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I am flabbergasted. This is devastating.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

We should start a campaign to get "I believe in Father Christmas" to number one.


Someone got there before me.

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What a Lucky Man he was!  Cry 
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Just got back from lunch and was whispered this horrid news by a colleague who was genuinely concerned for me. ELP will always be my favourite band. I saw Greg with his band in 2004 and again about 2 or 3 years ago when he was playing just solo with no backing band. He was a lovely warm human being with the bonus of having a great baritone. He developed into an ace bassist (forced into it by Bob perhaps??!) during his days in Crimson and ELP but will always be remembered for his Christmas Record. Only the Pogues bettered it imo. RIP Greg.
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So sad to hear this. One of my all time favorites in prog rock-in ELP, King Crimson, and as a solo artist. R.I.P
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I'm stuck with his Brain Salad Surgery. Too sad. Cry
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Sad news indeed.

Btw, I have merged the two RIP threads into one ie this one.
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^ Thanks David. Approve
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Oh no, no, no... Cry Greg was one of the most amazing voices in the prog world and a great bassist too. I'm a big fan of early ELP and King Crimson, RIP prog master!!  
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Cry


Time always wins.
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Absolutely one of the best musicians and singers....Guess I did not realize or know he was that sick? 

Drugs, alcohol and guns don't kill.......2016 does!! RIP sir Cry
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RIP Greg Lake, you will be missed
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First Bowie and now Greg from cancer. What a big loss to prog. RIP Greg.
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He wrote his own epitaph a long time ago


The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
As silence drowns the screams
Between the iron gates of fate,
The seeds of time were sown,
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known;
Knowledge is a deadly friend
When no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools
Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh,
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying


But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be dying

RIP Greg... Frown

And thanks for the music.
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Oddly enough, I just picked up Court of Crimson King CD at a record show recently since it has been long gone from my collection.

May this year just go away...Cry

RIP Greg!  One of my favorite vocalist.
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Horrible news, may he rest in peace. His work on In the Court of the Crimson King will stick by me until I die.
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Points: 6777 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2016 at 09:42
RIP. Of all of this year's losses, this is probably the one that's hit me the most. An incredible voice lost. 
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Cry
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Died earlier today from cancer, aged 69.

There's not much I can say other than the man was a musician's musician. And someone I've listened to for a long, long time. 

RIP.

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