Для меня "Таркус"это самый лучший альбом этой великолепной тройки!!! Думаю этот шедевр на века!Всегда свежее звучание и темы просто потрясающие !Более 40лет слушаю и иногда думаю.... "ГЕНИИ"!!!
Known this song for 30 years but never saw it played up close and personal like this. Greg Lake is very impressive on bass, hadn't realised so much of that was bass and not organ. Thanks for posting
I was Blessed to see the best of them back in the 70s live. ELP, Yes, Genesis, The Moody Blues & Blue Oyster Cult. I may or may not have been Acid tripping at all of them😊
@@greasedog, not in America. ELP, Yes, Genesis, Floyd, Tull and King Crimson were all considered rock, and most of their fans were also fans of Led Zeppelin, the Stones, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, the Who, and other top rock acts. The "Prog" label was created to put all the less popular prog type bands in a subgenre, and they threw the Big Six in with them.
Absolutely. Screw the critics. Keith Emerson took classical music and reshaped it to fit his style. It was music-music--not the one or two cord rock stuff. I liked Zep, Floyd, but ELP was a group I could wrap my brain around. It was unique.
The comment below nails it....Emerson's B3 was his bitch, and when he did Rondo he took command of his bitch and gave her the hardest f*cking of her life. In the history of modern music, no keyboardist ever played for more people, or enjoyed greater fame, than Emerson at his peak.
Whats wrong with wankery? I love it! I let my imagination run wild, creating depictions of strange worlds or futuristic wars. This type of music is like reading a book; you have to create the pictures in your head of what you think the music is describing. It's meant to make you think.
Amazing tempo !!! Very Fast !!! Keith Emerson could technically play any other Rock keyboard Artist 'under the table' - hands down - with his eyes shut. Rest In Peace Keith. A sad end to a truely amazing musician.
ELP were at the Top in those days !!! Tarkus is one the finest and exciting suite in Rock Progressive ever, that opened the doors to all the bands around the world....They were an entity to listen to and they still are....Long Live ELP!!!
King Crimson, original line-up (of course, that includes Lake). The greatest group of musicians ever assembled to produce an album as one unit. But the original KC didn't last. And for that reason, elp for me is and always will be my favorite. Cheers
I wish I had the chance to see them live. The flying piano would have blown my mind! But alas, the first I knew of their existence was as a teenager, six years ago, when I found their first album amongst my dad's vinyl collection, I immediately went on the internet and found more. A very original group and a force which shaped my tastes today.
Nope that's Greg Lake. I recall seeing ELP at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Emerson's array of keyboards and Palmer's drum kit were both so huge that Lake was way off to the side: he was practically offstage.
Tarkus was my first ELP album, which I bought way back in 1975. I was really into "Lucky Man" and had no idea what kind of music ELP really did. I was expecting folk rock and was more than pleasantly surprised to discover that they did this kind of stuff (I didn't know it was called progressive rock until later).
Absolutely. I remember seeing these guys towards the end of 1973, but I do recall how much it was a shock to listen to Eruption for the first time, a few years before.
Saw Lake and Emerson last year in a small venue and they performed many of their songs including Tarkus in it's entirely! My favirote piece of all their works. AMAZING!!!!!
I saw ELP in Atlanta in 1972 after the Tarkus album came out. The show was amazing, and I remember there were a couple of mechanical tarkuses moving around on the stage. They looked like the armadillo type creature from the cover artwork and added to the fun of the concert. Those were the days!
That's awesome. I read in Emerson's book that after a few concerts Greg said 'Yeah, I've had enough of Tarkus'. And it was forever shunned from being played live. One of my favorites from there repertoire
I just added the Vinyl Tarkus to my collection. Ever since I got a record player, ive been goin' nuts with it. I have their Debut album, Brain Salad Surgery, I ordered Trilogy, and now Tarkus :D
bought tarkus yesterday... my father directly recognized the beast on the cover picture because on the 71 tour he was at a concert in düsseldorf where he had to stare at the tarkus backdrop for hours, the band was late because their trucks were stuck in snow
consummate performers, totally immersed into the art... the dramatic sense just flow as effortless, natural, subtle, sophisticated yet intense, engaged, engrossed: virtuoso -- cannot be denied by highbrow critics
This is rare stuff..ELP and Free played on a rain soaked July day in a baseball stadium . Some of Free's performance was on You Tube at one time; notable for the fact that Paul Rodgers had to also play lead guitar due to the decision that Koss wasn't healthy enough to make the trip
Lake did play some guitar, usually acoustic on the quieter numbers which he usually wrote. He would play electric on occasion (a good example is "Karn Evil" from "Brain Salad Surgery." And, yes, their shows were great indeed, mainly due to Keith Emerson's virtuosity and showmanship. The first time I saw them in Philadelphia in spring 1971, they were so good that my college roommate and I went to New York for ELP's performance at the Fillmore East the next night!
No one knew better than Emerson where he was getting some of his melodies and themes. As great a player as he is, it was not cool that he made it look like he was the writer of some of these excellent pieces. But then again in was the late Sixties-early Seventies when there was pretty much an "anything goes" approach to just about everything.
@JSStewart Oh Yeah! ELP in '71. I was a kid. The first rock concert I had ever been to. From that point on, I set out to learn every tune from Keith on the piano.
You are correct that many of the pieces are from classical works, but "Rondo" is an old jazz classic from Dave Brubeck. Listen to it on a preview website and chack out the difference. And whoever started this "ripoff" criticism is wrong. KE was initially trained as a classical musican. He knows classical music. You are also correct that there is a difference between stealing and "reinventing.
why hate dream theater. you cant deny that they are awesome musicians i have to say the singer gets on my nerves at times. i prefer listening to liquid tension. but anyone with a little senceknows that bands like elp uk holdsworth krimson paved the way for these guys. its music and if you dont play dont hate
@blackster sorry, until this thread, I didn't remember Jon Lord. Deep purple was an OK classic rock group with a few top forty hits. I'm fine with none of my favorite prog groups making it onto the radio [ AND consequently sales], because radio rarely had anything for my advanced musical tastes.
i heard that some fan of the band just came up to them with a bunch of crazy artword (which turned into the album cover and sleeve art) and they just said "cool, lets make and album". If you look at the artwork in the sleeve theres a weird volcano thing, its probably got something to do with that. Although you're probably right as well.
damn sick . bands today can only attempt to measure up, the ones who succeed just seem to be over reaching. these guys did this style so perfect, progressive fusion jam whatever you want to call it, sick
Fantastic....never seen this footage before.... The opening I must admit with the boys wearing their robes with the separate E..L...P...is worthy of the 3 stooges. After that, F*CKING amazing performance (and no 2 in the eyes...)
ELP were not songwriters in the Costello vein - they were composers/musicians/performers. In fact, when they tried to be 'pop' they failed miserably. Their strength was the extended, keyboard-driven rock suite a la 'Karn Evi 9', 'Tarkus', etc. Its like comparing apples to nuclear power plants - not even in the ballpark.
just the best... keith emerson is a wizard no more to say to me he is the best playing the keyboard in the world better than rick wakeman... carl palmer he is also the best in the world for me better than portnoy... greck lake a god in the bass... the best trio in the world
hahaha, great story, I wish I'd seen that happen. I saw ELP wayyyy later, in I think it was 98, at the Universal Studios Ampitheatre in LA. Nothing like that happened. They kicked ass though.
ELP had plenty of stinkers, but they also had more than their share of incredible ballads and long compositions. E.g. "From the Beginning", "Tarkus", etc. Stinkers include "Nutrocker" and anything off of "Love Beach".
***** ...Good one.. Actually the best show of all time is yourself improvising over Keith Emerson's tunes on your own piano while your girlfriend is on her knees under your piano using your baton as a conductor for faster and slower.. Many musicians forget to ask their girlfriend for the favor.
I just saw Battles, a new prog band from the city, and I tell you there have almost if not the same energy as bands like ELP and K. Crimson, just check it out. I think there is hope for Progressive Rock.
@JSStewart Even the sound was better then despite the lack of technology available today. ELP's first album is one of the best engineered & recorded albums of all time. Listen to the latest Shout Factory Remasters on a good system and you'll hear what I mean. Artistry thrives in a nurturing Zeitgeist and good sound goes along with it. Trying to make great art in today's Zeitgeist is like trying to grow a flower on the North Pole despite all the gadgets at our disposal.
This song, in my opinion is the greatest progressive rock song of all time. other contenders would be 21st Century Schizoid Man and Close to the Edge. TARKUS
@AgentKlondike12 I LOVE Greg Lake live. But I feel the same about Keith Emerson. I think there was alot of great talent on one stage and they sometimes tried to outdo each other.
Muchachos no podemos comparar nunca a Dream Theater con ELP, ELP eran 3!!! parecian 15 en el escenario!!! Keith Emerson, el mejor de los mejores
Ancient Japanese legend: If cameraman show keyboardist hands, he turn to stone.
He turned into the stone of Years
Maybe he didn't take his hands with him
This album and this band opened up my little 14 year old mind back then. Thanks ELP, you helped to create a decent human.
Для меня "Таркус"это самый лучший альбом этой великолепной тройки!!! Думаю этот шедевр на века!Всегда свежее звучание и темы просто потрясающие !Более 40лет слушаю и иногда думаю.... "ГЕНИИ"!!!
Known this song for 30 years but never saw it played up close and personal like this. Greg Lake is very impressive on bass, hadn't realised so much of that was bass and not organ. Thanks for posting
R.I.P Keith Emerson master of modular moog
There wil never be another band like this. Long live Progressive Rock.
No one called it ‘progressive’ rock back then….
What did they call it then?@@1941392
I was Blessed to see the best of them back in the 70s live. ELP, Yes, Genesis, The Moody Blues & Blue Oyster Cult. I may or may not have been Acid tripping at all of them😊
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Actually, we did.
@@greasedog, not in America. ELP, Yes, Genesis, Floyd, Tull and King Crimson were all considered rock, and most of their fans were also fans of Led Zeppelin, the Stones, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, the Who, and other top rock acts. The "Prog" label was created to put all the less popular prog type bands in a subgenre, and they threw the Big Six in with them.
I was at this concert!
I'm sure Tokyo loved them. They sound so powerful.
RIP Greg Lake. Another sad loss.
how could someone dislike this?!?!
Emerson is my favorite Beatle...
ELP just rocks! Their music was exciting and electic. Great band.
Absolutely. Screw the critics. Keith Emerson took classical music and reshaped it to fit his style. It was music-music--not the one or two cord rock stuff. I liked Zep, Floyd, but ELP was a group I could wrap my brain around. It was unique.
fantastic stuff, been an elp fan,since 1971, saw them lots of times, blow any modern group,off of the face of the plantet, long live prog rock
No abuse here. You're entitled to your opinion. My opinion is...THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!
this was the album that got me into heavy rock great stuff
...what a great and powerful bunch of musicians... totally love them!!!!!
The comment below nails it....Emerson's B3 was his bitch, and when he did Rondo he took command of his bitch and gave her the hardest f*cking of her life. In the history of modern music, no keyboardist ever played for more people, or enjoyed greater fame, than Emerson at his peak.
Whats wrong with wankery? I love it! I let my imagination run wild, creating depictions of strange worlds or futuristic wars. This type of music is like reading a book; you have to create the pictures in your head of what you think the music is describing. It's meant to make you think.
Amazing tempo !!! Very Fast !!! Keith Emerson could technically play any other Rock keyboard Artist 'under the table' - hands down - with his eyes shut. Rest In Peace Keith. A sad end to a truely amazing musician.
ELP were at the Top in those days !!! Tarkus is one the finest and exciting suite in Rock Progressive ever, that opened the doors to all the bands around the world....They were an entity to listen to and they still are....Long Live ELP!!!
Rock music doesn't get more sophisticated that this! Good stuff!
King Crimson, original line-up (of course, that includes Lake). The greatest group of musicians ever assembled to produce an album as one unit. But the original KC didn't last. And for that reason, elp for me is and always will be my favorite. Cheers
THE definitive Prog Rock song in musical history, played by the most definitive prog band ever.
Thanks to post this rare video & sound... I've studied so much for my own arrange on the solo guitar ;-)
a piece of history
I wish I had the chance to see them live. The flying piano would have blown my mind! But alas, the first I knew of their existence was as a teenager, six years ago, when I found their first album amongst my dad's vinyl collection, I immediately went on the internet and found more. A very original group and a force which shaped my tastes today.
Nope that's Greg Lake. I recall seeing ELP at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Emerson's array of keyboards and Palmer's drum kit were both so huge that Lake was way off to the side: he was practically offstage.
This song will cure whatever ails ya!
I have heard this song many times for years, and it never gets old. They just don't make 'em like they used to!
Tarkus was my first ELP album, which I bought way back in 1975. I was really into "Lucky Man" and had no idea what kind of music ELP really did. I was expecting folk rock and was more than pleasantly surprised to discover that they did this kind of stuff (I didn't know it was called progressive rock until later).
Absolutely. I remember seeing these guys towards the end of 1973, but I do recall how much it was a shock to listen to Eruption for the first time, a few years before.
Saw Lake and Emerson last year in a small venue and they performed many of their songs including Tarkus in it's entirely! My favirote piece of all their works. AMAZING!!!!!
R&R Hall of Fame is a joke without these guys.
Holy crap, dude. You rule. Tarkus and Cicatriz are two of my top ten favorite songs of all time.
I saw ELP in Atlanta in 1972 after the Tarkus album came out. The show was amazing, and I remember there were a couple of mechanical tarkuses moving around on the stage. They looked like the armadillo type creature from the cover artwork and added to the fun of the concert. Those were the days!
Love ELP and Tarkus
That's awesome. I read in Emerson's book that after a few concerts Greg said 'Yeah, I've had enough of Tarkus'. And it was forever shunned from being played live. One of my favorites from there repertoire
I just added the Vinyl Tarkus to my collection. Ever since I got a record player, ive been goin' nuts with it. I have their Debut album, Brain Salad Surgery, I ordered Trilogy, and now Tarkus :D
Couldn't agree more. They opened with Tarkus when I saw them in '92 and it was surreal.
Yeah I know what you mean. I think because this was the generation that grew up listening to all the jazz greats and rose to the occasion!
Classic heavy rock man!
bought tarkus yesterday... my father directly recognized the beast on the cover picture because on the 71 tour he was at a concert in düsseldorf where he had to stare at the tarkus backdrop for hours, the band was late because their trucks were stuck in snow
Being accustomed to the studio version, i'm always amazed by how quick they played eruption in this concert.
how do you not love the robes at the beginning of the video. the 70's ruled
consummate performers, totally immersed into the art... the dramatic sense just flow as effortless, natural, subtle, sophisticated yet intense, engaged, engrossed: virtuoso -- cannot be denied by highbrow critics
This is rare stuff..ELP and Free played on a rain soaked July day in a baseball stadium . Some of Free's performance was on You Tube at one time; notable for the fact that Paul Rodgers had to also play lead guitar due to the decision that Koss wasn't healthy enough to make the trip
Just reminiscing with a buddy about a time when we listened to this while engaging in one or more mind-altering chemicals. I definitely encourage it!
Lake did play some guitar, usually acoustic on the quieter numbers which he usually wrote.
He would play electric on occasion (a good example is "Karn Evil" from "Brain Salad Surgery." And, yes, their shows were great indeed, mainly due to Keith Emerson's virtuosity and showmanship. The first time I saw them in Philadelphia in spring 1971, they were so good that my college roommate and I went to New York for ELP's performance at the Fillmore East the next night!
No one knew better than Emerson where he was getting some of his melodies and themes. As great a player as he is, it was not cool that he made it look like he was the writer of some of these excellent pieces. But then again in was the late Sixties-early Seventies
when there was pretty much an "anything goes"
approach to just about everything.
Just effen unbelievable, still today.
Im 17 and I frequently listen to this music. Do I have a problem?
This is part of my winter drumline show!!! Yeah!!
That was good. I wonder if they did all of it including aquatarkus at this show. Tarkus has always been my favorite ELP
@JSStewart Oh Yeah! ELP in '71. I was a kid. The first rock concert I had ever been to. From that point on, I set out to learn every tune from Keith on the piano.
Amazing! this could only be ELP.
The true kings of prog rock
Love love love 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
QEPD..gran máster ..
beautiful.
You are correct that many of the pieces are from classical works, but "Rondo" is an old jazz classic from Dave Brubeck. Listen to it on a preview website and chack out the difference. And whoever started this "ripoff" criticism is wrong. KE was initially trained as a classical musican. He knows classical music. You are also correct that there is a difference between stealing and "reinventing.
I like how it starts in the middle of a bar.
@GuitarMasterizer Same here, but hey, at least you got to see the Emerson and Lake concert in L.A! ;D
why hate dream theater. you cant deny that they are awesome musicians i have to say the singer gets on my nerves at times. i prefer listening to liquid tension. but anyone with a little senceknows that bands like elp uk holdsworth krimson paved the way for these guys. its music and if you dont play dont hate
Love love
Tarkus live amazing!
Always wondered how they pulled it off live...just handily it seems!
bombastic, self-indulgent & pretentious. I love it :))
@blackster
sorry, until this thread, I didn't remember Jon Lord. Deep purple was an OK classic rock group with a few top forty hits. I'm fine with none of my favorite prog groups making it onto the radio [ AND consequently sales], because radio rarely had anything for my advanced musical tastes.
I've got this on vynal somewhere still...
i heard that some fan of the band just came up to them with a bunch of crazy artword (which turned into the album cover and sleeve art) and they just said "cool, lets make and album". If you look at the artwork in the sleeve theres a weird volcano thing, its probably got something to do with that. Although you're probably right as well.
damn sick . bands today can only attempt to measure up, the ones who succeed just seem to be over reaching. these guys did this style so perfect, progressive fusion jam whatever you want to call it, sick
Fantastic....never seen this footage before....
The opening I must admit with the boys wearing their robes with the separate E..L...P...is worthy of the 3 stooges. After that, F*CKING amazing performance (and no 2 in the eyes...)
This times 12 = awesomeness.
brilliant show!
oh sorry, kansas too. i saw them playing live at a block party in dowtown Fort collins, colorado. free concert. great band
Gotta love prog rock!
Cool stuff, do you have the entire concert???
I´m looking for the video, but no sucsess ¬¬
Can you help me???
Brilliant!
ELP were not songwriters in the Costello vein - they were composers/musicians/performers. In fact, when they tried to be 'pop' they failed miserably. Their strength was the extended, keyboard-driven rock suite a la 'Karn Evi 9', 'Tarkus', etc.
Its like comparing apples to nuclear power plants - not even in the ballpark.
Yeaaah absolutely
just the best... keith emerson is a wizard no more to say to me he is the best playing the keyboard in the world better than rick wakeman... carl palmer he is also the best in the world for me better than portnoy... greck lake a god in the bass... the best trio in the world
Amazing that rock stars were actual musicians once.
hahaha, great story, I wish I'd seen that happen.
I saw ELP wayyyy later, in I think it was 98, at the Universal Studios Ampitheatre in LA.
Nothing like that happened. They kicked ass though.
ELP had plenty of stinkers, but they also had more than their share of incredible ballads and long compositions. E.g. "From the Beginning", "Tarkus", etc. Stinkers include "Nutrocker" and anything off of "Love Beach".
So freaking good.
Hey, Is Mister Lake doubling Emerson's left hand with a guitar or bass.? This ostinato is fun to play and solo over.
It's a bass ;)
+2bal ...cool.. Most Shows without dancing girls are kinda boring to watch unless your girlfriend is touching you..LOL
JazzKeyboardist1 Most shows are boring without Keith Emerson x)
***** ...Good one.. Actually the best show of all time is yourself improvising over Keith Emerson's tunes on your own piano while your girlfriend is on her knees under your piano using your baton as a conductor for faster and slower.. Many musicians forget to ask their girlfriend for the favor.
JazzKeyboardist1 If you say so... I'm just 14 now, so I've got the time to have a girlfriend! x)
@superdude13666 I've heard this story... but I wonder if Emerson would really admit a guitarman (even Hendrix) into the band...
I just saw Battles, a new prog band from the city, and I tell you there have almost if not the same energy as bands like ELP and K. Crimson, just check it out. I think there is hope for Progressive Rock.
Check out dream theater, Octavarium or A Change of Seasons.
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You said it, bro!
Thanks Vegan. My sister is a vegan by the way. I'd like to be one of these days, just not quite ready for it.
@JSStewart Even the sound was better then despite the lack of technology available today. ELP's first album is one of the best engineered & recorded albums of all time. Listen to the latest Shout Factory Remasters on a good system and you'll hear what I mean. Artistry thrives in a nurturing Zeitgeist and good sound goes along with it. Trying to make great art in today's Zeitgeist is like trying to grow a flower on the North Pole despite all the gadgets at our disposal.
Well spotted you!
Then why bother watching it? Why not just find a video that you really like and can enjoy and let the rest us us enjoy our beloved ELP?
3 classically trained master craftsmen deciding to kick some ass.
This song, in my opinion is the greatest progressive rock song of all time. other contenders would be 21st Century Schizoid Man and Close to the Edge. TARKUS
Godly!
@AgentKlondike12 I LOVE Greg Lake live. But I feel the same about Keith Emerson. I think there was alot of great talent on one stage and they sometimes tried to outdo each other.
did they seriously start mid-bar or is it just edited like that?