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Poll Question: What do you think of ELP (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
30 [29.70%]
17 [16.83%]
34 [33.66%]
8 [7.92%]
3 [2.97%]
5 [4.95%]
1 [0.99%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [0.99%]
2 [1.98%]
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Good band. I like them but not one of my very favorites.
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Objectively, they are an awesome band, but they're still not in my top 30 I don't think. 
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One of my top 10 prog bands. Too bad they didn't last longer and their quality dipped after BSS.
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Somewhere between options 5 and 6. I don't like them; I find them a little cringe-worthy even. But "pretentious" is a lazy description.
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Depends on the day.
I tend to see them as the Drunk Prog Fan's Favourite Band (hey, it doesn't mean I like them only when drunk!)
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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2014 at 16:58
Option #3
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Option 3 (like them but not top tier). Used to be a huge fan decades ago but have since trimmed my listening to a couple of albums on an occasional basis. Still love Tarkus but not much else.
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Tarkus is probably the best piece of music they have ever done but their debut is their best album(imo).
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Hi,

I think that what Keith brought to the table at one time, was needed in rock music, and helped put together a "show", and while this was not, at the time, something that helped classical music (for example), it was in the vein of the "stars" in the movies that becema famous, for being bad boys, girls or otherwise.

I do like a lot of things they did, and some of them I remember as very special to my experience (... don't tell me lies ... and Greg is screaming the words ... ) (do you need to know more???) ... however, I really thought that they abused the priviledge for the "show" and eventually became a bit way later.

Now, I do not want to sound silly, but if they did ELP live and accoustic, I would be there in 5 seconds. But they won't. If they do their whole shindig with all the noise and lights, I won't bother with it. I like some of the music and it means something more to me than a quick beat off on a given evening. I don't go to music, film or any of the arts, for its "entertainment" value ... I go for its fullfillment value in my life!
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Points: 1607 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2014 at 18:36
Not for everybody, but indeed for me.

Edited by Rick Robson - September 07 2014 at 18:36


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Their debut sucks.  I do not get what people love about it.  It's three guys who have no cohesiveness.

Tarkus is three guys who are awesome together. 

Trilogy is a very good album.

Brain Salad Surgery is also wonderful.

After that, nothing great.
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Points: 1474 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2014 at 19:00
No, three guys who have no cohesiveness might be the first RUSH album though.
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Great band, at least where their first five albums are concerned. 
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One of my top 30 bands for sure.I like most everything except Love Biotch....
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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2014 at 20:29
Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

Option #3
Same here. They have some incredible songs, but they don't have a single album I can listen to all the way through. A compilation of all their greats could be one of my top 50 albums, though.
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Points: 18392 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2014 at 21:21
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Can't stand them. I've long felt that they were more interested in showing off their technical skills than actually composing coherent music.


Then perhaps you don't fully understand composition.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2014 at 21:24
Eh? 

THOSE WHO KNOW MUSIC MUST LIKE ELP, NO? THEN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR COMPOSITIONS. 
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Points: 12610 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2014 at 22:35
Option 2. I believe they should be option 1 for what they have given to prog, and in the 70's they surely were, but they have too many songs I find rather annoying. They have many other wonderful songs, though, but I just haven't been able to like any whole album from them, they always had to do something to drag it down.
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Points: 2764 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2014 at 00:59
King Crimson
Genesis
Transatlantic / Neal Morse
Porcupine Tree
The Flower Kings
Gentle Giant
Van der Graaf Generator
Camel
ELP
PFM

I went with the second option but it looks like I could have gone with the first.
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Points: 26343 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2014 at 01:16
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

To me they are fundamental. It's a pity that they've been the first big band which has lost its quality leaving us only a bunch of excellent albums and at least the same amount of rubbish.

I would argue that you could say that about almost any prog band. ELP produced some bad albums (In The Hot Seat and Love Beach) a few mediocre albums (Works 2 , ELPowell, Black Moon) on top of the classic early releases. I don't believe that put out a vast amount of crap. When things started going wrong they 'got out' rather than just plough an AOR /pop furrow for the whole of the eighties like Yes and Genesis pretty much did.


Edited by richardh - September 08 2014 at 01:24
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