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  • what a present... @_@ no words, it's awesome

  • 1997jankuschef

    The Moog!

  • This is one of the best songs I've ever heard in life. Knowing why Lake write this makes me sensitive of the ways mankind today makes we live day by day. Seeing your video... this song just makes me sensible to what life is! This video is a treasure, Its your treasure. And I'm grateful to share it with you.

  • you have thumbs up yer arse if it took The Simpsons to get you to this fabulous song.

  • i'll never be able to fully fathom those vocal harmonies

    sure, i could write them down, figure out the notes, write it all out..

    but truly grasping them from listening.. so blissful

  • I was 20 when this song came out. (Still have the album). Cruised around in my '62 Chevy Impala SS with my buddies blasting this song on the 8 track. At 61 now, I'm a grandpa of 6 and my father just died last year. He helped me work on that '62 Chev. Such a moving tribute to your father. Brought tears to my eyes. Lucky Man for sure. Thank You.

  • @chach2000 what is with this song that it evokes mems of motoring and being a grandad. I'm only 53 ,started early.

  • 3:26 best part

  • THANKS...

  • Ralph N. Grippo R.I.P. Amen.

  • I am an old hippie from the sixities. at least part of my brain is still intact. but, when this song came out in the 70s I was into all the rock groups, and this one became one of my favorites.

  • apparenty the lowest note ever played in pop history;;;;turn up up it will shake your house to bits!

  • Thank you for a beautiful tribute to a very Lucky Man.

  • Oh what a lucky Jim Kneeland He was...Dan Kneeland, Grafton, Ma. Dan Kneeland

  • i needed a copy of lucky man for a recording project..this was the first version i clicked..you two boys are really special to make such a beautiful tribute to your father..needless to say it hit me very hard..god bless you guys and god bless your father..although i never knew your father i feel i know his spirit and yours as well.

  • @peachesrecordcrates yes what a fair and just god he is for taking him away from them

  • @aintdoingit one of the major differences between God & us; His mind is infinite, ours is finite. we won't know the reasoning most of the time for the things He allows & He is under no obligation to keep us informed. what i'm quite certain of is that he will give us what we need to cope & when we get it right, we, in turn are able to help others cope & move on to where we need to be.

  • 'aint about the chang ta chang'

    :<

    FUUUUUUUU

  • what a great tribute...very nicely done.

  • Raman, I Am going to take a couple excerpts from 2 poems I wrote to give to you & your father. "Hard to believe difficult to admit, A candle now no longer lit. Do not be sad nor blue, For an Angel Father is born unto you". From my poem "Tribute To Ol' Sweetness" "At times ruff 'n tuff got you by, But deep w/in Dolphins made you cry. That which you have kept 'n stored, Can now be given to Your Lord. For in death You are not defeated, At the Right Hand of God, Ralph...go & be seated". TLG

  • Thumbs up if your father + king crimson brought you here ^^

    

  • Your video is a favorite on Kyrgyzstan

    

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  • Sorry to disappoint you but the instrumental bit at the end is NOT a synthesizer. When the ELP album came out in 1971 I remember reading an interview with Greg Lake. He was at pains to stress that it was all his own work on a guitar. Keith Emerson contributed only a few burblings at the very end.

    Regardles... this is a truly great song which has given me joy for 40 years this month!!

  • Beautiful tribute to your father, usually. you can't tell much from a picture, but he really seemed like a kind person. hopefully the boys, now men are just as good parents.

  • I listened to this in 75 when i was in school with my girlfriend , 35 years later after a bum marriage and the rest i'm still with that girlfriend.

  • What a great video! I thought it was impossible to make me enjoy this song more than I already did but your accompanying video proved me wrong! Many thanks for sharing! I kind of feel like I know what an awesome person your dad was now.

  • @9501dannyboy What? I suggest if your not joking take it somewhere else.

  • love it great song

  • A wonderful thought for, obviously, a wonderful father,

  • It's been almost ten years now My Daddy had a long life for a WWII vet and depression child. I still wake on some Saturday mornings and go to the phone to call him, like I always did.

    I will see him in Heaven and that is for sure.

  • thumbs up if you search his name in google

  • What kind of mean people can press in don't like when see a video of the life of this man who live and died god what a stupid people

  • MAIN MICRO CHIP @ Yellow 2006 Chevrolet ZR6 Corvette

  • :(

  • Very touching. I am so glad you and your brothers knew a loving dad. Thinking of my beloved Uncle, who left behind 4 young kids at age 41 to throat cancer. RIP, Scottie <3

  • touching

  • I came to just listen to this song and now I'm in tear's thinking about my dad going out the same way.....very touching video......:o(

  • Lost my dad to cancer too. Great job on the video. GREAT SONG!

  • good show ole chap, good show.....

  • weed music

  • Arguably the greatest use of a synthesizer in history.

  • @1997jankuschef

    I"d have to say won't get fooled again is the greatest

  • @1997jankuschef Nope, "On the Run" was. But this was close. :)

  • @1997jankuschef

    I agree!!!!

  • @1997jankuschef i thought it was a theremin

  • HEY GUYZ IM KEITH EMMERSON I PLAY TEH MOOG I LEFT KING KRIMSON SO I CULT PLAY MOAR MOOG LOL EPIC WEEN BAND, BRAH

  • @ThatDisembodiedVoice Emerson wasn't ever a part of King Crimson. That was Greg Lake.

  • Wonderful tribute. What a lucky man he was.

  • woow seeing this reminds me of the big fight my dad and i made, didn't saw him for 3 years long and a few months ago we talked about it and we forgave eachother...but when i read the description i really can say that he is a lucky man and i'm a lucky girl with having a father! some how i wish i could turn all the good fathers back to earth so they can have a good time with there kids. i have really respect for the kids who have a close family member who past away!

  • may god bless you, thanks for showing me i need to be a better father

  • great video

  • from brasil. great fathern is was. make me a bether father. eduardo

  • WHAT A LUCKY MAN i'LL BE WHEN THIS IS PLAYED AT MY FUNERAL.

  • That was a beautiful tribute. Crying here. He looked like a very kind man, as you can see that in his eyes. Yes, he was a lucky man, to be remembered so lovingly. I lost my dad 12 years ago and I still ache for him. He was my hero and inspiration. I don't have a video, yet, but, have many songs dedicated to him. Some songs were his faves. Lucky Man is one that I had dedicated to him. It is good to see others, that were blessed enough, to have such good daddies. Thank You for posting.

  • im glad when he passed he was happy. thats how god wants us to go

  • what a beautiful tribute thank you for sharing...

  • Remeber the good times ,sounds like you are with this song.

  • What A Lucky Man He Was to have a son who loved him as you do! Thanks for sharing your story, Beautiful.

  • I think this was one of their best songs ever done.But all and all they were a great band and I still listen to them often.Get stoned lay back and enjoy!

  • God Bless....

  • "WTF" do you mean you 24 dislikers? You don`t like "this"??? I "keel" you....

  • @edwardogburn they're probably snoop dog or justin bieber fans!!!

  • very special and very moving!

  • hope every ones doing better since they lost their loved ones ,

  • wow that was sweet as,shot my eye,s to pieces, your father was lucky to have nice kids that never forgot him, and who is was ,and never will,people like you are about the only thing that makes it any easier in life,all the best to all of your family today..Sydney down under !!!!!and i am sorry for you dad as well !!

  • Thumbs up if the simpsons sent you here

  • wow RAMANUJAN88.... hwat an incredible story! made me nearly cry! This make me think of my dad and I am still here living with him! God knows how i will feel to listen to these tracks when hes gone! your dad was lucky... clearly!

  • I've loved this song for so many years. You've creatively used it in this lovely video. So sorry for your loss! God bless!

  • Man...24 dislikes, Whats Really Going On? Thanks for allowing us to see and hear things from deep inside the heart.

  • amazing . . . thank you for sharing your father with all of us . . .

  • nice pics mix

  • Next sunday, ists Fathers Day in Brasil. Make me cry. Bravo!!!

  • I wish my father would at least send a letter that says FUCK YOU. At least I would have heard from him

  • @LWayne38 i feel you.

    

  • WOW! 

  • This is why I love Youtube.

  • wow nice thing u made for your father  !!!!!

  • nota 100000000000000000000000000000 incrivel eu amo muitho eles essa é uma das melhores

  • 1000. Nice vid.

  • bullets found 22 people

  • He wrote this song when he was 12 years old!!

  • Ramanujan, your tribute reminds me that there are still good people in this crazy world. Thanks for sharing this

  • God Bless man

  • @Schilltron30303 thanks friend for keeping it real.

  • tears @ 1.58

  • I'm sory about the los

  • Great song. Wonderful tribute to your dad! On the negative, there are 21 idiots with no compasion. Way to go Ramanujan88! It bought a tear to my eyes.

  • Your tribute is beautiful! He was truly a luck man. Wow, such power in this piece, makes me weep each time I watch it!

    Perry Osieczonek

  • FASNTASTIC I WISH ID KNOWN HIM

  • Watched this a few months ago and it made me think about my own dad who was killed long ago in an unacknowledged war. I keep coming back to watch your video...thanks!

  • What a lovely tribute this is, this handsome gentleman is now in a better place, and, yes.....what a lucky man he was. God Bless.

  • To have him as a father, what a lucky family you are.

  • This man was well loved. Thank you for this tribute to him. God bless you. Amen

  • You have honoured your father

    Sorry for your loss

  • beautiful family story !!!

  • Nice tribute to your father

  • To live a short life with loving people, out wieghs a long life without love? A lucky man, he can still inspire love''

  • There's no words to say how I'm feeling right now... Thank you for sharing this with us. This will stay in my mind forever. Thank again

  • Your tribute to your father blew me away. Such raw emotion, meloncholy and beautiful, the good old days, crushingly sad but the stuff of which our lives are made. I came across your video looking for ELP Lucky Man, and it moved me profoundly. I am sure in many respects, your dad was indeed a lucky man Congratulations...

  • what an awesome tribute to your dad ..thanks for sharing him with us!

  • Very poignant. I was just surfin for music and came across this gem.

  • So sad

  • People are gonna tell me I'm full of shit, but Carl Palmer is one of the greatest drummers of ALL TIME. My goodness that guy rocks....

  • i´m so touched right now..... deep inside. i wish i could send you what i feel right now because words don´t seem to be enough.

  • thank you for posting this video, brought tears to my eyes

  • I just found out my dad has cancer, Im 22, he's 44. He said this was his jam back in the day. Dad, its mine too. Long Live Rock, Long Live It.

  • @xhiimyourgod yes. long live rock... long live your father

  • @xhiimyourgod , good luck kid, hope ur Dad recovers , apparently if you eat lots of natural foods , cancer is destroyed ?? , hope that is true , but i mean well; do google alternative cancer cures and see what the choices are:- as chemo ,can be deadly . Good tunes help a lot though , I never heard this song before , but the drumming is always good . with Carl . Peace

  • Very Nice Tribute Video !!! My Dad taught me how to play chess when I was very young also. You really gotta apreciate the real important things in life.God,Family and friends.The simple things are the best.Thanks for sharing.Take care .

  • Great, vid, nice work. Very touching

  • This video gave the song a new meaning for me as well...my heart is with you and all who lose a cherished loved one.

  • How can 20 idiots NOT like this song....Guess they lead very BORING lives....

  • beautiful, great job

  • Very powerful music, the lyrics suggest the soldier had been shot, so he laid down and died. My Mother suffered a long humilitating death, I wish I had the willpower to have shortened that agony?

  • very, very touching, man. i feel really sorry about your dad but hope that we all be able to sing that song with changed lyrics at the ends of our lives.

  • I know! Arent we alls sorry for the lose?

  • this is very powerful

  • Best of luck! I love the tribute and thanks for sharing! God bless and best of LUCK!

  • 777 likes <3

  • Powerful video, I never would have been able to put this together... I went through the exact same thing, he died from cancer when I was 19, actually your father bears a resemblance to mine, dark hair thick beard, they look a lot alike... when I see this it makes me think of him, he loved this song.... Thank you for being able to post such a great video.

  • E L.P really was one great band in the 70s

  • :)

  • I am soooorry for yoor looose lostings.

  • Absolutely beautiful. I tear up every time I watch this video. This song reminds me of my dad, too. God bless you.

  • Absolutely beautiful. I tear up every time I watch this video. This song reminds me of my dad, too. God bless you.

  • Nice video, but sad.  Got me choked up.

  • Im so sorry for the lose

  • God bless him.

  • Love the synth solo at the end.

  • such a beautiful songg

  • I'm soo sooorry for the lose.

  • just wonderful

  • I am so sorry for your loose.

  • God bless him. What a beautiful tribute!

  • Greg Lake began writing this song when he was 12. An ironic story of a man who had everything, but he went to war & died. What a lucky man he was. Great anti-war message! Keith Emerson's signature Moog solo at the end was his 1ST take & he wasn't aware that the tape was running. Incredible song!

  • Lucky in God and Family - He Was....

  • i am sure he was a lucky man.

    i love your video.

  • My Mom passed this July from cancer. Its a beatiful tribute to your father. Seems like he really was a lucky. If I knew how to make videos like this I would make one for her too.

  • @redwallace with windows movie maker (or whatever version Mac has) it ain't so hard. I hope one day you do make a tribute for your mom (if that's your way of expressing). Bless you. Thank you for your kind words.

  • nice job guys.........

  • Very good video for the memory of your father

  • I'm sooy for the los!

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  • GENIAL !

  • I can't help but think about my father every time I hear this song. Rest in Peace, Daddy. I love you, and I miss you so very much.

  • Beautiful tune, beautiful sentiments

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  • i have always loved this song was surfing on the tube and ran across this you did a great job on the video and you made me cry just a littlethis was filled with such sorrow but also filled with a lot of love and happiness. sounds like you had a great father i hope you realize how lucky you were i dont mean that in a bad way. not everyone was so lucky to know a fathers love. any way great job

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  • I loved.

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  • Radio DJs back then got chastized if they did not let the ending play. Makes me smile thinking back.

  • this is another song that me and Matt loved its an awesome song I miss ya Matt this is a great song awesome

  • Ralf is a warrior, I would have served in combat with this guy.

  • 19 dislikes? wtf

  • @nostalgicmind0308 19 Michael jacskon fan !

  • A beautiful song for a wonderful man.

    What a lucky man he truly was.

  • I can only imagine...Lucky Man was my song back in 73. I found this video on YouTube. Thank you and your Father, for this.....damn. beautiful.

  • I'm so sorrey for the losse.

  • Thank you for sharing this beautiful memorial of your father with us. He is an inspiration. Best wishes to you and your brothers in the future :)

  • Nice video man. I know how it is to lose people & even lose you're mind.

    -respect

  • A lucky man indeed, not by mere words but deeds. Thank you for sharing this video with us. It Inspires me to do better with this short time we all have left. 

  • Very cool!

  • Always try to spend time with loved ones because one never knows when it will be the last you will see them. Also remember what words you say because it can come back to haunt you. I hope and pray that he God in his heart so he can be in a better place. It makes me think about having to make the decision of taking my wife off of life support. God bless you.

  • This video makes me wanna cry...

  • Very beautifull

  • very beautiful

    ....the death is really an intresting thing

  • excellent, ça me rapelle mon adolescence, quelle nostalgie, grand groupe !

  • rip man

  • beatiful!

  • Every time i listen to this song now, i think about this video, and your father lying in a hospital mouthing words i'll never hear over the ethereal vox of greg lake. and it makes me think about life and death in my own life. You have given this song an entirely new meaning and dimension of depth for me. thank you.

  • @tekkentool thank you for your beautiful and moving words. My Dad gave the song new meaning for us and you given the thought of listening to music new meaning for me.

    BTW, if you're intering my dad's "mouthing words" are actually available on youtube via my channel...it's a long video, 7 parts, but I put it up so my siblings and mother could have easy access (as she, his wife requested).