Keith Emerson Songs
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Topic: Keith Emerson Songs
Posted By: A_Flower
Subject: Keith Emerson Songs
Date Posted: March 11 2016 at 20:47
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Hoedown for me R.I.P Keith Emerson ------------- User Banned for this Post |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 11 2016 at 20:54
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Tark. But they're all great. We love ya Keith ! ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: March 11 2016 at 21:15
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"Tarkus", with honorable mentions to "The Three Fates", "Abaddon's Bolero" and "Karn Evil 9, 2nd Impression". ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 11 2016 at 21:23
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Tarkus for sure. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 11 2016 at 21:38
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Three Fates, it was my first exposure, with Tarkus a close 2nd and KE9 a super close 3rd ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: March 11 2016 at 21:41
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Karn Evil 9 has exerted remarkable influence upon my life. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 11 2016 at 22:25
| Tarkus for me. |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: March 11 2016 at 22:37
| Tarkus. |
Posted By: cemego
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 00:03
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Tarkus, the Karn Evil 9-1st impression PART ONE (1), then Pirates, then Pictures at an exhibition, then the whole of trilogy, then everything else. ------------- listen to streaming stuff! no commercials! http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 01:07
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Count me in for Tarkus here, but I will always love their take on Mussorgsky. And now is not the time to start dissing on Love Beach (I like the damn thing, rated it 3 stars years ago, and that it remains.....) |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 05:04
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KE9, though I regret that I cannot vote for all of these. Of the songs outside this list I would add a honourable mention for Abaddon's Bolero. ------------- 
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 07:38
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Karn Evil 9, man. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 08:02
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Hard to say. My fav is not listed here: Piano Concerto N.1 ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 08:04
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Tarkus for me, followed by Karn Evil 9 and Take a Pebble ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: scruffydragon
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 08:21
Tarkus, Just superb.
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 09:34
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KE9 -------------  
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Posted By: O666
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 09:44
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I can't believe it yet. Its make me sad. I pick "Tarkus" in this poll. Tarkus is one of the songs that catch me hardly and changed my musical direction . Its happened over 30 years before. R.I.P my king. R.I.P Your Majesty. R.I.P lucky man.
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 10:49
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Want to vote for them all and add Keith's take on Pictures at an Exhibition (which I think is THE greatest work in prog history of an arrangement/interpretation of a classical piece). In the end, Brain Salad Surgery was the very 1st prog album I ever bought so had to go with KE9. I must've heard that piece a 1000 times and it never gets old. Come and see the show  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 10:56
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Tarkus slays ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 18:17
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Karn Evil 9 for me followed by Trilogy. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: ozzy_tom
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 18:29
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Tarkus - my favourite piece of music ever. -------------  
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Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 19:11
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All of them, but I have to go with his adaptation of classical composer Alberto Ginastera's 1rst Piano Concerto - 4th movement - Toccata. It blows me away every time since I was a youngling when it first came out. An excerpt below of Keith getting approval from the composer himself. "In 1969 I was in Los Angeles doing a concert with the Philharmonic. It was a mixed media thing in the days when mixed media was new. I was playing with The Nice then and we were waiting in the dressing room to go on for our number when I heard some incredible music drifting down from the stage. It was Ginastera's First Piano Concerto. Afterwards, I spoke with the soloist because I immediately wanted to record the piece. Later, when ELP was formed, I showed Carl and Greg the arrangement, and they wanted to play it too. We were very excited about the recording we had made, but we ran into problems with Ginastera's publishers Boosey and Hawkes. Finally, I realized the best thing to do was to speak with Mr. Ginastera himself. I met him at his home in Switzerland and after the dinner I showed him the arrangement, and began to talk about it. He didn't speak much English and his wife had to translate everything. Finally, Ginastera said, '...please, just play the tape!'. After he had listened to them all the way through, he turned to his wife in amazement. 'Diabolic!!' he exclaimed. I was terrified. I thought he hated it or thought I was the devil or something. But then, he smiled. His wife turned to me and said 'Alberto says you have a very talented band and he very much likes your version. He says that is the way his music should sound and will be contacting his publishers tomorrow giving his permission for you to release it. No one has been able to capture his music like that before!' I returned to England with Ginastera's blessing and the song was finished and included on the album." ------------- 
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 19:25
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I love them all, except for "Fanfare". Tough choice. I'm giving "The Three Fates" some love. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: March 12 2016 at 20:57
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I'll say other and let it be a mystery... because there were a lot of other good songs..... ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: March 13 2016 at 12:17
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Other: Abaddon's Bolero But from the list, KE9 ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 13 2016 at 12:32
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Fanfare for the Common Man ------------- |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 13 2016 at 21:33
| Pirates |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: March 13 2016 at 23:37
Great story! I voted for Karn Evil 9, just ahead of Tarkus. All great tracks, though. Kudos for including Hoedown - another great arrangement and interpretation. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
AEProgman wrote:Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: March 13 2016 at 23:42
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Other - KE Part 3 - Carl Palmer's fabulous drumming just brings everything out. As a solo effort I'd have to give a big thumbs up to the Concerto. At least it gets played outside of ELP recordings; part of the classical rep. But anything from the first, and Tarkus... frankly most of their music. Honourable mention to Bitches Crystal as a sort of minature Tarkus. |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: March 14 2016 at 07:09
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It's pointless choosing - I love them all! |