Progressive Rock Music Forum : Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman http://www.progarchives.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Progressive Rock Music Forum : Prog Bands, Artists and Genres Appreciation : Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:16:43 +0000 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:10:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.69 360 www.progarchives.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=86465 Progressive Rock Music Forum http://www.progarchives.com/forum/css_styles/mac-prog/PAlogo_v2.gif http://www.progarchives.com/forum/ Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : Originally posted by richardh Originally... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495805#4495805 Author: presdoug
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Posted: April 26 2012 at 16:10

Originally posted by richardh

Originally posted by presdoug

To this day, i've never heard the album-not sure if i want to take the plunge and do so, though
worth picking up the Return of the Manticore box set if you can find it cheap. That includes all of Memoirs as well as the best Greg Lake song on the album 'For You'.
Canario is also good and can be found on various ELP compilations including the excellent Atlantic Years.
 
the rest of the album is pure pop
 
to be fair its not as bad an album as people like to think its just the terrible cover that puts many off!
Thanks for your response, Richard. Incidentally, on Triumvirat's 1978 pop rock album A La Carte, there is a song called "For You"Thumbs Up
]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:10:51 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495805#4495805 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : Originally posted by presdougTo... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495332#4495332 Author: Dayvenkirq
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Posted: April 26 2012 at 01:49

Originally posted by presdoug

To this day, i've never heard the album-not sure if i want to take the plunge and do so, though

+1

Originally posted by richardh


to be fair its not as bad an album as people like to think its just the terrible cover that puts many off!

That cover just makes me laugh LOL .


Edited by Dayvenkirq - April 26 2012 at 01:51]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:49:11 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495332#4495332 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : Originally posted by presdougTo... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495326#4495326 Author: richardh
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Posted: April 26 2012 at 01:29

Originally posted by presdoug

To this day, i've never heard the album-not sure if i want to take the plunge and do so, though
worth picking up the Return of the Manticore box set if you can find it cheap. That includes all of Memoirs as well as the best Greg Lake song on the album 'For You'.
Canario is also good and can be found on various ELP compilations including the excellent Atlantic Years.
 
the rest of the album is pure pop
 
to be fair its not as bad an album as people like to think its just the terrible cover that puts many off!
]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:29:34 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495326#4495326 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : Best song of the album, of course,... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495161#4495161 Author: Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 19:38

Best song of the album, of course, but I feel it goes on for a bit too long. Keith's work on that track is great though.]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:38:46 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495161#4495161 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : To this day, i've never heard... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495099#4495099 Author: presdoug
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 18:01

To this day, i've never heard the album-not sure if i want to take the plunge and do so, though]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:01:06 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495099#4495099 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : The only good track on the... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495074#4495074 Author: theadolescentprogger
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 17:20

The only good track on the whole bloody album!]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:20:26 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4495074#4495074 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : ^Tarkus doesn't actually... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494972#4494972 Author: Snow Dog
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 14:46

^Tarkus doesn't actually flow if you think  about it. But I see your point now. Indeed it does come across as seperate tracks.]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:46:26 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494972#4494972 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : Originally posted by Snow Dog Originally... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494971#4494971 Author: richardh
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 14:45

Originally posted by Snow Dog

Originally posted by richardh

Basically four tracks with a themed connection

 


hardly just "themed" It a single coherent story. Nothing less.
yes you are right although I think what I was getting at is that the tracks don't flow into each other like say Tarkus. (shouldn't compare it with that monster prog track though admittedlyTongue)]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:45:14 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494971#4494971 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : Originally posted by Snow... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494681#4494681 Author: criticdrummer94
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 07:45

Originally posted by Snow Dog

I really like it a lot...despite the rather lack lustre playing. A tired, fed up band and it shows. 

Agreed. I feel like if they were really giving a true shot like on Canario it would have been much better. To me, the whole album has some potential
]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:45:50 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494681#4494681 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : Originally posted by richardhBasically... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494602#4494602 Author: Snow Dog
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 05:04

Originally posted by richardh

Basically four tracks with a themed connection

 


hardly just "themed" It a single coherent story. Nothing less.
]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:04:58 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494602#4494602 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : I really like it a lot...despite... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494601#4494601 Author: Snow Dog
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 05:03

I really like it a lot...despite the rather lack lustre playing. A tired, fed up band and it shows. ]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:03:05 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494601#4494601 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : Basically four tracks with a themed... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494553#4494553 Author: richardh
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 01:29

Basically four tracks with a themed connection

 
First track. Love it. Everything slots into place. Drums sound great. Lake's voice sounds superb and Keith does a decent impersonation of an orchestra
 
Second track. Lots of flowing classical piano. Keith on great form. Lakes sings well and Palmer supplies some nice percussion.
 
Third track. Then it all goes downhill! Bit of a muddle this track. Starts intertestingly but goes nowhere. The demo version shows they were onto something but perhaps they were just getting bored when it came to finishing it off?
 
Fourth track. A march (yawn). I think they had given up at this point.
 
Love Beach always feels like an unfinished album to me. Some promising bits and peices (Canario. For You, The Gambler + the first two parts of Memoirs) but doesn't add up to a whole hill of beans and way below the bands triumphs (BSS ,Tarkus etc)
]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:29:35 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494553#4494553 Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman : Listening to it for the first... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494359#4494359 Author: criticdrummer94
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Posted: April 24 2012 at 18:37

Listening to it for the first time. It doesn't really sound that bad for this very infamous album. What do you guys think of this extended piece from ELP?]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:37:08 +0000 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86465&PID=4494359#4494359