ELP - The Only Way (Hymn) And Infinite Space

[@lucianocatarin9176]

Gregory Stuart Lake,the voice of an Angel with the celestial organ of Keith Emerson

[@Burt472]

Yep & yep

[@jamescawley6524]

I was a teen kid when I first hard this. I didn't know music like this existed. It changed my life in many ways. RIP Keith and Greg. Met them both and Carl in PA (USA) in 1992. All three were something special

[@carlomazza731]

Led Zeppelin, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull; three groups that changed my life, 51 years ago. I listen them every day; old and happy.

[@Burt472]

Same here along with a string of other bands dating back in the 70's mostly...A greeting from Italy

[@supermantra3437]

And YES and GENESIS

[@Shlarg2]

R.I.P. Keith Emerson, a giant of rock music, a major loss.

[@tarbuck1]

+Shlarg Gregory its so sad, Keiths music will live on and in yrs to come people will realise he was a master of his craft. He must have been in a bad frame of mind, to put his family, friends and fans thru this. I'm not sure if I will get over this one - RIP my friend.

[@Burt472]

+ticktack1 He was supposedly very concerned with his hand problem ( unable to play, seemingly)

[@clearage1247]

We didn't lose him, his music lives forever.

[@billmurray7473]

Shlarg Gregory HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEITH EMERSON. Your music is a 🎁 for the ages.

[@gregmcclelland3488]

It was a giant personal loss for me back in March 2016! ELP forever!

[@jamescawley6524]

All these years later I still love this album. I asked my father what they meant by losing six million Jews. He explained it to me. He listened to it and said that is a beautiful song. He was a WWII vet from the South Pacific Marines.

[@pakanasielu]

Honey, didn't you go to school? You would have learned that in elementary school history class.

[@fripplicious7466]

@@pakanasielu depends when he went

[@carolharveysf]

@@pakanasielu Oh, please! Do judge and talk down! So unnecessary.

[@hamerchein3414]

Allison Wright oh my fucking lord you are irrelevant here 😡☠️

[@twomeelkeel43]

@@pakanasielu not in the Confederate States, they don't teach anything makes Christians sound bad

[@PierreGarrabrant]

Thank you ELP for making life more musical.

[@jlmagoya]

Quintessential English song, I mean, as darwinian as can be : "Man is man made, when the hour comes don't turn away and face the light of day, and do it your way", and so blissfully beautiful at that.

[@peterwilton9047]

I thought Darwinism concerned natural selection in response to the environment at the genetic level. This song isn't about that, but about conscious human belief and action. Humanist rather than Darwimian.

[@lucianocatarin9176]

I cry every time i listen this wonderful piece and the Angelic voice of Greg Lake

[@maryjane4586]

There are no words to express the power of this piece. Probably the best piece of the band,

[@Burt472]

One of the best for sure.......

[@rikza]

Surely some of Lake's best lyrics - the disillusionment with mass religion. Also one of my favourite ELP tracks very underrated - love the massive organ sound.

[@laurakelley3749]

Best interpretation I've seen yet - "the disillusionment with mass religion", and I agree with Greg's lyrics. So much of organized religion is based on what is convenient to whoever is in charge of it - in terms of choosing what to believe. It could turn into a very long discussion so I'd better quite talking to someone who made a comment 9 years ago!

[@davidbentley4032]

What? 'Can you believe God makes you breathe? Why did he lose six million jews'? Surely the worst lyric ELP ever conjured up.

[@sergiovandyckloyo7254]

The lyrics comes from Anthony Paul Grantham / Jaime Brian Harding / Phillip Cunningham, not from Greg

[@StonefieldJim4]

To be clear, this is not "disillusionment with mass religion". Anyone with religious faith can experience such disillusionment. This is an explicitly atheist lyric, and all the better for it.

[@StonefieldJim4]

@@laurakelley3749 Again, as I've said elsewhere, this is not "disillusionment with mass religion", it's an unconditional and unambiguous declaration of atheism. There's no disillusion here. I mean, seriously, have you read the lyrics?

[@michaelgalligan7089]

Greg Lake was unbelievable!

[@Burt472]

And Keith was hyper-unbelievable......

[@austinbaird6311]

"Don't need the word Now that you've heard Don't be afraid Man is man-made" RIP Greg and Keith

[@alliew5498]

I love that Keith Emerson recorded this song playing an organ in a actual church. Read the lyrics. I have always thought that was fabulous, albeit cheeky.

[@stephendennis5911]

Such a beautiful song December 2023

[@chuffpup]

Infinite space, is there such a place? Great song from my childhood.

[@johnwitt583]

Yes Indeed ❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤

[@predragkrstic5030]

Angelic voice Gregory Lake! R.I.P Keith!😚😍😘

[@jimmiekeeling925]

It's amazing how elp touches me, I have been into elp since ? Trilogy..I was 12.... When I saw them on California jam I was completely sold, my favorite group of all time by far.....biggest fan....from Augusta, ga....home of the masters.....James brown....Steve Morse..... And me....

[@sharonballachino2003]

This must have been an extremely difficult song to sing , but Lake came thru with grace and power. Whether u beleive in the Almighty or not, this song gives u something to ponder.....

[@pakanasielu]

Greg Lake could sing ANYTHING! I bet he could have nailed Black Metal too if he had a go at it!

[@KyleBenzien]

Uhm, this is an atheist song LOL. Not a Christian / theistic song.

[@bbb8997]

​@@KyleBenzienwrong, guess again

[@tarbuck1]

I cant believe what Keith has done - So sad - He could have carried on composing and writing - and I feel its so unfair on his family - Keith and his music have been part of my life for 45 yrs. RIP my friend.

[@iambecomedeath5854]

We have to remember the wealth of music that Keith left us which will NEVER be surpassed by another keyboardist.

[@iambecomedeath5854]

Aziz- Give me a break. Neither are in the same league or even close.

[@grayaj23]

And now Greg is gone. A bad year all around. I grew up on Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery.

[@trainwreck8355]

AG-First the brain, now the soul, only the heart to beat on. A giant void has been left in the music world. It's songbird is free.

[@islandpalm148]

Rather than burn up his last million on old age maintenance, he gave it to the kids and Mari.

[@scottlukert5287]

Brilliant Always liked this but I never knew how good it really is

[@waltermccreary1966]

The Best & This Music Never Gets Old. Brilliant

[@johnduval8891]

Praise the Lord! And God bless ELP for thier contributions to my life. Amen. ☮️

[@johnduval8891]

Damn straight snowflake.

[@DD-cl1bl]

Keith Emerson changed my musical life and pointed it in the right direction towards freedom of expression.

[@johnwitt583]

This is so intense ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤thank you so very much for sharing absolutely love this

[@LauraKnotek]

Excellent song that is way ahead of its time.

All we can do is kneel at the shrine......a cemetery in east Sussex...RIP Keith..

[@michaelgalligan7089]

If it wasn't 4 ELP we would have never heard this great music !!!! RIP Keith and Greg !!!! 2 of the greatest guys there ever was !

[@FR-ty5vn]

Brilliant - listened to this over & over in my youth!!!

[@goodtimeslonglong]

13歳の時聴いた気に入ってた音楽でした。どうもありがとうございます。

[@Burt472]

Still giving me shivers after 47 years......RIP Keith & Greg

[@pakanasielu]

tHIS IS THE BEST WRITTEN CHURCH HYMN OF all TIME!

[@pandstar]

Except that it is an atheist song. :)

[@sutterismine]

Lol, it literally says, "Can you believe God makes you breathe? Why did he lose Six million Jews?"

[@itsallrobbish]

Superb, inspired me as a kid, I already had misgivings about religion, but this just confirmed to me that I was, indeed an Atheist.....man is man made, brilliant!

[@47485ksc]

robert bishop Thank God I'm an Atheist also. I have this Tarkus album cover's "tankadillo" tattooed on my right upper arm.

[@47485ksc]

robert bishop Here's a bit of fun: Sunday, I wasn't feeling to hot. After a trip into town, I came home and took a nap. I just had some (kind of gross) "spaghetti bake" from the deli I picked up on the way home. Kind of like lasagna. Well, I had a fucking TITS dream! I dreamed I was lying in bed reading a hardcover book I had just bought at a yard sale for $4. I opened it about 1/4 of the way into it and the book played "Aquatarkus" with amazing quality fidelity. I looked all over the book including the spine for batteries and speakers. I thought, "I just scored heavily on this book." Each time I turned the pages forward, the song played further into it. Well, my wife came in and accidently woke me because I was talking in my sleep. "What was I saying?!" She didn't know. Anyway, turned out I had a fever of 102-something thus possible explaining the cool dream. That and the shit food. Next I'll score a pop-up book with Keith stabbing his organ over and over when you open and close the book...hopefully.

[@aaf-ccexecutivedirector9876]

Yamaha SR650 thats funny as hell, pop-up book with keith stabbing is organ. i think you're on to something. the coffee table rock pop-up books.

[@32powerof3]

I think the song is anti-organized religion and rigid theologies...a continuation of the forces at play on side-1 of Tarkus. "Do you believe God makes you breathe, why did he lose 6 million jews" ...that sort of addresses the problems we have in feeling good about humanity and being spiritually conscious in a world full of Nazi Germany..Vietnam..the Iraq war.

[@garrettcarroll5808]

I turned to Taoism and Buddhist teachings because it was more based on a philosophical interpretation of life as religion rather than having to believe this "almighty being" from some obscure heaven is coming down to save us.

[@FukiMakai]

Thank you so very much Keith Emerson and Greg Lake I'm so sorry. Please rest in peace

[@Burt472]

K.Emerson...Best Keyboardist ever in modern music along with Rick Van Der Linden (RIP) of Dutch Band "Ekseption"

[@eruiluvatar6843]

+Burt472 Oh? I don't know this band. If you could help me to choose an album to listen, i would be glad :p

[@Burt472]

+Uriel Arzachel Check here on youtube for some tracks...Albums are all good

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

Brother of Pierre Van Der Linden form Focus?

[@Burt472]

Good question...I don't honestly know...Might be..Even though I bet that last name is common in the Netherlands.....

[@davidstewart4780]

They were friends. Listen to the first track of Trace "Birds" for some insaniac Hammond organ! On KZbin

[@lucianocatarin9176]

Sublimeeeereeeee ,con la voce Angelica e meravigliosa di Greg lake

[@RetroCynical]

By far one of the most beautiful and well orchestrated ELP songs.

[@haraldlambert1020]

The only "Supergroup" in Rock Music's History! And one of the finest Voices ever heard!!!

[@sutterismine]

I love ELP but come on. The only "supergroup"? Lol what? You ever hear of Rush, Led Zeppelin, The fucking BEATLES!?

[@kathyratino962]

@@sutterismine Do you know what a supergroup is?

[@veryfriendlyok]

If he mentioned the Beatles, no

[@pewploid]

Best album of Elp for sure.... This song make my day. Thanx for sharing

[@Burt472]

Agreed

[@core-nix1885]

"Though the Word is common, the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own."

[@viniciusmussi9435]

Legendary song. Legendary band!

[@tonypowell250]

Music of the gods forever.

[@pewploid]

Best song from this album it makes my day. Thanx for sharing

[@katiaorsini1263]

La grandezza di questo gruppo rimarrà eterna.... rip Keith e Greg😭

[@Burt472]

Concordo...Un saluto da Trento

[@katiaorsini1263]

@@Burt472 Firenze 🙋

[@tarbuck1]

This is one of ELPis best. I think Greg may have switched sides since writing these lyrics - it happens as you get older and have to cram for your finals. Whatever your beliefs, its still amazing - Not many people could come up with lyrics like this in their early 20s. Infact not many people could write lyrics like this at any age (or music for that matter).

[@AustraliaRealEstateRevolution]

Actually he didn't. He always said the xmas ditty was about the absudity and commericalization of a 'supposedly' spiritual event. He 'didn't turn away', he was a true atheist to the end.

[@pakanasielu]

If they weren't contaminated with christianity by their parents, they could EASILY come with these questions.

[@kathyratino962]

@@AustraliaRealEstateRevolution And Sinfield worked on Father Christmas with him.

[@carlosalbertosandoval2810]

Fabulosa década del 70 y la gran siembra de enormes grupos y sus monstruosos esquemas y estructuras de canciones....De no creer!!!

[@Burt472]

Exactamente amigo....Un saludo desde Italia

[@belovedklowny]

"How was the Earth conceived? 'Infinite' space. Is there such a place?" I was an atheist then, but no more. Still love this tune, though.

[@tricky159]

Witch god do you subscribe to ?

[@Burt472]

Many years ago (1977..I was 20) I (a young Italian student on my 1st trip in the States, so happy to be there really) was at the Grand Canyon staring at all that beauty in total awe when a nun approached me and asked " So youngman tell me...Who you believe, created all that?" I didn't feel like arguing and / or hurting her feelings in any way so I took the easiest route and replied..." Why sister, what a question is that...God made it all of course"... She smiled at me, very satisfied apparently....And that was it

[@chrisdimenna648]

@@Burt472 I would've calmly answered "The receding oceans & that river down at the bottom miss" . Who or what you believe (or don't) doesn't matter. Facts are facts

[@groundhog713]

This is one of the best tracks I've heard. I like the pipe organ in the beginning of the song, and how it moves from classical to jazz....

[@speakfreeley4473]

Loved the brief opening bit of Bach's 'Well Tempered Clavier' prelude No.6 D minor bwv 851 at 2:24. Sounded really good like that. Wish they had done it in it's entirety.

[@marklennox2151]

I remember as a youth thinking I could drink the whole bottle. I was deceived by the wine and had to kneel at the porcelain shrine.

[@SteveR247]

Best song referencing religions ever!

[@oaimportados]

Thanks Keith, to leave us your talent

[@Burt472]

Great Tracks.Keith Emerson is really something else.

[@cascabelio]

Que banda mas maravillosa...

[@godbluffvdgg]

Thanks so much for the upload...It seems ELP is drifting out of the scene.....You rarely hear ANYTHING on the radio anymore...A sad commentary on the devolving human mind. So many years of loving this...I didn't hear it (Tarkus) until 73 but I loved it as soon as I did. I learned to play drums with this album...Carl had the best chops...I couldn't play Tank for a long time...:)...

[@carolharveysf]

Supremely good music inspires intelligent comments.

[@fabiotanzi4330]

Radhe Radhe Syam hare Krsna hare Rama.Grandiosi ELP

[@jaye23_]

ELP really "tipped the fedora" with this one.

[@fucktardickis]

reddit was a mistake

[@johndontas4881]

The best group of all times.John Dontas (HELLAS)

[@Burt472]

Credits also to Bach....Thanks!

[@maxqubit]

As a kid back in the days, I was not in for the lyrics .... but for the Bach Riff starting at 2:25 ... Uhhh, I still am in for the same riff. Classic:)

[@warrenrayledbetter9957]

I never saw ELP in their prime. I should have done whatever it took to see them live. It is a regret I will have for the rest of my life.

[@manuelestano7508]

Trés belle mélodie ...!!

[@pablotorres7436]

Un trío de Rock que tocaba Ragtime... e Himnos Religiosos con órgano de iglesia, de esos que tienen el sonido que recorre por el sistema de tubos por las paredes de la iglesia... Que hicieron una adaptación pionera en el Rock y la Electrónica de Exhibición de Cuadros de Modest Mussorgsky... y que tenían el lado inmensamente popular de las baladas de inspiración acústica de Greg Lake.. y claro, también Copeland, Ginastera, Holst y otros compositores contemporáneos fueron versionados con la aprobación de los que estaban con vida. A la viuda de Bela Bartok no se sabe si al final le gustó la adaptación de ELP del Alegro Bárbaro de su esposo genio compositor, y con el sugestivo título de The Barbarian ...

[@manuelestano7508]

Trés belle chanson ...!!

[@joelfortin6634]

Même commentaire, même faute d'orthographe, un an d'intervalle .

[@Huija]

Enlightening and beautiful as usual

[@Burt472]

Both tracks are fantastic.....

[@actiasartemis2747]

it begins at only Toccata und Fuga in F-major by J. S. Bach.

[@juligreenspan6007]

Awesome song!

[@121212515151]

excelente performance. dos maiores e melhores instrumentistas do século 19. som inconfundível.

[@Burt472]

Sim...Concordo...Um saludo de Italia...Amo Brasil, seu Povo, sua musica...Ate' mais....Ciao

[@jesusisafraud32]

i can really get behind this song and not just as a non-theist but because it's ELP

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

More Excellence from my favourite band.

[@121212515151]

muita inspiração nessa composição. ]Magnífica.

[@Burt472]

Sim...um saludo de Italia...Amo Brasil...Ate' mais

[@eaglerare22]

Lake's vocals missed. Both he & Keith gone now.

[@Burt472]

Hang on, Carl....

[@Burt472]

Any keyboard instrument Keith 'd put his hands on would immediately turn to gold ....Special touch......

[@Burt472]

@annikee59... I used to have it on vinyl about 38 years ago... And anyway I found Tarkus Side A ( 2 of them actually ) on here in the meantime. Thanks.

[@FukiMakai]

50 years now. Let's celebrate this jewel

[@Burt472]

The man KNEW keyboard-playing....Damn...RIP

[@Mojave888]

That, my friend, was an epic response!

[@tedxstanleypark9847]

Excellent ... :-)

[@williamrawlins3155]

In their next album "Trilogy", I understood the song "From the Beginning" to be an apology for the lyrics in this song.

[@jimpecher7326]

You misunderstand!

[@x00p3]

Source?

[@joelfortin6634]

@@x00p3 do you not know what an interpretation is

[@x00p3]

@@joelfortin6634 Then that is your interpretation, right?

[@joelfortin6634]

@@x00p3 is not mine, is his

[@cookmoore3736]

Very good lyrics from Greg's mind. Similar to the poem about Aqualung n the back of that album haha :) Well done

[@wyattward210]

"Wind-Up," if I remember correctly? How do you dare tell me that I'm my father's son, When that was just an accident of birth? I'd rather look around me, compose a better song , 'Cause that's the honest measure of my worth In your pomp and all your glory you're a poorer man than me As you lick the boots of death born out of fear (etc, etc)

[@renatocamurca2713]

Johann Sebastian Bach Werke Verseichnis 540 Introduction !!!!!

[@djozouavenul4930]

+Renato Camurça They stole Bartok as well

[@renatocamurca2713]

+Djo Zouave&Nul Yes, I DO agree with you.

[@patrietteAz]

+Djo Zouave&Nul so what?? A whole generation of people who might not have listened to classical music did. ALl musicians and artists"steal" from others and make it their own. SMH

[@miguelm5764]

2:24 Bach BWV 851

[@kupferdulzian16]

Bach "quoted" Vivaldi works note for note - the Baroque composers called it "parody" back then. Using other's works is a time-honored tradition, and Emerson does it masterfully. Perhaps it may have been better for the composers' names to be listed in the earlier albums, but they finally did with "Hoedown" and all later works.

[@murcuryvapor]

"People are stirred, moved by the word..."

[@dr.mikeybee]

I was in Junior high when I discovered this music. To me, it represented musical growth. And indeed it was. In my somewhat rarified circle, I mistook shared interest for popularity. When I hear popular music, mostly I cringe.

[@carlschnier4089]

Tragic ending to Emerson’s life. Mental and physical illness. Hopefully the have all reconciled their lives before they pass through this world into the next

[@johnnywilson3071]

I'll nickname these two tracks as "The only way through infinite space". Mind you I feel that time and a place rounds off these two tracks quite nicely despite being separate.

[@martianmusic1]

It is Bach's prelude in F, as the intro. Now go out and buy it. learn it note by note, and then gig it, live, as i do. never fails to draw attention to the band. Just make sure you credit ELP when you announce it. The punters love it, go on, give it a bash; ELP and Bach would love you to show sheer musicianship. (if you can.. HA HA)

[@John-vw3um]

in D...?

[@YooTuba]

RIP Keith. Does anyone have a book or article source stating where this "St. Mark's Church Organ" was located? There were probably a dozen St. Mark's Churches in London alone.

[@Burt472]

You can try and contact Island Records , St. Peter Square, London W11 , England....and they should be able to let you know...I once went there myself to get some Nick Drake lyrics and they were kind enough to comply

[@bobsanborn2395]

I think it was in Germany, but have only distant memory for source

[@tarbuck1]

I Love this song. I don't think they did it live, but I could be wrong. Please let me know if I am. The questions Greg were posing here have now been answered for him and Keith and will for all of us in time. Can't say I'm in a rush to find out the answers. I remain agnostic at present.

[@Despanzurreitor]

I loled hard. Good job dude

[@brociopath3702]

Sean Carroll brought me here -- brilliant physicist.

[@okihinukotog]

私も彼らの曲で最も好きなものである。

[@47485ksc]

Coming along nicely on the keyboards, Keith.

[@Burt472]

Best of the best

[@andrewballance4161]

Trippin on this.then. now.

[@Burt472]

Masterpieces, both of them.........I'd kindly ask Aqualung71 and/or others if it would be possible to upload the various tracks apperaing on Tarkus A Side ( Eruption, Stones Of Years, etc.) Thank you in advance....

[@theinvisibleman2194]

Mezmorizing.

[@petervdheiden]

Prachtig, onnavolgbaar, dit is wat ik denk.

[@annikee59]

@Burt472 I recommend buying it, too. But in the meanwhile, paperpichu has posted a live version in 4 parts.

[@AustraliaRealEstateRevolution]

"Can you believe, God makes you breathe? Why did he lose, six million jews?" EASILY IN THE TOP 10 OF ALL SONG LYRICS EVER PENNED.

[@laurakelley3749]

Beautiful - no matter what religious beliefs you have, there must be a time when you question what you are taught. Religion becomes dangerous when you blindly accept someone's interpretation of the bible.

[@PunguinYoga]

Yep.