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Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Toccata

Emerson, Lake and Palmer performing Toccata at Cal Jam in 1974.  
 
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nicosant (4 days ago) Show Hide
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Palmer was so cute!
thecumgusher (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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first sythersier band ,and this was only a few albums
wlines (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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This is a diffucult piece of music,the balls these guys had to play this to an audience. This is the elp I like,when Greg Lake's mouth is shut. To bad the clip is incomplete and to bad a clip of them playing aquatarkus doesn't exsist.
air2jsc (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Yes it is based off of a piece form Ginistera
AhhThatGuy (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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is this piece based on some classical toccata or a completely original piece?
Robusto103 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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I don't think this kind of stuff would still work now..........
passonno (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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@Robusto103 What do you mean "work"?

I know plenty of people personally write, perform, and listen to this type of music, and it works for us.
Robusto103 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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I don't know: I've always heard it as a sound that was typical of that particular period, and I think it sounds a bit dated now...... but of course, it depends on how it is played: if it's played well, it never sounds dated, whatever it is!!!!!!! ;)
passonno (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Dated because of the synth sounds? Or perhaps evocative of a time and place? I can understand this, but could counter with, "Well, "The Rite Of Spring" sounds a bit dated now because they didn't have a DJ, or someone triggering a sampler or drum machine.

Music does indeed have it's time and place, but some music will always be timeless to certain predisposed people.
Robusto103 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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well, I think the comparison with the Rite of Spring is a most unappropriate one: when that piece was first performed, it was a scandal. ELP's music was exactly what the public was looking for at the time: this is not necessarily a bad thing, but some of their stuff is too much influenced by those fashions

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