Karn Evil 9 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

[@andreatutrani]

2023, 50 years later and still listening. Happy 50th Anniversary Brain Salad Surgery

[@randyduncan4004]

2024 and I just TARKUSed myself , burned one and a cold beer ahhh ... then KarnAll3 !!! (I am a drummer) Carl Palmer was my idol in high school and college and Billy Cobham. Both speedmeisters and super creative. Not as 'clocky' as others but more incredible than Most !!! THEY BLEW ME AWAY AGAIN !!!!!!

[@rossanaduhme]

Tengo un vinilo si lo quieres de regalo

[@majsiewiczm57]

​@@randyduncan4004Bił Cobam płytę Spektrum polecam 👍

[@robertmitchell5646]

@@rossanaduhme Just make Trump go away.

[@robertmitchell5646]

Of course I don't mean to slight your vinyl. Today i am in pain that I think most of us understand. Call me RESISTANCE.

[@beechnut8779]

Boy, listening to this takes me back to high school. We didn't realize then we were living through the greatest creative explosion and experimentation of music ever.

[@godbluffvdgg]

We just thought it would stay the same or get better...More fool us...:(..

[@kevintewey1157]

Guess what? More capitalism less creativity it's a fact this genre started in Europe anyway.

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@kevintewey1157 Tell that to the Doors, Kansas, Zappa, Grand Funk, Chicago, Tool, et al...

[@kevintewey1157]

@@godbluffvdgg you have a point I jammed with a member of Chicago Transit Authority in college and Jimi Hendrix is your best argument there

[@hellriser8955]

@@godbluffvdgg I'm trying to get funding to bring back this level of music. We just need Nobel Prize level of prestigious awards for musicians.

[@terryharrison5185]

I bought this masterpiece in 1974 when I was 16 years old... Still listening aged 65 😳

[@quaziquazi440]

62 and still it turns me on.Magnifico

[@GarryWootton]

Great hashing good days.

[@roycroftjones9924]

Same here brother! It was the first album I bought for myself.

[@wesleygraham2741]

Ditto

[@djinnmagik6867]

Timeless classics never get old 🎶

[@rafaelsason8563]

Keith Emerson once said: "I don not write music for the pop charts. I write music for... let's say 50 years from now, musicians would still want to hear" Without any doubt at all Emerson Lake & Palmer are my very best band ever. Simply genius and astonishing performers like no one else.

[@smvaeiou]

He was RIGHT! Been listening to this for all of the 48 years since it's release and still get chills and excitement listening to it. All three movements are amazing in their own right, but the entirety of the song is a Masterpiece.

[@PROV-g2g]

Perfect "Sazon" your coment...

[@phylazen5649]

here i am 50 years later just discovering them, having over a decade of prog interest and somehow missed this gem. been binging all of their stuff, plus Gentle Giant, another band i was unaware of. Can't believe some of these passages were written before my father was able to walk.

[@philc9940]

"Leave your hammers at the box".

[@mikevlade4221]

That told Dave too. We are friends for all times.

[@fonsecorona]

What Keith Emerson does here has never been replicated...And never will...Cheers to the genius.. R.I.P. Keith..and Greg

[@marciomedina3508]

I totally agree.

[@LazyIRanch]

My first rock concert was Emerson Lake and Palmer, in 1974. My brother took me, and now I'm amazed that my parents let me go to that show since I was only 13. I think it had to do with my parents' taste in music. They weren't fond of Hendrix, the Stones, or even Janis Joplin... but when they heard ELP, well this is brilliant modern classical music that will still sound great 200 years from now! Imagine if you will, being 13 years old, at my first rock concert, and watching Keith at work, with his massive array of keyboards and tech perched atop a platform, slowly rising above the stage, with smoke and fire and lightning and magic... It was life altering! My Gob was permanently smacked, and my Gast flabbered!!😳

[@alliew5498]

Keith Emerson taking his own life broke my heart. Gone way too soon.

[@jennapherhague5728]

@@LazyIRanchYou were so very luck, and smart enough to realize it! Good for you!❤️

[@jennapherhague5728]

@@alliew5498A genuine virtuoso!! He could’nt live knowing he’d never be able to play again So very sad! But a testament to his love of music💔💔

[@amosbarrow3802]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!!!♠♥♣🏆

[@terryharrison5185]

The rrhof is a crock of shit!

[@Kouros-t6d]

No please.......it would be a shame to be in the rnrhofame

[@elfelfum4086]

To me there is no point in ELP being in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I think the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is just bloated crap at this point. ELP is way beyond that.

[@ciudadano5391]

The tapes have recorded their names...

[@davidforget6906]

OMG. Yes. Only Carl is still with us.

[@pauljilka6989]

Monday, May 13th 2024 And who is still listening to this Masterpiece....

[@iainb1577]

I just did; start to finish. It's one of my all time favourite albums. Still as fresh as the day it was born.

[@sandyroy6862]

I am. My favorite band of all time and my absolute favorite piece after Tarkus

[@TheSynthZone]

Since the ... beginning

[@ZoePappas-zz3pw]

Listening now on Paris. I played this on bass as a kid on Long Island

[@GarryWootton]

Please don't compare this album to Love Beach, they are miles apart... A one off band that you cannot repeat.

[@manuelferreira513]

Its lovely insane. And never get older. I still listening it from the beginning, and after all those years, it is just like the very first time. It is so alive.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

The 70s were a time genius had no shackles. The greatest time to be alive and see these masters a play. Feel blessed to have heard all that great music but feel sad for today's youth.

[@alessandrorossini8704]

I totally agree, bro...

[@Chrono86]

There was plenty of absolute garbage made in the 70s too, you just don’t remember it

[@edwardholmes2977]

ITS UP TO US OLD GRAND PAS&HIPPIES TO ENLIGHTEN THE YOUTH !!!! PEACE&LUV

[@timpenfield5]

I was to young, but THE 70S RULED

[@timpenfield5]

@@Chrono86 Disagree, even the crap was good, Sparks, Angel, the Godz kinda sucked, but they were sorta cool. First Class=bubble gum, but they could sure sing, Even Leif Garret had a good voice, but I can't name any of his songs. Good song writers and great studio cats backing up some crappy acts.

[@timothyjudsontaylorofficia9786]

THE greatest spectacle Rock ever witnessed. Emerson, Lake and Palmer, with the lyrical genius Peter Sinfield detailing a dystopian carnival, computers and AI taking over and a final war between man and machine. No greater band has come, despite many contenders. These were TITANS of talent. Man do I miss the greatness of this band!

[@Some_Cat_]

And as a subject to write a song about, it's as relevant now as ever. In fact it's become such a concern, it caused Daft Punk to disband. Some valleys are just too uncanny if that makes sense. Karn Evil 9 and Rush's 2112 are ahead of their time for sure.

[@spikespa5208]

RIP Pete Sinfield 12/27/1943--11/14/2024.

[@marnash01]

@@spikespa5208 A master poet worthy of any in the 1700's, 1800's, 1900's and this century.

[@ShirlySutton]

People these days don't have the concentration or stamina for *Karn Evil 9* , but the reward of attention has its benefits .

[@ecmorgan69]

Or Yes “Tales from Topographic Oceans” or Genesis “Supper’s Ready”. 👍🏻

[@colbyboucher6391]

TBH personally, it's more that 30 whole minutes is way too long for any coherent progression. It isn't a single coherent thing so much as a bunch of ideas slapped together in a less organized way than just... breaking it up into a few songs. I'll listen to whole albums no problem but somehow this is a little much.

[@michaelbeauchamp918]

R.I.P. Emerson and Lake. This album is a masterpiece. I have had this album since it came out. ✌️☮️

[@whitefeatherbean7429]

Me too! Wasn't the album cover great; it was like opening a sarcophagus! Rock on, brother 👍

[@williamraptosh3409]

Me, also.

[@murphmurph2124]

Me too and it's absolutely timeless

[@charleshildebrant559]

Me three

[@FabioTripodi]

Thank you Dad for making me listen to your favorite band when I was a child. Now I'm 30 and still listen to this great band. Greatest of all!

[@QbidMusicandMore]

Man, the organ needs to come back as a rock instrument in mainstream music.

[@lemmykilmister4919]

+CigarBGuitarefx It still is, albeit as a preset on electronic synths.

[@LilHaseProductions]

+Lemmy Kilmister nah man, I make music and try make music just like Emerson, I am yet to find a good organ VST. Well, it's not that the VST Organs are bad, it's just that they don't have this kind of sound.

[@bridgmjm]

+Lemmy Kilmister Lemmy? Is that you?

[@DrHokeyPokey]

I guess this concerns the individual characteristics present in acoustic and electric instruments that arise from wear, small manufacturing differences and circumstances (humidity, temperature). They may be considered undesirable imperfections (or not), but I think it's important to note that difference with electronic music (though of course digital music eventually has to be converted to analog).

[@QbidMusicandMore]

I honestly haven't ever heard of ELP before watching this video. I'm just saying that the organ is an excellent rock instrument.

[@stephenalessini8556]

The greatest half-hour in the history of music.

[@volkerrehmet1331]

Maybe😂

[@thesnowdons]

My wife took me to see ELP in 1974 at Wembley Arena where they played this album. It is still the best concert I have ever been to and that was 49 years ago this year.

[@donhagerty5669]

LED ZEPPELIN WAS THE BEST CONCERT THAT I GOT TO GO TO 21:13

[@andrewdrummond1244]

I, too, was there. Took the sleeper train from Scotland with my brother and a friend who sadly are not around anymore.

[@Spugnaroberto]

"Bohemian Rhapsody lasts 6 minutes! It's too long" ELP: Hold my Moog

[@georgehamptonn4550]

haha. Good one!

[@williamnowell3093]

Before I discovered this song i actually thought that Bohemian Rhapsody was one of the longest songs but then I always remembered Pink Floyd exists

[@oldmanghost219]

I think It was deliberately timed because in those days records were the main item. 29 minutes too long for one side. That way they could start it as the last song one side 1 and it fades out half way through the 1st impression with that warble sound then you flip it over and part 1 fades back in with the warble and that is where you get 'Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends'

[@BeeKay5150]

"I pity your wife if you think 6 minutes is a long time" 😂

[@tycarter3123]

"Bohemian Rhapsody sucks plus tax at any length. That movie never came out id a never heard it in the 1st place. LONG is pink floyd animals. MASTER PIECE.

[@craigd7808]

Still sounds fresh after 45 years. Truly a masterpiece.

[@Floridafisherman5000]

How can anyone give this album a thumbs down?? Baffles my mind!!

[@stjames8888]

Fxxx fresh.. this tune is still Rodney King beating GODDAMMANYTHING IN EVERYTHING ON THEF RADIO.

[@richardrogerson4356]

Dang, has it been that many years. Seems like just a few years ago. Always loved the organ/keyboard

[@Mike739107]

Is anyone even capable of making this kind of music anymore? I'm sure there are people out there (actually I KNOW there are), but with so many mediocre musicians with Garage Band on their Mac and an internet connection, it's almost impossible for the true greats to stand out anymore. Thank God we have these recordings from back in the day to remind us of what true greatness really sounds like.

[@SandraPokorneyCmonDude]

Yes! It is brilliantly written!!

[@WannabeHasBeen1]

Recorded live, onto tape. No sequencers. No computers. No click track. This my friends, is real, organic, living music. I may have listened to this song (and album) 3,000+ times in the 42 years since I first heard it and to this day, it excites my entire being to the core. Now, please excuse me while I put the headphones on and listen to it another 3,000+ times...

[@satanofficial3902]

"It is the Will of Landru." ---Albert Einstein

[@WannabeHasBeen1]

@@satanofficial3902 With respect, Mr Scratch, it wasn't Albert Einstein's quote, it's actually a line from Star Trek (Original Series) episode called 'Return of the Archons.'

[@williamnowell3093]

@@WannabeHasBeen1 I never really got into Star Trek. Is it good?

[@DimaBulwinklBochk0]

Coda is literally sequencer speeding up, but your point does stand.

[@emeraldcelestial1058]

there are obviously overdubs and tape cutting, there is nothing wrong with click tracks, there isn't much difference between a sound board/analogue techniques and DAW's when it comes down to it. This type of comment is pretty typically ignorant but not unexpected in an ELP comment section. The first 4 minutes of this tune is actually great but damn if the rest of the piece doesn't need editing I don't know what does/.

[@Tom-ok2rh]

50 years ago I played the shit out of this song. Here it is 50 years later and I’m listening to it again with headphones and know I know why I played it so much…it simply kicks ass👍👍

[@perrycomeau2627]

50 years ago I learned of hygene

[@patchibok4512]

I just did the same while doing the dishes😂. Old headphones on my .... Cell. We are in 2024. Saw them in 77 at the Olympic statium in Montreal.

[@MarySonatore]

This and Tarkus were my favorites back in the day

[@ritchhine6255]

Hahahaha My headphones over my hearing aids from all the concerts we played and attended. 👍✌️🎧

[@iainb1577]

@@perrycomeau2627 Was that a Jean-Michel Jarre number?

[@JulioIsKilluminati]

R.I.P Keith Emerson. The mad scientist of Prog Rock!

[@meowzer999]

Keith was reviled by the punks but the irony is, he was just as punk in his way.

[@davidlloyd8374]

Because Keith Emerson could play his instrument unlike the punk scene. He had learned to master his craft whereas they thought it was not necessary to make a musical statement. In a way they were the antithesis of progressive rock perhaps punk should have been called regressive rock. Actually good things did come out of punk rock largely ironically out of instruments that Keith Emerson mastered keyboards i.e. synthesizers - think of Human League, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, U2, Flock of Seagulls, Stranglers, Kraftwerk

[@thatwilldonicely1314]

thats one smart reply, similar to Debussy emerging out of Wagner

[@MrWoody351]

None of who you speak are punk.

[@MrWoody351]

They[Human league, Duran Duran, Flock of Seagulls] new wave, you can lump Blondie in there was Smple Minds an album? U2 doesn't even qualify as easy listening rock,Kraftwerk I haven't heard since leaving Germany in the seventies The Straglers I'll have to checkout. The Ramones, The Misfits, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Buzzcocks, New york Dolls, Cemetary Lust. those are punks, Unless you're talking Bend over, take it in the rear type punks U2 definitely falls in that category.Do you, too?

[@gregorybankit7881]

I'm 65yo now when I was seventeen use to listen to this album stoned and going to bed. Still love listening to it now sober and still sounds great. Generation today cannot match the players of the sixties and seventies, that's why those of the greats who are still alive are still playing concerts.

[@philkleinman7002]

Amen brother

[@alfredoreliford3329]

Yop!🎯🙏🏽🎯

[@davidforget6906]

I'm 58 and totally agree 😊

[@ritchhine6255]

Right there with ya, almost to the day. 👍✌️

[@GarryWootton]

Great kashmir hashing days when this Album came out.

[@DemonWarp65]

One year, my uncle asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I told him I didn't want anything big or fancy, and that I would be happy with a gift card. He gave me a google play card. I was really getting into prog rock, and google recommended this album. I had never heard it before, but I had read the reviews, so I decided to get it. When I listened to it, I knew I had made the right choice. But it wasn't until Karn Evil 9 transitioned from 1st to 2nd impression that I realized that this is the album where the "Welcome back my friends" song came from. That is why I can honestly say that that gift card is one of the greatest birthday gifts anyone ever gave me.

[@oldmanghost219]

I think It was deliberately timed because in those days records were the main item. 29 minutes too long for one side. That way they could start it as the last song on one side 1 and it fades out half way through the 1st impression with that warble sound. Then you flip it over and 1st impression part 2 fades back in with the warble. that is where you get 'Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends'. There are other Great songs on that album. Some how 'Jerusalem' touched a nerve and it was banned for a time on the BBC I am why.

[@fingersfan1843]

They are making a movie based on the lyrics of "Karn Evil 9" Carl Palmer has confirmed this and it is suppose to be in movie theatres sometime in 2022 !

[@DoUntoOthersAsUWouldHaveDone2U]

Not sure of your age, but this was the music of my early teens, and when my kids (now 20 & 22) were under 5, i introduced them to ELP. Lol, let’s just say they’re STILL big fans!👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼🎶🎶🎶 ~

[@Zigaboomusiczig]

God bless

[@PatriceBoivin]

Check out the Tarkus album. I don't know how many times I re-listened to that one, including reading the lyrics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkus

[@edwardcase]

I'm 61 this October (2020). The lonesome years of my life were painful, but I got through...Instrumental in my life and recovery from loneliness. ELP The band gave my mind art to behold. The band made me ambitious. The band inspired many emotions in me. How I do so much miss this band. Carl Palmer, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, peace be with you. God bless and keep

[@delby66]

Well said Edward. Their music got me through a pretty scary operation last year. I had colon surgery and had to have about 6in. of my colon removed. When I was in the recovery process, I listened to this album and the Trilogy album a lot. These guys were my favourite band back in the day and they are so inspiring. I'm 64 now and I always go back and listen to them, along with Genesis's Selling England by the Pound.

[@josephnobile7728]

Agree emotionally sound is rite n2u lakes all rounded crafty got me feel same way as u do met Carl n lake autos on photos vip

[@cheaplaffsarefree]

I'm of the same vintage as you, my friend. I feel you. I discovered it more or less contemporaneously, but it's stayed current with me ever since.

[@williamnowell3093]

Godspeed Edward and have a good day

[@johnsulistyo9856]

I been 69 last February this year. This album reminds me of my school band where I was a bass n guitar player. I remember how difficult but lots of fun covering this album, so lucky we had a very good keyboardist and drummer. We oftenly skipped the school just for practicing this. Prog rock is a must if you want to gain your IQ

[@toms6403]

It breaks my heart to see these musical geniuses leave us! Chris Squire, Keith Emerson and now Greg Lake. God Bless you all! Karn Evil 9 plays on.

[@saleconomos473]

Agreed. But not sure the current musical audience could ever appreciate this style of music. Different times. Different era. At least we older fans of 70's music still have this to listen to. Timeless.....

[@stephenlisson1994]

@@saleconomos473 Sal, I got my son hooked on this great music when he was about 15....he is now 27. He loves this music. I wish more people would try and get there children into this music........,wait....it's not going to happen. LOL.

[@christinebailey9935]

the thing we tend to forget is the age of the rock gods of the late 60's and 70's. lots of these guys are in their mid 70's. and with age come the diseases of age. and remember the rock n roll lifestyle! i am surprised so many are STILL alive. but that doesn't mean i dont feel bad about the loss. Hell, i'm still bummed about Keith Moon!

[@creaketh]

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends! This music will be around for a VERY long time--if not forever! I'm 17 and will carry this to my grave, along with many other great artists.

[@christinebailey9935]

Thank God for Creak and his friends! As long as you listen to the classics be they R&B,rock and roll, or progressive it will continue. Twist the music and add your touches. we are in desperate need for a new music style and musicians to continue the ride. I am 65 and so glad i was young and into music. i first saw ELP at a small venue i Pittsburgh in the very early 70's. they wer e touring for their first album. i waited 6 hours in line for a stadium seating and was in the 3rd row right in front of Greg Lake. it was mind blowing. Carry on Creak!

[@astridway4240]

This is Progrssive Rock - who cares if you cant dance to it - harmonically brillliant!!!!

[@MTheoOA]

wtf NEVER prog is to dance, imagine a guy dancing close to the edge, the guy probably dies...

[@paulwregg7011]

Matt Theo I often dance to close to the edge,.. and i'm dying each time, I do it

[@DrHokeyPokey]

Rite of Spring, anyone?

[@paulwregg7011]

here :)

[@lordleo9047]

I'm a left-field electronic/dub guy with a prog rock background, and I must say the comments on prog rock videos give a MUCH healthier vibe than all these awful electronic music arguments. This stuff take me wayyy back.

[@DEthe5150]

Keith Emerson - you were a great musician with phenomenal keyboard/synthesizer playing and truly one of the best in progressive rock. R.I.P. Keith, we will miss you.

[@antoniolatrippa6339]

Ho quasi 62 anni, mi vengono ancora i brividi ascoltando questi Giganti. Visionari inarrivabili, artisti rigorosi, musicisti perfetti, avanti 50 anni sui loro tempi. Grazie per avere accompagnato buona parte della mia vita.

[@gabrielesantini1448]

Io ne ho 60! Non posso che essere d'accordo con lei. Continuano ad emozionarmi

[@thejoker-ie1mm]

Assolutamente d'accordo👍

[@ashwin87music]

the ending is crazy and i love it

[@sinanakar9158]

In Seventies Emerson said that we make music for listening even 50 years laters.I see now he is right !!!!

[@therealniksongs]

Just last night (7/24/24) I saw Carl Palmer open for Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Carl appears to have lost nothing, even at 74. It was interesting in that he had two younger musicians supporting, a guitarist (NOT a keyboard player) and a bass player, but also played live along to old live clips of Keith and Greg who were "present' by means of large screens on either side. Carl also did one of the most original and creative drum solos I have heard; fresh and absent of cliches. Knowing, of course that Keith and Greg have left us, I went in not sure of what to expect....I was very impressed with what I saw and heard, as was my 17-year old grandson, a budding guitarist himself. But, in response to your comment, Jon exclaimed at one point during his set, "This music is over 50 years old! And you are still here!!" That brought some laughter and wild cheering from the crowd.

[@martinhyizna3299]

I forgot how much this band meant to me. With an assertive spine tingle, now I remember...I was once a teenager and dreams mattered...and sound mattered...and these three guys mattered to me.

[@andrewmcp7563]

Well said.

[@davidlether4917]

i 👂 you

[@thomasfholland]

+Martin Hyizna you got that right. Emerson was like a god to me. I would spend hours and hours playing and replaying his keyboard comps. And I never ever got tired. Still love all of this three part, just take a pebble, Benny the bouncer, jerermy bender/the sheriff...... Playing his arraingments taught me so much. Hope I'll get to sit down and jam with him when we're in Heaven. First musician EVER to play a synth. Talk about a contribution to the music industry and influence it's developement and future. God rest brother.

[@pepik39]

+Martin Hyizna Profound ..., thanks

[@marsmediapro]

+Douglas Roberts The Beach Boys did not own nor play a theremin themselves, and although the Beatles and The Rolling Stones each owned a Moog, it was truly Keith Emerson who was the one who knew how to play his!

[@zenang7704]

Part 3 is undeniably one of the highest peaks rock music ever reached instrumentally.

[@garfocusalternate]

"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends." Godspeed, Keith.

[@santiagoc2323]

Is for the sade B in album?, is the same song but its still playing in the other part?. Is epic

[@cristianbarrera7301]

​@@santiagoc2323 po

[@stephencrockett3803]

I go in a shop and say welcome back my friends to the show that never ends Amazing no responce

[@scottshramek6570]

To those who lament that today's audience can't appreciate prog rock there is hope! I am a high school teacher and I frequently play my Pandora station while my students work and many of them love classic and prog rock. One student in particular heard a Yes song (I think it was South Side of the Sky) and wanted to know and hear more. I'm giving her an intermittent education in prog rock. We'll see how far down the rabbit hole she wants to go. Next up is A Trick of the Tail followed by Brain Salad Surgery.

[@woxyroxme]

Scott Shramek don’t forget Mirage by Camel.

[@sergioamayajr.5868]

Hey! Teacher, leave dem kids alone. p.s. Do not forget Jethro Tull or Camel or Gentle Giant.

[@keithkerr7814]

👍

[@keithkerr7814]

Way ahead of their time, listen, get reacquainted, wow!!!

[@jithusreeraj8716]

Don't give them brain salad surgery yet!

[@ChihuahuaboyDH]

R.I.P., Keith Emerson. You're now a part of the show that never ends. Godspeed. :'(

[@scottruplin]

thank you

[@oneofmany1087]

When I was a kid at 15 I am 60 now me and some friends got a Apartment on the top floor we had a party and played this LP And turned it up to 10 ON A KILLER Stereo well the lady next door was in tears saying please turn it down!! I will never forget that and I will never forget the times I got to see them Wow what a SHOW THAT WAS and now it is me that is crying over ELP I Thank GOD for the times shared with ELP

[@kourii]

Greg Lake too

[@mattwaters6987]

Nicely said! Salute!

[@delby66]

@@oneofmany1087 A brilliant comment Betty. I'm 63 and we use to crank this up too.

[@peterpandemonium3336]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Karn Evil 9" is an extended work by progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer, appearing on the album Brain Salad Surgery. A futuristic fusion of rock and classical themes, it was written by band members Keith Emerson and Greg Lake with former King Crimson lyricist Peter Sinfield. It is the fifth and final track on Brain Salad Surgery and, with a running length of 29 minutes and 37 seconds, is Emerson, Lake & Palmer's longest studio recording. The initial release of the album on vinyl split "Karn Evil 9" between the two sides due to its length, with a fade out/fade in between First Impression Parts 1 and 2. The phrase "Karn Evil" is sound-alike (homophonous) with the word "carnival". The story of "Karn Evil 9" is told in three parts, with the second part being an instrumental interlude. First Impression, Part 1 begins with a tale of a bleak world (although timeframe is not specified): "Cold and misty morning I heard a warning borne on the air ..." and where humanity is either being destroyed or has fallen into decay and helplessness. First Impression, Part 2 tells how the decadence of the old world is preserved through exhibits that are part of a futuristic carnival show, which exhibits depravities like "seven virgins and a mule", along with things that are rare in the future, such as a "real blade of grass". Unlike the rest of "Karn Evil", the Second Impression's instrumentation is primarily piano, bass, and drums with a solo by Emerson on a Minimoog set to imitate a steelpan. (Part of the solo very briefly quotes the main melody from Sonny Rollins's "St. Thomas". This impression changes from an upbeat out-of-control tune to a slow interval and then picks up the pace with a structure similar to that of a sonata. It is allegedly about computers scheming against the humans, and the humans completely not suspecting this.[citation needed] The Third Impression continues the story begun in the first, describing a war between humans and computers, which can be interpreted in three different ways. One interpretation gives the victory to the humans, who reimpose their dominion over the computers. The second interpretation allows victory to the computers, claiming that the computers were successful in dominating the humans and let them live only for the sake of gloating. The third interpretation, consistent with Peter Sinfield's original interpretation that "what [Man had] invented ironically takes him over" has humans winning a war with the help of computers, only to find the computers taking over in the moment of victory.

[@johnpowell3767]

It was 1974. I got a cool stereo for a grammer school graduation from my parents. It had an 8 track. I went to sears with my girlfriend. This song was on a stereo in their music department. I bought the album AND the 8 track. My parents thought I was on drugs. Even my neighbors hated it as I blasted it in my bedroom. One actually called the police. Ah...the 70's!

[@psbarrow]

You'd like to think that the police would've arrested the neighbours instead.

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

I can see why this would make them think that tbqh. Cool song though.

[@andrerone8208]

I bet you were shocked and surprised to see the police show up at your doorstep and asked what was the commotion all about that must have been hilarious I wish I could have seen that but too bad I was just a kid back then😂😅

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Emerson's real forte was his ability to create extended musical themes with a unique blend of blues, jazz, and classical styles. Lots of rock keyboardists can riff, and maybe extend a meaningful solo for a couple of min. Emerson was at the next level.

[@katemurphy1915]

PointyTailofSatan Keith once mentioned that he played keys as a percussive instrument. Brilliant gentleman...

[@frankcirrito6550]

I agree. Keith's project before ELP was The Nice and you can hear the musical blends early in his career on those albums. Keith's roadie in The Nice was Lemmy Kilmister by the way.

[@koshersalaami]

Completely next level. I gig locally on keys. Most keyboard players on recording I think “If I figured that out and practiced that I could probably do it.” I hear Emerson and think “Fuck it. No way.”

[@talastra]

@@koshersalaami Playing it isn't that difficult for a trained pianist; playing it by yourself on stage (to be more exact: reproducing it onstage) using multiply orchestrated keyboards is definitely much more of a feat. But the real feat is composing it.

[@richardk6659]

You hit the nail on the head.

[@numbernine8571]

I haven't listened to this in almost 40 years until today. I remembered every note like I had just heard it yesterday.

[@annette4660]

Me too

[@hendrikdebruin4012]

WHY? Were you incarcerated? Or did life just happen? You should have listened you could have been number seven....

[@titof194]

me too

[@meinasalon]

I had a skip in my record so there is a part of this recording notes I don't remember. One of my favorite albums from my favorite band growing up.

[@joebelle3487]

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer were three amazing musicians who were perfectly suited for one another. Underrated and light years ahead of everyone else… still are too. And let’s not forget, as good as it sounded in the studio, they did this stuff live and blew everyone away. Amazing band.

[@jfrockon]

Brought me to tears...... This music has meant so much to me for decades... I am heartbroken.

[@stephenlisson1994]

Me to my friend. I'm crying right now. This was my favourite band of all time. I was lucky to see them live twice.

[@eclecticlifting]

Unicos. Como no llorarlos? La mejor banda del mundo de todos los tiempos. Los vi en vivo tres veces en Argentina. Años mas tarde vi a la Carl Palmer Band con su ELP Legacy. Recuerdo mi conmocion al enterarme de la muerte de Keith y luego de Greg... Gracias EL&P , por siempre, por tanto, por la musica que escucho desde hace 46 años.

[@josephsilin6041]

ditto. no fair!

[@TacomaPaul]

First song I ever heard when I bought a new stereo. Late '73 I was 15.. was a paperboy, and saved up $140 to buy a REAL stereo. I had listened to AM radio since I was 4... so I knew music. But this stereo had FM !!! I flipped the knob to FM Stereo... and all 29 minutes of this was the first thing I heard ! Changed EVERYTHING. ;-)

[@JohnLRice]

Awesome experience! I (also from Tacoma WA and in the early to mid 70's ;-) was turned on to ELP in two steps. First I was in the J C Penny record department (!) and Lucky Man came on and I was blown away by the ending synth section (they had a pretty good stereo there). Then a couple years later my good friend Alan played me Brain Salad Surgery and in a very short time I was hooked for life!

[@TacomaPaul]

Superb ! JC Penney... wow.... I always remember the 3rd floor of The Bon for tickets. And going in to Ted Brown Music to play all the guitars.

[@JohnLRice]

So TacomaPaul, do we know each other? ;-) I was born in 58 and graduated high school in 77 (man, I sound old! ;-) I went to Washington, Mason, Wilson and PLU. I played in bands with Alan Couch, Glen Eagleson, Kord Taylor, Brian Bell, Dan Stoykin, Kevo etc. I was in the prog rock froup THEATRE that started out in Tacoma but later moved up to Seattle and Redmond etc.

[@TacomaPaul]

Went to Hudtloff Jr. and then Lakes High grad '76...(Robert Cray went there and taught me more in 10 minutes on guitar than I learned in 10 years)... and of course Jermaine Kearse went to Lakes too !

[@TacomaPaul]

John L Rice Funny you mention the area I've lived in past 7 years. N.34th and Union. Right down the street from Terry's Office ! 86 yr. old landlord I was taking care of passed... "How did he die " ?....... "Uhhhh, he was 86". geeez people. So I have about a month to find another place. Any rooms for rent ? ;-)

[@itkojecockot]

in 100 years, Keith Emerson will still be the greatest keyboard player in history

[@patrickkirby5225]

Between him and Wakeman ( two of the finest musicians in two of the best/most ambitious bands ever) I think, yeah, I'd have to give the prize to Keith. But it was a tough decision...

[@47485ksc]

@@patrickkirby5225 Wakeman tried too hard to be someone he wasn't meant to be in my opinon.

[@waltersandza4244]

1000 years

[@victorm.aboytes9519]

Wakeman has a limit of his creativity playing with YES... He had to compete with 2 giants of guitar and a great singer, waiting for his moment to shine! And HE DID! Keith Emerson was always the lead and boy... HE BLEW THE STAGE!!

[@1tbo]

I'm pretty sure Emerson would have given the GOAT title to Bach.

[@philjamieson5572]

I think, for a lot of us ELP fans, music didn't really get any better than this. It's not that we're stuck in the past; it's just that we carry on loving the things we loved back then.

[@delby66]

I couldn't have said it better Phil. My wife always tells me to get with the times. Nothing beats this era of music. I'm 65 now and I'll love this music until the day I die. This music actually brings me to tears now because I loved it so much when I was a teenager and to listen to it now brings back so many fond memories.

[@larrybell1859]

So true.

[@rafaelsason8563]

I've always felt so lonely for my true love for the music of this band... You have just said it in the best possible way. Other people simply do not understand the way we love this music. For me it is not just another 70's band I like, they are the very best ever. And I do not care that most of the world does not even know or heard about them. Van Gogh sold only one picture... to a friend!

[@delby66]

@@rafaelsason8563 Well said Rafael.

[@СемёнСемёнов-ы1ь]

One word: MAGMA

[@MegaCirse]

ELP is the typical example of artists unclassifiable and inspired, far beyond the categorizations so typical of our modernity... It can easily be included in the very closed circle of the great enlightened architects of contemporary music. His music is hypnotically beautiful, immediately accessible and transparent ; a treat for the mind. Each listening reveals a little more of its mystery and its magic !!

[@williamnowell3093]

I agree. That kind of sentiment can also be found in Pink Floyd.

[@ladrum6623]

@@donaldcarter1661 Yeah man ! Return To Forever is in the top 3 best bands of 70s to me... But How dare you forget genesis ? I love Kansas too and Rush also

[@godbluffvdgg]

"His music" would read better as "their music" ...Just saying...And, your perspective of the band is spot on...Cheers..

[@tinapasch-realley7223]

I loved you Emerson, Lake and Palmer since I was 13 in 1970. Rest in peace beloved, Keith.

[@ericmartinsanchezdiaz657]

FELICIDADES¡¡¡¡¡ ERES UNA GRAN CONOCEDORA¡¡¡

[@Kazilikaya]

This is beyond good music, it is the future of humanity foretold in an epic soundtrack.

[@gazzertrn]

From all those years ago. I know what you mean. One of my fave albums, really wild stuff.

[@GunoftruthZombieZ]

Last Days of Humanity? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYrIeqivd7WBZ9k

[@marcok.6734]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@mushihimesarna728]

We'll stop it. 💪

[@nicephoreniepce9681]

I love this comment.

[@LuisGarcia-ee2tr]

Emerson is a genius. There were and are great keyboardists (Wakeman, Lord, Rudess and others) but Emerson is the most complete and creative.

[@duanegeorges9339]

Rick Wakeman played a beautiful tribute of Trilogy to memorialize Keith. No flair and played it flawlessly in tribute from one genius to another

[@oliverkarbus4503]

Above all: Listen to his Piano Concerto! This is relly great!!!

[@RCEvans87]

An absolute muscial masterpiece!! RIP Keith & Greg

[@Cotramjoxxx]

RIP Keith Emerson. Thank for this majestic music!!!

[@tealeaf56]

+Cotramjoxxx, 'majestic' is exactly the right word to describe ELP's music. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

[@Laceykat66]

+Cotramjoxxx Opening keyboard now brings me to tears. He will not rest, he will live forever.

[@mikelhilton174]

Cotramjoxxx v

[@UnleashTheGreen]

if this song doesn't blow your mind then you don't have one.

[@prismstudios001]

UnleashTheGreen pow!!!!!!!!

[@barryweinrich7289]

Or the "Surgery" didn't go very well.

[@ri-zg7cv]

Nothing spoils the music like its fans. I hate prog rock community for statements like this.

[@jedibill111]

Fm A

[@jeremydraper733]

リドリ yea that’s why tool fans are so annoying, and people thinks it’s cuz they’re assholes and elitists but really they’re always saying shit like “it’s not music is an experience” like get over yourself. They act like cuz they like progressive rock they’re at some higher level of thinking, it’s annoying af

[@cwade3198]

I had the honour and privilege to see them live 3 times. The concert to support this album was incredible. Quadrophonic sound in a huge arena. It still sends chills up my spine to recall that evening. RIP Greg and Keith. Legends

[@williamraptosh3409]

I've seen ELP 4 times. Once with the orchestra. That was easily the loudest show I've ever been to. 1977 at Madison Squre Garden. We had to stuff Cotex in our ears. Unused, of course.

[@donhagerty5669]

I DID NOT GET TO SEE EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER BUT I KNOW ABOUT CONCERTS WITH QUADRAPHONIC SOUND BECAUSE I SAW YES WITH RICK WAKEMAN ON THE KEYBOARDS AND THAT CONCERT HAD QUADRAPHONIC SOUND. I WAS RIGHT AT THE CENTER OF ALL THOSE SPEAKERS IN THAT CONCERT SO I GOT THE FULL EFFECT 8:49

[@getredytagetredy]

ELP is a spiritual experience.

[@juliekadams]

I keep reading that the only thing that is left when you transition (die) is love. But I'm hoping you get to take the music with you, too.

[@philjamieson5572]

Great comment. I totally agree.

[@arakrune]

one of the greatest suites of music ever produced in rock period musically lyrically and performance wise saw them in 73 when i was 8 i have my brother to thank for that, that show cemented my life long love of music in all genres for life

[@stevekiray1676]

My God..this brings me back! The intricacies and nuances in Keith Emerson's composing knows no depths! These 3 brought progressive rock to a level never matched!

[@giuseppeTTCC1960]

i was 13 and i play at home all over the day in loop and mum goes crazy.... and it's already a part of my life.

[@Kaptain13Gonzo]

Every time I listen to this I'm brought back to high school. Listening on my buddy's monster stereo system - speakers as big as steamer trunks. God I loved the 70's - you could move a house with a stereo. This album was massive and sounds great even at rocket engine volume.

[@rickg1947]

YEP and would make my eyeballs vibrate!

[@apsaras21st]

ELP at its peak has produced such a magnificent masterpiece in 70’s. In Japan we also noticed it listening to it over and over again. In 21st century now even only one of them left, the fight/show will never stop❗️

[@Vasily_dont_be_silly]

I noticed there are two countries where legendary groups get recognized instantly: it's Japan and Italy It's been this way with ELP, Queen, Genesis and many others, even when they're not popular in Britain yet, they get very successful in those countries

[@MrRjklink]

Best show I've ever seen. Rest in peace Keith Emerson, thank you for sharing your talents

[@jonasm8220]

This is pure unparalleled genius on every level.

[@timothyjudsontaylorofficia9786]

////THIS! \\\\

[@xerxesxylophone7188]

Rest in Peace, Greg Lake. Thanks for the influence. It is all because of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer that I am a musician (drummer). I decided on a whim to wear my Tarkus T-shirt today and found out later that Mr. Lake had died. Weird connection. May the unknown God bless him.

[@jacobwright510]

Very sad to hear of Keith's death. He was an incredible musician. RIP Keith.

[@cognitiveload]

What an awesome and amazing band, and this is one of their finest pieces, if not the finest. I was lucky to see them in '74, and their music still thrills me all these years later. I miss Keith, I hope he is in a better place. RIP Mr. Emerson, your music has had a wonderful and profound impact on all of us fans, and we will always be grateful.

[@kevinkilduff2064]

Undoubtedly one of the most compelling pieces of the prog/rock genre. Three masters at the heights of their extraordinary musical powers. ELP deserve their rightful place on the Mt. Rushmore of rock bands, critics be damned!

[@schaferhundschmidt1798]

Theodore Roosevelt would play bass........;>)

[@peterpandemonium3336]

You may have to chip Deep Purple (In Rock) off there first. But I hear you!

[@susanhardinwatkinsheidarif7992]

Keith Emerson, probably the greatest rock keyboard player. Inventor of the Moog synthesizer with Robert Moog. A master!

[@gabriv1995]

+Susan HARDIN Watkins Heidarifar great keyboard player, jazz rock or whatever

[@nanakaulitzdepp4159]

no importa el tiempo pero es verdad lo que tu dices no es el inventor pero ejecuta el sintetizador como tu sientes es un maestro....era, lamentable

[@71ELP]

Keith didn't invent the Moog, he proved it could be used to tour with and showed how to get more sounds and tones out of it. Moog used Keith as a guinea pig giving him prototypes to test on the road.

[@ponchocastaneda]

Yes but thanks to Keith's involvement, the Moog synthesizer became famous and was later used by many other musicians and bands, especially in Prog Rock. Tom Sawyer anyone? So I agree that he is a "co-father" of it.

[@71ELP]

LMAO, Emerson had nothing to do with the design and building of the Moog Synthesizer. The Synthesizer was designed and built at least 2 years before Emerson even knew they existed. Millennials like to make up theyre own facts, its , sad and scary. Now Emerson gave input on features he would like to see on the Moog and common problems for Moog Engineers to work out to make the sensitive instrument more reliable on the road touring

[@nowkentapplegate5315]

This isn't just great keyboard playing, it's amazingly brilliant conceptual composition. A masterpiece of twentieth century music and lyrics, and how prescient the concept as relevant today as when it was recorded.

[@hendrikdebruin4012]

It is a comment on society that is growing more relevant with each passing day... Pulling Jesus from a hat? It is meant as a reflection of how shallow and transient all that should be permanent has become....

[@toddwitheril847]

The structure of the first impression is Homeric in my humble opinion.

[@richardshansky3040]

@@hendrikdebruin4012 Greg uttered those words just as I read your comment!

[@mbhstar7]

R.I.P. Keith, listening Karn Evil 9 is the most glorious page of the memory of my life.

[@billcobb6447]

Carl Palmer has to be one of the most underrated drummers

[@godbluffvdgg]

lol...Underrated? In his heyday, Carl was the Bell of the Ball, He was mentioned in EVERY drum magazine and in EVERY discussion of great drummers...He's rarely mentioned today because; too many people are idiots that know NOTHING about music...

[@MegaCirse]

@@godbluffvdgg Or did they evolve into other music. Music is eclectic and healing 🤪😎🤓

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@MegaCirse It should be "Healing" ...That, I'll grant and it is eclectic; that's for sure. But, a modicum of taste would be helpful...There are many great modern groups e.g. Tool, Porcupine Tree et al.

[@-.NYX.-]

oof .. forty years later, and i only know their last names..... loves you dear

[@gordon104blue]

you see when you say something like that it indicates to me that you know zero bout music and indeed drummers..Carl palmer is one of THE best drummers ever and has been recognised as such..so do me a favour bill......sssshhhh.

[@punkerpoo45]

Quite simply THEE MOST OVERLOOKED BAND EVER!!! Remember Theres only 3 of them putting out this incredible and insanely difficult full of life music!!! RIP ELP

[@santiagorincon92]

I guess you haven't listen to Gentle Giant

[@TSKseattle]

Actually there's six guys in the band. Three of them are crammed inside Keith Emerson, Two are wedged inside Carl Palmer, and Greg Lake had to keep them all together

[@jironthunder7519]

so sad carl palmer the drummer is the only one left. they shiuld be in RRHOF if not already

[@smithmann5616]

They were Huge in the 70s

[@fuckaduck5748]

@@santiagorincon92 its sad how underated they are

[@N8R_Quizzie]

RIP Keith Emerson. I am glad that he had the opportunity to live his life playing the music that inspired many and still inspires today. It was October of 2014 that I first heard this song. I hope many come to appreciate the musical genius of what this song accomplishes. This is my favorite song (as a three pack of course) and I am glad that there was one group of three guys who showed the world what was possible in rock music. Keith's music will live on.

[@dirkmuc1]

I've listened to this over a 100 times I guess. In 2020 it sounds more futuristic to me than it did in the 70s. It is because nowadays there is nothing comparable.

[@larrybell1859]

Oh wow, you are so right! The 2020s did not change much since the 1950s.

[@nickwilmoth7881]

Absolutely makes the hair stand up on my ass arms

[@IanThatMetalBassist]

The sights and sounds of a far future where machine has all but destroyed mankind.

[@KenLongTortoise]

Snarky Puppy, Dream Theater, VulfPeck

[@RabbiCarroll]

You're not wrong. But you should try listening to Transatlantic. If you like this, you might like them.

[@damirhlobik6488]

The absolute top of rock/jazz/classics, perfect in every way

[@KirkSH52]

In my opinion, there will never in my lifetime ever be music of this caliper of greatness and creativity. The 60's and 70's decades have so much to offer. In my lifetime I will never hear any music this good. I have tried the new generations music with an open mind and it is like comparing a paper bag with a square cut out with clear plastic as a window to the Empire State building in New York city.

[@cheapandeasy1715]

There is still good music being made. It's called progressive rock and it's not played on the radio.

[@KirkSH52]

I have an open mind to any music and have tried with an open mind to listen to the new generations music and I think a great abundance of it stinks. I don't even take it seriously as far as the musicianship is concerned. The masses typically are lacking the ability to discern whether or not a musical creation has any substance or not. Back in the 60's and 70's it was simply incredible the creations that came about. Maybe drugs played a roll in it and if drugs did it , it worked. There is virtually nothing that came out in the 60's and 70's that I did not think was fabulous. I love the guitar when played a certain way. I have a love for the blues.

[@ProphecyBound]

There are still some fantastic bands around these days, they just, as somebody else said, receive little airplay. Bands like Dream Theater, Symphony X, Transatlantic, and many, many others, continue to create progressive rock that I believe is at least equal to this magnificent song.

[@arthurthegreat216]

This is a stupid thing to say. There is still great music made today but you're looking in the wrong places. If you like this kind of stuff you should really check out some jazz fusion musicians.

[@KirkSH52]

Jazz is great even the new jazz but the kids don't know anything about that music. The main stream is a bunch of ignorant folk unaware of what good music is. But, the facts do remain that the music of the 60's and 70's was far greater than the new wave crap of today. I always challenge people on this. I say "Let's have a game of war. You state a band and then I will state a band and let's see who wins this card game." You can put up any band past 1990 and I will throw my first card, The Beatles. I just won that hand. OK, now lets go to the second hand. I will through out "The Who". I won that one. Then I will through out "The Doors". Another win. Then I will through out "The Rolling Stones". Then I will through "Led Zeppelin", "The Grateful Dead", , "Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble", "Jimi Hendrix", "Carlos Santana", "The Allman Brothers Band", "The Kinks", "The Doobie Brothers", "Lynard Skynard", "Steppenwolf", "Three Dog Night", "The Moody Blues", "Rush" , "Eric Clapton" - how could I forget! and on and on and on and on and on. When I go to the gym to workout, I am forced to listen to the new generations music and man does it stink. I would rather listen to nothing then that crap.

[@GrotrianSeiler]

Does anyone ever listen to the WHOLE thing and realize that this is pure genius? I hope so. I do. Wow. This is epic music-making.

[@gustavoflorio5383]

The music is fantastic but the vocals sucks or, at least, uninspired.

[@creaketh]

@@gustavoflorio5383 ?????????????????????????????????????????????

[@Emerson278]

Have you heard that a movie studio has secured the rights to KE9 and will be making a movie using the lyrics. Carl Palmer has confirmed this and he says the movie should be out sometime in 2022.

[@reapervich4192]

.pppppppppppp sy

[@BenDowdy]

@@Emerson278 Can't wait to see it!

[@nitaalmand4264]

Rejoice, glory is ours. Our young men have not died in vain.

[@mrcaji4401]

I bought this (E)LP for my brother when released. He had custom built speakers. Couldn't wait to get home from school, creep into his bedroom and play this. Extraordinary, brilliant, an OMG musical zeitgeist. Three brilliant musicians.

[@kevinforsyth7966]

Dude... I wish i woulda thought of that elp bit.

[@Fred_James]

I've had a love affair with this piece for 40 years - still makes the hair on my neck rise. Long live rock!

[@delby66]

Me too Fred. I loved this era of music and ELP were my favourite.

[@satanofficial3902]

Music is the soundtrack of Eternity.

[@warrenrayledbetter9957]

When I was a senior in high school (75'), we were able to put any kind of quote that we wanted around our graduation picture. I chose "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends." I would do the same thing all over again if I had to.

[@pepik39]

A Classic Rock MASTERPIECE , .. will be played for many generation to come . RIP Keith and welcome to Immortality

[@drsauce4347]

ELP and Yes: Two best rock bands of all time. Their talents have never been matched by anyone.

[@delby66]

I'd have to include Genesis, especially when Peter was there.

[@smithmann5616]

Yup, my two favs too. They alternate in the #1 and #2 position, Then Genesis, KC and Zep. Ahh, the 70s :)

[@jcc4tube]

Gentle Giant

[@newusernamehere4772]

Zappa, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, King Crimson, Ike Willis Band, Al di Meola, Santana (on Caravanserai), Hendrix (with Band of Gypsys), Weather Report and Phish. (Im just messing with you lol none of these bands match ELP or Yes. They're all better! But ELP and Yes are also better than all these bands, weirdly enough. That's the beauty of music, it's not a competition and you can have bands with completely different instruments, training, genres, complete polar opposite ways of life (Zappa and Davis for example) and yet ALL of their music can take you to that same ecstatic place at the center of the universe (if you listen actively), and once you're in that place long enough youll start to have insane epiphanies and premonitions that all come true (aka intuition, not necessarily supernatural) and if you play music yourself youll start to develop the "universal tone" (coined by Santana) which is something all great musicians have, as well as the "hose" ability (another Santana term, this is a peak improvisational skill where the music appears effortless - like water through a hose - but achieves devastating results. It's simultaneously impossible to pull off and easier than breathing) Both of these together creates what appears in the moment to be "the greatest thing to ever happen" and can be used in any genre of music (as they transcend genre). Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk lol, honorable mention goes to Primus, Buckethead, King Gizzard, Adrian Belew, Jimmy Herring, John Mclaughlin, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Shuggie Otis, all of Parliament Funkadelic, Maynard James Keenan, Igor Stravinsky and every incarnation of the London Symphony Orchestra Edit: and Genesis, Stevie Wonder, Pete Cosey, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Duane Allman and every slave since 50,000 BC

[@markopolo244]

That's what happens when your band is composed of virtuoso musicians. So true in both cases.

[@elfelfum4086]

I had forgotten how good this record was. The level of musicianship is insane.

[@antomus]

After more than 40 years still chills every time!

[@tomlaw2753]

I love progressive rock.

[@Cobra21245]

And me

[@progisloveprogislife4501]

Best music ever created

[@LeeLucas]

Fucking brilliant and Keith was a genius. RIP Keith and you will live on forever in my heart.....

[@neil7049]

I could not have said it better sir Fucking Brilliant

[@meuloginmeu]

Lee Lucas Keith live in my heart too!

[@bobdickerson3434]

I can still see Keith Emerson rocking the organ back and forth at the end of the piece and that was about fifty years ago. I love watching videos of kids in their twenties listening to this for the first time and realizing all of it was performed by three people who were basically their age and no auto tune or any other studio tricks were involved. Just talent.

[@Patricia7561]

Keith Emerson the best keyboard player (not to mention that he invented the synthesizer) ever, Carl Palmer best drummer of all times, Greg Lake best voice of all voices, excellence in bass, and guitar, Keith and Greg magnificent composers, the three together best band superior to anybody else, in inventiveness, innovation, technic, originality, uniqueness, and energy, nobody compares and their level is still unsurpassed.

[@robertpatterson3406]

he didnt invent it , that would be Moog but he did figure out what to do with it .

[@Patricia7561]

@@robertpatterson3406 I never said he invented the machine, MR MOOG did, but Keith Emerson was the one that took it, studied, trasformed it, gave mR MOg instruction on what he wanted and used it for the first time for musical purposes, originating in fact the musical synthetiser, that was a thing of his invetion, If it wasn't from him modern musical synthetiser wouldn't never exist.

[@robertpatterson3406]

@@Patricia7561 yes maam you are exactly right . but you did say that he "invented the synthesizer" . your words . either way I am glad that he perfected its use so we can enjoy all of the great noises that he made with it . Have a good day Patricia .

[@Patricia7561]

@@robertpatterson3406 Because he did, mr MOOG invented the machine, the sytetiser, the one you play on, it was his invention. Without him, MR MOOG would have never ever in a million years, though to transform it, as he did on Emerson instructions, to make it a musical instrument, would he? Example on a smaller scale....The person that made the spoon a musical instrument didn't invented the spoons, but surely is the inventor of the spoons as a percussion istrument.

[@robertpatterson3406]

@@Patricia7561 Alrighty then !

[@nickefacesthemusic3167]

summer of 1972..2nd concert of my life .. mindblowing..ELP,Yes,Jethro Tull,Genesis..Prog was the soundtrack for our lives and i will love it forever.. it was this mad,cosmic intersection of a generation of people 15-21 who were taking lots of psychedelics,the introduction and development of the synthesizer into music and the concept that rock could be a Larger Than Life story/presentation..the dawning of the Age of Electronica influenced all music..along with Prog we were tripping on Fusion jazz (Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters for example) and ElectronicClassical ( Isao Tomita and Wendy Carlos etc).. the world was full of new sounds,new ideas,new everything.. i dunno..maybe it was simply that we were new.. now we're not..but i know i'm glad i was young then and not now..which is a rather fucked up thing to say to those who are young now .. so i hope it's better for you than it seems to be..

[@RottenRooster08]

Include the WHO they really rocked....

[@bassistwithadeathwish7277]

I'm young and Yes is my favourite band. Unfortunately, many others I know do not know of or like the brilliance of prog rock.

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

I'll never forget the girl who was just staring at the stone slab and running her fingers along it after the concert was over and the lights went up. The stone had her. She had done too much. She'd come undone. I'm certain at some point during the evening, the synthesizer had gotten inside and worked its magic.

[@stephenlisson1994]

NickE, I would have to include Camel, as well. I loved this era of music. It was Brilliant!!!!! Wasn't it?

[@GerryMATW]

RIP Keith Emerson. The daddy of all prog keyboard players. I'm having a bad year for losing heroes.

[@TheAudivisioner]

+GerryMATW And this year is still young.

[@Kevin041357]

+TheAudivisioner Way too young, and our heroes are getting as old as us!

[@47485ksc]

+GerryMATW Holy shit! He died? Gotta go check this out...

[@lewiskeyes9683]

+GerryMATW First Chris Squire,, then Bowie, now Emerson- wow! I am grateful for their gifts!

[@shellyfilippi]

What a way to escape in 2021. Wonderful master piece. The blast of the past.

[@johnlumbard8793]

What makes the music of ELP so special is that no one had done anything like this before them. Electronic keyboards were in the infancy of their evolution, so to mix rock music with classical piano, synthesizers, drums, guitars and vocals shows just how talented ELP were. Their legend will live on and the music will still be played in another 40 years time. Awesome!!!

[@katherinebarich3192]

I was just thinking something along these lines watching the 9177 Fanfare for the Common Man video. The planet had never heard some of these noises until Keith Emerson made them. What a talent he had!

[@retrotechnical]

A Hammond and Moog fuelled juggernaut of a track - this is ELP defined - thank you Keith for the magic.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

And thank you Greg for you voice and your Zemaitis guitars

[@wjb270]

A band at their peak..everything about it is wonderful,the drumming itself is masterclass,R.I.P. Keith.

[@anthonybranch4712]

Thank you for putting THE ENTIRETY of Karn Evil 9 out there! I almost always listen to the WHOLE piece, whenever I cue it up. This brilliant work, presented as it should be. Glad to see so many agree.

[@jonathan401]

May God rest you in his musical heavens, Keith.

[@gregedens1]

Keith Emerson, Gregg Lake & Carl Palmer...What more can I say...3 Greatly talented men & writers and showmen...Classic music all...Great stuff...

[@MoeJoe974]

I first saw ELP live in 1974 at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino Ca when I was 16. I had not heard any of their music before but my buddies said I just go. We got there early and Tripped while hearing the sound check. Went in and saw speakers stacked from floor to ceiling in all 4 corners for an amazing quadraphonic sound extravaganza. They played this whole album, Tarkus, some Trilogy and Hoedown. I’ve been a huge fan ever since.

[@brunoquadros4614]

I bought this wonderful lp in1973,I was a teenager,16 y.o.,now I'm 66,in 2024,still listening it,E.L.P. continues wonderful!R.I.P. Keith Emerson,may be he's the master keyboard player in heaven!God bless you, all rockers of all over the world,our dreams will never ends!Greetings from Brazil

[@TheRominicion]

I was watching one episode of "freaks and geeks" when this appeared and I couldn't finish the episode, I had to listened to this seriously quite loud and freak out with that hammond!! R.I.P genious and virtuous Keith!

[@SasfootBigsquatch]

This is one of the few pieces of music that gives me hard chills based entirely on the brilliant talent and technicality involved. I think guys like Mozart and Bach would have loved ELP. Pure Geniuses. EDIT for some of the pompous asses in the comments: I was referring mainly to the musical composition and NOT the lyrics.

[@richardrohn8715]

I think that too.

[@descascalatinha]

Mozart would have loved ELP

[@talastra]

Well, Bach would have appreciated that Emerson lifted music from him unattested, and maybe Mozart's feelings would have been hurt that Emerson didn't. (Can't blame Emerson, and Mozart was a lot more peevish than Amadeus makes him out to be). Whether Bach would have liked ELP, I think (A) he absolutely would not have, and (B) there'd have been patches where he might have been tempted to be interested. The aggressive atheism of ELP would have required Bach to reject it outright; the aggressiveness of the music might have been violently inappropriate to him; and the particular uses of dissonance might have bordered on the Satanic for Bach. Bach was very musically conservative, to say nothing of religious; "prog" rock in general might have been a huge mistake in his estimation. However, at least from some of Bach's organ pieces, one can detect a "rock" (even "heavy metal") sensibility at times, and I can imagine that in some of Emerson's extended harmonic craziness, Bach's toe might have (involuntarily!) tapped. It might have inspired him to back home and "correct" Emerson's errors. Also, hard to know what Bach would have made of a former-choirboy angelic voice singing things like "No man yields who flies through my shit." I don't think that would have played with Bach. Again, Bach is in no way a "progressive" musician, which is why he was such a perfect exponent for completely summarizing all previous European music and setting the stage for moving forward (even if, for a couple of centuries, completely sterile directions). As for Mozart, he'd've been peeved that Emerson played better than he did, for one. I think Mozart also would have been made very uncomfortable by the obvious and authentic passion and seriousness expressed in this music. Mozart has a serious problem with seriousness; it's like he doesn't know (like many former child-stars) how to negotiate his own emotional terrain. This music might have actually unhinged him. To the extent that he shared Bach's opinion about the "rules" of music (without being the total master of them like Bach), he might find all of the harmonic variance here unlistenable noise. It's entirely possible he couldn't even listen to it or hear it.

[@TmRnBn]

Back when stereophonic (and quad, if you had the system) separation had meaning.

[@nono-lz9qr]

@@talastra do you think any classical artist would like ELP?

[@janicechristinedenton0451]

R.I.P Keith. Time to go through my collection over the weekend.

[@Kevin041357]

+Melinda Louise time to piss off the co-workers who listen to rap and pop!!

[@markschilling3118]

I saw ELP in concert in April 1974 at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. They blew me away. So did a couple of roonies.