Any ELP fans out there?

Post by **caller** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:36 am

Hi KD, agree with your views about Love Beach and I'm not sure I know the Other one? They had lost the plot by then. Still have Brain Salad surgery and agree about the cover.

I'd really forgotten all about them until I caught them on youtube. Now I'm thinking about getting some CD's!

First live band I saw was Capt. Beefheart at the Finsbury Park ??? Can someone remember the full name of the venue? Focus (Dutch band) recorded a great live album there, with the great Jan Akkerman (correct spelling?) on guitar, I wonder what happened to him? The album sleeve opened up as if you were in the theatre looking at the stage.

Seems we're on a trip down memory lane and most of the bands/people mentioned I was into, along with others.

Post by **caller** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:06 am

So why am I now into folk and jazz mostly???

Off to see Joan Baez in June - even Ooy likes (some) of her music! It will be the 7th time I will have seen her in concert. She's as mad as a march hare, I know, but a goodly person, and that voice! She sings Dylan better than he can, or ever could (when he was faking it and he mostly was).

When he sang with Baez, it became competition time, to me anyway, and his voice was diferent then.

Anyway, bedtime now!

Goodnight all!!

Post by **Nisakiman** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:40 am

Good lord! I didn't realise that any of you guys on this board were as old as me!

Yes, I remember ELP - had a few of their albums. And Nice, too!
I used to get down to a small club called the speakeasy, just off Regent street, back in the late 60s, much frequented by the glitterati of the day, and remember seeing Keith Emerson and Greg Lake taking off on a BSA Bantam, weaving madly, at the end of the night. No "blow into this bag, sir" in those days!

I can remember being stopped by Mr. Plod, totally pissed, and asked to walk along the edge of the kerb. If I didn't fall off, I was allowed to continue on my one-eyed, erratic way! Ah, how things have changed!
Hell, there were some good bands around then, both from the USA and UK. And some good jazz, too. I've done a lot of downloading of that stuff I had (and still have!) on vinyl. Anyone remember Love - Forever Changes? Another classic, and still listenable. God, there are so many! We seemed to go through a rather barren period in the 80s and early 90s, with very few memorable bands, but thankfully things seem to be happening again, with bands like Massive Attack, Placebo, Gorillaz, Dreadzone, Tool etc. Nice to hear some fresh and innovative music again. I'm fortunate in that my youngest daughter (eighteen) keeps me abreast of what's worth listening to!
Ah, if music be the food of love..........

Post by **Nisakiman** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:52 am

Big Jimmy, never fear. Those bands will not be lost. My youngest listens to, and loves all (well, maybe not all, but most of

) my old stuff. I'm sure she's not the only one. Good music is timeless. People who love music are not constricted by style or eras. What is good is good. Even Van Der Graaf Generator is still worth a listen! (Yes, I even downloaded them, too!

)

Post by **Wanderlust** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:14 am

caller wrote:...First live band I saw was Capt. Beefheart at the Finsbury Park ??? Can someone remember the full name of the venue? Focus (Dutch band) recorded a great live album there, with the great Jan Akkerman (correct spelling?) on guitar, I wonder what happened to him? The album sleeve opened up as if you were in the theatre looking at the stage.

Seems we're on a trip down memory lane and most of the bands/people mentioned I was into, along with others.

I think the venue you are thinking of is the legendary Rainbow (formerly called the Astoria). I saw a few gigs there but in a slightly later time frame, as mine were bands like the Jam and the Ramones! There is an interesting piece on the history of the Rainbow (as a building but with interesting references to some of the acts that played there, including Zappa) - you can find it here.

Post by **richard** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:05 pm

I'm a ELP fan too but there again I'm an oldie on the site

You can download from LIMEWIRE providing you have good comms

Post by **bozzman101** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:39 am

palmer was a kid drummer with atomic rooster
when keith emmerson grabbed him for elp
if my memory servers me correctly or mabey the heat of kao dang mountain as i have finally made it here to retire
on music front i like all the old real metal boys blackmore and co
bad company free pity cossof popped his cloggs all thoes years ago
whaqt would his guitar work be like now?

Post by **Kraka's Dad** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:03 pm

Before Atomic Rooster Plamer was with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
They of Fire fame which involved Arther Brown the frontman setting himself on fire.

A little more up to date how about Stevie Ray Vaughan?
Another guitar great who died too early. In his case in a helicopter crash in thick fog.

Post by **lomuamart** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:26 pm

A friend of mine here has got some SRV on video at his place.
I'd heard the name before, but the first time I saw it, I couldn't believe it. "Played Jimi Hendrix better than the man himself". Great stuff, but that DVD is really all I know about him.
I'd always assumed by the name that he was some C&W singer. I couldn't have been more wrong.

Post by **bozzman101** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:10 pm

got a srv dvd in night market last year
left it in ireland forgot to bring it back
did you know steve plays on china girl bowie song
and eric clapton was in the helecopter behind him