Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Knife-Edge | FIRST TIME COUPLE REACTION (BMC Request)

[@kevinmarsh8922]

Thank you for your kind comments, I really appriciate your noticing an old guy, and like your reactions very much.

[@mvunit3]

But you _know_ what track I want played from their debut ;D . . . Congrats Kevin, we'll get to enjoy your track soon after all :D.

[@shyshift]

Are you the Take A Pebble guy?

[@kevinmarsh8922]

@@shyshift Yes

[@shyshift]

@@kevinmarsh8922 studio or Welcome Back?

[@kevinmarsh8922]

@@shyshift Studio, though I loved them live.

[@edwarddehooge4469]

No one ever mentions how good of a great drummer Palmer is. He is still alive.

[@alancumming6407]

I lucky enough to hear this album when it was released, courtesy of my older brother. My first gig was when I was 13 seeing ELP in Glasgow in 1971. They were great. This track was a stand out live.

[@renepauly3344]

The first time, i heard ELP was in Germany December 1970. Live performance in the "Beat Club". I was thrilled and captured for ever. ELp is the most amazing Group ever!

[@stephaniethurmer5370]

This is just the tip of the iceberg to ELP. Enjoy your journey

[@danielhertz784]

Literally the tip of the iceberg being the first track of their first album (Edit: I just realized the barbarian was the first track this is the second lol)

[@nfrick1]

@@danielhertz784 wrong again... Take a Pebble is the second track. Knife Edge is the third track. Lol!

[@shyshift]

Fun Fact: In 1974 I was driving in Sacramento near the American River with my ex girlfriend Marie. We were listening to Knife Edge. The road we were on had a succession of stop signs and on the last one we slowed down at the exact rate the end of the song did to a complete stop. Marie and I just looked at each other and burst out laughing omg it was a once in a lifetime moment.

[@glenndespres5317]

And just five miles before that you had just finished a doobie of some Alcapulco Gold? I have had those moments!

[@robertflowers6621]

And then the 8-track player switched tracks, sending you both back to reality...

[@glenndespres5317]

@@robertflowers6621 right??? That happened for sure with CCR’s Ramble Tamble. Major bummer.

[@tcanfield]

Good story ! A similar thing happened to me when Pink Floyd’s DSOTM first was being played by FM stations. Exactly the moment I pulled into a highway toll booth to throw change in the basket, the song “Money” came on with those cash register sounds.

[@shyshift]

@@tcanfield same album I was in Stockton California at University of Pacific and watching a lunar eclipse through a friend’s telescope playing my 8 track of Dark Side Of The Moon. I was literally sitting on the grass while David sang the lunatic is on the grass in 1975.

[@willhous19]

I love how ELP blends jazz, rock, and classical!!!!

[@realbser1956]

Future ELP, first listen to Tarkus and then Karn Evil 9. It will be like when you heard Starship Trooper, trust me.

[@vicprovost2561]

No kidding, just like he said, prog at its best!

[@eddiecollison]

Can't wait for them to hear Tarkus, and Trilogy..

[@markthompson7722]

as i go to listen to Tarkus for the zillionth time

[@vicprovost2561]

Me too, I was lucky enough to see ELP 5 times, they did Tarkus in its entirety 3 times and a condensed version twice. Awesome every time but we thought the Yale Bowl was going into orbit in 1974! 😎

[@roccodifranco7866]

They where the most talented band we ever had in the 70s 😊

[@Ruda-n4h]

Too good for the music press.

[@erikberg5363]

My parents are big into classical music and I heard a lot of it growing up. When I first heard this song I recognized the melody and after some research I figured out it is taken from a piece called “Sinfonietta” by Czech composer Leoš Janáček. The middle section is also taken from a piece by Bach. Interesting how ELP take these old classical pieces and turn them into a whole different beast!

[@nfrick1]

Maybe the best example of "a whole different beast" is how Emerson turned old English folk song "Lovely Joan" into "Touch and Go".

[@julieb.5860]

emerson loved to take existing classical music or other and put his mark on it. when he was with the nice, he did 'america' from west side story and really pissed off Bernstein and Sondheim, the original writers. He would use knives onstage to hold down the chords. He was a hand grenade in concert, playing the keys upside down and backwards. on take a pebble, from this album, he plays the strings on the inside of the piano. he was known as 'the master of 13 keyboards', and was just a phenom.

[@debrabrabenec3731]

Yes, that baroque section is, in fact, Bach. It is the Allemande from his first French Suite. In my freshman year music theory class in college (1974), my jaw dropped when my professor started playing it on the piano!

[@willasacco9898]

I love the sound of early synthesizers. I think that great keyboard players and composers, like Emerson, were developing the concepts and themes that could be played on these exciting new electronic instruments.

[@hubbsllc]

FWIW there's only organ on this track.

[@tcanfield]

Awhile ago I read up on Keith's career and loved the description of him as an adolescent - the classically trained nerd with sheets of music always under his arm, but who also learned to rock out and play for his classmates so the bullies would give him a break. He was quite the showman - saw them in 72', my first concert at age 15 !

[@historyguy5942]

Keith Emerson was such an accomplished and inovative pianist/keyboardist. I was 13/14 in ’72 and he and all of ELP were gods to me and my musician friends. RIP Keith.

[@BlackCatLover]

I saw them live at the California Jam and have loved them ever since!

[@mikekeeler6362]

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends

[@larryg7126]

The first time I saw ELP it was in auditorium/gym of a women's college, in northern NJ, a very small venue, as it was their first tour. The sound was flowing thru our bodies especially the Moog. We all were pretty close to them on a low stage. They put on an excellent show, Keith stabbing his Hammond (L2 model I think) with knives to hold down keys while tipping & dropping the organ which gives a unique boing spring sound. I owned an M2 & your are never supposed to move the organ unless you bolt the grenerator down because it can come off the springs & here Keith is tipping the organ on an edge & dropping it. Check out the groups each came from Keith (The Nice), Greg (King Crimson) and Palmer (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic RoosteR).

[@claudio130]

ELP, absolute genius, brilliant musicians that left a formidable musical legacy

[@dogtownczar]

I love it when they press through the realization that some of their favorite melodic bands can get really heavy and then joy floods their faces.

[@michelemichele3375]

We all want “Take a Pebble” because Kevin has been the most die-hard fan and his persistence will pay off. Lol. I’m a sucker for Greg Lake’s amazing voice singing a romantic song, so I’ve always liked “Still You Turn Me On” also. This band has a wide variety of tracks and I’m here for all of it. Thanks N&L!! 🤪

[@Zockopa]

Yeah.Take a Pebble is a outstanding song.

[@michelemichele3375]

@@Zockopa And we can do both songs together! 🤪

[@unclemeat7310]

Still you turn me on is amazing

[@ArniePorter]

Greg Lake has such a pure voice. This song really shows off their amazing skills as instrumentalists and the amazing power they could put out as a trio. Love the tempo changes too. ELP, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes and Pink Floyd were the giants of prog rock of the early 70’s. Love your energy and positivity.

[@richardhathaway2901]

I'm 70 now and I really miss these guys. Keith and Greg both passed away a few years back but Carl is still with us. In fact his son teaches drums at a school just nearby where I live here in the UK. I think someone else has pointed out that classical pieces of music crop up in ELP's records from time to time. It's worth checking out "Pictures at an Exhibition" where they re-work the whole suite by Mussorgsky.

[@sailor7557]

Can’t wait to see you guys react to: 1. Tarkus 2. Pictures at an Exhibition 3. Take a Pebble Love how you get in to the music and your enthusiastic comments. Keep up the great work!

[@georgedavis-stewart4225]

Every entry by Keith Emerson sounds like an escape bid. All that classical training let loose on the unsuspecting world of rock, aided and abetted by Greg Lake and Carl Palmer, both eager to demonstrate their own agenda and ambitions.

[@papacarl2002]

MMM!! Lex & Nick! Great start to my lunch break. Kudos to Nick for letting Lex start off talking & sharing more first.. and don’t worry about pausing too much, you two do an excellent job of when and how much to pause.. As always, awesome awesome request from MicheleMichele!! Btw, any and all ELP fans must look for amazing young woman Rachel Flowers... you may already know her, if not, she’s a BIG Keith Emerson fan and picked out by ear many of his compositions. 🤘🏼🎹🤘🏼

[@mvunit3]

And she became friends with him :). Rachel is an amazing player, reminds me of Mats Öberg of "Mats + Morgan" band.

[@DRmayybee]

I still remember the first time I heard this lp 1971 I was 12 OR 13 my friend had an older brother who had a stereo I went to his house and had to wait for him to eat dinner so he had sit and listen to this lp with head phones it blew my mind. imagine being 13 in 1971 and hearing this lp I say it changed my life

[@philplasma]

I of course, have heard of ELP, but this is the first time I hear a song from them. I liked how the singers lyrics matched the bass occasionally in the first half of the song. The keyboard playing throughout was really great. That deflating ending was amazing.

[@caroljordan6130]

The singer plays that INCREDIBLE BASS !! 💜. Or is it the other way around?? 💜🎶 LOVE GREG LAKE !!! 💜👍

[@chadbennett7873]

Your first two exposures to ELP was basically Emerson, LAKE and Palmer. Greg Lake doing his amazing acoustic guitar and singing with a bit of Keith and Carl. Now you're beginning to hear Emerson, Lake and Palmer. It's all great, but Keith was the dominant force in the music, supported by the master musicianship of Greg and Carl. Greg w-periodic assistance from Pete Sinfield, created the lyrics while Keith did a lot of the composing of the musical lines. Karn Evil 9 is the masterpiece, in my mind ... but needs to be heard in all of the three parts. Enjoy the rabbit hole ... it's a wonderful place to be. Exploring the Nice would help you understand the genius of Keith Emerson and the seed for ELP. Keith was the standard bearer for almost all of the progressive keyboardists.

[@FR-ty5vn]

Yes, totally Emerson dominant, though Palmer helluva drummer and Lake’s amazing voice…but Emerson = Genius

[@FR-ty5vn]

Sorry, but nothing like the Doors…!!!!

[@LarryNeie-lj7zc]

Chad, nice nod to Keith and the Nice.

[@chadbennett7873]

@@LarryNeie-lj7zc Thank you. Living in Southern California, I was honored to attend his Memorial Concert at the El Rey with an all-star cast of fellow genius musicians. Most attendees were industry types and performers, so I felt a bit special. At one point, while standing in the restroom line, I was able to speak with Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, who was performing, and what an incredibly nice guy he was. Just a good human being. At different times of the night I was standing close to many of the others, but I respected their purpose. Jordan Rudess flew all the way from NYC to play Tarkus, then flew back after the show. I saw ELP at the now defunct Long Beach Auditorium during their Tarkus/Pictures tour. Was not lucky enough to see the Nice, but have every note they published on vinyl. All bright stars in the musical universe.

[@dynosmith4096]

first BIG band I seen 1970 I think Newcastle city hall still remember it ,Keith Emerson playing the church organ,wires and speakers nearly covering the whole stage very loud, and very great!

[@briano.5746]

I really like that you guys are digging into the REAL music that I grew up on. I'm 57 and just as much into this music as when I was 17. You guys are great! PEACE from Southwest Michigan 🐉💀👽🎸🎼🎵🎶🧠✌😎👍

[@spiderbass65]

Funny that you did their two light “hits” to start the ELP journey. They get far more progressive than that. When you think you’re ready, there is a live version of Keith Emerson playing a piano on his back while stabbing it with a giant knife. It’s beautiful...

[@ricardobianco2]

Thanks for your appreciation of ELP. I've been a fan all my life (I'm 68) and was lucky enough to see them live in 1972 in Bradford, UK. The ticket price was 85p, probably around $1.00! I've just watched some of your videos, and I'm wiping the tears away. Please listen to Abaadon's Bolero and have your minds blown!!🙂

[@petekraemer6613]

At the old pool hall the owner said he thought I was the only one to ever play this on the juke box. Also try "Toccata" from "Brain Salad Surgery" It might scare you...so hold on to something (my 1st concert ;- )

[@chuckhutton5087]

Keep up the great work!!! Please, please do Karn Evil 9. “Welcome back, my friends to the show that never ends”!!

[@theheepster]

It is always a special pleasure to watch you, discover the music of my youth. I'm not at all sad to be 65 years old, because I got to see these bands that you discovered, live. There is also a Band called the German ELP: Triumvirat. It is also worth discovering.🇩🇪

[@kenbarton2920]

Me too, at 62!

[@sheldonwheaton881]

Spartacus! Great album!🗿

[@thatoneguyagain2252]

Age 62, got to see ELP three times . . . LOVE watching young people discovering my youth. Triumvirat - now that's a name I've not heard in a long, long time

[@dorkmier]

Hi Nick N Lex. I forgot about this song and haven't heard it in eons. What a great song and brought back some great memories. Thanks for bringing it back to me. Keep up the good work.

[@stpnwlf9]

When the keyboards have the melody, the rhythm section just jumps out at me - Palmer's drums and Lake's bass during the keyboard sections are impeccable. Their debut was not built around a concept. Another highlight on this one is The Barbarian which is an Emerson adaptation of a theme by Bartok.

[@steelers6titles]

Just a step cried the sad man Take a look down at the madman Theatre kings on silver wings Fly beyond reason From the flight of the seagull Come the spread claws of the eagle Only fear breaks the silence As we all kneel pray for guidance Tread the road cross the abyss Take a look down at the madness On the streets of the city Only spectres still have pity Patient queues for the gallows Sing the praises of the hallowed Our machines feed the furnace If they take us they will burn us Will you still know who you are When you come to who you are When the flames have their season Will you hold to your reason Loaded down with your talents Can you still keep your balance Can you live on a knife-edge

[@rogerpitcher6540]

Keith Emerson and his earlier band The Nice recorded with a symphony orchestra The Five Bridges Suite. It’s a deep deep cut. The song Trilogy is ELP’s masterpiece.

[@adammckee3496]

Tarkus is the prototypical ELP song. Trilogy is pure and amazing. Karn Evil 9 (all of it) is a masterpiece.

[@RickTBL]

Tarkus LIVE!

[@ericanderson8886]

Time to get progressive with ELP. Down and down the well.

[@fingersfan1843]

"Everybody Loves Potatoes" ( AKA: EMERSON, LAKE, and PALMER ) are my all time favorite band and this is my favorite song of theirs ! Thanks for reacting to this great song ! RIP Keith Emerson and RIP Greg Lake. Long live Carl Palmer ! ELP FOREVER !!!!

[@GPWalsh]

Back in like 1971 or 72 I went to another ELP concert (which I had gone to many) and guess who was the opening band... YES! Mind blown

[@michelemichele3375]

Knew you’d like that classical portion. And the trippy parts. Falling down the rabbit hole ..... lovin’ it! Great job. 🤪

[@jamesnold8393]

one of the first live concerts I attended at the Mississippi River Festival in 1972. Blew me away. Emerson capped the encore by stabbing his synthesizer with knives while playing Tarkus.

[@1nelsondj]

So glad you're liking ELP's music. I'll always give a like for any reaction to them. I hope you'll give a listen to 'Pirates' which I think is their finest moment, just love the lyrics, it will make you want to become a pirate.

[@janster3000]

Finally, I've been requesting this for a while now. Can't wait till you hear Tarkus. It will blow you away 😎😘

[@chago4212]

And This it's just the tip of the iceberg! When you hear the Brain Salad Surgery album you'll be blown away!

[@gkirms]

My absolute favorite from ELP - 'Pirates'.

[@eduardoisaurralde1056]

The best of the best..ELP!!!!!!

[@Soundhypno]

Keith Emerson came up with the music for this song, incorporating many elements of classical music. His bandmates didn't know it at the time, but much of it was based on a 1926 piece by the Czech composer Leos Janacek called "Sinfonietta." A few years after "Knife-Edge" was released, the publisher who owned the rights to "Sinfonietta" brought up the issue, and Janacek was given a songwriting credit. Johann Sebastian Bach is also credited, as the song uses quotations from his "French Suite in D Minor"

[@inckyprog6924]

ELP have made so many and so different songs. I don't even know what to wish for in the first place. "The Endless Enigma", "Karn Evil 9", "Take A Pebble". (In the case of the "multi-parts", the parts urgently belong together).

[@tomdevore9576]

One of my favorite ELP tracks, lesser known, but it shows their range in tempo changes. So blessed to have seen them live. One of my favorite concerts of all time.......

[@cheneyrobert]

May 26, 1974 at Vorst National in Brussels 👏👏👏🇧🇪concert was amazing 👍🏻😎🥂

[@lesliearnold6690]

You both remind me of my husband and I when we were your age! My husband is a drummer. We were18 when I began sleeping in a house while a rock and roll band played downstairs. We enjoy your enthusiasm! Thank you!

[@Zongroned]

Keith Emerson ....!!....what a keyboardist!

[@markjacobsen8335]

Yes, this song is a great representation of ELP. It's funny how fans usually recommend the Greg Lake acoustic singer songwriter hits first for reactions when ELP was primarily a keyboard-bass-drums based band. "Trilogy" is their greatest song ever. Have fun.

[@EthanWhateley]

few mins in- so far they seem to like it and I'm glad they appreciate the darkness of this song. These guys were definitely a cult group and one not always with the cheeriest of sound. Greg Lake brought the brooding King Crimson mood and of course Keith Emerson was a true pioneer, who partnered with Robert Moog on the synth. His sound is totally unique !! They were too good to last very long. Carl P. provided major driving force too! This is an outstanding debut album !!

[@kevinmarsh8922]

The first song on this album is called "The Barbarian", and was written by Bartock. Keth Emerson was a classically trained organist (probably in the Anglican church)a midwestern. I've spent the last 20 years building and working on church pipe organs for a midwestern organ co. and I can tell you some of the organs used on this album are wonderful. "Knife Edge" uses both pipe organs and a Hammond B3 with Leslie speakers. "Take a Pebble" shows his skill as a pianist. This album, Led Zepplin 2, and the first Black Sabbath albums changed my understanding of music.

[@GreatScott203]

So glad you've discovered ELP. They were truly pioneers of their day, the start of the Prog Rock "Supergroups". Emerson did so much to take classical music and rock out to it -- the best examples of that are Aaron Copeland's Hoedown (Trilogy), and Fanfare for the Common Man (Works v1), Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (and on the same album Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite as "Nutrocker") -- but they did so much with their own stuff too -- Karn Evil 9 (all 3 impressions) is astounding.

[@thatoneguyagain2252]

"Finally, they're getting to the heavier side of ELP". Thousands of eyes light up - it's just what we've been waiting for. A request: at some point you'll probably be doing a reaction to "Tarkus" (I see it in the suggestions below already). When you do, please skip the studio version, and react to the live version from the 'Show That Never Ends' album instead. Every section of the piece is better live, but the last section, "Aquatarkus", is an absolute tour-de-force for Keith Emerson. (Nick will probably want to run out and buy an Analog synthesizer, when he hears what Analog can do and Digital can not.) I'd like to believe I'm enjoying your journey as much as you are, but I know that can't be true. All I can say is, please keep going, there's still an amazing amount of rabbit-hole ahead. You're part of my life now, and I'm loving it !

[@hmsljj]

Keith Emerson, simply the best. Glad you think so too.

[@GrouchyMarx]

That was awesome! When you're ready for another ELP, go back to the Trilogy album and do its title track "Trilogy". You love the power? You will REALLY love the song Trilogy! And add "Abaddon's Bolero" to your ELP list, last song on the same incredible album. ✌️😎

[@brucebrown73]

Pictures at an Exhibition, Tarkus, Karn Evil 9 are their 3 epics that will blow you away

[@ethelynchristopher6995]

One of my favorite bands. They do a little bit of everything. Beautiful songs like From the Beginning, challenging prog songs like Karn Evil Nine, amazing renditions of contemporary classical pieces like Fanfare for the Common Man. So glad you are enjoying more than just their "light" fare.

[@joshs4594]

Extremely nice to see ELP appreciated for more than their ballads. Keith Emerson is unanimously regarded as the greatest Rock keyboardist ever. I strongly recommend listening to "Tank," from this same album. It will give you a great example of how talented drummer Carl Palmer and bassist Greg Lake are and it also breaks historic new ground as Keith unveils the full power of the Moog Synthesizer to the Rock world. Trust me, "Tank" is a must-hear. 🎹🎸🥁

[@ericmeredith8754]

Im so happy! I i have enjoyed learning about Elp along with you

[@hilocus]

Keith Emerson was like the Jimi Hendrix of the Hammond organ. A wonderful organic and expressive sounding instrument. Pitchbending achieved by switching off and on the power and then shoved and rocked and overdriven to distortion and for maximum effect. Brilliant live!

[@TraceAiken]

If you listen to ELP doing “Take A Pebble” I very highly recommend you do the version on their triple live album “Welcome Back My Friends.” They do a two-parter version of “Take A Pebble… (into) Still, You Turn Me On.” It’s an awesome combo! Cheers! 🎶🎵

[@shyshift]

I agree 100% the live Take A Pebble is astonishing.

[@michelemichele3375]

Yes! 💜

[@stevemoss7793]

So many of their songs are much better imo when performed live. Like Queen, a lot of the studio stuff is a bit flat - Lucky Man, especially the synth at the end, is a good example of this. Played live and with the emotion in Greg's voice it's a very different experience!

[@grogsprog8401]

Try the Endless Enigma off this album Beautiful song One of the more dramatic choruses i've heard

[@markjacobsen8335]

Endless Enigma is on Trilogy.

[@bobsage4963]

As Mark says, Endless Enigma is on their 4th album "Trilogy"; Knife Edge was at the end of side one of their first album "Emerson, Lake & Palmer".

[@Alix777.]

They need to do Trilogy, the song.

[@BlackCatLover]

Endless Enigma is a fantastic prog piece!

[@jimreeves1]

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - The Endless Enigma (Complete), part 1, fugue and part 2, are in my opinion ELP's most distinctive, all encompassing and representative pieces of all their periods. A tour de force.

[@jimdolen225]

I saw them one year when Journey was the opener. Aynsley Dunbar had an amazing drum solo that I thought couldn't be topped until I witnessed Palmers solo. Best three man band ever and such showmanship.

[@stephenowens8763]

I did too, last show before Steve Perry joined. Dunbar was Zappa’s favorite drummer.

[@jimdolen225]

@@stephenowens8763 oh man was I bummed when Perry joined them. They were still worth seeing but I preferred the raunchier version of Journey. I told Lex to check the early Journey out!

[@jimandnicki]

YES!!!!! Great song!!!! Lex…try to listen to the words. 😉

[@TheProgCorner]

Can’t wait until you tackle their two epics: Tarkus and Karn Evil 9!!!

[@lougordon5206]

The title track to Trilogy will blow your mind!

[@logicbender5892]

ELP are magnificent! If you have not heard yet, I would highly recommend "Fanfare for the common man" also if you have not heard "Wishbone Ash" you need to, I would recommend "Blowin Free" and "Sometime World" to start. Enjoy your channel!

[@ndtdutysaa5352]

Hope you do more heavier ELP. I remember listening to some of their records upon release in the 70s. Me and my friends were just amazed at Emerson's prowess on the keyboards--especially after we saw them live in 1974. Everyone assumed that he was classically trained at some high-end British conservatory. But he revealed in his first interview in Keyboard magazine that his training consisted of lessons from "little old ladies down the road"! The rest he did himself. Remarkable.

[@kentinatl]

Just watching you guys react is a 10/10 let alone the song's awesomeness..keep em' comin' ~all my best,Kent.

[@glennbrock6560]

Emerson playing numerous keyed instruments simultaneously on his giant keyboard tower, a sight to behold..circa 1977. I was there. Still high.

[@BeCoShooter]

Wakeman?

[@glennbrock6560]

@@BeCoShooter lol, i said i'm still high, i corrected it thanks, I must've been at the gates of delirium

[@oldmanghost219]

From ELP's "Karn evil Nine" 1st impression Welcome back, my friends To the show that never ends We're so glad you could attend! Come inside! Come inside!

[@royleggitt3307]

Take a pebble! Is definitely the next ELP! PLEASE

[@evankeal]

They rocked this song admirably in 92

[@freddiebarber4972]

Congratulations guys!! Now that you have ventured down the ELP path you have many surprises awaiting that will expand your progressive experience. Enjoy!! PS...MicheleMichele picks some great ones...she Rocks!

[@kplpolar]

Great to see you enjoying the music of Emerson, Lake & Palmer - one of my favourite bands - love your channel and reactions (ELP, YES, UK & RUSH) so much more great music still to unwrap - Enjoy 🙂🐾

[@deborahstrickland9845]

Watching some of their live shows from the early 70s is the best way to listen to ELP in my opinion.

[@delver4602]

Keith Emerson's Moog solo at the end of Lucky Man was a 'game changer' for my head!

[@markhaus2830]

AWAKEN BY YES!!!!! A MUST DO!!!! PLEASE!!!

[@montag4516]

There's a 1970 filmed live performance of ELP doing Take a Pebble. It's quite good, and that way you can see them in action rather than just hearing them.

[@gregjones861]

The Barbarian is outrageous and the first song on the album. And since you two are headphone listeners, allow me to recommend the first song on their album Trilogy called ,The Endless Enigma (complete). Just the intro will dazzle you with dynamics and musical ideas before the main body of the song even begins.

[@grega8586]

ELP is one of my favorites, but I'm still going to suggest some Be Bop Deluxe :-D Axe Victim would be a good start ;-)

[@papacarl2002]

Wow. Nice throwback request- haven’t enjoyed Bill Nelson’s BeBopDeluXe in a minute.... Last time i listened to Mr. Nelson was start of quarantine when i went on an ambient immersion 🎧 exploration into his Echo Observatory works. Now I’ll have to revisit Bill’s earlier 🎸 work. Vastly underrated musician/composer imho.

[@grega8586]

@@papacarl2002 I agree ;-)

[@progperljungman8218]

Second that!

[@thomasklempin542]

Jets at Dawn. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape etc off Ave Victim

[@grega8586]

@@thomasklempin542 Adventures... segueing into Jets At Dawn would be cool ;-)

[@billseely991]

Emerson and Wakeman ...wizzards on the ivories!

[@cometogether999]

Unfortunately I've never seen many of my prog heroes (besides Rush) perform live, except in my dreams. That concert has lasted for many years. Apparently Keith Emerson liked to attack his Hammond organ with knives, that wasn't in my dreams.

[@donaldanderson6604]

Keith Emerson wasn't, strictly speaking, classically trained in the way that Rick Wakeman was at the Royal College of Music although he did have formal piano lessons. Greg Lake had just graduated from the university of King Crimson and while he was in ELP Carl Palmer actually studied with James Blades who was a legendary classical and session percussionist. I met Blades when he came to do a talk at our school. Imagine how cool that was for a teenage ELP fan. Blades could play anything, and used to challenge drummers to keep up with him on polyrhythms. Fun fact...one of the first songs ELP played together was 21st century Schizoid Man, just as a warm up!

[@jerrypetrillo2903]

Thanks for putting some shine on this ELP track - one of my favorites from them . A somewhat similar sound from a band you probably never heard of : check out Beautiful Scarlet from Rare Bird (1970 ) I highly recommend the live performance video . Well worth the time .

[@passtheparcel360]

A few tracks from welcome back my friends for the show that never ends they are abs absolutely Stellar

[@davidagnew1753]

You guys should check out their live album : Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends lady's & gentleman Emerson Lake & Palmer it will blow your minds.✌

[@tonyanderton3521]

The Barbarian is, imo, the best track on this album. It's the opening song on their debut LP. Better get ready for a real smack in the face with that one.

[@timothywills7709]

Right on Tony!

[@mvunit3]

That's been my request. 1st heard a "snippet" of it in 1978 - 80 for the Guitar Center commercials on SoCal AOR/FM stations (before they became massive and all over the country). I was like; "Who the hell is that playing in the background, the keyboards are violent and the drumming is like a machine gun!". I believe if I remember correctly, when I finally bought the Lp, I was FLOORED when hearing it in its entirety for the 1st time, and had no idea it was by ELP.

[@tonyanderton3521]

@@mvunit3 I assume SoCal means Southern California. That's amazing - and for the Guitar Center commercials. Surprising. Yes, what you say is descriptive - it is violent music. A real punch in the head. The debut was released in the UK in 1970. The Barbarian and Knife Edge are both very heavy; perhaps not in the sense of the guitar tones of, say, Deep Purple or Black Sabbath in 1970. But certainly in terms of the aggression, the power, the energy, and the huge chords. I don't think that ELP have ever had credit for that. Anyway, good to talk. Best wishes from England.

[@jameswaugaman8052]

It is Allegro Barbaro by Bela Bartok. His widow apparently hated their arrangement. We all love it!

[@tonyanderton3521]

@@jameswaugaman8052 Thanks, James. Yes, I love it too. It is heavy, but not in the way of some of the other "heavy" bands of 1970, i.e. the unholy trinity of Sabbath, Zeppelin and Purple.

[@jupiterlegrand4817]

You CAN'T stop the music right as the Bach French Suite comes in...!!!!

[@craigfazekas3923]

Great music to trip to...... 🚬😎

[@johnmoran1031]

Have just recently discovered your channel, and you are making this child of the 70s happy! Such a cute couple, and watching you discover the great music from my early years is just a delight! Earlier you mentioned concept albums...ELP concept albums include Tarkus, Pictures at an Exhibition, and the Karn Evil 9 suite from the Brain Salad Surgery album. If you do Take a Pebble, I'd highly recommend the live version from the "Welcome Back My Friends..." album, moving into Piano Improvisations and then going back to Take a Pebble. Aside, on Tower of Power, I'd love to see you react to "Diggin' on James Brown"...just a fun song. Have you considered looking into early Chicago? The first 7 albums especially, with Terry Kath were formative for me, and surprisingly are being rediscovered thanks to a tribute band from Russia called "Leonid and Friends," who are dedicated to reproducing the original album music with current recording quality. Thanks for what you do...it's so wonderful to see this music being kept alive!

[@jeremybender401]

Written By Richard Fraser, Greg Lake, Johann Sebastian Bach & Leoš Janáček Arranged By Keith Emerson You got the power!

[@christopheryochum3602]

You guys are coming along! ELP?!!! Thank you. Orchestral-quality, formally trained musicians NOT playing tonal scales. LOVE IT. You're treading dangerous ground here...moving away from your heavy and metal stuff into...wait for it...PROGRESSIVE ROCK. When I was a kid, there was this one station that always played progressive rock, and I don't remember ever hearing anything less than five minutes long. We're not talking dance music here, where people just need noise with a beat (the noise coming out of 5,000,000W Marshall tube amps, with fuzz distortion on "clip"). We're talking jazz, pentatonic scales with added 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, 78ths!!! Aauuggghhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My brain is in ecstasy over the newness of the sound. This stuff wasn't created by jamming in a garage; it was composed. I don't know what's happening to you guys. One of these days you'll surprise me with Kerry Livgren's "Song for America," though I don't know if your brains will be able to take it for a solid 10 minutes, not to mention the piano solo in 9/8 meter. (Not joking.) On that day my head will explode, so I'm going to have to make the best of it until then so I won't have regrets. OK, as an aside, Nick's gonna pulp me, but Lex is beautiful. Shoot, you're beautiful too, Nick!!! Well, gotta go, but my next cup has to be decaf! Later.