Lizard (song)
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"Lizard" is a song by the British progressive rock band King Crimson and the closing track to the album of the same name, released in 1970. Composed by Robert Fripp with lyrics by Peter Sinfield, the
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Jon Anderson, pictured here in 1973, contributed guest vocals on the first part of "Lizard".
Prince Rupert's drop
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Prince Rupert's drops are toughened glass beads created by dripping molten glass into cold water, which causes the glass to solidify into a tadpole-shaped droplet with a long, thin tail. These droplet
Lizard (song)
…fictionalized version of the historical Prince Rupert of the Rhine, and the "Battle of Glass Tears", a reference to both the Battle of Naseby and the Prince Rupert's drop. The suite's story is visually depicted on the album's rear cover art, commissioned by Sinfield and created by Gini Barris, which consists of the word…
Prince Rupert's drops
Depiction of glass drops from Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665)