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Yanns 
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 19:36 |
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Well, all I know is I love ELP, but would have they been better if Hendrix, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer ever happened?
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 19:43 |
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I don't know. I couldn't really judge based on what happened. If there was maybe one song that HELP had played together, I could have an idea of what their sound is and if it is good to me.
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greenback
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 19:45 |
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they are too good to fit together
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Yanns
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 19:47 |
Yeah I botched up this poll...... vote yes if you think HELP would have been better, no if HELP would not have been better
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threefates
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:02 |
It would never have been... you can't have more than one prima donna a band. Keith Emerson had enough time sharing the spotlight with Greg's voice... he sure wouldn't have shared it with an attention hogger like Hendrix... He got rid of Davy O'List (the guitarist for the Nice) because he couldn't get Davy to tone it down.... those knives would of definitely been going by Jimi's head... 
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el böthy
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:34 |
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mmm...I don´t know how it would have worked... because E,L&P are far more orchestra like music than Hendrix, who´s style was very influenceted in blues...but I could be wrong...
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:36 |
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Never worked........Hendrix and Emerson would kill each other after one album
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Progger
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:39 |
 threefates wrote:
He got rid of Davy O'List (the guitarist for the Nice) because he couldn't get Davy to tone it down.... those knives would of definitely been going by Jimi's head... |
Off topic information-David O List is touring with Carl Palmer in the UK!
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maani
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:52 |
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It certainly would have been different!!!
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threefates
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Posted: May 03 2005 at 21:22 |
Progger wrote:
threefates wrote:
He got rid of Davy O'List (the guitarist for the Nice) because he couldn't get Davy to tone it down.... those knives would of definitely been going by Jimi's head... |
Off topic information-David O List is touring with Carl Palmer in the UK!
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Not really... so far they are just playing one show together in Wales.. next Nov.
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dropForge
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 00:00 |
threefates wrote:
It would never have been... you can't have more than one prima donna a band. |
I thought ELP was a band "composed" entirely of primadonnas? 
threefates wrote:
Keith Emerson had enough time sharing the spotlight with Greg's voice... he sure wouldn't have shared it with an attention hogger like Hendrix... He got rid of Davy O'List (the guitarist for the Nice) because he couldn't get Davy to tone it down.... those knives would of definitely been going by Jimi's head... |
Jimi would've slapped that short white boy down!
Anyway, I don't think it would've worked. It would've imploded. Keith and the guys couldn't hold on to Steve Howe, either. I like what I hear the way it is.
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 02:02 |
Yanns wrote:
Well, all I know is I love ELP, but would have they been better if Hendrix, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer ever happened? |
You kidin or what?
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richardh
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 02:17 |
It would have been Hendrix,Emerson,Lake and Mitchell ''HELM'' ..not very interesting! Palmer was recruited after Lake and Emerson failed to get Hendrix interested.
So would it have worked? Yes it would have.Emerson had massive respect for Hendrix so Hendrix would have been top dog.Musically it would have been a lot less interesting to me though as I think Emerson would not have been able to develop things they way he did in ELP.The music would have to have been more tied to old style r n b (less prog) and Emo would have to have taken on a more Jon Lord style role in the band.More organ less (or no) synths.
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 03:23 |
threefates wrote:
It would never have been... you can't have more than one prima donna a band. Keith Emerson had enough time sharing the spotlight with Greg's voice... he sure wouldn't have shared it with an attention hogger like Hendrix... He got rid of Davy O'List (the guitarist for the Nice) because he couldn't get Davy to tone it down.... those knives would of definitely been going by Jimi's head... |
Agreed ! Do not see Emerson sharing the virtuoso spotlight with anybody else! HELP would've lasted two days! But this would've been an interesting band!
O'List was great in that first Nice album (my fave album where Emerson appears), but he got sacked, never to be heard of again in record bar a short collaboration with Roxy Music.
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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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PROGMAN
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 04:29 |
HENDRIX and EMERSON would quarrel alot as they would argue who'd do a solo.
Hammond Organ vs Guitar the concert would end due to the violence and you would have to feel sorry for Lake and Palmer as they only could do a rhythm section cause Jimi has all the Guitar duties unless Lake steps in.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 07:01 |
Would have been unique, and problably better than Asia (also a sort of virtuoso supergroup). They did admire each other, Hendrix and ELP, didn't they?
Still, it wouldn't have worked. Soon Hendrix wouldn't burn his guitar anymore and Emerson would have stopped stabbing knives in his keyboard: instead they would destroy each others instruments after a while.
Bottomline: I'm glad it didn't happen. In ELP it was unique that the guy at the keys was the hero, the most important soloist. That hadn't been done before a lot.
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threefates
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 08:34 |
dropForge wrote:
threefates wrote:
It would never have been... you can't have more than one prima donna a band. |
I thought ELP was a band "composed" entirely of primadonnas?
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off stage most definitely... but not on-stage...
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Jim Prog Wizard
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 08:00 |
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Hendrix's style and approach would have acted as a nice counter-point to Emerson's complete keyboard domination of the music. At the very least, they would have been interesting to hear.
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"Progressive Rock is the ultimate form of music" (Mikael Akerfeldt, 2003)
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gdub411
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Posted: May 07 2005 at 17:52 |
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There is no doubt that the egos would have gotten in the way after one lp....but what an lp it could've been. A shame it didn't happen.
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Hangedman
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Posted: May 07 2005 at 18:07 |
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Yeah it would have been a lot like blind faith, one great Lp and then the group would have fallen apart most likely.
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