22-03-2012, 00:58
Well stated, Jerome !!! I agree totality in your ELP post ! Amazing band...also Carl Palmer is an incredible percussionist in my view ! I just commented on CH's "dated" sound refering to ELP...I didn't agree it was a dated sound ! I get lost when I listen to Works...mesmerising music !!!
Jerome Wrote:I don't mind whether we are called 'dated' or 'old fashioned' or whatever. Show me one band in the world today that can produce a double album where one side is an original classical piano concerto, the secnd side is a collection of folk songs with incredible lyrics (Lend Your Love To Me Tonight) - a third side that has jazz/rock fusion along with classical percussive movements and a fourth side that combines all those elements, along with electronica, in two pieces that are nothing short of spectacular. There's a reason ELP's Works Volume 1 was the voted best album of 1977. The production and recording on this album has yet to be surpassed. Not to mention the musicianship. There is not a contemporary band around today that is anywhere close to this level.
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