Similar songs to Tarkus? (ELP) - Progressive Rock Music Forum

wiz_d_kidd wrote:

^ Yes, found it (after my original post, which is now edited).

There's also this:

...and something else they did (maybe of some interest):

Lewian wrote:

There's also this:

...and something else they did (maybe of some interest):

Thanks! I was unfamiliar with this band, and now I'm excited to get these on CD or MP3. The search is on...

^ I'm with you. I saw a 7-CD package of Stern Meissen that is selling for around $40-$50, but some CDs had ratings (here on PA) as low as 1.3! I can't remember the last time I saw ratings that low!

The package included "Reise...", "Weisses...", and the original live "Stern Combo Meissen", which seem to be pretty good. So 3 good CDs for $50, maybe it's still worth it.

Lewian wrote:

wiz_d_kidd wrote:

^ I'm with you. I saw a 7-CD package of Stern Meissen that is selling for around $40-$50, but some CDs had ratings (here on PA) as low as 1.3! I can't remember the last time I saw ratings that low!

The package included "Reise...", "Weisses...", and the original live "Stern Combo Meissen", which seem to be pretty good. So 3 good CDs for $50, maybe it's still worth it.

That may depend on how much $50 is for you... I like the band and their first four albums a lot, but I'm not objective. The band played a special role in my youth and will always be dear to me, although I see that also the first four albums can be criticised in various valid ways. You can check some more stuff out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91t49W931Dc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWQePMJaB_s

(The first live album has good stuff but is a bit uneven.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouKmm6vqivw

(Weisses Gold has a somewhat annoying narrator, particularly if you don't know German and can't follow the story.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqHOy-hNxpo

(This is an excellent song from Stundenschlag, maybe even their best, despite that album scoring 1.9 here.)

All good samples, thanks!

I see that you have dived into Stern (Combo) Meissen and wrote some very nice reviews! Thumbs Up

The band is still touring by the way (although only Martin Schreier remains from the old days, and probably they won't do much outside Germany's east).

Try some Le Orme!!! (Or Metamorfosi!)

awaken_yesfan wrote:

If you mean bands with prominent keyboards (especially Hammond organ), and lengthy mostly instrumental tracks, these came to mind:

Triumvirat

Glass Hammer (particularly Empty Space – Revealer and The Knight of the North)

Par Lindh Project

Nathan Mahl

The Flower Kings (some parts)

Anglagard (some parts)

Check out this: total Emerson rip-off Big smile

Not bad , the guy can play some Hammond chops. 3:35 is especially stunning

Jordan Rudess also contributed to the genre: 10:36 very Emersonesque solo

Good call on the Par Lindh Project.

Barbu wrote:

^ You're probably asking too much of him.

Mosh is a pure spirit among ignorants and he knows what is good for us all.

Mosh is as much SPIRIT as all of you, so I wonder where the ignorance really starts and ends!

I am not here to "knows what is good for us all" ... I'm here simply because too much of this site is about everyone kissing everyone and supporting their top ten bits and pieces, and not showing enough taste/touch/beauty in their acceptance of MUSIC ... the real thing, not just top ten crap!

TARKUS is not a top ten piece ... and ELP knew it ... and attacked it like it ... and that makes it even more important ... the fact that so many folks don't even listen to its very lyrics!

... and of course, never EVER realize what a great piece of composition it really is ... and how it will be remembered for a long time past our own lives. We can discuss "ignorance" after evaluating what you have given an ear to in your lifetime and all the rest that is out there that so few give a f**k about! AND CALL THEMSELVES PROGRESSIVE something or other! Confused

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