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James Lee 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
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^ yep, that's ripe for deletion. Though it does give plenty of ammunition to folks who believe homophobia masks latent tendencies. |
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Velvetclown
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Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 8548 |
Posted: April 05 2005 at 07:57 |
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homophobia is that when you΄re afraid of your home ???????
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James Lee
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
Posted: April 05 2005 at 07:59 |
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then there's homeownerphobia, when you can only associate with renters.
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Velvetclown
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 08:02 |
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Velvetclown
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Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 8548 |
Posted: April 05 2005 at 08:04 |
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See ya at the Morgage
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Certif1ed
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: April 05 2005 at 08:51 |
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Looks like the original's been deleted - now we're left with half a discussion in the reviews! This is why I think anyone who wants to write a review should REGISTER first - then they can discuss it in the forums with the rest of us!
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Gentle Ronnie
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Joined: March 17 2005 Status: Offline Points: 540 |
Posted: April 05 2005 at 09:08 |
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I don't like the beginning of it. Is editting possible? |
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James Lee
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
Posted: April 05 2005 at 09:14 |
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The last thing we want is for the reviews section to read like the forum.
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richardh
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Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 29585 |
Posted: April 05 2005 at 18:44 |
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 EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) - Works Vol. 1 Review by Karnevil Nein! @ 5:38:47 PM EST, 4/5/2005  I really love this album,from the ham-fisted keyboards to the twee vocals and from every over-blown piece of orchestration right up to the masterpiece of mirth that is Pirates. Long years in the making,due to ego clashes and arguments about makeup,Elton John being part of the recording process then not and finally producer Pete Waterman being replaced by Little Jimmy Osmond,the band finally got this meisterwerk out into the public consciousness.Once out there it was a smash,spending 16 weeks at Number One in Albania and going Quadruple Platinum in Belize. When one listens to Emerson's Piano Concertos one is immediately reminded of Les Dawson's egregious masterpieces of the early 70's.I can think of no higher praise than that. I find that "The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits" fills me with nostalgia,or should that be neuralgia? I'm not sure but I know that Mrs Palmer should have decided against that shiny red kit for young Carl's 6th Birthday.Pirates-what can I say?I nearly choked to death the first time I heard this 13 minute epic.It sounds like the ungodly product of a demonic union between WS Gilbert and The Village People and is breath-taking in its excrutiating awfulness and willfull over-ambition.There is nothing like a great Prog Rock Album and this is nothing like a great Prog Rock AlbumI give that review a five ouch rating
 ... irony overload Come on then hands up ,who's responsible?..Reed?? Certified??
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greenback
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 14 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3300 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 00:26 |
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how can one compare pirates to village people?? |
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[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
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Reed Lover
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Joined: July 16 2004 Location: Sao Tome and Pr Status: Offline Points: 5187 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 07:54 |
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Not me,my computers been in the PC shop. Bloody good review though! Why has it been removed? |
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Certif1ed
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 08:03 |
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LMAO!!! That is very funny, intelligently if insensitively written - and it is about the album. It should not have been removed, IMO - it's just an opinion and doesn't go complaining about the site, forum members or other off-topic nonsense. If that was removed, then we should remove all the other less than complimentary reviews - starting with Radiohead. There should be NO reviews of less than 5 stars for them...
I didn't write this one - but I think I can feel an ELP review coming on...
I just checked out the other reviews - and this is consistent with and no worse than any of the existing reviews. Maybe we should have a poll for the re-instatement of that review BRING BACK KARNEVIL NEIN!!! Edited by Certif1ed |
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20436 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 08:17 |
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Sorry, Richardh!! But even if not valid , this review had me rolling on the floor with laughter. Have not laughed so hard in this forum since the Lightbulb thread . On a more serious basis, I was against limiting access to the reviewing part, but the Relayer bit (also sort of funny) and this one , it looks like a limiting access might be a solution. This constant stupid and dumb attacks are counter-productive although many people are out to look for these attacks to have them retrieved (which is good but also non-productive). This is like a circus (but there are clowns in circusses) |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Metropolis
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Joined: December 20 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 760 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 08:18 |
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That review is hilarious (I've not heard the album so have no idea how
accurate it is), and as far as i can tell the writer of it didn't break
any rules, so what you go and delete it for?
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We Lost the Skyline............
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20436 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 08:20 |
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It is not very respectful of ELP. |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Blacksword
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Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 08:23 |
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I think thats a great review, and to be honest I dont understand people getting 'offended' by bad reviews of their favourite artists. So what if someone doesn't like what you like? Even if their review completely ignores the music and just launches a personal attack on the band, so what? Prog rock bands have endured the wrath of proffessional journos over the years, whose scribblings are not really any better than some of the crap reviews we get here. The artists still had armies of fans like us lining their bank accounts and keeping them in their champagne/cocaine lifestyles. They dont give a sh!t why should we?
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Certif1ed
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 08:26 |
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Some other existing reviews - by respected PROG REVIEWERS of this forum;
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) Works Vol. 1  Here's the exact point where ELP's egos became out of control. Three solo sides, one full band side. It was a doomed project, given the musicians involved in this band. We get a fairly boring classical side from Keith Emerson, on which he pulls a Rick Wakeman and abandons substance in favour of showing us all just how talented he is, a bunch of Greg Lake's generic ballads, all of which seem like attempts to clone his better ones like "Lucky Man" and "Still... You Turn Me On", and a decent but unremarkable collection of compositions from Carl Palmer. Carl's side isn't really bad, but it's very boring musically, and simply failed to catch my interest. The band side is the only thing keeping this album from a 1 star, featuring a great rock adaptation of Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare For the Common Man", and a delightful 13 minute track in "Pirates". However, it's not worth buying a 2 disc collection of songs for one side, and as a result I can't give Works Vol. 1 any more than a 2. Its moments are great, but they're so buried in boring musical w**kery that it's sometimes difficult to appreciate them. Still, it WAS better than anything that could come after it, so I give it credit for that. EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) Works Vol. 1
Review by Phil M. @ 11:38:42 AM EST, 1/26/2004 PROG REVIEWER Amazingly AWFUL is the only way I can think to describe this bloated abomination!It was obvious that their over-fed egos had gotten the better of them at this point. The "Piano Concerto" amounts to nothing more than a bunch of textbook post-Romantic Period cliches strung together, Keith, you are NO Rachmaninoff or Brahams! The Greg Lake stuff just wallows in sappiness, the Carl Palmer tracks are forgettable and the rest is just pure commercialized SCHLOCK! This almost makes Mannheim Steamroller sound like Stravinsky or Varese'! Worse, not a note of Hammond Organ to be found ANYWHERE, cheesy synth sounds in overkill mode and you get the picture. Best possible use: clay pigeon substitute |
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20436 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 08:59 |
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The stuff about mommy Palmer and the birthday present , although funny is too limit unrespectful of the man's talent (however over-rated) Bryan's review and Phil talk about the album in a correct manner and explain why they do not like it in a good argumentative way. A few months ago , Three fates wanted to take some ELP reviews away because she did not like them and I argued for those remained posted. In this case, this is meant to get under someone's skin - if need be look at the name of the reviewer. This is clearly a spoof and it got me a good laugh!!!
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Reed Lover
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Joined: July 16 2004 Location: Sao Tome and Pr Status: Offline Points: 5187 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 09:02 |
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Apart from the fact that neither Pete Waterman nor
 Little Jimmy Osmond were part of the project and of course it was only 15 weeks at No 1 in Albania!
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garrett
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Joined: April 03 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1 |
Posted: April 06 2005 at 10:23 |
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Well shucks, I was going to write a bio of my own, but you saved me the trouble. Thanx. |
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This lines for progmaster: I am chocked that you let the "Robert le Plant" review on line. You have to delete this review full off racism and insanities. This man is not a prog lover and has nothing to do here. Many thanks in advance. 
look, you fools, let me whack all THREE of you on the head robert le plant: nice try to start up a bit of an argument and to polarize opinions, but boy did you screw up... you made a right dork out of yourself with your childish homophobic attitude *yawn* + raelrules & tony dodd: you folks are perfect proof that progressive rock listeners have no sense of humour at all, concerning that we are supposed to be intellectually MILES above thick pieces of sh*t like him. how very sad indeed ... erm, good album! the swiss poodle was an interesting addition and "sound chaser" & "to be over" were almost destined to be outshadowed by "the gates of delirium". not the best album to start off your YES-collection, though, you'll be better of with "drama" as a first ;-)> 
YES - Relayer
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