapıt ,grubun ^* zirvede olduğu yıllarda oluşturulmuş gerçek bir şaheserdir.
• bu aşmış eserde yer alan parçalar;
  
  cd one:
  "palace theatre, providence, ri:
  june 30th 1974"
  1. walk on ... no pussyfooting
  2. larks' tongues in aspic: part 2
  3. lament
  4. exiles
  5. improv: a voyage to the centre of the cosmos
  6. easy money
  7. improv: providence
  8. fracture
  9. starless
  
  cd two:
  "providence ... continued (encore) "
  1. 21st century schizoid man
  2. walk off from providence ... no pussyfooting
  
  "walk on to glasgow ... glasgow apollo:
  october 23rd 1973"
  3. sharks' lungs in lemsip
  4. larks' tongues in aspic: part 1
  5. book of saturday
  6. easy money
  7. we'll let you know
  8. the night watch
  9. improv: tight scrummy
  10. peace - a theme
  11. cat food
  
  "penn state university:
  june 29th 1974"
  12. easy money
  13. ... it is for you, but not for us
  
  cd three:
  "pittsburgh, pa - stanley warner theatre:
  april 29th 1974"
  1. walk on ... no pussyfooting
  2. the great deceiver
  3. improv: bartley butsford
  4. exiles
  5. improv: daniel dust
  6. the night watch
  7. doctor diamond
  8. starless
  9. improv: wilton carpet
  10. the talking drum
  11. larks' tongues in aspic: part 2 (abbreviated)
  
  "penn state university:
  june 29th 1974"
  12. applause & announcement
  13. improv: is there life out there?
  
  cd four:
  "toronto, massey hall:
  june 24th 1974"
  1. improv: the golden walnut
  2. the night watch
  3. fracture
  4. improv: clueless & slightly slack
  
  "zurich volkshaus:
  november 15th 1973"
  5. walk on ... no pussyfooting
  6. improv: some pussyfooting
  7. larks' tongues in aspic: part 1
  8. improv: the law of maximum distress: part one
  9. improv: the law of maximum distress: part two
  10. easy money
  11. improv: some more pussyfooting
  12. the talking drum
  
  ve kadro;
  david cross: violin, mellotron, electric piano
  robert fripp: guitar, mellotron, electric piano
  john wetton: bass guitar, vocals
  bill bruford: drums, percussion
• aynı zamanda 1974 çıkışlı king crimson albümü starless and bible black'in mükemmel açılış parçasıdır...
  
  health-food faggot with a bartered bride
  likes to comb his hair with a dipper ride
  once had a friend with a cloven foot
  once he called the tune in a chequered suit
  
  great deceiver
  
  in the door on the floor in a paper bag
  there’s a shoe-shine boy with a gin-shop slag
  she raised him up and she called him son
  and she canonised the ground that he walked upon
  
  great deceiver
  
  cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the virgin mary
  cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the virgin mary
  
  cigarettes, ice cream, cadillacs blue jeans
  
  in the night he’s a star in the milky way
  he’s a man of the world by the light of day
  a golden smile and a proposition
  and the breath of god smells of sweet sedition
  
  great deceiver
  
  sing hymns make love get high fall dead
  he’ll bring his perfume to your bed
  he’ll charm your life ’til the cold winds blow
  then he’ll sell your dreams to a picture show
  
  cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the virgin mary
  cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the virgin mary
  
  cadillacs, blue jeans, dixieland playing on the ferry
  cadillacs, blues jeans, drop a glass full of antique sherry
• bir de recreation day albümünde yer alan evergrey parçasıdır... ama king crimson'un "the great deceiver"ıyla bir alakası yoktur... sözleri de şöyledir;
  
  i am your temptation
  your every vicious thought
  lacking self-confidence
  deception in it's purest form
  i am your hesitation
  when you wander in circles
  the hand you reach for when no one's there
  in a charade so perfect
  
  come walk this way
  and i'll have you
  i'll show you
  yearning, dreaming
  your humble servant
  your trust so precious
  i'm the user, the abuser
  haunting, serving
  the great deciever
  
  i am your false beauty
  i am your hidden hate
  the hideous face of sloth
  what makes you degenerate
  and i am the shadow
  what you sense when no one's near
  discomfort & pleasure
  'til your chapter ends
  
  come walk this way
  and i'll have you
  i'll show you
  yearning, dreaming
  your humble servant
  your trust so precious
  i'm the user, the abuser
  haunting, serving
  the great deciever
• diğer evergrey parçaları gibi bu parçada da arch enemyvari tınılar vardır (misal dakka 00:32, misal dakka 00:43) e tabi isveç.. hava su aynı, etkileniyor adamlar..
• descartesvari bir sarkidir king crimsoninki...
• evergrey'in recreation day albümünün 4:19'luk açılış parçası. klavyenin etkili kullanıldığı evergrey parçalarındadır. nakaratı çok ama çok gazdır.
• trustkill records'un güzide gruplarından bir tanesi. tomas lindberg ile ayrı güzel bir hava yakalamışlardır.
• u.k.'nin debut'unun ilk üç şarkısında da birkaç kere duyabildiğimiz, ve ikinci şarkıya da ismini verecek olan "by the light of day" sözünün geçtiği king crimson şarkısıdır aynı zamanda.
  
  hatta wetton'un, uk albümünde "by the light of day" derken kullanacağı melodi de bu şarkıdakiyle aynıdır. sadece kelimeleri uzatarak söylemiştir wetton.
  
  (bkz: john wetton)
  (bkz: uk)