RIP: Greg Lake of "Emerson, Lake and Palmer"

Old No7 · Post by **Old No7** » Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:46 pm

This stinks......................

First we lost Keith Emerson back in March -- and now we've lost Greg Lake of ELP fame.

His vocals to "Lucky Man" are ringing in my head as I type...

From the web:
Musician Greg Lake, a progressive-rock pioneer who co-founded King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died. He was 69.

Manager Stewart Young said in a statement that Lake died Wednesday after "a long and stubborn battle with cancer."

Born in the southern English seaside town of Poole in 1947, Lake founded King Crimson with guitarist Robert Fripp in the late 1960s. The band pioneered the sprawling, ambitious genre that came to be known as progressive rock.

He went on to form ELP with keyboardist Keith Emerson and drummer Carl Palmer. With Lake as vocalist and guitarist, ELP impressed the crowds at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, in a lineup that also featured Jimi Hendrix and The Who. The band released six platinum-selling albums characterized by songs of epic length, classical influence and ornate imagery, and toured with elaborate light shows and theatrical staging.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer's 1973 album "Brain Salad Surgery" included a nearly 30-minute composition called "Karn Evil 9" that featured a Moog synthesizer and the eerie, carnival-like lyric: "Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends."

For Greg.... The show has ended..........................

Tough year for ELP fans..........

I wonder how the drummer Carl Palmer is feeling???

Old No7

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Old No7 · Post by **Old No7** » Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:53 pm

Turns out Carl Palmer is alive and well.

I just had to share this recent quote from him:

"As Greg sang at the end of Pictures at an Exhibition: 'Death is life.'
His music can now live forever in the hearts of all who loved him."

I guess I know what I'll be listening to tonight...

Old No7

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:12 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqwqknq7nuI

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:36 pm

I hope Palmer isn't too nervous now.....

The first time I ever heard "stereo" was on headphones with the Trilogy album, and I won't ever forget that. I was a pretty young kid, and impressed that the friend of my brothers with the big fancy stereo would even let me touch his headphones...!

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:02 pm

Bummer

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:32 pm

One of my all-time favorite songs... ELP's "Touch and Go"...

Malamute · Post by **Malamute** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:37 pm

Weve been losing a lot of the old guys that made epic music.

Listening to ELP music on youtube this evening. Brings back a lot of memories.

sureshot · Post by **sureshot** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 9:39 pm

I wish you a hopeful christmas
I wish you a brave new year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear
They said there'll be snow at christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth
Hallelujah noel be it heaven or hell
The christmas we get we deserve

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:14 pm

sureshot wrote:I wish you a hopeful christmas
I wish you a brave new year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear
They said there'll be snow at christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth
Hallelujah noel be it heaven or hell
The christmas we get we deserve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqwqknq7nuI

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