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^WTF are you talking about? Wacko
This was NOT proof that I met someone or saw someone. It was a hand made labour of love from my folks who knew they were my favourite band.
I'm getting ready to give up on this site altogether. Cry
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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

^WTF are you talking about? Wacko
This was NOT proof that I met someone or saw someone. It was a hand made labour of love from my folks who knew they were my favourite band.
I'm getting ready to give up on this site altogether. Cry

Please don't pack in JD. That was just Mosh being Mosh. It's we that should be jealous that we don't have such awesome gifts from our parents. My father left me his Merle Haggard records when he moved out. Now that would make any prog fan depressed.

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Was my favorite band back in the 70's . 
 BSS and after sounds dated now.
 The prior earlier records don't sound dated.
Except for benny the bouncer
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

^WTF are you talking about? Wacko
This was NOT proof that I met someone or saw someone. It was a hand made labour of love from my folks who knew they were my favourite band.
I'm getting ready to give up on this site altogether. Cry

Please don't pack in JD. That was just Mosh being Mosh. It's we that should be jealous that we don't have such awesome gifts from our parents. My father left me his Merle Haggard records when he moved out. Now that would make any prog fan depressed.

How can you possibly not LOVE this?  lol, When I was young, I lived on a reservation in Washington State for a year and a half.  They loved them some Merle.
 


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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

^WTF are you talking about? Wacko
This was NOT proof that I met someone or saw someone. It was a hand made labour of love from my folks who knew they were my favourite band.
I'm getting ready to give up on this site altogether. Cry


Don't leave.  I just posted a Merle Haggard video.  
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Originally posted by Valdez1 Valdez1 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

^WTF are you talking about? Wacko
This was NOT proof that I met someone or saw someone. It was a hand made labour of love from my folks who knew they were my favourite band.
I'm getting ready to give up on this site altogether. Cry

Please don't pack in JD. That was just Mosh being Mosh. It's we that should be jealous that we don't have such awesome gifts from our parents. My father left me his Merle Haggard records when he moved out. Now that would make any prog fan depressed.

How can you possibly not LOVE this?  lol, When I was young, I lived on a reservation in Washington State for a year and a half.  They loved them some Merle.
 
Noooo! Confused

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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

One of the first vinyl albums I ever bought, and still my favourite ELP album Smile

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I like ELP, but they've never grabbed me like most other bands. Maybe it's because they have no fixed guitarist (beyond Greg Lake sometimes playing), and the heavy emphasis on keyboards. Also, no separate lead singer to front the band, not that that is necessary. Their music is good, but I could easily fit their most worthy material onto one full CD. Maybe also it's that trio aspect that I find lacking. Of the hundreds of bands I listen to, I don't think I have any favorites who are trios. Four members adds such a bigger dimension and seems like the minimum number. Oh well.


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The reliance on keyboards is both their strength and weakness. Probably why Yes became bigger and more recognised over time after they added a keyboardist that matched Emerson. However in 1970 the world needed a band to get the most out of the prodigiously talented Keith Emerson and ELP was it. Could it have been better if a guitarist had joined? Without doubt but unfortunately that guitarist died the same year of a drugs overdose (after ELP had formed but I believe it could still have happened)
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The reliance on keyboards is both their strength and weakness. Probably why Yes became bigger and more recognised over time after they added a keyboardist that matched Emerson. However in 1970 the world needed a band to get the most out of the prodigiously talented Keith Emerson and ELP was it. Could it have been better if a guitarist had joined? Without doubt but unfortunately that guitarist died the same year of a drugs overdose (after ELP had formed but I believe it could still have happened)
Excellent opinion and background on the band, Richard. And maybe one more reason. The money earned could go just as easily into 3 as would into 4.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The reliance on keyboards is both their strength and weakness. Probably why Yes became bigger and more recognised over time after they added a keyboardist that matched Emerson. However in 1970 the world needed a band to get the most out of the prodigiously talented Keith Emerson and ELP was it. Could it have been better if a guitarist had joined? Without doubt but unfortunately that guitarist died the same year of a drugs overdose (after ELP had formed but I believe it could still have happened)
Excellent opinion and background on the band, Richard. And maybe one more reason. The money earned could go just as easily into 3 as would into 4.

I suspect there is some truth in that as well. Keith Emerson's ego would also have been another reason not wanting to share the stage with another 'peacock' Smile
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Yep, one of my favorite bands. The first four main albums only have two songs I would call true filler ("Are You Ready Eddy?" and "Benny the Bouncer"). Other than that, it's all peak classic Symphonic Prog. Emerson is one of the greatest musicians of all time, and is a true original. He developed a unique sound. His playing is instantly recognizable.
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[QUOTE=Floydoid]IMO all their album releases up to BSS (and possibly Works vol.1) are masterpieces of prog rock, and essential to the collection of any serious prog fan.

Concur 100%...a tremendous 5-album run up to BSS...
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And quite possibly the greatest ever prog band that did away with lead guitar altogether (apart from the odd bit of acoustic by Greg - e.g. The Sage).
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Greg Lake playing lead guitar in ELP:
Lucky Man
Battlefield (Tarkus)
From The Beginning
Still You Turn Me On
Karn Evil 9 1st Impression

Lake actually started as a lead guitarist but Robert Fripp asked him to play bass as lead was taken!
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I'm not saying they never used a lead guitar, but it was not the norm for them.
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They are not underrated with me or my other prog friends....and the first 4 studio lps are all 4 star and the debut is the best......imho.
I never tire of hearing the debut...it's always fresh and beautiful to my ears.
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ELP wasn't underrated in 1975.  But they're underrated now.
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Originally posted by Floydoid Floydoid wrote:

I'm not saying they never used a lead guitar, but it was not the norm for them.

You pretty much said that though. There were bands that 'did away with lead guitar altogether' but ELP wasn't one of them.
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