Progarchives.com has always (since 2002) relied on banners ads to cover web hosting fees and all. Please consider supporting us by giving monthly PayPal donations and help keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 29438
Posted: October 16 2011 at 03:06
actually Palmer liked the solo as well so Emerson was outvoted.
The fact that Greg Lake liked it though is the important thing. He originally wrote the song in his King Crimson days but Fripp wouldn't let him record it. So it was obviously something that had to be right especially when you think of Lake's initial objections to Tarkus when Emerson presented that to him.
The fact that Greg Lake liked it though is the important thing. He originally wrote the song in his King Crimson days but Fripp wouldn't let him record it. So it was obviously something that had to be right especially when you think of Lake's initial objections to Tarkus when Emerson presented that to him.
Lake actually wrote it when he was an adolecent, about twelve. But yes, Fripp wouldn't let him record it. And Tarkus was done after Their debut so I do not see how it relates.
Joined: June 22 2004
Location: England
Status: Offline
Points: 16130
Posted: October 16 2011 at 13:29
Never made me laugh. The whole song is not exactly barrel of laughs, and was never supposed to be.
The solo itself may have been a shock to those who didn't appreciate the ethos of experimentation in prog rock. To me it was a natural addition to the song, although it may have been the first time Emerson was unleashed on a Moog.
Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 29438
Posted: October 16 2011 at 15:51
progistoomainstream wrote:
wrote:
The fact that Greg Lake liked it though is the important thing. He originally wrote the song in his King Crimson days but Fripp wouldn't let him record it. So it was obviously something that had to be right especially when you think of Lake's initial objections to Tarkus when Emerson presented that to him.
Tarkus was done after Their debut so I do not see how it relates.
Lake didn't automatically accept everything Emerson presented to him. It relates to that.
I worked in a factory for a number of years, and we'd have the local rock station on in the shop. Whenever "Lucky Man" came on (surprisingly often, actually; they played a fair number of prog tunes), at least half of the guys in the shop would sing along to the keyboard solo, usually in an exaggerated manner. It was pretty hysterical; I wish they'd had YouTube back then.
Joined: October 13 2011
Status: Offline
Points: 69
Posted: October 21 2011 at 19:49
GypsyJoker wrote:
I worked in a factory for a number of years, and we'd have the local rock station on in the shop. Whenever "Lucky Man" came on (surprisingly often, actually; they played a fair number of prog tunes), at least half of the guys in the shop would sing along to the keyboard solo, usually in an exaggerated manner. It was pretty hysterical; I wish they'd had YouTube back then.
I worked in a factory for a number of years, and we'd have the local rock station on in the shop. Whenever "Lucky Man" came on (surprisingly often, actually; they played a fair number of prog tunes), at least half of the guys in the shop would sing along to the keyboard solo, usually in an exaggerated manner. It was pretty hysterical; I wish they'd had YouTube back then.
Joined: December 25 2008
Status: Offline
Points: 374
Posted: October 22 2011 at 12:43
I don't get what is funny about this song
Song itself is a plain acoustic guitar ballad, but this Moog solo in the end became so famous (becouse Moog was a novelty for that time) , so virtually every synthesizer manufacturer now includes a patch called "Lucky man"
Joined: October 13 2011
Status: Offline
Points: 69
Posted: October 22 2011 at 13:40
progistoomainstream wrote:
sideburndude... wrote:
GypsyJoker wrote:
I worked in a factory for a number of years, and we'd have the local rock station on in the shop. Whenever "Lucky Man" came on (surprisingly often, actually; they played a fair number of prog tunes), at least half of the guys in the shop would sing along to the keyboard solo, usually in an exaggerated manner. It was pretty hysterical; I wish they'd had YouTube back then.
Haha I do that whenever I listen to the song.
I do that but I often get dirty looks.
Ya, Doing This...
In public is not such a good idea.
Edited by sideburndude... - October 22 2011 at 13:41
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
This page was generated in 0.127 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
"Lucky Man" solo
Topic Options
wrote:
