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I own all of their albums and to be honest, I thought their latest, 'Love, Fear & the Time Machine' was absolutely the most rewarding overall. I thought the more upbeat nature of it suited them well...

As I said in one of the other threads, there is just something so aggressive about this album in a wonderfully progressive way. For the first 5 years of ELP's career, they wrote and played with a...

Very nice indeed!!!

Stop dancing around things and tell us how you really feel about 'Love Beach'. 😜

From my perspective, and I don't mean this as an insult to people who like avant prog, but I am not looking for that from Anderson or Stolt. In fact, I would be disappointed if they used this as a...

That is a true statement and certainly not a jab from my perspective either. They are not avant composers and they don't aspire to be either. I think an assumption could be made about what this...

Thanks, I missed that. I wonder if Keith did some signing previously?

I like 'Love Beach' but I probably prefer 'Black Moon'. It just feels more like ELP to me, though I definitely understand your points about 'Paper Blood'. It was never a favorite of mine either....

It's a little surprising that the page hasn't been updated in some way. I would think that the perks would be changing at this point.

http://youtu.be/Fc5yo_1tTQo

I do recall that flyer. Wow, those shorts are something else. I had forgotten how much people liked showing off their buldges back in the day. :)

This is a difficult question in some ways, but there some definite Emerson related tracks that stick out to me for one reason or another:

Karn Evil 9 (A classic)
The Score ( I couldn't contain...

It's a good point as we tend not to analyze the well thought of albums so much. It seems to be easier to tear away at the lesser works. As for 'Tarkus', much like of ELP's other work, it hasn't...

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keith-emerson-doc-pictures-of-an-exhibitionist#/

Surprisingly, the funds have not increased much since Keith's passing. Not sure a lot of people know about...

Love Beach is not a great album but even when it was released, it was never a complete WTF album for me. It does have its charms and though I agree that a change of cover would have been a plus, I am...

I though for a kid of his age, performing possibly for the first time in front of such a large crowd, he sounded pretty good. I have seen the School of Rock kids and they were great. A lot of them...

I hadn't heard about that. This is a much anticipated release.

I didn't mean it as a conspiracy theory and I see the fun element of it. I was just more saying that the Big 6 bands earned that distinction as innovators or originators of what was then, a new form...

I agree with you on the exciting PROG elements of the Anderson/Stolt project. I am a fan of Rabin as well and this sort of presents a best of both worlds scenario to me. I fully expect that the AWR...

I agree. It is absolutely fantastic. The only bad thing is that June is three months away. I want to hear this Anderson/Stolt project now! 😀

Yes, there is a lot of talk about how excited they are about the material, but i haven't seen anything to indicate an actual recording. There has been reference to releasing it later this year...

I agree about Brislin's involvement being exciting as well as some of the other talented musicians who are a part of this as well. The Anderson/Ponty album was nice enough, but the Rabin/Wakeman...

So very true. Gotta love a nice surprise though. It's just interesting though that there has been talk about the album with Wakeman and Rabin for quite some time now and I'm not even sure if that is...

This thread should perhaps be called "Can of worms opened". That said, this is really a tough thing to gauge as the Top 6 earned their stripes in a very different environment and they pretty...

This is pretty exciting. A Jon and Roine collaboration has a real chance of being something quite special.

I haven't seen anything about this here so I thought I would give it a shout out. Ali Ferguson is perhaps best known as the guitarist for Ray Wilson's band and this is his second solo album.
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Dude, with all due respect, it was mentioned earlier in this thread about how sensitive Keith was to negativity on the Internet. All good that you feel the way that you do about the situation, but...

For the record, I still don't get your point, but it really doesn't matter. Regardless, I agree with the comment above from ThomasKDye questioning the reasoning for dissecting Keith's understanding...

I'm not sure of your point. Wiki isn't the most reliable source but regardless, it doesn't make Keith's sentiment any less thoughtful.

This is a wonderful tribute to Keith:

http://www.thewrap.com/keith-emerson-remembered-love-for-his-fans-did-him-in-guest-blog/

A good point and some recent comments from Phil pretty much confirm that the rhetoric has had its negative effects on him. I get the whole argument about it coming with the territory when you put...

There is perhaps a lesson to be learned here. My comment isn't meant towards PE, but more so in general. Some people don't seem to think (or care) about the fact that their comments towards a...

This is just a terribly sad circumstance. One would assume that more facts around the situation may arise, but conjecture around such a tragedy, though natural, can be treacherous. I am personally...

The local Los Angeles ABC News did the story on Emerson but said that ELP was best known for the hit "Lucky Girl". Seriously??!! Lucky Girl??? Shoddy work by the copy writers.

My love of progressive rock started the first time that I heard the solo at the end of Lucky Man many years ago. I am so thankful for the gift that Keith shared with us. This is stunning news. He...

This is truly horrible news. Really, really sad. Another legend has left us.

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Nor mine, but it is always interesting to see the turns a thread can take. Its funny though, when I listen to the 70's and 80's channels on XM-Sirius, I will hear songs/bands that I could have cared...

All things aside, I guess it is good to know that some value came from the chaos. Ultimately, that is what any conversation on here hopefully accomplishes.

You can say that again. Music has always been important to me, but jeez, the level to which some people take things is a bit extreme in my opinion. Ultimately, it is just music. As wonderful as it...

I couldn't agree more and it works for me. My apologies for any part I had in clogging up the thread. That was not my intent.

You are correct, but for where my head and focus was for prog at the time, it was a dry spell. Plus, I don't know, I don't discount the albums listed on this thread, but on some level, a few of them...

You seem to be quite focused on what I have to say. I mean seriously, you are referring to something that I wrote 5 years ago when I supposedly "burst" into Mike Johnson's face??!! You view my...

You are correct in that these were somewhat lean years, but, I personally think that Peter Gabriel 3 was a ground breaking album. Not only for his career, but also in terms of what it presented. At...

I am not assuming anything about your preferences, but was basing it on what I took (perhaps mistakingly) from previous comments that you have made. That said, below is the list of some of my...

I think you and I come from a different frame of mind as it relates to what 'mainstream' means. I don't think what I listen to is "mainstream" in reference to today's music scene. My reference to...

I think the most substantial thing that came out of my membership to the Lounge was the poor sounding UKZ album that he released. Oh, I also think I got a discount on the live DVD.

Personally, I think that "progressive" music can still be accessible. In fact, much of the progressive music that I like the most has this virtue and it kind of depends on ones definition of...

Well understood and ultimately, it is about opinion. I connect with Wilson's melodies more than what DT is doing. I am sure there are others though who feel the opposite or actually connect with...

I like some of Dream Theater's music, but I think more important is the emotional response the music brings out of the listener. I am sure DT writes and plays with heart, but the question becomes,...

I think what draws people to him is his ability to reflect on musical styles of the past while still displaying a modern edge and perhaps, most importantly, an enjoyable accessibility. Also,...

I don't know if he should be "expected to" per say, but I come from the school that if someone is going to publicly criticize another artist, or anyone for that matter, they should do their homework...

I think the problem with RJG comments is that there is a significant air of sour grapes to them. There is nothing wrong with feeling that way in the sense that I am sure he is proud of the Enid's...

I would still like to hear that unreleased Triumvirate album from several years ago. One of the more highly promoted albums that never saw a release.

I agree Henry and also don't disagree about the want of fans vs say, the career logic of Eddie focusing on soundtracks and commercials for many years. My comments certainly have a selfish fan slant...

I am a fan of EJ but I think his career in large part is more about what he could have done rather than what he has done. It seems a shame that he has produced (or at least, released) so little in...

Touché and all good as your opposing response was presented in a courteous fashion. 😀

I think your point is completely reasonable when the circumstances play out as described on your post. The instances where defensiveness and arguments seem to start is when dissenting opinion is...

With all due respect to RJG, I don't think this definition fits Steven Wilson much at all. It sort of makes me wonder how much of Wilson's music he has actually heard. I can see putting this tag on...

PE is without a doubt, the best prog forum that there is. That doesn't mean that I don't get my feathers ruffled from time to time or that there aren't opinions that I view as short sighted or...