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Bob Greece View Drop Down

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 07:16

Grake Leg - you seem to be a fan of spoonerisms

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Grake Leg

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 09:29

"It is kisstomary to cuss the bride," and "Mardon me padam, this pie is occupewed. Can I sew you to another sheet?."

Yeah, I am Big smile

Edited by Grake Leg - October 24 2006 at 09:30

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Neil

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Posted: October 24 2006 at 09:42

A real shining wit

When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.

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Posted: November 03 2006 at 19:08

Welcome Grake.

I am a fan of Mr.Lake too. I am a member of his site since 2 years now, and I am currintly writing on Ladies of the Lake ( Greg Lake) board.

I have a daughter of 11 1/2 years old. I am trying to introduce her to prog.rock, but I find it difficult. In my car, I play my music, so for now, she listened to some Yes, ELP , Moodie Blues, Jethro Tull, and she likes to hear some songs of these groups.

From ELP, she likes Lucky Man, Pirates, Knife Edge, Still...You Turn Me On, Jerusalem, and some others.

I guess for now, she is probably too young to be able to like this kind of music, but maybe in two years from now, it would be a complete different story.

I went to several concerts this year, and I saw many teenagers with their parents attending to those concerts; Jethro Tull, Ian Gillan, Carl Palmer Band, Roger Waters, Roger Hodgson from Supertramp, and so on. Even at the prog.fest, there were some young people who attented concerts.

It's refreshing to know that the next generation will follow our steps.

Sylvie ( really old enough to be your mother...)

C'est la vie

Grake Leg

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Posted: November 04 2006 at 10:23

You´re Lucky, Man!

I do live in Germany... there are seldom prog groups coming to Frankfurt or Munich (I would even travel 100 km to have a concert!) so I�ve never went to a concert.. Cry

Maybe "My Time will come"... I hope so.

Good to know they "progress" is coming again a bit.
But I even have a problem with Prog! Last time I saw a review on "Blackmores Night" here - I was surprised that it was Prog Folk. But it actually isn´t...
I do listen to Art-Rock-groups myself and I don´t want to know the difference between Symph- Prog and Art Rock and Prog- Folk and whatelse.

I get Headache of this!

And who is Sylvie??

Keep on proggin´

Edited by Grake Leg - November 04 2006 at 10:30

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Prog.Sylvie View Drop Down

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Posted: November 04 2006 at 10:36

Hello Grake,

My name is Sylvie. I live in north of Montreal. I was on Greg Lake Site since 2 years before he shut down his board. I write every day or almost on Ladies of the Lake. I am registered on prog.archives since two months now.

I saw ELP in 1977 at the Olympic Stadium with the Orchestra. I worked for Carl when he came playing in Mtl in may this year. I sold t-shirts, DVD and Cds for him, and I met him backstage and talked to him several times during this special evening. I have a nice picture of me taken with him.

If you go on GL.com site, you will see on the section One2One that Greg answered me to one of my question. I printed it on nice paper and I get his autograph on it. Enjoy.

http://www.greglake.com/newsite/feedback.asp?offset=15

I am trying to discover more prog.group so I won't just like only the seventies group.

You made me laugh with your user name the first time I saw it. Usually, I pronounce his name that way with my french accent: great lake...

Sylvie

C'est la vie

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Posted: November 04 2006 at 14:41

Great Lake is not bad!
Your mother tongue is French?

You are symphatic to me Smile

... thank you for the link!
It must have been a very amazing time with ELP backstage?

I do discover other bands in 80s, e.g. the Prog-Metall Scene- and I´m a bit fan of Heavy Metal, there are really good bands wich are not primitive like other Metal bands.
But, to tell the truth, I would like to find something new...
And it´s difficult.
Do you have any additions for me?? Shocked

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Posted: November 04 2006 at 19:16

Actually I just met Carl back stage twice, not E and L unfortunatly. But if ever Greg comes playing here, I will certainly meet him finally. The only contact I got with him so far was by internet on his webside.

Birthday card submissions form

Go on this link and you will be able to write to Greg for his birthday. Every year, he reads his electronic birthday card. Don't forget to write your e-mail adress, you may receive a surprise, you never know.

For new things, let me think about it. In Mtl we have something interesting. They called themselves Karcius. It's between art.prog and prog.metal. I saw them at the prog.fest this year.

Have fun from Sylvie

C'est la vie

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Posted: November 04 2006 at 19:35

Hello again Grake. That's me with Carl in may 2006. Carl looks really great and cool even if it was midnight and he have drummed all night and signed things after the show. Nice souvenir for me.

C'est la vie

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 06:27

Welcome!!

Is this the longest introducion thread ever?

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 13:33

Thank you again, Sylvie... the good Carl, didn´t even recognized him... ok he´s not a god, of course he gets older LOL

Yes, I believe you that there are interesting things in Canada... maybe I´m going to live there someday. When I´m older Smile

(I hope I´ll do- I love the climate and the natur there)

Surprising things may happen? So maybe Greg is going to give me one of his basses Big smile

Hm Karsius... sounds like Rush- I´ll drawmy father´s attention to this (he knows everything about prog bands- even about the ones arting today)

@Dalezilla

Approve

I do speak very much...
But sorry if I made some grammatical mistakes- English isn´t my mother tongue

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 13:47

Karcius. They have a website.

About Carl, it's the same Carl who used to wear long hair in early seventies. He's got the same smile and he's got the same energy ( almost).

C'est la vie

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 13:54

But no long hair!
A pitty this style was going lost in the 80s...
But I´ll try to make the Greg Lake 70s style- my friend says I have exactly the same haircolor like Greg.

I registered myself to the greglake.com site- is there a chat somewhere??

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 14:04

We used to have one, but it was shut down in april this year. So, on Ladies of the Lake, we have created a message board. Most of the people, including ladies and gentlemen, who were on the old board on GL.com are there on LOTL. You are welcomed to registered on LOTL board.

About long hair, it is beginning to be fashion. In my city, I noticed that more and more guys looks like girls. It reminds me the seventies and my youth.

C'est la vie

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 14:08

You´re lucky!!
Only my friends have the good long hairs (they´re - thank god - fans of 70s music)
The ordinary folk- e.g. my school- is so boring.

I´ll will register in LOTL at once! Thumbs Up

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 14:16

Grake Leg wrote:

Yes, I believe you that there are interesting things in Canada... maybe I´m going to live there someday. When I´m older Smile

(I hope I´ll do- I love the climate and the natur there)

@Dalezilla

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I do speak very much...
But sorry if I made some grammatical mistakes- English isn´t my mother tongue

No problem.

Canada is indeed a good place to live in. I'm going to move back there in the near future.

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 14:25

Or in the past present LOL

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 14:37

It's funny, because I was in Helsinki Finland, last year in June with my husband, and we told ourselves that Finland was certainly a great place to live with a good quality of life, full of children and mothers smiling and playing. I think that Finland is a nice country to live in, and you will certainly not improve your quality of life by coming in my province. Maybe you could recreate the same quality of life here, but not improve it.

If we had to move from Canada, we will choose nordic countries as Norwey, Finland etc... or Spain.

C'est la vie

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 14:47

I would recommend you Sweden- I love Sweden and have some swedish friends...
Sweden have the greatest BSP in Europe... Finland is not so rich... but in the great states I guess...

I don´t want to improve my life quality- I just thin k Canada is perfect to me...

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Posted: November 05 2006 at 14:49

Germany is ok too, but maybe too much people. In what part of Germany are you living ? Berlin ? Munchen ? FrankFurt ?

C'est la vie