ELP vs Camel

crimson87 wrote: Now that I think of it that's true. Who would have thought Latimer is so self indulgent? Not even a thousand spinning pianos can hold up against that one.

*spits diet Arizona Peach Tea on monitor*

I have never been too fond of Camel. They have their good spots but there isn't a single song by them that I absolutely love. ELP, on the other hand, made Tarkus. While they are beyond inconsistent, they still crank out the occasional masterpiece song.

Emerson, Latimer and Palmer ,......... oops! Terrorism again. I mean the Us vs Them thing again, really! Hey Camel is good  and Elp is good, they both matter , they both deserve , they both are prog. C'mon Micky , let's both attack some sh***tier band , OK? Like , the Stones , fer example (hahahahahahaha)

camel

crimson87 wrote: Just finished Moonmadness ,and it's a pity because I wasn't even moved by that record like I was before. It all seemed so... harmless

maybe you should listen to ' 'the hot seat '' or ''love beach ''

Camel by a mile.  While I do like a lot of ELP, and agree that some of their albums should be in the top 100, they were a bit too inconsistent for me, and quite often self-indulgent.  I find Camel's music to be much more emotional, without so much focus on technique over emotional content.  Latimer is the man, and I don't mind his vocals really either, although I always thought that Bardens and then Sinclair were better vocalists.

Camel gets the vote.

ELP have a superior drummer and singer (not that I generally rate Greg Lake very highly) but Camel have Andy Latimers lead guitar, flute. Pete Bardens more varied keyboard sound, and of course, most importantly, they write better songs in my personal opinion. I think they also progressed more interestingly, and survived the 70's better than ELP.

Fleetway wrote: Camel by a mile. I dont see why all the hate for camel around these here parts. Camel has done 14 albums of wich im in love with 12. ELP has made like 100 albums of wich 50 are turds. That said I do like ELP alot. But only on afew albums.   Blacksword wrote: Camel gets the vote. ELP have a superior drummer and singer (not that I generally rate Greg Lake very highly) but Camel have Andy Latimers lead guitar, flute. Pete Bardens more varied keyboard sound, and of course, most importantly, they write better songs in my personal opinion. I think they also progressed more interestingly, and survived the 70's better than ELP.   I absolutely agree with this except that i like Andy Latimers singing. Especialy on the later albums.

I'd certainly agree that he improved with age as a singer.