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SuperMetro 
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 Topic: Brain Salad Surgery vs Love BeachPosted: November 23 2021 at 21:02 |
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Welcome back my friends to that show that never ends. Man both are legendary albums, but I got to go with BSS for now. That also is not BS, it is Beautiful Synthesizer Sounds.
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Necrotica
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Posted: November 23 2021 at 21:38 |
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Brain Salad Surgery is my obvious choice here, but I do maintain that Love Beach isn't entirely as bad as some people make it out to be. There are serious duds on it of course (The Gambler being the biggest example imo), but most of the record is just decent, inoffensive pop rock with a few prog touches. Plus, some of the piano sections in the Memoirs suite are quite beautiful.
If anything, In the Hot Seat is the band's real rock bottom as far as I'm concerned  Also, Brain Salad Surgery is not even my favorite ELP
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Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
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Posted: November 23 2021 at 21:48 |
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lol
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Posted: November 23 2021 at 22:18 |
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Brain Salad Surgery of course.
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Cristi
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Posted: November 23 2021 at 22:35 |
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Brain Salad Surgery
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Posted: November 23 2021 at 23:04 |
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Hooray! Another joke poll!
Bee eSs eSs!
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Posted: November 23 2021 at 23:06 |
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I bet it's Tarkus, though I'll be delighted if you say it's the debut.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: November 23 2021 at 23:35 |
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I'd like to hear the rationale of those two bleak souls who voted for Love Beach. Is it due to having a thing for chest hair and man nipples?
When Keith Emerson stated the album was "an embarrassment against everything I've worked for," then perhaps you might question your discernment of music.
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 00:19 |
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Is this knock out season, poll flagged for miss match, like putting Daredevil in the boxing ring against the Thing, its clubbering time for Brain Salad Surgery
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 00:44 |
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Love Beach is definitely the more consistent and 'together' record. It showed the band at it's most mature able to avoid the abstract pretentious lyrics for a more down to earth approach. BSS just has so many annoying parts as the band is playing at odds with itself and the over use of Moog just glosses over the issues. Love Beach is the 5 star masterpiece , Keith was obviously high on something to not recognise it at the time.
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Cristi
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 00:46 |
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sarcasm?  I honestly can't tell.
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 00:48 |
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Cristi
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well, I've just read your Love Beach review, even learned a new word
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You've never heard the word naff?! Naff off Anyway, based on Richard's post I will have to check out this Love Beach album.... Edited by essexboyinwales - November 24 2021 at 01:54 |
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Cristi
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 02:01 |
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no, I haven't. Where would I hear it? Where would i hear British slang? Maybe in a British movie or something. And if there was, I probably missed it.
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 02:02 |
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Okay, who are the three people who voted for Love Beach? I just wanna talk
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Cristi
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 02:04 |
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none of them commented.
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 02:25 |
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I think you were high on something when you wrote this Richard.
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 02:26 |
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It must have been P.Paul and 2 other alter-egos. Nobody else would vote for it. Mind you, he'd be proud to tell us that he'd voted for it.
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 02:37 |
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It is Tarkus (despite a few questionable songs on side B), although the debut is my second favorite
 And then BSS and Trilogy are fighting for the third spot after that |
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Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
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