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More Hot Rocks
Yeah big fan of the first ELP album. Take a Pebble was a masterpiece. Greg Lake was just as good as a guitarist as he was a bass player. Listen to the lead in Karn Evil #9. A lot of guys couldn't hold a candle to that solo.
Saw them in 1978 with quad sound. Great show for the time.
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keefriffhard4life
whats more amazing is the band sold millions of albums in america and tons of concert tickets but only had 1 top 40 hit. you read that right folks ELP is a ONE HIT WONDER. truly a band who had such a reputation at being good musicians that they were able to gain fame and popularity pretty much based off of just their skills
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keefriffhard4life
whats more amazing is the band sold millions of albums in america and tons of concert tickets but only had 1 top 40 hit. you read that right folks ELP is a ONE HIT WONDER. truly a band who had such a reputation at being good musicians that they were able to gain fame and popularity pretty much based off of just their skills
They were/are sort of a progressive rock supergroup:
Of course, Greg Lake on the Court of the Crimson King album, Wake of Poseidon as well I think. Sings 20th Century Schizoid Man, Court of the Crimson King lead singer, what a song.
Keith Emerson, Nice Keyboardist, Pictures at an Exhibition.
Carl Palmer, I'm not sure of his roots, Atomic Rooster percussionist?
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tatters
I like some of the lighter, acoustic stuff; From The Beginning, Still ... You Turn Me On. The rest of it, not so much.
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runaway
Fanfare For The Common Man on Works by Emerson, Lake & Palmer I used to listen to a lot and the Love You Live intro ,
Copland's Fanfare was used in 1977 by British rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer on the album Works Volume 1. The track became one of the band's biggest hits when an edited version was released as a single that year. It peaked at No. 2 in the UK. Keith Emerson had long been an admirer of Copland's Americana style, previously using Copland's Hoedown on the band's Trilogy album in 1972.
An excerpt of Fanfare for the Common Man was used on the Rolling Stones "Love You Live" Album.
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BluzDude
Never had the chance to see the 3 of them together.
I did see Emerson and Lake in a theater a couple years ago. Before each number, they explained the origin of what they were about to play. In the middle of their set, they passed around a microphone and took questions from the audience.
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Thommie
Think Tarkus is the album that has survived best.
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Floorbird
To each his own, I grew up in the sixties when music was made to dance to.
I find Art rock too complicated, they took the fun away and it's way too hard to dance to.