Keith Emerson at Moogfest in NYC

[runningraidfive]

He's got a knob that says 'this is it!'... Oh, Gosh - there's three more!

[SeniorLoveMarco]

Tellement parfait

[yarduag2008]

En fait très lyrique cette version en jouant Keith semble chanter (intérieurement j'entend , comme un ventriloque surdoué) . Keith fait chanter son moog, un peu comme Jimmy Hendrix le faisait avec sa guitare

[gareebee]

Well, yes, he did revolutionize music for a short while. it has since descended back into mediocrity. :(

[aleaquatarkus]

AQUATARKUS

[yarduag2008]

En fait j'aime beaucoup .

un super son .

ici Keith nous offre une version de Tarkus au son très coloré !

[yarduag2008]

En fait j'aime beaucoup !

keith super son et super émotion

Nous offre ici un Tarkus Supersonique !

Du rêve à l'état pur ...

Merci à toi KEITH !

[johnanthonyp]

metter money I he whored Wakeman. Beat keaeboardist on the globe Emerson is the best on thee Hammond. On ANYTHING-RUDEESS-HUH?

[johnanthonyp]

metter money I he whored Wakeman. Beat keaeboardist on the globe

[juandhaltrich]

aquatarkus! insane indeed

[AgurkTomatGulerod]

This is Aquatarkus?

[sloiselle1]

Whoever would give this video a "thumbs down", please prosper elsewhere. This is great stuff.

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

I would've also wanted to hear "Eruption" which is the first of seven parts of the whole "Tarkus" song ("Aquatarkus" is the last one, although many think that the "Eruption (Reprise)" which is actually not listed, is truly the last - so, technically there are eight parts but the last one is a reprisal of the first).

[InfamousJohnnyG]

Robert Moog Reminds me of Bilbo xD

[thrcman]

Peter Griffin hates Keith.

[totto210]

emerson is the best no discuss this

[trapjak]

looks like will ferrel in blades of glory

[baconzoo66]

keith! you're audience has fallen into a deep sleep of boredom, keith emerSON!

[Tarkus31]

I love this clip. Totally demonstrates that Keith is one of the top keyboardists ever.

[KarmicOmen]

Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Jon Lord, Ray Manzarek, Rick Wright, Tony Banks

[lpavletinet]

@KarmicOmen exactly!

[HolyKatana]

Jesus, that's a fat lead. But then again, it's on a Moog modular, so of course it is.

[bkisme]

I love how he starts freakin' on that Hammond.

[david684]

the best one os the b&w of ELP performing in 1970..Pictures at an Exhibition..Carl Palmer looked like he was 16..or maybe he WAS 16! LOL!! ELP is awesome...heard them forst in 1971..Lucky Man...from Jimmy C's pool hall Des Moines Ia..! hookers there too!

[highbiashiphop]

both

[kirkmach32]

Poor Kieth....love him to death.....his poor right hand is just curling up so bad.

[ClassicTVMan81]

Try and top that, Lady Gaga!

[lexichronicle]

only just started listening to Keithy, can't play a keyboard, but love the sound these beauties make. is he just jamming or is he playing a track? I'd like to hear some more of it if it's the latter

[ClassicTVMan81]

@lexichronicle

He's playing the "Aquatarkus" excerpt from Emerson, Lake & Palmer's 1971 "Tarkus" suite.

[lexichronicle]

@ClassicTVMan81 Genius! Thanks muchly!

[ClassicTVMan81]

@lexichronicle

You're welcome.

[lexichronicle]

@ClassicTVMan81 he reminds me a little of buckethead in his ability to absolutely tear an instrument apart in a way that makes it sound disgusting but incredible at the same time, like that video where he's smashing the reverb tank in his organ. although, playing the guitar at 3am sometimes with the volume right down and the reverb tank all the way up, the slightest tap on the amp would go from virtual silence to a god almighty thunder and lightning crashing. don't own one nemore, complaints 8P

[ClassicTVMan81]

@lexichronicle

Moreso if you watch the various performances of ELP doing the whole "Karn Evil 9" suite.

[LUCABRASI52]

wow I was at the Galic park show in the early 70's and I will see the ELP tribute band at this same venue BBKings

[ClassicTVMan81]

The song Keith is playing is an excerpt from the 1971 Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Tarkus" suite.

[carlosromero5]

thrcman...you have your opinion and we can repect it, BUT...You're WRONG!

When we are great fans we want to listen THAT SOUNDS from 70's, 80's or 90's!

About Keith Emerson...All those sounds from 70's is as fuel for the soul and our minds!

I don't care if it's sound outdated, man!

We want it even!

[thrcman]

I dont understand why all great synthplayers always choose the dullest, most outdated lead sounds for their performances? A synthesizer is capable of so much, but its always the same random, quickfinger action jam with the synth lead sound used on every record between 70-90's.

No wonder why most newbies find synth sounds gay.

[PHAEDRIDER]

i back you up on that . this was a HORRIBLE example of what that thing is made to do . neato jam and all, but this does the synth a great injustice.

[alcatras4]

Thanks highbiashiphop for this vid. Mr Moog himself and "kief". Two Icons of the music world. Hey if any of you guys like moog stuff, listen to Manfred Manns

"Angel Station". His soloing on "Hollywood Town" and "You Are, I am" is facemelting and throughout the whole album makes great use of electronica fare.

EMERSON, WAKEMAN, MANN

[BritishRG]

Keith Emerson = #1 Keyboard player ever

[harveydents]

thats aquatarkus he's playing right?

[racer500gp]

Yes it is. And it's wonderful. I saw them do it live in 1973.

[yoteclas]

keith emerson el mejor de todos

[wakenno9111]

It's like the best sound of the world

[ozzierex]

EMERSON,BANKS,WAKEMAN.

[ontherush77]

EMMERSON BANKS WAKEMAN WRIGHT

[lukuntri]

@ozzierex emerson,lord,manzarek,wright,w­akeman.......banks

[963852art]

@ozzierex The order is only opinion but I agree with you on these players with addition of Jon Lord.

[Ureallydontknow]

I'll trade you a ham sandwich for that old modular. you'll do it if your hungry.

[tazmaniaco65]

Tarkus!

[drgroove]

he's playing his song from pac-man 80 right at 2:54 awsome

[thefrankenchrist123]

I just saw this today on a documentary called "Moog". Guess what it was about.

[eArtrash]

was it about cheese?

[petsounds75]

Close, but no. It was about Cytherea's squirting range during a romp with Peter North. Somehow a song from Trilogy was playing in the background. Abaddon's Bolero I think.

[d3dreaper]

lol do you go to AI? cause that's about the same time i saw it.....

[lordoid]

R.I.P. Mr Moog. Unbelievable Modular and of course a great Musician on the Keys!

[eriegz]

Man, would I love to know what all those cables do!

[clotom12]

This cables are previously programmed...one of them that you move, can destroy or remake the sounds that you are hoping to find...and to handle it during a concert is...danger! to the "correct" partiture played, unless sometimes he make improvisations...but Carl are ready to make a drum solo, if Keith go and

lost in this wired jungle!

[clotom12]

Ok, install in your PC, a demo of the Moog Modular's emulation, and begin to handle the cables with the mouse cursor, while you play several notes with the PC keyboard. You may hear the changes and variations in the sound.

The cables are the way to canalize the modulations between the modules of the synth...

[kid1954]

keith plays on the edge.that is what makes his music so exciting live.you accept the occasional part bum note the electicity in his paying just shags your ears.

[cyragon1]

I don't think Keith's happy unless he's flinging his Hammond around the stage!

[plinianguy]

YES! He's playing the part near the end of Tarkus! Man, I love that song.

[ringo1308]

It wasn't Manfred Mann, it was Mike Vickers (from MM's band) that taught Keith how to program the Moog.Get your facts right, son.

[54spiritedwill54]

Keith and Bob are great humans.

[marcindru]

Keith Emerson is unbeliveble

[beachboybackup]

history will say that manfred mann taught keith how to program the moog, not bob moog

[alancito86]

Moog and Emerson rule!

[markduff]

Moog = Genius , Keith = Genius

2x genius = 2x genius

[gxtksh329]

I'd say this is an example where 2x genius = 5

[markduff]

Heheh quite right.

[scotslassjimmyfan]

its an honour to be alive and witness such a historical musical step....ah!

[jjakq27]

Everyone that ever played the organ/keyboard/piano after this guy owes him a debt of gratitude. He set the standard.

Listen to YES, Boston, Steve Miller in the 70's, ELO, disco of the 70's and many more. They all are using that sound that Keith pioneered.

Why ELP is not in the R&R HoF is a mystery to me.

[doom705]

oh man Moog is the best. He's like the Albert Einstein of electronic music lmao ;D

[420projekt]

No one beats this man on the keys, period.

[scottfbradley]

First off I am a lifelong Emerson addict/worshipper. Nice video, but it pains me to see Emerson playing with three fingers. Still rockin it, but clearly hobbled.

[kirkmach32]

Bob Moog! Electronic Music's Timothy Leary. Great guy.

[punk91]

I agree whole heartedly

[VCO81]

I love Bob Moog.

[csimchick12]

26000 viewer

[jazzdog2]

26001 viewr

[Gabrielprog]

lol

[keesimo]

Holy SHIT!! AMAZING

[Barefootterry]

This is great to please my ears with.

 thank you

[Synthdude13]

those guys are really really really really cool, just as the riffs

[ClassicTVFan82]

Are there any female keyboardists past and present who have the same playing wits as Keith Emerson?

[wakenjake420]

there's plenty of concert pianists who could play ELP up and down,,,but only an individual such as Emerson could make it work

[yespinkfloyd76]

hiromi uehara youtube kung-fu world champion your welcome

[primordialoddity]

Keith and Bob are great humans.

[himtroy]

Man, they were awesome live up until around 72. Then it seems like they tried to do too much, and just killed it and became a cheesy stage act.

[JimmyPageroma94]

Aquatarkus man!!

[JerryRockz63]

Keith Emerson is to the Moog and Piano is what Jimi Hendrix is to the guitar. How dare anyone down play him in any way shape or form.

[dlanodrelda]

I saw ELP do "Pictures..." in 1972 and it was great-this was in Utica, NY in a concert put on, I believe, by Mohawk Valley Community College. I think the tickets cost $2 (that's two dollars).

[sbringe]

I hate to say this because ELP were my favorite band when I was in grade school, but the reason I doubt we'll see any live material released by them is because it stinks and is an embarrassment. I made the unfortunate mistake of buying a live double CD (of ELP) and I can't believe they ever released it it's so bad. If I had the rights to that material and I was playing on it, I would never have released it. Keith Emerson had a few good ideas but he ran'em into the ground.

[chetlamm]

I read a KE interview a long time ago (while he was on a plane) where he implied he wanted to go back to just Hammond and piano. I believe that ELP got such bad press back in the day because of equipment failure live. Like Carl Palmer's stainless steel kit collapsing the stage in Virgina. ELP was probabaly one of the most hazardous bands to play in.

[myleftnutts]

Well i don't know what show u saw pal!....however i attended 2 of em,73-74 "W.B.M.F" World Tour,and the "77

Works Tour" and didn't hear or SEE or HEAR ANY equipment

Failures. "ELP" was one of the few bands,that put their money back into their live shows.they had a million dollar

"QUAD" sound system,that was state of the art at that time.

[chetlamm]

Did you see them with the orchestra during the Works tour? Talk about equipment failure. They couldn't pay them. I'll see if I can find the interview on-online. Do you know where I can find the ELP live on the King Biscuit flower hour?

[myleftnutts]

I did see them during the "Works" tour twice one at "MSG"

in Nyc and at Montreal "OLympic Stadium" in Canada.didn't

see any equipment failures. however u are correct about

them not being able to pay the orchestra. as far as KBFH i

would suggest u go to "K.E" and or the ELP Manticore site.

[vcoaster]

Being unable to afford a full orchestra for their entire tour had NOTHING to do with "equipment failure". I saw them on that tour after the orchestra left and was astounded how well Emerson could duplicate the entire orchestra on his synthesizers. He did it all. The one time I witnessed a "failure" was when they were playing in an old theatre and blew the old fuse box during "Pirates". We all waited patiently until they could continue the song and picked it up on the same note. Awesome.

[kanakaris]

Keith is the best!But when is he going to release a proper live-dvd?

[aquakarn]

Good question! I recall hearing that he bought the rights to the video recording of his NEARFest performance, so I had high hopes that it would be released.

[2112pk]

is that aquatarkus i hear being solo'd over?

[manticore101]

A lot of wrong information about the Moog prototypes. The Polymoog prototypes used by Keith was the "Apollo" and the "Lyra" (Described by Keith as "A Minimoog on stereoids". It is also said here that the "Apollo" was used for the 3rd impression end sequence. This was the 960 sequencer in the Moog modular system.

[IntelInside2020]

keith has so much soul!

[hippitybippitybop]

Keith forgot to tell you that the secret to staying young in spirit is performing and listening to great music! Come on Keith be man enought to cut your hair. John McLaughlin did and he still played great music with Mahavishnu! It's kind of like a granny wearing a miniskirt and go-go boots!

[okseagull]

Hey Hang on 36 (63) and the best is still to come...

[yorklin]

good old Keith Still has his skills n his looks he dont look a day over 50 yet he is 64

Keep rocking Keith !!!

[synth64]

eccezionale

[aporia23]

Amazing how it's now possible to get exacty the same sounds as Emerson used to make with his "telephone exchange" Moog Modular with just a midi keybboard hooked up to a laptop computer.

Looks nowhere near as cool though.

[prophet2020]

Bah, not exactly... no virtual synth can replace real hardware thing, why he doesn't play the solo on the megasuperhyper Korg Oasys (with all kind of physical/analog modeling) he has next to the Moog?

[karlkotas]

I was there, and it was incredible.

[B3Rock]

moog and Hammond organ...Great!

[opalrecluse]

He's so amazing. That's really all I can say...

[shiftwork]

The King. It must have been a bitch working with the early unreliable Moog synthesizer though.

[highbiashiphop]

Can you imagine what they could have done with programs like Reason that allow you to record automation? I'd like to see him get on that and just see what happens!

[myleftnutts]

Unreliable Moog Synthesizer,are u kiddin or what?Emerson

wasn't luggin the stock moog gear,sold to most of the

schmoes.Bob Moog was basically at Emerson's beckon and

call.

[myleftnutts]

PT.2 Emerson to Moog Music in the 70's was what "Wendy

Carlos" in the 60's with "Switched on Bach" it put Moog on

the map,and Emerson "ELP" kept them there. his modular

had the 1st analog programmer in synth history.he got on

the 73-74 world tour,the 1st "PolyMoog" prototype called

then the "Apollo"

[shiftwork]

Did you think I made that up? Dampness caused all sorts of problems, plus phone calls to Bob Moog at 4 a.m. about patch cords because the thing wouldn't work. Get Keith's autobiography.

[myleftnutts]

unreliable enough for him to give the "Moog" up?.

[shiftwork]

They eventually improved.

[socalltd]

there is no info out about the apollo, like the sound it made, my fav ELP song is "when the apple blossoms bloom...". it uses the apollo. Emo worked it on that track. it was also used for the karn evil 9 sequenced ending-programed in the moog?

[myleftnutts]

the"Apollo" was a prototype that partially wen't

into a very short lived production period it was

being sold coupled with the moog "Satellite" which

was a all preset mono synth. the "Apollo" was the prototype to the "Polymoog" the "K.E.9"

sequencer ending is "K.E's" "Modular Moog".

[socalltd]

wow, that modular was a one off custom unit for K.E. the polymoog came out in '76, three years after the apollo . did K.E. use the satellite?

[myleftnutts]

I never saw it in his rig.

[highbiashiphop]

omg i love elp, thats all i can say, being a keyboardist and musician, this just makes me want to cry