King Crimson - One Time

ONE TIME

One eye goes laughing,
one eye goes crying
through the trials and trying of one life
one hand is tied
one step gets behind
in one breath we’re dying

I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up
waiting for the showers to stop
waiting for the penny to drop
one time
and i’ve been standing in a cloud of plans
standing on the shifting sands
hoping for an open hand
one time

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Robert Fripp: Guitar, Soundscapes, Mellotron
Adrian Belew: Guitar, Voice, Words
Trey Gunn: Stick, Backing Vocals
Tony Levin: Upright & Electric Basses, Backing Vocals
Pat Mastelotto: Acoustic & Electronic Percussions
Bill Bruford: Acoustic & Electronic Percussions

Music by King Crimson.
Words by Adrian Belew.
Published by Crimson Music / Universal Music MGB Ltd / District 6 Music Publishing Ltd / T Lev Inc / Poppy Due Inc.
Produced by King Crimson and David Bottrill.
Engineer: David Bottrill.
Assistant Recording Engineer: Russell Kearney.
Production Assistant and Digital Editor: David Singleton.
Soundscape Assemblage and Compositor: David Singleton.
Equipment and Strategic Liaison: John Sinks.
Coordination: Richard Chadwick, Opium (Arts) Ltd.
Live Recording Engineer: Noah Evens.
Live Mixing engineer: George Glossop.
Technician: Michele Russotto.
Recorded and mixed at Real World Recording Studios, Box, UK: Oct 24 to Nov 19, Nov 27 to Dec 4 1994.
Pre-mastering by Tön Pröb.
Digital Editing System: SADiE.
Mixed on Truth Monitors from Truth Acoustics.
RF Mellotrons restored and serviced by Mellotron Archives: Martin Smith

Thanks to Ken Berry, Declan Colgan David Enthoven, John Gaydon, Darrel Gilbert, Scott Gilfix, Uki Goni, Hernan Nuñez, Felipe Jolly, Fernando Kabusacki, Frank Landa, Carlos Pulido, Masa Matsuzaki and Atsushi Naito of Infini, John Kennedy, Stan Hertzman at Umbrella, Catharina Masters at Catalyst/Opium (Arts) America, Richard Chadwick and Deli Burnell at Opium (Arts) Ltd. and the Argentina Guitar Craft Circle.
Thanks also to Audio Technica, Celestion, Brian Wright of Digitech, Gil Griffith of Eventide, Mark Wittenberg and John Grunder et al at Fender, Ken Zemanek and Randall Whitney at Korg, Kurzweil, Lexicon, Mackie Designs, Sean Beresford and Kevin Parker at Mesa Boogie, Rich Mangicaro of Paiste, Pork Pie Percussion, Sally van Horn at Roland, Martin Smith, Stick Enterprises Inc., Joe Hibbs and Bill Reim of Tama, Neil Ostberg of Tech 21 and Clive Roberts of Trace Elliot. Beyond their ken: The Bromley Boys. Bill Bruford plays Tama acoustic and Simmons electronic drums. Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto play Paiste Cymbals.
Pat Mastelotto plays Yamaha acoustic and inordinate electronic drums.
Design and Computer Images ©1994 Bill Smith Studio, London.
Photography ©1994 Lewis Mulatero, except cowboy and boxer.

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[StarlessxBlack]

THRAK is a masterpiece
One time, Dinosaur, People and Walking on Air confirms it

[lullabies]

If I heard this on radio today and didnt know artist, I would very much think it to be Radiohead. King Crimson are mentors of so many.

[zeynepozkul]

I’m in highschool. Year: around 2003 2004. Location: Istanbul. I wake up at 6 to go to school. It’s still dark. Everyone is sleeping. I hear screams of seagulls. I turn on the radio. Radyo Eksen. One Time is playing…

[PaulCress-hh]

King crimson is one of the best bands ever formed in the history of prog rock and classical music

[Yanto-Bardic]

Hauntingly Beautiful.
One eye goes laughing,
One eye goes crying
Through the trials and trying of one life
One hand is tied
One step gets behind
In one breath we're dying

I've been waiting for the sun to come up
Waiting for the showers to stop
Waiting for the penny to drop
One time
And I've been standing in a cloud of plans
Standing on the shifting sands
Hoping for an open hand
One time

[ricardooliva]

Probably the most underrated KC album, it has an unbelievable melancholic and sad atmosphere that i cannot truly describe with words i just love it

[marlonkonrad]

I love the sound of the snare as the ticking sound of a mechanical watch.

[johnnyquest]

I don't understand why rock radio stations don't play King Crimson. They're more than happy to keep playing the same Led Zep, Ac/dc, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Metallica, songs but they won't make any room for KC! Does KC owe them any money? Is that why?

[synthgone]

Belew always was and always will be one of the greatest musicians of all times...

[dikembemutombo]

I realized the other day I have been listening to and living with this song for 20 years. Unbelievable. Every now and then it comes back and gives me focus and comfort. It is a recondite masterpiece for the initiated! Thanks KC.

[dmitriymode]

One Time is such a melodical, lyrical matperiece

[robert]

What an exquisite song; everything about it is beautiful, as if it had floated off one on of Monet's painting and had yet another life of it's own... A masterpiece that never fails to gather me to it, for yet another flight...

[erjdfgkl]

Marvelous beautiful melancholic Crim'song.
Maestro Belew is not only a great guitarist but also a great singer-songwriter.

[leonidkhrisanfov]

Magic song. This is all I have to say. Just magic. Amazing

[pedrofarias]

I consider "One Time" a good atmospheric and sad song. Somehow, it brings me some nostalgia feelings, combined with the idea of contemporary human anxieties and fragilities.

[crawlFace]

Music is quite sacred. Music like this has saved life from annihilation many times. Existence understands.

[rieJW]

King Crimson seriously creates some of the most otherworldly atmospheres and soundscapes I’ve heard in music

[stevepurcell]

How is it this only has 38k views? I must have viewed it 38k times.

Another of Crimson's spectacular 'lovey dovey' songs. The ones you play for the girlfriend.

This style of music, whatever it is called is an inspiration to stretch the boundaries of composition.

[jensmandreasen]

This is the gateway drug to King Crimson

[chrisbyars]

This is truly timeless. This song is not bound by time. It’s like I could have heard in 1979 or 1985…The words were already there, just waiting to be sung by Adrian Belew.