What ever happened to E.L.P.?

Hi,

I kinda find this sad in many ways, as if he were not important on so much of the work ELP did in their albums ... but the drumming style of accentuating the lyrics and the musical moments, is not the preferred style these days ... these days, it's all about the counting and the metronomic drummer that accentuates nothing, and is not even listening to the music, when all he is doing is counting and telling the band when to do something different, when this drummer will added something fancy on the transition ... wow ... high school drumming at its best!

I turn off a lot of the numbered bands at this point ... when it is obvious that the musicianship is working on the timing and the clock and not the music ... very commercial, and what is weird is that we are a progressive bunch, but we seem to not remember that many times and endup saying that an average band with average drums and design or format ... is better than the more expressive and valuable work that stretches the musical learning of the players ... hard to think that on many of the bands listed on top ten anything here.

It's hard listening sometimes, when most are so while noised into believing that the worst drumming and time keeping is better than Carl Palmer ... it's very sad all around, and then some folks think that MP is better because he had not one setup, but two, for doing a whole lot of "not much" on the recent album. I can only think of it as ... I got the money and the love, so show off every bit of it! I do not find his work in this latest album worth a whole lot of attention, specially as someone of his caliber is only repeating everything he has done before ... that's not listening to the music itself, that's making sure the music fits his defined numbers, and that would mean he is not exactly listening to the guitar or bass, he's counting!

It's no wonder some folks hate the best and most innovative works in the 2th century ... you can't do any counting on Stravinsky. But that conglomeration of folks managed to fit it into a 4/4 ... and it was ridiculous, as it became just a one instrument thing playing the melody, which is not what you listen to Stravinsky for. And there are many pieces in rock music that have the same issue ... it's not easy for any of us to sit here and time all of TFTO ... it changes too much and you have to adjust ... but sadly, how many bands listed you will hear, the music change to something else ... and the drummer is doing the same thing, just faster or slower ... wow ... you cal lthat drumming? IN high school it's OK, but not in the pros!