ELP has their own style and class. I hope you play their epic "Fanfare For The Common Man". It's really arguably their greatest work. Here's the ultimate live version, the official video for it: ua-cam.com/video/c2zurZig4L8/v-deo.html Peace to all, good health, and let the music play!
*The story behind this song:* They needed a last song to fill out their first album - they said anybody got a song laying around? Greg Lake said - "Well - I got this song I wrote when I was 12 - maybe we can do something with it." Lucky Man went on to being one of their biggest hits.
An addendum to this, this is the first pop song to have a Moog solo on it. Keith Emerson left the studio and the track was done when he came back so he threw the Moog solo on it just experimenting and didn't think it was going to be on the final cut but the producer put in the final release. Turned out to be the more successful songs on the album.
Not in my discussions. He's right there with John Bonham and Bill Ward behind Neil Peart. I heard "Hoedown" on the radio when I was in high school. I then bought "Trilogy" and ELP have been one of my favorites ever since.
Back in the early to mid 70s when I was a nipper Carl Palmer was virtually the only drummer/percussionist talked about in the music press. He was the most innovative and famous drummer of that era. I am guessing here but I reckon all the overlayed harmonies are Greg singing all of them.
@@capcolombie3834 The harmonies are all Greg Lake. And, yes, Palmer was well known and well regarded in the 70's, but perhaps less well known as an individual artist in the 80's, though he was a member of the supergroup, Asia. At that time Cozy Powell played with Emerson and Lake. Personally, I felt that Palmer was one of the top five percussionists of that era and would consider him in the same conversation with Neil Peart (Rush) and Terry Bozzio (The Mothers of Invention and Missing Persons).
I have now seen several dozen of these "never heard before" videos. The reactions are telling me that modern folks of all races and nationalities are in great need of and yearning for REAL music with harmonizing. Lets bring it back with new, well sung, well written, soulful songs. There is NO reason it can't be done today. Who is with me?
I agree with your assessment of the yearning for a visceral experience from their music but unfortunately we’ve reached that point with technology where 1 person can compose music with pre-set instrumentation and no actual skill and very few look to tell stories or connect on a emotional level with their listeners. Most want to just make something that sounds “ Cool “ but has very artificial content in it lyrics.
You have my vote. I am a singer/songwriter, and my oldest brother is also. We have written many songs, and we do harmonize. In fact, we had our own group along with a sister, in which we performed many of our songs, and had a following. We are now looking for a good recording studio we can use to get our music out there. We might have some awesome hits!
I hate to say it but I am 71 years old and been listening to this kind of music all my life I never thought that anyone not in my generation could appreciate these guys and I enjoy watching your comments all the great from my generation
The drummer, Carl Palmer, learned drums as a boy, and was playing professionally at 16 yo. When Lucky Man was released in 1971, he was already a legend, aged only 21. ELP were a super group, with a heritage that went back to Atomic Rooster and King Crimson. Jamel, I'm 65 and I love your reactions, man.
I was only 5 years old when this album was released, but yes it was a magical time for music, as was a lot of music in the 70s. Half a century later here we are listening to it.
One of my favorites- I get that he was a soldier/officer in the Queens Military- maybe late 1700's to Napolianic era, a brave , attractive, and beloved man- who died young, but had a wonderful life regardless!! And Carl Palmer is an exceptional drummer- Buddy Rich noticed his talent☺
Jamel, when yyou played this song, it brought me to tears, as it was my best friend's favorite song, and he was just killed in a motorcycle accident very recently. You see, we are/ were in our mid 60s and this song was popular when we were in High School in the early 1970s. He always loved this song from when we were just teenagers. It brings both a tear, and a smile. Rest In Peace my Brother. I love and miss you.
Dusty827 I was already emotional listening to this then I saw your comment. I am so so sorry for your loss. I’m glad our loved ones live on in the songs we love. Lots of love. 🖤🖤🖤
Hi Jamel, The song is simply about a young man born into a rich family, who enjoyed all the comforts that extreme wealth can provide and how people around him would say how lucky he was. But after joining the army, probably as an officer he then gets shot and dies on the battlefield. How lucky was that? The moral being that money and wealth cannot buy you life. Cannot beat the emotions of Live music, Makes you realize how bland and dull modern music is with lifeless synth loops and time corrected drum machines. I'm so glad I was lucky enough to have lived through the 60,s, 70,s and 80,s, Music now is a pale echo of what it used to be. I saw ELP at Wembley Arena in 1972 and they were incredible.
they have music today? where? my beginning was the '50s with Chubby Checker, Dion, Jimmy Clanton, and doo-wop. then came the '60s, '70s, '80s. I don't remember much of those years. I keep having this recurring horrible nightmare where this hippy looking dude keeps yelling for Cheech, hey Cheech, where are you man? and this man comes running out from nowhere wearing a pink tutu, mouse ears, and a playboy bunny tail. NOW, that's some scary stuff, man. that's an image you don't want in your head when you are on acid and with your old lady. it will mess you up. or rather she will mess you up. . my life is crumbling and shattered in a silver haze. CORRECTION.....I'm smoking silver haze crumble and shatter, and, and, what was I talking about?
Music from that era almost always told a story, taught a lesson, or was a political statement. So much music today doesn’t teach a lesson or have any real message. I realize it’s not all that way, but definitely not as much as older music. Most bands wrote their own lyrics then, so it came across with more passion. So sad that music now has hardly any depth.
@@blainstutts473 They were great days Blain, and your right, there is great music and musicians today, but not many . I'm still in the music biz after 50 years and the most telling line I can say is this....In those years there was no such thing as Samplers, or VST's or drum machines. Crikey, the Internet hadn't been thought of then, so you couldn't go online and crib chord patterns or playing styles. You had to physically learn to play the Instrument before you could do anything, there were no DAW's or even such a thing as a home computer..(That came much later) all those notes, were actually played by real people who had mastered their instruments, and to me it beggers belief that we seem to be heading into a retrograde in musical standards and it's all due to computers and software that promised to do the playing for you. Mind you, I do find myself using Daw's, Vst's, Samplers and computers, (yes!, for years!) and so I say they do play an important role in my productivity. Nice to have someone to chat with in these lockdown days,
@@nathanielcohen9890 ha,ha,ha I'm with you there Nat. Those fukers Cheech and Chong got me started on smoking around 1971 and I haven't floated back to Earth yet!
It even inspired the name of a patch on a keyboard I played years ago-- The patch was actually called, "Lucky Man". I think it was a Yamaha, but it's been years, so I'm not certain of the maker. I remember chuckling as I scrolled through the sound patches, and seeing that name.
It's even more incredible live. The deep low tone it hits at one point passed through the audience like a wave from the stage outwards. You could feel it in your gut when it hit your row.
Just a comment from an old school guy - if you listen to this song through speakers, on a real high fidelity system, those deep synthesizer notes at the end of the song will rattle your chest and shatter grandmas fine china.
Well, when you hear them on headphones, they shake the back of your head and all the way down the spine and into the guts. Not something to hear with an upset stomach. :-)
You want to shake the world? The song on the LP before this one, "Tank" will loosen your fillings. I was at the top end stereo store in early 1970. The store was the area distributor for Klipsch Speakers, speakers like I Max theaters of today use. "Tank", just released, played, and played cranked up. The song played until the guy from the camera store next door came running in yelling and screaming with several busted cameras in hand. The cameras had been shaken right off the display shelves. It was said to have done hundreds of dollars of damage (1970 camera prices). "Tank" was never allowed to be played in the store again and I have had Klipsch speakers since.
Even up to the 15th century, they didn't have electric bass, keyboards, drum kit, reverb or echeo. No frame drum, tabor, dulcimer, fiddle, harp, rebab, bellows pipe, so that medieval sound is all in your head.
@@Frankincensedjb123your right its in my head, the sound style of the music also the instruments did exist then only not by an electric guitar it was acoustic, organ keyboards where powered by air the flute and Harp, Hurdy Gurdy, most instruments where invented in those days, we have in our day the modern versions of those instruments.
@@Frankincensedjb123 that's why they played the song that style to tell the story with the music sound how it was played in the lucky man's day. And yea if not played with all those instruments it would be played with only a guitar or Hurdy Gurdy.
Okay now brother Jamal, you've stuck your toe into Emerson, Lake & Palmer there are so many songs to suggest here. These guys were extraordinary musicians in their own right, together well .... Please take the time to check out and react to the live versions "Hoedown" and "Fanfare for the Common Man" Both are instrumentals. If your're up for a really wild one "Karn Evil 9", oh grab a snack or two plus a beverage because that one ranges from 27 minutes, album version, to 35+ minutes, live version. Keith Emerson is the keyboard player, Greg Lake plays bass & guitar and Carl Palmer in the drummer.
Oh man, Karn Evil 9 was my intro to ELP back in the 1970s when I was in my early teens. One of my older brothers had the Brain Salad Surgery album, and when I heard KE9 it blew my mind. Emerson on the synth is what did it for me. I had never heard anything like that before! I had to play that song over and over. My intro to prog rock.
Another '62 baby checking in. Cut my teeth on Floyd, Steely Dan for my highest days after that. Mom and I listen to 70s jam on the cable box. Good times....
I came on board in '54, very blessed to grow up in a city (cleveland) with the amazing radio station WMMS playing all the prog rock and psychedlic stuff, full albums, plus two older brothers with great taste. This channel bringin' it all back, what a time.
Me too!! Very very blessed!! It was so awesome!!! Timeless music. Thank you to all these unbelievable musicians who left us these gifts to still treasure today !!
My Dad passed away in 2012 and he wasn't really a "music" kinda guy but one of his only stipulations for his funeral was that this was played. This song will always bring a tear to my eye, especially when I looked into the lyrics. Thank you for reacting to this.
The first time I heard this was on my dads AM radio in his old AMC Rambler station wagon. He was inside the post office and I changed his country station to whatever was playing this. He came back to the car and said something about the crap I was listening to, and proceeded to tune back in to his Roger Whitaker tribute station lol. But those few minutes of hearing this gold, even on a crappy radio, made me appreciate it 10x more when I got to hear it on my Montgomery Ward state of the art 8 track stereo later that night in my bedroom. 😂👍
Jamel, I can't believe how insightful you were about this song from the start. First couple of verses and you took it as a tribute at "his" funeral. This song first came out in 1970 at the height of the anti-Viet Nam era. I think most everyone took it as an anti-establishment, anti-war song and the "hero" of the song represented the tragic futility of material gain and the futility of war. I think you gave it a positive spin as a kinda tribute to a life well-lived and a fitting send off at "his" funeral. I honestly never looked at this song so positively until your reaction. After 50 years music never stops growing!! Thanks brother!!!!
And we have a new Carl Palmer fan! All these decades of hearing this song, I never caught the concept that this character was dead from the beginning and this whole song was his funeral. And you found that on the first listen! Respect, man!
God bless you Jamel aka Jamal. I'm not sure I understand your handle but I have been a big fan for some time. I salute anyone who appreciates great music and it is crystal clear you do. I happend to have a very close 50 year friend who has met a new lady recently who I just met and is awesome, and I sent him this video. We both have been lucky men and for those of us who have, we should be thankful. Thank you for your videos sir. Excellent outstanding work.
ok ladies and gentlemen: how many people think emerson,lake and palmer BELONG IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! greg lake wrote this song when he was 12 years old!!!!!!! greg's english teacher WANTED GREG LAKE TO SKIP 3 GRADES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a neighbor of greg lake' who was studying literature at oxford university said " i am an A PLUS student ,yet this this young lad (greg lake) IS BETTER THEN ME"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a complete joke these days. ELP nor Grand Funk is in, but Madonna and NWA is? It’s clearly ran by complete idiots with zero music knowledge
"From The Beginning" "Still You Turn Me On" and my favorite "Tarkus" the studio version. You will see that Keith Emerson was without a doubt one of the best keyboard players ever when you listen to Tarkus. Singer and guitar: Greg Lake Drums: Carl Palmer Keyboards: Keith Emerson
@@thatoneguyagain2252 I don't believe he reacts to the same sing twice. Oh well. Its a great one to watch. Chewing gum, strumming, singing, not 1 missed note
I believe this is one of the first songs Greg Lake wrote when he was very young. Greg lake was a great singer with a soulful voice we lost too soon also Keith Emerson...great band!!!
He was 12. They needed a filler for their first album. Greg said he had this simple song he wrote when he was 12. Nobody had anything else for the album. Emerson hated it at first and left. Greg and Carl built it up. When Emerson returned he said it wasn't bad he should add something. He had gotten this new instrument he wanted to try. The Moog synthesizer. He messed around with it and played. Greg and Carl and the engineers loved what he did. Emerson wasn't so enthusiastic. He was just trying it out. They didn't have anymore tape, so if he was going to try again they had to erase what they had. They convinced keith to leave well enough alone. It was the first time a moog was used as a major instrument in any rock song. Keith heard the moog from a classical piece by Walter Carlos. It transformed the moog into a major instrument. Suddenly everyone wanted it. He often worked with moog himself to make it better
Greg Lake - guitar, vocals, does great on his own, too ("From the Beginning") Keith Emerson - wizard maniac of keyboards, synthesizers, Moogs, all that space-alien stuff Carl Palmer - calmly holding down the beat no matter what it is!
Lucky to have been loved and remembered ! Carl Palmer on drums driving this song along ,while Keith Emerson plays the funeral dirge to lay the lucky man to rest. Epic song writing on this one.
You caught it right away that it was the description of a funeral from the song's start and I never picked that up. And yoju were tight a bout the drummer too, A powerful, haunting song.
Carl Palmer on drums. When I first saw them in 1973 it was advertised he had synthesized drums which sounded space age! Speakers were set up all the way around the 10000 seat auditorium and it was space age, purest sound ever. Carl is a black belt karate and at 70 he looks like a 40 year old bodybuilder! I saw him doing a ELP tribute last year with a youthful guitarist and a bass, no keyboards and they were outstanding!
The ELP tribute show by Carl Palmer is fantastic. I highly recommend that ELP fans go see it when it gets to your neck of the woods. Jamal is digging on Carl's drumming. CP was 20 years old when Lucky Man was recorded.
holy crap man, I've listened to this wonderful song MANY times and didn't even THINK about the white horses/gold bed symbolism as a funeral.. that makes so much sense for the rest of the song. You have a great imagination!
Greg Lake wrote this when he was just 12. In an interview, he explained that this was a filler song that almost didn't make the album! We are all better for this wonderful, insightful song. Thank you, Greg! And thank you Jamal for reviewing this great song.
Like i said Jamel, this was during Vietnam a man pictured like a king and what waited for him at home, but home never came. Rev. Olsen here, I served in the Airforce and 14 yrs. later the Army for Desert Storm, you playing this brought tears to my eyes, My best friends were black men like yourself, I would have taken a bullet for my brothers, so they could come home, Jesus said "Whosoever believeth in me should not perish but have everlasting life". I know you are a believer, there's no doubt in my mind. I always keep you in my prayers. Love Rev. Olsen
He's a rich guy. They're describing his rich life before he was called to his duty to support the King and his subsequent death in war. The feather bed was merely talking about his wealth. Feather beds were not the norm for ordinary folks. When he went to war, he was heralded for his bravery and patriotism to fight the enemy. None of it meant anything. He took a bullet and none of his money could save his life, so...he died. End of story. The ending is short and quick like his death was. Life treats us all the same in the end.
Dude, let the man have his own interpretation of the song. I LOVE the way he's hearing it. He's right - it can easily be taken that way. Poetry is open to whatever you bring to it - no one's interpretation is any more correct than anyone else's, and any good poet will tell you that.
Serai3 bullshit. It’s not poetry . It is a story. Stop with the crap that everything is what you think it is. Black is White. Up is Down. The story what the author wrote.
@@Serai3 I'm not attacking Jamel. I'm merely relating the story of the song as it's written. It's not a poem, it's a straight forward, simple telling of what happened to the "Lucky Man". There are plenty of songs to which interpretation is fully justified. It's just that this is not one of them my friend.
Saw them in concert in late 70s. Greg Lakes incredible voice! Keith Emerson introduced to Moog synthesizer to music world! Carl Palmer drummer was on a platform that turned 360 to where he would be playing upside down!! Incredible!! Filled the small auditorium with some much sound even my socks shook! Lol 😆
I was in high school when this song hit the charts...WOW...WOW...it was played CONSTANTLY....never ..ever forget the great parties with the righteous ...Emerson, Lake, and Palmer..... their songs shut the parties down❣️❣️❣️❣️
It was one of four synths Moog built for a concert at (if I recall correctly) the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After that show the Moog rep took it to England and sold it to Emerson. He added more modules later.
So glad you have gotten to enjoy this masterpiece by ELP. Whom I got to see live with a full orchestra, 1977... Welcome to the skill and richness that is Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Check out "Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman', from their Love Beach album. A mini opera!!!
That’s Carl Palmer on the drums. Outta the 3 band members, he’s the only one still alive. He’s right up there in the same category as Neil Peart. As far as Keith Emerson on keyboards..... Keith Emerson is to the keyboard as Eddie Van Halen is to the guitar. My brother has every ELP album signed by all three members. They’re really cool about doing signings and they set up at a table after their shows and they sign everything that the fans bring...... very cool. I’ve seen them 5 times. They sound just like the albums when they perform live.
Palmer is sort of the underrated drummer that is below the radar. But anyone in the Prog or drum world knows he's a beast. Very jazz influenced, Krupa, Rich and Morello he had much of their technique. You always hear, Peart, Moon, Baker and Bonham, but Carl kind of gets shuffled away. But he's right up there with those giants.
I am glad that you noticed the drummer too!! I knew this song in 1973. I bought the record. Carl Palmer played the drums very well. The reason why I saw your video is to see your reaction to it!! I am glad that you liked the song.
Yes. Given what I've seen of Jamal's tastes, I think he'd really dig the live version of Take a Pebble (try this one from 1970: ua-cam.com/video/ux9B-rDQ6yQ/v-deo.html (edit - linked the wrong one) ).
Keith Emerson was an amazing talent, his synth had over 100 patch cords and took him and hour to set up. R.I.P. to one of the greatest keyboard players ever.
In 2019 Asia performed this on tour (with of course Carl Palmer ) and it was amazing. If you get a chance to see Carl Palmer with Asia it’s worth the price of admission . The man is like 70 and still the best drummer in the world.
Yes thanks again for this. And yes I did see this done live in 1978 never will I forget 🎼And Carl Palmers drums gongs and then some would actual elevate and rotate while he played to perfection. And Emerson was a excellent musician all three where definitely a head of their time.
Friend and I drove from Boston to Richmond VA in 1974 to see ELP. They played the concert in "quadrophonic stereo". Two towers of speakers on both sides of stage and two more towers in rear of concert hall. Music surrounded whole audience. It was incredible !
That was Carl Palmer on the drums and Keith Emerson messing with your head on the Moog synthesizer. Greg Lake did the rest. They used a lot of studio tricks to get the effect that they did in this version, I think even the band preferred it to the live one.
Thanks for keeping great music alive. It is so refreshing to see a younger generation listen to and appreciate the music I first reacted to 40 years ago when I was young. Lucky Man is still one of my favorites...along with the Moody Blues..CCR...Grand Funk Railroad...etc etc. Keep up the good music and enjoy it! Just like I am enjoying your reactions!💜
ELP did a song called "Pirates" that's about 13 minutes long. This song is so spot on, music and lyrics, that you will transport to the deck of the pirate's galleon. Even if you don't react to it you should give it a listen just to hear a masterpiece.
Yes, absolutely! ELP have such a rich catalog and while "Tarkus" and "Karn Evil 9" are ultimate album-level prog pieces, and their classical interpretations are all epic, "Pirates" is a real fantasy masterwork. As a kid, "Pirates" along with Jon Anderson's "Olias of Sunhillow" and Steely Dan's "Caves of Altamrira" were the pieces I'd use to transport my mind. I'd pick the studio version off Works for Jamal - as great as the orchestral live concerts are, the fine-tuned studio production really helps with the journey of imagination.
Jamel, Carl Palmer is one of the true great drummers in history. Neil Pearl was great, but Carl Palmer is truly in a league of his own. The only member still alive, but you need to check more of ELP. Karn Evil 9, one of the best they did.
This song was dedicated to an old schoolmate and friend who died in an accident just after graduating high school. I always think of him when I hear this now. Rest in paradise Armin. Thanks for continuing the journey J_AKA_J.
True fact, Emerson hated the Moog solo. Engineer Eddie Offord was running tape for Keith's warm up take and convinced him it was a keeper. That and they were evidently out of tracks. I think it is massive and perfect. A blast of bleating emotion to close out Lake's measured, reflective ballad.
It's sooo good to see a new comer to the music of Emerson Lake and Palmer who IMO where thee best progressive rock band ever. I was turned on to them with Brain Salad Surgery back when I was about 12 ( I'm 58 now) and then Trilogy etc. I had the pleasure of seeing them live 6 time's and they never disappointed and from the first time I saw them in 78 at Olympia Stadium in Det. to the last time at Pine Knob ( DTE) in 2004 I think, they were always great. See, I love all kinds of music, but what I love the most is the ability to play great music really well and these guy's were top shelf. They did have a little stage show with Keith throwing knives into the keyboard and the amazing drum work of Carl Palmer and his mind blowing kit, but the MUSIC is what drove the crowd, not the light's and effect's that some today rely on all the way for their talent, these guy's were the real deal. They expanded my musical taste at an early age and opened me up to music that I would most likely have never found out about and most of it wasn't rock and roll although I AM a rock and roll fiend. I am happy to have lived at a time when I was able to see them live in their prime along with most all of my rock hero's. It's good to see that even today a first time listener is taken on that magical journey for about an hour or so, and is left with them indelibly imprinted on their mind of music forever after that. RIP Keith and Greg and long live the very kind man Carl Palmer.
Jamel, Rev Olsen here, since 1969 I've been drumming, ELP was one of the greatest bands ever formed. Carl Palmer is the drummer, if you watch some of ELP's latest video's Carl does some incredible drum solo's, Jamel I love you brother, I subscribed to your channel, that song is about a man going to war like back in the day's of King David in the old testament. But since it was written during the Viet Nam war, he says a bullet had found him, Thanks for touching my heart, what a lucky man you are.....Rev.Olsen Maynard Ma.
Greg Lake has a classic voice(also the singer in King Crimson)..and Carl Palmer is one of the great drummers but the real star is Keith Emerson..a great & innovative keyboardist!!
Thanks so much for doing this Jamel .. I have been an ELP fan all my life and they were three of THE greatest musicians in rock music history .. I've met two of the band and Carl palmer the drummer is my hero ... i've met varl a good few times ...sadly K Emerson and Greg lake have passed away ... Greg was very famous for his xmas single I believe in father christmas
To truly appreciate this song you need to transport yourself(metaphorically of course) to the time period. The synthesizer at the end was quite groundbreaking at the time.
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Love this song!
ELP has their own style and class. I hope you play their epic "Fanfare For The Common Man". It's really arguably their greatest work. Here's the ultimate live version, the official video for it: ua-cam.com/video/c2zurZig4L8/v-deo.html
Peace to all, good health, and let the music play!
Keeping great people connected through the love of music.thanls for what you do
Please consider doing a reaction to Labi Siffre - I Got The... and keep up the great work.
Your analysis is dead on bro ;)
*The story behind this song:* They needed a last song to fill out their first album - they said anybody got a song laying around? Greg Lake said - "Well - I got this song I wrote when I was 12 - maybe we can do something with it." Lucky Man went on to being one of their biggest hits.
Murray thanks for sharing
Yes, Murray, thanks for sharing.... I have always loved this song.
Amazing detail about the song..
An addendum to this, this is the first pop song to have a Moog solo on it. Keith Emerson left the studio and the track was done when he came back so he threw the Moog solo on it just experimenting and didn't think it was going to be on the final cut but the producer put in the final release. Turned out to be the more successful songs on the album.
Thanks Murray, Very cool!
Carl Palmer on the drums. He seems to be forgotten in lots of discussions about percussionists.
Not in my discussions. He's right there with John Bonham and Bill Ward behind Neil Peart. I heard "Hoedown" on the radio when I was in high school. I then bought "Trilogy" and ELP have been one of my favorites ever since.
Back in the early to mid 70s when I was a nipper Carl Palmer was virtually the only drummer/percussionist talked about in the music press. He was the most innovative and famous drummer of that era.
I am guessing here but I reckon all the overlayed harmonies are Greg singing all of them.
@@capcolombie3834 The harmonies are all Greg Lake. And, yes, Palmer was well known and well regarded in the 70's, but perhaps less well known as an individual artist in the 80's, though he was a member of the supergroup, Asia. At that time Cozy Powell played with Emerson and Lake. Personally, I felt that Palmer was one of the top five percussionists of that era and would consider him in the same conversation with Neil Peart (Rush) and Terry Bozzio (The Mothers of Invention and Missing Persons).
Carl Palmer plays amazing solo on just a single snare drum.
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I saw him with Asia and he blew me away
Greg lake was only 12 when he wrote this song.true story!
Wow, really? I never knew that. :)
Didn't know that either
Read Gregs biography
Never new, that's really cool.thanks.
I was only 12 when i first heard it.
I have now seen several dozen of these "never heard before" videos. The reactions are telling me that modern folks of all races and nationalities are in great need of and yearning for REAL music with harmonizing. Lets bring it back with new, well sung, well written, soulful songs. There is NO reason it can't be done today. Who is with me?
Check out Wolf Alice...
I agree with your assessment of the yearning for a visceral experience from their music but unfortunately we’ve reached that point with technology where 1 person can compose music with pre-set instrumentation and no actual skill and very few look to tell stories or connect on a emotional level with their listeners. Most want to just make something that sounds “ Cool “ but has very artificial content in it lyrics.
You have my vote. I am a singer/songwriter, and my oldest brother is also. We have written many songs, and we do harmonize. In fact, we had our own group along with a sister, in which we performed many of our songs, and had a following. We are now looking for a good recording studio we can use to get our music out there. We might have some awesome hits!
Adele
There's a reason why it isn't happening now. Because of changes in the industry there's no money in it like there once was
First use of a synthesized keyboard in pop music. Even the inventor- Robert Moog- was amazed by the sounds Keith Emerson created.
I think I read this was their first take of this song, too. Emerson nailed it and they kept it.
"Still You Turn Me On " is another good ELP tune.
MUST BE NEXT!!!
John George definitely Greg Lakes voice is so smooth.
@@calvinwboaz7085 not the '74 live version,that's special.
My favorite by them
Take A Pebble needs to be heard by Jamel.
I hate to say it but I am 71 years old and been listening to this kind of music all my life I never thought that anyone not in my generation could appreciate these guys and I enjoy watching your comments all the great from my generation
Carl Palmer on drums, one of the best.
...I agree 100% , peace ...."Jogi" from Germany
Even with the group ASIA
The best in my opinion
Carl Palmer is the best Rock drummer I ever saw live. My personal favorite.
The drummer, Carl Palmer, learned drums as a boy, and was playing professionally at 16 yo. When Lucky Man was released in 1971, he was already a legend, aged only 21. ELP were a super group, with a heritage that went back to Atomic Rooster and King Crimson. Jamel, I'm 65 and I love your reactions, man.
You react a lot the way I do sometimes when I first heard a lot of this on oldies stations as a teenager. And I am nearly in my mid -. 50's
63 here and when I saw ELP I couldn't hear for a week after. Totally worth it
Love this group
63 here honey im right there w/you
I remember seeing them at soldier field in chicago🤗
I saw so many of these groups that Jamel reviews. I am 67 and so blessed.
I remember the charts around that time, Deep Purple, Black sabbath, ELP and Badfinger. We were soo lucky.......
I also remember that....it was an exceptional time....great memories‼️‼️
Indeed we were
I was only 5 years old when this album was released, but yes it was a magical time for music, as was a lot of music in the 70s. Half a century later here we are listening to it.
✌️
Right on!!😊👍🏾
Carl Palmer's drumming is second to none.
And the only one who is left here to give us his unprecedented level drumming skills ✌️👍
One of my favorites- I get that he was a soldier/officer in the Queens Military- maybe late 1700's to Napolianic era, a brave , attractive, and beloved man- who died young, but had a wonderful life regardless!! And Carl Palmer is an exceptional drummer- Buddy Rich noticed his talent☺
Peart?
Billy Cobham
Neil Peart: Hold my bottle of Macallan 12.
Jamel, when yyou played this song, it brought me to tears, as it was my best friend's favorite song, and he was just killed in a motorcycle accident very recently. You see, we are/ were in our mid 60s and this song was popular when we were in High School in the early 1970s. He always loved this song from when we were just teenagers. It brings both a tear, and a smile. Rest In Peace my Brother. I love and miss you.
dusty827 Sorry....I’m almost 65 and we listened to the hell out of this album...and I’ve lost most everyone too so I get it....
Sorry for your loss!
My sympathies man. Makes me think...I just started riding at 63.
Dusty827 I was already emotional listening to this then I saw your comment. I am so so sorry for your loss. I’m glad our loved ones live on in the songs we love. Lots of love. 🖤🖤🖤
I am so sorry. This song was such a big part of our HS years, may memories of your freind be a blessing.
“From the beginning” a must from ELP!
I think he reviewed that already?
Greg Lake, one of the most underrated vocalists of rock...his voice was just so great. One the best I ever saw in concert.
You are lucky. I am only now realizing how good he was. And such a unique tone and color.
Underated? by who, by underated people? his one of the most respected prog musicians
Saw them in 78/79 and they were amazing live.
Hi Jamel, The song is simply about a young man born into a rich family, who enjoyed all the comforts that extreme wealth can provide and how people around him would say how lucky he was. But after joining the army, probably as an officer he then gets shot and dies on the battlefield. How lucky was that? The moral being that money and wealth cannot buy you life.
Cannot beat the emotions of Live music, Makes you realize how bland and dull modern music is with lifeless synth loops and time corrected drum machines. I'm so glad I was lucky enough to have lived through the 60,s, 70,s and 80,s, Music now is a pale echo of what it used to be. I saw ELP at Wembley Arena in 1972 and they were incredible.
Russ my brother how right you are about todays music, sad that the young call it that!
they have music today? where? my beginning was the '50s with Chubby Checker, Dion, Jimmy Clanton, and doo-wop. then came the '60s, '70s, '80s. I don't remember much of those years. I keep having this recurring horrible nightmare where this hippy looking dude keeps yelling for Cheech, hey Cheech, where are you man? and this man comes running out from nowhere wearing a pink tutu, mouse ears, and a playboy bunny tail. NOW, that's some scary stuff, man. that's an image you don't want in your head when you are on acid and with your old lady. it will mess you up. or rather she will mess you up. . my life is crumbling and shattered in a silver haze. CORRECTION.....I'm smoking silver haze crumble and shatter, and, and, what was I talking about?
Music from that era almost always told a story, taught a lesson, or was a political statement. So much music today doesn’t teach a lesson or have any real message. I realize it’s not all that way, but definitely not as much as older music. Most bands wrote their own lyrics then, so it came across with more passion. So sad that music now has hardly any depth.
@@blainstutts473 They were great days Blain, and your right, there is great music and musicians today, but not many . I'm still in the music biz after 50 years and the most telling line I can say is this....In those years there was no such thing as Samplers, or VST's or drum machines. Crikey, the Internet hadn't been thought of then, so you couldn't go online and crib chord patterns or playing styles. You had to physically learn to play the Instrument before you could do anything, there were no DAW's or even such a thing as a home computer..(That came much later) all those notes, were actually played by real people who had mastered their instruments, and to me it beggers belief that we seem to be heading into a retrograde in musical standards and it's all due to computers and software that promised to do the playing for you. Mind you, I do find myself using Daw's, Vst's, Samplers and computers, (yes!, for years!) and so I say they do play an important role in my productivity. Nice to have someone to chat with in these lockdown days,
@@nathanielcohen9890 ha,ha,ha I'm with you there Nat. Those fukers Cheech and Chong got me started on smoking around 1971 and I haven't floated back to Earth yet!
Was just waiting for Jamal’s face when Emerson does the outro Moog synth solo
It inspired a thousand wizards. - it was brand new back then
It even inspired the name of a patch on a keyboard I played years ago--
The patch was actually called, "Lucky Man".
I think it was a Yamaha, but it's been years, so I'm not certain of the maker.
I remember chuckling as I scrolled through the sound patches, and seeing that name.
Never heard it thru headphones before. Gave my ears goose bumps...
Jamal's face was so perfect. I KNEW the man would get the meaning of the song.
I was waiting for that too. You just know it's coming!
It's even more incredible live. The deep low tone it hits at one point passed through the audience like a wave from the stage outwards. You could feel it in your gut when it hit your row.
Just a comment from an old school guy - if you listen to this song through speakers, on a real high fidelity system, those deep synthesizer notes at the end of the song will rattle your chest and shatter grandmas fine china.
Moog rules!
Well, when you hear them on headphones, they shake the back of your head and all the way down the spine and into the guts. Not something to hear with an upset stomach. :-)
If your car stereo has subwoofers, all three mirrors will wash out from the vibration. What's behind me? I dunno.
You want to shake the world? The song on the LP before this one, "Tank" will loosen your fillings. I was at the top end stereo store in early 1970. The store was the area distributor for Klipsch Speakers, speakers like I Max theaters of today use. "Tank", just released, played, and played cranked up. The song played until the guy from the camera store next door came running in yelling and screaming with several busted cameras in hand. The cameras had been shaken right off the display shelves. It was said to have done hundreds of dollars of damage (1970 camera prices). "Tank" was never allowed to be played in the store again and I have had Klipsch speakers since.
The song has a Medievel English sound, Greg Lake said he wrote this song when he was 12.
Even up to the 15th century, they didn't have electric bass, keyboards, drum kit, reverb or echeo. No frame drum, tabor, dulcimer, fiddle, harp, rebab, bellows pipe, so that medieval sound is all in your head.
He was reincarnated.
I hear it. So I guess it's all in my head too
From the beginning.
@@Frankincensedjb123 Which has zero to do with the feel of the music.
@@Frankincensedjb123your right its in my head, the sound style of the music also the instruments did exist then only not by an electric guitar it was acoustic, organ keyboards where powered by air the flute and Harp, Hurdy Gurdy, most instruments where invented in those days, we have in our day the modern versions of those instruments.
@@Frankincensedjb123 that's why they played the song that style to tell the story with the music sound how it was played in the lucky man's day. And yea if not played with all those instruments it would be played with only a guitar or Hurdy Gurdy.
Oh man! Dude I have been listening to this masterpiece for fifty years and I never put that together. Bravo!
One of The Greatest Rock Trios EVER!!!
Okay now brother Jamal, you've stuck your toe into Emerson, Lake & Palmer there are so many songs to suggest here. These guys were extraordinary musicians in their own right, together well .... Please take the time to check out and react to the live versions "Hoedown" and "Fanfare for the Common Man" Both are instrumentals. If your're up for a really wild one "Karn Evil 9", oh grab a snack or two plus a beverage because that one ranges from 27 minutes, album version, to 35+ minutes, live version. Keith Emerson is the keyboard player, Greg Lake plays bass & guitar and Carl Palmer in the drummer.
Jamel,..The next song you should react too from them is : "Fanfare for the common man" , you will go nuts trust me !!
“Karn Evil 9” and “Tiger in a Spotlight”!! And don’t forget “Pirates”!!!!
Yeah. You done done it now! Ya gotta keep on keeping on. This a 3 Man Band! Their music is Legendary!
"Tᴀʀᴋᴜs" 😁😁😁🤣
Oh man, Karn Evil 9 was my intro to ELP back in the 1970s when I was in my early teens. One of my older brothers had the Brain Salad Surgery album, and when I heard KE9 it blew my mind. Emerson on the synth is what did it for me. I had never heard anything like that before! I had to play that song over and over. My intro to prog rock.
Damn, I feel so lucky to have been born in 62 and have caught the music of 3 incredible eras of music in 60's 70's and 80's, and yes the 90's as well.
Another '62 baby checking in. Cut my teeth on Floyd, Steely Dan for my highest days after that. Mom and I listen to 70s jam on the cable box. Good times....
Me too ‘62 . We are blessed !! 70s music still moves me the most for some reason my formative years I guess
I came on board in '54, very blessed to grow up in a city (cleveland) with the amazing radio station WMMS playing all the prog rock and psychedlic stuff, full albums, plus two older brothers with great taste. This channel bringin' it all back, what a time.
Yep, real music doesn't exist anymore.
Me too!! Very very blessed!! It was so awesome!!! Timeless music. Thank you to all these unbelievable musicians who left us these gifts to still treasure today !!
Please do From the Beginning by ELP. SOOOOO GOOD.
My FAVORITE E.L.P. song.
Jamel already reacted to "Still You Turn Me On" which I had forgotten about.
...very good choice Cheryl, there are soooo many great songs from E,L,P.....peace from "Jogi",Germany
@@jogischulz2576Agreed. Peace to you from Michigan!
Definatily on the target list for sure!
Hello Cheryl, ELP was one of the Classic Rock Bands that will always be liked.. Welcome Back My Friends to The Show that NEVER Ends..!!
I am an old white guy that was around when this came out. It brings me joy that you are enjoying and sharing these. GOD BLESS YOU
My Dad passed away in 2012 and he wasn't really a "music" kinda guy but one of his only stipulations for his funeral was that this was played. This song will always bring a tear to my eye, especially when I looked into the lyrics. Thank you for reacting to this.
When our friends got new stereo systems this is "the" song we used to test it. Only a worthy audio system could handle those highs and lows.
Yes, and many of us listened to this on external speakers in a small living room with friends
The first time I heard this was on my dads AM radio in his old AMC Rambler station wagon. He was inside the post office and I changed his country station to whatever was playing this. He came back to the car and said something about the crap I was listening to, and proceeded to tune back in to his Roger Whitaker tribute station lol. But those few minutes of hearing this gold, even on a crappy radio, made me appreciate it 10x more when I got to hear it on my Montgomery Ward state of the art 8 track stereo later that night in my bedroom. 😂👍
Man, I can even imagine listening to this on a good stereo system. The Moog solo panning from speaker to speaker.
Jamel, I can't believe how insightful you were about this song from the start. First couple of verses and you took it as a tribute at "his" funeral. This song first came out in 1970 at the height of the anti-Viet Nam era. I think most everyone took it as an anti-establishment, anti-war song and the "hero" of the song represented the tragic futility of material gain and the futility of war. I think you gave it a positive spin as a kinda tribute to a life well-lived and a fitting send off at "his" funeral. I honestly never looked at this song so positively until your reaction. After 50 years music never stops growing!! Thanks brother!!!!
Each one was a genius. Lake as a writer and vocalist, Emerson as a keyboardist and Palmer as a drummer.
And we have a new Carl Palmer fan!
All these decades of hearing this song, I never caught the concept that this character was dead from the beginning and this whole song was his funeral. And you found that on the first listen! Respect, man!
Same here! Once Jamal mentioned that concept it just clicked with me. Then I recognized that the nearly bare snare drum line is like a funeral march.
It’s actually incredible to think about. What an imagination this kid had…Genius lyrics…
I went to school with Carl's brother,Stevie,also a great drummer,and we would go back to his house and listen to Carl practice
Wow! You lucky man!
ooo, what a lucky man you was.. lol...
This song is almost flawless. The lyrics, harmonies, acoustic guitar and Palmer's busy yet not over the top or drumming.
Jamel, their "From The Beginning" is a must hear!! great vocal, guitar and keyboard solos!
40 years later and feeling these lyrics from a whole new perspective!
God bless you Jamel aka Jamal. I'm not sure I understand your handle but I have been a big fan for some time. I salute anyone who appreciates great music and it is crystal clear you do. I happend to have a very close 50 year friend who has met a new lady recently who I just met and is awesome, and I sent him this video. We both have been lucky men and for those of us who have, we should be thankful. Thank you for your videos sir. Excellent outstanding work.
ok ladies and gentlemen: how many people think emerson,lake and palmer BELONG IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! greg lake wrote this song when he was 12 years old!!!!!!! greg's english teacher WANTED GREG LAKE TO SKIP 3 GRADES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a neighbor of greg lake' who was studying literature at oxford university said " i am an A PLUS student ,yet this this young lad (greg lake) IS BETTER THEN ME"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm surprised they're not. ELP wrote some of the most creative music of that era(my era too).
Absolutely
RIGHT ON!
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a complete joke these days. ELP nor Grand Funk is in, but Madonna and NWA is? It’s clearly ran by complete idiots with zero music knowledge
Fanfare for the Common Man should have gotten them in!! What an iconic song.
"From The Beginning" "Still You Turn Me On" and my favorite "Tarkus" the studio version. You will see that Keith Emerson was without a doubt one of the best keyboard players ever when you listen to Tarkus.
Singer and guitar: Greg Lake
Drums: Carl Palmer
Keyboards: Keith Emerson
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I argue for the live version instead, because in the studio there's about eight minutes of "Aquatarkus" missing.
@@thatoneguyagain2252 I don't believe he reacts to the same sing twice. Oh well. Its a great one to watch. Chewing gum, strumming, singing, not 1 missed note
I believe this is one of the first songs Greg Lake wrote when he was very young. Greg lake was a great singer with a soulful voice we lost too soon also Keith Emerson...great band!!!
He was 12 when he wrote it.amazing
He was 12. They needed a filler for their first album. Greg said he had this simple song he wrote when he was 12. Nobody had anything else for the album. Emerson hated it at first and left. Greg and Carl built it up. When Emerson returned he said it wasn't bad he should add something. He had gotten this new instrument he wanted to try. The Moog synthesizer. He messed around with it and played. Greg and Carl and the engineers loved what he did. Emerson wasn't so enthusiastic. He was just trying it out. They didn't have anymore tape, so if he was going to try again they had to erase what they had. They convinced keith to leave well enough alone. It was the first time a moog was used as a major instrument in any rock song. Keith heard the moog from a classical piece by Walter Carlos. It transformed the moog into a major instrument. Suddenly everyone wanted it.
He often worked with moog himself to make it better
I've known this song for years but never realised how crazy Palmer goes on the drums, that's epic.
You have to remember this was 1970! Blew everyone away - RIP Keith Emerson - electronic pioneer and music genius.
"Whoever that is on the drums.... bless your heart. " Oh man, that's why I follow your channel.
Greg Lake - guitar, vocals, does great on his own, too ("From the Beginning")
Keith Emerson - wizard maniac of keyboards, synthesizers, Moogs, all that space-alien stuff
Carl Palmer - calmly holding down the beat no matter what it is!
Lucky to have been loved and remembered ! Carl Palmer on drums driving this song along ,while Keith Emerson plays the funeral dirge to lay the lucky man to rest. Epic song writing on this one.
I rem playing this vinyl record all the time when I was growing up it was this Moody Blues, Stones, The Who, so many more classics
You caught it right away that it was the description of a funeral from the song's start and I never picked that up. And yoju were tight a bout the drummer too, A powerful, haunting song.
Welcome back my friend to the show that never ends. Is another must hear.
Carl Palmer on drums. When I first saw them in 1973 it was advertised he had synthesized drums which sounded space age! Speakers were set up all the way around the 10000 seat auditorium and it was space age, purest sound ever. Carl is a black belt karate and at 70 he looks like a 40 year old bodybuilder! I saw him doing a ELP tribute last year with a youthful guitarist and a bass, no keyboards and they were outstanding!
The ELP tribute show by Carl Palmer is fantastic. I highly recommend that ELP fans go see it when it gets to your neck of the woods.
Jamal is digging on Carl's drumming. CP was 20 years old when Lucky Man was recorded.
holy crap man, I've listened to this wonderful song MANY times and didn't even THINK about the white horses/gold bed symbolism as a funeral.. that makes so much sense for the rest of the song. You have a great imagination!
You have added more eloquence and interpretation to this song than I ever could. You have a gift, man. Take care.
I am just sooo grateful that I was alive back then and thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated incredible music like this. I'm 68 now.
It's about a very rich upper class gentleman, who had everything he wanted. But in the end, all his riches couldn't save him.
“From the Beginning” is one of their best!!!!
And tank
I agree.
They had some of the best harmonies ever. You can’t listen to them and not just love them.
Such a classic song. The harmonizing is out of sight. I have this album and enjoy listening to it!
Greg Lake wrote this when he was just 12. In an interview, he explained that this was a filler song that almost didn't make the album! We are all better for this wonderful, insightful song. Thank you, Greg! And thank you Jamal for reviewing this great song.
Like i said Jamel, this was during Vietnam a man pictured like a king and what waited for him at home, but home never came. Rev. Olsen here, I served in the Airforce and 14 yrs. later the Army for Desert Storm, you playing this brought tears to my eyes, My best friends were black men like yourself, I would have taken a bullet for my brothers, so they could come home, Jesus said "Whosoever believeth in me should not perish but have everlasting life". I know you are a believer, there's no doubt in my mind. I always keep you in my prayers. Love Rev. Olsen
YAY!!!! YOU"RE FINALLY DOING ELP!!!! Next do "Knife Edge" and "From The Beginning"!!!!
Knife Edge from Beat Club
He already did this one : ua-cam.com/video/njomMCgzBYE/v-deo.html
Yes, sister!
He's a rich guy. They're describing his rich life before he was called to his duty to support the King and his subsequent death in war.
The feather bed was merely talking about his wealth. Feather beds were not the norm for ordinary folks. When he went to war, he was heralded for his bravery and patriotism to fight the enemy. None of it meant anything. He took a bullet and none of his money could save his life, so...he died. End of story. The ending is short and quick like his death was. Life treats us all the same in the end.
Dude, let the man have his own interpretation of the song. I LOVE the way he's hearing it. He's right - it can easily be taken that way. Poetry is open to whatever you bring to it - no one's interpretation is any more correct than anyone else's, and any good poet will tell you that.
Thanks Peter Blood. You saved me from typing the same explanation. Unfortunately most people nowadays no little or nothing about history.
Serai3 bullshit. It’s not poetry . It is a story. Stop with the crap that everything is what you think it is. Black is White. Up is Down. The story what the author wrote.
@@Serai3 except that the interpretation was based on hearing a word incorrectly. It wasn't "casket" but "mattress".
@@Serai3
I'm not attacking Jamel. I'm merely relating the story of the song as it's written. It's not a poem, it's a straight forward, simple telling of what happened to the "Lucky Man". There are plenty of songs to which interpretation is fully justified. It's just that this is not one of them my friend.
Saw them in concert in late 70s. Greg Lakes incredible voice! Keith Emerson introduced to Moog synthesizer to music world! Carl Palmer drummer was on a platform that turned 360 to where he would be playing upside down!! Incredible!! Filled the small auditorium with some much sound even my socks shook! Lol 😆
I was in high school when this song hit the charts...WOW...WOW...it was played CONSTANTLY....never ..ever forget the great parties with the righteous ...Emerson, Lake, and Palmer..... their songs shut the parties down❣️❣️❣️❣️
I was 10 lol wow KI had it so good in the 70s as a child
The Moog synth solo wasn’t planned either. Emerson had just unpacked it to explore as it was brand new technology. Only one take.
It was one of four synths Moog built for a concert at (if I recall correctly) the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After that show the Moog rep took it to England and sold it to Emerson. He added more modules later.
Easily one of my favorite rock vocalists. Such a great voice and their acoustic songs are amazing, especially "Still You Turn Me On".
Used to listen to this with headphones and an excellent stereo. You could feel that last musical bit travel through your head, ear to ear. Awesomem
I felt that, too! It was an awesome experience.
You need to do the full ELP rabbit hole. Some of the most beautiful music of the 20th century.
Fanfare for the Common Man is a masterpiece.
I love to watch you and listen to your songs that you pick! I amazes me that u are really listening to history!!
Good music is where talent has no place to hide.
So glad you have gotten to enjoy this masterpiece by ELP. Whom I got to see live with a full orchestra, 1977... Welcome to the skill and richness that is Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Check out "Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman', from their Love Beach album. A mini opera!!!
No way was that the concert in Canada?!!
Where the album starts with the introductory fanfare before Peter Gunn?!!!
That’s Carl Palmer on the drums. Outta the 3 band members, he’s the only one still alive. He’s right up there in the same category as Neil Peart. As far as Keith Emerson on keyboards..... Keith Emerson is to the keyboard as Eddie Van Halen is to the guitar. My brother has every ELP album signed by all three members. They’re really cool about doing signings and they set up at a table after their shows and they sign everything that the fans bring...... very cool. I’ve seen them 5 times. They sound just like the albums when they perform live.
Well said. Carl Palmer is not mentioned enough. He’s top 5 of rock drummers; top 3 perhaps.
@@RobertJohnDavis yeah, I agree.... probably because ELP never got the recognition as a band that they deserve. Masterful musicians.....
Don't forget Greg Lake! One of the best vocalist and bass players of his generation :)
Palmer is sort of the underrated drummer that is below the radar. But anyone in the Prog or drum world knows he's a beast. Very jazz influenced, Krupa, Rich and Morello he had much of their technique. You always hear, Peart, Moon, Baker and Bonham, but Carl kind of gets shuffled away. But he's right up there with those giants.
The Moodg synthesiser in this was the first time that one had been heard in a rock band that took it on tour playing live.
I am glad that you noticed the drummer too!! I knew this song in 1973. I bought the record. Carl Palmer played the drums very well. The reason why I saw your video is to see your reaction to it!! I am glad that you liked the song.
I saw these guys in Toronto when I was about 18. I'm 63 now. Amazing concert. Thanks for the memories Jamel.
Check out “Take a Pebble” next. Trust me, you will be AMAZED!!
Hell yes J D!
Seconding this
Yes. Given what I've seen of Jamal's tastes, I think he'd really dig the live version of Take a Pebble (try this one from 1970: ua-cam.com/video/ux9B-rDQ6yQ/v-deo.html (edit - linked the wrong one) ).
One of my favorites!
love, love, love take a pebble..................
Keith Emerson was an amazing talent, his synth had over 100 patch cords and took him and hour to set up. R.I.P. to one of the greatest keyboard players ever.
Im not sure other keyboardist can play like Emerson did.event in 10 years from now.
In 2019 Asia performed this on tour (with of course Carl Palmer ) and it was amazing. If you get a chance to see Carl Palmer with Asia it’s worth the price of admission . The man is like 70 and still the best drummer in the world.
Yes thanks again for this. And yes I did see this done live in 1978 never will I forget 🎼And Carl Palmers drums gongs and then some would actual elevate and rotate while he played to perfection. And Emerson was a excellent musician all three where definitely a head of their time.
Friend and I drove from Boston to Richmond VA in 1974 to see ELP. They played the concert in "quadrophonic stereo". Two towers of speakers on both sides of stage and two more towers in rear of concert hall. Music surrounded whole audience. It was incredible !
That was Carl Palmer on the drums and Keith Emerson messing with your head on the Moog synthesizer. Greg Lake did the rest. They used a lot of studio tricks to get the effect that they did in this version, I think even the band preferred it to the live one.
Carl Palmer is the drummer....pretty much on that "Neil Peart" level of awesomeness. One of the greatest prog-rock/fusion drummers ever.
God, Greg Lake was incredible. RIP
The "harmonizing" on the song was all Greg Lake. I forget how many voice tracks he did to get that sound. 8 maybe?
Im so happy I've had this and all 70's music in my brain since I was 13 yrs old.❤❤😅 I love that he titled his autobiography "Lucky Man". ❤RIP❤
Thanks for keeping great music alive. It is so refreshing to see a younger generation listen to and appreciate the music I first reacted to 40 years ago when I was young. Lucky Man is still one of my favorites...along with the Moody Blues..CCR...Grand Funk Railroad...etc etc. Keep up the good music and enjoy it!
Just like I am enjoying your reactions!💜
ELP did a song called "Pirates" that's about 13 minutes long. This song is so spot on, music and lyrics, that you will transport to the deck of the pirate's galleon. Even if you don't react to it you should give it a listen just to hear a masterpiece.
Oh I LOVE this song.
Yes, absolutely! ELP have such a rich catalog and while "Tarkus" and "Karn Evil 9" are ultimate album-level prog pieces, and their classical interpretations are all epic, "Pirates" is a real fantasy masterwork. As a kid, "Pirates" along with Jon Anderson's "Olias of Sunhillow" and Steely Dan's "Caves of Altamrira" were the pieces I'd use to transport my mind. I'd pick the studio version off Works for Jamal - as great as the orchestral live concerts are, the fine-tuned studio production really helps with the journey of imagination.
YES!
Had the pleasure of seeing ELP with the orchestra perform this, just amazing!!!!
Pirates. Its not a song it's a movie.
The captain sat on his silk divan, pistol in his fist
Jamel, Carl Palmer is one of the true great drummers in history. Neil Pearl was great, but Carl Palmer is truly in a league of his own. The only member still alive, but you need to check more of ELP. Karn Evil 9, one of the best they did.
Your face when Emerson kicked in with the keyboards at the end.
That's the money shot!
David Walker
I’m just wanting him to listen to something along the lines of Tarkus or Toccata
I think we could all see how much you got into that song, I've listened to it a million times and it gives me goose bumps every time.
I grew up with this music in my mid teens .I miss this type of music. Glad to see its around and being spread. Thank you
This song was dedicated to an old schoolmate and friend who died in an accident just after graduating high school. I always think of him when I hear this now. Rest in paradise Armin. Thanks for continuing the journey J_AKA_J.
True fact, Emerson hated the Moog solo. Engineer Eddie Offord was running tape for Keith's warm up take and convinced him it was a keeper. That and they were evidently out of tracks. I think it is massive and perfect. A blast of bleating emotion to close out Lake's measured, reflective ballad.
Greg Lake had one the greatest voices in rock ever.
It's sooo good to see a new comer to the music of Emerson Lake and Palmer who IMO where thee best progressive rock band ever. I was turned on to them with Brain Salad Surgery back when I was about 12 ( I'm 58 now) and then Trilogy etc. I had the pleasure of seeing them live 6 time's and they never disappointed and from the first time I saw them in 78 at Olympia Stadium in Det. to the last time at Pine Knob ( DTE) in 2004 I think, they were always great. See, I love all kinds of music, but what I love the most is the ability to play great music really well and these guy's were top shelf. They did have a little stage show with Keith throwing knives into the keyboard and the amazing drum work of Carl Palmer and his mind blowing kit, but the MUSIC is what drove the crowd, not the light's and effect's that some today rely on all the way for their talent, these guy's were the real deal. They expanded my musical taste at an early age and opened me up to music that I would most likely have never found out about and most of it wasn't rock and roll although I AM a rock and roll fiend. I am happy to have lived at a time when I was able to see them live in their prime along with most all of my rock hero's. It's good to see that even today a first time listener is taken on that magical journey for about an hour or so, and is left with them indelibly imprinted on their mind of music forever after that. RIP Keith and Greg and long live the very kind man Carl Palmer.
Jamel, Rev Olsen here, since 1969 I've been drumming, ELP was one of the greatest bands ever formed. Carl Palmer is the drummer, if you watch some of ELP's latest video's Carl does some incredible drum solo's, Jamel I love you brother, I subscribed to your channel, that song is about a man going to war like back in the day's of King David in the old testament. But since it was written during the Viet Nam war, he says a bullet had found him, Thanks for touching my heart, what a lucky man you are.....Rev.Olsen Maynard Ma.
My man, great song from ELP. Gregg Lake did a version of "From the beginning " Live solo. Worth looking for and a listen!!
Greg Lake has a classic voice(also the singer in King Crimson)..and Carl Palmer is one of the great drummers but the real star is Keith Emerson..a great & innovative keyboardist!!
Wait till Jamel hears him play the organ... 🤫
Carl Palmer on the drums. Also played with Asia. One of the GOAT drummers.
My first concert! Spectacular!!!!! Jamel, I love your reactions to all the music!!!!
Thanks so much for doing this Jamel .. I have been an ELP fan all my life and they were three of THE greatest musicians in rock music history .. I've met two of the band and Carl palmer the drummer is my hero ... i've met varl a good few times ...sadly K Emerson and Greg lake have passed away ... Greg was very famous for his xmas single I believe in father christmas
I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in the 70's. So much incredible music. A lot about the war. Credence, Bob Dylan...
We were over spoiled brats lol
Something else to check out would be Greg Lake's "I Believe in Father Christmas"
Yes
Amazing song.
Great song
I'd make everyone listen to that song if it was up to me.
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My favorite Christmas song, and my little brother's as well...RIP, Mr. Lake, you were an amazing fellow...
To truly appreciate this song you need to transport yourself(metaphorically of course) to the time period. The synthesizer at the end was quite groundbreaking at the time.
One of my favorite bands of all time. Phenomenal guitars and harmonization and yes those drums too!!!