Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman
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Topic: Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman
Posted By: criticdrummer94
Subject: Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman
Date Posted: April 24 2012 at 18:37
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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? -------------   MY IDOLS |
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 01:29
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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)
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 05:03
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I really like it a lot...despite the rather lack lustre playing. A tired, fed up band and it shows. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 05:04
hardly just "themed" It a single coherent story. Nothing less.
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richardh wrote:Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 07:45
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 ------------- MY IDOLS |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 14:45
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 14:46
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^Tarkus doesn't actually flow if you think about it. But I see your point now. Indeed it does come across as seperate tracks. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: theadolescentprogger
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 17:20
| The only good track on the whole bloody album! |
Posted By: presdoug
Date 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 |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 19:38
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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.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 01:29
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!
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 01:49
+1
That cover just makes me laugh
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 16:10
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