I want to agree, but I also want to say that their debut is pretty stellar: I mean, Tank and Take a Pebble on the same album...
― J. Grizzle (trainsmoke), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― surmounter (rra123), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link
under duress i could listen to "trilogy" again, "from the beginning" is actually quite pleasant '70s single along the lines of anne murray, "saturday in the park" or that one great ambrosia single, "nice, nice, very nice." not perhaps as good as argent's "hold your head up," or flash's "small beginnings" (the latter is actually kinda cool) or for that matter, three dog night's "out in the country" and "harvest for the world," that great, spooky single of theirs. '70s music. of course, i have heard them do "pictures at an exhibition," which was a nice conceptual-art piece, and they got *really* pretentious and art-directed by the time of "brain salad surgery."
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tom D. (Dada), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tom D. (Dada), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link
I think not. "Trans Europa Express" is a concept album featuring several lengthy and complex tracks with obvious influence from classical music.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Somewhat. Except the people behind the Arp 2600 thought likewise, and by "pushing" their synths on several major acts probably did more to spread synth technology than Moog did.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link
:)
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 1 February 2007 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― surmounter (rra123), Thursday, 1 February 2007 03:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― surmounter (rra123), Thursday, 1 February 2007 03:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― surmounter (rra123), Thursday, 1 February 2007 03:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Myonga Van Bonhomie (Monty Von Byonga), Thursday, 1 February 2007 05:06 (seventeen years ago) link
omg I am drunk now and getting into ELP what is wrong with me?
― mirostones, Thursday, 6 December 2018 03:58 (five years ago) link
that you waited this long
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:39 (five years ago) link
Carl Palmer could’ve been a pioneering electronic drummer, with the setup he had around ‘74-‘75 or so. But while the setup itself was innovative, he was still Carl Palmer.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:53 (five years ago) link
re: the topic of this thread, I'm someone whose entry into Really Loving Music was through dance music of the mid-2000s, and a copy of the ELP live album from my dad's CD collection led to a brief foray into prog obsessiveness (the primary remnants of which today are a ride-or-die Mars Volta fandom and a respect for any band that can get their songs satisfyingly over the 10-minute mark) because it was "rock with synthesizers" and could thus break through my kneejerk aversion to a rock's then-apparent status as EDM's eternal mean older brother. Now, none of this rules out the possibility that I am, in fact, stupid, but it is at least a real data point in the argument's favor.Also live "Aquatarkus" rules regardless of any other claims made here or elsewhere:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njbx8wJ78Qg
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Thursday, 6 December 2018 05:16 (five years ago) link