This was the very first synthesizer solo ever. They were just experimenting. When I first heard this song with headphones it totally blew my brain. This was a sound that was never before heard. Seeing your reaction you can just imagine my reaction! I’m 72 and it’s still magical.
Story goes Lake & Palmer had been working on this in studio. Emerson had just gotten the Moog in, decided to improvise a little on last remaining mix track, they decided to keep it in. This group is a deep rabbit-hole. Three singular musicians forming another super group. Most of their compositions and adaptations were NOT radio-friendly (LOL).
Real comp!ex prog, but very satisfying for all us old heads who bought their albums, went to their concerts and loved their music. It was fun to do them, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson and Pink Floyd in that era, new and intricate ways to structure music with great songwriting, man those bands were something. I am so glad I got to see all of them, multiple times. Rock On! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
the ending is basically the start of electronic music, Robert Moog (the inventor of the synthesizer) was stunned that his device could be used to make music
The ending is the very 1st time Keith Emerson ever played a Moog Synthesizer……his very 1st pass on the recording….and Greg Lake wrote the song when he was 12….showed it to Emerson in the studio…Emerson said he had no desire to build the song….he didn’t like it….went off to the pub….Lake and Palmer laid down all of their tracks….Emerson came back from the pub…heard it and really loved it….so he walked in….and started playing it on the end….1st time he had touched it….and no…not their biggest song….the album Tarkus is a good place to start.
I knew you were gonna trip on that synth. I love it. It reminds me of the 70s when those synthesizers were used in rock songs to trippy effect. Also were used in TV and movie themes. Some good ones from them are "From The Beginning", "Still, You Turn Me On" and their kickass version of Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare For The Common Man"
First time following this guy. I’m happy. Reminds me of how my grandchildren are just as impressed as this guy. They ask questions. I love it. From Alaska.
You should look up ELP at California Jam in 1974. I was there and they blew the 300,000 of us away. They were headliners with Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. The Eagles were one of the opening acts. Keith Emerson's solo on the spinning piano and Carl Palmers drum solo were both epic.
One of the greatest Moog solos ever. And yeah, it doesn't sonically sound like the texture of the first part of the song, but I've always seen it as once this lucky rich guy suddenly dies, this is what happens afterwards. This is him dying, this is him being transported away, this is his life flow maybe just ebbing out until there's nothing at the end. And for something like that, it needs to be transcendent, it needs to be utterly different than the rest and yet it still really fits in a way too. Mostly melodically but I love that heavy reinforcing texture low as it first creeps in before it startles you with the air raid siren sound almost, lol.
FANTASTIC reaction to an iconic early Prog tune! I remember having an almost identical reaction the first time I heard this song, which was on AM radio in a one-speaker VW Bug! It was several years before I heard it on Stereo FM radio. I agree with you that the synth ending seems "stuck on"! I agree, especially today! But the use of the synth like that was so revolutionary for the time..... ✌
Great song, the ending improv is genius, open your mind to the possibilities. Also try the Tarkus Suite, it was a side of that album in the early 70s and is right up there with YES and Close to the Edge for great prog rock epics. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Not so. The Beatles used a synthesizer on their album Abbey Road. ELP came out with this song AFTER Abbey Road. Still, it was one of the first applications of Moog in rock and roll.
@@victorjohnson7512 ...looks like we are both sort of right and sort of wrong. If you check Wikipedia the Moog synthesizer came out in 1964. Here is what Wikipedia says: "In 1968, Wendy Carlos released Switched-On Bach, an album of Bach compositions arranged for Moog synthesizer. It won three Grammy Awards and was the first classical album certified platinum.[18][5] The album is credited for popularising the Moog and demonstrating that synthesizers could be more than "random noise machines".[7] For a period, the name Moog became so associated with electronic music that it was sometimes used as a generic term for any synthesizer.[7] Moog liked this, but disapproved of the numerous "cruddy" novelty records released with his name attached, such as Music to Moog By, Moog España and Moog Power.[7] Rock and pop An early use of the Moog synthesizer in rock music came with the 1967 song by the Doors "Strange Days".[19] In the same year, the Monkees used a Moog on their album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.[7] In 1969, George Harrison released an album of Moog recordings, Electronic Sound, and the Beatles used the Moog on several tracks on their album Abbey Road.[7] Other rock bands who adopted the Moog include the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones.[2] It was also adopted by jazz musicians including Herbie Hancock, Jan Hammer and Sun Ra.[7] In the 1970s, at the height of its popularity, the Moog was used by progressive rock bands such as Yes, Tangerine Dream and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.[7] Keith Emerson was the first major rock musician to perform live with the Moog, and it became a trademark of his performances. According to Analog Days, the likes of Emerson "did for the keyboard what Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar".[3]"
When this album was first released it was the ending of this song that instantly made me decide to buy the LP. For me personally I think it works very well as crave music that dares to be different. ELP as Prog Rock also wrote their own Classical music as well. My favourite ELP classical track is ELP Piano Concerto No1 3rd movement with Keith Emerson on the Piano. Craziest stunt was Keith Emerson and the flying Grand piano going skywards then rotating playing upside down. Tarkus,Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery are great Prog Rock albums. They also would mix Prog Rock with Classical as they did with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exibition. True geniuses of music.
You have a new subscriber here! I love seeing people of your generation getting into the classics and really trying to feel of it. Came here from your George Carlin vids. ;) At 31, I'm in between you and the generation this music came from, but I was a weird kid who didn't listen to any of my own gen's music til I was in my 20s. I grew up listening to my Dad's music, this stuff. He bought me ELP's greatest hits when I was thirteen, and Lucky Man was always one of my favorites!
Greg Lake wrote this song when he was 12 years old when he got his first guitar. When they recored this album, they needed one more song. Greg offered this one, and neither of the other two were that excited. Well, Keith had just gotten the Moog synthesizer, wanted to play with it. He added the outdo and fills, and then Carl decided to chime in with his drums and here you have it.
Greg Lake wrote this when he was 12 and both Keith Emerson, keyboardist & Carl Palmer were excellent, and RIP Greg Lake & Keith Emerson 🙏they have so many great songs like From the Beginning, Still you turn me on and many more
Nice reaction and yes, this song does not end as expected. It was a staple on FM radio in the 70s. You might like "Hoedown" from their live album "Welcome Back My Friends...."
This song is not representative of ELP's prog and musical revolution, but rather a Greg Lake ballad (apparently written when he was 17), as there was one on every album. From the same debut album you should especially choose the brilliant Take A Pebble (a little musical journey) or Knife-Edge. As a teenager, “my jaw dropped.” Keep up! Addendum: this Moog synthi ending was of course the revolutionary thing about the song at the time.
This song is likely inspired by the poem "Richard Cory", written in 1897 by Edwin Robinson. It describes one of the most notable men of a town, wealthy, respected, well-liked, and envied by many. They are shocked when one day he suddenly takes his own life; he seemed to have everything...
Keith played a moog modular synth that was massive and meant to be used for studio recording. But he took it on tour, a very brave man to do so. Patching this beast was very extensive. But none sounded better. Check the live version
Silas, in those days the Moog was just getting started. You could only play one note at a time. Playing chords hadn't been expanded into the system yet. The story line was a hit on the war at the time. So the message was no matter how much money or power you had, you could die just like anyone else. I used the listen to this album on my phones just you're doing.
ELP always represented by least typical song. Lake maintained Moog and song was afterthought, but it appears elsewhere on album. Emerson had used Moog from Manfred Mann who programmed ELPs Moog. ELP was first to use Moog as a lead instrument. Lake wrote Lucky Man at 12 using the only chords he knew.
Legend is young Gregory Lake sprang from his horrified mother's womb with song in hand, fully written, complete with instructions to affix a disruptive minimoog sound onto the end, just to finally bring the then brand-new toy to the ears of a mass audience.
That Moog synth solo by Keith is what set this song apart from everything else that was on the radio in 1970. It was most people's introduction to the sound of a synthesizer. Even though The Beatles had used one on a few tracks on Abbey Road a year earlier, their use of it had mostly been understated and not exactly prominent. But the way ELP used it came blasting out of your speakers and sounded like nothing else anyone had heard before. It absolutely fits.
This synth solo most likely saved the Moog company and probably synth use onward. Syths before this were used as an effect not as a real instrument..except for Windy Carlos ...but Emerson should it was a unique instrument that could be employed on stage. Through his encouragement, Moog developed the polyphonic synth..the rest is history Check out Endless Enigma on Trilogy
Hey, they had to throw something in there proggy. 😏 I can see why the synth might seem jarring at first, but I feel like the more you listen to it, the more fits the flow of the song and doesn't feel tacked on at all. At least for me.
Despite Emerson's synth solo clashing somewhat with the overall feel of the rest of the song, it helped keep us all from emotionally imploding from the somewhat dark lyrics. His explosion of virtuoso playing kept us from fixating on all of that.
Silas, I should have told you - you have an ELP record on your piano. The album name is Tarkus. If you do more ELP, whip that album out and show it. I do like this song of theirs, but I feel like I prefer other songs of theirs. You could do some Gentle Giant or Camel or Caravan if you wanna get really proggy:)
What makes ELP a great band is that despite not being as well known as other progressive rock bands, they could be just as technically talented, or even better like them. You should next watch them play “Fanfare for the Common Man” live in an empty and snowy Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Sadly though, their time in this world ended in tragedy after they broke up. Keith Emerson took his life and Greg Lake died of cancer (both in 2016).
When you are a music pioneer in the '70's? There is nothing to compare it to. This is the first drum track I ever learned by them. Also the fact that you had a hard time figuring the relevance of the MOOG on the track tells you all you need to know about the word "Pioneer"!😬
ELP was primarily known because of their crazy good keyboard player (Emerson). The Moog synthesizer ending is far more typical of their “usual” sound, rather than the more guitar and vocal body of the song. Don’t give up on them, they can be difficult, and sometimes I think they miss the mark, but often they hit the bullseye. Their first four of five albums are crucial to the history of prog rock, and they sold out stadiums.
Hey dude, If you havent already, react to The Who's Quadrophenia and The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight! One of the best live performances and possibly the best album ever created with the greatest song ever made at the end of the album.
That final 8-10 seconds of drumming at the end has stuck with me for fifty years. Yes, the Moog in the outro is great, but those closing drum taps . . . bleak. Context. When this song came out in 1970, American soldiers were fighting and dying in substantial numbers in Vietnam. For the most part, it was the poor and disadvantaged who went there. The well-off always managed to find excuses for draft deferments. Think of Trump and George w. Bush. Might try listening to Metallica's "One" for a real horror show.
Why do UA-camrs keep apologizing for have a cold or sounding A BIT off? Lol. I'M sorry for YOU! I'm not the one who has to deal with having a cold and still having to talk through it because my lively hood relies on talking to a camera and uploading my suffering to the world. And I've never even had a cold and it's been about ten years since I had a sore throat.
Their first album and they didn't have enough songs to fill it So this is really a filler track and 50 years on it sounds like it. There's much more interesting stuff to be found in the rest of this record.
Greg Lake wrote this song when he was 12!!! Great tune...check out From the Beginning
'From the Beginning'....that guitar IS so special.
This was the very first synthesizer solo ever. They were just experimenting. When I first heard this song with headphones it totally blew my brain. This was a sound that was never before heard. Seeing your reaction you can just imagine my reaction! I’m 72 and it’s still magical.
Story goes Lake & Palmer had been working on this in studio. Emerson had just gotten the Moog in, decided to improvise a little on last remaining mix track, they decided to keep it in. This group is a deep rabbit-hole. Three singular musicians forming another super group. Most of their compositions and adaptations were NOT radio-friendly (LOL).
Real comp!ex prog, but very satisfying for all us old heads who bought their albums, went to their concerts and loved their music. It was fun to do them, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson and Pink Floyd in that era, new and intricate ways to structure music with great songwriting, man those bands were something. I am so glad I got to see all of them, multiple times. Rock On! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
the ending is basically the start of electronic music, Robert Moog (the inventor of the synthesizer) was stunned that his device could be used to make music
That moog at the end gives me goosebumps everytime.
Every time...
you have to dig in to ELP. Try "Fanfare For the Common Man", live, Montreal, 1977. You need to see these guys! Ultimate prog band.
The ending is the very 1st time Keith Emerson ever played a Moog Synthesizer……his very 1st pass on the recording….and Greg Lake wrote the song when he was 12….showed it to Emerson in the studio…Emerson said he had no desire to build the song….he didn’t like it….went off to the pub….Lake and Palmer laid down all of their tracks….Emerson came back from the pub…heard it and really loved it….so he walked in….and started playing it on the end….1st time he had touched it….and no…not their biggest song….the album Tarkus is a good place to start.
I knew you were gonna trip on that synth. I love it. It reminds me of the 70s when those synthesizers were used in rock songs to trippy effect. Also were used in TV and movie themes. Some good ones from them are "From The Beginning", "Still, You Turn Me On" and their kickass version of Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare For The Common Man"
Just another fine example of the most creative era in music. Keep on exploring
So glad I came across your page.....I haven't heard some of these songs in 40+ yrs..... you've made some great choices.
First time following this guy. I’m happy. Reminds me of how my grandchildren are just as impressed as this guy. They ask questions. I love it. From Alaska.
Love this! Also FROM THE BEGINNING &
STILL YOU TURN ME ON
My favorite is when Greg does a solo of Still you turn me on. Sitting on a stool in a white suit playing guitar and chewing gum. Pure sex appeal.
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Yes! I've seen that❤️
You should look up ELP at California Jam in 1974. I was there and they blew the 300,000 of us away. They were headliners with Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. The Eagles were one of the opening acts. Keith Emerson's solo on the spinning piano and Carl Palmers drum solo were both epic.
One of the greatest Moog solos ever. And yeah, it doesn't sonically sound like the texture of the first part of the song, but I've always seen it as once this lucky rich guy suddenly dies, this is what happens afterwards. This is him dying, this is him being transported away, this is his life flow maybe just ebbing out until there's nothing at the end. And for something like that, it needs to be transcendent, it needs to be utterly different than the rest and yet it still really fits in a way too. Mostly melodically but I love that heavy reinforcing texture low as it first creeps in before it startles you with the air raid siren sound almost, lol.
Timeless classic my friend!! Thank you!!
The ending always made me think of the man’s spirit flying.
FANTASTIC reaction to an iconic early Prog tune! I remember having an almost identical reaction the first time I heard this song, which was on AM radio in a one-speaker VW Bug! It was several years before I heard it on Stereo FM radio.
I agree with you that the synth ending seems "stuck on"! I agree, especially today! But the use of the synth like that was so revolutionary for the time.....
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Great song, the ending improv is genius, open your mind to the possibilities. Also try the Tarkus Suite, it was a side of that album in the early 70s and is right up there with YES and Close to the Edge for great prog rock epics. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
That was one of the very first moog synthesizer recordings in Rock music.
Not so. The Beatles used a synthesizer on their album Abbey Road. ELP came out with this song AFTER Abbey Road. Still, it was one of the first applications of Moog in rock and roll.
@@jeffreythaw3333 Abbey Road came out that same year. The Moog went on sale in 1969.
@@victorjohnson7512 ...looks like we are both sort of right and sort of wrong. If you check Wikipedia the Moog synthesizer came out in 1964. Here is what Wikipedia says:
"In 1968, Wendy Carlos released Switched-On Bach, an album of Bach compositions arranged for Moog synthesizer. It won three Grammy Awards and was the first classical album certified platinum.[18][5] The album is credited for popularising the Moog and demonstrating that synthesizers could be more than "random noise machines".[7] For a period, the name Moog became so associated with electronic music that it was sometimes used as a generic term for any synthesizer.[7] Moog liked this, but disapproved of the numerous "cruddy" novelty records released with his name attached, such as Music to Moog By, Moog España and Moog Power.[7]
Rock and pop
An early use of the Moog synthesizer in rock music came with the 1967 song by the Doors "Strange Days".[19] In the same year, the Monkees used a Moog on their album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.[7] In 1969, George Harrison released an album of Moog recordings, Electronic Sound, and the Beatles used the Moog on several tracks on their album Abbey Road.[7] Other rock bands who adopted the Moog include the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones.[2] It was also adopted by jazz musicians including Herbie Hancock, Jan Hammer and Sun Ra.[7]
In the 1970s, at the height of its popularity, the Moog was used by progressive rock bands such as Yes, Tangerine Dream and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.[7] Keith Emerson was the first major rock musician to perform live with the Moog, and it became a trademark of his performances. According to Analog Days, the likes of Emerson "did for the keyboard what Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar".[3]"
When you get to know ELP, that ending fits.
When this album was first released it was the ending of this song that instantly made me decide to buy the LP. For me personally I think it works very well as crave music that dares to be different. ELP as Prog Rock also wrote their own Classical music as well. My favourite ELP classical track is ELP Piano Concerto No1 3rd movement with Keith Emerson on the Piano. Craziest stunt was Keith Emerson and the flying Grand piano going skywards then rotating playing upside down. Tarkus,Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery are great Prog Rock albums. They also would mix Prog Rock with Classical as they did with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exibition. True geniuses of music.
the synth. ending mirrored the entire song from the happy carefree life to the final heartbeat.
You have a new subscriber here! I love seeing people of your generation getting into the classics and really trying to feel of it. Came here from your George Carlin vids. ;) At 31, I'm in between you and the generation this music came from, but I was a weird kid who didn't listen to any of my own gen's music til I was in my 20s. I grew up listening to my Dad's music, this stuff. He bought me ELP's greatest hits when I was thirteen, and Lucky Man was always one of my favorites!
Greg Lake wrote this song when he was 12 years old when he got his first guitar. When they recored this album, they needed one more song. Greg offered this one, and neither of the other two were that excited. Well, Keith had just gotten the Moog synthesizer, wanted to play with it. He added the outdo and fills, and then Carl decided to chime in with his drums and here you have it.
Greg Lake wrote this when he was 12 and both Keith Emerson, keyboardist & Carl Palmer were excellent, and RIP Greg Lake & Keith Emerson 🙏they have so many great songs like From the Beginning, Still you turn me on and many more
Nice reaction and yes, this song does not end as expected. It was a staple on FM radio in the 70s. You might like "Hoedown" from their live album "Welcome Back My Friends...."
This song is not representative of ELP's prog and musical revolution, but rather a Greg Lake ballad (apparently written when he was 17), as there was one on every album. From the same debut album you should especially choose the brilliant Take A Pebble (a little musical journey) or Knife-Edge. As a teenager, “my jaw dropped.” Keep up!
Addendum: this Moog synthi ending was of course the revolutionary thing about the song at the time.
The moog! It gets you! That ear to ear feeling!
Thank you so much Silas, nice reaction especially at the end. The ending was something special back then, but something unusual today.❤
worked as a stage hand for one of their shows back in the 70s. my first husband finished their tour with them as a rigger. great musicians!
This song is likely inspired by the poem "Richard Cory", written in 1897 by Edwin Robinson. It describes one of the most notable men of a town, wealthy, respected, well-liked, and envied by many. They are shocked when one day he suddenly takes his own life; he seemed to have everything...
I wouldn't be surprised. And for that matter, I bet he would really enjoy reacting to the Simon and Garfunkel song, Richard Cory.
From the Beginning is another ELP tune you should check out. Great reaction as always.
This is my go-to song to put me in a nice mellow mood.
Keith played a moog modular synth that was massive and meant to be used for studio recording. But he took it on tour, a very brave man to do so. Patching this beast was very extensive. But none sounded better. Check the live version
As evidenced in this one EL&P were musical pioneers. I get my dog's instant attention by singing "ooh, what a lucky dog she is" at treat time.
I always saw the synth at the end to be the Lucky Man's ascent into the afterlife.
Great song, my favorite from them
One of the earliest songs that introduced the synth to a wide audience.
We need a Carl Palmer drum solo
I’ve always loved the stereo image engineering of the albums of the era.
Silas, in those days the Moog was just getting started. You could only play one note at a time. Playing chords hadn't been expanded into the system yet. The story line was a hit on the war at the time. So the message was no matter how much money or power you had, you could die just like anyone else. I used the listen to this album on my phones just you're doing.
Beautiful....
They were so far ahead of their time!
You hated the ending so much that you had to go back and hear it again, that makes it genius 😂
ELP always represented by least typical song. Lake maintained Moog and song was afterthought, but it appears elsewhere on album. Emerson had used Moog from Manfred Mann who programmed ELPs Moog. ELP was first to use Moog as a lead instrument. Lake wrote Lucky Man at 12 using the only chords he knew.
We had it all, Silas. You're right, those guitars rock, right?
The 70s were the initial period of experimentation with synthesizers.
THIS IS SUCH A SAD SONG I LOVED IT FROM THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT
Pretty song--both lyrics and vocally!
And yes, ending was different. 🤪
Legend is young Gregory Lake sprang from his horrified mother's womb with song in hand, fully written, complete with instructions to affix a disruptive minimoog sound onto the end, just to finally bring the then brand-new toy to the ears of a mass audience.
That Moog synth solo by Keith is what set this song apart from everything else that was on the radio in 1970. It was most people's introduction to the sound of a synthesizer. Even though The Beatles had used one on a few tracks on Abbey Road a year earlier, their use of it had mostly been understated and not exactly prominent. But the way ELP used it came blasting out of your speakers and sounded like nothing else anyone had heard before. It absolutely fits.
I heard they came up with the lyrics after an entirles soap opera character.
Decade of the Seventies poll
Keith Emerson #1 keyboards
Palmer #1 drummer
Greg Lake #2 bassist behind McCartney
he had MOOG make the synth to his specs...they were one on a kind...........listen to karn evil #9
This synth solo most likely saved the Moog company and probably synth use onward. Syths before this were used as an effect not as a real instrument..except for Windy Carlos ...but Emerson should it was a unique instrument that could be employed on stage. Through his encouragement, Moog developed the polyphonic synth..the rest is history
Check out Endless Enigma on Trilogy
Hey, they had to throw something in there proggy. 😏
I can see why the synth might seem jarring at first, but I feel like the more you listen to it, the more fits the flow of the song and doesn't feel tacked on at all. At least for me.
ELP,ELO,YES. All 3 bands used SENSITIZERS in their music back then
Despite Emerson's synth solo clashing somewhat with the overall feel of the rest of the song, it helped keep us all from emotionally imploding from the somewhat dark lyrics. His explosion of virtuoso playing kept us from fixating on all of that.
Fast Foward too 1997 Montreux Jazz Festival Live Tarkus
Silas, I should have told you - you have an ELP record on your piano. The album name is Tarkus. If you do more ELP, whip that album out and show it. I do like this song of theirs, but I feel like I prefer other songs of theirs. You could do some Gentle Giant or Camel or Caravan if you wanna get really proggy:)
The only reason why they had no platinum albums? The platinum album category didn't exist yet.
What makes ELP a great band is that despite not being as well known as other progressive rock bands, they could be just as technically talented, or even better like them. You should next watch them play “Fanfare for the Common Man” live in an empty and snowy Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Sadly though, their time in this world ended in tragedy after they broke up. Keith Emerson took his life and Greg Lake died of cancer (both in 2016).
Do "Take a Pebble" and "Knife Edge" .❤😊
When you are a music pioneer in the '70's? There is nothing to compare it to. This is the first drum track I ever learned by them. Also the fact that you had a hard time figuring the relevance of the MOOG on the track tells you all you need to know about the word "Pioneer"!😬
Blues from Salvador by Carlos Santana
You’re getting into Pandora’s Box if you start getting deep into these guys
Lake this song when he was barely a teen
ELP was primarily known because of their crazy good keyboard player (Emerson). The Moog synthesizer ending is far more typical of their “usual” sound, rather than the more guitar and vocal body of the song. Don’t give up on them, they can be difficult, and sometimes I think they miss the mark, but often they hit the bullseye. Their first four of five albums are crucial to the history of prog rock, and they sold out stadiums.
Keith Emerson was never happy with that solo at the end. He was just noodling around and the other two loved it and made him keep it
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Hey dude, If you havent already, react to The Who's Quadrophenia and The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight! One of the best live performances and possibly the best album ever created with the greatest song ever made at the end of the album.
That final 8-10 seconds of drumming at the end has stuck with me for fifty years. Yes, the Moog in the outro is great, but those closing drum taps . . . bleak.
Context. When this song came out in 1970, American soldiers were fighting and dying in substantial numbers in Vietnam. For the most part, it was the poor and disadvantaged who went there. The well-off always managed to find excuses for draft deferments. Think of Trump and George w. Bush. Might try listening to Metallica's "One" for a real horror show.
Why do UA-camrs keep apologizing for have a cold or sounding A BIT off? Lol. I'M sorry for YOU! I'm not the one who has to deal with having a cold and still having to talk through it because my lively hood relies on talking to a camera and uploading my suffering to the world. And I've never even had a cold and it's been about ten years since I had a sore throat.
ua-cam.com/video/h8puYKKwEuU/v-deo.html This is a great slowed down version!
Google Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer
Yeah, making the song "fit" wasn't something rock used to do.
Their first album and they didn't have enough songs to fill it So this is really a filler track and 50 years on it sounds like it. There's much more interesting stuff to be found in the rest of this record.
Sorry, "entitled"
Kid school is for losers! Drop out, turn on and grow that peach fuzz!
Try Heart On The Line/ Cheap Trick 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🇦🇺