Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Barbarian - Live in Switzerland, 1970 

I don't care what other people say. or may say.. They were not trying to be pretentious or be novelle Handels, they had just decided to reinterpret classical music in their own way, introducing the new technology of the age, including the moog. Personally , I find this is a hell of a nice video, : I see three young , talented, superb musicians enjoying themselves and offering the best of their ability. Keith is a cheeky devil forcing the other two to keep up with his speed but it's marvellous to see him smile, Long live Emerson Lake and Palmer. To me,( despite the 14,000 views, - that's ridiculous by the way) they are one , if not the one, of the most innovative and eclectic group of the seventies.

A young Greg Lake: the voice of an angel with a face to match. :)

the Barbarian changed my life forever. Hearing this Bartok composition , aged 10 years of age, I knew I just had to study music. Miss your musical energy Keith..thank you for your inspiration.

They were young, ambitious and extremely talented. RIP Keith & Greg. Long live Carl Palmer!

I love Bartok

This is as cool as it gets. RIP Keith and Greg.

First saw ELP in 1971 and several times since then. At the time they were considered the standard of musician ship excellence by which all other bands were measured. The group yes opened up for them. However as much as I love yes there was really no comparison.

The intro is probably the first stoner doom riff/tone ever produced

Living between the mid 60s and late seventies ,there was this incredible renessance period of music, some of the most incredible bands ever, unforgettable. ❤

Here's to "Gabriele 95...you got it right; Emerson, Lake, and Palmer were THE MOST "innovative and electric groups" of our time!

Keith, and Carl are just living _dolls_ in this. The music drew me, then l fell in love with them. Chicks are terrible! RIP Keith.

Suddenly I'm a teenager again. Thanks.

I like the cute little way that the internet feed cannot keep up with their fingers or hands. Funny as shit. Keith, Greg and Carl outpacing 21st Century tech.... Kinda says it all !!!

That bass!

Thank God the camera finally found Palmer for the climax of this rendition. I don't worship at the altar of Emerson and most ELP vids tend to fixate on what I'd term to be his antics on stage. More pleasure (for me) is Palmer once again pounding those straight eighth notes on his bass drum...then going 'big band' with his late flourishes. Greg Lake was one cool dude though. Love me some ELP!

They were my favourite group along with Deep purple and Pink floyd. Never to be forgotten!

A live version of the first cut on their first album! As a long time ELP nut , I have never seen this performance before. The second half 'The Barbarian' was borrowed from a work by Bartok. That's another reason I love ELP, they appreciate and build off of the classics and at the same time, adding their own talents into the amazing mix.

OMG Greg Lake in the back of the white Fiat or whatever...Omg! He was Soooo Fine.

When ws the last time a rock drummerbroke out a brush...? So great to see this. Speaks to fearlessness of rock athe time.

1970 ? emerson aveva 26 anni, lake 23 , palmer 20 e quando mai troveremo dei ragazzini che fanno ste cose ? adesso ?!?!?! maddai ! epoca inarrivabile !!!!!

There was so much commitment and intensity in the way Keith played, no other musician like him.

So great to see them having fun and being young. God bless them.

I will love this band always forever...

I love how they enjoy that performance.

This is wonderful !!!

That car has a Belgian plate, and the entrance to the concert hall looks exactly like the Theatre 140 in Schaerbeek/Brussels. So I doubt that this was recorded in Zurich.

Astonishing! Keith...today is a sad day for all of us 😪😪😪

Trivia: The Moog used in this concert was borrowed from Mike Vickers (of Manfred Mann band), who was probably first Moog user and programmer in UK. Keith was fascinated with synthesizer technology when heard "Switched On Bach" in the record shop. When ELP got the funds from recording company, he acquired his own Moog.

1:16 - Oh my beautiful man!❤...

Grandioso¡..maravilloso!'...EL&P...en el Top5 de los grandes del Rock..

I love this from the beginning.

I saw them in 1974 in a outdoor stadium incredible

Bellos y geniales por siempre 😘❤❤❤❤✌

+ ShoutFactoryMusic, I cannot begin to thank you enough for sharing all these simply wonderful ELP videos!!! :)

Que austeridad casi espartana...los comienzos de una leyenda.Grandes y hermosos y geniales por siempre.👀👍👏💎👏💎👏💎🎼🎹🎶🎸🎵🎤💕🌅🌠🌅🌠🌅🌠

Non finirò mai di stupirmi. È ciò avviene da 42 anni. Grazie a vita, ELP

genios!!!!!

Cuando tendremos ragazzos come leí? ?molto bellos...Y geniales! !!!😀😚😘💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎

RIP Greg...

Greg Lake brought some vibe of "21st Century Schizoid Man" over from his old band on this one.

Fabuloso! Grandioso! El alegro bárbaro de Bela Batok...por EL&P..

Fabulous. Never get enough !

Excellent !! :-)

anyone notice hawkwind later motorhead lemmy with camera at around 04:14?

And in the studio version Palmer's pounding with the alternating ride bell towards the end may very well be the first blast beat, now commonly identified with death metal and grindcore.

The Barbarian ... BEASTS !!! 👏

Best version

This is so cool!!

AWESOME

Gregのこのベースの弾き方、ホントに好きだ。

Fantastico!

Yeah at that time I was 10 years old....I just knew that I had to...PAINT it. Nope - I was never led into being a musician myself....but to paint...EVERYTHING....That was my calling. ELP was a vulcano of inspiration for millions of people both then and now a days. It makes my heart warm and soft. Somthing good happened at that time..............

realmente geniales nunca habra una banda como ellos

Not in Switzerland, but in Belgium, Brussels at "Théâtre 140".

I LOVE when they went heavy.

Espectacular!

Palmer is insane on this!!!

They havin' fun!

Semplicemente GRANDI

Once a journalist asked Keith: why, even if you had so many concerts all over the world with thousands and thousand people every time, did you have so few (or none) cover bands? And Keith answer was: maybe because our music was very complex... and difficult to play. This video is the evidence!

ahead of MTV by 20 years

History

The live version kicks ass but I miss the blastbeats towards the end in the studio version

🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

Bartók Bèla ,"Barbárok". Hungary 👍😍🎸

this was Brussels, not Switzerland.

👍💕💕!!!!!

Guau!!!

I can recognize Brussels in the beginning, are you REALLY sure this is filmed in Switzerland?

Strepitosi che forza musicale mancate 👄

Don’t you ever forget evh, Clapton, ‘Pink Floyd etc who is god with the geetard

anyone notice lemmy (motorhead) with handheld camera ?

3:48 heavy bass.

Wrong!...this concert from Bruxelles!!

Ok..now...Keith...do a SOLO !!!!

Apparently Keith, Greg and Carl shared a bed just like the Three Stooges.

Esetleg Bartók meg én értjük meg a többiek csak ugatják.

skai

Almost heavy metal composition. A precursor to stoner-doom metal

The car that has been used to bring them up, was so damn fucking ugly. Why a Peugeot ? Why not a Mercedes?

unlistenable pretensish crap

that performance was NOT so great....imo

My favorite prog rock which I hate to label music but thats to make it easy these days Other band may be talented too but their originality especially the first 4 albums unparallel Long live ELP