OUR FIRST REACTION to Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man

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See how Nick (🇩🇪) and Lex (🇺🇸/🇲🇽) react to their second ELP song, which after research realized it's on their DEBUT ALBUM... CRAZY!!! We can't thank everyone enough for the countless suggestions to react to this! Also: special mention of someone who DEDICATED this song to us! ❤️
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@loisr3970 3 жыл бұрын

Hey you two! It's Lois I'm the wife....lol my Hubby always has played this for me. I will have to ask him as he always played the tunes. I think it was on one album they did this with you still turn me on. It is over 10 mins with it. Lol. Just such a wonderful classic As soon as it starts I think of my old man..... cheers

@NicknLex 3 жыл бұрын

OMG SO SORRY! I have a friend named Lois who spells his name like yours so I automatically assumed you were the hubby! Thank you for your kind words and support! Happy Early-Anniversary! 💕 - Lex

@loisr3970 3 жыл бұрын

@@NicknLex no worries!! Thanks so much for the anniversary wishes. 40 + years ="Music be the food of love,play on!!!!!!

@stevenmcgowan8344 3 жыл бұрын

All time classic! Read a story once that while recording this song Kieth Emerson was in the studio noodling around on the moog. Greg Lake and Eddie Offord were in the control room with the tape machine running. When they heard him play that solo you hear at the end Greg and Eddie looked at each other in stunned amazement, they knew they had a keeper. Kieth on the other hand was horrified they wanted to actually use it. As far as he was concerned he was just messing around putting no real effort into it. Pure genius doesn't always have to try that hard...

@mstewart109 3 жыл бұрын

The song is so sad. But amazing song construction. Back when lyrics told a full Story. Miss that...this group was one of the first to use synthesizer stuff. Just messing around..Nick-- you are in bliss.. as I was listening for the first time in 70s

@emanuelmuhammad6563 3 жыл бұрын

i dont mean to be so offtopic but does any of you know a tool to get back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost my account password. I love any tricks you can give me!

@Martin.Wilson 2 жыл бұрын

Greg Lake wrote this song when he was 12....the first thing he ever wrote on the guitar his Mom bought for him. From all of us...........THANKS MOM!

@TheOtherBill Жыл бұрын

We have a lot of Moms to thank. Joan Jett has spoken several times about how she got started with a Sears Silvertone guitar that her parents got her as a teen. I'm sure there are many more.

@glassontherocks 2 ай бұрын

I remember when it was new and they told the story back then.

@hopeulikenudes 3 жыл бұрын

The origin of the song, as stated by Greg Lake in interviews, is that it was the first song he wrote, when his mother bought him a guitar when he was 12. With the first chords he learned (D, A minor, E minor, and G), he wrote an acoustic version of the song. The song came to be used on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's debut album when they needed one more song.

@kmichaelp4508 3 жыл бұрын

Not only that, Emerson didn’t want anything to do with the song. He went to a bar while the other two was recording it. He came back as they were listening to it. Emerson said he had just unpacked the synth and started playing with the song. The engineer flipped on record and that was the first take and time Emerson used it. Wala. Interesting story told by Greg on his album “Songs of a Lifetime “.

@frederickpando9444 7 ай бұрын

After Lucky Man became their most popular song Greg stated it was put on the album when they were informed they needed one more song to complete the album. However, that it not true. The song that was composed to complete the album was Knife Edge. Lucky Man as reported in an early August 1970 issue of Melody Maker was one of the first three songs they recorded in July 1970. Knife Edge was recorded in September 1970.

@52ndWarhawkGerbil 3 жыл бұрын

Man, they're gonna be in for such a surprise when they react to Tarkus lol

@thatoneguyagain2252 3 жыл бұрын

They HAVE to do the live version from 'Show That Never Ends' - now that is a synthesizer piece !

@stevenvirdenrasmussen-jone4671 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!! Just watched a video of a Classical Music Composer's reaction to it and it blew him away. ELP were shear genius.

@Ruffy6951 2 жыл бұрын

Brain Salad Surgery. 🤙

@wesleycolemanmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Hehehe

@dennismoore3383 3 жыл бұрын

It's a bummer you can't hear the song all the way through, but NEVER apologize for pausing. You are music lovers and reactors. We're here to enjoy you reacting and giving your honest comments. Well, at least I am. But I suspect I'm not alone. Right, everybody?!

@garywright7686 3 жыл бұрын

When this album came out in 1970, nobody had ever heard of a synthesizer before. Keith's Moog synthesizer was like one of two that existed at the time. People were just blown away when this tune played as an AM Radio "hit".

@CharlieMcowan 3 жыл бұрын

I remember it being said that there were only 2 people at the time who could challenge to produce the exact sound they wanted on a Moog. Once was Robert and the other was Keith.

@Monica-sw9ld 3 жыл бұрын

We were lucky to have an album-oriented classic rock station here that played ELP on a regular basis... sometimes their entire albums. I remember getting the cassette recorder ready for those full album nights!

@axandio 3 жыл бұрын

Are you THE Gary Wright? Dream Weaver, Harrison's All Things Must Pass etc?

@garywright7686 3 жыл бұрын

@@axandio Just a happy coincidence. Actually, my senior year of high school I had a full page ad from "Rolling Stone" magazine that said "Gary Wright IS the Dream Weaver" taped up inside my locker door.

@elgonwilliams7624 3 жыл бұрын

And it was a technical challenge to program, using patch cables, and tuning pots and slides. Nothing like the synths of even a couple of years later or, of course, the ones of today.

@nealbarrus9140 3 жыл бұрын

ELP "Fanfare for the comon man", live is Spectacular! It's out doors in an empty stadium in sub freezing weather.

@smithmann5616 3 жыл бұрын

Except they're not actually playing. But cool nonetheless.

@michelfroggy56 3 жыл бұрын

It was recorded at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal in the middle of winter, in preparation for the tour they were about to begin

@wolverine4ever38 2 жыл бұрын

@@smithmann5616 it sure looked like Carl Palmer was drumming.

@smithmann5616 2 жыл бұрын

@@wolverine4ever38 Well fine, they all are. But I mean it's not recorded. The music in the video is from the album and they're just playing along. It's hardly "live @ Olympic Stadium". It's essentially a music video, albeit a very cool one (mind you, it was recorded live in studio so there's that)!

@wolverine4ever38 2 жыл бұрын

@@smithmann5616 Agree that it is a very cool video.

@stpnwlf9 3 жыл бұрын

ELP tended to have three types of pieces: Greg Lake acoustic ballads, re-worked classical pieces, and their truly original prog pieces. So far, you've listened to one category of their music. They have much more to offer. Re-worked classical includes The Barbarian, Hoedown, Jerusalem, and Toccata. The deep prog pieces include Tarkus, Trilogy, The Endless Enigma, and Karn Evel 9. Take a Pebble kind of falls in between Greg Lake ballad and Keith Emerson prog masterpiece. It is something of both.

@supasoulproductions 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty good summary. My favorite of their 'reworked classical' pieces is actually Mussorgsky's Pictures At an Exhibition.

@wpollock1 3 жыл бұрын

Trilogy, also a bit of a mix...beautiful!

@maxmeister5064 3 жыл бұрын

So is this I'd say.

@earthlingjohn 3 жыл бұрын

@@supasoulproductions Total agreement ! That's what hooked me to orchestral recordings of Pictures At an Exhibition

@philiphart6688 3 жыл бұрын

@@supasoulproductions Totally agree. It was the very first album I ever bought, right when it was first released. It cost me £1.50, was pretty mind-blowing at the time, and converted me to a devout ELP fan on the spot.

@-R.Gray- 3 жыл бұрын

This isn't someone I would necessarily recommend for a reaction, but someone who had a relationship with Keith Emerson. She is a blind from birth multi-instrumentalist named Rachel Flowers. See her Y.Tube channel. Emerson became aware of her note for note renditions of ELP songs on Y.Tube, and even sent her a new custom synth to test out before it was shipped to him. There is stuff on her channel like playing for Ray Charles when she was 10, playing a Jaco Pastorius song on the bass, playing flute with one hand and piano with the other, and trading licks with Dweezil Zappa on electric guitar. They even made a movie about her. There are also more recent covers of ELP songs using other musicians to round out the sound.

@mvunit3 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah shes pretty incredible guys, be sure to look for her videos here at Yt, and Keith became very good friends with her. All the more tragic for _her_ to lose a good friend and mentor :'(.

@lylesmith9547 3 жыл бұрын

She is an amazing player herself

@davidmckenzie420 3 жыл бұрын

I love Rachel. And I am always showing people the collaborative international cover of Pictures at an Exhibition (Old Castle...), with Rachel on organ. Mind blowing.

@scottfitch3842 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, check out Rachel Flowers!!!!!!!

@sydviscous7006 3 жыл бұрын

Rachel Flowers is a) a prodigy, and b) a living miracle!

@logrider9 4 ай бұрын

Saw them in Munich Olympic Stadium in '73? For me the hit of the show was the intermission - when Greg Lake brought out a bar stool and a 12-string and played two songs - Lucky Man was the second song and the band joined him at the end and went right into more of the ELP magic

@Yes_Jorge_Yes 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky Man is a very important song, it was the very first song that featured a Synth as a soloist instrument on the Radio. This opened up Keyboardist as soloist and challenged the guitar as the solo of choice.

@thomasvarady1210 3 жыл бұрын

Brought to you by the law firm: "Emerson, Lake, & Palmer". The back story about this song is quite amazing. I haven't read the comments below, so someone might have covered it. The band needed one more song to complete their debut album. They ran out of material. Keith just received his Moog synthesizer that day & was playing around with it. He got bored in the studio & left for the pub. Greg remembered a medieval acoustic track he had written at the age of 12. So him & Carl worked on a rough draft of the song. Keith came back from the pub later, & on the first take, laid down the synth part you hear today. Greg went on to say that "luckily" they pushed the record button when Keith performed his part. Sometimes being spontaneous works...

@bobdickerson3434 Жыл бұрын

Years later when asked about that Emerson part, Greg Lake said Keith told him I can do better. Keith replied I don’t think you can.

@sergiobrunetti2072 Жыл бұрын

This is completely a legend. The true is: the owner of the Moog was Mike Vickers of Manfred Mann, not Emerson. The last piece they recorded for the album was actually Knife Edge.

@michaelgross8635 3 жыл бұрын

Nick, the look on your face when that synth really kicked in! Love it. Lex: "I wish this was ten minutes long." Please, please, please: Karn Evil 9 (from the Brain Salad Surgery album)! The full suite is around 30 minutes and it's absolutely brilliant. You will love it!

@alainrobillard4300 3 жыл бұрын

There is also a live video of a part of Karn Evil 9, in which Carl Palmer express himself in one of the most impressive drum solo that I ever watched.

@smithmann5616 3 жыл бұрын

Too soon. Let them build up to it. They can probably handle Trilogy. First song off of BSS should be Toccata anyway. Will blow their minds, but it's short(ish).

@institutfurtiefenwahrheit 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but now just imagine how this was perceived way back then like I did in 1971!! Synths were brand new!

@Deacon1952 3 жыл бұрын

You're old souls...lmao ! I loved hearing that! I am old...period. I am 68, and thrilled beyond words to have been alive during this time in musical history.There may not be enough room here to list the concerts that I have gone to, but believe me, I have been truly blessed. Long Live Rock...oh, and the synthesizer is what hooked me on this song.

@kmichaelp4508 3 жыл бұрын

68 here too! What a wonderful musical time we came from 🤐

@eileendobbs8009 3 жыл бұрын

You have to watch Keith Emerson live to.appreciate what a mad genius he was

@jwchancey Жыл бұрын

one of thew lucky... to see them in 78... spinning piano and all !! wow.

@rodhanson7112 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in music heaven Keith Emerson who took his own life, and Greg Lake who died from cancer your music will live forever 🎶

@jimandnicki 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent song. Lake wrote it when he was about 12 years old. You really need to check out The Barbarian from this album also.

@michelemichele3375 3 жыл бұрын

The Moog part reminds me of bagpipes for the “Lucky Man’s” funeral procession. Emerson recorded it in 1 take!! But he wasn’t thrilled about not getting another go at it. He later recorded it for his Keith Emerson Band and was able to add more to it and even included a theremin (a spooky-sounding, no-touch instrument)! Cheers! 🤪

@avantprog6902 3 жыл бұрын

You guys have just touched the light stuff with ELP. You need to Hear Tarkus and Karn Evil 9 in their entirety.

@emilyflotilla931 3 жыл бұрын

The synthesizer towards the end is reminiscent of a siren at one point, the drums beating out a death march afterwards...war has no lucky men...great tune!

@mikeace5831 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you're listening to this welcome to the Renaissance, of great music today's music can't compete

@albacore101 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Oregon. Rest in peace Kieth Emerson and Greg Lake.

@dgator3599 2 жыл бұрын

Totally crazy to find out a 12 year old Greg Lake wrote "Lucky Man", his first song. Talent is ageless!!

@ericanderson8886 3 жыл бұрын

very early Greg Lake song. They can get a lot more progressive. Tarkus, Take a Pebble, the title song from Trilogy. Keith Emerson is a monster on the keyboards, one of the best ever.

@airluc 3 жыл бұрын

Trilogy is amazing, the whole record.

@vicprovost2561 3 жыл бұрын

Keith was insane the 5 times I saw him but the Shows he put on in New Haven, both times, were beyond belief, like Hendrix, but with keyboards. Astounding. As were Richard Wright, Rick Wakemen, John Lord and Steve Winwood, every time I had the privilege to see them.

@stevebinning977 3 жыл бұрын

You seemed to like the Greg Lake acoustic stuff so I think you would like "The Sage" from "Pictures at an Exhibition" "(1971) It's just Greg Lake on acoustic guitar and vocals and it will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. Highly recommended by myself.

@Davesworld7 Жыл бұрын

@@vicprovost2561 He was considered the Jimi Hendrix of keyboards and he actually did do a tour with Jimi before ELP. What happened was if someone asked who Jimi Hendrix was, they would be told that he is the Keith Emerson of guitars and when someone would ask who Keith Emerson was it was explained that he was the Jimi Hendrix of keyboards. It should be noted that both Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson were envious of Jon Lord's organ playing, especially the legato technique Jon Lord was famous for. Keith and Rick were always the best of friends but people writing stories always acted like they were feuding and they'd call each other whenever one of these BS stories came out and asked the other, "hey, did you see this one"? They laughed at the insanity of these stories. Then they were spotted at a pub together and someone said, "hey, it's good to see you two getting along". They decided to make a up a story on the spot just to toy with the person.

@vicprovost2561 Жыл бұрын

@@Davesworld7 John Lord was the perfect compliment for Ritchie Blackmore, 2 of the most powerful and very best ever.

@malbug 3 жыл бұрын

When I was about 7 or 8 I had this song on a 45. I would play this over and over on my little record player. I loved it!

@raiderfan346 3 жыл бұрын

A blast from the past. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

@michaelvillarreal8838 3 жыл бұрын

Saw these guys in the mid 70s was one of my favorite shows of all time. Keith Emerson was way ahead of his time. Great band - great show. So glad you are enjoying this great music.

@rikconverse8726 3 жыл бұрын

"You've just taken your first step into a larger universe" - Obi Wan ;-)

@waynereeves6252 3 жыл бұрын

Greg Lake's voice is amazing

@billadkins5150 Жыл бұрын

I get so much joy watching you both discover the music I grew up with. It never gets old!

@ramsin99 3 жыл бұрын

You mentioned it, but wait till you start Brain Salad Surgery!!! My first concert I ever attended was EL & P in 1974 and my life was changed forever!!!

@joelliebler5690 3 жыл бұрын

You are going to love doing ELP’s version of Aaron Copeland’s song ‘Fanfare ForThe Common Man’, the live video done outdoors at The Montreal Olympic Stadium! It is incredible!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️☮️🎼🎤🎹

@davidreneau8212 Жыл бұрын

that was crazzy good

@scifimonkey3 3 жыл бұрын

Take a pebble would be a brilliant next song. There is a great live video from an old German TV show called Beat Club showing how Keith Emerson combined playing the piano traditionally and as a horizontal harp to get the sound

@rubicon-oh9km 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely second this request. Watching Keith plucking the strings is so cool.

@lylesmith9547 3 жыл бұрын

I was 5 years old when my oldest brother brought this album home. The synth was cool but I had to be a drummer because of Carl Palmer.,

@chuckhutton5087 3 жыл бұрын

Carl Palmer is undoubtedly one of the best, most underrated drummers of all time. His work with 80’s supergroup Asia was tremendous. He accompanied some of the greatest virtuosos in rock music history.

@JimmyRJump 3 жыл бұрын

I seem to care less about the songs you react to than I do about you two. Lovely people. That's all one needs, to watch beautiful people do their thing. Lucky man indeed. Danke schön, muy gracias.

@chago4212 3 жыл бұрын

Awsome song! One of my favorites! Thanks for mentioning my name! The next song must be "Still....You turn me on", you're gonna love that song, and then "C'est La Vie", beautiful , beautiful song, and then, "Lend your love to me tonight", one of my favorites also. God bless you guys!!!

@johnzunkley358 3 жыл бұрын

Remember this song when I was a boy and my sisters had this album when it was released. Hearing this song throughout the house. Memories.

@robertjewell9727 3 жыл бұрын

You two make me happy. You're wondrous.

@NicknLex 3 жыл бұрын

Thank is so sweet of you to say! Thank you for being here and for your kind words! 🙂

@spazimdam 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah ELP Lucky Man. Loved your reaction. Seeing you discover fantastic music from the 70s is most enjoyable guys. Loved Nick's face lighting up when the synth came in. Can't wait until you get to Brain Salad Surgery, which is the album that Still You Turn Me On comes from. There is another long ass song on there called Karn Evil 9. It is the most amazing, engaging and high end production prog rock. OMG! You will be blown away. I can't wait!

@jeffreyviront9256 3 жыл бұрын

just saw your first two reactions to emerson lake & palmer..Love you two! i'm 66 and have been listening to them since I was 16. Cant wait till you listen to Tarkus. You'll want to hear the entire library...you two are great!

@colleenanne360 3 жыл бұрын

ELP is my mom's all-time favorite band so I grew up on them. The drummer Carl Palmer is the only surviving member and he has a band now that covers ELP songs. Anyway a couple years ago we went to their concert and it was so cool because it was like my mom and I could experience an ELP concert together.

@Monica-sw9ld 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are very charming in your interruptions. 😁 Wonderful to watch you discover music I was lucky enough to be exposed to as a teenager. I can't wait for you to react to 'Still You Turn Me On'. It's one of my favorites from that time in my life, and remains so to this day.

@richardtaylor6187 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, Man! Prog 70s in its glorious beginning! What a GREAT band!

@ericmeredith8754 3 жыл бұрын

After your first reaction, it was the first time i had heard anything from this amazing band. I then went on to listen to this song, and was waiting hoping you would react to it! This is right down my musical alley. Love the acoustics and the harmonies! Thanks for the video. And for introducing me to them!

@barbarazee9773 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, wonderful! This is one of the reasons the reaction channels are doing such a great job of exposing folks to all the great music that lives on.

@randyo.6138 3 жыл бұрын

Karn evil 9 is quintessential ELP, it is a great example of their mastery of their instruments.

@marcdavis5728 3 жыл бұрын

Karn evil 9 Ist impression live is great

@gregrodriguez5697 Жыл бұрын

Saw these guys 3 times. One of my favorite groups of all time. Kinda forgot them...but this brings back teenage memories

@robertl4104 3 жыл бұрын

Another sincere reaction guys! One of my favorite bands, and yes wait until you get into the Brain Salad Surgery Album-Some of the best keyboard talent you will ever hear.

@michaelbochnia5686 3 жыл бұрын

Knife-Edge, my favorite song on this album. Beautiful, powerful and rocks hard! Cheers. This band is one of the very best bands for their epic musicianship. Carl Palmer on drums.... best live rock drummer I ever saw....

@brucebrown73 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, the two by ELP you’ve played are the top of the iceberg. Their epics are epic to say the least. You guys are so genuine!

@t0dd000 3 жыл бұрын

I love Palmer's drumming on this.

@montyzumazoom1337 3 жыл бұрын

You need to listen to the albums, Pictures at an Exhibition and Welcome Back my Friends To The Show That Never Ends. Both live albums, and to hear those three talented musicians create such sounds is incredible!

@myklegue3968 3 жыл бұрын

Greg Lake guitarist and vocalist was also the singer of King Crimson...another worthy listen....ELP is a super trio...so much talent in one tiny band!!

@janster3000 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you must do Tarkus next. Also, for more of ELPs classical interpretations, try their Pictures At An Exhibition LP.

@oldairyheir 3 жыл бұрын

If you haven't done ELP's 'From the Beginning', please do! Thanks for bringing back the 'Classics'! What an era to be alive!

@NicknLex 3 жыл бұрын

That was our first and only ELP song we'd ever listened to that we mentioned in the beginning... so good! :)

@neilphelan145 3 жыл бұрын

This was recorded 51 years ago. Its still as fresh today as it was then!!

@WooBino. 3 жыл бұрын

Your next ELP song has to be : Still you turn me on . On their Brain Salad Surgery album.

@johncowan3729 Ай бұрын

Lexi said it perfectly, you guys are 'old souls'. so fun and refreshing!

@NicknLex Ай бұрын

Thank you for your support on this awesome journey!!

@johnhill273 2 жыл бұрын

First heard this in 1970 at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Blew me away. I later learned that Greg Lake actually wrote it before forming ELP, but never recorded it. Keith Emerson didn't want it on the debut album, but Greg convinced the producer to include it. It instantly became their first big hit on the radio.

@terryminator4208 3 жыл бұрын

Saw ELP in Philly when I was in the Navy back in the day. They had a quad sound system set up in the arena. The sound circulated sound the whole place. Was an experience.😄🤘♥️👍 listened to the Tarkus album a lot.

@chuckhutton5087 3 жыл бұрын

Philadelphia arenas like the Spectrum, Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, outdoor venues including the Mann Music Center (Robin Hood Dell) , Veterans Stadium and even JFK Stadium hosted all the great rock acts since the 60’s. Seen hundreds of great acts there over the years. Sadly never saw ELP or Genesis perform Philly, shows still talked about to this day.

@terryminator4208 3 жыл бұрын

@@chuckhutton5087 Saw Tod Rundgren at the Tower Theater. Took the subway train there and back from South Philly while I was there also. Saw Skynard. Eric Clapton twice. Black Sabbath and Frank Zappa at the Spectrum.

@jaimegarcia6114 3 жыл бұрын

What I appreciate is your sacrifice. You wait until you can share your music discovery with us!! I grew up with most of the classic rock you’ve been enjoying. I’m happy that you enjoy it as much a we did when we were younger. And now that I am 61, that music means more to me now and realized how much we took for granted in those days. I mean I loved it then but love it even more now. It does my corazón good that you two enjoy it as well. Oh and yes, “Still , You Turn Me On” is another ELP tune I know you’ll like.

@MonsterSound.Bradley 3 жыл бұрын

Great childhood memories of this song. Headphones a must. 🤘😎👍🍁

@mikec7956 3 жыл бұрын

I first heard this piece of music when I was a rowdy 19 yr Marine coming home from Vietnam, I'm now 70 ( and still rowdy ) and this song sounds even better. Watching the two of you react to songs for the first time is really awesome, like watching a young couple popping the cork on a old bottle of fine wine. Thanks for sharing !

@midnightfury7267 3 жыл бұрын

Saw them in concert at the old Salt Palace in the 70's the musicianship alone was amazing.

@MrFrikkenfrakken 3 жыл бұрын

Nice reaction guys. Pause away and enjoy the music as you wish. ‘Tarkus’ is amazing, ‘Karn Evil 9 Impression 1,2 and 3’ is crushing but I suggest ‘Jerusalem’ or Knife Edge’ next.

@williamblanc1465 2 жыл бұрын

Keith Emerson used the most amazing synth , all those wires on that board. He got the most amazing sounds to come out of his fingers. I love those guys!!!

@richardbainbridge9824 Жыл бұрын

Amazing group, listened to them in the 70s , the tracks still sound fresh today enjoy 🎶

@jdharris7 3 жыл бұрын

ELP - Toccata (Brain Salad Surgery album)

@rwbillings 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for revisiting Prog bands like Yes, ELP, and Rush. Seeing you enjoy them like I did when I was much younger puts a smile on my face. Looking forward to the rest of your journey. Cheers! ✌

@dennispope1355 3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, you two will not be boring. I always enjoy your reactions. If you were excited about that ending, you simply MUST listen to "Take a Pebble" from the same album. You won't be disappointed. Enjoy. And keep up the good work.

@danbaldwin9511 2 жыл бұрын

52 years old and still kicking it!

@karenevans4175 3 жыл бұрын

I was privileged to see Greg Lake Live on his solo tour in the 80s. It was an amazing experience. Lucky Man live was beautiful. To get songs of his, E. L. P and King Crimson was great. An added bonus was Gary Moore was his guitarist he was amazing too. Great reactions xxx

@thomaswalkowiak815 3 жыл бұрын

The first time I ever heard a synth. Blew my mind.

@michaelanderson9792 3 жыл бұрын

My first loves sister Randy played guitar and sang this song so magical

@thelyricologist9568 3 жыл бұрын

"Tarkus" in its entirety and "Karn Evil" will actually have you gasping in awe and wanting more. :-)

@defuse56 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Guys--It's so cool to watch young people digging the songs of my youth. In 1975 I watched ELP play this song live at a really wild and tripping outdoor concert crowd. It has an almost hypnotic effect. So cool to see Nick's eyes widen when Keith Emerson starts making his brand-new Moog synthesizer start singing! I've always told my college students that we Boomers were really only good at two things: music and partying. Oh, and surfing.(back when "surfing" meant riding waves rather than a keyboard). 😃

@andylinton2798 Жыл бұрын

The Moog is amazing on that. So difficult to play, but sounding so masterful. Amazing when you recall that you can't play a chord on a Moog, and what you have to do to sound like you have! There's at least three Moog tracks on that. And in 1970 they only probably had 8 track tape machines!

@markdraine3571 3 жыл бұрын

Numero uno. I'm here ,guys .Your #1 fan..I'm a lucky man..Well ,not as lucky as Nick ,that's for certain .

@TommyLMason 3 жыл бұрын

@Mark Draine Ain’t it the truth! I’ve tried to get Alexi to leave, but it’s not working!🥲🤣😂😂...For YOU Lexi👉👉💐💐

@NicknLex 3 жыл бұрын

And now I’m blushing! 😊 Thank you both for the sweet compliments! Truth is we’re both lucky and we know it! 💞 - Lex

@earthlingjohn 3 жыл бұрын

@@NicknLex Another Lucky Man here!! Thanks for the shout out NicknLex , sincerely honored Ima un-pause now and enjoy this video and your reaction to a song that was written by a middle school student and held in his heart & mind till the perfect moment presented itself Can't imagine Greg Lake trying to do this with King Crimson, although he came close with "Epitaph" (which is worth a listen imho)

@combatveteranusnavy2012 3 жыл бұрын

I always thank my mother for giving birth to me in 1952, and my father deserves credit too. I was at the perfect age when the Beatles arrived in the US in 1964, and all through the greatest rock music of all time, 1964 - to - 1980. Of course there were great rock bands after 1980. But, they're was SO MUCH musical rock genius from 1964 to 1980.

@bradallen7859 3 жыл бұрын

One of the first usages of Moog!!! WE went nuts listening to this on 8track during lunch in my 66 Mustang during school. Played it over and over. I was 17. And as a drummer, still at 67. I love playing those linear fills.

@porflepopnecker4376 3 жыл бұрын

I saw ELP in concert in the late 70s, and the only disappointment was that Greg Lake performed this song all by himself on acoustic guitar and I'd wanted to hear that synth solo at the end in person! Still, it was one of the best concerts I ever saw.

@Davesworld7 Жыл бұрын

Yes, and people wanted the full thing. Keith lamented that everyone wanted that exact solo. It was actually considered a landmark solo. They started doing it closer to the original in the 1990s. Doing just the acoustic ballad did not work for me either. When their 74 concert was aired on the King Biscuit flower hour, Monday morning a friend at our bus stop was lamenting that it was like a bomb that didn't go off because of from the beginning and lucky man being played as just acoustic ballads. He really wanted to hear lucky man live with the whole stack. Of course to duplicate it live you would have to bring in guests to help, Greg on any one of acoustic, one on electric, one on Limbic bass guitar and also background singers. In 1997 Keith actually layered it a bit through keyboards and he was singing the whole way through and then the moog solo. In 1991 they brought in the moog solo and Greg told the audience they could sing along if they'd like to and boy they sure did! The 70s live were awesome except Greg just playing acoustic ballads on his songs.

@jeanlucchapelon 3 жыл бұрын

What a pleasure that young guys appreciate that song !😉👏

@georgeringley2667 3 жыл бұрын

This group was one of my favorites. It's great to hear that song again and so enjoyable to see you both listening for the first time. This was the music of my hey day. I appreciate that you recognize that this era was a music tour de force filled with so, so much talent.

@spartiate567 3 жыл бұрын

I have loved this song for decades. I found out one detail just a few years ago that makes it even more amazing: Greg Lake wrote these lyrics when he was TWELVE YEARS OLD. Jay Maupin

@stevemurrell6167 3 жыл бұрын

Greg Lake has said he wrote this song when he was 12 years old......musical genius in the making right there. The Keith Emerson moog solo at the end was a first up one take 'dabbling' that Keith just did off the bat and Lake thought it fitted perfectly so it stayed in the song with no more takes needed. This band was genius......and we haven't even mentioned their world class drummer in Carl Palmer. Truly brilliant performers.

@michaelpetrosino9446 3 жыл бұрын

Hi..I was lucky enough to see ELP live . I was sitting in the 3rd row orchestra at MSG . It was sometime in the 70s , around Christmas time . It was an amazing show !! Enjoy .

@RaymondBCrisp 3 жыл бұрын

This one of those tracks you put on at midnight and just zone out. Thanks for the reaction!

@myklegue3968 2 жыл бұрын

..and then along comes Keith Emerson to steal the show with his keyboard antics...both times I saw them live he featured a B3 organ that he would tilt up on one corner then pull knives from his high boots and stab them in between the keys...it was rather spectacular!

@timbush7630 3 жыл бұрын

Hi you two, I believe on your last reaction to ELP I said this group was a huge influence in my Musical path. When I first heard them was in the 70s, so we didn't have computers yet, so we had to hunt down music like in the movie Empire Records. I know I said Keith Emerson was my hero and Greg Lake was brilliant on both Guitar and Bass, sadly both have passed, Greg and Keith both in 2016. My favorite was their rendition of Aaron Coplands piece from 1942 called "Hoedown" . It really gave Keith freedom to go wild on his Keyboards. I would luv to see your faces when you hear because I can see Nick is a musician but I don't know if Lex is or just loves music. I look forward to seeing your reactions

@rodneyhearne3405 3 жыл бұрын

What a great reaction by you both to a real classic. In High School, it was the Masterpiece, Tarkus that captured me most from ELP. Fabulous from beginning to end.

@stevenewcomer8837 8 ай бұрын

Greg Lake also had a solo band in the early 1980’s releasing two albums with Gary Moore playing guitar. “Let Me Love You Once”, “It Hurts”, “Nuclear Attack”, “Haunted”, “Maneuvers”, and “I Don’t Know Why I Still Love You” are all excellent songs.

@davidreneau8212 Жыл бұрын

The "Dove" album, we called it. I bought it at Kresges, 1971. Along with 10 Years After and Bloodrock. Those were the exciting times for music. Yes indeed.

@johnimhof6568 3 жыл бұрын

I does my heart good to see people of your age enjoying the music I loved. I saw ELP live five times and each timewas a musical joutney. Thanks for the memories. Try the live album...it is them at their best, especially the "Tarkus" version .

@martintayler23 3 жыл бұрын

You must do the live version of Pirates, absolutely a stand-out performance with orchestra. The musicianship is fantastic. Sad to have lost Keith and Greg but their music with Carl was extraordinary for the times.

@jonathanroberts8981 3 жыл бұрын

Many years ago a New York DJ played “Pirates” as a request. He never took requests, but this came from people on a ship leaving NY harbor on an Atlantic crossing, so he felt he >had< to play it.

@jonathanroberts8981 3 жыл бұрын

The ship was, if memory serves, named the “Distant Star.”

@williamscott2097 3 жыл бұрын

I play drums and I used to be in a 3 piece band. We would do this song in both relatively big venues and small and every time without exception, the crowd would get quiet and just groove with it. Always loved playing it. Now I’m sooo enjoying all of your discoveries of music that I love and following the journeys. Great reaction.

@gerrylonghair1924 3 жыл бұрын

If there is ANY way you can react to Billy Cobham QUADRANT 4, it would be greatly appreciated-the song features Billy Cobham-drums, who played with the MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, Tommy Bolin-guitar, who played briefly with DEEP PURPLE, Jan Hammer-keyboards, who also played in MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, Lee Sklar on bass...this is a very awesome song that I am suggesting to you guys; I like your reactions...

@diamonddave8693 3 жыл бұрын

I envy you, listening to this epic track for the first time. Having listened hundreds of times, I still get that giddy feeling I did as a teen. It’s a perfect ELP song. 3 dudes making a kaleidoscope of sounds. Lucky Man, indeed

@thomascanfield9165 3 жыл бұрын

I was lucky myself - tagged along with my sister and her boyfriend to see ELP in 72’ when I was only 15. My first concert ! They were my favorite band, and had a chance to see them two more times in 74’. They were so inspiring, especially with the pioneering synthesizer work. “Take A Pebble” would be a good one to try. Glad to be a new subscriber here !

@jscarp15 3 жыл бұрын

Rocky Mountains of Colorado Here....Great Reaction...You are so very real and I Thank You for that, I will follow you and look forward to Chilling with you all

@RMForbes505 3 жыл бұрын

In concert they had four channel sound so the end of that song actually circled around the venue. If you listen again with headphones you can pick up how the synth tones circle around your head.