One of the greatest instrumental performances ever recorded. After all these years of listening and feeling this song in my soul it never gets old or tired out. Amazing what sounds 3 brilliant musicians can produce. They were the best. Keith was the undisputed champ of the keyboards. Everyone else was 2nd best and just this brilliant performance here proves it to me.
I absolutely love this version, and that love is only grown as I have listened to more and more versions from this tour. I guess it's possible that Keith was trying different things out here and there and then on the night they were recording, I'm sure it was more than one but I don't know for a fact, he took what he had experimented with and melded it all together into an exceptional piece. If you want to have some fun poke around on TH-cam for the other versions they're very interesting
You guys may be surprised that this is Keith's interpretation of Dick Hyman's Minotaur, check it out, the recording is on TH-cam. Loves Carl's drumming in this.
Proof that most people don't know what they've got till it's gone. All those eulogies written about Keith by people who just _didn't get it_. Oh he was great, they say but he played prog rock (nudge, nudge, wink, wink). The plain fact is that were it not for the prog rock label and the absolute refusal by small minded musical illiterates to understand that you can't play it unless you're very, very fucking good, he would have been eulogised as another Hendrix. And that's exactly what he was. He took keyboard music to a place it had never been before or since. This bloke did what he did, walking a technical tightrope, without a safety net. They can either deal with that and accept that not everyone understands the music or they can't. But nobody can be a qualified genius. There's no, "He was brilliant but...". Then you listen to this and you can't help feeling that this is a hell of a lot of music for just three guys.
+TheThirdMan Spot on! Emerson was the best rock keyboardist by a decent piece. I was able to see other greats like Wakeman, Banks, Wright, and others and frankly, he had it over all of them. This in no way an indictment of the others, Emerson was simply better. He got more out of his set up especially when it came to playing with two hands on two different keyboards. Aquatarkus epitomizes keyboard for me and the sheer power of Jerusalem the blazing quickness with complete flawlessness of Hoedown live or the complexity of Tarkus show just what great chops Emerson had. A true master at his craft. I wish I had seen him way more than the scant three times I did.
+TheThirdMan I agree that the progressive rock bands have gotten a bit of a raw deal from the music critics and even the industry as a whole. Why bad mouth them? Because they are excellent musicians who can write long/complex pieces? Because they sometimes have elaborate stage shows? Because the were constantly striving to break new ground? I just don't get it but I'll counter with I'll take a Keith Emerson, Ian Anderson and Peter Gabriel over Dee Dee Ramone, Gene Simmons and Nikki Sixx any day of the week and twice on Sunday..
K Maher yeah I saw him three times: 86 with elpowell, 88 with 3, and 92 with the original elp. All great concerts. he always was the showman and gave 100%. Quite a legend, long after the heydays of the 70s.
Keith Emerson was the greatest rock keyboard performer in rock history, full stop. Wakeman is the only close second, but Emerson was a goddamn assassin on the keys.
Jose Valenzuela yo siento lo mismo desde que lo oigo por primera vez. es de una belleza tan inmensa que inunda de armonía todo nuestro ser. Un himno a la música
It infuriates me how right you are. Why can't people just try and be like these freaks? Why aren't musicians aspiring to be as good as King Crimson? Where has the YES era gone to?
I am not sure if I am done yet commenting about how great this song is. My wife just came home and is yelling at me at the top of her lungs to turn that shit off and stop stinking up the house. I just love it when that happens.
I have listened to this particular track since I first heard it in 1974 to the dergee that I have lost count.To this very moment,out of all the tracks on that live album (and they are extraordinary,believe me)this one still grabs me,still dazzles the living daylights out of me.It's almost otherworldly.It's sheer power,brilliance,cinematic dynamics just never ceases to amaze me.If I was the producer of some big budget horror or science fiction film,it would take some work for that film to equal the power of this instrumental.No other way to state it but simply,ELP rocketed this track into the stratosphere providing a thrilling musical journey that the listener would have to buckle up for.How did they put that together?The studio version & this live version are two different entities.ELP literally set this one on fire.No one then or to this day has taken keyboard instruments to that level.It can't be touched.The rock critic intelligentsia denounced it.Why?Simply because they couldn't handle it.It was above their pay scale.This was unbridled innovation.We don't have that anymore.Unfortunate.
I share the same feeling about this track, Craig. I listen and enjoy regularly for all these 50 years with the same interest and curiosity! It's simply surprising and beautiful the way he creates the narrative taking us to each new climax, always more intense than the previous one. In my opinion this is the best synth solo of all time. And best of all, it's live... to leave no doubt about the talent and virtuosity of this phenomenal musician.
Just absolute amazing narrative throughout the entire moog solo!! Never saw any other melodic construction like that, NOT ONE SINGLE NOTE IN VAIN. Lots of different colours and emotions! This music will live FOREVER!! R.I.P. Keith and Greg!! Keep on, Palmer!!
If you want to have some fun poke around on TH-cam for other versions of this song from this tour. It's amazing how much better this particular version is that almost all of the others
We would be about 6 or 7 of my best friends in the living room in my parents house. We were 14-15 year's old. All lying down on the living room floor, the lights off, our eyes closed, and listening to this astral voyage through time, this other world, without drugs, just fully lucid...in trance...We were not conscious that this was a once in a lifetime event, a ritual, a passage...At 63, I still find this mesmerizing, even though I discovered Stockhausen, Boulez, Reich and others later on...
Saw ELP this tour 1973. Don't know what made me buy tickets, the only song I knew by them was 'Lucky Man'. Was completely blown away, they became my favorite band. The concert was in quad and crystal clear. Nobody sounded good in the old Boston Garden. ELP somehow figured out the acoustics.
I have three copies of this album on vinyl. Three on CD. One of the vinyl copies, still in original wrap, never having seen a needle. After 40 years of listening to this since it came out, I am still amazed at what Carl Palmer does for the duration of this last impression. I mean Keith Emerson is fantastic, but Palmer.....an absolute percussion machine.
I bought my copy when it came out. The vinyl record was made quite thin, not heavy like earlier records (due to a shortage of vinyl. ) I wore it out playing it . The cover fell apart, the big E , L , P letters came unstuck, the cover was not very exiteing and the rear photograph was taken from so far away, showed no detail......... Listened to this today....stunning. made me very emotional and transported me back many years. Thank you E.L.P.
No doubt that this is my favorite piece of music ever recorded. The (analog!) synth is superior, but to me it's Palmer's flawless drumming that's the highlight througout. I was lucky enough to have seen them live once, in '78..great show. Wore out the first copy of the triple live LP I bought, then in the 90s found it in the cutout bin at Tower for $5; of course I snagged BOTH copies that were in there!
this was one of those few moments when they actually jammed!!, both in this tune and in just take a pebble, the moments when elp relaxed into a jam were exhilirating! to say the least!
Note how Keith has just performed an incredible and extended synth solo, and then after conclusion of the piece, he says, "Carl Palmer. Greg Lake". He wants the audience to acknowledge Carl and Greg. Remarkably humble.
@@eddiepism Yeah,this live version of Aquatarkus was sheer fire.I wish those who had interviewed them subsequently would have asked them what moved them to produce such a mind-numbing musical number.The recorded version was decent in it's own right with its bolero drum beat & funeral march theme but this live version was the musical equivalent of your favorite monster movie.Oh,the experience of those years of musical daring & innovation.Glad I was there to see it.
Pure and simple, the biggest display of talent in a live performance, ever. Today I took the trouble to show this to some of my wife’s students and they didn’t even comprehended what they were listening.
@@Rhythmicons Oh no,it wasn't meant to be pleasant or comfortable;it was,to use a line from the track Karn Evil 9,"guaranteed to blow your head apart."
@@miracletire223 No issues there! My father was a classically trained Jazz pianist which is why I lean more Herbie/Chick, but If it wasn't for Wendy Carlos and Emerson, I probably wouldn't have any Moog at all.
@@TheLastOilManluck is when preparation meets opportunity. These were 3 highly skilled musicians preforming night after night preparing to record monster musical event - it isa testament to their bravado, bombast and skill
They will always be the Greatest Group Ever for myself...And Aquatarkus Live show why I know them too be the best ever...I will forever miss Keith,and Greg...
Had the privilege of seeing them play this June 1977 Charlotte NC..wore out several vinyl copies of this album ... Don't get the credit they deserve 😎🎹🎤🎸🥁
was at this concert...this track made the whole of wembley vibrate as this panned around the quadraphonic PA system......it was amazing, awe inspiring , and frankly neve heard the life before or after....
Every time I listen to this track it brings me back to their concert I saw in '73. That night I was mesmerized by Carl's playing on this piece, he never rests. R.I.P. Keith and now Greg.
I have a younger brother-in-law who is into rap and pop R & B. Last Christmas he got a pair of Beats headphones and I suggested he listed to this as loud as he could tolerate. Instantly converted to an ELP fan. He was blown away!
I´m from Brazil.... For me, ELP is the best band ever... The first time I heard them was in 1972 Trilogy, when I was 15 years old.... When they made a show here was in 1993. Off course, was a recall, that did´n´t represented how they was great on the past!! But, I was the first guy that came to the show (including, for this, I made a TV interview... KKKK) and took a autograph off the "TRIO" att parking, when they came from the hotel. I´m a drummer too and, as a big "admirer", I have photos with the great, monster, miraculous Palmer. Finally, I have 2 another not official versions off Aquatarkus, live recorded too, not as well, but audible ... Sometimes, that 2 are more great than W.M.F.T.S.T.N.E. version, cause on that, Keith and Palmer made a duel.... simply magnificent!!!! Aquatarkus live and Karn Evill 9 - First Impression are two definitive music for ever time!
+keith moon lucky you! my first & only audiance happend at the CCH Hamburg! Maybe 25Years ago, but i will never forget that feeling! Thx ELP for your extraordinary kind of music. thank you Keith, thank you Greg and thank you Carl !!!
The critics called them pretentious But the critics were the one who were pretentious because ELP fans called the shots and loved them. What a unique band in the most positive sense with keyboards taking lead. Emerson playing moog and hammon organ at same time with excellent piano,. Lake great singer, songwriter and bass player and Palmer one of the top 5 greatest drummers. It was through this great band that I learned to appreciate classical music. God rest Keith and Greg and God bless Carl who I am sure is continuing to make great music.
When I was in college my girlfriend at the time and I went to this concert at MSG. I can remember to this day that during Aquatarkus, I leaned over to her and said, just watch Carl Palmer, he's a machine. Most unbelievable piece of music!
To The Third Man:brother,you nailed it spot on.Even if prog rock is not your cup of tea,you would have to be a bona fide musical illiterate to not recognize that this is first rate musicianship.Where have you heard anyone in this day & age make a synthesizer sound like that especially without all the high-tech gadgets they have today.It was a time of innovation,exploration,and pushing artistic boundaries damn near to their breaking point.Yet,at the time the so-called sophisticated -minded critics wailed that it was too pretentious,not commercial,self-indulgent.Well maybe so but it had its audience & was geared toward the musically adventurous.If that wasn't you ,oh well.Emerson Lake & Palmer:true ground breakers,true musical pioneers,pure musical giants.We will never see their anything similar again.
Couldn't agree more. ELP belongs to a time when musicians were free to get into a studio and record whatever they created. And the better part of it is that they had a HUGE audience. ELP was the third gig on Earth in 1973, following The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Nowadays, with a few exceptions, producers dictate artists are going to record, and the only thing that matters is revenue. This is why you don't have giants like Emerson, Lake and Palmer any more.
Yes,the first musician to play a synthesizer live on stage & in that manner.Today's keyboard players (whether they realize it or not)owe him a debt of gratitude.
Got into ELP in 1978 when I was a teenager, my only regret is never having seen them live. The closest thing though was The Glasgow Apollo Theatre which was a great concert venue showed the movie "Pictures at an Exhibition" which captured some of the magic of a truly great trio, worthy of the tag "supergroup".
So much ahead of time back in 1973. And still such a wonderful and amazing Live-Performance 50 years later ! RIP KEITH, you shouldn't have killed yourself ...
rip Keith, The King of Keyboards....so so so sad. Of all the music icons we've lost already this year, Keith's & Sir George's passing less than a week ago, my god those hurt all the more. cheers Keith
One of my favourite tracks too. I would happily listen to this with my headphones on at home in my own little world back in the 1970’s I was lucky enough to see them live at the High Voltage Festival in London in 2010. We waited hours and was right at the front leaning on the barrier right opposite Keith Emerson. A brilliant show. Keith’s grave is about 9 miles away from where I live on the south coast of the UK (he even asked my mates Mum out on a date once years ago!) Greg and Keith sadly missed
This triple LP is one of the most defining collection of prog rock performances ever curated. I'm trying not to blow the British trumpet too hard in that 1970's we produced some of the most defining artists and performances in this genre. The only non-British album I can think of in similar vein is Todd Rundgren's 1974 part-live album Utopia.
I'm from Australia and you can blow your trumpet, the greatest prog rock has come from your country, along with the two greatest Jazz Fusion guitarists McLaughlin and Holdsworth.
Whenever I hear this I think of myself riding on the back of a sea monster diving into the deep sea adventure....that's just amazing, and I've been hearing this album for more than 3 decades.
I wanted to post my tribute to Keith Emerson with this song because I still think it is one of the most powerful performances from a prog band ever and one of Keith Emerson's greatest moments. They never played it the same two nights in a row on the 74 tour. It was Emerson's opportunity to improvise on the moog and this version has great economy compared to the other bootlegged versions I have heard, nothing is wasted and overly embellished. I will never get tired of hearing CP starting at 2:16 tapping the rim of his snare that leads to that massive wall of feedback that subsides to KE and that oscillating control he had by his left hand . Check out ELP Extravaganza posted by Chris Motto and see their 1977 performance of this song. After 74 the modular moog never sounded quite the same again but you can still see the old magic in this performance. Thank you Keith Emerson and Greg Lake for your amazing talent and providing a great soundtrack to my youth may you both rest in peace. Your music will live forever.
Best synth solo, by far! I seek out live ELP recordings just for the different versions of Aquatarkus, which was always the highlight of the early gigs. For example check out Saratoga Aug. 13, 1972.
E' il brano più fantastico che Keith ha suonato live con synth e organo live senza l'aiuto di sequencer. Nessuno potrà mai fare questo. Carl lo segue magnificamente in ogni sua variazione!
I still play this every April 20th, the anniversary of the first time I saw these incredible musicians. There will never be anything to compare with them. Thanks guys.
Carl Palmer has always had the physical conditioning of a gymnast, from all the way back. He's in his seventies now and looks like he could run a marathon on a bet.
Had this album on cassette. Listened to and wore out the #2 Karen evil 9. Never listened to this song until I got the 2CD set.. I have been kicking myself ever since. Named my cat after Carl Palmer. Actually gave my daughter the choice and she picked it. Still have the cat.
This is my favorite track...live the sound of the moog switched around a quad PA making music swirl about the hall...amazing system...But this track is just so the Emo Moog sounds...the Moog solo is under pinned by the best drummer in the world..listen to his play just wonderful....crank this one up to get the full impact..the growling moog...
This song is a masterpiece. Saw them in 1973 greatest concert ever.
One of the greatest instrumental performances ever recorded. After all these years of listening and feeling this song in my soul it never gets old or tired out. Amazing what sounds 3 brilliant musicians can produce. They were the best. Keith was the undisputed champ of the keyboards. Everyone else was 2nd best and just this brilliant performance here proves it to me.
I absolutely love this version, and that love is only grown as I have listened to more and more versions from this tour. I guess it's possible that Keith was trying different things out here and there and then on the night they were recording, I'm sure it was more than one but I don't know for a fact, he took what he had experimented with and melded it all together into an exceptional piece. If you want to have some fun poke around on TH-cam for the other versions they're very interesting
50 years later and I never get tired of the utter, unparalleled genius of ELP.
You guys may be surprised that this is Keith's interpretation of Dick Hyman's Minotaur, check it out, the recording is on TH-cam. Loves Carl's drumming in this.
This is rather stunning info- I thought it was Emerson's all the way. From 1969. WOW. Thanks for that.
Proof that most people don't know what they've got till it's gone. All those eulogies written about Keith by people who just _didn't get it_. Oh he was great, they say but he played prog rock (nudge, nudge, wink, wink). The plain fact is that were it not for the prog rock label and the absolute refusal by small minded musical illiterates to understand that you can't play it unless you're very, very fucking good, he would have been eulogised as another Hendrix. And that's exactly what he was. He took keyboard music to a place it had never been before or since. This bloke did what he did, walking a technical tightrope, without a safety net. They can either deal with that and accept that not everyone understands the music or they can't. But nobody can be a qualified genius. There's no, "He was brilliant but...". Then you listen to this and you can't help feeling that this is a hell of a lot of music for just three guys.
+TheThirdMan Spot on! Emerson was the best rock keyboardist by a decent piece. I was able to see other greats like Wakeman, Banks, Wright, and others and frankly, he had it over all of them. This in no way an indictment of the others, Emerson was simply better. He got more out of his set up especially when it came to playing with two hands on two different keyboards. Aquatarkus epitomizes keyboard for me and the sheer power of Jerusalem the blazing quickness with complete flawlessness of Hoedown live or the complexity of Tarkus show just what great chops Emerson had. A true master at his craft. I wish I had seen him way more than the scant three times I did.
K Maher I'm Australian and I don't think they ever toured here so I never got to see him.
+TheThirdMan I agree that the progressive rock bands have gotten a bit of a raw deal from the music critics and even the industry as a whole. Why bad mouth them? Because they are excellent musicians who can write long/complex pieces? Because they sometimes have elaborate stage shows? Because the were constantly striving to break new ground? I just don't get it but I'll counter with I'll take a Keith Emerson, Ian Anderson and Peter Gabriel over Dee Dee Ramone, Gene Simmons and Nikki Sixx any day of the week and twice on Sunday..
K Maher yeah I saw him three times: 86 with elpowell, 88 with 3, and 92 with the original elp. All great concerts. he always was the showman and gave 100%. Quite a legend, long after the heydays of the 70s.
Keith Emerson was the greatest rock keyboard performer in rock history, full stop. Wakeman is the only close second, but Emerson was a goddamn assassin on the keys.
The best solo Moog Synthesizer in the music history. Master of masters, Keith Emerson.God bless you forever
Jose Valenzuela
yo siento lo mismo desde que lo oigo por primera vez. es de una belleza tan inmensa que inunda de armonía todo nuestro ser.
Un himno a la música
Lo escuché por primera vez en 1974
Why we have Home Stereo Systems...
...ez így igaz!!!...
@@HardRockMaster7577 - With "Sub-Woofers" ... (plural).
carl palmer simply the greatest drummer that ever lived... really great!
72 pöll ^^ ?
I saw them live and he would break sticks and grab another without missing a beat
Spot on superb. Try Gavin Harrison porcupine tree in the same mould
agreeeeeeeee
Neil Peart is a worthy competitor……..
I got it in empire pool 74 , still can’t believe what I heard , god bless Keith and Greg , Carl. Thanks
Could be the greatest song I ever heard. After 40 years, still unmatched perfection
It infuriates me how right you are. Why can't people just try and be like these freaks? Why aren't musicians aspiring to be as good as King Crimson? Where has the YES era gone to?
I am not sure if I am done yet commenting about how great this song is. My wife just came home and is yelling at me at the top of her lungs to turn that shit off and stop stinking up the house. I just love it when that happens.
Sounds like my dumb ass wife.
@@johnkru1295 We should introduce them and they can bitch at each other LOL
OOOH What a lucky man you are ! ☺
they got all emerson in a musem. And Rachel Flowers is playing Tarkus, , No L ad P, but still.
@@MrWhiteaminbut L is also deceased
Is incredible how three guys can do that...it's just amazing...Emerson is absolutely the best keyboard player in the history of rock music
Best tour I ever saw 😢
I have listened to this particular track since I first heard it in 1974 to the dergee that I have lost count.To this very moment,out of all the tracks on that live album (and they are extraordinary,believe me)this one still grabs me,still dazzles the living daylights out of me.It's almost otherworldly.It's sheer power,brilliance,cinematic dynamics just never ceases to amaze me.If I was the producer of some big budget horror or science fiction film,it would take some work for that film to equal the power of this instrumental.No other way to state it but simply,ELP rocketed this track into the stratosphere providing a thrilling musical journey that the listener would have to buckle up for.How did they put that together?The studio version & this live version are two different entities.ELP literally set this one on fire.No one then or to this day has taken keyboard instruments to that level.It can't be touched.The rock critic intelligentsia denounced it.Why?Simply because they couldn't handle it.It was above their pay scale.This was unbridled innovation.We don't have that anymore.Unfortunate.
Brilliant !
I share the same feeling about this track, Craig. I listen and enjoy regularly for all these 50 years with the same interest and curiosity! It's simply surprising and beautiful the way he creates the narrative taking us to each new climax, always more intense than the previous one. In my opinion this is the best synth solo of all time. And best of all, it's live... to leave no doubt about the talent and virtuosity of this phenomenal musician.
It's incredible how three people produce so many different sounds, this version is amazing
This and "toccata" are Two incredibleeeeeee teacks!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks ELP and my huge respects ,from Treviso Italy with love
One of the greatest pieces of music ever played. Truly sublime
Esatto! 👍
Just absolute amazing narrative throughout the entire moog solo!! Never saw any other melodic construction like that, NOT ONE SINGLE NOTE IN VAIN. Lots of different colours and emotions! This music will live FOREVER!! R.I.P. Keith and Greg!! Keep on, Palmer!!
If you want to have some fun poke around on TH-cam for other versions of this song from this tour. It's amazing how much better this particular version is that almost all of the others
We would be about 6 or 7 of my best friends in the living room in my parents house. We were 14-15 year's old. All lying down on the living room floor, the lights off, our eyes closed, and listening to this astral voyage through time, this other world, without drugs, just fully lucid...in trance...We were not conscious that this was a once in a lifetime event, a ritual, a passage...At 63, I still find this mesmerizing, even though I discovered Stockhausen, Boulez, Reich and others later on...
I have said it before and I will say it again the drumming on this piece is phenomenal. Listen closely it's Palmer at his best.
If I'm practicing and I want inspiration I go to this track, push myself into the groove and wail.
La mejor versión de aquatarkus de emerson lake and palmer una obra maestra...
Oh yes,Palmer was a force to be reckoned with.He killed it.
Saw ELP this tour 1973. Don't know what made me buy tickets, the only song I knew by them was 'Lucky Man'. Was completely blown away, they became my favorite band. The concert was in quad and crystal clear. Nobody sounded good in the old Boston Garden. ELP somehow figured out the acoustics.
Mind blowing. Still.
I have three copies of this album on vinyl. Three on CD. One of the vinyl copies, still in original wrap, never having seen a needle. After 40 years of listening to this since it came out, I am still amazed at what Carl Palmer does for the duration of this last impression. I mean Keith Emerson is fantastic, but Palmer.....an absolute percussion machine.
I bought my copy when it came out. The vinyl record was made quite thin, not heavy like earlier records (due to a shortage of vinyl. ) I wore it out playing it . The cover fell apart, the big E , L , P letters came unstuck, the cover was not very exiteing and the rear photograph was taken from so far away, showed no detail.........
Listened to this today....stunning. made me very emotional and transported me back many years. Thank you E.L.P.
@@miketonner3094try ebay
No doubt that this is my favorite piece of music ever recorded. The (analog!) synth is superior, but to me it's Palmer's flawless drumming that's the highlight througout. I was lucky enough to have seen them live once, in '78..great show. Wore out the first copy of the triple live LP I bought, then in the 90s found it in the cutout bin at Tower for $5; of course I snagged BOTH copies that were in there!
this was one of those few moments when they actually jammed!!, both in this tune and in just take a pebble, the moments when elp relaxed into a jam were exhilirating!
to say the least!
I saw the original Welcome back tour, in San Bernardino, '73. EPIC!
The stainless-steel kit sounded THUNDEROUS here too.
40 years of my life with you...thanks Keith. r.i.p.
Você é muito legal! Deus te acompanhe.
Same here, ever since 1971 - th-cam.com/video/psgQsFK7BdA/w-d-xo.html.
You hear the power of the synths,
VCOs & VCMs.......Hi~Watt amps...
And one future Hall of Fame Drummer .......
Bass by Greg Lake ....
Note how Keith has just performed an incredible and extended synth solo, and then after conclusion of the piece, he says, "Carl Palmer. Greg Lake". He wants the audience to acknowledge Carl and Greg. Remarkably humble.
this is hands down their greatest tune!
Its not theirs Its Dick Hyman
Most amazing piece of music. The energy and structure of this "jam" is so enjoyable to take in. Unforgettable....
Unbelievable that this is a _live_ performance... and only three people...
TheThirdMan Well they had some roadie help too :-)
Well... you know... this "only three" was Emerson, Lake & Palmer...
just three dudes makin all that racket
TheThidMan:It can only be ELP.There was only one ELP & nothing like them since.
@@eddiepism Yeah,this live version of Aquatarkus was sheer fire.I wish those who had interviewed them subsequently would have asked them what moved them to produce such a mind-numbing musical number.The recorded version was decent in it's own right with its bolero drum beat & funeral march theme but this live version was the musical equivalent of your favorite monster movie.Oh,the experience of those years of musical daring & innovation.Glad I was there to see it.
This is the 'dog's bollocks' of synth playing..no-one has even come close to it. R.I.P. you utter genius.
Dick Hyman
Superb drumming throughout.
Who knew at the time this would be their peak. Was, is and will always be my favourite band.
Me too. I was lucky enough to have seen them live - Boston, 1978.
b1zook they were my first live band in 1972
Dallas Memorial Auditorium ~ Brain Salad Surgery Tour ~ In Quad
One of the finest synth solos ever, and one of ELP's absolute triumphs. RIP Keith Emerson, very sadly missed.
And greg lake
Pure and simple, the biggest display of talent in a live performance, ever. Today I took the trouble to show this to some of my wife’s students and they didn’t even comprehended what they were listening.
Mauricio Simoes de Almeida Botelho Silva:most young listeners today could never understand this music.Their minds are too small to comprehend it.
@@Crezelltree4261 it would help if it was pleasant on the ears, and I'm a huge Moog enthusiast.
@@Rhythmicons Oh no,it wasn't meant to be pleasant or comfortable;it was,to use a line from the track Karn Evil 9,"guaranteed to blow your head apart."
@@Crezelltree4261 I lean more Herbie & Chick, Tangerine Dream & Klaus Schulze, and Wendy Carlos & Tomita than Emerson and Wakeman.
@@miracletire223 No issues there! My father was a classically trained Jazz pianist which is why I lean more Herbie/Chick, but If it wasn't for Wendy Carlos and Emerson, I probably wouldn't have any Moog at all.
My boss loves this! Always telling me how I need to listen to the whole thing!
Richard Gordon
How can three guys do such a tight piece, live. They had it--musical talent.
Just luck dude , haha
@@TheLastOilManluck is when preparation meets opportunity. These were 3 highly skilled musicians preforming night after night preparing to record monster musical event - it isa testament to their bravado, bombast and skill
drumming is out of this world.
Best ending to a piece of music ever.
So fucking true!!!!!
So well resolved musically.
They will always be the Greatest Group Ever for myself...And Aquatarkus Live show why I know them too be the best ever...I will forever miss Keith,and Greg...
It doesn’t get too much better than this…
RIP Keith..
Had the privilege of seeing them play this June 1977 Charlotte NC..wore out several vinyl copies of this album ... Don't get the credit they deserve 😎🎹🎤🎸🥁
was at this concert...this track made the whole of wembley vibrate as this panned around the quadraphonic PA system......it was amazing, awe inspiring , and frankly neve heard the life before or after....
I remember exactly that too
I WAS THERE!
Every time I listen to this track it brings me back to their concert I saw in '73. That night I was mesmerized by Carl's playing on this piece, he never rests. R.I.P. Keith and now Greg.
no doubt in my mind this is the finest live work ELP ever produced for vinyl. light years ahead
It’s a pity the recording quality didn’t match the performance.
amazing, even after more then 45 years its still great!!
I have a younger brother-in-law who is into rap and pop R & B. Last Christmas he got a pair of Beats headphones and I suggested he listed to this as loud as he could tolerate.
Instantly converted to an ELP fan.
He was blown away!
Superb live version! One of the best live performance of ELP!
I´m from Brazil.... For me, ELP is the best band ever... The first time I heard them was in 1972 Trilogy, when I was 15 years old....
When they made a show here was in 1993. Off course, was a recall, that did´n´t represented how they was great on the past!! But, I was the first guy that came to the show (including, for this, I made a TV interview... KKKK) and took a autograph off the "TRIO" att parking, when they came from the hotel.
I´m a drummer too and, as a big "admirer", I have photos with the great, monster, miraculous Palmer.
Finally, I have 2 another not official versions off Aquatarkus, live recorded too, not as well, but audible ... Sometimes, that 2 are more great than W.M.F.T.S.T.N.E. version, cause on that, Keith and Palmer made a duel.... simply magnificent!!!!
Aquatarkus live and Karn Evill 9 - First Impression are two definitive music for ever time!
Simply great! Recently, I had the fortune to shake Emerson's hand and to thank him for the music that he has given to us
+keith moon lucky you! my first & only audiance happend at the CCH Hamburg! Maybe 25Years ago, but i will never forget that feeling! Thx ELP for your extraordinary kind of music. thank you Keith, thank you Greg and thank you Carl !!!
keith moon I also got to meet the man at a book signing many years ago. I count myself fortunate. I only wish I could have met Greg and Carl also.
You shook the hand that played "Hoedown"? Ooh, what a lucky man you are.
Me too, and got to tell him my daughters middle name is Emerson in his honour.
MY MOTHER WOULD BEG ME TO PLAY THIS. SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVED CARL PALMER ❤️
This is one of my favorite recordings by my favorite musician ever. Majestic performance! RIP
Zseniális!...
This is pure Emerson!! 100 per cent.love Aquatarkus!!
10 % Keith Emerson....90% Richard "Dick" Hyman. "The Minotaur".
This was the first rock album my friends and I Iistened to, it was about 1974 and it still gives me goose bumps 44 years later!
The critics called them pretentious But the critics were the one who were pretentious because ELP fans called the shots and loved them. What a unique band in the most positive sense with keyboards taking lead. Emerson playing moog and hammon organ at same time with excellent piano,. Lake great singer, songwriter and bass player and Palmer one of the top 5 greatest drummers. It was through this great band that I learned to appreciate classical music. God rest Keith and Greg and God bless Carl who I am sure is continuing to make great music.
When I was in college my girlfriend at the time and I went to this concert at MSG. I can remember to this day that during Aquatarkus, I leaned over to her and said, just watch Carl Palmer, he's a machine. Most unbelievable piece of music!
The BEST track from a great live album !
I got into ELP as a teenager in 1978, but their early stuff was the best. A regret that I didn't ever get to see them live. Keith and Greg RIP.
To The Third Man:brother,you nailed it spot on.Even if prog rock is not your cup of tea,you would have to be a bona fide musical illiterate to not recognize that this is first rate musicianship.Where have you heard anyone in this day & age make a synthesizer sound like that especially without all the high-tech gadgets they have today.It was a time of innovation,exploration,and pushing artistic boundaries damn near to their breaking point.Yet,at the time the so-called sophisticated -minded critics wailed that it was too pretentious,not commercial,self-indulgent.Well maybe so but it had its audience & was geared toward the musically adventurous.If that wasn't you ,oh well.Emerson Lake & Palmer:true ground breakers,true musical pioneers,pure musical giants.We will never see their anything similar again.
Couldn't agree more. ELP belongs to a time when musicians were free to get into a studio and record whatever they created. And the better part of it is that they had a HUGE audience. ELP was the third gig on Earth in 1973, following The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Nowadays, with a few exceptions, producers dictate artists are going to record, and the only thing that matters is revenue. This is why you don't have giants like Emerson, Lake and Palmer any more.
Best bit of synth playing I've heard from Keith, so free and open playing and the usual great backing.
R.I.P mate
Best synth Dick Hyman "The Minotaur"
Obviously Keith's test bed for live synth performance. He was the first to take them on the road. Miss you, Keith.
Yes,the first musician to play a synthesizer live on stage & in that manner.Today's keyboard players (whether they realize it or not)owe him a debt of gratitude.
One of my all-time live favorites.
I only have one problem with this notes.... Can't stop listening to them... Amazing!
every single note is precious....!
Anyone who ever sat behind a keyword knows the majesty of this arrangement
Thanks Dick Hyman "The Minotaur"
Got into ELP in 1978 when I was a teenager, my only regret is never having seen them live. The closest thing though was The Glasgow Apollo Theatre which was a great concert venue showed the movie "Pictures at an Exhibition" which captured some of the magic of a truly great trio, worthy of the tag "supergroup".
So much ahead of time back in 1973.
And still such a wonderful and amazing Live-Performance 50 years later !
RIP KEITH, you shouldn't have killed yourself ...
Thanks for the Music Keith and ELP. This ones my favourite. RIP Keith Emerson
Memories of a Great Concert at Wembley Arena in the 70's
I was astounded the first time I heard this, almost 50 years ago. Nothing by any other band has ever come close to it.
One of my favorite pieces from three true progressive rock superstars. They put on one hell of a live show. Rest in peace Keith.
rip Keith, The King of Keyboards....so so so sad. Of all the music icons we've lost already this year, Keith's & Sir George's passing less than a week ago, my god those hurt all the more. cheers Keith
One of my favourite tracks too.
I would happily listen to this with my headphones on at home in my own little world back in the 1970’s
I was lucky enough to see them live at the High Voltage Festival in London in 2010.
We waited hours and was right at the front leaning on the barrier right opposite Keith Emerson.
A brilliant show.
Keith’s grave is about 9 miles away from where I live on the south coast of the UK (he even asked my mates Mum out on a date once years ago!)
Greg and Keith sadly missed
Sad to think we will NEVER get any more of this musical nectar again. RIP GREG
This triple LP is one of the most defining collection of prog rock performances ever curated. I'm trying not to blow the British trumpet too hard in that 1970's we produced some of the most defining artists and performances in this genre. The only non-British album I can think of in similar vein is Todd Rundgren's 1974 part-live album Utopia.
I'm from Australia and you can blow your trumpet, the greatest prog rock has come from your country, along with the two greatest Jazz Fusion guitarists McLaughlin and Holdsworth.
I think this is _the_ prog rock album to beat all.
John evil scum Powell BBC scum didn’t lie ELP at this event. Haha
You are 100% correct on all accounts.
So Beautiful !
Saw this Tour and My 1st Concert As Well ....NEVER Missed a Show...
And Now I've Been a Drummer for over 40yrs ..
Thank You ELP !
Whenever I hear this I think of myself riding on the back of a sea monster diving into the deep sea adventure....that's just amazing, and I've been hearing this album for more than 3 decades.
Marvelous! Exciting.
I had just about half of the city of Detroit ,MI. rockin' when this album came out,especailly this song.even Motown records got down to it!
Incredibile che solo in 3 possano produrre un capolavoro così enorme. ELP forever
Tre mostri, Maria Rosa 😁👍
I wanted to post my tribute to Keith Emerson with this song because I still think it is one of the most powerful performances from a prog band ever and one of Keith Emerson's greatest moments. They never played it the same two nights in a row on the 74 tour. It was Emerson's opportunity to improvise on the moog and this version has great economy compared to the other bootlegged versions I have heard, nothing is wasted and overly embellished. I will never get tired of hearing CP starting at 2:16 tapping the rim of his snare that leads to that massive wall of feedback that subsides to KE and that oscillating control he had by his left hand . Check out ELP Extravaganza posted by Chris Motto and see their 1977 performance of this song. After 74 the modular moog never sounded quite the same again but you can still see the old magic in this performance. Thank you Keith Emerson and Greg Lake for your amazing talent and providing a great soundtrack to my youth may you both rest in peace. Your music will live forever.
Best synth solo, by far! I seek out live ELP recordings just for the different versions of Aquatarkus, which was always the highlight of the early gigs. For example check out Saratoga Aug. 13, 1972.
Thanks for the tip.
it's music like this that make glad I'm still a old hippy.great stuff!
Palmer's drums sound amazing. Love that punchy yet boom-y tom-tom sound, and the tight snare.
The universe in their songs .. I will never tire of listening to them endlessly .. you will live forever!
E' il brano più fantastico che Keith ha suonato live con synth e organo live senza l'aiuto di sequencer. Nessuno potrà mai fare questo. Carl lo segue magnificamente in ogni sua variazione!
Just three dudes making all that racket..
This track Is Simply outstanding ,out of mind One of best live performance everrrrrrrrr,no doubt
That one nasty distorted bass note at 2:24. 😍😍😍😍😍
There are some very awesome keyboard sounds in this song. Weird, haunting, and eerie! And pretty cool!
Check out "The Minotaur" Dick Hyman
I still play this every April 20th, the anniversary of the first time I saw these incredible musicians. There will never be anything to compare with them. Thanks guys.
They are not worried about tempo here, how fit must Carl Palmer have been
Carl Palmer has always had the physical conditioning of a gymnast, from all the way back. He's in his seventies now and looks like he could run a marathon on a bet.
@@joeday4293 Facts.
Described in one word - Fantastic!
One word... plagiarized.
Semplicemente stupenda, il mio pezxo preferito (versione live) da oltre 40 anni...!!! Grazie EL&P.
Had this album on cassette. Listened to and wore out the #2 Karen evil 9. Never listened to this song until I got the 2CD set.. I have been kicking myself ever since. Named my cat after Carl Palmer. Actually gave my daughter the choice and she picked it. Still have the cat.
Love it! Tarkus is still my favourite ELP piece and I particularly like Aquatarkus 👌 This is a fantastic version
Keith was really ‘on’ that night ! Amazing how good the synths sound for that time also !
This is my favorite track...live the sound of the moog switched around a quad PA making music swirl about the hall...amazing system...But this track is just so the Emo Moog sounds...the Moog solo is under pinned by the best drummer in the world..listen to his play just wonderful....crank this one up to get the full impact..the growling moog...
In 100 years, this will be an example of classical music at music academies
The best version. Thanks!
A synthesizer demonstration. RIP Keith.
Allora come oggi, la stessa energia infinita!!! (...che ormai vola libera nell'infinito... RIP Keith...)
Just heard the news..
Sad day today.. RIP Keith..
John R. And Lake now