Hendrix, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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Topic: Hendrix, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Posted By: Yanns
Subject: Hendrix, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 19:36
| Well, all I know is I love ELP, but would have they been better if Hendrix, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer ever happened? |
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 19:43
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I don't know. I couldn't really judge based on what happened. If there was maybe one song that HELP had played together, I could have an idea of what their sound is and if it is good to me. ------------- 
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 19:45
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they are too good to fit together ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Yanns
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 19:47
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Yeah I botched up this poll...... vote yes if you think HELP would have been better, no if HELP would not have been better
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:02
It would never have been... you can't have more than one prima donna a band. Keith Emerson had enough time sharing the spotlight with Greg's voice... he sure wouldn't have shared it with an attention hogger like Hendrix... He got rid of Davy O'List (the guitarist for the Nice) because he couldn't get Davy to tone it down.... those knives would of definitely been going by Jimi's head... ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:34
| mmm...I don´t know how it would have worked... because E,L&P are far more orchestra like music than Hendrix, who´s style was very influenceted in blues...but I could be wrong... |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:36
| Never worked........Hendrix and Emerson would kill each other after one album |
Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:39
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Off topic information-David O List is touring with Carl Palmer in the UK! |
threefates wrote:Posted By: maani
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 20:52
| It certainly would have been different!!! |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: May 03 2005 at 21:22
Not really... so far they are just playing one show together in Wales.. next Nov. ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: dropForge
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 00:00
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I thought ELP was a band "composed" entirely of primadonnas?
Jimi would've slapped that short white boy down!
Anyway, I don't think it would've worked. It would've imploded. Keith and the guys couldn't hold on to Steve Howe, either. I like what I hear the way it is. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 02:02
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You kidin or what?
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 02:17
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It would have been Hendrix,Emerson,Lake and Mitchell ''HELM'' ..not very interesting! Palmer was recruited after Lake and Emerson failed to get Hendrix interested. So would it have worked? Yes it would have.Emerson had massive respect for Hendrix so Hendrix would have been top dog.Musically it would have been a lot less interesting to me though as I think Emerson would not have been able to develop things they way he did in ELP.The music would have to have been more tied to old style r n b (less prog) and Emo would have to have taken on a more Jon Lord style role in the band.More organ less (or no) synths. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 03:23
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Agreed ! Do not see Emerson sharing the virtuoso spotlight with anybody else! HELP would've lasted two days! But this would've been an interesting band! O'List was great in that first Nice album (my fave album where Emerson appears), but he got sacked, never to be heard of again in record bar a short collaboration with Roxy Music. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 04:29
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HENDRIX and EMERSON would quarrel alot as they would argue who'd do a solo. Hammond Organ vs Guitar the concert would end due to the violence and you would have to feel sorry for Lake and Palmer as they only could do a rhythm section cause Jimi has all the Guitar duties unless Lake steps in.
------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 07:01
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Would have been unique, and problably better than Asia (also a sort of virtuoso supergroup). They did admire each other, Hendrix and ELP, didn't they? Still, it wouldn't have worked. Soon Hendrix wouldn't burn his guitar anymore and Emerson would have stopped stabbing knives in his keyboard: instead they would destroy each others instruments after a while. Bottomline: I'm glad it didn't happen. In ELP it was unique that the guy at the keys was the hero, the most important soloist. That hadn't been done before a lot. |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 08:34
off stage most definitely... but not on-stage... ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: Jim Prog Wizard
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 08:00
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Hendrix's style and approach would have acted as a nice counter-point to Emerson's complete keyboard domination of the music. At the very least, they would have been interesting to hear. ------------- "Progressive Rock is the ultimate form of music" (Mikael Akerfeldt, 2003) |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: May 07 2005 at 17:52
| There is no doubt that the egos would have gotten in the way after one lp....but what an lp it could've been. A shame it didn't happen. |
Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: May 07 2005 at 18:07
| Yeah it would have been a lot like blind faith, one great Lp and then the group would have fallen apart most likely. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 07 2005 at 18:52
| I do feel that Hendrix is THAT GREAT, sure he's a great guitarist and everything, but imagine Steve Howe or Wakeman in ELP :) |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 08 2005 at 22:02
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I say who cares. The music would have been much different if Hendirx was in. But I would have been able to hear more guitar solos, not keyboard solos. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 16:07
| No. Hendrix would have greatly brought thier music down. They were three visionaries and he wasn't. Hendrix didn't even read music. Plus, he would have had an enormous ego even though the other 3 were more talented. |
Posted By: Mlaen
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 11:08
All I can say to you is  . |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 11:45
| I can't see Hendrix and Emerson being the in the same band, they'd be arguing over the solos. Then Hendrix and Lake would have argued over the singing, and then the guitar solos. |
Posted By: porter
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 13:20
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is this "Joke of the Year"? ------------- "my kingdom for a horse!" (W. Shakespeare, "Richard III") |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 13:38
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Where is answer "overstuffed"? ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Prodigal
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 13:51
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Just too much. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 18:55
No. ELP are great as they are ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Damen
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 20:30
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It would have been terrible ------------- "It's amazing that we've been able to put up with each other for 35 years. Most marriages don't last that long these days." -Chris Squire |
Posted By: Arnold Layne
Date Posted: September 23 2005 at 22:36
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well i dont like ELP but i do like Hendrix so lets keep them seperated(even if it's just a thought) ------------- HELP! |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 17:28
------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 14:56
| How about FELP, or Fripp, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. That would have been good. |
Posted By: S Lang
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 16:55
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FELP? Now, that's more likely to have been interesting! Hendrix and ELP have nothing in common though. Hendrix and Miles Davis are a better match and Miles always regretted that they didn't have the chance to record together, due to Jimi's short life span. |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 17:28
Actually there's an old folklore legend that Jimi and Miles did get together in NY for a session in '69 right after Woodstock. Never been confirmed though. Personally I think that's just what it is, folklore. |
Posted By: krauthead
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 14:18
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No!
Hendrix sure is the guitar God from outer space... but the band is/wasn't in need of a guitarist in that manner, not that kind of a guitarist, like I've said before it would've been cool to see Steve Hillage with ELP just for a show... then back to basics... I don't think it could be better... it's awesome damn it! ------------- *Dancing madly backwards on a sea of air* - Captain Beyond |
