ROYAL ENTRANCE!! ELP - FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN REACTION

[@TheReaperMan275]

Rest In Peace, Keith and Greg. You both went before your time. Massive respect for these three gentlemen. We will never see their likes again. The 70s were a very special era in music with more diversity than there had ever been before or since. For the most part, studio execs kept their noses out of what the artists wanted to do and allowed their creativity to blossom.

[@voiceover2191]

Oops, you have to give a round in the pub now, you used the "d"-word.

[@jazzmaan707]

This is a Masterpiece. Thanks for posting.

[@bibakroll8999]

Finally someone reacts to this - glad it was you! :)

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

Keith Emerson was one of the top tier keyboard players and pushed the limits of equipment and Prog Rock. Carl Palmer is one of a small handful of great percussionists, and Greg Lake a skilled guitarist with bass, electric and acoustic guitar and styles from classical to jazz. All three had their part in most every song and fdr 3 people to put out this much sound in the early 70's is a real feat.

[@tsully4368]

Only 3 guys. Blows me away.

[@MisterWondrous]

Thanks man. Great band and some. The Aaron Copland original is becoming a second American anthem, celebrating the common man. Very much looking forward to what some people think of as the second progressive concept album after Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, "In the Court of the Crimson King" by the great King Crimson. King Crimson was born on January 13th, like their mentor, Gurdjieff, and their fan, me. James Joyce and my father died on the same day. All mentioned are my own personal key influences. Peace from the elite seats. :) -David B

[@aprilstewart5929]

Days of Future Passed. (I don't think Sgt. Pepper was a concept album, but the 2nd side of Abby Road....that laid the groundwork.)

[@MisterWondrous]

@@aprilstewart5929 Perhaps, but by virtue of their even collecting the tunes under the rubric of a made-up band would almost seem to scream "concept". It seemed to cover all aspects of life, much in the same way, but in less linear a fashion than the also excellent "Days of Future Passed", which is certainly a concept. I found Abbey Road a bit of a let-down. Maxwell's Silver Hammer ain't no Within You, Without You. :)

[@aprilstewart5929]

@@MisterWondrous Yeah, some of it was clearly just the scraps they couldn't put on another album, and they were so ready to break up.

[@cosmiccat6708]

Love this band. You really need to check out "The Barbarian" , it's a ride!!. Carl Palmer's drumming is phenomenal on it. Also, as I've suggested before, "Trilogy" off the album of the same name. You'll be glad you did.

[@mkelly1004]

👍

[@garyedwards278]

Just 3 guys freezing their butts off in a frozen stadium in Montreal Canada for the winter Olympics. Awesome!!!

[@daveyboy_]

Close . This stadium was erected for the 76 summer Olympics

[@sylvainmclean1307]

Sorry but it was the olympique summer my dad was there but certainly recorded un novembre.

[@Lightmane]

I recommend you check out 'The Barbarian'. It's the first song on their first album. That song really lets you know who ELP are, and what they're all about, imo : )

[@jotapecu]

10:25- Like a boss. Greg Lake, insane bassist.

[@mlinderict]

Love the dirt and grit he got out of that Alembic 8-string!

[@bibakroll8999]

Even after all these years (I'm old) this makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

And that's about all? Lol.

[@bibakroll8999]

@@lesblatnyak5947 What?

[@thomassanchez8956]

Emerson Lake and Palmer live Montreux jazz festival 1997 Tarkus or Pictures at an Exhibition 💥✌🏼❤️

[@teresakoslosky3053]

Epic Fire!! A anthem for all of us!! Ironically playing to a empty stadium, but… it was how they wanted to do it!!! Some music does not need words ! Thank you for reacting to this song! I love that u listen and do requests that others won’t do!!🔥🔥

[@uroktim]

Congrats on your growth. I've been watching since you had about 1200.

[@thepragmatic6383]

The very first rock concert given at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, built for the 1976 games, but unfortunately not finished in time, since there was not yet the retractable roof. Imagine playing outdoors in -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit), with 18 inches of snow on the ground and all that, in front of empty seats. They would surely have had immense success at the very beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic.

[@Lightmane]

In the Court of the Crimson King is my 2nd favorite album. It's going to blow your mind. Close to the Edge is #1 for me.

[@lindakessler8768]

Just a great frickin song!! Thanks Pope. 👍❤🤙 Much Aloha.

[@CuzKatieSaysSo]

I'm so glad you did this. I am obsessed with this video.

[@scifimonkey3]

For another ELP classical cover check out their version of the popular UK hymn ‘Jerusalem’ from the ‘Brain Salad surgery’ album.

[@waynetcampbell]

Ah - the reason I've been wearing hearing aids for the past five years. Thanks for all the great memories Keith, Greg and Carl....!!!

[@crimsonwizard2560]

In Greg Lakes autobiography, he stated it was that cold, that, they could only film for 30 seconds at a time. keep an eye on the clock.

[@donhosmer8159]

Dude As a Boomer I think that it's awesome for you to dig on this shit Just shows how music is the best

[@CuzKatieSaysSo]

Keep in mind the temperature was 20° below zero when they filmed this!

[@traffic71]

No word of a lie. I remember being 6 or 7 when this song and this video was played on a Thursday evening Top of the Pops. I was trying to tell my dad something but he asked me to be quiet as he was listening to this. Still remember that like it was yesterday not 45 years ago. Still a big ELP fan too.

[@irkorpus]

this tune is epic. i watched this music vid with my dad back in the early 80's

[@fd1930]

A great piece of music and this was a great rendition of it. So happy to see you react to this Pope

[@frankpentangeli7945]

They're in the Big "O" ... Olympic Stadium in Montreal. I saw Pink Floyd there in July of that same year (1977). I also saw ELP later that winter in the Montreal Forum. Fantastic show!!

[@traffic71]

Hey. Funnily enough I met a Canadian on a Med cruise this summer. We got talking as he was wearing a Floyd t shirt. He said he went to those same concerts as you. I’ve only been to Earls Court to see Floyd in 1994.

[@frankpentangeli7945]

@@traffic71 Cool! Small world eh?

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Filmed in Montreal's Olympic stadium on a nice summers day in Canada. J K. Sadly two of the three have passed.

[@mjeffn2]

I love Keith’s Early Moog synthesizer. He was the first to perform live with one.

[@JonathanCalvert-p2c]

Classic.

[@ratowey]

Five years after this Drummer Carl Parmer would join King Crimson`s Bass playe John Wetton, Steve Howe Guitarist from Yes and Geoff Downes Keyboards also from Yes to form a Supergroup called Asia, I can highly recommend Heat of the moment and Only time will tell.

[@michaelsweazey8655]

As a piece of trivia (I'm late to this, so if someone mentioned it, I apologize.). They recorded Fanfare in the studio on Montreux, Switzerland after they hadn't played together for a while. Keith was tooling around with the actual classical chart for Fanfare, and the other two started improvising with him. A single mic happened to be on, and that jam session ended up being the version that you hear on the album! They tried to do more takes when they discovered it went well, but they felt they could not match the energy of the first take. Also, they presented the tape to Boosey-Hawkes, the publisher of Copeland's library, and they turned it down. They went straight to Copeland, who turned it down because he felt they hadn't really done much with his music. Then they told him they had left the middle Yamaha GX-1 improv section out because they didn't think he would like it. They replayed it with the section in, and he gave them permission to release it.

[@davidbarker77]

It's a cover of an orchestral piece by Aaron Copeland. ELP had a cover of a classical orchestral piece on many of their albums. Great review, Pope..

[@159awi]

Carl Palmer is one of the all time great drummer/percussionists.

[@scifimonkey3]

Post Covid there is something special about a performance in an empty stadium.

[@-M-A-B-]

"The Barbarian", opening track ELP's debut album. Yes, Sir.

[@jeffschielka7845]

E L P❗❗❗❗❗ What's up Pope❓ 🔈🔉🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Up is down daddy O

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@lesblatnyak5947 OK 36❗😎

[@darkerSolstice]

Hey, have you tried the Alan Parsons Project yet? I recommend starting with Sirius/Eye in the Sky, because I think you might have heard part of it before somewhere. ;) But having the whole thing in context would definitely be something to enjoy.

[@garyscarlett5471]

I Robot , Tales of Mystery and Immigration ?

[@sylvainmclean1307]

This was recording at the olympique stadium at Montréal where the 1976 olympiques been played, like you see it was very cold.

[@edb6690]

Keith was one of the top three or four keyboardists of all time. Rick Wakeman, John Lord, Rod Argent were also on that list. They took music and reshaped it into another level. Most of them had classical backgrounds and used it to bring that in a modern theme to the masses.

[@daveyboy_]

Sik Jam eh ( that's right I'm Canadian) great song to put ur earphones on and train to . Think - cycling

[@strettoasino9006]

I can honestly say a fan since 1970

[@tommycanadasmobazimmer]

The Big O in Montreal - Cool !!

[@katiaorsini1263]

Potente ❤

[@timgrady4630]

Written by eminent Classical Composer Aaron Copland . A tremendous inventory . His preeminent compositions are Appalachian Spring , Rodeo , El Salon Mexico ...among many others . Appalachian Spring is well suited for a Deep Dive .

[@johnduval6377]

8 string bass kicks ass

[@maryellenazack4466]

Great tune! Now try nut rocker-E.L..P.. buckle up!

[@teresakoslosky3053]

FIRE!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@paoladaniele9119]

I would recommend you Roxy Music ...a great group ahead of its time, expecially at their beginnings .The live performances of their first two albums - Re-make/Re-model, Do the Strand, Editions of you, etc. - were totally insane !

[@ge0rgeharris218]

Aaron Copeland wrote this in the 1930s!!

[@LS-tw4rj]

This is a great appetizer for the main course you’re in for on Patreon. Revolver gave you a sense of fulfillment, but after hearing 21st Century Schizoid Man alone, you’re not going to know where tf you are 🤣 The remainder of the songs are really tasteful too. “I Talk to the Wind” is what will put your face back together for the rest of the album, which is sheer beauty throughout. I’ve heard it said that the spirit of a masterpiece only visits a band or artist once, and for King Crimson, it came in the form of this album. Looking forward to your reaction, my dude!

[@jameskennedy721]

Sneaks up on you . Then it takes over .

[@shanehenderson8756]

Great choice pope. that Hammond was owned by John Paul Jones of led zeppelin.

[@timgrady4630]

Orchestral version of this ELP version is also worthy .

[@robertwands9185]

this a classical song cover and when I say clasicall I mean from the great classic artistic likeBeethoven etecetra

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

Oh.. I think you're really going to like In the Court of the Crimson King...

[@steveclarke4542]

Yet they soldier on.

[@steveclarke4542]

They musta been in so much freezing pain

[@royleggitt3307]

Check out their 1st album, any track either side, just drop the needle and hold on!

[@suzukispider]

Yeah man ELP were pretty damn great. If you check it out you'll see that Pink Floyd's psychedelic music before Emerson lake and Palmer came out with their album called pictures at an exhibition all Pink Floyd psychedelic stuff before that was crap and then look at their stuff after that ELP album came out and you'll see how much better they got. ELP pave the way and showed everybody how to do it.. Their album pictures at an exhibition is a rock opera that was pioneered by ELP. ELP influenced Pink Floyd sticks yes and ELO plus others and then those bands went on to influence more and more and more people.

[@maureyrca]

Ah yes..an ELP sound check at the iconic Montreal Olympic Stadium which inspired Pink Floyd's album The Wall.

[@michaelsweazey8655]

Actually not quite a soundcheck. They had been discussing making a video. When they were rehearsing with their touring orchestra in the basement of the stadium, Geg went upstairs during a break and saw that there was a pristine snow all over the stadium, and they decided to do the video. They had to break it up into pieces because it was so cold!

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I seem to have Montreal in my head for that video , is that correct or youthful weed impaired BS 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@coachhannah2403]

Improve your sound studio. Voice is lost in bad acoustics. Just sayin'

[@POPE.]

thanks coach 🤓

[@voiceover2191]

Funny it's playing Fanfare for the Common Man within an empty stadium; I guess the common man was busy that day. Seriously, it's one of their weakest songs, you should not listen to anything ELP did after Brain Salad Surgeon, they were but a shadow of their former selves. Just listen to Keith's solo here and compare it to any solo he did in his older works, especially live.