Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Bring forth your tributes

Tribute performances that defy a world that seems to lack weight or reverence.

Official Keith Emerson Tribute - Lucky Man / The Great Gates Of Kiev - Live in L.A. 2016

Comments

As timely today as the day I first heard it.

#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 05:23 PM

As timely today as the day I first heard it.
#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 05:23 PM

I was honestly astonished you would post, and reconsidering how repulsive I find you when I clicked..

You got me, bitch!:]

#2 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-02 06:15 PM

I see blanks in the thread so that means a troll commented which I am privileged not to see.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-02 06:18 PM

I saw ELP as a teen when they toured Brain Salad Surgery. Sat in the 2nd or 3rd row where I could see Emerson's fingers moving.

Good times!

#4 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-02 06:31 PM

I bought transcriptions of some ELP pieces a few years ago. The complexity of so many of their creations was even more evident when you read the musical transcriptions.

And to think they were in their 20's when they created the bulk of their work. All three of them monster talents.

#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-02 06:37 PM

I see blanks in the thread so that means a troll commented which I am privileged not to see.
#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Hi!

#6 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 06:46 PM

This blind young woman does ELP justice. She's done covers of just about every ELP album.

Rachel Flowers - Karn Evil 9 First Impression - ELP Cover

www.youtube.com

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-02 06:49 PM

You got me, bitch!:]
#2 | Posted by redlightrobot

Those tops comments are stellar!

Thank you (?) for that truly incomparable musical experience.

#8 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 06:54 PM

Thanks for the link. I didn't get a chance to see ELP. But I saw Asia several times (including front row seats). Asia would cover some of their legacy songs along with their own magnificent originals. Carl Palmer was still twirling his drumsticks.

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-02 07:02 PM

I bought transcriptions of some ELP pieces a few years ago. The complexity of so many of their creations was even more evident when you read the musical transcriptions.
And to think they were in their 20's when they created the bulk of their work. All three of them monster talents.
#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-02 06:37 PM

My dad really loved some excellent music. I was leaning hard into classical and minimal composition - I was a strange kid, so when I heard his music it was obvious I was witnessing a logical evolution. A convergence. The performances were familiar and stylized radical mixtures of curated theory imitating improvisation. I particularly responded to the evolution of electronic sound effects in television commercials and cartoons. Techno is baroque laser zaps.

That said, my father would have preferred more Ian Anderson than Jean-Pierre Rampal.:/ But it gets easier to accept that Ian taught himself to play in weeks and created his very own impressive, radical style.

#10 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-02 08:05 PM

You got me, bitch!:]
#2 | Posted by redlightrobot
Those tops comments are stellar!
Thank you (?) for that truly incomparable musical experience.
#8 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 06:54 PM

I'm done with the tongue bathing, post yer tribute song!

Steve Irwin Tribute - Wildest Things in the World

#11 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-02 08:12 PM

- Ian taught himself to play in weeks

He's the major artist I saw most times in concert, 3 times in the 70's. He's why I still own a flute!

He said after he heard some of the lead guitarists of his day play early on, he decided he needed to find different lead instrument. So glad he did.

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-02 08:45 PM

I'm done with the tongue bathing, post yer tribute song!

#11 | Posted by redlightrobot

My final answer.

www.youtube.com

#13 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 08:48 PM

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