Emerson Lake and Palmer

I can't turn off Tarkus Medley. Anyone else dig this band?

 

tarkus is fantastic

 

TARKUS and Brain Salad Surgery are my faves.......love EL&P.....they've got a new album out too (2 years ago??!)

 

karn evil was my favorite

 

Amazing!

 

Alberto Ginastra composed "Toccata". ELP did a rendition of the piece and is featured on Brain Salad Surgery.
Carrying on the tradition is a band from Japan called Gerald. Check this out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kn6G7a-AXA"]GERARD "Toccata" Live in Harajuku, 2000 - YouTube
Hail the Prog!

 

totally awesome sound! I don't know them at all but definitely got me interested

 

I saw them a couple of times in the 70s -- the music was great, although sometimes a little monotonous -- their stage (special) effects were unsurpassed in the day.

 

Music for my exit from this life into the next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OLWgrr671g"]Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For the Common Man - YouTube

 

An excerpt from Pictures At An Exhibition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnHZxmCS59k&feature=related"]Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition (Part 4 of 4) 1970 Lyceum - YouTube

 

I have always liked ELP since maybe 10 years ago or so, but not as much as Genesis or Yes. But in the last six months, I have discovered the ecstatic joy of listening to the long ELP tunes (Tarkus, Trilogy, Karn Evil 9) while strongly hopped-up on amphetamines. The two just go together SO incredibly well! I can't think of a better marriage than ELP + Speed.

 

ELP RULE. SO self indulgent so british

 

I am a big fan of ELP's earlier work. I heard them for the first time back in '70 on Clyde Clifford's Beaker Street show on KAAY 1090 in Little Rock, AK. I had Emerson Lake & Palmer, Pictures at an Exhibition, Tarkus, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, and Welcome My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer on vinyl when I was in high-school. (Wish I still had 'em today!) I remember watching them on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, and I also watched their California Jam performance live on TV. Their live shows were great. Crazy theatrics combined with excellent playing. The grand piano spinning end-over-end, the rotating percussion, and Emerson stabbing his Hammond & kicking it all over the stage was so over-the-top, but they backed it up with stellar musicianship. I really wish I could have seen them in person back in the day.

I recently picked up the SACD 5.1 surround version of Brain Salad Surgery. I loved it in stereo, but the 5.1 mix is really good, and the high-resolution SACD format preserves the full dynamic range & frequency response of the original master tape.

 

I once liked ELP. I hate them now. They represent everything I hate about prog rock, in fact... cheesy, pretentious, all pomp and no circumstance, etc. 'Lucky Man' is a great song, though. Actually, their entire debut album is pretty good. I immensely dislike everything else they did, though.

 

I dig them

 

I saw ELP twice in the 70s and still listen to the on occasion. Incrediable stage show for the time.

But man! Has Greg Lake porked out!

 

Love ELP

 

i have i real love hate relationship with ELP

 

I love ELP and they have introduced me (without me even knowing at that moment) to a lot of great classical music like Allegro Barbaro by Bartok and Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky ;D

 

Awesome band, far better than the crap that's played on the radio year after year