High Voltage Festival,Victoria Park, London July10

chopper wrote: NutterAlert wrote: chopper wrote: NutterAlert wrote: steve Hackett , excellent, would have loved to see more of him, and his bass player...wow! I hope the comments about the bass player are directed at bass playing talent rather than attractiveness. I believe under the blond plaits and leather skirt, Steve Hackett said it was Nick Beggs. Oops, I thought (s)he had long blond fhair flowing in the east London breeze?? Or was that a bloke too.. There was a blond female guitarist (centre stage) but even without my glasses I could tell the bass player was a man - I think the chest hair gave it away. Mind you, I'm not sure who the guy behind me shouted "show us your tits" at (maybe that was you?).

Good heavens no, perfect gent me! At least I could tell Steve Hackett was a man, but he does look really good for his age, and I love his hair.....

I had to miss Argent to get good spots on ELP. I did get good spots actually, if you call front row okay! I remember everybody cheering when they brought on Keith's giant Moog onstage. And when I saw they brought the B3 I knew it just had to be destroyed in the end  I actually hate Fanfare, but the performance in the festival was nothing less than amazing. There were some problems though, especially on the first three songs. They weren't tight in the beginning, Keith would miss notes, Carl would just stop playing, and Greg was very "stupid", shall I say. But around the fourth song they started rocking!

PS When Greg stopped singing in Lucky Man and said "DOWN!!!" I just had to burst out laughing

richardh wrote: chopper wrote: Jim Garten wrote: It was indeed Nick Beggs (yes, that ex-Kajagoogoo Nick Beggs) with Hackett - he joined Hackett's band last year. [edit] Incidentally, he lives 2 doors down from my brother-in-law.   Wow, a claim to fame!!!   Actually, despite being in Kajagoogoo (and wearing skirts), he is a very fine bass player. Anyone remember Ellis, Beggs and Howard? Vaguely.   It was at least 3 to 4 songs before I realised it wasn't a women playing bass. Strangely it was the muscly arms that made my suspicious not the chest hair and lack of ermmm 'definition' in that particular region.

You should have gone to Specsavers!

Jim Garten wrote: It was indeed Nick Beggs (yes, that ex-Kajagoogoo Nick Beggs) with Hackett - he joined Hackett's band last year. [edit] Incidentally, he lives 2 doors down from my brother-in-law.

NutterAlert wrote: chopper wrote: NutterAlert wrote: steve Hackett , excellent, would have loved to see more of him, and his bass player...wow! I hope the comments about the bass player are directed at bass playing talent rather than attractiveness. I believe under the blond plaits and leather skirt, Steve Hackett said it was Nick Beggs. Oops, I thought (s)he had long blond fhair flowing in the east London breeze?? Or was that a bloke too..

There was a blond female guitarist (centre stage) but even without my glasses I could tell the bass player was a man - I think the chest hair gave it away. Mind you, I'm not sure who the guy behind me shouted "show us your tits" at (maybe that was you?).

NutterAlert wrote: BunkerStudio wrote: After reviewing the YouTube footage, it was very apparent that Emerson's arm-Nerve damage and focal distonia has reduced his playing significantly. Unbelievable that people think it was a stunning performance! Severe technical mistakes, miscues & simple "locking up" on melody lines, runs etc...... Lake's voice was strong & clear, even though an octave or two lower than 70's. Palmer was steady as a rock but showed less fireworks. Honestly, they should never go on like this. They sounded tired. Best to remember them at their peak  when they were full of furious, original, super-human & terrifyingly superior playing, some of the very best ever & will never be repeated. Thank you for your stunning analysis using the state of the art audiio and visual tools at your disposal. For f**ks sake, there is always some tit around to ruin everything, and in the past it was often me i totally disagree with everything you say, but I don't care, cos I was there amongst fellow proggers wallowing in notalgia and having a great time. And I was thrilled to see a 67 year old man have the balls to try and re-create what he achieved at his prime. It gives hope for all of us....except perhaps you....

BunkerStudio wrote: After reviewing the YouTube footage, it was very apparent that Emerson's arm-Nerve damage and focal distonia has reduced his playing significantly. Unbelievable that people think it was a stunning performance! Severe technical mistakes, miscues & simple "locking up" on melody lines, runs etc...... Lake's voice was strong & clear, even though an octave or two lower than 70's. Palmer was steady as a rock but showed less fireworks. Honestly, they should never go on like this. They sounded tired. Best to remember them at their peak  when they were full of furious, original, super-human & terrifyingly superior playing, some of the very best ever & will never be repeated.

Thank you for your stunning analysis using the state of the art audiio and visual tools at your disposal.

For f**ks sake, there is always some tit around to ruin everything, and in the past it was often me

i totally disagree with everything you say, but I don't care, cos I was there amongst fellow proggers wallowing in notalgia and having a great time. And I was thrilled to see a 67 year old man have the balls to try and re-create what he achieved at his prime. It gives hope for all of us....except perhaps you....

Blacksword wrote: ^^^ That's fine for those who saw it all first time round. For the rest of us, this performance is just fine, and is certainly better than grainy old film footage with crap sound.

Edited by chopper - July 27 2010 at 11:02

After reviewing the YouTube footage, it was very apparent that Emerson's arm-Nerve damage and focal distonia has reduced his playing significantly. Unbelievable that people think it was a stunning performance!

There were things on both days I wanted to see, just more of them on Sunday, and I couldn't justify shelling out for both days. I would have liked to have seen Pendragon and Transatlantic. I'm kind of pleased I was not in any danger of being subjected to ZZTop. There's something about that act that creeps me out, brings me out in a rash and then sends me off into a very deep sleep.