ELP
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Topic: ELP
Posted By: WrytXander
Subject: ELP
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 06:10
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I vote for Toccata. ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 06:26
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All top notch ELP tracks and my favourite vacillates over the years - at the moment its 'Pirates', particularly on the strength of the Nassau Colosseum version where Emerson more than compensates for the missing orchestra. |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 06:40
| I'll take a pebble |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 07:09
So will I...  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Meltdowner wrote:Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 07:16
Triple Pebble
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 07:25
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Endless Enigma - my favourite ELP track. |
Posted By: Komandant Shamal
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 07:26
| i voted for "Fanfare for the Common Man". |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 09:51
| Take a Pebble is the only one I really like |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 10:54
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Enigma (including the Fugue in the middle) ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 11:03
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Tough one. On this day, I'll go with "Trilogy." ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 14:52
It's certainly an endless enigma. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 16:07
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Nice selection. Today I choose for Abaddon's Bolero. ------------- 
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 17:55
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All excellent pieces and so close in so many ways, but in the end it's Trilogy for me by the finest hair imaginable. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 19:57
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The Fanfare ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: cemego
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 20:30
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TARKUS, dammit! TARRRRRRRRRRRRRKUSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! ------------- listen to streaming stuff! no commercials! http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 20:52
| All good tracks. Depending on the mood, I might pick differently every day. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 22:00
| Toccatta for me, I'm rather surprised it's doing so poorly. Take a Pebble and Trilogy are rather close. Take a Pebble is really beautiful, but I feel the instrumental section in the middle is sort of too long and strays too much away from the song. On Trilogy, I really love the first part, which is very beautiful, and then the very cool second part comes in, really wonderful, and then the third part comes and ruins the song; that third part is a perfect example of why I don't like ELP more. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 08:22
I agree regarding Toccata. One of the few ELP adaptations that is not merely a rock rendition of a classical piece, but actually a "progressive" and creative reworking of an existing composition. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: WrytXander
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 11:59
If you're talking about Pictures at an Exhibition when you say "merely a rock rendition of a classical piece", I disagree. I feel it's almost as progressive as the likes of Toccata and Tarkus. The very notion of covering a classical piece alone is progressive enough if you ask me. If you weren't talking about that, then forget it I guess... I agree on yor points with Toccata though. Toccata is my favourite ELP piece that is shorter than 20 minutes (although I do like the 20+ minuters more)! ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 22:26
| Endless Enigma, but all of these except the last two have been my favorite at some point |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: September 03 2015 at 01:38
| I really couldn't pick between Take A Pebble and The Endless Enigma. Both indispensable. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: September 03 2015 at 08:03
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Take A Pebble ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 03 2015 at 08:52
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Toccata caught my attention as a kid before I went totally prog crazy in 1978... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 03 2015 at 14:54
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Toccata... 6 days out of 7. IMO the pinnacle of ELP's greatness. Take a Pebble on the 7th day for the shear beauty of it. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 04 2015 at 11:26
I concur Great live album that. The version of Aquatarkus is smoking hot especially
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: September 06 2015 at 11:05
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Ah - agreed - that also goes for the Enemy God and Tank - both outstanding versions! |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: September 06 2015 at 22:39
| long standing affection for Fanfare keeps me from voting any other way. |
Posted By: Otto9999
Date Posted: September 18 2015 at 19:42
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Removed due to PA's deliberated act of deleting threads as alleged featuring negative behaviour posts towards others.
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 19 2015 at 01:24
It's subjective, but which are your first seven? Areyou sure that nobody will find one of them "hilarious"? ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
, is this really a BIG 5,6 or 7 band?? Absolutely not, and if you disagree ... see the results - just 53 votes in a renowned(?) PROG ROCK Forum?? C'mon guys, this is actually funny hahahah, and I'm not a comedian, just for the record.
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: September 19 2015 at 03:49
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Indeed, us ELP fans who lived through the late 70s are used to this so called 'banter'! Ho ho ho, very original Otto! |
Posted By: WrytXander
Date Posted: September 19 2015 at 06:40
New guy eh? ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: September 19 2015 at 07:12
Well I admit, I sometimes felt that way about ELP but that was until I heard in full the "Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends... Ladies And Gentlemen" and it was so Prog it shows up the big 5 such as Pink Floyd weren't as great musically live as ELP! But welcome to the forum!
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 19 2015 at 23:01
Actually, I have enjoyed much more live Pink Floyd than live ELP. For me, ELP kind of stray too much and... well, I just don't like how their songs sound live, I just prefer the original versions most of the times. Pink Floyd, specially thinking about their early years (pre-Dark Side) took their songs to another level, adding so much music to otherwise shorter songs and so... they may not have been so bombastic and virtuosic, but |
Posted By: garfunkel
Date Posted: September 19 2015 at 23:20
My first seven prog bands are ELP, Supertramp, Journey, Kansas, Alan Parsons Project, 10cc, and Coldplay. I highly doubt someone on this forum will find this mind-boggling. These are the BEST prog bands.  |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: September 21 2015 at 03:51
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Not at all mind-boggling; the fact remains is that ELP are in there. Most serious prog rock books (and I have read a few, most recently the one by Paul Stump) highlight and analyse the importance of ELP's legacy in developing the genre. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 17 2018 at 19:09
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Trilogy. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: March 17 2018 at 19:56
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Toccata. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: March 17 2018 at 20:31
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The Endless Enigma suite is the best material ELP ever did in my opinion ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: March 17 2018 at 21:22
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Endless Enigma for me...especially if you count parts 1 & 2 and the brilliant fugue between them ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 14:59
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Toccata ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 22:33
| Trilogy is grossly under appreciated. |
Posted By: Walkscore
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 22:55
| The live version of Take a Pebble is the best tune on the WBMF live album. Emerson piano playing is really musical |