Pictures or Ricochet

Jared wrote: richardh wrote: Pictures At An Exhibtion was originally about ELP playing at the Isle Of Wight festival in 1970 but before their debut album came out. They had to cobble something together at short notice and so of course took on Mussorgsky's popular classical work (although actually made famous when Ravel added orchestration as it was originally a series of solo piano pieces). 'Pictures' was one of the Classical releases I owned in my early 20's. I initially bought and subsequently returned to was the Brendel and Previn disk, where the Piano version is followed by Ravel's orchestration. Because I knew the classical version years before I heard ELP's truncated encore, my view of the latter has always been coloured, unfavourably by the former. I don't believe even ELP believed their version to be on a par with a studio album, as it was initially their intention to release a double album, with this as the 'second' record. In the end, they released it as a stand alone, but at mid-price. It's great fun, but really can't be compared to Ricochet...

Edited by richardh - 18 hours 5 minutes ago at 21:52

^ Jared, Richard, thanks for the memories! Keith's readiness to go for the classics may have produced less than perfect results, but you have to love the guy for that attitude. And when they nailed it, they really nailed it.

Ricochet by a noselength.

Big Sky wrote: Logan wrote: Big Sky wrote: Probably will lose in this poll, but ELP easy. Tangerine Dream never did much for me. Hope you don't mind me asking, but is there other electronic music you like? Sorry, I'm just not that familiar with your tastes. The first Tangerine Dream album I heard was Phaedra. It was given to me in 1986, as well as some other cassettes including Echo and the Bunnymen by someone when I was in hospital to play on my Walkman. I was intrigued by it, but I can't say I really liked it. 18 year later I really got into Tangerine Dream for the pre-Pheedra period. Then I got Ricochet and loved that. Now I love Phaedra and lots more Tangerine Dream. I liked Pictures the last time I listened to it which might have been about 2005. I was appreciating ELP more then than I do now. I prefer the mindtrip that TD takes me on than my experience with ELP, but I get that a lot of TD (including the classic stuff) would be boring to many listeners. To me Ricochet is fantastic, but to each their own. Logan, Not really. I don't hate electronic music but, not really something that spoke to me. Kraftwerk, Klaus Shulze, Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, etc, I've listened to, but none of it took. I guess the exception (is it an exception?) would be Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene which, I quite like. As far as my taste in music in the Prog Realm Yes, Genesis, Rush, ELP, Gentle Giant, King Crimson ( Wetton Years), Kansas, Supertramp, Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson's Prog albums ( Raven, HCE) would be the direction I lean there. Lot of 70s fusion such as RTF, Mahavisnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck and current artists who may be more labeled as Prog/ Fusion such as Plini, the Aristocrats, Gnarbot. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones from 90s are another big Fusion group for me. Listen to a lot of classical guitar, John Williams, David Russell, Ana Vidovic, Julian Bream, etc. Two that I have been listening to recently are Stephanie Jones and Alexandra Whittingham. Big fan of Stravinsky, Beethoven and Bach. Enjoy a fair bit of jazz such as Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck. Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan and Chicago (Kath years) are some of the big classic rock bands that would be in my top 20 rock bands. Hope that helps as far as my taste in music is concerned.

No contest, Ricochet easily.

Logan wrote: Big Sky wrote: Probably will lose in this poll, but ELP easy. Tangerine Dream never did much for me. Hope you don't mind me asking, but is there other electronic music you like? Sorry, I'm just not that familiar with your tastes. The first Tangerine Dream album I heard was Phaedra. It was given to me in 1986, as well as some other cassettes including Echo and the Bunnymen by someone when I was in hospital to play on my Walkman. I was intrigued by it, but I can't say I really liked it. 18 year later I really got into Tangerine Dream for the pre-Pheedra period. Then I got Ricochet and loved that. Now I love Phaedra and lots more Tangerine Dream. I liked Pictures the last time I listened to it which might have been about 2005. I was appreciating ELP more then than I do now. I prefer the mindtrip that TD takes me on than my experience with ELP, but I get that a lot of TD (including the classic stuff) would be boring to many listeners. To me Ricochet is fantastic, but to each their own.

Logan,

Not really. I don't hate electronic music but, not really something that spoke to me. Kraftwerk, Klaus Shulze, Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, etc, I've listened to, but none of it took.

I guess the exception (is it an exception?) would be Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene which, I quite like.

As far as my taste in music in the Prog Realm Yes, Genesis, Rush, ELP, Gentle Giant, King Crimson ( Wetton Years), Kansas, Supertramp, Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson's Prog albums ( Raven, HCE) would be the direction I lean there. Lot of 70s fusion such as RTF, Mahavisnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck and current artists who may be more labeled as Prog/ Fusion such as Plini, the Aristocrats, Gnarbot. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones from 90s are another big Fusion group for me.

Listen to a lot of classical guitar, John Williams, David Russell, Ana Vidovic, Julian Bream, etc. Two that I have been listening to recently are Stephanie Jones and Alexandra Whittingham.

Big fan of Stravinsky, Beethoven and Bach. Enjoy a fair bit of jazz such as Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck.

Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan and Chicago (Kath years) are some of the big classic rock bands that would be in my top 20 rock bands.

Hope that helps as far as my taste in music is concerned.

After being tempted by the convenient "both" button, I finally went with Pictures, an album that I listened to a lot, a lifetime ago. Then I put it to rest for so many time, that I'm in good terms with it again and ready for a new spin anytime. Anyway, I'm voting rather the greatness of the album than my present disposition towards it.

For me. I’m shocked that TD is winning.

ELP

TD for me any day. ELP for me were too bombastic - in its proper definition - not the way a lot of prog fans seem to think the adjective is an approbation. 

Edited by Duddick - January 15 2025 at 13:16