Toccata VS Toccata
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Topic: Toccata VS Toccata
Posted By: zravkapt
Subject: Toccata VS Toccata
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 13:00
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Both these bands are known for honouring (butchering?) the classics. Which version of this Ginastera piece do you like more? ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 13:04
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I've always thought that Toccata sounds like a salad.... ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 13:13
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Jaga Jazzist anyone? ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 13:20
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How about Sky? anyway...elp ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: knumorvid
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 13:54
| yep. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 13:57
Great but completely different song. Never heard the Sky version. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Horizons wrote:Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 14:00
I still prefer it.  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 14:08
| Only just heard the Delta version, so I might have needed a little more getting used to it, but I like better the ELP one. The Delta one, even though it is somewhat heavier, isn't nearly as Crazy as ELP's one. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 14:33
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ELP ------------- 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: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 20:40
Yeah, the MD version is more tame in comparison. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 20:44
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Voted for ELP in the end. What a salad! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 20:51
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ELP adapted Ginastera. Mekong Delta copied ELP's version. Palmer's drumming is far better and ELP has a far more original take on the...ummm....original. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 07 2012 at 04:41
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There's also a version on the Magna Carta tribute featuring Jordan Rudess and Japanese outfit Gerard also give a suitable battering on the Keyboards Triangle tribute album.
ELP's version is one of my favourite things by ELP and any prog band for that matter. It has a delicious production particularly the percussion sounds that are embedded deep in the mix on the quieter moments. Its a work of art imo.Ginastera loved it of course and remarked 'terrible , terrible' when he first heard it during a lunch at his house with Keith Emerson. Ginastera's wife thankfully spoke some English and pointed out to a slightly perplexed Keith Emerson that he was complimenting it!
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Posted By: Ommadawn
Date Posted: October 08 2012 at 13:27
Exactly!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 08 2012 at 15:17
| I think I read somewhere that only one album of Ginastera's music had ever been released in the UK. ELP doing a version of it was not exactly meddling with the classics. Any other version by a band was always going to a copy of the ELP adapation. Gerards is also very similar to Mekong Delta although at least it has some rabid drumming thats a lot of fun. No Carl Palmer but I once saw the guy live with Ars Nova in London when he broke the gong for a Pink Floyd tribute band. Perhaps one of the funniest and most memorable things I ever saw at a live show. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: October 09 2012 at 05:47
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Ginastera's. LOL !  ELP of course. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: October 09 2012 at 14:51
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ELP or Sky ! ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: October 09 2012 at 15:04
The ELP version for sure. The Mekong Delta version is terrible, sorry. 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 10 2012 at 01:39
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 10 2012 at 18:01
| ELP should have covered Bach's Toccata, it just screams to be played by them. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 11 2012 at 01:23
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