Quando ascoltai Tarkus per la prima volta rimasi talmente scioccato (e devo dire anche quando lo riascolto) che presi la decisione di studiare musica. Avevo diciassette anni e da allora non ho più smesso. Ringrazio ancora gli ELP per questo. ❤
It's a really hard to play tune even if you wrote it, because of the many changes, and they just pull it off without a hitch. They were always excellent musicians with outstanding skill, add their story telling quality in a lyrical/literary sense, and they had a surplus of artistry.
Ricordo che avevo solo 12 anni quando ascoltai le prime note di "the endless enigma". Fu subito amore: quelle note mi conquistarono totalmente e da allora mi aprii al progressive. E. L. P., Genesis, King Krimson, Jetro Tull, Pink Floyd e altri diventarono per sempre la colonna sonora della mia vita. Oggi, pur avendo oramai 65 anni, continuo ad ascoltarli e provare le stesse emozioni. Non finirò mai di ringraziare Keith, Greg e Carl.
Ciao, ero al concerto degli Emerson Lake Palmer del maggio 1973 al Vigorelli di Milano : strepitosi ed indimenticabili, anche per me sono tra i gruppi preferiti di sempre !
Amazing footage and sound, but very sad watching KE struggling with his focal dystonia even back then. You can see how his little, ring and even middle finger are constantly 'curled under' and stretching even an octave is difficult for him. If you watch earlier footage of him as a younger man, you can see just how easy it all seemed for him by comparison. Tough watch....
Kudos to ELP for keeping on keeping on. Equally this Montreux film crew should be applauded for this excellent filming and editing as well as the superb audio quality. Whoever is responsible for the recording's quality is to be thanked almost as much as ELP themselves.
Помню ещё тогда в Ленинграде я написал письмо заявку Картинки с выставки на передачу Ваш магнитофон какой был кайф что мне ответили и прозвучала эта великая композиция. Уверен некоторые её слышали в первые и был рад поделиться м другими. Вот это было настоящее единение, а не тот ложный напыщенный коммунячный пафос
A distanza di un mese, stesso concerto in Sardegna, Quartu S.Elena. Sono cresciuto con loro e ancora mi sembra incredibile averli visti suonare dal vivo. Tra i più grandi di sempre.
Anfang der 70er war ich ziemlicher Fan von ELP, ab Works ging's dann für mich bergab mit der Begeisterung. Aber was die drei hier abliefern ist schon SEHR GEIL!!!
I have toured the world as a guitar tech, but I have to admire Keith's keyboard tech for keeping up with all of the connections, routing and what not! Sounds like a big job.🥵
@@jamesalfano5740 One of the guy's from Tangerine Dream (Peter Bauman if I'm Correct) had some german hand made modular synth setup, with a bunch of arpeggiators, loopers and a whole bunch of other stuff. It was a wall nearly 25' across and 5' high, complete with like 5 techs running around changing cable patches between, and even during pieces! So in 1970 already, he had like 6 keyboard "tracks" (electronically repeating patterns) going all at once. Sometimes he would have them at different timings creating morphing polyrhythms, cascades and canons, and pulled it off live too! 🤯🤯🤯 I bet his engineers ate well🍖🧀 and got plenty of beer!🍻🍺 (All Germans😜).
I'm very familiar with Tangerine Dream having seen them at the Tower Theatre on the Underwater Sunlight tour. Being a guitarist myself the addition of the guitarist was a plus. Edgar Froes R.I.P.
@@jamesalfano5740 I liked early TD best. Both Chris Franke and Edgar played a little guitar here and there, nothing fancy, but more in line with the synths. Edgar will be missed!😢
I wore out the grooves on side Tarkus, on the triple live album, actually Aqua Tarkus continues on the next side. Musicianship in incredible, to execute all these changes from memory.
World series of rock Cleveland municipal stadium in 77 80000 fan watch emerson strap himself into a steinway and do rotations twenty feet in the air while hitting the note ....great rock moment for me
The riff at 0:50 is a clear example of the issue Keith had with his right hand That riff requires the hand to be spread out wide, alternating between the thumb and fingers 3 and 5, and targets exactly where Keith was experiencing hand pain. Near the end it got worse, and he played it with 2 hands, foregoing playing the bass notes with his left hand . I loved Keith and his end broke my heart ❤️ (Though I never enjoyed the phallic ribbon controller bit….😉
Keith was given the luxury to fill in the space depending on what instrument Greg Lake was playing. But they knew Keith was a force to be reckoned with.
I used to love ELP when I was a teenager beggining to play the drums. Now I feel sorry for their bad tempo live and lack of swing. I still like the music and respect them, but that "wow" feeling has long been gone.
