Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Sheriff (lyrics)

[Louie1157able]

Emerson's keyboard makes the hair on my arm stand on end!

Excellent!

[yourtreat2]

@Louie1157able That's Rick Wakeman. In some shows he was seat belted into a chair attached to a spinning keyboard. He and the entire device spun around many times 360 degrees.

He made solo albums, like The 6 Wives of Henry the VIII.

He was congratulated by famous classical pianists in reviews of his various solo albums.

I knew of ELP before they hit the streets, because the father of a girl I went to school with "discovered" them. IN several months, EVERYONE knew ELP.

They were great!!

[yourtreat2]

@Louie1157able BTW. My ELP records are in storage, and it's been a while, so if I've confused the pianist or another player of YES, woth ELP's keyboard player, well a few grey cells burned out the past 50+ decades. Anyway, I recall Rick Wakeman was recognized as a fantastic keyboard player by all kinds of musicians, and he did the 360 spin, too..

[Louie1157able]

@yourtreat2 If anyone's wondering, Rick Wakeman the keyboard extraordinare from The Doors who really should've bn more recognzd then and now.

Like other greats: Rod Argent (keybord for the Zombies), Emerson, Windwood who are amazing talents with 1 main thing in common...their originality. No two artists sounded alike back in the day+they were all good!

With some exceptions, that's been few and far between... lately.

[mpjgbx]

Josey Wales?

[Gjordthegrowler]

[Drum Solo] Ta ta, ta ta, ta ta ta teh SHIT

[markymark251]

I can play Jeremy Bender.....comments and subs are welcome.

Click on the link and look here....

[viago2]

@markymark251 great gig in the sky is absolutely spot on. well done

[RJIncorporated]

Carl Palmer: Shit! 0:14

[nrman7297]

@RJIncorporated lol, i forgot about that, i heard it a few years ago, and then i saw your comment...

[TheStargazer97]

Song like western :)

[Hessux]

Cheers Guys!

[INDEPF]

always sound like the Bingo hall and that they did'nt know where to go next.Frankly,cobblers with noodles.When in doubt,bung the kitchen sink in there and do another pointless solo.This was the theme to Bullseye with Jim Bowen.

[probrojeffro]

Love their little forays into root beer rag, country, or hoedown. The diversity is ELP.

[04JackFrost04]

Wicked Jose rode away in the sunset covered sky.

A lynching mob had strung his friend up. Right before his eyes..

Oh hell yes... I LOVE ELP

[MajBummer]

"Shit!"

A smile comes to my face every time I listen to this song and hear that part.

[mesiano2010]

God saves them ! This is the perfection !

[rugieri777]

Awesome !

[LMTR14]

just one of their awful filler songs, just like with Transatlantic only the epics are good

[alternit41]

Lookie here

[darknight0dc]

love the ragtime sound in the finale'. song is the bomb.

[ImperviousMason]

what.cd has this as a freeleech :D

[jamescoatesp]

Thanks ,haven't heard this since the 70s

[acgijzen]

gotta love 0:13! SHIT!!! LOL

[Interst890]

greg lake sounds kinda like john lennon on this track...

[martin2sax]

I'm a Jordan Rudess fan, but 2:52...

[lemsip]

I used to imagine the part of Jose being acted by my driving instructor and the part of the Sheriff by the head of the driving school when listening to this.

[goldiana1]

Thanks!!! It stills makes me feel JOYFULL!!

[RectumPilum]

Some years ago I started listening to Genesis. The more I found the more I realized what an awesome band it was. I just found more and more gold as I listened. That's exactly how it is with ELP now.

[Slicric13]

What did Palmer say?????

[lovedandhis]

o gosh im 6 yrs old again

[BeowulfVids]

@davidfaubion, the wild west wasn't ancient.

[tarkus1232003]

I think the "bad guy" is called Big Kid Josie not Wicked Josie Thats according to the book Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Show That Never Ends by George Forrester, Martyn Hanson and Frank Askew

[petermcintyre100]

This was one good album. I can't help but think of Alan Freeman (DJ, Broadcaster in the UK) on listening to this song. Especially its ending!

[Simona050]

@petermcintyre100 This is a great ELP song. I think the music was originally written as part of a work by Aaron Copeland, from who, Keith Emerson had taken an immense influence,. Keith's son is named after him. And, of course, his version of Hoedown from Copeland's Rodeo suite. I remember Alan Freeman used the Honky Tonk ending as a cue on his Saturday afternoon rock show on Radio 1.. .Ah, those were great days ".Not 'Arf!"

[petermcintyre100]

@Simona050 'Right on!'

[MidnightWriter8210]

Oh, yeah!!

[rcknrol1]

0:13 "Shit!"

[Interst890]

greg lake=john lennon of prog

[mjtgough]

There's just something about 1:44 to 2:14 that is totally evocative, hypnotic and memorable to me. 30 seconds of music that is simple, brilliant and always sticks in my head.

[Mr1spud1]

the piano sounds more like ragtime at the end. bravo laddies..bravo!

[mojojijo99]

Thanks ....

"Don't want any arrest"

"Now, Josie runs the town at last, a lengend from the past"

[sk8metalnick6]

good stuff

[sk8metalnick6]

shit...

[12Racer99]

Gracias for the posting - love this one!

[youngbloodfantasy91]

One of my favorite tracks off Trilogy. Brilliant stuff! ELP is a great, kick-ass band.

[sanntiimusic]

Thank you thank you thank you! :)

I love this three stooges :) ♥

PS: The keyboard reminds me of Yoshi's Island haha I love it.

[evanisgay11]

Shit.

[iloverush123]

Keith drew his piano real fast, gave the Sheriff one big blast, now he runs the town at last, cause no one ever messed with the Sheriff.

[Interst890]

@iloverush123 lol hell yes

[zigzag909]

Served that ass hole sheriif right.

[moses132049]

hahahaha "shit!"

[davidfaubion]

Thank you for the scrolling lyrics & tasteful photo montage. Well done. -- The Sheriff is homage to and/or parody of the Beatle's folk rock rendition of the Yankee folk song Rocky Raccoon (Sassoon); Sheriff is pure muse of the highest order. Keith's wall of synthesizers bring the ancient wild west into divine & devilish futuristic perspective. -- Beatles's, ELP & others gave more than passing note to folk, classical, jazz and ethnic forms. Music & dance liberate us as well as real justice does

[iloverush123]

@davidfaubion But there's no synth on this track...

[peregrinusnoctis]

@davidfaubion

The Beatles' tune was not their interpretation of an existing traditional American Folk song; it was a song of their own composition. The ELP tune was neither an homage nor a parody of the Beatles' tune. While the two tunes share vaguely similar subject matter (i.e., the American West, outlaws, and sheriffs, etc.) and the presence of a honky-tonk piano sound, nothing else seems even remotely similar.

[kiwiklo]

I LOVED THE ENDING!!!!!!

[griffinmartini]

Thank you francombusken, what the doctor ordered

[francombusken]

@griffinmartini: Original commentary hahaha

[detinmartin]

Gracias FRANCO Thats was a really great... i was looking that song for a long time... well done you are a genius...

[francombusken]

@detinmartin: Gracias my friend, but the genius are Emerson, Lake, Palmer and you...

[thorsteele69]

I love this song, especially when they play in their live album with Jeremy Bender. The one song seamlessly leads into the other song.

[vveq]

His name is Big Kid Josie.

[aleloir]

finally!!!! thanks for uploading this!

[francombusken]

@aleloir: You're welcome

[Hisseefits]

Also I think at 2:43 the lyric is "Now Josie runs the town at last."

[Hisseefits]

The lyric at 2:30 is "Sheriff rode him into town with Josie lookin' sad." 

[thorsteele69]

@Hisseefits - I think you're correct on both lyrics - they make a little more sense to the song's story, too.

[smartlamppost]

Heh heh, listen closely around 0:12

Carl Palmer messes up slightly, then says "shit!" Ha ha, I love this song; it's funny how serious and beautiful "The Endless Enigma", then how lighthearted and funny this song is; it certainly goes to show how open ELP is.

[Userwastaken]

@smartlamppost Lmao, that's pretty hilarious, although you can BARELY hear it, lol.

[francombusken]

@smartlamppost: Thanks for comment!

[Tennymon]

awesome!!...i've been waiting to hear this song for awhile now. sick-ass beat

[francombusken]

@Tennymon: Thanks For Watching

[smartlamppost]

@Tennymon Thanks for posting!