https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Tq3ukmnNg

0:00 Fanfare for the Common Man (incl. bass solo and Blues Variation* in keytar)
*Blues Variation inclusion was later in ELP's Black Moon Tour
8:25 Au Privave (Charlie Parker)
12:00 America /
13:39 Blue Rondo Alla Turk /
(18:02 Frank Scully Drum Solo alla Carl Palmer)
22:01 Honky Tonk Train Blues

I heard Into the Hot seat was bad, but I just finished Black Moon and I like the songs on it. The title track and paper blood are probably my favorites but I can definitely see some of the other songs growing on me more and more. That being said I don’t see much people talk about Black Moon and just rate it above Hot seat but below everything else, so I wanted to ask what the consensus on the album was.

I know it’s fairly meaningless, but it brightened up my afternoon. Late afternoon, January 15th. Oslo Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons conducting.

...you understand that Emerson's genius will not be forgotten.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Y5H6rCQuc

Recorded in 2021 at music academy "C. Pollini" of Padua (Italy) by Art Percussion Ensemble directed by music player and teacher Massimo Pastore

I found this on the tube; one of the best performance from the late Keith imo. It catches the peculiar organ style of Keith taking inspiration from KE9 solo and Blues Variations solo in a percussive tarkusesque fashion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vtCaEmplSI&list=PLfJndz0utgOMcOYudps626f7bCT0lnJ3D&index=12

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and mine is that it’s a flaming pile of garbage. It’s not cohesive, has a bunch of small and weak songs, completely lacks the instrumentation and lyrics of every ELP album before it and just doesn’t hit me in the feels like everything else does.

I’m sorry to anyone who likes it. But let’s hear everyone’s thoughts!

Take a Penis Benny the P

#Tank I. — 2:00

II. — 2:13

III. — 2:33

#Take a Pebble I. — 3:52

II. — 2:31

III. — 4:33

IV. — 1:33

I'm listening to Love Beach for the first time right now and (cover aside which is hilarious), I'm loving every single song. But I realized that part of the reason I like it so much is because of how it sounds, it feels so much full and alive than the previous albums until Works. It just feels that theres a huge gap between the drums and the keyboards than it can't be fulfilled with only bass (or more keyboards).

Coincidentally, the only classic record which I don't feel this way of is the one that has a song dedicated to it's sound engineer.

Giger 3rd from left, Sinfield 4th. Looking at artwork for Brain Salad Surgery in Giger’s studio in Switzerland.

Ok so basically at Tuesday (12) I was doing my daily walk in a square next to my house. Around the 4th lap I heard a... Familiar sound. I was not sure if it was what I thought it was until I stopped walking. At the other side of the square, a man that looked in his 40/50s, wearing a black shirt and a Dark short, listening to Keith Emerson blasting his synths in Stone of Years. I shouted "TARKUS!" to try to catch the attention of the fellow prog rocker, on which I failed. He prob didnt heard me, but I heard him. To this day, this misterious man always pop on my mind, listening to one of the best songs of all time.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2F1f1FZUrzIX8JPPoKjVS1?si=aadc7423a70140fa

i mean both in the choruses and solo parts, i dont recognize this voice and it cant be greg nor keith or carl right?
Also whats the origin of this ballad, if anyone knows. Never heard of it, not even as a mention.

Thanks!

I'm tired of Spotify splitting the song into impressions (especially the first one). I haven't been able to find the full track in high quality. If anyone could share it I'll appreciate it a ton!

Edit: "Be the change you want to see in the world." - Gandhi. I ended up putting it together myself, here it is.

I also did the same to other famously "separated at birth" suites:

Disney - Genesis Working title for "Dancing With the Moonlit Knight" which was originally supposed to segue into "The Cinema Show", with "Aisle of Plenty" serving as the closer.

The Story of Albert - Genesis Also the working title (and played live under that name) of a suite on Duke that was planned to take up one of the sides of the album, but was eventually split up to (like the previous case) avoid comparisons with "Supper's Ready".

In The Dead Of Night - U.K. For some reason no streaming service considers that the first three songs from the album are part of the same piece, even though the liner notes say so.

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull Parts I and II combined. Similar to KE9, the split was due to time restrictions (each part takes up a whole side).

My dog died last night and I listened to BSS over and over until I felt normal again

Today he would be turning 77 if not for the big c...

Happy birthday, Keith!!!