chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 u k now u guys think u are so holy by not listening 2 ELP but u are wrong- once at an elp concert in the middle of tarkus i saw the whole worl fall apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 u k I thought UK was a mediocre band. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 once at an elp concert in the middle of tarkus i saw the whole worl fall apart TARKUS ! Wasn't that the one with the Armadillo on the cover with tank tracks? Regularly cited as one of the worst albums ever. I'm sure albums like this spurred on the advancement of punk rock no end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 I must admit, the ELP concert I saw back in '74 or so is still the best concert I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 duh tarkus is one of the BEST albums ever! you were probably confusing it with RUSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 duh tarkus is one of the BEST albums ever! you were probably confusing it with RUSH Now you are the one who is nuts. How do you spell pretentious? ELP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 duh tarkus is one of the BEST albums ever! you were probably confusing it with RUSH Now you are the one who is nuts. How do you spell pretentious? ELP. Bah! The track Tarkus is one of their pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 u k I thought UK was a mediocre band. Guy Without Bruford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 I must admit, the ELP concert I saw back in '74 or so is still the best concert I've ever seen. I saw them at the end of the Works tour without the orchestra and it was exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 So, just to get back to the topic, I am being asked to consider it a 'rip-off' when a prog rock band covers a jazz organ tune and the album compilers don't give the correct composition credit? Anyway, it's all there on the brain-salad website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 (edited) once at an elp concert in the middle of tarkus i saw the whole worl fall apart TARKUS ! Wasn't that the one with the Armadillo on the cover with tank tracks? Regularly cited as one of the worst albums ever. I'm sure albums like this spurred on the advancement of punk rock no end. Yeah, that cover is hilarious. As far as the album -- the suite is actually damn good, especially the instrumental bits. Give it another listen. Side 2, on the other hand, is quite bad. As far as ELP being pretentious -- yeah, I guess. But I've never been bothered very much by that label. Their sin was making lots of music that hasn't held up, not taking themselves too seriously. (And I have to imagine that any band making music so over-the-top did it tongue-in-cheek at least some of the time.) My favorite ELP album is the first one -- "The Three Fates" (!!!), "The Knife Edge" (or whatever the Janacek-derived piece is called), "Take a Pebble", "The Barbarian". Nice stuff. Guy Edited November 26, 2006 by Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted November 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 So, just to get back to the topic, I am being asked to consider it a 'rip-off' when a prog rock band covers a jazz organ tune and the album compilers don't give the correct composition credit? Anyway, it's all there on the brain-salad website. Well, I already said in my initial post that perhaps it is the fault of the boxset producers, although I was under the impression that at least Emerson had serious input when it came to that set. As far as it being a rip-off, I seriously doubt the Patton and Green estates received any deserved royalties from the sale of the boxset because of the incorrect writing credits. So in that light, yeah, it's a rip-off. Back in 1993, when that set came out, Patton was still alive and active and I'm sure he could've used that money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 duh tarkus is one of the BEST albums ever! you were probably confusing it with RUSH Now that's just insulting; Rush sucks. Pure and simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 That Brain Salad site is full of it - it's much more than a 'quote'. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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