How Greg was upset over the death of Gary Moore ( like us all ) is how we are deeply upset that Greg is also no longer with us ..... What a gentleman what a talent .... RIP Greg x
God I still adore this man. He was such a raconteur - you can only imagine how amazing it must have been to sit around a dinner table with him. Such a warm, lovely man. His music has affected me my whole life, I miss him still.
What a wonderful guy Greg was. He reminds me of Ian Anderson who also is so genuine and easily friendly to people, and super intelligent and articulate. I'm recently learning more of ELP and it's members. Greg is so lovely.
God, as a HUGE ELP fan for decades I could listen to Greg tell stories for days, even if one was about "sifting seeds". I always got the impression that he really enjoyed life and lived it to the fullest. I miss him and I also miss Keith, who was my musical idol. We were very lucky to have had them with us for many years. They will always be missed and will never be forgotten ! RIP to Greg and Keith ! Long live Carl Palmer ! ELP FOREVER !!!
his vocals-always riveting his storytelling-always riveting as the video winds down to the last few seconds you realize again he's gone. I hope greg and I and all his fans can one day unite up above.
This is so cool. What a great guy to sit down with the audience and listen to questions and comments. His description of how we used to buy an album and listen to it with friends and then talk about it and sometimes dissect it. Those really were the days.
To see Greg Lake as a humble distinguished gentleman and think that not so many years before, he was a rock and roll super hero. Emerson, Lake and Palmer were larger than life on stage, and the music that they left us from those years endures to this day. I am deeply saddened that all great things must come to an end. This question and answer was a great insight as to who Greg Lake the person was. Thank you for sharing it.
Thank you very much for posting this Q and A with Greg Lake. I wished I had attended this concert. I could listen to him tell stories all day. RIP Greg Lake.
Thank you, Tony, for sharing these golden moments with the world 🌎. Now the world does indeed know how much Emerson Lake & Palmer, your dear friends, are truly loved. 🎼🎹🎤🎸🥁
Pirates was an epic piece of music. I've played it 1000s and 1000s of times since I was 5 when Works came out. It was a nostalgic musical fairy-tale that just captivated the imagination
This guy was an extraordiary monumnet of rock music and I really love to listen to him talking with this intensive british sound (what else could it be then?)! This is heartwarming - I grew up with his music and i still honor him deeply!
I'm feeling like crying, yet joyfully so, to see Greg Lake alive, still healthy and with us, and looking much better and in tremendous form. When so many of my biggest heroes have died I feel blessed, as we all should, that Greg is alive and doing well and very articulate and funny too. I saw him near my hometown 17 years ago with ELP and everyone expected the worst, for the show to blow up and be a disaster. That night they put on the best show they had done since the early to mid 70s and I still wish I could have gone up to them and met them. He changed my entire perception of music. I don't know how you thank somebody in words enough for that. I'd hit a period where not much was moving me the way it used to when I bought TARKUS. That album changed my life. I was 13 then. I'm a lot older now I'm 38. Life has been unkind to me in all ways but one- MUSIC! Thank Heavens For Greg and Thank Heavens for music although I don't believe in God.
It is amazing what music can do to people. The 70's music to me was awesome. IF I am stressing on goes the music. Thank you GREG for everything you shared with us I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.
So sad that I didn’t get to meet him in later life. I went to school with Greg, then was assistant engineer in Wessex Sound Studios when he arrived to record Court of the Crimson King. Not long after, we moved to Australia, too far from the concert circuit for King Crimson, or ELP.
Yes "Brain Salad Surgery" is an excellent album for separating seeds from the Mexican crap that was usually available at the time. You know after rolling a few we'd pop on ELP and enjoyed what to this day IMO is the finest modern/prog music that's ever been released.
Undoubtedly, Greg Lake continues to take my breath away, the best way possible. With his brilliant musical talent, has become a priceless emblem on the world stage of the Rock
Tony, Thank you for all the work you do bringing fans videos of Keith, Carl, and Greg. Every one is a treasure. ELP's first album was a revelation to me at 13, the greatest music I'd heard. ELP changed my life, including the way my big brother looked at me: he suddenly thought of me as someone interesting and worth knowing, rather than just his annoying little sister. He treated me to many great concerts, once our parents finally let me attend when I was 15. The second and third concerts he took me to were ELP's March 24 and 25, 1972, in San Francisco. The first show, Greg and Carl were completely friendly to us, enabled us to attend their sound check which was a full rehearsal of their show that night, and they spent a lot of time talking to us when they took breaks from rehearsing. It was one of the most memorable and fun days of my life, and their concerts of course were thrilling. My brother and I attended ELP's concerts together for years. I just want to thank you, so much, for bringing all these great videos out. They've been comforting as we mourn losing Keith, and now Greg. It feels like losing beloved members of the family, their music means so much to us. Best wishes to you ~ Cherie
I think this is brilliant and was extremely brave and generous of Mr Lake to appear in this forum and open up to fans in this way. Once you know the music as well as most of us do, it's even more meaningful to hear from the people who created it. I didn't get to see either this or the "Manticore Hall" tour which got such mixed reviews, but I was fortunate enough to see the final ELP performance at High Voltage. I was ridiculously lucky to literally run into Keith Emerson the next afternoon on Carnaby Street and tell him how much the music of ELP still meant to me. Well done Mr Ortiz.
Ironically, today at work, I played the Cal Jam tracks and Karn Evil as the song of the day for my 27 yr old work partner. I'm 56 and love to share great music and artist.
What a loss when Greg and Keith passed away. There is an effort starting to get Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP) nominated & inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. If you want to help, write a letter to the HOF Nominating Committee describing how ELP influenced you. See HOF NC mailing info below. And PLEASE, share this info onto your own FB page, twitter, etc!!!! Thanks!!!! The Nominating Committee Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10104
Pirates is one of my favorites from ELP, loved hearing the background! I'd heard the mercenaries story before but never this depth. I'm like everyone else here, I miss this Keith and Greg and the ELP experience. I hope Carl has some extra tracks that could be released as the final installment to an incredible catalogue of masterworks! RIP Keith and Greg! Best wishes for Carl Palmer, keep rocking!
Seen ELP twice in the same year at MSG. Once in their touring of Works(full orchestra btw)😀 And again later in the year as headliner at WNEW-FM anniversary concert.
The members of ELP were "modern masters" of music. I have heard them "poopooed as "pompous, and detached". I don't see those criticisms as accurate at all............I see ELP as "innovative risk takers hashing out new directions for rock; blended with classical knowledge and skillfully executed with care and precision. True Artists!!!! They should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame............at the top of the list!!!!! In fact; I have contacted the R&RHOF and told them That it "is a crime".......ELP has never even been considered!!! I hope all ELP fans will do the same!!!
Omg- Brain Salad Surgery the song WAS issued on Works 11 LP. Apparently mostly Palmer is knowledgeable on the releases. That's ok though ELP gave us literally a Lifetime of Music.
one of my reservations about both this concert and the tour with KE ( God rest his soul) was the whole QA thing as it made for a small set list considering the price of the tickets. I had no interest whatsoever in sitting through a audience QA which is why I didn't attend either. I'm more the actually play for two solid hours to justify the price concert goer.
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How Greg was upset over the death of Gary Moore ( like us all ) is how we are deeply upset that Greg is also no longer with us ..... What a gentleman what a talent .... RIP Greg x
God I still adore this man. He was such a raconteur - you can only imagine how amazing it must have been to sit around a dinner table with him. Such a warm, lovely man. His music has affected me my whole life, I miss him still.
What a wonderful guy Greg was. He reminds me of Ian Anderson who also is so genuine and easily friendly to people, and super intelligent and articulate. I'm recently learning more of ELP and it's members. Greg is so lovely.
He was something better than great. What a beautiful man, inside and out.
God, as a HUGE ELP fan for decades I could listen to Greg tell stories for days, even if one was about "sifting seeds". I always got the impression that he really enjoyed life and lived it to the fullest. I miss him and I also miss Keith, who was my musical idol. We were very lucky to have had them with us for many years. They will always be missed and will never be forgotten !
RIP to Greg and Keith ! Long live Carl Palmer ! ELP FOREVER !!!
IMHO Trilogy is one of the most underrated albums in classic rock history, not just from the ELP canon.
his vocals-always riveting his storytelling-always riveting as the video winds down to the last few seconds you realize again he's gone. I hope greg and I and all his fans can one day unite up above.
In Paradise Greg will perform a marvelous concert….
I saw him on this tour in Austin. Such a great performance! His body will rest in peace, his soul is with the Lord on his next journey.
The sight of Greg doing a command performance for the King of Kings will be heartwarming and powerful.
@@jillrobinson7782 I don't think he was a Christian. because of his lyrics , he might be Atheist or Pagan.
@@drmidnight680-kz2leI pray he cried out to the Lord in his last moments if he wasn’t
This is so cool. What a great guy to sit down with the audience and listen to questions and comments. His description of how we used to buy an album and listen to it with friends and then talk about it and sometimes dissect it. Those really were the days.
"Sifting seeds." That was exactly what I was doing with this album cover, back in the mid seventies on, until I started buying only sinsemilla.
Love this artist, thanks Greg for all you gave through your music
To see Greg Lake as a humble distinguished gentleman and think that not so many years before, he was a rock and roll super hero. Emerson, Lake and Palmer were larger than life on stage, and the music that they left us from those years endures to this day. I am deeply saddened that all great things must come to an end. This question and answer was a great insight as to who Greg Lake the person was. Thank you for sharing it.
Thank you very much for posting this Q and A with Greg Lake. I wished I had attended this concert. I could listen to him tell stories all day. RIP Greg Lake.
Just wonderful to see our heroes again. Miss Greg so much.
'Loved this man so much! Still do. Always will.
Thank you, Tony, for sharing these golden moments with the world 🌎.
Now the world does indeed know how much Emerson Lake & Palmer, your dear friends, are truly loved. 🎼🎹🎤🎸🥁
What a VOICE!
Pirates was an epic piece of music. I've played it 1000s and 1000s of times since I was 5 when Works came out. It was a nostalgic musical fairy-tale that just captivated the imagination
i could listen to Greg telling stories all nite ..thank you for the music greg.. your music meant so much to me
This guy was an extraordiary monumnet of rock music and I really love to listen to him talking with this intensive british sound (what else could it be then?)! This is heartwarming - I grew up with his music and i still honor him deeply!
Old enough to remember having to sift seeds🤣
A wonderful musician, man and inspiration 👍😎
👍😎❤🖖 Love brother. R.I.P.
Sifting seeds!!! And to think I was the only one who used the inside of the album for that. Stoned minds think alike I recon.
@@Roon426
Indeed🤣👍😎
I wish I could have met him.
Me too!
Yeah, To let him know how much his music affected me!
Thank you for allowing us to view a wonderful soul and magnificent person
I'm feeling like crying, yet joyfully so, to see Greg Lake alive, still healthy and with us, and looking much better and in tremendous form. When so many of my biggest heroes have died I feel blessed, as we all should, that Greg is alive and doing well and very articulate and funny too. I saw him near my hometown 17 years ago with ELP and everyone expected the worst, for the show to blow up and be a disaster. That night they put on the best show they had done since the early to mid 70s and I still wish I could have gone up to them and met them. He changed my entire perception of music. I don't know how you thank somebody in words enough for that. I'd hit a period where not much was moving me the way it used to when I bought TARKUS. That album changed my life. I was 13 then. I'm a lot older now I'm 38. Life has been unkind to me in all ways but one- MUSIC! Thank Heavens For Greg and Thank Heavens for music although I don't believe in God.
It is amazing what music can do to people. The 70's music to me was awesome. IF I am stressing on goes the music. Thank you GREG for everything you shared with us I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.
:'(((
A beautiful share - thank you.
Tarkus absolutely blew my mind.
Eruption live and recorded was and is IMO one of the best ELP ever brought to bear.
Always very cool to See Greg Lake talk to the crown .he was a people person.
What a warm lovely guy! Thanks for posting
Happy Birthday, Maestro Greg. How much you are missed! 🌺🤍🌺
A truly great talent, amazing voice and I loved their music. I was honored to ask the first question.
Thank you so much for sharing this, I enjoy it immensely. Oh what a great guy he was! Simplemente bello. ❤
Thanks a million Tony, this was fantastic, Greg had a beautiful voice & was an amazi g singer songwriter.
Such and outstanding gentleman and musician. I always cry when I hear his Christmas song because its so beautiful and moving.
Father Christmas is an annually loved track for my family as well.
I love Father Christmas.
loved his accent & speaking voice. What an amazing man!!!!❤
RIP Greg Lake and thanks for all.
Priceless
So sad that I didn’t get to meet him in later life. I went to school with Greg, then was assistant engineer in Wessex Sound Studios when he arrived to record Court of the Crimson King. Not long after, we moved to Australia, too far from the concert circuit for King Crimson, or ELP.
I would love to own one of Greg’s beloved J200’s. He did love them so, and he played them so beautifully
The song Brain Salad Surgery was released on Works volume 2. Great track as well. Greg has one of the coolest voices in rock.
I've seen this show twice... And I miss him.
Such a great companion to the album.
Huge ELP fan for over 40 years. He was quite courageous to continue singing live, even though his voice, let's be honest, had gone seed.
so great, to hear him tell.....never forget you,GREG,fantastic musician.....
A true Gentleman R I P Greg and Keith
What a gentleman. Sad he's gone.
WOW what did I find?? this is great thank you for sharing
That was great, absolutely enthralling, if only more guys from the classic bands would take the time to indulge their fans like this.
Yes "Brain Salad Surgery" is an excellent album for separating seeds from the Mexican crap that was usually available at the time. You know after rolling a few we'd pop on ELP and enjoyed what to this day IMO is the finest modern/prog music that's ever been released.
Big thanks to Tony Ortiz for all ELP and ELP Related material.
Hear, hear!
What an amazing piece!
I added a NEW video to the Greg Lake "Songs of a Lifetime" playlist, the Q & A from the Orpheum Theatre
Undoubtedly, Greg Lake continues to take my breath away, the best way possible. With his brilliant musical talent, has become a priceless emblem on the world stage of the Rock
Loved his British accent. He is missed.
Tony, Thank you for all the work you do bringing fans videos of Keith, Carl, and Greg. Every one is a treasure. ELP's first album was a revelation to me at 13, the greatest music I'd heard. ELP changed my life, including the way my big brother looked at me: he suddenly thought of me as someone interesting and worth knowing, rather than just his annoying little sister. He treated me to many great concerts, once our parents finally let me attend when I was 15. The second and third concerts he took me to were ELP's March 24 and 25, 1972, in San Francisco. The first show, Greg and Carl were completely friendly to us, enabled us to attend their sound check which was a full rehearsal of their show that night, and they spent a lot of time talking to us when they took breaks from rehearsing. It was one of the most memorable and fun days of my life, and their concerts of course were thrilling. My brother and I attended ELP's concerts together for years. I just want to thank you, so much, for bringing all these great videos out. They've been comforting as we mourn losing Keith, and now Greg. It feels like losing beloved members of the family, their music means so much to us. Best wishes to you ~ Cherie
wow--complete class
I think this is brilliant and was extremely brave and generous of Mr Lake to appear in this forum and open up to fans in this way. Once you know the music as well as most of us do, it's even more meaningful to hear from the people who created it. I didn't get to see either this or the "Manticore Hall" tour which got such mixed reviews, but I was fortunate enough to see the final ELP performance at High Voltage. I was ridiculously lucky to literally run into Keith Emerson the next afternoon on Carnaby Street and tell him how much the music of ELP still meant to me. Well done Mr Ortiz.
Cool video - never seen this before - good job Tony - Thanks !!!
R.I.P Greg and Emerson
Thanks Tony, that meant a lot.
Ironically, today at work, I played the Cal Jam tracks and Karn Evil as the song of the day for my 27 yr old work partner. I'm 56 and love to share great music and artist.
Awesome - Thanks for posting -
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
+Skinny Bob Glad u like it
I just bought his Guitar.
What a loss when Greg and Keith passed away. There is an effort starting to get Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP) nominated & inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. If you want to help, write a letter to the HOF Nominating Committee describing how ELP influenced you. See HOF NC mailing info below. And PLEASE, share this info onto your own FB page, twitter, etc!!!! Thanks!!!!
The Nominating Committee
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10104
Great Job Tony!!! Appreciate your diligence documenting this!
Pirates is one of my favorites from ELP, loved hearing the background! I'd heard the mercenaries story before but never this depth.
I'm like everyone else here, I miss this Keith and Greg and the ELP experience. I hope Carl has some extra tracks that could be released as the final installment to an incredible catalogue of masterworks!
RIP Keith and Greg!
Best wishes for Carl Palmer, keep rocking!
4:37
Been using that same album, for decades for sifting my weed, LOLOLOL
Lovely man.
R.I.P :(
Seen ELP twice in the same year at MSG.
Once in their touring of Works(full orchestra btw)😀
And again later in the year as headliner at WNEW-FM anniversary concert.
RIP big man 😢
top man.
+cosmicdrifter287 Glad u like it
***** yes mr ortiz i did.good day to you sir.
The song Brain Salad Surgery was included on an album it was later released on work's volume 2. I think Greg missed the boat on that one.
The members of ELP were "modern masters" of music. I have heard them "poopooed as "pompous, and detached".
I don't see those criticisms as accurate at all............I see ELP as "innovative risk takers hashing out new directions
for rock; blended with classical knowledge and skillfully executed with care and precision. True Artists!!!!
They should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame............at the top of the list!!!!!
In fact; I have contacted the R&RHOF and told them That it "is a crime".......ELP has never even been considered!!!
I hope all ELP fans will do the same!!!
Love Pirates...🏴
❤️
So we'll spoken
ELP played California Jam in 1974. Also, they didn't perform From the Beginning. The guy at 9:22 is confused.
Where does the steam come from and why?...
Is that orbs I see floating around Greg?
Was that filmed in a sauna ? Or was there a smoking match going on at the same time ? Interesting back ground information, thanks !
Love this man but it’s so sad to see him in the shape he is in but that’s what fuckin cancer will do that’s breaks my heart
So will old age my man.
Omg- Brain Salad Surgery the song WAS issued on Works 11 LP. Apparently mostly Palmer is knowledgeable on the releases. That's ok though ELP gave us literally a Lifetime of Music.
Great video, its shame about the sound quality, sounds like it was recorded in a bath.
one of my reservations about both this concert and the tour with KE ( God rest his soul) was the whole QA thing as it made for a small set list considering the price of the tickets. I had no interest whatsoever in sitting through a audience QA which is why I didn't attend either. I'm more the actually play for two solid hours to justify the price concert goer.
The total experience of Greg being himself and sharing so much was undoubtedly worth far more than the price of a ticket.
How can he discuss the lyrics of Karn Evil 9 and Pirates without mentioning Peter Sinfield?
No kidding. No question that both those pieces are predominantly Sinfield - much more his style than Greg's, although he does mention him briefly.
Oh no, the sychophantic behaviour of an American audience :(
What an annoying audience.