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Snow Dog 
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 Posted: May 05 2005 at 14:07 |
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His Piaa no Concerto sounds allright to me, issnt he writing another one? And Toccata is just plain brilliant!!!
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threefates
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 14:33 |
Too long... and that was their egos???
Do you listen to prog music at all???  There's no such thing as too long............... and please show me a prog musician that doesn't have an ego.. .actually show me any musician that doesn't have an ego....
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richardh
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:27 |
Die thread ....die 
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salmacis
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:30 |
I absolutely love ELP's first 6 albums from ELP through Welcome Back My Friends...- with 'Trilogy' and 'Brain Salad Surgery' being especially brilliant. All of these are indisputably classic albums that fully deserve being amongst the best prog albums ever made. For this alone, I will always love the band. However, I think the reason the backlash started was what they would do later.
'Works' was the unacceptable face of prog; turgid 10 minute classical interpretations and mind-numbing displays of virtuosity. I'm one of those who always thought the whole point of music was melody and structure rather than pompous 'look-what-I-can-play' nonsense. 'Works Volume 2' was as inspired as the title- a collection of mostly rubbish outtakes and already released B-sides.
'Love Beach' was, along with Yes 'Tormato', one of the most disappointing albums of the genre- the front cover was horribly reminiscent of a Bee Gees album, and the music was shoddy pop with prog pretensions.
However, most prog bands have released a few turkeys in their time too- ELP are hardly alone in this.
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Swinton MCR
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:30 |
I have just listened to Shrutis, Suritis, Puranas and Tantras......
Bluddy marvelous and in 1973 as well....ELP never attained this level because of the consistency problem...Yes produced 80 mins of sublime prog rock - as I have said before the piece of music is the paradigm that all prog bands should model their music on !!!!
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richardh
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:36 |
 Swinton MCR wrote:
I have just listened to Shrutis, Suritis, Puranas and Tantras......
Bluddy marvelous and in 1973 as well....ELP never attained this level because of the consistency problem...Yes produced 80 mins of sublime prog rock - as I have said before the piece of music is the paradigm that all prog bands should model their music on !!!!
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Yeah but you like Triumvirat as well so i know you have a distinct hearing problem 
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Baphomet
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:53 |
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I dont like them because of the pompous music really, although i like toccata and jerusalem and karn evil 9 just cus its inventive, love beach is sh*t.
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 16:16 |
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I don't think that many people hates ELP at all.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 16:35 |
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Reed Lover
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 16:38 |
Bring out your dead......................thread
Dont antagonise Threefates and Karnevil9-let sleeping dogs lie.
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Fibonacci's Se
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 16:42 |
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cajole the promethean king while his pastiche panjandrum is caught within soleism, genuflect, avoid malversation
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Swinton MCR
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 16:51 |
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Nowt wrong with Triumvirat........
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 16:53 |
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Reed Lover
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 16:56 |
A strong blow,and it's lights out! Puff!
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Peter
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 17:09 |
Reed Lover wrote:
A strong blow,and it's lights out! Puff!
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 Are you a strong blower, then, Rod Slobber?
Poof!
Stop leaving the door open like that! 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Reed Lover
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 17:22 |
Peter wrote:
Reed Lover wrote:
A strong blow,and it's lights out! Puff!
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Are you a strong blower, then, Rod Slobber?
Poof!
Stop leaving the door open like that!
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Peter, just because you are losing your touch,dont presume that I am too....
I know what I wrote!
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 17:31 |
Blacksword wrote:
I loved hearing Cozy Powell doing his drum solo to the 1812 Overture, when I was 13, but when I last heard it it sounded like something Spinal Tap may have rejected for being ridiculous.
Infact, when I think of Keith Emerson I'm reminded of another rock musician with classical ambitions/delusions..
'I'm a big fan of Mozart and Bach, and this piece is somewhere in the middle, a kind of Mach piece'
'This is called 'Lick my love pump''
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GREAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!
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threefates
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 17:38 |
I don't think there's anything regarding Keith's music thats delusional...
And Spinal Tap were reminicent of Black Sabbath... nothing related to ELP in the least...
Triumvirat sucks more than love pumps...
And someone doesn't like pompous music?? Then you don't really like prog, now do you? 
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Reed Lover
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 17:42 |
threefates wrote:
And someone doesn't like pompous music?? Then you don't really like prog, now do you?
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ELP are more pump arse than "pompous" these days!
It's the return of the boys....
here we go again........
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Progger
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 17:54 |
THE BEST BAND EVER!
AFTER YES
Edited by Progger
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