Carl Palmer:: We did record a video for “Fanfare…” at the Montreal Olympic stadium.... It was something like 20 degrees below, it was extremely cold. We managed to shoot three times - a few cameras on one person, a whole take, the same on the next guy, the same on the next guy - and then one take of all of us playing together. But it was very, very cold. The music has lasted, though, it has endured and it’s been truly fantastic. I mean, quality always lasts, and I sincerely believe that we had a lot of quality going there - we weren’t just a prog band, we had pretty songs as well. So it was quite eclectic.
My favorite ELP song and video. Back then you actually had to perform the feats. Today it’s just CGI. As for the R&R Hall of Fame, I thought they were already in there. If not you need to remove half of the entries as far as I’m concerned. If ELP doesn’t stack up how is Cheap Trick in there?
I am 79 years old and have been designing and building broadcast stations for 55 years. I am thankful that I had the chance to live through those classic rock years when those famous artists were producing sounds like this one. My hats off to the engineers in the recording studios today, who are able to resurrect the analog master tapes and get everything into the digital domain to be preserved forever.
I’d rather that preserve the analog version; unless you have the correct DAC it will be just a series of digits, and even then every DAC sounds different, so how is that preserving the master tapes?
@@guywhite1004 I never said the digitization process was perfect but it's better than the alternative where everything will fall into powder in a few decades.
@@guywhite1004 preservation usually is done best by taking every chance you got. Getting it out there on as many mediums as possible is the best way. History has shown time and time again that the best chance of preservation is through fame/being known. If a piece of art/culture, be it a story, a legend or music is well-known there will be people who will care for it and cherish it. Those people will make sure it will live throughout the ages, in whatever format or medium there is. It won't always be ideal, but it will be there. Which is a Heck of a lot better than absolute majority of humanities musical history. Most, almost everything actually is gone forever and we don't even know what we have lost. The ability to record music as sound is a very recent thing if you look at it from a human timeline scale.
Thats great ,at least they are doing something to archive the past, the old tape mediums degrade , i have some music data cassettes that only partially work,but thankfully someone has backed them up for full download :}
Maybe - but the RRHOF doesn’t deserve ELP. I was so excited when the concept came up. I’m still really happy for all of the acts that made the cut - however questionable they may be. But for us purists - what a joke. 🍎❤️💋🎼🎸
@@michaelgapple1894 Well said! Commercial hall of asking musicians to join the 'fame'. ELP would smother the hall with their fame. They were in their own hall - and it was sold out😉
About 20 years ago i spent a year as a substitute teacher. One day I was a music teacher. I was instructed to play certain songs for the 3rd graders. I looked over the selections and found Fanfare for the Common Man. I explained what a fanfare was and when it was played, then explained this was a fanfare for not the king or the knights or the other nobles, but for Us, the common people. Then I played it. The boys were all hulking out and the girls were jumping and twirling. It was a great day. Thanks Aaron Copland.
Back in the early 70s, I was in grammar school. My town built a brand new high school with an amazing new planetarium, and they would bus us in to visit it. The teacher who ran the planetarium was a hip dude, big ELP fan! The planetarium had an amazing sound system. I was 10 and had never heard of ELP. He would start the thing off off, going from day to night, with the theme from 2001. Further in, he would blast Fanfare For The Common Man, I have been an ELP fan ever since!!
I was born in the late 50's and this is the music I grew up on. I still listen to it to this day. ELP, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Sabbath, Yes. This music will live on forever.
...musicians in former times got paid. You get the quality you pay for. Nowadays techcompanies and spotify pay artists 0,008 USD per stream. With AI it will be nothing. There will be no future music stayin' so long. There are more people working in the music-branche, than in the car-industry. These jobs will go away, except some megastars like Swift and their live-crew. IMHO
It's freezing, they're live, and the performance is perfect. Perfect timing, perfect playing from each one. No fancy loop machines, no recording tricks, no digital masking. Just three guys doing what they do, practicing for a gig in front of 80K fans later on. What a moment.
Actually by their own account, they would like playing for 20 or 30 seconds, stop, warm up for a few minutes, then resume playing. It would be too impossibly cold otherwise.
@@1glopz LOL! Greetings and grins from Down Unda... must say it's (usually!) a lot warmer down here! (Though right at the moment it's getting pretty damn chilly in this 'wide sun-burned land'! 😉)
Heh heh!..I turned 80 a few weeks ago..but I am still 17 yrs old inside my rocking brain..and this track just gets me going back...back,,,back....amazing!!
Maybe you've watched Antoine Baril playing ELP's hits on Emerson's instruments. If not, try this: th-cam.com/video/YS2TeUPOYgI/w-d-xo.html I think you'll be amazed.
Don't you remember, they were to have toured with a full orchestra! But it got too expensive and they canned it before they got to Toronto where I saw them
Yep, I was glad to see them live around 20’ish years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma 🇺🇸 at the “Old Lady on Brady”, the perfect venue for their fantastic performance. Keith, was a master of the Moog Synthesizer - a genius musician.
I'm 75yrs old...how sweet it is...reliving the drama of "FanFare for the Common Man"... 🎶 Music doesn't tell a story like this today....long live the memory of EMERSON LAKE and PALMER 😎👍. 🙋🌹GA USA 🇺🇸
....and this was a REHEARSAL!!!! Was at Olympic Stadium with my Sister on a Boston to Montreal Roadtrip...saw them SETTING UP for this Concert!!! What A MEMORY.. .
It's not a rehearsal. Read Greg Lake's autobiography, Lucky Man. It was a promotional video their UK label wanted. As you can see, this is winter 1977, but the Montreal concert was in August 1977.
I was at that concert in Aug of 77. Such a great show. Three guys and the power of the music and the crowd were fantastic. There were 78,000 people Rocking that night…🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Geoffrey Jonathan Wilson.....I do!! The engine that runs the train!!! This vid of Fanfare for the common man is friggin awesome!!! And I'm an old fart. :>)....at a young 68yrs. "From The Beginning"...Thank you.
Fucken oath mate. Brilliant. I'm orgasming to that whole chunka chunka chunkaaa..... chunka chunka chunkaaa.... thing, with the cowbells and the snare just slapping in there.... when you get a quick shot of him playing it's like the indefatigable jaws of a combine harvester, devouring everything in front of it....if a combine could play drums. And the sounds he's wringing out of the hats... Afuckenmazing. Beg your pardon im a bit drunk.
I am 62 and this is my ELP story. The year was 1978, I was 16. I was invited to an event being held at the Petawawa Community center by some students of Champlain High. First time I dropped lsd. I was just starting to trip and on comes this song. I had never heard ELP until that moment in time. It changed me. I became one with the universe. Been a fan ever since.
Oh we had phones. They were back home…. wired to the wall. No annoying public phone conversations. No movies being interrupted in the theater. No one tracking you down. Far more peaceful.
We used to remember our friends, neighbors, and relatives names, addresses, phone numbers, famille relationships, birthdays, ect, without writing them down. Smartphones have made us dumber.
These boys don't need to be inducted into hall of fame .......they in their own league ....... Above the rock and roll hall of fame ..........what fantastic musicians ........ RIP Keith and Greg .......Carl Palmer amazing drummer 🎹🎸
Greetings to all ELP fans and everyone else from this era. And to those discovering this type of music for the first time. I heard this when I was 23. Still get goosebumps listening to it today @ 68.
Even though this performance is over 43 years old there is such a timeless component to it. These 3 outstanding men are so underrated it’s almost criminal!
Totally agree ! What is criminal is those effers at the rock and roll hall of fame never have inducted these three superb musicians into their organization ! That so called "hall of fame" should be called the "hall of shame" instead !!!
My Dad showed me this music about 2 years ago. We watched this video together and i was impressed by this song. Now i'm watching it alone because i lost him in march... But i'm still impressed, music has power, and music can heal everyone.
Sorry for your loss. My Dad passed away in April this year, three weeks after a big party for his 85th birthday. But he continues to live, out of our perception, along with everyone who dies. Your Dad lives on too. Great he shared ELP with you too.
They belonged in the hall of fame many years ago, but the clowns that run that organization wouldn't know great talent like ELP if it came up and bit them in their collective asses !! Now Keith Emerson and Greg Lake are gone and they will probably wait until Carl Palmer joins them before they admit them ! EFF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF "SHAME" !!!!!!!!!!!
I think the existing R7R HOF should be ignored and replaced w/ another that focuses on the musicality of rock & rock ONLY. No Michael Jackson, etc., etc. No pop - no rap crap. R & R, soul, blues and I may be missing something but you get the idea. And it Must have nothing to do w/ RS Ragazine. They told Steve Miller that he isn't even rock and roll. Huh? They are sell out who only look at the charts and proceed accordingly. Do you know how many #1s Yes has had. 1. And they barely squeaked in after 48 years. So to me it's essentially a non entity. They are a closed mind.
@@stevensprouse2449 Yeah, I couldn't agree more ! Any organization that keeps great talent like ELP out is not worth two cents. Personally, they were too good for the likes of that crappy organization !
The original score is so hard to get right. The Brass has to be technically perfect and the interpretation just spot on otherwise it just jars. Like the ELP arrangement, when it works it is overwhelming.
I'm revisiting this clip now from years ago in 2024?? Who else ??? Great clip ! Great instrumental ! I have noticed since I fist heard and saw this clip when I was about 14 years old my interest for music taste got stronger from elp! I had enelded up buying a quality hi fi system. I had noted why I chose a Yamaha hence the keyboard 😅
Given the fact that hip hop artists were inducted to the RRHOF while bands like Yes were only added posteriorly and after the public protested that they weren't already, I think I wouldn't bother if I were a member in a band as great as ELP or, say, Genesis. This museum only bears its name because it was originally given that; it has long become anything but that. It may soothe your ego, but other than that, it's nothing more than a box on your bucket list you can thus tick.
The RARHOF is a scam, pure and simple. It is a political nightmare made up of screwy judgmental narcissistic trash who wouldn't have a clue as to who should be in a "hall of fame." All of these great artists are famous, so they are in a much more legitimate hall of fame. Real fame, not some decision made by idiots looking for money.
I was 15 when heared this for the first time .....It always kicks me again and again .....Now I am 60 years old and once a week have to hear it ............
Same here I was 15 at the time knew at the time this was something special even more so now, three very talented people two of whom are sadly missed there legacy lives on.
Hi Saxon, I remember in 1977 so well, the first time listening on a Saturday night, watching this same video on TV around 11:30pm as if it were yesterday. In Manly, Sydney Australia. It still leaves me motion less but now, just listening, eyes closed with the most wonderful memories of that day and late evening in my mind and heart. Take care and thank you for the memories.
These guys were light years ahead of everyone. So much good sound coming out of three guys. Rest In Peace Keith and Greg. And how great a drummer is Carl Palmer? Never missed a beat.
Ahh, that old trope. If you're working a 70-80 hours a week, that's eith 10 hours a day seven days a week, or 16 hours a day. Your old man might have been at work, but he wasn't working, it's impossible to carry on like for longer than a month. Or he's lying.
I am also mid sixties. I heard this on stage in Toronto on the same tour as well as the fkirst ELP "tarkus" tour at the london pallidium the previous year. This piece is being played in the middle of a montreal winter and it must be minus silly degrees. Such is fortitude.
I'm a 57 year old Montrealer, was 10 years old when ELP came to record this here at the "BIG O", as we call it here. Great and fascinating memories to cherish forever! Great job guys, still love your music in 2024! God bless!
Look at the guys playing through the frost, look at there standard of music, no computers, playing live, just pure magic, love ELP 54 years ago, like watching Mozart ahead of their time by miles, I watch this pretty much every week, so good.
One of the most talented bands of all time. Pure talent, virtuosity and creativity! Good thing we have the internet to immortalize these big names in music.
When my husband got married in 1974 this was our favorite band my husband was a drummer and our wedding song was still you turn me on he always did three yrs ago I texted greg lake and told him the story of still you turn me on as my wedding song he wrote me a wonderful letter for me and my husband lake was so proud their song ws our wedding song and this year after 45 years my love passed away I listen to their music every chance I can think you elp
Paula, yours is another comment that I must remark to. I hope you don't mind but it for memories like yours that we need to get ELP nominated into the R&R HOF this year (2018). Please, think about writing a letter describing those memories to the RRHOF Nominating Committee (NC) at the following address: The Nominating Committee Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10104 **And to help maximize this effort, PLEASE share the NC's mailing address onto your own personal media pages (Facebook page, twitter, etc). The more this information gets shared, the more people will see it and send their letters in, then they will get nominated! Thanks for sharing your sweet story!!!!
That's a very touching story, I appreciate you sharing that. I can also relate to the Still You Turn Me On song, as it relates to the loss of a musician girl friend recently. It's awesome every time I hear it, and empowering in a way. I think listening to music you can relate to keeps you moving forward, not dwelling in the past.
Wow, wow, wow! This is unbelievable. Pure Royalty for The Common Man. Haven't heard this one in years and am blown away. Even the setting is astounding. Just 3 guys blowing the house down. Thank you Emerson, Lake and Palmer for your beautiful and powerful music. It will live on in the memories of those who loved you.
its insane they are not in there when so many average bands are in..before I found out they still were not in? I always just assumed they were in to be honest lol
The rrhf is a joke. It's based on who's popular that's it . If it was a true hall of fame for rock it would not have pop , rap or hip hop. Just rock bands that's it. No offense to those artists, they're all fine in their work. Just my two cents .
At 64 this is more than just music to me, it is life that regenerates the soul and makes you feel strength from your personal appreciation! So glad I saw them in '77 the same year this was recorded. Love all the comments and people's personal experiences.
@@jonsebastian4823 you too, Jon! Hey, weren't you in The Lovin' Spoonful? JK! We keep losing great musicians from that era all recently, Graham Edge, Paul Cotton, Rusty Young, Lyle Mays( my 2nd fav keyboard player of all time) and Alan White of Yes just this week! But the music lives on forever! I'm from Wisconsin, how bout you? Stay well, Jon.
When this video came out I was17...saw it on Don Kushner rock show..definitely struck a cord in me..in so many ways.. Great song and video.. then to find out that the drummer for the Police is related to the composer of Fan Fair For The Common Man is related incredible.
Part rock 'n' roll, part classical, part jazz, part electronica - but the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. My parents played this "on repeat" back in the 70's when it came out. I didn't understand at the time why; I do now. So good.
Sadly I never saw ELP in concert but I did see Carl Palmer as a member of Asia in 1982 on their first tour in Austin,Tx @the Frank Erwin Center with John Wetton,Jeffery Downes,Steve Howe&of course Carl Palmer.What a great show and kudos to Keith Emerson&Greg Lake.May they both REST IN PEACE!
I remember my brother and his three friends getting 4 tickets to go see ELP at the Big O and I could not go because my father said you can't miss work! Fast forward 47 years and it still breaks my heart to have missed one of the greatest rock spectacles of all time!
I'm absolutely happy to grew up listening these guys, and so many others in the late 70's, when I was a teen. My heart feels now like 50 years ago. Geniouses.
Trilogy and "Close to the Edge" actually changed my inner psyche--for the good. I am not kidding. To this day, every time I listen to either one it's akin to a fresh awakening, very spiritual and never gets old.
Deeply sorry about your loss, but if you think about it, this is some freakin' powerful, glorious music to go with, sounds like your dad was really awesome!!
send me off with: "And When I Die" by BS&T Hey it's got everything from a ho-down in the middle to several false endings. Like they always say, "You never get a second chance to make a last impression."
9 minutes of sheer brilliance… Glad to hear how even Copeland thought this was a great interpretation of his masterpiece, and very sad about Keith Emerson - RIP with keyboards in heaven…
I’m back again 9 November 23 to listen again it’s hypnotic I just can’t play it loud enough,imagine the stadium full now what a party bloody fantastic keep going lads never give up real musicians
God it’s good being in my Late 60’s and not having anyone telling me to turn that crap off or turn it down. Loved ELP in the 70’s. Mind you they look awfully cold there. Glad I live in nice warm Australia. 👍🇦🇺
I am 54 now and was introduced to ELP by my high school teacher, back in the early 80's....I still have the album ELP Works 1, thank you everyone on You tube who has posted ELP videos for us older generation to see as there was a time we only had the experience on vinyl.
@@mrswakka4186 yeah, I'm 70 & although the memory banks are a bit foggy I believe I was there, many concerts I attended back in those days in southern CA. Nectar.
62 - saw them 3 times in St. Louis back in the day. Just remembered my hair catching on fire when Slade (I believe) opened for them Can't tell you what I was doing. Was looking forward to taking my son to see them before Keith passed.
Just remember... ALL the sound you hear came from just THREE musicians. And the technology (in the keyboards) was from the 1970s!!! The guitar and drums were just as ordinary as you might imagine... played by EXTRAordinary musicians. In a period when 'supergroups' were all the rage, THIS WAS the supergroup.
I got to see them with orchestra, on that brief money-burning stint. And while they melted well, ELP didn't really take off till the 2nd half and the orchestra walked off. ;)
I’m 72 and saw ELP a number of times in the 70s. Had all their albums, played constantly. Send chills down my spine. I can’t believe how cold it was there on that day! Damn! Keith playing 2 keyboards at once. And Greg’s voice. Like an angel. They don’t make them like this anymore, that’s for sure. RIP Keith and Greg.
@@ernestogasulla7763 Knowing what he said about it, I have wanted to make sense of the middle part. I see it as a ELP's time stamp for the type of music and technology existing at that time, in the 1970's. Especially Emerson's keyboard work, he gives a demonstration here of all the effects he can produce with his state-of-the-art setup. Classical music is always assigned to a time period, and I think the middle of their performance tied it to the era. I'm curious what Copeland might have had to say about that.
@@tonyradmilovich3154 During '80s there was a commercial of "Skip"(washing machine powder) with this song!Doors was my first band i love,so this song... million times.Greetings from Greece
This was their make or break tour the biggest and it fractured the band forever, so much money went into production the band was left almost dry as they blamed each other
Listening to their studio albums, I wondered how much mixing and over dubbing was being used. Until I saw them in concert in '74. Answer: appears to be.........none.
Certain musicians can still hit this level of groove - Sungazer are an absolute blast live, absolutely nailing crazy complex harmonies and rhythms. Look mum no computer creates wild beats from homemade analogue synthesisers. Long distance calling have an undeniable mastery of their craft. I think we are often unable to compare older acts like ELP to modern acts due to the fact that you're never gonna see them in the same context as you would modern musicians.
As a big fan of classic music, I must say that Keith Emerson had a great sense of balance. He understands Classic music best among all the progressive rock players.
@@guymarsault7264 I love early Genesis more than ELP as a band to be honest. Stuff like Supper's ready is just mind blowing. Yet I still have to give Keith Emerson the most credit for understanding Classic music. All the other keyboard players merely "used" some elements of Classic music to add some colors to the sound, (so it's easy to peel that off), but Keith "expressed" classic music in Rock. Totally intergraded. It's not like he was influenced. He was in it. A rare talent.
Can you imagine driving a 70 440 challenger listening to this at 130 mph? I did 45 years ago. Now the Chrysler only goes 105. I'm 72 years old and still rocking!
Every once in a while when I need a fix, I come back to this particular video. The level of energy exhibited, dressed in overcoats, exhaling steam from the cold weather and the driving music, all come together to make me feel I was right there. I am so grateful I grew up at that time of the best music made.
Carl Palmer:: We did record a video for “Fanfare…” at the Montreal Olympic stadium....
It was something like 20 degrees below, it was extremely cold. We managed to shoot three times - a few cameras on one person, a whole take, the same on the next guy, the same on the next guy - and then one take of all of us playing together. But it was very, very cold. The music has lasted, though, it has endured and it’s been truly fantastic. I mean, quality always lasts, and I sincerely believe that we had a lot of quality going there - we weren’t just a prog band, we had pretty songs as well. So it was quite eclectic.
My favorite ELP song and video. Back then you actually had to perform the feats. Today it’s just CGI. As for the R&R Hall of Fame, I thought they were already in there. If not you need to remove half of the entries as far as I’m concerned. If ELP doesn’t stack up how is Cheap Trick in there?
Brilliant and soo bloody cold ❤😂😂❤❤
It was fantastic
Love listening to this , makes me feel so Good , got it in my car xxxxx
⛄️Very Cool 🧊Ice Cold 🥶Chillin!
Born in 1960, a 70's teen. We had it all. ELP, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Sabbath, ELO and on and on and on......Happy days indeed.
ok, ok....
Absolutely. Those were the days
@@lizbullock3421 ok, ok....
Very True, also Black Sabbath Deep Purple The Who Cream
The best of 🇬🇧 Rock
Born 1957, oh boy, I was so lucky 🌟🌟🌟❤️
I am 79 years old and have been designing and building broadcast stations for 55 years. I am thankful that I had the chance to live through those classic rock years when those famous artists were producing sounds like this one. My hats off to the engineers in the recording studios today, who are able to resurrect the analog master tapes and get everything into the digital domain to be preserved forever.
Agreed! They are the custodians of our musical history.
I’d rather that preserve the analog version; unless you have the correct DAC it will be just a series of digits, and even then every DAC sounds different, so how is that preserving the master tapes?
@@guywhite1004 I never said the digitization process was perfect but it's better than the alternative where everything will fall into powder in a few decades.
@@guywhite1004 preservation usually is done best by taking every chance you got. Getting it out there on as many mediums as possible is the best way. History has shown time and time again that the best chance of preservation is through fame/being known. If a piece of art/culture, be it a story, a legend or music is well-known there will be people who will care for it and cherish it. Those people will make sure it will live throughout the ages, in whatever format or medium there is. It won't always be ideal, but it will be there. Which is a Heck of a lot better than absolute majority of humanities musical history. Most, almost everything actually is gone forever and we don't even know what we have lost. The ability to record music as sound is a very recent thing if you look at it from a human timeline scale.
Thats great ,at least they are doing something to archive the past, the old tape mediums degrade , i have some music data cassettes that only partially work,but thankfully someone has backed them up for full download :}
One Keyboardist, One Bassist, and One Drummer...FANTASTIC!!!
You would not have believed that show. They toured with a full symphonic orchestra. They had to do a second tour to pay the bills on the first run.
And one music.....great music
nobody getting in the others way
Boy we were all " Lucky Man " and Women
Minor correction: One Keyboardist, one BASSIST and one Drummer... but you're quite right... They are FANTASTIC! 😉
Emerson lake and palmer were truly remarkable and should be in the hall of fame
Maybe - but the RRHOF doesn’t deserve ELP. I was so excited when the concept came up. I’m still really happy for all of the acts that made the cut - however questionable they may be. But for us purists - what a joke. 🍎❤️💋🎼🎸
Hard to believe they're not, with the many lesser bands already in there. What a farce.
@@michaelgapple1894 Well said! Commercial hall of asking musicians to join the 'fame'. ELP would smother the hall with their fame. They were in their own hall - and it was sold out😉
First thing that came to mind, thanks! :)
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I agree. Who judges artists for this "honor " anyway? Can't be their bettors, there simply aren't any.
I’m thinking about Greg Lake today on the 8th anniversary of his passing. I’m still listening to them in 2024. This is a favorite.
About 20 years ago i spent a year as a substitute teacher. One day I was a music teacher. I was instructed to play certain songs for the 3rd graders. I looked over the selections and found Fanfare for the Common Man. I explained what a fanfare was and when it was played, then explained this was a fanfare for not the king or the knights or the other nobles, but for Us, the common people. Then I played it.
The boys were all hulking out and the girls were jumping and twirling. It was a great day.
Thanks Aaron Copland.
It is often not known that this is a cover.
@@stevenmcc6052 They did a lot of covers from classical to ragtime to jazz and even Dylan.
62 in 8 days and this is it,fukn fantastic 👏 🎉 love you ELP
Back in the early 70s, I was in grammar school. My town built a brand new high school with an amazing new planetarium, and they would bus us in to visit it. The teacher who ran the planetarium was a hip dude, big ELP fan! The planetarium had an amazing sound system. I was 10 and had never heard of ELP. He would start the thing off off, going from day to night, with the theme from 2001. Further in, he would blast Fanfare For The Common Man, I have been an ELP fan ever since!!
I guess I knew good music as a teen girl in 70’s, I bought 3 of their albums. Still listening right now. 🌛🌚🌜🌞🌛⭐️⭐️💥💥💥🖤🩶🤍
My dad once told me this was the greatest intro he had ever heard. Here I am again.
Your dad has great taste...
Based on Aaron Copland, Symphonie No.3 (1900- 1990) but I like it also 🎉😊💫🇺🇲💯
@@FkStarmerThank you, Chris.
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*Fanfare for the Common Man
@@VimyScout I’m not really an ELP fan but I love this.
I was born in the late 50's and this is the music I grew up on. I still listen to it to this day. ELP, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Sabbath, Yes. This music will live on forever.
Real musicians actually playing instruments.
...musicians in former times got paid. You get the quality you pay for. Nowadays techcompanies and spotify pay artists 0,008 USD per stream. With AI it will be nothing. There will be no future music stayin' so long. There are more people working in the music-branche, than in the car-industry. These jobs will go away, except some megastars like Swift and their live-crew. IMHO
Born in 1948. Music for my soul. Thank you guys.
Me too, born in 1957
Exactly. Pretty much downhill since then.
It's freezing, they're live, and the performance is perfect. Perfect timing, perfect playing from each one. No fancy loop machines, no recording tricks, no digital masking. Just three guys doing what they do, practicing for a gig in front of 80K fans later on. What a moment.
Spot on james. Just one note, though. At 7:38, the timbale strokes Carl did not play at that moment. At any rate RIP ELP.
@2:01 also. Palmer never reaches around to hit timbales. No electronic trap set. Emerson didn't play those strokes, either. RIP ELP.
Should have been a live concert
Actually by their own account, they would like playing for 20 or 30 seconds, stop, warm up for a few minutes, then resume playing. It would be too impossibly cold otherwise.
Cookin
No matter how many times I listen to this, I always feel obligated to TURN IT UP!
And i thought i was the only one my friend
I can't help it! I just have to, full bore at the moment! yeah, I love this one
Yep! Definitely needs max vol! Bugger the neighbours! 😉
@@theseustoo 👍😀
@@1glopz LOL! Greetings and grins from Down Unda... must say it's (usually!) a lot warmer down here! (Though right at the moment it's getting pretty damn chilly in this 'wide sun-burned land'! 😉)
71 yr old here...
Married my sweetie that year!
ELP never gets old!
December 2024
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72 here grateful and proud
I hope you are both happy & healthy! God bless you! Much love from the UK!!
I'm 80 and I still love this stuff. Just an old headbanger
Keep rocking !
I'm 71 and still grooving to this great music!
Heh heh!..I turned 80 a few weeks ago..but I am still 17 yrs old inside my rocking brain..and this track just gets me going back...back,,,back....amazing!!
all the people that were around when this came out all the old people keep calling these guy ELP
Good lad!!! 🤟🤣🤣
I’m now 72 and still watch this video. ELP makes my daily appetite for life sooooo good.
Nothing like a ELP tune to get the day started Mike 👍
@@markgoode4463
for certain
Maybe you've watched Antoine Baril playing ELP's hits on Emerson's instruments. If not, try this: th-cam.com/video/YS2TeUPOYgI/w-d-xo.html
I think you'll be amazed.
Ditto ! Ya got 2 years on me
Same, 71.
These three guys sound like an entire symphony orchestra!
Better. Check out a video on the Copeland original, classical orchestra style. You'll be waiting for a kick that never comes.
They were, 2 of them have since left us.
Don't you remember, they were to have toured with a full orchestra! But it got too expensive and they canned it before they got to Toronto where I saw them
Greg Lake and Ian Anderson " I believe in Father Christmas " live in a cathedral is another must listen to before you die
That was the concept for the band.
Keith Emerson - one of the greatest keyboard players I've ever seen. All three of them put on an epic show.
Yep, I was glad to see them live around 20’ish years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma 🇺🇸 at the “Old Lady on Brady”, the perfect venue for their fantastic performance. Keith, was a master of the Moog Synthesizer - a genius musician.
As a keyboard player he’s #1
I'm 75yrs old...how sweet it is...reliving the drama of "FanFare for the Common Man"... 🎶 Music doesn't tell a story like this today....long live the memory of EMERSON LAKE and PALMER 😎👍. 🙋🌹GA USA 🇺🇸
What a great concert. The last show I caught was in 1977 @ Seattle King Dome.
Do you remember When Tarkus came out ! Great Album !
They where fabulous
I saw 3 of there shows one in the Olympic Stadium. They deserve to be in the Hall of Fame all the way
La sigla di Mixer se non sbaglio con Gianni Mina.
I saw them many years ago, fantastic band/show! 😅 😍
Its a crime that they are not in the hall of fame.....
The crime is that the tools who run that joke of an organization have the gall to call it a "Hall of Fame".
They don't need to be in the Hall of fame. They are the fame
....and this was a REHEARSAL!!!!
Was at Olympic Stadium with my Sister on a Boston to Montreal Roadtrip...saw them SETTING UP for this Concert!!!
What
A
MEMORY.. .
It's not a rehearsal. Read Greg Lake's autobiography, Lucky Man. It was a promotional video their UK label wanted. As you can see, this is winter 1977, but the Montreal concert was in August 1977.
I was at that concert in Aug of 77. Such a great show. Three guys and the power of the music and the crowd were fantastic. There were 78,000 people Rocking that night…🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
67 years old in Argentina. Those beautiful days with the best music. Fantastic.
Who else loves Carl Palmer's drumming ?
I think he's one of the
greatest to ever live !
Geoffrey Jonathan Wilson.....I do!! The engine that runs the train!!! This vid of Fanfare for the common man is friggin awesome!!! And I'm an old fart. :>)....at a young 68yrs. "From The Beginning"...Thank you.
INDEED!
I say he's in the top 3 of all time
Fucken oath mate. Brilliant. I'm orgasming to that whole chunka chunka chunkaaa..... chunka chunka chunkaaa.... thing, with the cowbells and the snare just slapping in there.... when you get a quick shot of him playing it's like the indefatigable jaws of a combine harvester, devouring everything in front of it....if a combine could play drums. And the sounds he's wringing out of the hats... Afuckenmazing. Beg your pardon im a bit drunk.
Ted, good man !
I am 62 and this is my ELP story.
The year was 1978, I was 16.
I was invited to an event being held at the Petawawa Community center by some students of Champlain High.
First time I dropped lsd. I was just starting to trip and on comes this song. I had never heard ELP until that moment in time. It changed me. I became one with the universe. Been a fan ever since.
Acid does that to you.
Year 2022 and this is still EPIC. Great music always touches us.
Playing the keyboard with a set of daggers they were great
As to the Rock & Role Hall of Fame.... "Badges we don't need no sticking Badges "
Don't you find it rather boring now?
@Tessmage Tessera - Obviously you are touched.
@Tessmage Tessera - I guess you just like your music-noise rather dated and rather boring.
This reminds me of my husband Paul Jason Duke,Rest in PEACE 🕊️
I am 65 years old still listening to Emerson Lake palmer
Me too! Sixty-five and still here.
ok, ok...and?
I recently moved to a condo on a street called Pirates Cove Road. I was thrilled because that meant I could make "Pirates" my official theme song.
@@pangeaproxima3681 Shhhh. The adults are talking.
@@TrevorMom no shit, really?
No computers, no phones, nobody. No heat. These were poor times. Never the less, these guys prevailed.
Oh we had phones. They were back home…. wired to the wall. No annoying public phone conversations. No movies being interrupted in the theater. No one tracking you down. Far more peaceful.
Those were the years of Quebec Love.
Our phones hung on the kitchen wall... and when they rang, a stampede of teen and preteen elephants, wolves and wildabeasts, ran for the phone😂❤
@@Peter-jo3wtnot in our house,we were civilized. We liked to talk in person .
We used to remember our friends, neighbors, and relatives names, addresses, phone numbers, famille relationships, birthdays, ect, without writing them down.
Smartphones have made us dumber.
The musicianship here is staggering.
Emerson is fantastic on keyboards!
@@mikemissry8025truth !
These boys don't need to be inducted into hall of fame .......they in their own league ....... Above the rock and roll hall of fame ..........what fantastic musicians ........ RIP Keith and Greg .......Carl Palmer amazing drummer 🎹🎸
Greetings to all ELP fans and everyone else from this era. And to those discovering this type of music for the first time. I heard this when I was 23. Still get goosebumps listening to it today @ 68.
The age is different (you got 5 years over me), but the goosebumps are the same.
Been with them since day 1. Never missed a single concert. Still my favorite band of all time. The mix of classical & rock on such a masterful way
I've still got there LP I'm in my70s and I still love hearing it. Great music🎶💿
Saw them about 20ish years ago.PHENOM. But older brother had their LP’s and turned my brain into salad at a very young age.
This has always been my favorite tune, my Dad never liked this kind of music but, he understood what is stood for.
Even though this performance is over 43 years old there is such a timeless component to it. These 3 outstanding men are so underrated it’s almost criminal!
Totally agree ! What is criminal is those effers at the rock and roll
hall of fame never have inducted these three superb musicians
into their organization ! That so called "hall of fame" should be
called the "hall of shame" instead !!!
Well said, totally agree!
These three will be forever pure gold for rock music... well, for MUSIC!
The so-called "Hall of Fame" is in average well below ELP's talent.
Darn tootin’!
@@hodgeknobbler9848 You betcha! Ask Stan Grossman, he will tell you the same!
My Dad showed me this music about 2 years ago. We watched this video together and i was impressed by this song. Now i'm watching it alone because i lost him in march... But i'm still impressed, music has power, and music can heal everyone.
MB - he will be forever with you - through this and your heart and memories❤ PS you are NEVER alone buudy 😀
Remember him whenever you hear this song.
He will be with you.
Don't forget to pass it on.
Music is the gift that keeps on giving.
Sorry for your loss. My Dad passed away in April this year, three weeks after a big party for his 85th birthday. But he continues to live, out of our perception, along with everyone who dies. Your Dad lives on too. Great he shared ELP with you too.
Very sorry for your loss. God bless.
Your not alone, surely your Oldman is grooving with it too.
I seen this tour in 1977 at soldier Field in Chicago I remember they played by themselves Emerson lake and Palmer incredible show!!!!!
RIP Greg Lake and Keith Emerson.
who agrees that emerson,lake ,and palmer belong in the rock n;roll hall of fame???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They belonged in the hall of fame many years ago, but the clowns that run that
organization wouldn't know great talent like ELP if it came up and bit them in
their collective asses !! Now Keith Emerson and Greg Lake are gone and they
will probably wait until Carl Palmer joins them before they admit them !
EFF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF "SHAME" !!!!!!!!!!!
I do !!!!
I think the existing R7R HOF should be ignored and replaced w/ another that focuses on the musicality of rock & rock ONLY. No Michael Jackson, etc., etc. No pop - no rap crap. R & R, soul, blues and I may be missing something but you get the idea. And it Must have nothing to do w/ RS Ragazine. They told Steve Miller that he isn't even rock and roll. Huh? They are sell out who only look at the charts and proceed accordingly. Do you know how many #1s Yes has had. 1. And they barely squeaked in after 48 years. So to me it's essentially a non entity. They are a closed mind.
@@stevensprouse2449 Yeah, I couldn't agree more ! Any organization that keeps great talent like ELP out is
not worth two cents. Personally, they were too good for the likes of that crappy organization !
robert perrella I wouldn’t say Rock’n’Roll, progressive rock is the right word, but overall, of course I agree
I’m watching from the UK. This will never die ❤️
Keith Emerson was King, the heck with Rick Wakeman. Robert at 69 in Arizona.
The one good thing about being old now is that I got to grow up with music like this.
Ooh what a lucky man you was.
@@captainbadd good one
me to
Older... not old. ELP...pure genius!
We’re older but not old yet
2024 and in Australia. This is still a great piece of music, one for the ages…
The original score is so hard to get right. The Brass has to be technically perfect and the interpretation just spot on otherwise it just jars. Like the ELP arrangement, when it works it is overwhelming.
I remember it as a kid on Wide world of sports intro
And it was the intro to Chris Conroys world of boats@@clarkemcclymont2879
Remember it from the Channel 7 AFL coverage in the 90s
Same here, in Australia. Always think of the footy on 7 from the 90s & 2000s with this masterpiece.
If this doesn't give you goosebumps....
.... you're dead!!
Half deaf but can still appreciate it, fantastic, bloody fantastic
… the freezing cold air will! 😉
It actually does. Long time ago I heard this. Elp were brilliant
And look at keiths equipment !!!!
Emerson was the best keyboard of my time.
AND CHICK COREA, THE BAND RETURN TO. FOREVER.
Thanks to Dr. Robert Moog, the groundbreaker. Although Yamaha in this case...
@@timedwards5600 next to..wake men and lord...
I'm revisiting this clip now from years ago in 2024?? Who else ??? Great clip ! Great instrumental ! I have noticed since I fist heard and saw this clip when I was about 14 years old my interest for music taste got stronger from elp! I had enelded up buying a quality hi fi system. I had noted why I chose a Yamaha hence the keyboard 😅
I just listened to it again after many years. I'm still Gobsmacked.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer do belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. No two ways about it! Utterly and totally!!!!
yes they where masters of music
Given the fact that hip hop artists were inducted to the RRHOF while bands like Yes were only added posteriorly and after the public protested that they weren't already, I think I wouldn't bother if I were a member in a band as great as ELP or, say, Genesis. This museum only bears its name because it was originally given that; it has long become anything but that. It may soothe your ego, but other than that, it's nothing more than a box on your bucket list you can thus tick.
The RARHOF is a scam, pure and simple. It is a political nightmare made up of screwy judgmental narcissistic trash who wouldn't have a clue as to who should be in a "hall of fame." All of these great artists are famous, so they are in a much more legitimate hall of fame. Real fame, not some decision made by idiots looking for money.
fuck the rock n roll hall of blame
@@oliverbender3764 I can't agree more. The greats will live forever where it matters.
These guys were beyond awesome. R.I.P. Keith and Greg, thanks for the memories.
Every time I listen to it, it sends shivers down my spine. Three musicians without computer effects, only talent. This music is amazing!
I was 15 when heared this for the first time .....It always kicks me again and again .....Now I am 60 years old and once a week have to hear it ............
Same here. I heard this in a “Record Rendezvous” in Cleveland, OH in 1978. I was mesmerized! ELP are phenomenal! Wow! Just Wow!
Same here I was 15 at the time knew at the time this was something special even more so now, three very talented people two of whom are sadly missed there legacy lives on.
Me too, heard it for the first time as a teenager, still love it 40 years later... Timeless !!!!!
I was 21 and it was only last week end I remembered it, what Great music.
Same Here!!! I'll Be 60 Next Month,Saw These Guy's At MSG 77'-78' ? And Meadowlands 1986....
Eternal music from an eternal band. 68 years old still gets me moving. Still thrilled by this sound.....gives me goose bumps.
It's really hard to believe they aren't in the R&R HOF and people like Amy Winehouse are.
I am 66 and still love this song xx
The next probe to Mars should have a gigantic sound system attached and after it lands this music should be played on the hour, every hour.
And I"d add: "Is that really just 3 guys? Are they hiding somebody else behind a curtain"? 😉
Oh yeah 🎉
One of the best British rock bands. I remember this video on tv shown back in 1977 as if it were yesterday.
Loved ‘I believe in Father Christmas’ too.
As well as Jerusalem
Hi Saxon, I remember in 1977 so well, the first time listening on a Saturday night, watching this same video on TV around 11:30pm as if it were yesterday. In Manly, Sydney Australia. It still leaves me motion less but now, just listening, eyes closed with the most wonderful memories of that day and late evening in my mind and heart. Take care and thank you for the memories.
Best Band.... British or not
So do I, so do I.
This is an eight minute and 56 second classical piece of modern music. Definitely a Hall of Fame piece for me.
These guys were light years ahead of everyone. So much good sound coming out of three guys. Rest In Peace Keith and Greg. And how great a drummer is Carl Palmer? Never missed a beat.
Going to see Carl Palmer in a few weeks at a local gig after 2 years of cancelled gigs I'm soooo looking forward to it
@@kimwilcock5738 Lucky you😎👍
Isn’t never missing a beat a description of basic competence?
@@mireilledischer3380 yep, sure is, that's why he never missed a beat.
A few times they were at 200 bpm
I always think of my dad who worked 70 to 80 hours a week to provide for our family. This song is for all the hard working people and their families.
Brings a tear to Both eyes.
Big John! Sir Yes Sir!!!!,!
Ahh, that old trope. If you're working a 70-80 hours a week, that's eith 10 hours a day seven days a week, or 16 hours a day. Your old man might have been at work, but he wasn't working, it's impossible to carry on like for longer than a month. Or he's lying.
@@gryffhorner you are just wrong. And might I add; unkind.
Gruff Horner-it takes a bozo like you to write a stupid comment like that! You probably haven’t worked a day in your life!
I'm 66. I lived in the Golden Age of Rock. I got to hear this performed on a stage. It was marvelous I remember it so vividly.
I heard them play this on stage at about 175 fucking decibels from the 3rd row. It was 1977. Lifetime Tinitis anyone?
Me too! Transformational experience!
And back when music had fidelity and big stereo equipment was a necessity.
@@counciousstream
sorry? can't hear you .. could you say that again?
I am also mid sixties. I heard this on stage in Toronto on the same tour as well as the fkirst ELP "tarkus" tour at the london pallidium the previous year. This piece is being played in the middle of a montreal winter and it must be minus silly degrees. Such is fortitude.
I'm a 57 year old Montrealer, was 10 years old when ELP came to record this here at the "BIG O", as we call it here. Great and fascinating memories to cherish forever! Great job guys, still love your music in 2024! God bless!
Look at the guys playing through the frost, look at there standard of music, no computers, playing live, just pure magic, love ELP 54 years ago, like watching Mozart ahead of their time by miles, I watch this pretty much every week, so good.
Yeah, me too, but I can't listen just once.
I read that they took several breaks to go in and warm themselves.
They used analog computers!
@@garyhermes7541did they perform a gig in this place?
they are mining it is a publicity video@@williwass6837
One of the most talented bands of all time. Pure talent, virtuosity and creativity! Good thing we have the internet to immortalize these big names in music.
The most talented band of all time. And what a gentlemen they were! Thanks god, Carl still is.
I do concur.... Excellent
....
We were very fortunate to be able to listen to bands like ELP.
Yeah, okay, but the videos are cut by commercials, so where is the point in watching the videos?
@@danielblanchet7577 Try an adblocker.
When my husband got married in 1974 this was our favorite band my husband was a drummer and our wedding song was still you turn me on he always did three yrs ago I texted greg lake and told him the story of still you turn me on as my wedding song he wrote me a wonderful letter for me and my husband lake was so proud their song ws our wedding song and this year after 45 years my love passed away I listen to their music every chance I can think you elp
Paula, yours is another comment that I must remark to. I hope you don't mind but it for memories like yours that we need to get ELP nominated into the R&R HOF this year (2018). Please, think about writing a letter describing those memories to the RRHOF Nominating Committee (NC) at the following address:
The Nominating Committee
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10104
**And to help maximize this effort, PLEASE share the NC's mailing address onto your own personal media pages (Facebook page, twitter, etc). The more this information gets shared, the more people will see it and send their letters in, then they will get nominated! Thanks for sharing your sweet story!!!!
Beautiful anecdote. 😢💗😊💖
Thank you for sharing-----
sorry for your loss
That's a very touching story, I appreciate you sharing that. I can also relate to the Still You Turn Me On song, as it relates to the loss of a musician girl friend recently. It's awesome every time I hear it, and empowering in a way. I think listening to music you can relate to keeps you moving forward, not dwelling in the past.
I am so lucky to have grown up in the 70's. I am 62 now.
42 years later, this is still truly breathtaking
Wow, wow, wow! This is unbelievable. Pure Royalty for The Common Man. Haven't heard this one in years and am blown away. Even the setting is astounding. Just 3 guys blowing the house down. Thank you Emerson, Lake and Palmer for your beautiful and powerful music. It will live on in the memories of those who loved you.
Dear Terry, the most powerfull bands are trios like elp, cream, taste, jimi hendrix experience etc.
Pgh Marathon ran by our house every year.
I would get "WHOOPS & HOLLARS" from FANFARE.
Emerson Lake and Palmer should be inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, period.
YES GREAT IDEA!
its insane they are not in there when so many average bands are in..before I found out they still were not in? I always just assumed they were in to be honest lol
The fact they are not there shows that the RRHF is meaningless
No, because no one would be able to play their songs 😂, the same with Genesis
The rrhf is a joke. It's based on who's popular that's it . If it was a true hall of fame for rock it would not have pop , rap or hip hop. Just rock bands that's it. No offense to those artists, they're all fine in their work. Just my two cents .
Now that I'm older I have a reason to turn it up!!
At 64 this is more than just music to me, it is life that regenerates the soul and makes you feel strength from your personal appreciation! So glad I saw them in '77 the same year this was recorded. Love all the comments and people's personal experiences.
Made a major mark in Rock-should be in the Hall of Fame-simple !
70 plus Pete, our generation's music, soundtrack of my life, keeps the brain cells young 25 and counting. Stay safe pal
@@jonsebastian4823 you too, Jon! Hey, weren't you in The Lovin' Spoonful? JK! We keep losing great musicians from that era all recently, Graham Edge, Paul Cotton, Rusty Young, Lyle Mays( my 2nd fav keyboard player of all time) and Alan White of Yes just this week! But the music lives on forever! I'm from Wisconsin, how bout you? Stay well, Jon.
@@TripleGeminiLife Hi Barb, wasn't that an awesome time for live music? We still go to shows but you can't beat the 70s!
@@davidmcleish7909 Agreed Dave, favoritism for sure. Look how long it took for The Moody Blues to be inducted and Tull will never be there.
After all these years, I still get goosebumps listening to this. Loudly. Very loudly.
Yeah my neighbours have come to like the track too
@@TheTim59 Yeah, my neighbors, too....the ones that live 7 houses down the street.
@@DCoven looooooool😂😂
I just played it like that thru my Pioneer SA8800 feeding into my Cerwin-Vega MVB15s!
VERY LOUDLY !
ELP and Rush had the same thing in common - they both sounded like six piece bands with only three musicians. Incredible!
Too true.
The truth was in the live performances!
They both had excellent drummers!
The difference is this...RUSH finally made it onto the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...Why not ELP?
@@scraperjockey the Hall of Fame is a fucking joke! Janet Jackson is an inductee for shit sake.
@sploofmonkey Dude, this is a studio recording, not a live performance.
I Sandra,am watching this. December 2024 👍😎❤️
Same 😊
Hello Sandra!
@ShakenStirred Hello.
My 92 year old father "God rest his soul" LOVED this video. He also LOVED Jon Andersons voice in YES! Man I miss him :(
When this video came out I was17...saw it on Don Kushner rock show..definitely struck a cord in me..in so many ways..
Great song and video.. then to find out that the drummer for the Police is related to the composer of Fan Fair For The Common Man is related incredible.
@Tom M : As long as you think of your father he'll still be around. He lives in your memories.
@@ERen-tj6jg I think I remember seeing this on "Rock Concert" myself. We're going back to '79 or so, if memory serves me right.
It's not easy but you wouldn't want to forget him.
I still play vinyl records and each one holds a memory of my Mum and Dad. 💛
@@ERen-tj6jg Aaron Copland and Stewart Copeland are not related; they don't even spell their name the same way.
I saw ELP in 1976 when I was 13. To this day it's still in the top 3 shows of my life..
And I have seen many.
Thank you Emerson Lake and Palmer for giving us your beautiful music.
Great cover
I'll watch this video 1000 times over just to see Greg Lake do the slide thing on the bass. Truly fantastic!
This is the greatest instrumental tune of the 70's,and they played in the freezing cold.
Wonder what they’d done to get punished this way? I’m surprised that the synth worked and they could stay in tune.
Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group is #1. This is #2 or 3.
They mimed in the cold. See reply of today on my comment on playback
Okay, next question...? when?
weather was cold but they were hot
Part rock 'n' roll, part classical, part jazz, part electronica - but the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. My parents played this "on repeat" back in the 70's when it came out. I didn't understand at the time why; I do now. So good.
I never get bored of watching this classic video. I have lost count on how many times I have watched this.
Watch?
I just close my eyes and drink it all in! Mesmerising Music.
Ditto
I LOVE Emerson lake and Palmer and never once have I seen this video! This is amazing and thank you for sharing the story about the Olympic stadium !
Ya, in sub zero weather at that.
Sadly I never saw ELP in concert but I did see Carl Palmer as a member of Asia in 1982 on their first tour in Austin,Tx @the Frank Erwin Center with John Wetton,Jeffery Downes,Steve Howe&of course Carl Palmer.What a great show and kudos to Keith Emerson&Greg Lake.May they both REST IN PEACE!
I remember my brother and his three friends getting 4 tickets to go see ELP at the Big O and I could not go because my father said you can't miss work! Fast forward 47 years and it still breaks my heart to have missed one of the greatest rock spectacles of all time!
My sympathies
I'm absolutely happy to grew up listening these guys, and so many others in the late 70's, when I was a teen. My heart feels now like 50 years ago. Geniouses.
WWII bomber jackets, empty freezing snow covered Olympic stadium screaming to the fanfare of the common man. Classic.
Nothing says 70s British rock band 🎸 🇬🇧 like performing in WW2 era RAF 🇬🇧 shearling Bomber jackets … 🙏
Yeah they'd rush out, film a take, rush back indoors again, warm up and repeat until they got the video ;)
ELP was one of the greatest bands of all times.Keith Emerson was a God of the keyboards. Definitely they made my life much more happy.
First time I heard it I must have been 16 or 17. I'm 62 now and still think it's awesome. ELP are legends. The Trilogy album is a great!
Trilogy and "Close to the Edge" actually changed my inner psyche--for the good. I am not kidding. To this day, every time I listen to either one it's akin to a fresh awakening, very spiritual and never gets old.
Same here!
Carried my dad down the church aisle to this music for his funeral , certainly woke the people up !
Deeply sorry about your loss, but if you think about it, this is some freakin' powerful, glorious music to go with, sounds like your dad was really awesome!!
Sounds like a great idea your dad sounds like a cool man
send me off with:
"And When I Die" by BS&T
Hey it's got everything from a ho-down in the middle to several false endings.
Like they always say, "You never get a second chance to make a last impression."
We had this as the welcome music to my grandads funeral yesterday.had never heard it before
WOW DUDE!!!! that's so awesome!!! What a kick ass moment. Sorry bout your loss. Glad for your love!
By far the best concert I ever was fortunate to see. Their studio works were flawless, but when you see them pull it off live, it’s like magic.
Where’s this at?
@@Tracey..H Montreal Olympic Stadium. Greg writes about filming this in his autobiography, Lucky Man.
Jealous!
Saw them 20ish years ago & totally agree. Fabulous band!! 😅
Saw them at Soldier Field in 1977
Nobody makes music like this now,This is genius
'sept Alan Parsons Project!
You just stopped looking for new music decades ago.
Keith Emerson....Omnipresent genius that will never be re-created.... Ever..
This isn't just making music, this is composing music. Awesome
Not exactly the same, but try Nigel Stanford. A good starting point is "Crystal Skies"
9 minutes of sheer brilliance… Glad to hear how even Copeland thought this was a great interpretation of his masterpiece, and very sad about Keith Emerson - RIP with keyboards in heaven…
I’m back again 9 November 23 to listen again it’s hypnotic I just can’t play it loud enough,imagine the stadium full now what a party bloody fantastic keep going lads never give up real musicians
God it’s good being in my Late 60’s and not having anyone telling me to turn that crap off or turn it down.
Loved ELP in the 70’s.
Mind you they look awfully cold there. Glad I live in nice warm Australia. 👍🇦🇺
@Shed Man X, do you remember when this was the theme song to Wide World of Sports every Saturday morning??? In the 70s/80s??
@@BooBoo.Yogi. And '90s
You don't live in Melbourne then.
They are so far beyond any hall of fame. They are eternally valid!
It was a short but incredible time to be alive.
I am 54 now and was introduced to ELP by my high school teacher, back in the early 80's....I still have the album ELP Works 1, thank you everyone on You tube who has posted ELP videos for us older generation to see as there was a time we only had the experience on vinyl.
I’m 63. I saw ELP at the first Cal Jam at the old Ontario Motor Speedway in 74. The speedway doesn’t exist anymore, but the memories live on....
@@mrswakka4186 yeah, I'm 70 & although the memory banks are a bit foggy I believe I was there, many concerts I attended back in those days in southern CA. Nectar.
I was introduced to trilogy Buy my brother in the late seventies
62 - saw them 3 times in St. Louis back in the day. Just remembered my hair catching on fire when Slade (I believe) opened for them Can't tell you what I was doing.
Was looking forward to taking my son to see them before Keith passed.
Adult offspring know: I nay be older than the whole lot of you, but I've seen all the cool bands....and have the t-shirts to prove it.
No audacity, no fannys shaking.......just wonderful musicianship and pure talent! Glad i was able to enjoy the 70's
Yes Spot On Music As Music
Booties shaking means I gets paid. Lol.
This is just me. I like working.
Just 3 guys and I camera crew freezing their asses off making music history
Just remember... ALL the sound you hear came from just THREE musicians. And the technology (in the keyboards) was from the 1970s!!! The guitar and drums were just as ordinary as you might imagine... played by EXTRAordinary musicians. In a period when 'supergroups' were all the rage, THIS WAS the supergroup.
Very well said sir.
Naw, Keith was actually instrumental in getting his organ so good that Yamaha employed him. Or was it Sony.
Amen! ELP is LIGHT YEARS above any musicians of today.
I got to see them with orchestra, on that brief money-burning stint. And while they melted well, ELP didn't really take off till the 2nd half and the orchestra walked off.
;)
I saw them in the late 70s and they were awesome.
I’m 72 and saw ELP a number of times in the 70s. Had all their albums, played constantly. Send chills down my spine. I can’t believe how cold it was there on that day! Damn! Keith playing 2 keyboards at once. And Greg’s voice. Like an angel. They don’t make them like this anymore, that’s for sure. RIP Keith and Greg.
The fact that aaron copland loved this version just makes it better
Actually he said he liked the opening and closing, but not the jam in the middle which isn't really part of Copland's work.
@@ernestogasulla7763 Knowing what he said about it, I have wanted to make sense of the middle part. I see it as a ELP's time stamp for the type of music and technology existing at that time, in the 1970's. Especially Emerson's keyboard work, he gives a demonstration here of all the effects he can produce with his state-of-the-art setup. Classical music is always assigned to a time period, and I think the middle of their performance tied it to the era. I'm curious what Copeland might have had to say about that.
@@Stacie45 Wonderfully thoughtful and insightful comment.
@@Stacie45 it's just a jam, my friend. While Baroque composers like Bach didn't mind improvising, Copland just couldn't conceive it.
@@ernestogasulla7763 It's a terrific jam. It's as if he's saying, "Some common men are weird. Why not salute them too?"
A perfect portrait of what happens when a classically trained pianist meets rock & roll.
John Lord Ray Manzarek.Greetings from Greece
@mixaliskokkinos1496 Indeed, one of the best. Just take in his solo in "Riders on the Storm"
@@tonyradmilovich3154 During '80s there was a commercial of "Skip"(washing machine powder) with this song!Doors was my first band i love,so this song... million times.Greetings from Greece
And they were only a 3 piece band! Insane music. I've loved them since they started.
Pls keep in mind that most powerly bands are trios like cream, taste, elp, jimmy hendrix experience then the others
@@ahmeterkinozmen4149 Most are not.
This was their make or break tour the biggest and it fractured the band forever, so much money went into production the band was left almost dry as they blamed each other
@@MrKennyanders Interesting. Thanks.
Listening to their studio albums, I wondered how much mixing and over dubbing was being used. Until I saw them in concert in '74. Answer: appears to be.........none.
God Bless Aron Copland! An American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist and later a conductor of his own and other American music.
40 years later, and still fabulous. Today's music simply can not compare.
Certain musicians can still hit this level of groove - Sungazer are an absolute blast live, absolutely nailing crazy complex harmonies and rhythms. Look mum no computer creates wild beats from homemade analogue synthesisers. Long distance calling have an undeniable mastery of their craft. I think we are often unable to compare older acts like ELP to modern acts due to the fact that you're never gonna see them in the same context as you would modern musicians.
Majestic, ethereal. Only ELP could make this work. When Giants walked the earth.
Giants walked the Earth, yes.
This reaches "Zadok the Priest", (Haendel) ))
Giant's with big ball's & leather coats.
Giants
Well said !
As a big fan of classic music, I must say that Keith Emerson had a great sense of balance. He understands Classic music best among all the progressive rock players.
You can always tell when a rock star has had classical music training.
Tony *coughs* Banks
Que assim seja.Que assim fique para todo sempre.A melhor Banda de rock progressivo de todos os tempos saudade.
@@guymarsault7264 I love early Genesis more than ELP as a band to be honest. Stuff like Supper's ready is just mind blowing. Yet I still have to give Keith Emerson the most credit for understanding Classic music. All the other keyboard players merely "used" some elements of Classic music to add some colors to the sound, (so it's easy to peel that off), but Keith "expressed" classic music in Rock. Totally intergraded. It's not like he was influenced. He was in it. A rare talent.
I get your sentiment, but Rick Wakeman and his listeners might have something to say about that.
Can you imagine driving a 70 440 challenger listening to this at 130 mph? I did 45 years ago. Now the Chrysler only goes 105. I'm 72 years old and still rocking!
I’ve heard this 1,000 times and never get tired of it.
Me too
I've heard it 1,001 times! :)
@@karlstudenroth4015 got ya beat...1,318 & 1/2 times here
Every once in a while when I need a fix, I come back to this particular video. The level of energy exhibited, dressed in overcoats, exhaling steam from the cold weather and the driving music, all come together to make me feel I was right there. I am so grateful I grew up at that time of the best music made.
I was happy to be at seven ELP concerts in the 90s - that was not their prime - still they radiated energy I won't forget ever
New ELP fan here. I am loving this!
How the hell did we go from sweeping progressive masterpieces like this to auto tuning, Nicki Minaj and Kanye?
One guess ….
@@avengemybreath3084 hahahaha, exactly.
It’s by design
There's a politcal agenda in todays music and its not about talent any more.
@@sammyvh11democrat repubic
I was lucky enough to meet Keith Emerson at a Yes Concert. Very nice guy. One of Rock's best keyboardists ever!! I miss him and his talents.
Was Wakeman on keyboards for Yes that night ?