if you listen to post 1969-70,[ after he seen 'em,in concert,and they met ],all Buddy Rich's Solo's contain alot of Carl Palmer's original styles,however,the ever so ''Classy Palmer'' took this as a compliment...at the time '70-'71,a large group of ''Palmer &ELP Fans,took this as an outright theif,and insult,because,Rich,often critcized,''Progressive Rock Bands,including,''ELP'',and I,a fan of both,clearly ided with the ''World's Greatest Drummer's'' side,Mr.'' Carl Palmer''...
Yeah, I just read about Hendrix being interested and wanted to jam but he died before that could happen. Wow! I had never known that story until reading it on Wikipedica. In building my channel, I'm going one band at a time, and it's quite interesting going through the discography as I pick songs from albums. All these years and I just found out about the possibility of HELP today. lol Great stuff.
@probrojeffro I know! I think they had a date to jam all set up too! My friend and I joke that Hendrix died because the universe wouldn't be able to handle the music that HELP would produce
I think Emerson and Hendrix would have worked out quite well together.. Hendrix reportedly liked The Nice (Emerson's pre-ELP band) and jammed with Keith Emerson and Nice drummer Brian Davison on several occasions. Mitchell was considered for ELP (It would have been ELM; so was Ginger Baker, by the way, and Jon Hiseman). They probably would have worked well together. However, I don't think the group would have lasted as long as ELP did.
The sonic dynamics have been sadly lost in this reproduction. The original vinyl recording used to delight the senses. It's still an innovative piece of music though.
@peterman7000 I forget whether it was on the "The Birth of a Band" or "Beyond the Beginning" DVD, but Keith says he and Greg were in talks with Mitch Mitchell about him becoming the drummer for their, then, new band and Mitchell brought up the possibility of bringing Hendrix along. The band might have been H.E.L.M. There was a point when the band could have ended up as H.E.L.P. with Steve Howe, though. Quite a different sound that would have been...
Very tight but not loose. Still bloody good stuff, tell that to the kids today etc. Strange band really, all very wonderful musically but nothing whatsoever to say.
This is one of the best pieces of artistic work I have ever heard. This song is like a trilogy.First there's the fanfare for the army to encourage them to victory. The music sounds exciting. Then Palmer does the deed on the solo.Listen to it very carefully and you will hear mortar fire in the fast lane. Then he uses the cymbals to emulate the sound of distant explosions. The last part is the victory march. Man, you can see the tank rollin down main st. and all the happiness. Underated!
Every time I hear this song it reminds me of the game OGRE. A whole army against just one cybernetic Tank.... and its a fair fight! The end of this song just sounds like the OGRE surviving everything the army can dish out to it and still coming up to kick your ass.
In response to peterman7000; Hendrix was asked to "tour woth them, not join the band. ELP were the most prolific touring band of the 70s! The loved to play live! If you really wanna see Carl Palmer at his epoch, catch the "karnevil" video! And thay did this stuff night after night!
@iloverush123 no, blast beats are used by heavy metal drummers, very fast and loud and use a lot of double bass with little rhythmic variation or complexity. While this is very loud powerful drumming here rhythmically it evolves from a unique combination of rock and jazz drumming and varies greatly.
It was this exact piece which got me to pick up a pair of sticks and at least try to play drums. By forcing myself to keep up with CP, exactly 3 years to the day after I first pounded a phone book with a pair of Regal 2B sticks in time to this (and everything else ELP did) , I was playing real drums in a real band - albeit not playing ELP but playing professionally.
Great album that i bought when a new release in 1970 ; still their best work.Many of their later studio albums were pretentious and too flashy for me or self indulgent.Same with the band YES ; The Yes Album is unique and brilliant but susequent ones went too show-off-ish and bland for me with faultless technique but poorer and more boring songs and numbers
this is the best song they ever did. only wish they could have continued to make this kind of what amounts to Jazz Fusion before that term existed. they became so bombastic and pandering and banal compared to this joyous exuberant incredible jamming.
ELP music swept me like a wave and drowned me in its sea of fantastic rock music. From the day when I first heard ELP I was never the same. I started to love rock music which I thaught was annoying and stupid. And now I can't wait to buy another album or hear another great song. Rock on, ELP!!!
This is THE song that got me into drumming, and almost 40 years later (for me), I finally did a cover of it, to pay tribute to my all-time favorite band. And though my version of Palmer's solo obviously falls short, it's OK. It was a labor of love! Thanks for posting the original! (Hope it keeps avoiding the WMG police squad!)
@peterman7000 the world would have never been ready for this..this is why secret illuminati councils in conjunction with the Nixon administration conspired to have Hendrix assassinated through experimental bio-spore injections, leaving a corpse that had appeared to have drowned in its own vomit from the aftermath of an unsavory Vesperax overdose..
@peterman7000 ... late here but worth a visit. man,you have to wonder abt the story behind the idea. i think it the most unique concept in music,that i've ever ponder'd. my goodness,just how would Keith&Jimi and Carl work together. i don't see as much issue with Hendrix&Greg Lake.
damn ! .. the guitar&key's are both out-front in any case. i've only known it to work w/blackmore&lord and even then,i never really understood the relationship between the two artist's that would allow such ..
A really great song. I've probably heard it a thousand times and it never gets old, I never miss finding some clever nuance in it I haven't heard. This is what used to be on the radio in the early '70's, along with zillions of other great songs of all types. Nothing like that in today's corporate radio world, a real loss.
If some folks haven't heard ELP they haven't heard much of good music yet. Since 1975 I hold them in great esteem.Prolific in their times, great music and great band.
My brother had a maroon colored '67 Camaro that he bought used and that thing was a partay machine! It always smelled like beer inside and he would drive it around in the fields. We would see headlights bouncing up and down in the distance and say "there goes Dave". In 3 years I don't think he ever did any maintenance on it and it finally just died. When the tow truck came to haul it to the junkyard, the guy wanted to see if it would start. When he turned the key, the battery exploded!
Yeah, there's a real classic tune, a true epic in its way (certainly for its time), visually realized as only Aqua71 can. That debut album of their's really did set the tone for what was to follow, masterfully so.
@Aqualung71 I saw them live in Providence in 1975. One of the only concerts I actually shut my big mouth so I wouldn't miss anything. Those Bastards went nuts playin
if you listen to post 1969-70,[ after he seen 'em,in concert,and they met ],all Buddy Rich's Solo's contain alot of Carl Palmer's original styles,however,the ever so ''Classy Palmer'' took this as a compliment...at the time '70-'71,a large group of ''Palmer &ELP Fans,took this as an outright theif,and insult,because,Rich,often critcized,''Progressive Rock Bands,including,''ELP'',and I,a fan of both,clearly ided with the ''World's Greatest Drummer's'' side,Mr.'' Carl Palmer''...
ELP''
BigBrother08007 2 weeks ago
one of the best bands ever . ive loved um since they started
derbyrule1962 1 month ago
Yeah, I just read about Hendrix being interested and wanted to jam but he died before that could happen. Wow! I had never known that story until reading it on Wikipedica. In building my channel, I'm going one band at a time, and it's quite interesting going through the discography as I pick songs from albums. All these years and I just found out about the possibility of HELP today. lol Great stuff.
probrojeffro 3 months ago 3
@probrojeffro I know! I think they had a date to jam all set up too! My friend and I joke that Hendrix died because the universe wouldn't be able to handle the music that HELP would produce
1994AlmostSkater 2 months ago 3
Omg.. H.E.L.P. ...lmao never thing about that .. What kind of band would be? something of unbelivable to hear for sure..
Sterlin0 4 months ago 2
I think Emerson and Hendrix would have worked out quite well together.. Hendrix reportedly liked The Nice (Emerson's pre-ELP band) and jammed with Keith Emerson and Nice drummer Brian Davison on several occasions. Mitchell was considered for ELP (It would have been ELM; so was Ginger Baker, by the way, and Jon Hiseman). They probably would have worked well together. However, I don't think the group would have lasted as long as ELP did.
garygomesg 4 months ago
These guys were so ahead of the times..... what an album this was and still is!
mikeg888 4 months ago
The sonic dynamics have been sadly lost in this reproduction. The original vinyl recording used to delight the senses. It's still an innovative piece of music though.
zscheuch 5 months ago
@sweepist
No, it sounds like artistic creation!
1qaz2wsx3edc5753 5 months ago
@peterman7000 I forget whether it was on the "The Birth of a Band" or "Beyond the Beginning" DVD, but Keith says he and Greg were in talks with Mitch Mitchell about him becoming the drummer for their, then, new band and Mitchell brought up the possibility of bringing Hendrix along. The band might have been H.E.L.M. There was a point when the band could have ended up as H.E.L.P. with Steve Howe, though. Quite a different sound that would have been...
powerspheres2112 6 months ago
Very tight but not loose. Still bloody good stuff, tell that to the kids today etc. Strange band really, all very wonderful musically but nothing whatsoever to say.
Jlipnicki 6 months ago
@Jlipnicki hence the instrumentals
slideon 6 months ago
This is one of the best pieces of artistic work I have ever heard. This song is like a trilogy.First there's the fanfare for the army to encourage them to victory. The music sounds exciting. Then Palmer does the deed on the solo.Listen to it very carefully and you will hear mortar fire in the fast lane. Then he uses the cymbals to emulate the sound of distant explosions. The last part is the victory march. Man, you can see the tank rollin down main st. and all the happiness. Underated!
1qaz2wsx3edc5753 6 months ago
@1qaz2wsx3edc5753 ...army? on crack? sounds like a nightmare trip lolz.
sweepist 5 months ago
One of my favorites...actually always found their first LP the best.
PaterTenebrarum1 7 months ago
Oh whilst we're at it, my mate (who didn't like ELP ), re-named them, "Cumbersome Fake and Trauma". bit harsh but funny.
suereed 8 months ago
Sounds like "Dog breath variations" - F. Zappa or am I somewhere else?
suereed 8 months ago
Every time I hear this song it reminds me of the game OGRE. A whole army against just one cybernetic Tank.... and its a fair fight! The end of this song just sounds like the OGRE surviving everything the army can dish out to it and still coming up to kick your ass.
cds44356 8 months ago
perhaps someone should start a campaign for the rehabilitation of ELP. They were great but are now pushed into some prog rock backwater ...
jonjuliecat 8 months ago
Sono fantastici.
Ma perche'non tornanoooooo?
pirastru23 8 months ago
If you think H.E.L.P. would be cool, how about FELPER, Fripp, Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Entwhistle, Rich.?????
19Labrie63 9 months ago
@19Labrie63 hell yeah!!!
lamecasuelas2 9 months ago
ELP at their best
godsofmagod 10 months ago
In response to peterman7000; Hendrix was asked to "tour woth them, not join the band. ELP were the most prolific touring band of the 70s! The loved to play live! If you really wanna see Carl Palmer at his epoch, catch the "karnevil" video! And thay did this stuff night after night!
italianray69 10 months ago
woot blup blip blut blurrs bip bip bip..
h92o 10 months ago
EMERSON LAKE ＆ PALMER／Tank
シンセサイザー音色の多彩さでは、やはり、キースエマーソン。
saketorasan 11 months ago
I have a question, forgive me if I'm wrong, I'm drum ignorant, but is CP playing blast beats?
iloverush123 1 year ago
@iloverush123 no, blast beats are used by heavy metal drummers, very fast and loud and use a lot of double bass with little rhythmic variation or complexity. While this is very loud powerful drumming here rhythmically it evolves from a unique combination of rock and jazz drumming and varies greatly.
Adamboms 11 months ago
I'm so glad I was raised on this band. Without it I'd hate music lol(not really,but damn close)
Leadlobotamist 1 year ago
I love that bass
diggablemanny 1 year ago
Fastest snare in the west!
RockCleric420 1 year ago
One of my all time favorite drm solos = THANKS for posting it
7DRRunner 1 year ago
SUPER
kimolesen 1 year ago
UFR!
mendy11954 1 year ago
It was this exact piece which got me to pick up a pair of sticks and at least try to play drums. By forcing myself to keep up with CP, exactly 3 years to the day after I first pounded a phone book with a pair of Regal 2B sticks in time to this (and everything else ELP did) , I was playing real drums in a real band - albeit not playing ELP but playing professionally.
ablethevoice 1 year ago
multi-gifted musicians, all three...
marcdrumz 1 year ago
I think this is Palmer's best work. His solo is an amazing peice that comploments the other parts of the song.
FuyuAkiWorld 1 year ago
Great album that i bought when a new release in 1970 ; still their best work.Many of their later studio albums were pretentious and too flashy for me or self indulgent.Same with the band YES ; The Yes Album is unique and brilliant but susequent ones went too show-off-ish and bland for me with faultless technique but poorer and more boring songs and numbers
kenfig 1 year ago 5
this is the best song they ever did. only wish they could have continued to make this kind of what amounts to Jazz Fusion before that term existed. they became so bombastic and pandering and banal compared to this joyous exuberant incredible jamming.
travkatz 1 year ago
Has this been remastered, sounds better than the original.
andrebrannan1953 1 year ago
ELP music swept me like a wave and drowned me in its sea of fantastic rock music. From the day when I first heard ELP I was never the same. I started to love rock music which I thaught was annoying and stupid. And now I can't wait to buy another album or hear another great song. Rock on, ELP!!!
Davidenkovich97 1 year ago 4
@Davidenkovich97
That's an amazingly way of describing the way I feel when listening to e.l.p.
Nice call man, e.l.p rocks!
cidalsui 1 year ago
Great tune. Thanks. I saw ELP in the 70's at Toronto's Exhibition outdoor stadium. (The opening act John Mellencamp. He had to dodge a few frisbees.)
LondoDidIt 1 year ago
This is THE song that got me into drumming, and almost 40 years later (for me), I finally did a cover of it, to pay tribute to my all-time favorite band. And though my version of Palmer's solo obviously falls short, it's OK. It was a labor of love! Thanks for posting the original! (Hope it keeps avoiding the WMG police squad!)
17drums 1 year ago
nagyon érdekes...:)
MrVzoo 1 year ago
I love the sound of cymbals. This is very very good.
johnnydelbravo 1 year ago
Thank you for this. I wore out the Record years ago. It was Mom's copy.
seethransom 1 year ago
Magnificent
Burt472 1 year ago
cool pics, hot band
NetworkES335 2 years ago
very cool
sandwich451 2 years ago
wo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sandwich451 2 years ago
Aqualung Thanks ..nice Album too ! Hope you are gurgling with your deep sea divers sounds ! haha
klnine 2 years ago
I had the honor of being a teenager in the early 70's and cutting my musical teeth on bands like ELP. I am and always will be forever grateful.
swaggs 2 years ago 10
They Belong In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame!!!!!!!!
wolverine84 2 years ago 5
thanx for the video and the "rare" pictures of ELP..5*.
tariksba 2 years ago 3
one of the best drum solo ever by
Carl "machine gun" Palmer...
tariksba 2 years ago 6
Imagine if they had the chance to become
H.E.L.P.
Hendrix Emerson Lake and Palmer
peterman7000 2 years ago 66
@peterman7000
PabzGLRP 1 year ago
@peterman7000 after first reading that on wiki years ago, i nearly died.
too bad it never came to be.
superdude13666 1 year ago
@peterman7000 Hendrix in ELP, man that would be horrible. Honestly, he wouldn't fit in this band at all!
emiller95 1 year ago 3
@peterman7000 the world would have never been ready for this..this is why secret illuminati councils in conjunction with the Nixon administration conspired to have Hendrix assassinated through experimental bio-spore injections, leaving a corpse that had appeared to have drowned in its own vomit from the aftermath of an unsavory Vesperax overdose..
MrPekingCat 1 year ago
@peterman7000 ELP asked J.Hendrix to join them...it was in 1970.....
tariksba 1 year ago
@tariksba godamnit
doc998 1 year ago
@peterman7000 That would have been something to hear Jimmy Hendrix with ELP How about John Bonham with Hendrix
drumminginchicago9 1 year ago
@peterman7000 best keyboawrds best guitar one of teh best drumms and great bass/vocal
lukuntri 7 months ago
@peterman7000
Probably they wouldn't have become so good.
Sledr1994 7 months ago
@peterman7000 ... late here but worth a visit. man,you have to wonder abt the story behind the idea. i think it the most unique concept in music,that i've ever ponder'd. my goodness,just how would Keith&Jimi and Carl work together. i don't see as much issue with Hendrix&Greg Lake.
damn ! .. the guitar&key's are both out-front in any case. i've only known it to work w/blackmore&lord and even then,i never really understood the relationship between the two artist's that would allow such ..
JohnAllanification 4 months ago
This is some really tight music.
Imagine being able to find a few players to play with and create something so tight.....they just don't miss a beat.
peterman7000 2 years ago 6
There's a reason why ELP is a "supergroup," haha.
GiI11 2 years ago
happy birthday keith emerson
789pequignot 2 years ago 4
Delicious theme
cristbeach 2 years ago
Carl was all of 19 yrs. old, when he did this solo!
IwshIcldstrtover 2 years ago
This was the 3rd song I learned on drums. It's actually pretty easy.
GorillaPixles 2 years ago
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Ohh yeahh!! and my first one was honor thy father of dream theater! :) go fuck yourself! -_-
krlangas6 2 years ago
Well, it's easy if you get an accuracy percentage of 10%; for serious drummers, it's pretty freaking hard.
smartlamppost 2 years ago
A really great song. I've probably heard it a thousand times and it never gets old, I never miss finding some clever nuance in it I haven't heard. This is what used to be on the radio in the early '70's, along with zillions of other great songs of all types. Nothing like that in today's corporate radio world, a real loss.
pbanders 2 years ago
@pbanders Please post!! I would love to see/hear it.
rubicon1983 1 year ago
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Hum, they were really ugly.
Akron162 2 years ago
If some folks haven't heard ELP they haven't heard much of good music yet. Since 1975 I hold them in great esteem.Prolific in their times, great music and great band.
sanjeevpunj 2 years ago 9
I remember sitting in my brothers '69 camaro listening to this song and album till his battery would go dead, lol
Thanks for posting, i havnet heard this since like 72 or so.
godluckyhoward 2 years ago
My brother had a maroon colored '67 Camaro that he bought used and that thing was a partay machine! It always smelled like beer inside and he would drive it around in the fields. We would see headlights bouncing up and down in the distance and say "there goes Dave". In 3 years I don't think he ever did any maintenance on it and it finally just died. When the tow truck came to haul it to the junkyard, the guy wanted to see if it would start. When he turned the key, the battery exploded!
gobbaf 2 years ago
.......dal 2 ° minuto incomincia un assolo di batrteria entrato nella storia del progressive rock...ascoltalo e svieni...
genialdiamond 2 years ago
Great
mensinsana 2 years ago 8
Greg is epic on this, no sorry, they all are...
troofilth01 2 years ago 31
Yeah, there's a real classic tune, a true epic in its way (certainly for its time), visually realized as only Aqua71 can. That debut album of their's really did set the tone for what was to follow, masterfully so.
gothling1955 2 years ago 5
Aaargghhhhh
roddy76to86 2 years ago 16
That good huh? hahah
Aqualung71 2 years ago 9
I'm in a cold sweat.
roddy76to86 2 years ago 5
@Aqualung71 I saw them live in Providence in 1975. One of the only concerts I actually shut my big mouth so I wouldn't miss anything. Those Bastards went nuts playin
FunkingDave 1 year ago
@Aqualung71 LOL he came
superdude13666 1 year ago