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Bj-1 
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 Posted: October 25 2006 at 15:09 |
I don't think they're boring.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Peter
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 16:14 |
They are only boring to those boring people who find them boring.
I'm bored with these kinds of polls, though....
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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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Sasquamo
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 16:21 |
Their music is so complicated and there's so much cool stuff from all three instruments to listen to that it's pretty hard for me to get bored listening to ELP.
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richardh
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 18:33 |
I can understand why people might think them overated.... but 'boring' ...NOOOOOO!!!!
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The Miracle
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 18:39 |
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Not in the least.
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Barla
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 18:44 |
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No, not at all !!
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 18:57 |
 Peter Rideout wrote:
They are only boring to those boring people who find them boring.[IMG>height=17 alt="Stern Smile" src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley22.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>
I'm bored with these kinds of polls, though.... |
o rly?
I used to really like them, but now I find them a bit dull. Karn Evil 9 is really repetitive, and I find it very revealing that two of the best songs on BSS aren't even ones that they actually wrote. Emerson is still a better keyboardist than Wakeman, though. :P
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Pulse
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Posted: October 25 2006 at 19:39 |
Their post-Brain Salad Surgery stuff is really boring, but everything before that is great.
I don't understand how anyone could say Tarkus, Endless Enigma, and Karn Evil 9 could ever be considered boring. They're so full of energy and life.
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MattiR
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Posted: October 26 2006 at 06:44 |
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For example - Is "Toccata" boring????
I think many ELP enemies have never heard that band...
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NutterAlert
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Posted: October 26 2006 at 06:53 |
They are not in the least bit boring.
This poll, and the like are outrages.
Only polls like this are BORING.  |
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: October 26 2006 at 06:55 |
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It's difficult to say "Yes" or "No", as some part of their material are boring, but the good ones are not IMO.
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andu
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Posted: October 26 2006 at 07:00 |
Ghandi 2 wrote:
really repetitive |
so? take a look at the "progressive rock" definition 
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S Lang
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Posted: October 26 2006 at 08:14 |
Pulse wrote:
Their post-Brain Salad Surgery stuff is really boring, but everything before that is great.
I don't understand how anyone could say Tarkus, Endless Enigma, and Karn Evil 9 could ever be considered boring. They're so full of energy and life. |
I'll second that.
After "Brain, salad,surgery, ELP weren't the same and should have opted for retirement. That was the point when they became boring, kind of irrelevant.
Previoously though, they were the most full on and exciting outfit Prog histrory had known.
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BiGi
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Posted: October 26 2006 at 08:43 |
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When Emerson is given too much rope, they come up with things I find rather annoying (say, Toccata, When the apple blossoms bloom..., The Three Fates, Piano Concerto and his "electric clavinet" extravaganzas).
On the other hand, I think Greg Lake is a great singer and an interesting songwriter: thus, when Emerson,Lake and Palmer produce organic SONGS, they are absoultely enjoyable (I consider Take a Pebble, Trilogy, The Endless Enigma outstanding, and also longer efforts like Tarkus, Memoirs of an Officer and Gentleman and Karn Evil 9 are great).
So I can't vote, because there are SOME things I find boring and SOME OTHERS that are not...
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A flower?
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Dee Dee Ramone
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Posted: October 26 2006 at 08:59 |
They're not boring.
When they're good they're fantastic (Karn Evil 9, Tarkus, Pictures, Trilogy, Endless Enigma etc.), but when they're not (Benny the Bouncer, Are You Ready Eddie etc.) they're bloody awful!
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Australian
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Posted: October 27 2006 at 01:49 |
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Hell no!!
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mazzaurg
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 16:46 |
I generally don't think they are boring.
Their instrumental skills are according to me among the best there are.
Their compositions are great. The only problem is that the dark and
rather unpolished sound that I think defines them sometimes becomes a
bit dull.
Still, I consider them one of my favourite bands, absolutely! I am
often astonished by their virtuosity, mainly. And think they're just
great! 
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R o V e R
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 16:49 |
"Emerson Lake and Palmer" is not boring, they are fantastic 
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 16:57 |
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I would think you would need some serious case of ADD to find them boring. I could see them being too overblown for you, but not boring. Eitherway they're neither. Great band. Never will understand their detractors.
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proger
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 17:15 |
Vasil Jalabadze wrote:
YES
Except Turkus
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Is Emerson, Lake & Palmer boring?
