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Listening to Emerson Lake and Palmer: Tarkus (Part 2) MINUS Bitches Crystal :(
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Күн бұрынHUGE apologies, Bitches Crystal was blocked resulting in the whole video becoming blocked. By having it removed the rest of the video can still play. I am very very sorry - I hope you can enjoy what's left of this. Jim
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@davidsimon2096 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest Prog albums of all time.
@lesblatnyak5947 2 жыл бұрын
And to think the suits today would never produce an album like Tarkus or ELP. Well done Jim keep the ELP flowing.
@your_local_dummy4137 2 жыл бұрын
It's disappointing Bitches Crystal was blocked. It is a good song. I think the main point about side 2 it shows just how versatile ELP were. They put a humous song or two on almost every LP to break up the mood. That was always part of the ELP roller coaster and I enjoyed that about ELP. I really like Infinite Space great prog rock. The Only Way is a anti-religion song, very powerful. And the humous tribute to Eddy Offord their engineer is just fun. It's ham or cheese sandwiches after the session. As you said the band having fun after a big recording session. I do not know if they sprang this song on Eddy Offord as a surprise or if it was a in the moment thing. Eddy's reaction in the mixing room would have been interesting. Great reaction Jim thanks a million! Looking forward to more ELP.
@jgdmlw 2 жыл бұрын
I really like Bitches Crystal.
@kathyratino962 2 жыл бұрын
"Ham or cheese" was the actual voice of the lady at the studio who brought them sandwiches. It was always ham or cheese. They did spring Are You Ready on Eddy, their beloved and brilliant sound engineer.
@kathyratino962 2 жыл бұрын
And yes, the sound of a band having fun. Personally, I love that because they really did battle things out personally to the detriment of their ability to continue working together. For the same reason, I adore watching them look at each other in live performance and beam with such obvious joy. They all three absolutely loved to play together.
@hilocus 2 жыл бұрын
Greg Lake's voice really shines on this side of the album. Bitches Cristal, The Only Way/ Infinite Space and Time and a Place are really great tracks. You get the feeling they didn't have enough material to flesh out side two hence the inclusion of the jokey songs. On the other hand they lighten the mood, It never really bothered me as the rest of the album is so good.
@PointyTailofSatan Жыл бұрын
That "Rick Wakeman" part is the Toccata from Bach's Toccata and Fugue in F Major. Emerson very frequently quoted Bach in his music.
@paulvalletta 2 жыл бұрын
One of my older brothers fav albums, though i was young i listened a number of times, but this video does the album more justice than i gave it all those years ago, great reaction Jim again.
@sethrichardson9974 Жыл бұрын
As I mentioned in a comment on side 1, Are You Ready Eddie was dedicated to Eddie Offord, the engineer who recorded the album. "Are you ready Eddie to pull those fingers down?"
@dan1216 7 ай бұрын
It’s faders, not fingers.
@michaelsweazey8655 Ай бұрын
"Ham or cheese" was a reference to a woman who worked in the studio. She would come in to see if they wanted food, and the two kinds of sandwiches she always had as choices were always ham or cheese. If you listen, they reference "a bit of five minutes is all it lacks". As has been mentioned, they did the joke mostly improved "Are You Ready, Eddy" for Eddy Offord, and it filled up the last five minutes of the album. Kind of like how Lucky Man was thrown onto the end of their first album to fill up the time!
@relayer27 2 жыл бұрын
Are You Ready Eddie was a joke song for their engineer Eddie Offord. You need to listen to their first album with the great Take a Pebble and Lucky Man
@Kae6502 2 жыл бұрын
Eddie Offord is a great Producer/Engineer. His discography is a stellar lineup of Prog Rock's greatest. The man is a legend! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Offord
@sethrichardson9974 Жыл бұрын
That's weird, I recalled Are You Ready Eddie as having been on Trilogy. Keith Emerson was very into rag piano and Aaron Copland. When I was backstage for one of ELP's concerts, after the encore Keith sat down at a piano that sat backstage and spent probably the better part of an hour expending the rest of his bionic energy pounding out solid rag.
@JimNewstead Жыл бұрын
What an experience that must have been!
@sethrichardson9974 Жыл бұрын
@@JimNewstead It was awesome, indeed. 😁
@realbser1956 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jim. Enjoyed your listen to what I consider an essential Prog album. 😃
@JimNewstead 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@nathanisaksson7750 2 жыл бұрын
Bitches Crystal is the highlight of this side, as I’m sure you’ve concluded!
@mvjonsson 2 жыл бұрын
Are you ready Eddy is dedicated to the engineer and producer Eddy Offord, who also engineered Yes' classic albums.
@edwardthorne9875 2 жыл бұрын
Good to have you back! ELP showed me what was possible with rock married to classical. I would suggest the first ELP (Dove cover) and then for some fun 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. umm -- it's not the Ravel orchestration. I am not totally crazy about 'Brain Salad Surgery' which to me, was their final great album. (Yes, 'Works" and 'Welcome Back' have some good material, but... (IMHO). Palmer was still touring a few years ago, with an amazing guitarist instead of keyboards.
@johncase2408 Жыл бұрын
When I was younger, it took a few listens to realize it was a playful tribute to Eddie Offord. Great review!
@glennthompson1173 2 жыл бұрын
Keep the good stuffing coming. Thanks Jim.
@JimNewstead 2 жыл бұрын
I certainly intend to!
@stevesnailfish 2 жыл бұрын
Weirdly enough, I bought a cd of this album a month or so ago....Certainly enjoyed it in the car....I dunno what my 21 year old daughter thought of it when I drove her to work one day.....but I suppose she's used to the old man playing weird stuff !!! She likes weird stuff herself so..... I most certainly did enjoy this album, as ELP seemed to have passed me by (although I have heard odds and sods over the decades). Some of Emerson's organ playing is very Jon Lord.....absolutely excellent. Good review again Jim...
@mentaldk329 2 жыл бұрын
I like side II
@Patricia7561 2 жыл бұрын
Brain Salad Surgery is a master piece too.
@Richard_Ashton 2 жыл бұрын
Love Bitches Crystal - shame it got you blocked.
@BigMacIain 2 жыл бұрын
A bit of a Jacques Loussier influence in the Only Way giving way to a Ginastera feel with that percussive piano in Infinite Space.
@kathyratino962 2 жыл бұрын
And a little bit of a Bach two-part invention, note for note.
@jeffschielka7845 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Jim! Looking at my album side 1 definitely got more plays than side 2. One side note about the genius that is Eddie Offord, considered at one time to be the sixth member of YES. If not for his talent many of YES' masterpieces would of been lost on the cutting room floor.💽🎞🎬🗑😎
@Lightmane 2 жыл бұрын
and I would say Roger Dean was the 7th. Too bad they didn't use him for all of their albums.
@jeffschielka7845 2 жыл бұрын
@@Lightmane Agreed. I do believe they hired him when first meeting him. Thus the early albums missed out on having his artwork.😎
@jeffschielka7845 2 жыл бұрын
@@Lightmane What's up Lightmane? Where you been hiding?😎
@Lightmane 2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffschielka7845 I'm good with the artwork on the 2nd album 😛 That first album though 😕 I've been quite bored with KZfaq lately. Just lost interest.
@jeffschielka7845 2 жыл бұрын
@@Lightmane I know I asked you before, but which version of the 2nd album? Lol!🤣😛😎 The good version is framed and on my wall!
@yes_head 2 жыл бұрын
I'm confused. Why was one song blocked but not the whole album? Does someone else have rights to that one song (was it used in a movie or something?) And songs like "Jeremy Bender" and "Are You Ready Eddie" were part and parcel of early ELP (i.e., "Nutrocker", "Benny the Bouncer", etc.) I'd agree with those who say if you really want to understand ELP you should go back and do the debut and Pictures at an Exhibition next before going on to Brain Salad Surgery.
@MisterWondrous 2 жыл бұрын
This was one of my first albums, but I was from the future and therefore preferred side one. In fact after maybe three listens, I never revisited side two on purpose. The wethead is dead. No more 50s music please. What I think you would really love is the live version of Tarkus from "Welcome Back My Friends". It is superior to the studio version in every way. The energy is doubled, and Aquatarkus gets some groovy new synth and improvisation. It may, in fact, be my favorite thing they ever did. PS Have you heard Bosch?
@JimNewstead 2 жыл бұрын
Well, I'll need to hear that then, won't I?!!!
@MisterWondrous 2 жыл бұрын
@@JimNewstead Definitely do not miss it. I know that if you enjoy the original, you will like the live one at least as much...and my bet is that it will overtake it as your preferred version. Especially Aquatarkus, and especially with headphones. The whole album is great, but that one really stands out to me. "Seconds Out" by Genesis is another outstanding live concert not to miss.
@murdockreviews 2 жыл бұрын
I just realised I've never heard side 2 of this album. Bit of a hotchpotch, but several great moments on there.
@Prog_drummer35 2 жыл бұрын
Side 2 is definitely much weaker than side 1.
@JimNewstead 2 жыл бұрын
Yup, but still a necessary listen to appreciate the record!
@Patricia7561 2 жыл бұрын
I disagree. Their music is the expressions of who they are in their entirety, there is more serious moments there are more playful moments; they love different genre of music, being all of them extremely musically cultured and they have great sense of humor and sarcasm. The point is that the entirety of who they are, what they like, how they feel, they are capable to express it in their music fantastically and they are absolutely brilliant and fascinating musicians even when they make jokes, like "are you ready Eddie".Love the, also because they like you to relax, with Jeremy Bender and then smash you with a bomb like Bitches Crystal. What a pity couldn't be included.
@moonrich3492 2 жыл бұрын
That's like saying Abbey Road side 2 is much stronger than side 1, because you don't like Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
@matthewweber3904 2 жыл бұрын
The spoken bit at the end is a charwoman (?) saying "They've only got ham or cheese," and then Palmer responds "Ham...or cheese?" At least I think it's a charwoman. Possibly it's one of the band mimicking what they thought a charwoman would sound like.
@kathyratino962 2 жыл бұрын
No. It was the woman who worked for the studio and brought the band their sandwiches. Always ham or cheese.
@coachhannah2403 2 жыл бұрын
"Chicken, beef, or turkey?"
@PointyTailofSatan Жыл бұрын
Not Rick Wakeman. Its Bach's Toccata in F Major.
@Richard_Ashton 2 жыл бұрын
At one time I do believe that Middlesbrough had Carlton Palmer and Paul Lake playing for them. If only they'd bought Emerson...
@mikewest1542 Жыл бұрын
Emerson did play for Middlesbrough , check Wikipedia! Also Carlton Palmer played for West Brom / Sheffield Wednesday and Paul Lake , Manchester City!
@Richard_Ashton Жыл бұрын
@@mikewest1542 Obviously I don’t remember it correctly.
@Lightmane 2 жыл бұрын
Why was Bitches Crystal blocked, but none of the rest of the album? I don't get it. Makes no sense.
@docsketchy 2 жыл бұрын
Why was Bitches Crystal blocked? It can't possibly be because it has the word "bitches" in it. There are at least a dozen other videos featuring this track on KZfaq. Also, when are you going to do Brain Salad Surgery? You'll have to do it as one video, because the epic "Karn Evil 9" spans both sides of the LP.
@JimNewstead 2 жыл бұрын
I can't tell you WHY it was blocked, just that it was. Twice. I split the video into two parts and it was still blocked. Who knows. Annoying, but kinda goes with the territory a bit.I have loads more ELP to do, don't want to rush everything at once!
@IllumeEltanin 2 жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity, have you tried uploading your listen to Bitches Crystal isolated from the rest of the album? I wonder if it is the track itself, or if its place on the side is triggering something.
@JimNewstead 2 жыл бұрын
Just the track - I tried different ways, lengths, half a side at a time, and it only ever worked when I removed that specific track.
@IllumeEltanin 2 жыл бұрын
@@JimNewstead Well, bummer. 💔
@kathyratino962 2 жыл бұрын
Could you react to it separately? Great song.
@melvinwomack3717 2 жыл бұрын
😳 What? no bitches crystal 🤔 what happened, that's pretty lame it got blocked
@JimNewstead 2 жыл бұрын
You say it like it’s my fault!!! Yup, it sucks.
@melvinwomack3717 2 жыл бұрын
@@JimNewstead lol Definitely not a piss
@melvinwomack3717 2 жыл бұрын
@@JimNewstead I know it's not your fault, but shit happens, Soooo I'm dying to know your thoughts on it my guy 🤔
@arthurmol6875 2 жыл бұрын
Another snobbed "reaction" from Jim...:-)
@palantir135 2 жыл бұрын
This side is quite different from the first one. First song is small but nice. Again completely keyboard orientated; guitars are absent or not very loud. To my ears, the singer’s sometimes off tone a bit. That rock ‘n roll song is good but doesn’t fit with the rest of the album.
@JimNewstead 2 жыл бұрын
Its a bit of a mismatch!
@sylvanm4216 2 жыл бұрын
Haven't listened to side 2 of this album in a very long time, and listening again right now, I'm reminded why. Side 1 is so, so good, and then why ruin it with a bunch of unfunny parodies and half-assed dicking around?
@rejeangauthier3711 Жыл бұрын
Your turntable is too fast
@mikenichols3965 6 ай бұрын
I don't think so. 🤔
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