"Lucky Man" solo
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Topic: "Lucky Man" solo
Posted By: progistoomainstream
Subject: "Lucky Man" solo
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 00:59
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I remember the first time I heard Emerson, Lake and Palmer's song "Lucky Man" I remember thinking how mainstream it was for a prog band. Then at about 3:30 I heard the keyboards come in and I could not stop laughing. I knew at that moment that ELP was the most keyboard heavy prog band ever. I continued to listen to when everything but the drums stop and then the keyboards come in again. I was histerical. I thought it was tue funniest music I have ever heard. It still makes me laugh to this day. Do you agree? ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 03:03
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 03:12
It was the first time I ever heard a synth and no, I wasn't exactly doubled up with laughter I guess it depends on what you had been exposed to beforehand i.e. someone approaching the solo NOW probably thinks yeah so? (but I'm a sad old fart and it was unprecedented, other worldly and wonderful THEN) ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 06:07
I agree it seems to make you laugh a lot. |
progistoomainstream wrote:Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 10:29
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It blew me away when i first heard it decades ago, and still astounds and moves me |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 10:38
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I can see the humour in it. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: sideburndude...
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 10:54
So can I, it does seem quite out of place now that I think of it. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:06
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i dont get it ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:09
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I love it. Never laughed any one single time. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:22
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I love Lucky Man. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:34
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A couple of years ago I saw Keith Emerson in concert, and he told the story of that solo. He said they recorded the song, and Greg Lake (who was producing the album) told Keith he wanted a synth solo at the end. They ran the tape, and Emerson played a noodling little solo to warm up. Lake loved it, and insisted that they keep it. Emerson always hated it. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:38
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^yeah we all know that old story. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:40
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...although he doesn't actually "hate it". He just thinks he could have improved it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:41
I didn't. |
Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:41
Really? I've always pictured Emerson wanting to dominate the entire sound of every song ever and that he had to convince everyone to let him do that solo. -------------
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:44
It's amazing what ones own uninformed opinion will tell one. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 19:45
He doesn't hate it anyway. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 20:30
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Lucky Man is a lovely tune. ------------- 
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 20:38
That's not what he said at the concert. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 21:08
What is just as good is Jurgen Fritz's solo on Triumvirat's song "Lucky Girl"
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 03:06
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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.
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Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 11:19
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. -------------
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 13:29
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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. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 15:51
Lake didn't automatically accept everything Emerson presented to him. It relates to that.
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Posted By: GypsyJoker
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 16:50
| 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. |
Posted By: sideburndude...
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 19:49
Haha I do that whenever I listen to the song. |
Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 12:35
I do that but I often get dirty looks. -------------
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Posted By: awaken77
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 12:43
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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" |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 13:40
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Honestly I don't laugh... at times there is some cringing. It's an OK song overall, but um... ugh. ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: sideburndude...
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 13:40
Ya, Doing This... In public is not such a good idea. |
Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 14:05
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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 14:59
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Okay ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 15:06
| I never laughed. Was quite impressed, really. Still am, by the way. Wonderful song, and I love the solo. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 15:18
------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: October 28 2011 at 00:10
What do you not get? -------------
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