13. Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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5 ай бұрын

Episode 13: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
'Fanfare For The Prog Man'
From the ashes of King Crimson, The Nice and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown arose one of Rock’s first ‘supergroups’. Keyboardist; Keith Emerson, Bassist; Greg Lake and Drummer; Carl Palmer took their experience of playing Rock, combined it with Emerson’s passion for Classical music & added Lake’s talents for songwriting and arrived at what would become one of Prog’s most important and successful acts: Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Laz and Felipe dive into the world of Prog as they discuss the pretentiousness of Prog, the influence of Classical composers on Emerson’s sound, the instrumentation of the band & how this differed from the norm and what critics & fans alike made of Prog’s first supergroup!
Episode 13 Spotify Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/5WA...
Carl Palmer - The Solo: • The Solo (Carl Palmer)
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@kratino 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the much-deserved adulation and appreciation of this one-of-a-kind band. My favorites, now and forever.

@longlivernrpod 5 ай бұрын

That's what this show is all about! We want to remind people of all the signifcant/important artists of days gone by and the influence they had one the music to come!

@edljnehan2811 4 ай бұрын

Hi boo boo😊 I couldn't agree more my sentiments exactly.❤

@quentinmichel7581 2 ай бұрын

Nice to hear the praise .. I've been an ELP fan since I followed Greg from KC... Keith Greg & Carl haven't always gotten the love & respect and appreciation that they deserve. ..they also got a 17yr old in 1970 to start listening to jazz & classical with new ears

@longlivernrpod 2 ай бұрын

We have a new episode out today focussing on ‘In The Court Of The Crimson King’ which you may like! Great to hear - I can’t say I’m a devout fan, but what I’ve heard I’ve been mightily impressed with. Felipe likes them a lot, I believe!

@quentinmichel7581 2 ай бұрын

@@longlivernrpod Give it time and check out more of their catalog. They'll grow on ya. They even did what I termed ProgJazz.. Very cool tune with arguably the longest name :WHEN THE APPLE BLOSSOMS BLOOM IN THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND I'LL BE YOUR VALENTINE 😁. It's worth a listen and quite unique.

@brucebrown73 5 ай бұрын

Greg played amazingly with guitar when they needed one. Tarkus and KarnEvil he layed it down wonderfully. He also played classical guitar also beautifully

@longlivernrpod 5 ай бұрын

A truly one of a kind musician!

@kratino 5 ай бұрын

Very important point.

@voiceover2191 4 ай бұрын

He was ok, not brilliant, but his voice was amazing.

@kratino 4 ай бұрын

@@voiceover2191 He wrote lyrics and music, played bass, acoustic, and lead guitar, sang, and produced. Brilliant.

@edljnehan2811 4 ай бұрын

@@kratinoI aced this test easily pumpkin. How did you do?

@igetsmart 5 ай бұрын

My favorite band So talented 40 years later and I still listen to them regularly

@longlivernrpod 5 ай бұрын

A timeless band!

@FOMMaintenance 2 ай бұрын

Always put on amazing live shows

@longlivernrpod 2 ай бұрын

So I’ve heard!

@EWA8755 4 ай бұрын

Keith Emerson was a great composer. He is referred to by many as Maestro. Keith was not a freaking ego freak. As far as he was concerned he had shit that had to get out. Of the three. Carl was the sole recipient of classical training. Some very good training. To Keith, music was his life. From what I understand. Keith was upset that his damaged right hand and there by he, would let the people of Japan down. A country with a deep appreciation and love for Keith and his music. He took his own existence before a planned tour was to open in Japan. 2016

@longlivernrpod 4 ай бұрын

He was truly a masterful musician and even better songwriter/composer!

@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of 3 ай бұрын

CARPET WAS TO PROTECT GREG SAFE FROM ELECTIRC SHOCK BECAUSE HE DID GET ZAPPED ON STAGE WHILE SINGING INTO A MIKE

@FOMMaintenance 2 ай бұрын

1 of the shows I went Keith knocked over his organ climbed into and it was lifted into the air while he was playing it and when Carl did his solo they lit it up we're it looked a little like it was on fire

@edljnehan2811 4 ай бұрын

Keith Emerson was an autodidact he never had any formal training gentlemen however he was a prodigy and a genius.😊

@longlivernrpod 4 ай бұрын

Certainly was!

@PeterHuebner 4 ай бұрын

JA KEITH EMERSON WAR AUTODIDAKT OHNE EINE KLASSIK-AUSBILDUNG EIN MEISTER AN PIANO UND KEYBOARD.VERGLEICHBAR MIT IAN ANDERSON AN DER QUERFLÖTE.EBENSO AUTODIDAKT OHNE KLASSIKAUSBILDUNG UND SPIELT MEISTERHAFT.ALLE BEIDE PROG.ROCK.KÖNIGE.RIP.KEITH.ELP FOR EVER.IAN ANDERSON,LONG LIVE JETHRO TULL.❤❤😊😊

@quentinmichel7581 3 ай бұрын

Carl's kit was made by British Steel and as the story goes Carl was told that BS had two thicknesses of Stainless Steel in stock for the drum bodies in 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch thick. Figuring thicker is better Carl optedfor the half inch. The kit was incredibly beautiful but heavy as f. After collapsing a couple of stages they had to be more aware- they had to reinforce the stages

@longlivernrpod 3 ай бұрын

What a cool fact! Thanks for sharing!

@quentinmichel7581 3 ай бұрын

@@longlivernrpod My pleasure. 🤓 ELP has been my #1 band since I was 17 in 1970 and I followed Greg Lake when he left King Crimson to form this odd new keyboard-led trio with Greg mostly covering bass and a percussion madman from a band I also loved -The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (although Carl had been with Atomic Rooster just before ELP). Another fun fact... Carl's beautiful, engraved, heavy AF (it took two big roadies just to move the bass drum 😁) stainless steel kit proved to be a bit unwieldy for touring and Carl eventually sold it. Later at auction, it was purchased by none other than Ringo Starr, who still owns it to this day.

@longlivernrpod 3 ай бұрын

@@quentinmichel7581 We've got a King Crimson album episode coming out soon - stay tuned!

@claudio130 4 ай бұрын

ELP Forever!

@edljnehan2811 4 ай бұрын

As a matter of fact they were so good they were considered the standard of musical excellence that other musicians were measured by back in the day. They were actually more of a fusion band then a progressive rock band as far as Talent is concerned😮

@edljnehan2811 4 ай бұрын

I've always thought of the Barbarian as the first prog metal song along with 21st century schizoid man😮

@longlivernrpod 4 ай бұрын

Very well could be!

@brucebrown73 5 ай бұрын

They had 16 speakers the entire length of diesel rigs they had split on either side of stage n Chicago 77’ Soldiers Field

@longlivernrpod 5 ай бұрын

Jesus! 😳 That’s a lot of speakers!

@brucebrown73 5 ай бұрын

@@longlivernrpod Only 8 each side of stage with a Hiel Air Motion tweeter over each of those. Size not numbers. They tore down stage from Foghat, J. Giles, and Climax Blues that played all day before them and rebuilt it with their needs. 87,000 people were treated to a 70 piece symphony along with ELP

@torccchaser6712 4 ай бұрын

ELP the BEST Prog group EVER

@longlivernrpod 4 ай бұрын

Many would agree!!!

@franciscodiaz183 5 ай бұрын

Although I don't agree with everything you say, it's an interesting podcast, guys. Thank you.

@longlivernrpod 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words! I can’t say I remember most of what we said in the episode 😂 but let us know which parts you disagree with - music is such a vast and broad subject, there’s loads of room for discussion and debate! 😎

@franciscodiaz183 5 ай бұрын

@@longlivernrpod No problem, as Paulina Villarreal, drummer of The Warning, often says, at the end of the day music is just opinions. That we all think differently is what gives us the cultural wealth we have as humanity. Greetings from México.

@kratino 5 ай бұрын

@vernrpod Carl took the karate instructor. Sushi wasn't an international thing in 1977. And Keith was a wildman on stage just like Hendrix. Not rigid at all. He said he envied guitar players because they could move around the stage and interact with the audience, so he made the organ mobile. He rode it across the stage, leaped over it and played it from the back, brought the entire weight of it down on himself and, and you said, brutally abused the Hammond. Lemmy gave Keith Hitler youth knives to jam in the keys to hold them down while he played over the drone. I don't agree with your characterization of Keith's egomania regarding solos. Lake absolutely did solo as a lead guitarist and sang alone with his acoustic guitar. He played his folk ballads, for want of a better word (Lucky Man, From the Beginning, Still. . . You Turn Me On), alone on stage. (It gave Emerson and Palmer a much-needed breather.) Take a Pebble is a group piece with an extensive solo section from Lake in the middle. He has an entirely acoustic guitar piece (The Sage) in the middle of Pictures at an Exhibition. And the band was very friendly with Yes. Lake and Squire even lived together for a time. Carl was with Atomic Rooster directly before ELP formed, not Arthur Brown. Ringo no longer owns Carl's kit. It's in a drum museum. There's video online of Tool's Danny Carey playing it, looking like a kid in a candy shop.

@edljnehan2811 4 ай бұрын

@@kratinothe drum kit was initially turned down by the rock and roll Museum due to the extreme weight and expense of shipping it overseas. Just an added little tidbit for you pumpkin.

@edljnehan2811 4 ай бұрын

A lot of people don't know yes actually opened up for Emerson Lake and Palmer in the early days also a lot of those flashy outfits Keith Emerson got from Japan and said that Rick Wakeman used to check him out on stage to check out those outfits he was wearing amongst other things. Neil Peart was greatly influenced by Carl Palmer calling him one of his major influences prior to him being with Rush.

@longlivernrpod 4 ай бұрын

Wow! We didn’t know about Yes opening for them - that’s really cool and especially the part about Rick and Keith admiring each others clothing! 😂

@edljnehan2811 4 ай бұрын

@@longlivernrpod of course yes opened for Emerson Lake and Palmer in 1971 and even stated that EOP helped give them their start even though yes started a little earlier than ELP they were just a regular rock and roll band at the time and didn't have the huge supergroup progressive rock reputation that ELP h a d coming off of the Isle of Wight Festival.. furthermore it was Rick Wakeman admiring Keith Emerson's outfits and performing..

@robertdohme1890 14 күн бұрын

I've not read that.

@edljnehan2811 13 күн бұрын

@@robertdohme1890 I didn't read that either it was interviews on my local radio station with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer.

@EWA8755 5 ай бұрын

Keith was not classically trained. He never attended conservatory. He was primarily self taught. The carpet: Greg got zapped more than he liked. The carpet was for electrical isolation.

@longlivernrpod 5 ай бұрын

Great stuff!

@kratino 5 ай бұрын

It was a pretty covering for an ugly rubber mat and became a symbol of their "excesses" because it was expensive.

@magmasunburst9331 4 ай бұрын

I believe this isn't true. Emerson had classical piano lessons for at least five years and he did a classical performance or two in his teens, something like a school or for his teacher's students.

@kratino 4 ай бұрын

Five years of piano lessons. Just ordinary piano lessons. He did lots of classical performances. That isn't the measure of classical training.

@edljnehan2811 4 ай бұрын

@@kratinoKeith Emerson was an autodidact pumpkin.😊 also a child prodigy😮

@elpelp1878 4 ай бұрын

🤍 thx guys

@longlivernrpod 4 ай бұрын

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@dojocho1894 Ай бұрын

Buddy rich the greatest drummer ever was a big fan of carl palmer he allowed carl to sit in with his band...Buddy said carl was the best drummer in rock.

@robertdohme1890 14 күн бұрын

ELP said themselves! We weren't prog! They hated being called prog. Where did these guys get there info?!

@longlivernrpod 12 күн бұрын

Black Sabbath said they weren’t Metal, but Hard Rock and hated being classified as Metal, but as we look back and look at the evolution and genealogy of the music of that time, it’s very clear that Black Sabbath do fit completely into that Metal bracket. Same can be said for ELP and, unfortunately for them, they don’t really get a choice in how they’re classified 😂 They might not have cared for that label or associated themselves with it at that time, but history, hindsight and music evolution shows us that they unequivocally belong in the Prog bracket!

@tarawood5285 3 ай бұрын

You need to do better research. Greg wasn't interested in walking on the carpet and wasnt "obsessed" with it at all. They only bought it to cover a rubber pad they had to put down to ground him because he got an electric shock early on from some of the equipment. And they did have a guitarist - Greg played guitar often with ELP as well as bass primarily; he was originally a guitarist first until he had to play bass in King Crimson.

@longlivernrpod 3 ай бұрын

Hi Tara! This podcast simulates conversations that we would have whilst we toured the world together. We might listen to an album, read and article or two if we have the time, and then discuss it! We don’t claim to know everything and certainly don’t get everything right re song titles, albums, years etc Just two musicians chatting about some great bands/albums! So thanks for listening closely and letting us know about the use of the carpet - we felt our research time was best spent listening to the music rather than finding out the exact reason a carpet was used! 🤣

@kratino Ай бұрын

@@longlivernrpod The carpet actually covered a rubber mat that prevented electrical shocks.