That was a special moment that Keith shared his love for the MOOG with the audience.
@philipdonovan65107 жыл бұрын
When I was about 16 years old ELP did thier Brain Salad Surgery tour and I saw that concert at the Providence Civic Center. Being a huge fan of Keith Emerson and a crafty teen, I found a way to stay in the hall after they locked all the doors. At one point the hall became completely empty, no one on the floor, no one on the stage. I found my way up on the stage, played some of Tarkus and Take a Pebble on Keith's piano, then wandered over to Keiths keyboards and just stood there between his Hammond organs. And there it was. Behold, the mighty modular Moog. I felt like I was dreaming. There I was, alone, standing infront of the most inventive, mystifying and influential piece of gear ever known to music. I was awestruck, and think about this quite often. Keith had a lot of balls to take this thing on the road but, he did, and things were never the same as a result. RIP great man.
@countblue4 жыл бұрын
I saw that (Brain Salad Surgery) in Vienna, Austria, Cityhall. It was simply epic.
@horsthinze40484 жыл бұрын
A moment, and a place...….
@3rdandlong4 жыл бұрын
When I went to see ELP at the Calif. Jam in 74, I got there the night before. Guess I wanted to get in early and get good viewing spot. After about an hour in the parking lot with literately thousands of other people, we were treated to what appeared to be a "sound check" moment. Keith apparently cranked up the volumn and we heard him tuning/testing his moog. Everyone in the parking lot heard it and loved it-as you would expect. It created an eagerness to get in that you could not imagine being this was the first time seeing them live. I think Carl played his synth drums kit for a bit too. But Keith was making all kinds of great sounds for the 10-15 minutes we heard them. It was a prelude to the greatest show 250,000 people saw. And if you were in the parking lot too, on that awesome night, you felt the same way too.
@jimmyperez62773 жыл бұрын
Man, that’s insane! Did anyone ever catch or see you? I would’ve been so nervous to even go up on stage, hahaha
@i-never-look-at-replies-lol3 жыл бұрын
I love it when people respectfully defy the rules to create a moment in time that will never exist for themselves again :)
@paulbaily47938 жыл бұрын
His right hand just packed up on him and he couldnt face not playing as he could... A true pioneer of an instrument which changed the sound of rock music for ever....RIP Keith and thank you for hours and hours and hours of music genius....RIP Sir
@mattwaters6987 Жыл бұрын
Here here!
@gregoryschleitwiler96012 ай бұрын
Walter (Wendy) Carlos was very familiar with this instrument. Clockwork orange was his/her claim to fame
@mosiprop8 жыл бұрын
.. at about 3:10, I could no longer hold back the tears.. we'll miss you, Keith.. you were my favorite... a shining star for all the universe to admire.. shine on, brother.
@stevespyder12 жыл бұрын
imagine playing on this thing. i only know of one other person he has recently let ry it out. rachel flowers, a blind girl that plays ELP covers by ear, no sheet music. he was so impressed by her abilities, he invited her to play the 'beast'
@kel959113 жыл бұрын
"You can't touch it don't even look at it." lmao! Keith with the Spinal Tap reference ftw
@3rdandlong3 жыл бұрын
Maybe he meant you can only look at it. Especially when friends stop by. Its just a conversation piece.
@OFR3 жыл бұрын
Actually, Keith didn't really LIKE Spinal Tap; it was too close to home and he thought a lot of it's not funny to him!
@socrates18183 жыл бұрын
Keith and Hendrix simply the best and most influential instrumentalists in the rock era. The world still hasn’t caught up with either of them yet!
@wispa1a2 жыл бұрын
Go out of tune if you look long enough.
@kratino11 ай бұрын
@@OFR He also talked about going to 11, then 12. . .
@PhoenixaSol8 жыл бұрын
RIP sweet genius
@cliffcarr36326 жыл бұрын
Keith is amazing, I have never known any one so dedicated to keyboards and how extraordinary his talent is. R..I. P. master .
@cornfilledscreamer6142 жыл бұрын
Simply put, he's probably the greatest keyboardist that has ever lived...
@stephenherrick9971 Жыл бұрын
There's no doubt...he was then...still is now...will always be...he changed everything!!!
@uweinhamburg Жыл бұрын
i always thought that has been Johann Sebastian Bach... 😉😂😂
@LawnBunny777 Жыл бұрын
Nah the guy from Deep Purple is hands down (no pun intended)
@cornfilledscreamer614 Жыл бұрын
@@LawnBunny777 As much as I loved Jon Lord (that was his name), he wasn't nearly on Emerson's level. Rick Wakeman came close, but still no cigar.
@sammencia7945 Жыл бұрын
For Rock Jazz and Pop, yes.
@jopestv10635 жыл бұрын
RIP Keith. You, Greg & Carl made my 70s psychedelic experimenting an aural wonderland. Brain Salad Surgery is still in my top ten albums.
@danielalvessilva19085 жыл бұрын
Emerson did not die. Emerson lives
@jumbledfox20987 күн бұрын
I 100% agree, ELP is making my 2020's psychedelic experimenting the same, I love them so much and Brain Salad Surgery is in my top ten albums too! I wish I could've been around back then to see them live...
@basvanasten542410 жыл бұрын
I also want a Keith Emerson.
@anyvideo88766 жыл бұрын
Bas van Asten i think it costs 105.000$
@sub-harmonik6 жыл бұрын
I just want his synth
@fnersch33675 жыл бұрын
Build it.
@farrukhgulamaliyev99483 жыл бұрын
@@sub-harmonik just* HAHAHAHAHAH
@rockdoctor74663 жыл бұрын
I have one. I have Lego Keith Emerson and his moog. Lego toy blocks but looks real. cute. I purchased from ebay.
@ricever18 жыл бұрын
The Emerson and Lake tour was so outstanding. Rest in peace with the heavenly orchestra Keith ♡
@bellbrass Жыл бұрын
I'm reading "Pictures of an Exhibitionist" once more....as a drummer, and a huge Carl Palmer fan, I'm always surprised at just how much I loved Keith's writing and playing. I keep thinking I will tire of Emerson, Lake and Palmer one day. After 50 years, hasn't happened yet....
@erikshen11073 жыл бұрын
Keith Emerson....Greg Lake... THEN NOW FOREVER
@christineadam6764 Жыл бұрын
God bless you Keith Emerson. 🙏 ❤
@chieftp8 жыл бұрын
that had to always be the most valuable Moog ever. but now it must be worth its weight in gold.
@unnamedwriter8 жыл бұрын
There will never be another like him - \\m// MAY GOD REST YOUR SOUL KEITH !!! !!! !!!
@lilwolf11858 жыл бұрын
Yes, its very sad for us ELP followers, me going back to the early 70s and nice, this video shows the lighter and funny side of Keith which i love, Keith, Rick Wakeman and a band out of England called Noddy's Puncture, which does ELP music, that keyboardist is awesome and Keith has played along side of him..RIP KEITH, i was hoping to catch one last concert...:(
@samuraicowboyx8 жыл бұрын
You can tell that he's stuggling playing the organ. What a great man. RIP
@FukiMakai7 жыл бұрын
In 1994 he had to be surgered, since that he played with only 3 fingers of his right hand. Pain grew up with the years.
@punypoppy91477 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if one looks some never live shows, you can clearly see him playing with only 3 fingers. He did well considering that fact, but many things he once could do, were only a distant memory. :(
@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton7 жыл бұрын
He shot himself in the head because he couldn't take the bullying about his playing, being a sensitive guy who lived for his music. He played more with 3 fingers than most with five.
@FukiMakai7 жыл бұрын
I can imagine that. Also a big depression, according to Greg Lake, came since 1977 or 1978 (remember the biography of the group)
@bridgetking45537 жыл бұрын
+Jeffrey Newton he suffered from major depression
@eduardo97886 жыл бұрын
I can not believe you left us, an irreparable loss for rock and for quality music. You were an extraordinary musician, your talent in front of the keyboards, your unforgettable ELP band and the great shows will never be forgotten. Oh Keith, if you were so sad that you could not drive your keyboards anymore, you should have sought help, with specialists, psychologists, finally, to understand that you already contributed too much to international music and that one day, you would have to stop playing keyboards. any way in favor of your health. You really need it in this world.. Rest in Peace.
@sharonagresta-siekerman860110 ай бұрын
Eduardo, well your post really started the waterworks. I suffer from depression, anxiety and PTSD and it hurts that KE is gone and I'm still here struggling. I'd trade places if I could but I cannot. The world misses such a genius and decent soul
@bobbg90418 ай бұрын
I seen the band sevral times in great big room that Moog was so loud it went stright to your core. The almost 100 year old building felt the music to its foundation Its 50 plus years later and its still an awesome instrument.
@John42ification8 жыл бұрын
Along with Rick Wakeman, one of my two favorite keyboardists of all time! Thank you for this!
@islandguy93808 жыл бұрын
Amen :)
@mikedeveer10472 жыл бұрын
Both Rick and Keith funny men Fab players
@marcusc48287 жыл бұрын
Keith and Greg ....back together again
@tstop88 жыл бұрын
Keith, my brother, my friend. I'm so grateful for having had the opportunity to do some miles, road, countries with you. Through the 97 ELP tour, then as your tech on the Keith Emerson Band tours, to the last show in 2010 at HV, London. You were always an amazing friend, relaxed (once you got past the first four bars of any show), quick with a pun, and funny, funny, funny. I, and the musical world, am so saddened by the tragic turn of events. Wish yo wold have picked up the phone and given me a call. Even with 3 fingers working, you could play better than most people using 5 fingers. And you always gave 150%. It's been a month, but I still miss you. happy trails mon ami. Your guy, Kirky, off there on stage right.
@vidsforsquids8 жыл бұрын
You stood next to genius ...
@kelvinpanesar65117 жыл бұрын
If I could give you a million likes I would!!
@tstop87 жыл бұрын
A genius and a generous man, who always wanted to give his audience 150%. Lift up a white wine spritzer in his honour come new years eve.
@bryansebunya69526 жыл бұрын
You must've had a great brother
@SailingLuckyfish6 жыл бұрын
Well done thanks for the amazing music. You all led a life. From NZ.
@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY8 жыл бұрын
The board in question is part of the original MOOG synthesiser - Keith was hugely innovative on this instrument and was a personal friend of the inventor Dr. Robert Moog. However, the MOOG and any other musical paraphernalia - including the Steinway Concert Grand - paled into meaninglessness when Keith played the HAMMOND L101. This legendary tonewheel organ has never been used or abused to better effect!
@VictorSteiner7 жыл бұрын
If you say so, post the best link of him playing it :D
@debbegottenbusch25815 жыл бұрын
I got to see ELP play Albuquerque in the early '70's while doing mescaline (blue micro dot?) What a fantastic show (Brain Salad 🤯 Surgery)! Emerson looked like a mad scientist playing all over that Moog board 😃 Such talent! I'll never forget the Gong & Palmer's drum set emerging from the blackness, like a giant Robot. The contrasting quietness of Lake's guitar was splendid. It was a once in a life time, unforgetable experience. Glad I wasn't too high to enjoy it, if you know what I mean.
@3rdandlong3 жыл бұрын
I'm not up on Hammond models, but the "movable" one that he would do "Rondo a'la Turk" on-that he would pull out for encore (as Keith mentioned once in an interview), his tech would always have to work on it after a show because Keith would beat it up so much.
@awaken773 жыл бұрын
L100 organ used exclusively for the numbers Rondo / America , which involved a lot of organ abuse, including knives, playing backwards, etc (Emerson's the most notorious stage act)
@daveman439 Жыл бұрын
Thanks youtube algorithm for deigning to show me this treasure. This is hysterically fantastic! Emerson, oh Emerson.
@kevinstill10693 жыл бұрын
I really miss Keith. As I miss Greg Lake and Chris Squire. Giants in my eyes.
@fw14213 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Keith,you are dearly missed.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@get1rocstartim5 Жыл бұрын
I miss Keith and Grag. Will always be one of my all-time favorites.
@GaryJames8648 жыл бұрын
RIP Kieth and your wonderful moog 1.
@hihats Жыл бұрын
I wore the grooves off Welcome Back My Friends...no seriously...I still have my copy from '74...I put it on a few years ago...unplayable/unlistenable...its great!
@youngchool Жыл бұрын
The moog was built in 1968. I was conceived in that year. RIP Keith.
@amirkhannoir39468 жыл бұрын
Keith Emerson, a great musician, whose death struck me !!! 40 years and to this moment I listen to his immortal compositions ... not sated !!! His place in Paradise, Paradise !!! And my heart is with him ...............................
@lk-sb8ql4 жыл бұрын
I am endlessly sad since...
@GoemonLovesFujiko12 жыл бұрын
I've had the pleasure of playing this beast way back when... Amazing machine.
@johnmclaughlin2392 Жыл бұрын
I love when I find out rock icons also have a sense of humor.
@Booker775 Жыл бұрын
I count myself fortunate to have seen him with the Nice at the Fillmore East In Greenwich Village & was lucky to have seen him with ELP, outstanding musician all the way around & like many of us still miss him. Great clinic on the Moog Synth.
@tarkusii285811 жыл бұрын
Keith is a Moog Magician. Has a sense of humor as well
@stephenord3403 Жыл бұрын
Sad loss, he was a genius
@TorgMetal2 жыл бұрын
Pure Genius Keith was. We miss ya man, cheers…R.I.P Mr Emerson
@TwoDoorKayak4 жыл бұрын
I went to see ELP in Toronto in the late '70s, and at one point in the show, that thing came rising out of the stage, and if I remember right, that same sequence was playing. I had no idea what it was, now I know. I feel an urge to sing "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends." RIP Keith Emerson.
@vidsforsquids8 жыл бұрын
Tragic loss - what a sweet guy as well
@jeremythornton4333 жыл бұрын
That's great! Thank you! I've been luck enough to have seen ELP numerous times. I saw them for the first time when they were touring with the orchestra. Unfortunately they had cancelled the orchestra for the Toronto show but they were still great. The last time I saw them was at Massey Hall in Toronto. My friend and I lucked out and bought tickets at the box office. Front row! Infact, the whole row was available so I sat where ever I wanted! Being a keyboard player I spent most of the time at Keith's end of the stage.
@mylesofkeys24968 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. :(
@neonblack2112 жыл бұрын
Love how the audience cheerd because he detuned on oscillator
@LuisEduardoGalindo8 жыл бұрын
Bless you Keith
@audiophile5514 жыл бұрын
Oh man! This is PRICELESS! How fortunate for those of you who were there!!!!!!
@FlatTube211 жыл бұрын
Emerson and Lake on stage. This is a tour that they did as a duo. In the middle of the show there was a question period from the audience. I was too depressed at how bad he was playing to want to ask a question when the guy walked passed me with the mike. Emerson was my idol. He should just compose and let other people perform his work. His hand is totally shot.
@alessandro56moog757 жыл бұрын
we miss you Keith... :-((((
@andree01014 жыл бұрын
Second to none keyboard player of all times..
@3rdandlong3 жыл бұрын
How about the ultimate keyboard player of all time?
@APTSynthesist7 жыл бұрын
RIP, gone but not forgotten...
@zindi113812 жыл бұрын
Kieth is such a cool guy!
@landslug8 жыл бұрын
RIP :(
@JanPBtest8 жыл бұрын
I bought a software emulation of it from Arturia, it's mindbogglingly amazing, even in that form.
@blindfoldknobs22548 жыл бұрын
RIP You Master of Progressive Rock.
@TheBlackHelicopterRevue3 жыл бұрын
Emo does Nigel Tufnell, great stuff
@sosmra3 жыл бұрын
Love it when he said it sounds like something from a air conditioner!
@ArtLogins3 жыл бұрын
It goes to infinity and it's got 3 oscillators.... 😀😀😀
@PaulRoberts14 жыл бұрын
Priceless. Looks like they're having great fun on the tour.
@gwensciora85164 жыл бұрын
thank you Prof Deutsch. Bob MOOG and Keith Emerson! and Wendy Carlos!! it has been an honor to meet Michelle Moog .. and do a 4 hour show honoring the Legacy of BOB MOOG with Marc Vail and Craig Leon!!!! I hope to visit the Moog seum soon!! wusb.fm NY / WAXX TRAXX TO THE MAXX .
@spaceheater114 жыл бұрын
Man, this is great! I love listening to him talk about this stuff!!
@thomo742 жыл бұрын
Great video! What a set up!
@Ifyoudonttakeitucantfakeit6 жыл бұрын
Tom of Noddy's Puncture has the old KE Moog organ and plays it BRILLIANTLY!
@danielalvessilva19086 жыл бұрын
Emerson and his work is eternal.
@seankenney28048 жыл бұрын
Like some of the great astronomers, he had to invent the tools himself, to make sounds no one ever imagined.
@Smittyschannel6 жыл бұрын
Awesome- I REALLY hope they show other ppl how to use that awesome piece of history. A great instrument like that could be lost if ppl don't keep it alive
@OFR5 жыл бұрын
It is now on display in The Metropolitan Museum in NYC. The instrument belongs to a collection called EMEAPP in Philadelphia now.
@DeRex910 жыл бұрын
Keith is the BOSS
@zggystardust13 жыл бұрын
I saw Emerson and Lake in LA at the Orpheum Theatre about 8 or 9 months ago. He had this damn thing on stage that night. What a great flashback that was to see it live again.
@richardrohn87154 жыл бұрын
So much respect for this man. His talents are without saying, no words, no way, I just hope that when ever I leave this world, that they will be playing ELP wherever I go.
@audiodood2 жыл бұрын
Lmao when his microphone stand hit the Hammond organ keys lol
@MarcoLongoMusic9 жыл бұрын
I've never saw him live, that's my biggest regret. Such a great guy and music legend.
@djquiko5 жыл бұрын
I want to have this in my church.
@danielalvessilva19085 жыл бұрын
Wow!! In the Church? Emerson Forever
@mariaulfah79024 жыл бұрын
i want to have church in my this
@mikevlade42213 жыл бұрын
..got old the end is near , but a fine man he has been ...I've gone before...
@drewbuckweed13978 жыл бұрын
A true genius, RIP my music hero
@mariaulfah79024 жыл бұрын
agree
@wentkat14 жыл бұрын
Fantastic - he looks like he's having a great time...and you know the audience is!
@danielblanchet75775 жыл бұрын
''... you can't touch it, don't even look at it...'' Lol!
@monsterjazzlicks11 жыл бұрын
WOW, what a MASSIVE sound for just one guy playing a Moog and Hammond !! Luvin' Emo !!
@emerald1one12 жыл бұрын
1968 oscillator way ahead of its time
@flamindigo8 ай бұрын
WHAT AN AMAZING MACHINE
@andrefelixstudio2833 Жыл бұрын
goes all the way to 12 and ezy gos to 11. That’s great!
@hammondvoodoo95556 жыл бұрын
Spinal Tap with keyboards, that's what I totally missed in the movie! Keith was a class act in every way ...
@BobbyL575712 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Keith doing his spinal tap bit.
@pontiac10085 жыл бұрын
Genius at work
@johnryder8464 Жыл бұрын
Puts people like Gary Numan to shame, he only ever used presets.
@davidrock3326 Жыл бұрын
I'm SO GLAD that I found this video again! "SORRY!!! This guy gets upset if I don't play him! You have to keep all of these guys happy!" IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SYNTHESIZERS THAT YOU COULD CREATE sounds with, find CAUSTIC 3 for your tablet! IT'S FREE!!!
@davidrock3326 Жыл бұрын
@@bluejay713 Just type in CAUSTIC 3 on your phone or tablet or computer, and see. I was just goofing off, and I had the.modular synth doing the part of ELPs KARN EVIL 9, 1st impression, after the first guitar solo, where it's just the synth. You can put MACHINE INPUT modules on the MODULAR synth that let you take sounds from other synths and play them on the MODULAR synth. I put 6 machine inputs on 1 Modular synth, and it played what I played all 6 at once! The thing that is COOL is that it's FREE!
@davidrock3326 Жыл бұрын
@@bluejay713 I love your @ name! I'm a huge fan of The Moody Blues. And in 1975 they all made solo albums. Justin Hayward and John Lodge made one together. It is called BLUE JAYS! It is one of my top five albums of all time!!!
@johnmccullough11386 жыл бұрын
Way to go Mr. Keith Emerson! R.I.P.
@Athlor112 жыл бұрын
Epic entertaining tangent on that monster synth. The audience is so damn lucky. Wow.
@rockcup14 жыл бұрын
Like this lesson.
@kenmastro78016 жыл бұрын
my favorite keyboardist
@otisdone7856 жыл бұрын
RIP
@danielalvessilva19086 жыл бұрын
Emerson and his work is eternal.
@VenjaMusic13 жыл бұрын
Awesome presentation!
@BaddaBigBoom3 жыл бұрын
When I read the title, I thought "What ...with knives?!!"
@vectragt231014 жыл бұрын
Keith is the best ever!! The Ritchie Backmore on Keyboard!
@kv3x12 жыл бұрын
Wow! Glad this one was captured.... :D
@Wolfymusic113 жыл бұрын
Ahh... the Moog 55 modular, I always wanted one of those.
@antonioscarpa67706 жыл бұрын
LOVE KEITH FROM ITALY
@xxheartbrokexx1007 жыл бұрын
Two years after the legendary synthesizer technician Will Alexander stopped working as the technician for Keith's Moog .
@schmutzgreiffer13 жыл бұрын
This is a really entertaining clip and I speak as an old ELP head.. so thanks!
@Anjiruu14 жыл бұрын
Great pines, that thing's a MONSTER!!!
@SuperCartiel7 жыл бұрын
After K.E.'s death, and as a tribute to this great icon, Moog Music offered folk a genuine Emerson Moog Modular System. It was as monstrous as its price: $125,000 US. I think Moog still wants someone to buy it. Any takers?
@OFR5 жыл бұрын
Not after his death. Before. Keith signed and b played and filmed it for each owner.
@DrChopz3 жыл бұрын
I saw ELP in concert back in the day. I wish Kieth had given us a lecture on Moog programming. That would have been OTH!