"Barbarian" (Live) by Emerson, Lake & Palmer -- First time reaction!

[@EdwardBast]

It was avant garde 112 years ago when it (Allegro barbaro) was composed by Bela Bartok for piano solo.

[@olias056]

Back in the late 60s-70s, most groups didn't have record people telling them what to do all the time, they basically had autonomy to do whatever they wanted. And they did!

[@franzjosephamrein2663]

time of creation

[@tonymusolino2369]

One word describes this live ELP performance…RAW 😎

[@L33Reacts]

That is definitely a great description of this! I love how unfinished and raw this was. 53 years old and still has some teeth!

[@Relayer6a]

Wanna feel old? Carl was 20-21 when they did this. Now that you've listened to prog studio work you definitely need to listen to more live stuff now. When listening to the studio stuff the impression is, "This is all studio effects and multitracking, they'll never be able to actually play it live." Then you go and see them and are blown away that they can actually pull it off. The virtuosity is amazing.

[@lizze490]

Lee, I saw them perform this song in 1971- very intense and mesmerizing! The lineup was John Mayall, then Poco then ELP- concerts were more diverse in combining genres back then. Wishing you & your family well. ❤

[@michaelhogan6770]

And they only cost $5 for a ticket

[@g.e.5723]

Yea, I recall Poco opening for Yes.

[@L33Reacts]

I bet that show was amazing!! I'm jealous! But what a memory to have. How does it feel to know how far everyone has gone? :)

[@lizze490]

​​@@L33Reacts I really loved John Mayall; back then Mick Taylor was in the band. Also loved Poco and their predecessor Buffalo Springfield, who I was too young to see (not allowed). And then when ELP came on, the audience went crazy. Another wierd thing about concerts at that time: sometimes sections of seats were removed so people would sit in a circle on the floor, passing a joint. Very wierd, since it was completely illegal. A lot of strangeness going on then. Rock ruled the airwaves then and the creativity was incredible. It's great to see this music remembered and appreciated.

[@elgonwilliams7624]

This takes me way back to high school and college. I saw them live three times in the 70s. They were always phenomenal. I suppose they defined Prog well before that was even a label for the sub-genre. In my mind they were like Yes in every way except that they were just three guys on stage making a similar musical impact, though certainly they were unique. They created incredible performances that at the time was sometimes referred to as Classical Rock - as in the fusion of Classical music and Rock. But really there are numerous Jazz influences as well. Carl Palmer still remains one of my favorite drummers. Keith Emerson was all energy on stage. Greg Lake had a great voice but he was also a great guitarist and bassist.

[@normandaubry]

I see people talking often about Neil Peart as the reference for rock drummer. I’ve seen Rush 6 time during their best period, and as much as I like Peart, I have to say that I think that people forget too easily Carl Palmer. His technique is fabulous, as well as bis creativity and stamina. When I was a teen in the ‘70s Palmer, Bruford where considered by many to the reference drummers in terms of technique in rock, and to this day they they’re the drummers that I enjoyed the most seeing live, along with Terry Bozzio (with U.K, Polytown or solo)

[@edljnehan2811]

Not only the most experimental and avant-garde but straight up the greatest on their individual instruments. Three technical virtuosos all Maestro musicians no one better. Not even yes or Genesis. Not even Led Zeppelin the cream or Rush.😮😮😮😊

[@kevinlundgren1169]

Back in the 80s , I heard the song Karn Evil 9 , but nobody could remember who played it , I found out about 15 years ago , now I have hours and hours of E.L.P. And all these years I've missed out , but I have made up for it ! My favorite album , , Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends !!! Fantastic Triple album !

[@johnpbh]

Absolutely takes me right back to buying the album... and then getting it back home and putting it on the record player... And then hearing THIS...!!! I've never seen this video before.... Thank you to the Patreon voter too.... Keep on Rocking Lee.

[@L33Reacts]

I bet this shit blew your mind!! Didn't know what hit you 🤣🤣 glad you enjoyed!!.

[@johnpbh]

@@L33Reacts Absolutely right it did. And as you are finding out... these album were almost coming out every week by a different band... Well alright, maybe not that regularly.. But our music taste were so wide back then.. From the Blues to Prog via Folk and Pop... And including the bands who were completely out on their own.., Like The Beatles and Pink Floyd...!

[@warrenbutson349]

Loved your review. These guys we’re exploring outer limits and had no idea what the f***k they were doing. Now it’s refined and still incredible but drawing in the past. ELP were fearless and talented bastards

[@L33Reacts]

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[@WdyWP]

Fortunate enough to have seen these guys a few times in concert. One of my favorite bands for sure!!!!

[@L33Reacts]

That's so awesome dude! I'm so jealous of yall who got to see these bands in their prime. Must have been such an experience...

[@WdyWP]

@@L33Reacts These guys are so darned talented and to watch them live......!!!!! I rember one concert where Keith leaned the piano almost on its back and then he leaned backward over the top and played!!

[@WdyWP]

@@L33Reacts this is one of the advantages of being a Boomer. haha

[@L33Reacts]

@@WdyWP yeah and yall had a world with no cell phones... what a beautiful utopia lol

[@franciscodiaz183]

Great among the great, that is ELP.

[@RonaldWall-yw3hx]

Hello all sending love

[@robertjewell9727]

This piece is based on Bela Bartoks piano piece Allegro barbaro for piano (1911). ELP often covered "classical" or symphonic pieces via modern prog instrumentation. I'll see if I can find a good recording of it on YT for you to have a gander at. Best wishes to your girlfriend. If she's with you then she's good people.

[@robertjewell9727]

Bartok ~ Piano barbaro kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6TdlmZ9drCZo7csi=8pIIuoATyMd5bC8U

[@sldrums]

best trio ever in rock history.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

They are Great But ...... That would be Rush !! 🎶

[@julieb.5860]

they were so young, in their early 20s. palmer was just 20. saw them 3 times. always exceptional.

[@lylesmith3506]

These guys melted faces every time they played live. Keith and Carl were voted number 1 in their respective categories Back in the day for several years running.

[@edljnehan2811]

They were considered the standard for excellence in musicianship that all other musicians were measured by back in the early 70s. The bar was really high and those guys won every single p o l l in every magazine back in the day. If you were great on your instrument those were the guys they compared you to.😢

[@rogerhennie8939]

Imagime a time when this band would Top the charts and sell out the largest arenas!

[@yes_head]

Along with King Crimson, this was the birth of progressive rock, especially as a concert experience. This is from their first tour, filmed by a Belgian crew who also produced programs around other pioneering prog bands including Yes, Genesis and Van der Graaf Generator. The takeaway was how high energy ELP were back then, even if it meant Keith's playing would get a bit sloppy in places.

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

We All go thru stuff it’s called life……… some good some Bad❤️✌🏼

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Why is it always crazy to you that Great superior music & musicians were fro 50+ years ago in the 1960s-70s ! 🤔🎶🎼✌

[@BennyGeserit]

Was 12 in 1970 and yes we listened to this. Sooooo good.

[@lookmanohands1966]

FU energy is the perfect description! lol

[@L33Reacts]

It's definitely dripping with back the fjck up vibes 😌 🤣

[@lookmanohands1966]

@@L33Reacts You should see live ELP when the B3 Hammond gets rolling around, those weighed a ton, my brother used to gig with one until it just got too difficult. BTW on a different note/band, check out Elephant Talk by King Crimson. Different, amusing, think you'll appreciate it.

[@olias056]

Keith is crazy.. he throws his keyboards around, he stabs his keyboards with knives. all kinds of crazy stuff. Try Knife Edge for more crazy stuff.

[@barrylyndongurley]

It's great to finally hear something positive about ELP. For years, Rock-Critics have strained themselves into herniation writing pointlessly cruel, put-downs of this trio. ELP's stylistic scope helped to create the era of both Progressive Rock and Jazz-Rock Fusion. Don't listen to the critics suffering from terminal, recto-encephalitis, just give them a fair hearing and judge for yourselves.

[@frederickpando9444]

Not Switzerland, but Brussles, Belgium on February 6 and 7 1971. The two shows were filmed at Theatre 140 and edited into two 30 minutes shows for TV airing on a show called "ROCK POP."

[@mickcurrie6113]

The opening track on their debut album quite an intro.

[@L33Reacts]

No kidding bro! This shit kicks! What an intro for the band 👏

[@Tom-ok2rh]

Hard to match the intensity of this opening song..if you want to hear the talent of those three musicians in the band this is the perfect one to show you..Palmer’s drumming is top notch

[@oldmanghost219]

You can see them live again with a fantastic drum solo on Carl's new one of a kind stainless steel 2 and half ton drum kit. -best sound ---> Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Karn Evil 9 1st impression, part 2.(Cal Jam,1974) Remastered by RudenkoArt... Google Carl Palmer's drum kit. And after that go to the studio version of ...Toccata... and it is another incredible drum solo.Carl has been into martial arts and like any fighter you have to have stamina. Carl proves it in these solos.

[@fredkrissman6527]

The entire concert -- 52 min -- is available here on YT, performed very early in their career, shortly after GregLake left KingCrimson after their first amazing lp CourtOfCrimsonKing! Check it out!

[@L33Reacts]

Dude that sounds sick I'll definitely check it out. Thanks Fred. 😊

[@olias056]

Oh, I missed the premier!!! I hope you really enjoyed it!

[@L33Reacts]

Hey bro! Glad to see you. This was so awesome! These guys are off the wall 🤣 I love the boldness

[@carvermajor8985]

Just to mention: the music is based on Béla Bartók - Allegro barbaro (piano ... you could also listen to that (kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6imgWWLiJx1l7c)

[@g.e.5723]

Sending good energy your way dude. Hope all goes well.

[@L33Reacts]

Thank you my friend it means a lot. It sucks feeling alone but it's relieving to know I have yall here with me as well.

[@korbal61]

Best wishes to you and family ❤

[@L33Reacts]

Many thanks brother. We definitely need it.

[@unknown6390]

Heavy, this song is one of the fundamental stepping stones for the Blast Beat, other than the Blast single from 1973

[@L33Reacts]

Thats crazy that originated here 😳

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

On your family stuff Everything will be ok bro…❤️✌🏼

[@jimsterling3289]

This is a classical piece of music by a classical musician named Bartok. They just added bass and drums to make it rock the original is called Barbarous. You should check out the original.

[@L33Reacts]

Oh no shit really?? Cool I will definitely check it out. They did a great job adapting it, I had no idea 😅😊

[@barrylyndongurley]

Respectful correction: This is "Allegro Barbaro" by Hungarian composer, Bela Bartok. After moving to the USA, I believe he died in 1946. He's considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

[@pongosnodgrass7014]

Progressive...back in late sixties, literally just meant moving beyond 3 chords and the blues, only later did it become a "sound" or style, so I've always treated it as a broad church really.

[@papacarl2002]

Love it L33! Needed a jamming tune to get pumped up and this is even better with your enthusiasm. 🙏🏼 prayers for your GF and all your family. Stay positive, things will work out okay. Also, Spock’s Beard - dude, with such a kick ass name, how can you *NOT* react to that band. 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼Believe me, they are much, much better than *KIRK’s HAIRLESS CHEST* !! 🙂🙃🙂

[@L33Reacts]

Hey bro! Glad you enjoyed it! You are so right there is nothing like a song like this to get your ass in gear! These guys are so awesome. And I will be checking spocks beard out soon. Sometime this week. I promise 😉🤣

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

Gatta get that Carl Palmer drum solo!!!!!! He still tours he is 74 and just finished one last month. ❤️✌🏼

[@williamlovett619]

Nice

[@oldmanghost219]

"Barbarian" (Live) by Emerson, Lake & Palmer Fun Fact... #1... Keith was voted the greatest Keyboard player of all time in many polls at the Time. (Rolling stone for 4 years) Keyboard magazine launched in 1975. Keith was voted #1 for 40 straight years in their poll until his death in 2016 according to the obituary they published. ... Fun Fact #2... You get a glimpse of the original 1968 Moog synthesizer in it's original smaller cabinet. It is that thing with all of the wires & knobs and looks like an old fashion switch-board. It is on a table behind his Hammond and the keyboard sets on top of it. There is only one version Of Knife Edge where you can see him play it. ... Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Knife-Edge - 2nd version (1970)... This is before he took it back to be improved and put in a bigger cabinet. It has the old fashion tech of tubes that had to warm up and adjustments had to be throughout a performance to keep it in tune.

[@gregjones861]

Distortion on the bass guitar. Hell yeah.

[@L33Reacts]

That shit sounds FILTHY 🔥 I love it haha

[@jstock2317]

Van der Graaf Generator is also a very avant garde band

[@ThatsMrPencilneck2U]

This is a Classical piano piece by Béla Bartók’s Allegro barbaro (1911). In the 1980's, the recording industry decided they were smarter than the audience, and music has never recovered.

[@richardmartin9565]

I saw them in 1970 in Boston. No idea who they were, I was there to see Edgar Winters. Keith Emerson plays 2 keywords at once and has at least 6 on stage. That night he was switching between all of them.

[@psbarrow]

Such a shame how we lost Keith. So sad.

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

Watch Mr. Emerson play Bach from behind organ and the on top of grand piano from Montreux Jazz Festival 1997 Medley part 2🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️✌🏼

[@mkelly1004]

Good luck to you and your girl sir, take care of her.

[@L33Reacts]

thank you my friend. I will. I love her so much..

[@Valhallabrother]

nice reaction bro, you should check out "fanfare for the common man and peter gunn" by ELP, the will blast you out of your chair.

[@L33Reacts]

I'll check it out, thank you so much!

[@rogerhennie8939]

I think ELP are best when They do their own compositions. Like Trilogy or Endless Enigma part 1-3.

[@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of]

AHEAD OF THEIR TIME , AND STILL AHEAD OF THEIR TIME

[@dhfenske]

That's so fun that you felt this was an intro kind of piece before you knew that it is the debut song on their debut album! Also, I'm praying for your girlfriend. May you both feel God's presence with you.

[@L33Reacts]

You could just feel it was a tune up sorta track. But man this is one FILTHY warm up haha

[@blitztim6416]

We listened to some classy sh*t back in the seventies. Lol. ‘Do or do not. There is no try’ - Yoda

[@axolotl8694]

this is surreal. I play the Bartók piece this is adapted from... I learned it back in the days when I was trying to get good enough on the piano to play my own compositions. one of the reasons I dug it was exactly what you say... it had "fuck you" energy. It was written in 1911 and it wasn't avant garde by any means but it was MAF. E, L, and P are all monsters and they dial in to that energy... I actually wish they'd gone further. best to you & yours.

[@Michael-Philip]

⭐⭐ELP⭐⭐⭐

[@ruidos38]

Excelente

[@L33Reacts]

It really was bro! I love ELP man...

[@dawntucker5052]

💜

[@patrickscutella836]

Greg lake was in king Crimson.

[@StoneShards]

A cursory search of your site, Lee, reveals you haven't reacted to Tarkus!! Ya gotta gotta gotta!

[@L33Reacts]

I’ve done it. I had to take it down because they were striking all my ELP videos. Crazy song though! Loved it obviously

[@StoneShards]

@@L33Reacts 👍

[@frankh9600]

This is Bela Bartók, Allegro Barbaro. Bartók piano stuff us awesome

[@quentinmichel7581]

Its actually an adaptation of Bartok's (I believe) classical piece ALLEGRO BARBERO

[@Octobermoon-pc7lu]

👍 👍

[@carvermajor8985]

your girlfriend a speedy recovery !

[@L33Reacts]

Thank you my friend I truly appreciate it. She doesn't deserve what's happening to her... but we will get through it together

[@TerryKrysinski]

Lee...toss all these classic prog rock bands into a blender,and you get: The Neal Morse Band. and his other projects..Spock's Beard,Transatlantic,Flying Colors,and his solo prog cds. All these (after Spock's Beard) feature Mr. Mike Portnoy (ex Dream Theater) on drums. You'll love it all,bro! T PS: thoughts & prayers for your gf. Hope she gets well soon! T

[@L33Reacts]

I will be getting to Spocks Beard eventually... I keep pushing it back LOL I will try my best to get them this week :)

[@TerryKrysinski]

Awesome,Lee--you won't be disappointed,bro. Neal Morse is one superb songwriter. don't be put off by any longer tracks--he keeps it amazing,no matter what band he's involved with. Enjoy, T

[@RSGill1903]

Apart from Neil Peart, Carl Palmer is one of the best drummers I've ever seen.

[@edljnehan2811]

Please understand the Barbarian was probably the original prog metal song and I'm pretty sure started that particular genre😮 of course others would have been knife-edge and 21st century schizoid man. ELP what a legacy huh not only progressive metal but also classical rock one of the first at jazz Rock and the first group to feature the Moog synthesizer on stage as well as the first electronic drum solo. Ahead of their time just a little bit😅😅😅

[@dexters711]

Before Neil Peart....existed a drum god named Carl Palmer

[@voiceover2191]

Not that much "fucking around" stuff, for the most part Keith stayed pretty close to Bartok's original, except of course in the middle where he starts improvising. Awesome video! No band ever came close to their skills and creativity, at least not in their first 4 years (first 5 albums)

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

12:43

[@RickTBL]

That's funny, they usually have separate limos.

[@damirhlobik6488]

three men orchestra

[@jaredsearle4278]

This tune was lifted off a Bartok piece. They ended up paying cash to Mrs Bartok to satisfy legal president. To this day the Bartok estate objects to the usage of their music even for teaching. We should be observing the disappearing of the composer Bartok.

[@L33Reacts]

I'll never understand why the estates of stars long passed think they can play God with the hard work of their ancestor. But unfortunately once your gone there is no real way to have control of your work... best to put into the public space or a museum dedicated to sticking by the original wishes of the creator. Copyright law is so easily skirted anyways.... might as well let everyone have it so it lives on forever

[@thomashartmann2891]

I think you meant legal precedent. There’s no such thing as “legal president”.

[@davidbooth7778]

POP MUSIC???? LOLOL

[@johammerstein3605]

Very sloppy playing......not so impressive ....imo.

[@LeeGion_981]

Voivod -Morgoth tales. For some prog goodness.