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micky
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Topic: NO!!!!!!!!!! ELP sells out.. Posted: September 15 2007 at 21:34 |
sitting here watching the Nebraska - USC game. Commerical
time.... smoking a cigarette... some football player scores in the
commercial... starts to celebrate with a Dr. Pepper.. music cues up...
plays Karn Evil 9 1st impression... pt 2.
welcome back my friends to the show that never ends....
cigarette falls from mouth.... depression sets in
is prog truly back....ELP in commericals for Joe SIx Pack watching the big game on Saturday night... wow.
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bluetailfly
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Posted: September 15 2007 at 23:31 |
That is depressing...though a rather strange choice for a Dr. Pepper ad. I wish I was at the meeting where that idea was pitched
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Shakespeare
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Posted: September 15 2007 at 23:33 |
I wouldn't really consider that selling out...........
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bluetailfly
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Posted: September 15 2007 at 23:35 |
Shakespeare wrote:
I wouldn't really consider that selling out........... |
Just out of curiosity, what would you consider it?
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"The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle."
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Bj-1
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Posted: September 15 2007 at 23:35 |
Shakespeare wrote:
I wouldn't really consider that selling out........... |
Me neither, I would consider it bad luck..
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: September 15 2007 at 23:42 |
If it was pt. 1 that might be selling out a bit, but pt. 2 is still a very well known single, easily their biggest.
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micky
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 00:41 |
moreitsythanyou wrote:
If it was pt. 1 that might be selling out a bit,
but pt. 2 is still a very well known single, easily their biggest.
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hahah... if it had been pt 1. there would have been some
advertising exec out on the street looking for job tomorrow morning
hahhaha. Prog fans have short lifespans in jobs like
advertising.
pitch man - hey ..you know would would be perfect music for that
part where the woman finds out her panty shield is ...errr... not up to
the task...
VP of advertising - no micky... what do you have in mind
ptich man - ELP's The Barbarian... would work great
in the frames where she has a look of terror wearing her nice new white
dress
VP- ELwho?
pitch man - Emerson Lake and Palmer.. doing their 'adaptation' of Bartok.
VP- huh...
pitch man - *grabs ipod and plays Barbarian*
VP - you're fired....
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Teh_Slippermenz
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 01:16 |
I wouldn't consider that "selling out", I'd consider it "more exposure for awesome prog bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer"! (...Now all we need to do is convince the people who make those "Incredible Edible Egg" commercials to use "As Sure as Eggs is Eggs" from Supper's Ready in their commercials!)
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rileydog22
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 01:36 |
ELP sold out around Works II, so this isn't really news.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 01:43 |
Same thing happened to me when i heard Martin Prince sing "Thick as a Brick" in The Simpsons!
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 02:00 |
rileydog22 wrote:
ELP sold out around Works II, so this isn't really news. |
I disagree, Works II is horrendous album IMO, but it's mostly an album made of songs rejected by them for previous releleases.because they already had their own label but owed Atlantic two or three releases,
The label pushed them more than the usual sd they didn't gave their best, the band simply gathered all this songs that didn't made it to Works I and paid part of their debt (the rest was paid with Love Beach).
Yes they sold out at some poin of their career but it was here:
Re-Works
Track Listing - Disc 1 1. Re-Works One [Fanfare 2000 Golden Jubilation Mix] (7:29) 2. Re-Works Two (5:43) 3. Re-Works Three (5:24) 4. Re-Works Four (10:43) 5. Re-Works Five (6:13) 6. Re-Works Six (5:50) 7. Re-Works Seven (10:33) 8. Re-Works Eight (3:22) Track Listing - Disc 2 9. Re-Works One [Fanfare 2002-Extended Golden Jubilation Mix] (7:26) 10. Humanoid (6:03) 11. Inside Out (4:01) 12. Plastic Flowers (4:32) 13. Palmstone (9:17) Track Listing - Disc 3 14. Fanfare 2002 [Digger's Mix] (9:43) 15. Fanfare 2002 [Earth Loop Mix] (8:42) 16. Fanfare 2002 [Public Order Mix] (6:28) 17. Fanfare 2002 [the Pilgrim Mix] (8:28) 18. Fanfare 2002 [X-Ert's Esoteria Mix] (3:57)
That was selling out.
Now, I don't know about the commercial, and even though I agree it's disgusting, it's only a way of getting more money for the band because until now all their labels have taken the money from the fan's pockets with al those "The Best of ELP".
Now at least they are taking the money from a big company and making the song availlable for the huge audience never heard it before.
Iván
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The Whistler
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 02:22 |
My favorite soft drink has a commercial with my favorite band playing my favorite song? Is Jessica Alba in it too?!?
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 02:54 |
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The Whistler
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 03:00 |
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 03:16 |
micky wrote:
sitting here watching the Nebraska - USC game. Commerical time.... smoking a cigarette... some football player scores in the commercial... starts to celebrate with a Dr. Pepper.. music cues up... plays Karn Evil 9 1st impression... pt 2.
welcome back my friends to the show that never ends....
cigarette falls from mouth.... depression sets in
is prog truly back....ELP in commericals for Joe SIx Pack watching the big game on Saturday night... wow.
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ELP music isn't new to sports. Fanfare for the Common Man. The last part of Tank. I just hope some people hearing it for the first time are encouraged to check out ELP. We may have some new converts to prog yet.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Prog-jester
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 05:08 |
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salmacis
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 07:50 |
This isn't new, I'm afraid, Micky!! 'Karn Evil 9 1st Impression Part II' was used as the theme tune for ghastly UK game show 'The Generation Game' presented by the irksome 'comedian' (and ELP fan...) Jim Davidson. AFAIK, they recorded a special version for the show in the 1990s...
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Chicapah
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 10:27 |
I've been hearing "Turn it on Again" as the theme for truck ads lately, "Solsbury Hill" was in the background touting something or the other some years ago and The Who has several of their classic tunes serving as opening music for crime dramas. I'm sure I'm overlooking many other examples but it just goes to show that ELP isn't breaking sacred ground here. I say make the bread where you can, guys. Stick it to the big corporations. Still beats ultra-annoying rap shout-outs for Target or McDonald's all to hell.
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Dim
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 19:07 |
moreitsythanyou wrote:
If it was pt. 1 that might be selling out a bit, but pt. 2 is still a very well known single, easily their biggest. |
Still... you turn me on was their biggest, at least from my sources
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activetopics
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 21:57 |
That's not selling out; that's putting prog out there
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