Emerson, Lake and Palmer performing Toccata at Cal Jam in 1974.
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@waddlehead13 жыл бұрын
I just have to say, Greg Lake is one of the most underrated bass guitarists, and guitarists, in the history of rock music. His bass parts are often incredibly complex, but he seems to play so smoothly and effortlessly. And the guitar part on this piece, starting at about 1:20 (where he doubles what Keith is playing on synth) is amazing. I've just spent the last few days trying to figure it out -- it's some of the most difficult guitar music I've ever tried to learn.
@PointyTailofSatan7 жыл бұрын
The composer of this piece, Alberto Ginastera said that he loved this version of his music.
@rts100x513 жыл бұрын
The simple fact that they could bring this inSANE masterpiece from the studio to a live gig is SHEAR FUK BALLS GENIUS !!!!! very few EVER realized how this band was decades ahead of ANYONE is the music industry ..........
@timrprobocom14 жыл бұрын
Ginastera said late in his life that ELP's performance was the only interpretation of his work that ever really captured the essence of what he was trying to say.
@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY7 жыл бұрын
The most musically talented of all the progressive rock genre. Keith Emerson was the absolute Number One keyboard maestro. Greg Lake - amazingly precise bass/guitar and beautiful vocals. Carl Palmer - the best drummer I ever heard, until he cut his hair....
@deeman77dad7 жыл бұрын
Like so many others...they jive out with age
@user-hl5mc2vg5t2 жыл бұрын
Сожалею, но современная молодёжь не поймёт, эти деграданты любят, да простят меня нормальные любители искусства за ругательство, (рэп)
@nicksm79809 ай бұрын
@@user-hl5mc2vg5t, дед, не перди. Про твоих ровесников тоже можно сказать (если бы я был любителем идиотских обобщений), что они кроме какой-нибудь вонючей пугачёвой ничего и не знают. Много меломанов среди молодёжи, только в отличии от подобных тебе пердунов они не зацикливаются всю жизнь на чём-то одном и куда более эрудированные и разносторонние. Если твои внуки деграданты, то это лично твоя заслуга))
@Nobody47472 күн бұрын
Pretty much. In the top list of all-time keyboard players, #2 is Rick Wakeman and #1 is Keith Emerson, and nothing anyone can say can push those two from the top spots.
@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLYКүн бұрын
@@Nobody4747 Vincent Crane, Atomic Rooster, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, etc.
@harleydd15 жыл бұрын
whether seeing them in person or just listening to them on old records, they can truly be appreciated, one of the best rock bands of ALL time.
@rkermentz11 жыл бұрын
Easy: it's been almost half a century from this performance, and it's still way ahead of our time ...
@tommylee211710 жыл бұрын
An Alberto Ginastera's composition, the greatest classical argentinian composer. What a psichedelic performance haha, cheers from Buenos Aires.
@normameza52278 жыл бұрын
Amazing! EL&P, what a musical legay!
@dawggonecrazee15 жыл бұрын
used to love the sound of this in halls at college....floating down the corridor as we were studying,all doors open
@rivermandan910 жыл бұрын
I saw'em play at the 1974 August Jam in Charlotte NC. 200,000 people great music and one big party!
@BirchwoodBums2 ай бұрын
I was there, too. They played in QUAD! Remember the stacks of speakers?
@vcoaster8 жыл бұрын
Many may not realize that the electronic sounds that begin at 1:58 are created from Carl Palmer's synthesized drum set. Emerson is not playing anything at this point. Carl's custom made stainless steel drum set weighed over 5000 pounds, and the synthesized components were added to it. They could be switched on or off at will.
@Cinemagoer_6416 жыл бұрын
This is some of the most brilliant music in the history of mankind! So let's have some repect!
@chuckbyf113 жыл бұрын
Saw ELP at the Elliot Hall of Music at Purdue. Fantastic performance. Keith Emerson ended up pushing his piano over.
@Saffy-yr8vo7 ай бұрын
They went crazy in the US. I saw them before that and they did not disappoint, Keith climbing up to the organ, Carl with gongs, Greg singing his heart out. I’m so lucky xxx
@wolfbomber14 жыл бұрын
One of the best drummers ever...a lot of great memories
@Cinemagoer_6416 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget Greg Lake what a great musicician multi talented!
@jeromejoh1214 жыл бұрын
I was at California Jam and they were outstanding at the show!
@jax1moi815 жыл бұрын
First time I heard this I didn't know what to think. Then I started to get it. And I listened again and again. That was on the vinyl. In the '70's. Still love it.
@wentkat13 жыл бұрын
I wish the entire song was here. Tocatta kicks ass. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer are bloody brilliant musicians!
@3rdandlong5 жыл бұрын
I WAS THERE! The California Jam 1974 at Ontario Motor Speedway-before they ripped it down. This is where I became an ELP nut. I'll never forget this event. EVER! The sad part is ABC aired this as their In Concert program and royally F'd it up. I was really disappointed at the end result when it aired. Still, I will always remember ELP for their incredible performance and seeing it in person. It was absolutely worth the price of admission.
@FtheLeftSF5 жыл бұрын
I was there too - drove from SF - agreed this filming / editing a disaster
@joebaxley15034 жыл бұрын
What a lucky man you are.
@ralphsaenz50444 жыл бұрын
What a lucky gentleman you are, Sir.
@3rdandlong4 жыл бұрын
@@ralphsaenz5044 Thank you. I would rather think about the CA Jam instead constant crap of people getting beat up by cops. I love music. Even occasional classical pieces-thanks to Keith. One other astonishing thing about this is Keith played a concerto. Then the piano was lifted up by a forklift and he spun around while playing. Now find a performer that can top that! I kid you not.
@ralphsaenz50444 жыл бұрын
@@3rdandlong that's for sure! Any time I can have a time to look at good music from the 70's I just love it! And ELP has certainly become one of my favorites. I remember when I first heard about Keith doing all those crazy tricks, that's definitely something you won't see anywhere else. My father was just as lucky as you to see them live in 78'. He even ran into Greg Lake next day and had a chance to ask for his autograph! Still has it.
@twokabooz12 жыл бұрын
The Monsters Of Rock ! One and Only !
@KennethP5511 жыл бұрын
Way, way ahead of their time. I heard them play all this live in Philadelphia in December 1973, just mind-blowing!
@FJPeroe13 жыл бұрын
This song is in me since I was. not without term. It is extraordinary! Their sound is alternative advancement few decades.
@theresechristiansen97697 жыл бұрын
Thx for posting this. What absolute fucking legends. LEGENDS. I never got to one concert but my brother informs me he did! Lucky dude.
@crazyhorse9999913 жыл бұрын
These guys WERE the musical geniuses of the day!
@robertmiddlemiss68078 жыл бұрын
My formative years would not have been the same without this lot. I used 2 have Emerson, Lake & Palmer on my English schoolbooks at the time this came out, NME & all that. Bloody Marvelous...
@odmusicman17 күн бұрын
As a gigging keyboard musician I cannot even comprehend what it took just to set this up let alone perform it live. NO ONE came remotely close to this extravaganza. And to think, when they were does this night, they do it all over again 200 more times in one year. Boggles the mind.
@BalakeHart-nh4xh7 күн бұрын
The huge moog alone with the 360 degree swirling piano...was there at 16 and am a gigging keyboardist still now..
@MikeLarson197514 жыл бұрын
Puts a tear in a drummers eye.
@robdavidson18769 жыл бұрын
I don't care what anyone thinks ELP doing Tocatta is Amazing...from.the Brain Salad Surgery album an amazing album...
@marie-louisefryer478310 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant drummer !!
@swaggs10 жыл бұрын
He's no doubt one of the greatest of all time. Look up Karn Evil 9 live on here and check out his drumming on the 9 minute version. Down right amazing.
@majtimoteo27792 жыл бұрын
Skaggs I saw. Wonderful. Thank you for suggestion.
@cocoabeanbrunetti14 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 90's and i very well appreciate classic rock and prog.
@RayGettings14 жыл бұрын
Truly classic and superior to today's music
@pkramerable4 жыл бұрын
I attended one of their performances on the "Brain Salad Surgery" tour. It was intense.
@thomasjohnson50037 ай бұрын
I was there, in the crowd!!! What a great memory for me.
@musicman989716 жыл бұрын
such brilliantry technical work and ideas for his time, such a brilliant drummer
@marcuswysocki97338 жыл бұрын
{SALUTE} RIP KEITH EMERSON!!!!
@mynamesfriday14 жыл бұрын
Cal Jam 1974...I was there. What a great time it was at Ontario Motor Speedway. ELP ROCKED !!!! So did Deep Purple.
@FunkingDave15 жыл бұрын
I was "Lucky" enough to see Emerson, Lake & Palmer perform Live in 1975. The wimmin were fine,I was drunk and the weed was great but the band topped even all of that And guess what??? I had only just turned 14.... Life was frikkin GREAT back then. Thanx fer the post... Signed,,, Funk!
@jimlucia3625 Жыл бұрын
Amazing piece.
@ichbinzehn15 жыл бұрын
fantastic!! I was in Mannheim (Germany) 1973 their! Great!
@TheWeathereport12 жыл бұрын
In the 70"s this band was at another level!! I loved this group.We would be smoked up listening to ELP.! man those where the days.
@anonymusum15 жыл бұрын
It was pure avantgarde in those days. As a musician you always asked yourself what the hell ELP would do next.
@edwardreid14 жыл бұрын
Even then alot of music was dependant on technology. What you do with it is what really matters. These guys went as far as they could with it at the time. like YES, which is My fave, they used every instrument to it's fullest to convay some of the most unusual and complicated musical scores I ever heard at that time.
@viccrosscountry57456 жыл бұрын
This song scared the shit out of me when I was young
@TeresaGatto8 жыл бұрын
RIP Keith Noel Emerson, Eterno!
@HeartElfe8 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Keith Emerson
@danielomni90842 жыл бұрын
That was / is pure art!
@tommysonar15 жыл бұрын
Saw them doing this live at wembly in 1974!! - yes really! It was my 1st ever gig. Amazing.
@Ikonoclasto13 жыл бұрын
Great crew! Nobody can give more in their style!
@RayMond77714 жыл бұрын
Its a pleasure to see Greg on electric guitar
@horstb2914 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Alberto Ginastera loved it!
@gwynnielsen5081 Жыл бұрын
I got stuck listening to Lake's side of "Works" so that I didn't venture beyond it. I shall have to find the time now. It is never too late to uncover genius.
@kilderok12 жыл бұрын
I LOVE that freaky sound they got their guitars to make.
@juulbrie14 жыл бұрын
Beautifull, powerfull, intelligent. It makes me happy that this kind of music exists. Thxs for posting
@alanboro15 жыл бұрын
Yes. And Ginastera said: "This is the best version I`ve ever heard, I can`t believe someone understood my work so well" (or something like that haha) Nice "a show of hands" pic btw
@Jangocat13 жыл бұрын
Younger people have no idea how friggin outrageous this was for the early 70's. These guys might as well have been space aliens in this era. Toccata was just the craziest thing I ever heard when it was released. Brain Salad Surgery is an album every music fan should own...
@Natascha199612 жыл бұрын
THIS is real music, talent and art !
@Nobody47472 күн бұрын
This show really deserves to get the Peter Jackson Get Back treatment. It's so epic and yet there does not seem to be a quality piece of film for it.
@atesz3915 жыл бұрын
ELP was well known and loved even here in Hungary. I remember the time when my elder brother was listening to this
@oregonbobv16 жыл бұрын
I saw this tour at roosevelt stadium in Jeresey City, New Jersey. amazing!!! They put on a show. Love Brain Salad surgery.
@Gitarpunk15 жыл бұрын
This song is awesome
@jbchinoca14 жыл бұрын
@edwardreid I was there for the Cal Jam, and ELP was the main reason I weathered it out. They were the last act on the program, and did not disappoint.
@kz1000ps10 жыл бұрын
SO. MUCH. BOMBAST!
@jeffsdolphin14 жыл бұрын
Nobody but E.L.P.sounds like that.....i f-n love them.....
@jean-lucguignard29048 жыл бұрын
incredible! love from switzerland
@manguera98 жыл бұрын
YES ,, KING KRIMSOM .EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER WERE THE WEATHER REPORT IN ROCK CLASSIC FUSSION BANDS
@eddyvideostar8 жыл бұрын
+carl perkins Carl: Weather Report? Emerson, Lake and Palmer were the ELP, and the greatest in all genres of music. Could the Weather Report write and sing lyrics as ELP? NO.
@manguera98 жыл бұрын
OF COURSE NOT WEATHER REPORT WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ FUSION BAND
@PrZemek448 жыл бұрын
You;re such a funny idiot... :))
@rafeevans8 жыл бұрын
God I loved these guys as a teen. They haven't aged well and look like a Spinal Tap warm up band now.
@marianastaneva728 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Emerson.
@georgeabrams73452 жыл бұрын
This is the scariest song I ever heard. I love any thing that can be horror movie music.
@fredmila15 жыл бұрын
I saw the BBC4 prog rock programme. When he ordered the drum kit it was pure Spinal Tap stuff. -"Do you want the steel 1/4" or 1/2" thick?" -"What's the price difference?" -"No difference" -"Make it 1/2 then"
@welshd714 жыл бұрын
awesome..thanks for posting!!!
@jbarkerhill9215 жыл бұрын
man, this is a trippy song. I really can't tell what time signature they're playing in.
@joaodara1715 жыл бұрын
simply just funtastic... best drumerr ever for mi :) CARL PALMER and best song toccata ;)
@2395ish12 жыл бұрын
MASTERS at work.
@tdouglaspainting13 жыл бұрын
@SuninSanDiego Triggers and mics are different things, the mics are pick-ups for the drum sounds, and the triggers are on/off switches for the synth sounds. Still the coolest drum set ever, Ringo owns it now.
@LeafErikson12 жыл бұрын
Wow. That was awesome!
@Georox416 жыл бұрын
Most excellent!
@alanboro15 жыл бұрын
TOCCATA (this song) performed and arrenged by ELP Is written originaly by Alberto Ginastera, a GREAT muscisian from my beloved country Argentina
@Sirrom020614 жыл бұрын
This is not rock. This is not even Prog rock. This is ART!!!!
@peachhead314 жыл бұрын
Great video of Carl Palmer in action!!
@Randemonium14 жыл бұрын
The coolest part about Carl Palmer's drumset is that iPhone cable he has dangling right behind his head. He could easily plug in and charge while playing.
@walshamite16 жыл бұрын
This is highly creative stuff; Palmer is great here. I only wish the video clip had gone on for longer, but hey, thanks for posting it.
@johnolson93334 жыл бұрын
I wanted to go to Cal Jam so bad just to see ELP !!😫😫😫😫
@dreadbet16 жыл бұрын
what a strange and lovely guitar!
@MarcoManuelS14 жыл бұрын
INCOMPLETE!
@straightarrow37212 жыл бұрын
Fascinating.
@UNDERDOG1180813 жыл бұрын
ELP fan found something special in their body of work Taccata is for a touch music it is modern clasical
@francoischarpentier60008 жыл бұрын
can't beleive he s gone!
@JamieGoldsman12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this amazing and unique video of Greg Lake! He is so talented. Just so other viewers know.... You need to watch for about 2 mins. to get to Greg, but it is worth the wait. Or just scrub the video.
@JayBird22713 жыл бұрын
underrated talents .
@diogenes2550Ай бұрын
Hardly. They’re pretty rated.
@JayBird227Ай бұрын
@@diogenes2550 haha my comment was from 12 effing years ago….good God. Yeah probably.
@jerribentley96926 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite!
@Nicar52616 жыл бұрын
Ringo Starr is now the proud owner of that steel drumkit btw-he bought them from Palmer years ago..
@JCarlo198112 жыл бұрын
Terrific!!!
@Flatscores14 жыл бұрын
I second that. Egg was and is after all this time amazing music. Simply amazing. I couldn't decide which I like better ELP or Egg
@MikeKeller12 жыл бұрын
OK, quite surprised to learn Greg Lake played what I thought was a keyboard part at about 1:30. Thanks for the post!
@organpriest15 жыл бұрын
yes as a matter of fact i did listen to him a bit, yea, and i particullary like "gimme some lovin"
@sgarboo114 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@alwaysopen797013 жыл бұрын
@AnthonyStJames Minstrel in the Gallery tour - 1975 - great concert. Slade opened for them.