ELP - PIRATES ~ LIVE IN MONTREAL *1977* REACTION
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PIRATES - Written by Keith Emerson. Greg Lake and Peter Sinfield * A Masterpiece ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
ELP are a trio in the discussion for GOAT trio of all time
Greg Lake…what a Voice…..❤
ELP were incredible musicians. Carl Palmer is still kicking ass on the drums in his 70's. He's the best rock drummer I ever heard.
I may not say the best because once a certain plateau is reached there is no best or better, just different. I was lucky to see them twice.
Greg Lake was a freaky monster on his bass. Period.
I never understood that toppy clear bass sound, untill i noticed that his bass guitar had 8 strings adding higher octaves, sounds brilliant .
To Jotapecu: He became one.
That Olymbic 8string bass also sounds great on Tarkus , Fanfare but I love that black fender jazz bass sound in The Sheriff with Keith's dirty hamond organ sound, King Crimsons 25 Century schizoid man and the Gibson ripper bass on Brain salad surgery. KILLER!
Of course I must add the 8string bass on live versions of Tarkus not the original studio version with the legendary black Fender jazz bass.
We can rightfully call it a masterpiece.
Keith Emerson pretty much wrote all the music for Pirates including the parts for the 27-pc orchestra. They were amazing. Try to picture the 3 of them doing this without the orchestra - and it still sounding phenomenal. My #1 band since 1970.
Amen!!!
Amazing the bass player singing and playing these lines Don't underestimate these things❤
REST IN PEACE KEITH AND CRAIG.
It's Greg.
The musicianship of ELP was way above all the other band. They also do this song, without the orchestra. They were a phenomenal band.
Keith wrote it on the piano first anyway,so with the Yamaha synth two hands play the horns and strings ,Gregs got the bass guitar, covers the cello, contra bass Carls got the rest on percussion, done deal!!
Thanks for playing this, Pope! Not only was this concert in Montreal a veritable Tour de Force but "Pirates" is a bloody masterpiece, displaying soaring music, outstanding vocals and superb lyrics played by three masters at the height of their collective musical and creative powers. On the face of the Mt Rushmore of rock/prog music, ELP's visage will be forever etched.
Saw them live in 1977 at Madison Square Garden in NY. Most incredible concert ever.
ELP at its best.
I cant believe you did this song!!!!!!! I am such a huge ELP fan and this has made my week!!!!! This was such an amazing performance!
Graig lake's voice is so powerful. Palmer one of the best drumers around. And Emerson on the keyboards what can say. As time goes buy these masters of there trade are forgotten in the modern world. I still think the music of the seventies is the best. Overall.
That was so insanely good. Excellent.
A Masterpiece.
Keith Emerson toke his Yamaha GX1 and did the music for the soundtrack of the movie "Nighthawks" starting Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams...in the 80s.
Elp ❤
This is throwing someone into the deep waters of ELP for sure lol
Your reaction starting at 2:52 is awesome! That's a weird-azz part and it's Keith Emerson all the way, his trademark weirdness. Glad you liked it, for me this song is kind of the pinnacle of the '70s prog-rock movement. Incidentally I was at this show, my first concert, 14 years old with my big sister. First time smoking a fatty!
Rock on young man!
what a great show it was !!
One of my fav ELP songs ever. This tour was the epitome of the late 70s and 80s where everything was big. It was the era of arena rock, which may be gone forever. As others have noted, the tour imploded under the weight of the finances and logistics. This is a pretty good recording for its time. Thanks, Pope!
Emerson Lake and Palmer live Montreux jazz festival 1997 Tarkus or Pictures at an Exhibition ✌🏼❤️💥
Saw this tour with symphony on their second stop in Chicago Soldiers Field. 87,000 people stunned to silence. Unbelievable sound system brought into an open football field. Sounded like studio quality
Live is always better than in the studio.
I agree with exactly what you thought. Who wrote it, so many changes.
i like the fact you go for the deeper cuts ....very good job !
This was superb!!
It's very cool that you are into ELP. In my opinion it shows you understand and appreciate music and what very talented musicians can really produce without the hassle of music execs. ELP were even more talented live than in studio. I had the pleasure of seeing this tour live without the orchestra and after seeing hundreds of headline bands since and before ELP is by far the show i have seen. There was nothing in this world better than ELP live with quad amps!!!
They nailed this song in the 92 tour and live CD.
Keith Emerson,(keyboards) wrote this,and I want to say he arranged it but I'm not sure of that he also probably had some help from Peter Sinfield, but it's been so long since I've seen the liner notes, I'm just not sure of my facts anymore. Thanks for taking the time to post this, it was a welcome surprise.
Their final epic. The other epics you need to experience are Pictures At An Exhibition, Karn Evil 9 (all of it, there's 3 "impressions") and Tarkus. Saw them twice on the tour, once with the orchestra and once without. Keith did a great job on this by himself on that Yamaha GX-1 without the orchestra! Keith wrote the music, Greg and Pete Sinfield wrote the lyrics. A little different from From The Beginning, huh? :) I recommended it but I'm sure I'm not the only one.
He's done Karn Evil 9 and Tarkus
@@JasonSmith-jr7jh Yes he has! I've got a foggy brain today. 8)
@@bdcosmo Welcome to MY world! (I didn't think I typed Karen Evil 9, but that's what initially was sent)
"Pictures..." is incredible, and the Drumming is absolutely mad-lad.
Carl didn't take drugs, but on this (in places) he sounds like he's on meth!
@Bookhouse Boy I made a reply to another comment that mentioned Memoirs and mea culpa'd my bad. You're absolutely correct on that.
You're remarks are exactly what I was thinking...How!??
Thanks Pope! 👍❤🤙
Thanks so much for reacting to this song! I was fortunate enough to see ELP three times, the first being from this tour after they had dropped the orchestra, but they still managed to sound just as full on their own. Amazing.
Yes they play with symphony orchestra on some Albums.I didn t see that concert. I was away but i ve seen them previous years ! Around 1973-4 right there in Montreal. Thanks for playing this.
Yay Pirates, one of my favorite ELP songs. Please more live ELP. They were at their best when they played live.
Three amazing musicians, a great story..... No it just keeps going.
There were at least 40 musicians in the orchestra that got sheet music written by Emerson and Lake. Yes written out....
Thanks for bringing this to us Pope, try ELP's Tarkus
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Sit in at a university class where they teach orchestration and composition,you learn all the ranges of all instruments if know notation to begin with,you very seldom see two names on orchestral compositions unless it's lyrics.
I saw them on this concert tour when they performed in Detroit, 1 June 1977. Fantastic show to see live. This reaction is very cool. Peace.
Hey Pope! Hope you are having a good weekend? ELP! This is AWESOME!!🔈🔉🔊
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Hey Pope, might be worth your while checking out something from Asia. Made up of members from Yes, ELP, King Crimson and The Buggles. "Sole Survivor" is a great one to start with 😉
Cheers
Harro 😁🤘
That was different with the orchestra playing along , but as you are about to find out , EMERSON , LAKE and PALMER does jam !! They have lots of cool tunes !!
Pretty cool Pope. Takes me back to when I played violin in the orchestra. Three brilliant musicians. Saw them twice and Carl Palmer at the El Mocambo in Toronto.
Palmer is like a train running at full speed
This was the first time the band had planned an extensive tour with a full orchestra. This was the "Works" tour, "Works vol 1" featured orchestra on most of the album, solo works on 3 sides & the fourth the band together doing "Fanfare for the common man" & "Pirates". Financially the tour was a disaster due to the astronomical personnel & logistical costs. They were forced to ditch the orchestra & complete the tour as a 3 piece. As usual the maestro Emerson adapted the orchestral parts to keyboards. Recommend you check out more from "Works" , Keith Emerson's "Piano Concerto nbr 1" , Greg Lake's "Lend your love to me tonight" , "Hallowed be thy name" & "Closer to believing" & Carl Palmer's "Tank" & "The enemy God" , cheers
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Vale Keith and Greg, such an incredible loss to music.
Keith Emerson wrote the music for the soundtrack of a movie about mercenaries called "The Dogs of War." The movie got scrapped, and Greg Lake collaborated with King Crimson lyricist, Pete Sinfield on the words. Part of their research took them Disney World. For my money, this is the greatest band ever. No three people have ever combined this much talent and this much weirdness. There are weird combinations aplenty out there. But ELP takes the cake. It is perhaps as divisive as pineapple pizza, but give me that three-piece any day. It was great fun to see you react to those fellows in their prime... and if you want to go with some timely ELP, check out "The Great Gates of Kiev" from this same concert. If you dig it, go to the studio recording they made they made for their box set. And if you want to meditate on the mess in Ukraine, listen to "Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman" Many ELP fans disregard this one -- I put it in my top five.
I left Memoirs off my list of epics here. My bad...
Well said, they're in my top 3 Yes & Genesis. IMO they were underrated especially Keith who really drove the band.
Keith said Greg and Pete went to Disney World, but I know this song was researched and written in Switzerland, so I don't think that's true.
@@kathyratino962 it’s true because I said ‘part.’
@@dannyriccardo-kornpet4599 Yeah, but I don't think it happened. Can't be at Disney World and in Switzerland at the same time.
They don't usually play with an orchestra. I like the three piece version of this better. Tarkus, the song, will be more like a Yes epic song, and show you what ELP is capable of. Studio version recommended.
How many rehearsals do ya think? Two? I did get to see them twice.
Dude! only one person wrote the music, KEITH i EMERSON the keyboard virtuoso is classically trained!( when you're classically trained you have the creative brain power to write for 105 orchestrsal instruments) and the bass player/singer GREG LAKE wrote the lyrics .Carl Palmer went to a music academy or conservatory for percussion in England .
There ain’t one band in the RnR hall that could do this, but these guys somehow never got in!!!? 🙄
Keith Emerson wrote that along with the three movement piano concerto on Works volume 1. To get the full effect of the music you should first listen to the studio recording because the quality of this live analog recording is awful.
Another British progressive band.
Never cared for this version with the orchestra, bad sound. The best version is without the orchestra, which is included on ELP's compilation CD, called "A Time And A Place" The performance is from 1977 at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN.
"Pirates'...ELP "A Time And A Place" Released in 2010