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Topic: Greg Lake
Posted By: chopper
Subject: Greg Lake
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 04:40
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It appears that Greg Lake has passed away. https://twitter.com/GregLakeWebsite" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/GregLakeWebsite http://www.greglake.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.greglake.com/ |
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 04:44
 RIP.------------- 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 04:45
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WTF ?? When......how ??? R.I.P. sh*t - this is for real.......  One of my favourite Bass players. Very sad news, indeed. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 04:52
Yes, I wasn't sure to start it as it seems to be buried a bit. Had to check his web site to be sure. Another sad loss - great vocalist and bass player, only one of ELP left now.
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Tom Ozric wrote:Posted By: progresssaurus
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 05:03
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Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 05:11
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R.I.P. Greg. Thank you for your work in ELP and King Crimson. I hope now your work will be reevaluated by people. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 05:36
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A really excellent vocalist, great bass player and, by all accounts, a realy nice guy. RIP. This year has been terrible for the prog world in terms of those we've lost. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 05:39
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------------- What? |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 05:39
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http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936 More sad news folks. |
Posted By: Disconnect
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 05:47
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RIP My favorite prog vocalist of all time, forever silenced. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 05:56
| We should start a campaign to get "I believe in Father Christmas" to number one. |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 06:14
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I'm am truly saddened. Tears. There may be in ohm in a moment but there's very few folk in focus.
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 06:17
| Dreadful news. Best male singer in prog in my opinion. Only 9 months after Keith... |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 06:24
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Absolutely gutted hearing this new. 9 months after Keith Emerson passed away. This has been the worst year for celebrity deaths. RIP Greg Lake |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 06:31
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^^If it could get remixed with a Kendrick Lamar guest rap it might work. Funny enough though, I've heard that song in public more than probably the rest of the ELP catalog combined. The power of Christmas.. Man this sucks, I suppose I should play "Epitaph" at some point today. Take care Carl Palmer...and stay indoors.
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Posted By: Kespuzzuo
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 06:36
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Grrr. Another one bites the dust. I hope Palmer stays well |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 06:40
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Another Prog hero leaving us too soon. RIP Greg. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Lowend
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 06:47
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Sad news indeed. Always loved ELP. ------------- Lost in trance of dances, as rhythm takes another turn |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 06:47
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R.i.P. Greg. The curse of 2016 continues to the very end 
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Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:05
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What a stellar musician and great man he was. A legend. It's such a shame to have 2/3 of ELP gone in one year. 2016 really is a terrible year. ------------- Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:07
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RIP ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:10
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I am flabbergasted. This is devastating. ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:16
Someone got there before me. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1842047592742008/" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1842047592742008/ |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:21
What a Lucky Man he was!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:22
| Just got back from lunch and was whispered this horrid news by a colleague who was genuinely concerned for me. ELP will always be my favourite band. I saw Greg with his band in 2004 and again about 2 or 3 years ago when he was playing just solo with no backing band. He was a lovely warm human being with the bonus of having a great baritone. He developed into an ace bassist (forced into it by Bob perhaps??!) during his days in Crimson and ELP but will always be remembered for his Christmas Record. Only the Pogues bettered it imo. RIP Greg. |
Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:32
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So sad to hear this. One of my all time favorites in prog rock-in ELP, King Crimson, and as a solo artist. R.I.P ------------- User Banned for this Post |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:53
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I'm stuck with his Brain Salad Surgery. Too sad. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:54
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Sad news indeed. Btw, I have merged the two RIP threads into one ie this one. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 07:56
^ Thanks David.  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 08:03
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Oh no, no, no... Greg was one of the most amazing voices in the prog world and a great bassist too. I'm a big fan of early ELP and King Crimson, RIP prog master!!
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 08:19
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-------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 08:29
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Absolutely one of the best musicians and singers....Guess I did not realize or know he was that sick? Drugs, alcohol and guns don't kill.......2016 does!! RIP sir -------------   
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 08:38
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RIP Greg Lake, you will be missed -------------  
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 08:50
| First Bowie and now Greg from cancer. What a big loss to prog. RIP Greg. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 09:09
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He wrote his own epitaph a long time ago The wall on which the prophets wrote Is cracking at the seams Upon the instruments of death The sunlight brightly gleams When every man is torn apart With nightmares and with dreams, Will no one lay the laurel wreath As silence drowns the screams Between the iron gates of fate, The seeds of time were sown, And watered by the deeds of those Who know and who are known; Knowledge is a deadly friend When no one sets the rules The fate of all mankind I see Is in the hands of fools Confusion will be my epitaph As I crawl a cracked and broken path If we make it we can all sit back and laugh, But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying, Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying, Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be dying RIP Greg...  And thanks for the music. |
Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 09:25
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Oddly enough, I just picked up Court of Crimson King CD at a record show recently since it has been long gone from my collection. May this year just go away... RIP Greg! One of my favorite vocalist. ------------- 
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Posted By: thepurplepiper
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 09:39
| Horrible news, may he rest in peace. His work on In the Court of the Crimson King will stick by me until I die. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 09:42
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RIP. Of all of this year's losses, this is probably the one that's hit me the most. An incredible voice lost. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 09:48
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------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 09:55
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Died earlier today from cancer, aged 69. There's not much I can say other than the man was a musician's musician. And someone I've listened to for a long, long time. RIP. ------------- |
Posted By: lak611
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 09:56
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RIP Greg Lake.
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Posted By: WeepingElf
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:00
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Good grief. So now's only Carl Palmer left. ------------- ... brought to you by the Weeping Elf "What does Elvish rock music sound like?" - "Yes." |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:09
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What terribly sad news. RIP ------------- 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: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:09
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I've just finished playing From the Beginning on my acoustic guitar. It's more than 30 years that I use it to warm my fingers. But nobody will ever sing it with that voice. Greg Lake was tge best progressive vocalist, at least my favorite. Another enormous loss. ------------- 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: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:13
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Well, I guess this is the official thread, so I'll comment here as well. Certainly a distinct voice and his work with King Crimson and ELP won't soon be forgotten. Don't recall reading about his cancer (though it may have been public knowledge), but a strong blow from 2016 again. RIP ------------- 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: Barbu
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:25
 RIP ------------- |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:30
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F#@K !!!!! Two outta three in the same year. My heroes are all but gone. (one for each of them)------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:43
| This is mentioned in the prog news section also. ;) Anyway, RIP Greg. |
Posted By: Michael P. Dawson
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:48
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I am crushed by this news. Welcome back my friends to the year that never ends. There had been rumblings and rumors about Greg's health, so this doesn't come as quite the bolt from the blue that Keith's death was. Still, what a blow. I had just been listening to Tarkus last night, hearing it for the very first time in surround sound. Such an unbeatable classic, and a huge influence on my own personal musical development. (I'd hear a little rhythmic grouping and think, "Yeah, that's something I would do--this is where I learned it!") This morning, I played the ELP debut on my morning commute. That iconic Moog finale to "Lucky Man"--which came on just as I got to my desk--has always felt like a lament to me, like a bagpipe pibroch, and it was sadly fitting this morning. Father Christmas, please take 2016 away. ------------- Buy this thing! https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelPDawson" rel="nofollow - https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelPDawson |
Posted By: Son.of.Tiresias
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:52
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Farewell Greg thanks ------------- You may see a smile on Tony Banks´ face but that´s unlikely. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 10:52
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Never knew he had cancer. Very sad. ------------- 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 11:06
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I'm very sad about this. RIP Greg, and thanks for all that music. You were a legend. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 11:16
| Very sad to hear of this news, RIP, Greg. |
Posted By: souio
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 11:17
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Wow both passed away months between each other. Palmer must be completely devastated :(:(:( |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 11:30
| 2016 a cruel crazy year in so many ways---I'm picky with my male singers and he was one of my favs---a great artist----RIP |
Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 12:02
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This is so sad. . |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 12:13
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RIP ------------- |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 12:33
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Sad news indeed. Am listening to the first ELP lp and thinking of both Greg and Keith, and of course Carl who continues to carry the legacy. RIP Greg and Keith and thank you for the music. ------------- |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 12:37
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RIP Greg. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 12:40
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It is with great sadness that I must now say goodbye to my friend and fellow band-mate, Greg Lake. Greg's soaring voice and skill as a musician will be remembered by all who knew his music and recordings made with ELP and King Crimson. I have fond memories of those great years we had in the 1970s and many memorable shows we performed together. Having lost Keith this year as well, has made this particularly hard for all of us. As Greg sang at the end of Pictures At An Exhibition, "death is life." His music can now live forever in the hearts of all who loved him. Carl Palmer December 8, 2016 carlpalmer.com -------------
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Posted By: cemego
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 13:01
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GOD DAMN YOU CANCER! f**k YOU CANCER! f**k YOU f**k YOU f**k YOU! QUIT STEALING MY FAVORITE MUSIC! DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT! I'm sorry fellow prog heads, but I am just so mad right now. I haven't begun to grieve. Between Emerson, Squire, and now Lake... Cancer is so damned evil. It needs to be stopped. There are so many of my favorite musicians who have been diagnosed with this insidious f**king disease right now... It is just ruining everything. To hell with the "moon shot"... lets cure cancer dammit! right f**king now!!!! ------------- listen to streaming stuff! no commercials! http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 13:47
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What a sudden, shocking, terrible loss. I've been listening to ELP & King Crimson & solo Greg Lake all day. Yes, I like his solo albums. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 14:15
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RIP Mr Lake......like everyone else I'm a fan of his ELP work and early work with KC. Never really explored his solo albums....maybe it 's time I did. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 14:16
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RIP Greg ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 14:25
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I see the news come up on FACT as soon as I come home, and I damn near started raging at the f**kin' heavens. RIP -------------  
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 14:29
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2016?... at this rate the last one standing will be Keith Richards. Go figure RIP Greg.. what a great talent.. and also the voice of a genre. NONE better.. and only equaled by a very select few. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 14:31
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Thanks Greg. Farewell.
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 14:39
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A few years ago (1999) I had the chance to have lunch with him.......Such a nice and funny man. Part if my childhood left with him. Rest in Peace -------------
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Posted By: Michael P. Dawson
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 14:47
"Oooh, what a funny man he was!" Nah, just doesn't have the same ring to it. ------------- Buy this thing! https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelPDawson" rel="nofollow - https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelPDawson |
Posted By: crimson_smoog
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 15:24
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R.I.P Lake. I expect he does not a crawl a cracked and broken path. I was listening to ELP's Trilogy today morning going to school. Holy sh*t. ------------- "The fate of all mankind i see. Is in the hands of fools." |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 15:44
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 16:32
| Sad news indeed. A big loss for prog. RIP Greg. |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 16:42
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Very sad news indeed. Thank you for all the great music, RIP... I was trying to remember when I first became aware of ELP. Obviously as a young teenager I would have heard Lucky Man on the radio, but I can't really say I was aware of ELP as an entity. It was in college. A time I discovered progressive rock. ELP, Crimson, and Genesis were may main loves at the time. Interestingly, at the time Yes left me cold - don't quite know what that means. ELP and Genesis are not longer on my play list as they use to be, while Crimson remains a fundamental part of my musical world. ELP's debut album was my first ELP purchase, and has always remained my favorite. A dorm mate picked up Welcome Back My Friends and hated it (there is really no accounting for taste), and gave it to me. This was one of my first live albums. As I think back to this music, lots of memories. Listening to ELP, probably more than Crimson or Genesis, instantly transports me back to a time that was, yes simpler, but more importantly transformational to me. Greg as a musician who contributed so much to early Crimson and ELP was a fundamental part of that experience. Thank you Greg... ------------- He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 17:15
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yeah... ELP's debut... side 1. Best album side of prog? If not THE... top 3 easily. talk about kicking off with a blast... first song first album. wow man... heavier than most 'heavy' groups could ever imagine being. speaking of meeting Greg Lake... thoughts and prayers out to our own long gone but never forgotten classic PA'r Threefates.. and their son... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 19:23
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Somebody posted this on PE...I never heard it before: ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 20:28
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Rest in Peace. Glad I could defend you and your music for all these many years. ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 21:10
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RIP Greg ------------- 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: lazland
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 23:16
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: December 08 2016 at 23:27
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Found this out a few minutes ago on Facebook, and then I came to this site. I saw ELP twice towards the end of the 90s. The first time they opened for Jethro Tull, the second time they followed Dream Theater and preceded Deep Purple. I though it odd that such an august band as ELP should be openers, but I am glad I saw them. Greg's voice was not as facile as it once was, but he compensated for that by gaining a richer tone. C'est La Vie. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Replayer
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 00:15
I remembered an amusing excerpt from a http://vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1305:the-greg-lake-interview-2012&catid=3:interviews&Itemid=4" rel="nofollow - Greg Lake interview a few years ago:
RIP Mr. Lake |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 00:26
| ^ That's the sign of a devoted musician.........Greg was one of the best Prog vocalists ever....... |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 00:44
| I never liked ELP or much of early KC, but I nonetheless respect what Lake did for music. RIP. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 02:20
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Yet more sad news |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 03:38
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Only found out about this late last night... 2016 continues to cull the best. Greg Lake, thanks for the music and rest well. Give our fond regards to Keith. ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 05:20
Emerson's death wasn't due to cancer.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 06:11
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Carl will still go on coz he has a most healthy regime............. .......young Carl on Atomic Rooster's debut...............he hasn't changed much to this day.........(bar his hair.........) Healthy b*****d............ |
Posted By: doompaul
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 09:05
| hell, crappy year all around. RIP. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 12:28
| Another sad loss, R.I.P. Greg. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 14:31
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What?! f**k! Hadn't seen this before now. Awful news! And so soon after Keith...so sad right now. One of my favourite vocalists ever, if not THE favourite. Will have to pay my respects and spin some KC and my ELP albums over the weekend. RIP Great Greg Lake. -------------  
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 15:40
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Cried when I heard the news last night on the CBS Evening News that Mr. Lake had left us. His singing when he was at his best was phenomenal. Your thoughts? ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 15:44
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Submitted this thread a day late as someone else beat me to it. Please contribute to theirs instead. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 15:47
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The guy and his mates were magic. I still kick myself for missing them at Cal Jam I. It didn't get better than that. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 16:29
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I cannot see another thread on Greg's very sad death.I came on looking to see if an old poster ' The Three Fates' might have come on.She was truly Greg's no 1 girl and was a groupie at the height of ELP sucess so if you are out there 3 fates, God Bless, the Prog World has lost another of it's magnificent lights. |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 17:17
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Yesterday I knew about Radim Hladik has passed away, today Greg Lake .... !!!!! One of more beautiful voices that I've heard in my whole life ! Ej, Padá, Padá Rosenka ....... Ces't la Vie. I'm very sad ... R I P Greg |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 18:02
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RIP Greg Lake and thanks for the great music!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 18:31
That's one of the few advantages of living in a country with a small musical scene, you always know somebody who knows the producer who brings great artists. -------------
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 19:03
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A warm remembrance from Ian Anderson: So sorry to hear of the passing of the Great Gregorio. I thought of him only last night here in the big church in Reykjavik where I am for a couple of Christmas concerts. Greg gave of his time and generous spirit to guest with us at Canterbury and Salisbury Cathedrals a few years ago for fund raising on behalf of those grand buildings which we both loved. Of course, we played his I Believe In Father Christmas song which will doubtless receive much deserved play in the next two weeks in fond memory of one of rock's elder statesmen who brought to us his passion and musicality over his long career. God bless, Greg. Thinking of you tonight. Ian Anderson ------------- ...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: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 20:54
I have the Enso Kai CD. Great versions of the songs, and I do love how Lake sang them, however, rather bad sound quality. I guess it could have been worse, though. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 21:55
| Very sad news indeed, I just found out. May he rest in peace, while He lives forever through his music. |
Posted By: ster
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 23:05
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Terrible news. These are the days I have always dreaded. When our heroes left us. I've been An ELP fan for most of my life. Thankfully I have seen them perform a few times but the fact that they are now gone...sucks. It sucks because as the years go by all of our favorite bands will become only memories. Enjoy them and go see them while we can.
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