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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:25

Jeremy Bender wrote:

I've been listening to ELP since the age of 8, with a big thank you to my dad

Pity I never saw them live

I ALWAYS say that about the bands i love!!

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:24

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The Hut of Baba Yaga/The Great Gates of Kiev
Jerusalem
Hoedown [Live]
Toccatta
Knife Edge

wow.....I just realized my favorite works by them are all adpatations

Looks like that says something about the group, IMO.

That was because Keith & Greg couldn't write together for most of the part

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:20

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Winter Wine wrote:

Jeremy Bender wrote:

I just saw your profile Winter Wine and it states that you're only 16 years.

How comes such a young guy to be an ELP fan?

Well I also like that trio from your land, Therapy?

Parents were big into music, my dad has a nice little prog collectin, lots of greats, tull, yes, elp, genesis i've been listenin to prog for years! only got the internet recently and love how lots of people like it too

Lucky you, having a dad with a collection of prog. My sons don't know how lucky they are yet!

PS - I was into ELP when I was 13 or 14.

well in ireland he didnt have that much money so he couldnt get huge selection but my favs from his collectin are trilogy, selling england by the pound, close to the edge, going for the one, animals, dark side, wish you were here, the snow goose and some more i'd have to check.

but since then i've gone through a lot more!! getting cds and buyin vinyl etc. its been fun

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:18

I've been listening to ELP since the age of 8, with a big thank you to my dad

Pity I never saw them live

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:14

NetsNJFan wrote:

The Hut of Baba Yaga/The Great Gates of Kiev
Jerusalem
Hoedown [Live]
Toccatta
Knife Edge

wow.....I just realized my favorite works by them are all adpatations

Looks like that says something about the group, IMO.

Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced...

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:14

Winter Wine wrote:

Jeremy Bender wrote:

I just saw your profile Winter Wine and it states that you're only 16 years.

How comes such a young guy to be an ELP fan?

Well I also like that trio from your land, Therapy?

Lucky you, having a dad with a collection of prog. My sons don't know how lucky they are yet!

PS - I was into ELP when I was 13 or 14.

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:12

Tough one. Endless Enigma has always been my favourite, so that's easy. After that, things get a bit harder.

Endless Enigma
Karn Evil 9
Aquatarkus (from "Welcome Back My Friends...")
Trilogy
The Sheriff or Hoedown, can't decide.

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:08

NetsNJFan wrote:

Winter Wine wrote:

NetsNJFan wrote:

The Hut of Baba Yaga/The Great Gates of Kiev
Jerusalem
Hoedown [Live]
Toccatta
Knife Edge

wow.....I just realized my favorite works by them are all adpatations

They're all so different to the originals though, what would be your top 5 written by the band? actually i never knew knife edge was a "cover"

Knife Edge isn't strictly a cover, nut they nick that great organ section off of Janacek.

my favorite band composed:

Tarkus
From the Beggining
Trilogy
KE 9
The Endless Enigma
Still...You Turn Me On

Those are all the really great ELP tracks

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:07

Jeremy Bender wrote:

I just saw your profile Winter Wine and it states that you're only 16 years.

How comes such a young guy to be an ELP fan?

Well I also like that trio from your land, Therapy?

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:01

I just saw your profile Winter Wine and it states that you're only 16 years.

How comes such a young guy to be an ELP fan?

Well I also like that trio from your land, Therapy?

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 12:59

Winter Wine wrote:

NetsNJFan wrote:

The Hut of Baba Yaga/The Great Gates of Kiev
Jerusalem
Hoedown [Live]
Toccatta
Knife Edge

wow.....I just realized my favorite works by them are all adpatations

They're all so different to the originals though, what would be your top 5 written by the band? actually i never knew knife edge was a "cover"

Knife Edge isn't strictly a cover, nut they nick that great organ section off of Janacek.

my favorite band composed:

Tarkus
From the Beggining
Trilogy
KE 9
The Endless Enigma
Still...You Turn Me On

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 12:43

Moogtron III wrote:

Take A Pebble, Tarkus and KE9. ELP was very good with epics. ELP could have meant Epic Long Play

ELP really used the epic form to the max. Especially the contrast between Emerson's complex compositions and Lake's simple but beautiful songs is something I really like. Emerson had the talent and the technique to really turn an epic into something special.

Haha, i fully agree stunning talent from that guy!! the first five ELP records are amazing

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 12:41

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Tarkus is my fave, followed by The Endless Enigma, then KE9

....but that's only personal, and probably not too representative of ELP fans

I think you have the top 3 songs by the band, no matter what the order

...yes, it's beginning to appear so!

I don't consider myself to be an ELP authority, and I'm surprised that thus far, Snow Dog hasn't shown his paws in this thread...he's a MASSIVE fan!

I have more respect for snow dog now "showin his paws" i like that

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 12:38

Take A Pebble, Tarkus and KE9. ELP was very good with epics. ELP could have meant Epic Long Play

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Posted: December 23 2005 at 12:27

Winter Wine wrote:

fandango wrote:

Tarkus is my fave, followed by The Endless Enigma, then KE9

....but that's only personal, and probably not too representative of ELP fans

I think you have the top 3 songs by the band, no matter what the order

...yes, it's beginning to appear so!

I don't consider myself to be an ELP authority, and I'm surprised that thus far, Snow Dog hasn't shown his paws in this thread...he's a MASSIVE fan!

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

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