ELP Digest Thursday, 6 June 1996 Volume 6 : Issue 13 The "I Won't Be Far Away" Edition Today's Topics: Goff Professional/Hammond Info The Score Brian Setzer on ELP... Keith Emerson video Re: ELP Digest V2 #6 (Pete Sinfield) Miscellaneous postings Changing States Aliens stole my favourite band New ELP Digest subscriber ELP memories elp digest contribution ELPunk - 2 Re: ELP Digest V6 #3 (KE9) Re: Wither ELP fans? by Joe Paslawski ELP .MID files What instrument is this? re: Kate Montgomery Bootlegging the bootleggers Tarkus summary Prelude ======= Hello. I just want to add a quick note to let people know that, over the next few days, I'm moving this computer to new offices. So, until things are stabilized with our new network, your mail to me at this address may bounce, be delayed, etc. Have no fear, "dartmouth.banyan.com" will be back on line as soon as possible. If you do have mail to me bounce back at you, please hold onto it and try it again a few days later. I'll try to send out another ELP Digest once I'm back on-line so everyone will know when things are working again. Thanks! - John - ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Jun 1996 10:39:15 -0400 From: GOFF Organization: Goff Professional To: arnold@dartmouth.banyan.com Subject: Goff Professional/Hammond Info John, I have linked my new WebSite (www.goffprof.com)to your ELP site. If possible, I would like you to link back to mine as I will be adding some Keith Emerson info (and pictures) soon about his custom HAMMOND's and Leslie's which I have done for him. As info, I am currently in the process rebuilding his original HAMMOND C-3 from the Tarkus tour / album. I already rebuilt his original HAMMOND C-3 from the Pictures At An Exhibition tour and album, which is the organ he used on the Black Moon tour and in the Royal Albert Hall CD. If I can help you answer any HAMMOND related questions from ELP fans about Keith's equipment, or if I can help in any other way, please let me know! He's still "the Master" as far as I'm concerned, and he is an old friend! Al Goff GOFF Professional ------------------------------ Date: 20 Feb 1996 13:16:42 U From: "Wood,Brent" Subject: The Score To: "ELP Digest" Hi John, Hope you enjoyed the Karn Evil 9 transcriptions I sent you many months ago. I am responding to the request by Tony Giordano for a transcription of "The Score" from EL&Powell. I have a transcription available that I would be happy to send. I also have a few others I've done that you may or may not be interested in: 1. Karn Evil 9 (1st, 2nd and 3rd impression) 2. The Score 3. Hoedown 4. The Three Fates 5. Tarkus (Stones of Years and Mass with solos) All requests will require a $10.00 royalty fee to be paid to Keith Emerson as requested by his personal manager Will Alexander, in addition to copying and shipping costs. All are notated in Finale and include all parts except percussion. Many members of this list have copies of the Karn Evil 9 transcriptions and can verify their accuracy or lack thereof (1st revision is the most recent). Let me know if you're interested, Brent Wood wood@mail.labmed.washington.edu ------------------------------ To: From: B. P. Subject: Brian Setzer on ELP... Hi John, Last week's issue of People magazine had a small article quoting Brian Selzter [sp] formerly of the Stray Cats, quoting his dislike of ELP. I'm unsure about copryright issues, therefore I will not reprint this info. You may want to check this out. Thanks B. P. ------------------------------ To: arnold@dartmouth.banyan.com From: sundown@adnetsol.com Subject: Sundown phone numbers One quick update that I hope you might be able to post. We are still getting orders for Keith Emerson's Christmas album, but Sundown has moved, so we wanted to be sure to update the people that may still need to reach us. The new phone number is 805-375-6938, and the new fax number is 805-375-7506. PLEASE NOTE that the fax number is a shared fax machine, so any orders need to be clearly addressed to Sundown. We are still offering the autographed copies as well as the regular ones, so anyone that's interested can contact us. Our email address remains the same, as does our postal address : PO Box 241, Newbury Park, CA 91320. Best wishes, Kathie Touin Sundown Records Inc. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 14:48:52 -0400 From: lwinters@j51.com To: arnold@dartmouth.banyan.com Subject: Keith Emerson video Hi John, ELP fans may be interested in the new Keith Emerson video I found on the web. Here is the URL : http://www.gand.com/Emerson.html Les ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 08:22:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Hunnicutt Subject: Re: ELP Digest V2 #6 (Pete Sinfield) To: arnold@iii.net Re: Pete Sinfield It's my understanding that Sinfield has been working with Geoff Downes on the forthcoming Asia disc "Arena". In what capacity I don't know but my assumption is lyrically. This disc will supposedly have a more prog slant but after Aqua and Aria many remain skeptical, including myself. Jeff Hunnicutt, UNC-Wilmington/Information Systems/Datacommunications \---------------------Wilmington, North Carolina--------------------/ hunnicutt@uncwil.edu | nfte@cms.uncwil.edu | yesworld@wilmington.net Editor of Notes From The Edge, THE Internet YES Newsletter ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 13:57:52 -0500 To: arnold@iii.net From: sni@localnet.com (Seneca Nation of Indians) Subject: Miscellaneous postings John: I've been reading the digest for awhile now, and haven't wanted to post until I had something significant to say. There were a few questions I might be able to help with. I am a gigging musician that in the past has performed almost all of ELP live. (Weren't gigs in the 70's great? You could play ELP, Yes, and Genesis and still get girls.) I actually got to meet the man during the Works tour at Madison Square Garden. As down to earth and friendly as anyone I've ever met. He was genuinely interested in my opinions of the concert, and when he found out that I was a keyboard player he asked me what of his I knew. I showed him some stuff on his warmup keyboard, and he showed me some fingering tricks for some pretty tough runs. I've been a fan since 1971, and followed the band pretty closely. If anyone has any questions about the band or the music please feel free to E-Mail me at sni@localnet.com >I listened to an old album recently by an Italian group called PFM, does >anyone remember them? Premiata Forniera Marconi was discovered by Greg Lake, and he produced their albums on the Manticore Label. There were 4 albums if I remember correctly, but the only other title I can remember is Photos Of Ghosts. >Also I Would like to get some information (ANY) on a KURZWEIL 250 keyboard. >I'm thinking about buying one for my sun. This Kurzweil K250 was a sample playing keyboard of the mid 80's. A sampling option was added at a later time. It is a monster, 88 keys, very heavy, and very difficult to program. The different sounds were stored in "Sound Blocks". MIDI implementation is archaic by today's standards. The technology is actually pretty old now and the sounds have become rather weak compared to 90's sampling technology. If you're looking for a better sounds the Kurzweil K2000S is a much better unit. It's analog synth sounds and digital samples have pretty much set the standard by which all other keyboards are judged. If you are specifically looking for a piano action, then something like the K2000RS (rack-mount version) and a Fatar master controller would be the way to go. >I'm in the market for one Tarkus and one ELP Anthology If Will Alexander agrees, I have all the ELP music books, The Piano Concerto. KE's version of Good King Wenceslas, the organ solo from KE9 3rd Impression (Keyboard Magazine Transcription), and the Lucky Man Solo (Keyboard Magazine Transcription.) But I want to see E-Mail from Will. He and I have corresponded already and I won't impinge on KE's royalties. I own and have owned a ton of synths in the past so if there's any programing questions, feel free give me a shout. That's all for now, Thanks for keeping this digest up. It's a hell of a job and we do appreciate it. Joe Gerardi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 18:11:49 EST From: RBHH01A@prodigy.com (MS LINDA K SHULTZ) To: arnold@iii.net Subject: Changing States Someone asked about the availability of Keith's "Changing States." It is being handled domestically by Griffin Music. I was able to special order it through Media Play ("superstore" owned by Musicland). It took about 4 weeks to get it, but it was only $11.99. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 96 00:26:56 GMT To: John E Arnold From: fsteama@macline.co.uk (Mike Goode) Subject: Aliens stole my favourite band Bjorn-Are's latest mailing makes me wonder about his sanity. If ELP ever made an album with song titles as dreadful as 'Tarkus Techno' or (God save us) 'Bossanova Bosnia', they would deserve everything they got (among which, wouldn't be a glowing review in Q). Get real. ELP made some fantastic music in the past. It is extremely unlikely that they ever will again. Sad but probably true. A discussion on why this is so would be good. Some time back, somebody wrote in to critisise Carl's playing in recent years. I agree. His drumming on everything after Works has been awful. Not only has the drum sound been swamped in reverb but his playing has been totally devoid of imagination and finesse. Why? Similar critisism could be leveled at Greg and Keith. It is laughable to think that ELP's music was once termed 'progressive'. Today, nothing could be further from the truth. ------------------------------ Date: 06 Feb 96 22:10:27 EST From: "Thomas J. Ulrich" <103634.3664@compuserve.com> To: John E Arnold Subject: New ELP Digest subscriber John, First let me say... THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I recently got my internet access and the first thing that I searched for was ELP. I was tipped off by a co-worker that an ELP home page existed. I was thrilled when your home page appeared in the listing. I was even more impressed by your open invitation to subscribe to the digest. I did and thank you. I've read from cover to cover, at least twice each, from V6 #2 back to V5 #20. Great stuff! This is a wonderful source of information about the band and members. Eventually I will read all the way back to the first issue. Keep up the great job. I was first turned on to ELP when I was in Jr. high by a friend of mine. I didn't collected any record albums at that time. As I recall Tarkus had just come out. The first LP I ever purchased was Tarkus (still have it). Proceeded to play that album until the stylus wore through to the back side of the LP :-D. Quickly purched the other pre-released albums at that time and continued to get each current album as it was released. I didn't buy any other LP's since ELP was the only band I was interested in (how shallow ha). Went to see them in concert each time they would pass through Philadelphia. It wasn't until the dry spell of 1974 (?) that I started having interests in other music and performers. Today I've pretty much replaced all the ELP vinyl with CD's. I had no idea that Keith had a new album out (Changing States), thank you Digest. I had to run to three record stores before I found a copy. I feel that it's a good album when I listen to it the first time and I don't have any mixed feelings about any of the tracks. That was the case with this CD. Even though I have some of the tracks on other releases, thats the Emerson I like listening to. For readers that are interested in related sounding bands, I would like to through out two suggestions. During the ELP dry spell in the late 70's I discovered a band called Starcastle. They releases some LP's in the later 70's. They sound much more like Yes than ELP but they were pretty heavy into synth keyboards which remind me of Keith. They were a six man band out of Champlain, IL. on the Epic label. I am only aware of three albums they released: Starcastle - Epic PE33914 (1976), Fountains of Light - Epic PE34375 (1977) and Real to Reel - Epic PE35441. The only one i've seen and bought on CD was Starcastle - Epic EK33914. The second band is one that I just picked up on CD of Sugarloaf, Best of Sugarloaf - Curb Records D2-77597. Again not ELP just dynamite Hammond sound, good keyboard player (Jerry Corbetta), very 70's. You remember "Green-Eyed Lady" and "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You"? That's them. Other tracks on the disk I don't remember from my youth but there pretty good in retrospect. BTW I love S.W. van den Berg's definition of a Flute in V5 #29. Already looking forward to the next issue Tom ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 11:21:37 EST From: TXYS15A@prodigy.com (MR MICHAEL J CASH) To: arnold@iii.net, mjcflash@aol.com Subject: ELP memories This is my first posting to the digest. I am a 40 yr. old, shivering in Cleveland,Ohio, listening to KarnEvil No.9 right now. My earliest recollection of ELP take me back to 1970, when as a 15 yr. old, I was beginning to outgrow top40. I was listening to an "underground" radio station, WNCR Electric Renaissance, with Billy Bass, when I heard a song unlike anything I had ever heard before. It was "America", by the Nice from the Elegy album. I picked up the album, and found out that the wild man on the keyboards was E of ELP.They had just released their first album, which I also bought. In early 1971, TARKUS came out and I was hooked for life. In May of 1971, there was a concert at Public Hall in Cle. with 1) Elliott Randall, 2)Poco, 3) John Mayall, 4) ELP , all for $4.00!! My friend got 3rd row tickets, and we watched Keith ride,stab, play, etc. his Hammond along with a weird machine he "played", the MOOG synth. They also came back in August, and I remember Greg stopping during the acoustic part of TAP and telling everyone to sit down and shut up,this isn't a Beatles concert. 4 groups for $4.00, 2 trips in one year, close-in seating, .. ..aaaahhhhhh yes, the good old days. Fast-forwarding, I have seen all of the ELP tours, flying, twirling pianos, Exploding computers from KE9, Quad sound, Pirates, inflatable Tarkus, Cozy Powell,Robert Berry, small halls, Stadiums, fat Greg,skinny Greg, the triumphant return of the BM tour. It troubles me to read in this fine pub., of KE's recent problems, but a talent like his will certainly rebound as only he(they) can. STILL..... THEY TURN ME ON!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 96 13:21:45 0100 From: Maier Bruno 2507 To: arnold@iii.net Subject: elp digest contribution Hi John, this is my first contribution to your elp digest. I turned to will alexander with respect to the transcription service he mentioned in a 1995 digest issue. I was especially interested in a transcription of `close to home'. He answered my e mail inquiry within a day. As his answer is an important information with respect to elp transcriptions I would like to give it to you for distribution in the next digest issue. maybe this reduces also the email load to mr. alexander concerning transcriptions. this is what he mailed to me : >>> There will be a book of Emerson piano transcriptions sometime in the >>> future. I will see if there could be a transcription of "Close to Home" >>> could be made available sooner. Keep in touch... >>> >>> WA I am very thankful that he took the time to answer me and i absolutely agree to your note in the last digest that email addresses of elp should be used only very scarcely. best wishes to all elp fans, lets hope for a good 1996 for the group and a world tour for us diehard fans bernd prott (am I the only elp digest subscriber in germany ?????) [ Editor's Note: No, there are at least 10 people on the list with a .de email address. - John - ] ------------------------------ From: Bjorn-Are.Davidsen@s.prosjekt98.telenor.no Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 23:36:32 +0100 To: John E Arnold Subject: ELPunk - 2 I'll be back with some (as usual profound ;-)) thoughts on ELP and their critics in some days, however, some comments on ELP or prog and punk. Last year there was a statement on the Gentle Giant list "On Reflection" (those of you who haven't heard GG has a real treat to look forward to) on the punk bands being really secretly GG-admireres "all of them" (based on some of the better known American ones who really enjoyed GG). Now, this is in a way confirmed and made official in Record Collector's February 96 issue marking the 20th anniversary of punk. For once there's no prog bashing in an article on punk (may I mention that a Norwegian rock magazine - Beat - in december 1995 stated that "punk was a reaction to dinosaurs like Yes, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Hitler and Pink Floyd" - now, think about that one, ELP-lovers!). RC has an interview with "Captain Sensible" (part of the Damned) who is introduced with "The madman of punk is happiest talking about his affection for progressive rock". And he makes a list of his recommendations with e.g. Egg, Pink Floyd (Piper and Saucerfull), Soft Machine, Terry Riley, Groundhogs and Beatles (Pepper). And he says that "we thought that punk, whatever it was, should have been dead fast... We'll be out on our ear'oles when Yes and Genesis get back. Little did we know that we could make a poncy career out of it". Punk seemed to have looked at itself as a bad joke at a time when the super-prog'ers hibernated. And there may even be a lot more in common between punk and prog than most people think. Which makes it sad if ELP (or GG) changed their style to a more "commercially viable" one to compete with prog, and by that lost their originality, audience and even punk admirers. The Captains ends with stating " I hate Rock'n roll! I really loathe and detest it. I hate the limousines, the tarts, the roadies, the gigs - everything is disgusting about rock'n' roll, it's full of wankers. I'm not a rock'n'roller. I don't take drugs or subscribe to any of its ideas or philosophies. It's a very right-wing idea; it's not rebellious at all... It's nothing to do with socialism of punk or any fresh ideas, or even progressive rock, for Gods sake". So there. Bjo/rn Are Bjorn-Are.Davidsen@s.prosjekt98.telenor.no ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Weaver in the Web that he made ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Our minds were moving parallell Because they never met" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 20:41:15 -0800 From: erwill@ix.netcom.com (Wesley T Williamson ) Subject: Re: ELP Digest V6 #3 (KE9) To: John E Arnold In response to the reader who wanted a meaning for Karn Evil 9, I@ix.netcom.com only have a tiny bit of different insight. While studying German, I learned that in Germany, there is a festival day called Karneval. Nine is homynous to Nein, which is German for "No". Perhaps Messrs. E, L, and P were trying to say that war is not festive. Personally, I don't care. I just like the music! Thank You.... -- James Eric Williamson - erwill@ix.netcom.com - erwill@heartland.bradley.edu One of Peoria's most obscure ambient blues musicians ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:36:08 GMT To: arnold@iii.net From: A.Ginman@rbgkew.org.uk (Alan Ginman) Subject: Re: Wither ELP fans? by Joe Paslawski Re: Wither ELP fans? by Joe Paslawski A good question. It really depends on your likes and dislikes in music. If you like the type of music that ELP produce (he said, fearlessly using the present tense) then there are bands out there doing it. They are hard to find, but they are there. A good starting point is the Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock, which most people probably know of, but which it wouldn't do any harm to give the URL of for newcomers: http://prog.ari.net/prog/GEPR/gepr.html This can also be reached via the Progressive Rock Home Page link on the ELP Home Page. This lists vast numbers of bands and solo artists who fit into the vague definition of 'progressive'. It is a very good starting point and it also has links to band's home pages, where these exist. As an aside, I personally feel that the word 'progressive' has lost its original meaning: when BM and ITHS came out, a lot of fans criticised ELP for not being 'progressive' enough, when what they actually wanted was more music like they produced 20 years ago! It is useful to look back at the music that you like, to see what it is you are searching for. If asked to describe my taste in music, I probably would not say that I am a fan of 'progressive' music as such. Some of the music that I like would fit that tag: ELP and King Crimson, for example. Others definitely wouldn't: The Kinks, The Who, Don McClean, Mountain. These latter musicians are people who have pushed forward the barriers of the type of music that they play, often through brilliant songwriting. They do not use keyboards as their main instruments, but so what? The question is, are you going to spend your life searching for, for the most part, second rate imitators of ELP, or are you going to look for good music? Maybe we should just accept that ELP were a one off band, and broaden our search a bit. I looked back and tried to decide what I liked in music. I like good song writing. The fact that it often comes in a pop format doesn't bother me. Ray Davis, for instance, is a brilliant songwriter who can express broad concepts in a few words within the confines of a short pop song. I also like musicians who combine different styles of music. I think that was the reason I got into the Nice and its successors. I like groups that combine rock with the classics, with folk or with jazz, so I looked for groups that did that. Having thought through that far, go to the GEPR and look for musicians that fit the bill. Having a Spanish wife, I am particularly interested in Spanish groups that have combined rock with traditional music. A recent trip to that country supplied me with some CDs of artists I had, for the most part, never heard of before reading the GEPR. In the UK there is an excellent mail order record shop called GFT (Tel 0181 339 9965 Fax 0181 399 0070). They produce a catalogue with annotated lists of their stock and have a scheme whereby you can return a record if you don't like it and they credit you with the cost, minus 10%. They even run their own record label, Cyclops, who are the UK distributors of Robert Berry's Pilgrimage to a Point, and produce a cheap sampler of the groups available on their label. By UK standards they are reasonably priced. There are a lot of good bands in Europe, both south and north, so it is an area worth exploring if you are after prog. music. As to the discussion of other musicians in the ELP newsletter, my feeling is that this should be limited to references to the GEPR. Why duplicate information? The only exception to this would be musicians such as Robert Berry, whose close association with ELP would warrant further mention in these pages. Anyway, check these people out in the GEPR: Triana; Canarios; Lluis Llach; Ibio. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 10:11:11 EST From: Dave Blickstein 20-Feb-1996 0950 -0400 To: arnold@iii.net Subject: ELP .MID files In regards to sni@localnet.com's letter to Will Alexander about producing .MIDs. I think this a fabulous idea. We could also extend it somewhat into the realm of sheet music. I know from direct conversation with many folks on the list that there are some folks like me who have transcription software. It seems to me that if Keith Emerson were to provide MIDI files, we could probably multi-process the task of turning those pieces into sheet music from the .MIDs. Now, I should say to folks not familiar with notation software that today's notation software is not as automated as some folks might intuate. It's certainly not as simple as "running the .MIDs thru a notation program and spitting out sheet music". There is usually a TON of editing involved to get a notationally accurate transcriptions. But with so many of us out there, I'll bet if each one of us took on a piece or two, we could generate a pretty good library of music, and hopefully some nice income for Keith Emerson (by insisting that people pay the $10 royalty he set up). Food for thought.... Joe... you might want to mention this should you have more correspondence with Will Alexander. Dave Blickstein p.s. One further good reason to pay the $10 royalty: I got my cancelled check back with a genuine Keith Emerson autograph!!!! I compared with a copy of an autograph someone scanned in and put on a web page and they are the same. In fact, even if you don't order sheet music, look at it as an easy and relatively inexpensive way to get a KE autograph ------------------------------ From: Rick Prevallet Subject: What instrument is this? To: arnold@iii.net Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 09:26:23 -0600 (CST) I saw ELP in 1974 at Keil auditorium in St. Louis during the Welcome back...tour. Four channel sound system was great. Keith Emerson had a keyboard between the Hammand C3 and Hammond L100 at stage front. This was used for many of the "trumpet" like sounds in Toccata and KE9. It is (barely) pictured on the back of the album . Would anyone know what make and model synthesizer this is? Thanks. RickP@Tyrell.Net ------------------------------ From: sundown@adnetsol.com Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:07:06 -0800 To: arnold@iii.net Subject: re: Kate Montgomery Hi John - Normally I try to refrain from commenting on the stuff in the Digest, which I do find of endless interest, but I had to respond to Mathias' comment regarding Keith's surgery and the mention of Kate Mongomery in the last issue. I was highly offended by the particularly nasty tone of this posting, especially as it relates to Ms. Montgomery. I am acquainted with Kate, and use her techniques myself, as I have a nerve impingement in my neck, similar to Keith's, except his was in the elbow. Her technique is used by many chiropractors and focuses on the use of applied kiniesology (my apologies if that's spelled incorrectly!). I was faced with a similar surgery some years ago (and yes, I am a keyboardist), and found that the only treatment that worked for me was chiropractic, from a skilled DC that specialized in treating musicians. Obviously that little blurb in Keyboard didn't exactly give Kate much room to explain her technique, but I don't think it warranted the blistering criticism Mathias leveled at her. It's hard to say anything about the actual surgery Keith underwent - I would think it safe to assume that only he and his doctor understand the risks and results involved. But considering that Mr. Emerson IS a consenting adult, and obviously understands the value of his hands, I would hope that his fans would defer to his choice or choices of treatment. I feel fairly certain, given the trauma of having faced that sort of a decision myself, that they are not choices he made lightly, and must have felt certain there were no other options. If he is having success with Kate Montgomery's technique, why are you jumping all over her? Would you rather he continue to suffer needlessly, and be unable to play? I don't think so. Let the man choose whatever works for him. It's his arm, it's his future, and his decision. Thanks, John! Take care, Kathie Touin Sundown Records Inc. ------------------------------ From: Bjorn-Are.Davidsen@s.prosjekt98.telenor.no Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 08:26:53 +0100 To: John E Arnold Subject: Bootlegging the bootleggers Another inspirational message for our guys, this time from On-Reflection, the Gentle Giant (gg) list, which I bootleg in full: > Recently--like a billion postings ago--I read a thread regarding bootlegged > gg. Despite the initial excitement, someone had to bring up the ethics > problem--spending money on bootlegged gg actually is stealing from the > musicians. > I just read a Frank Zappa interview where Frank revealed a scheme that he > apparently pulled off with Rhino records. They took the bootlegs, remixed > them, and released them as live recordings. Frank laughed all the way to the > bank. He called it "bootlegging the bootleggers." > After all, the bootleggers have no copyright, no legal protection, and no > possible legal remedy. > It sounds crazy but it might just work. Bjo/rn Are Bjorn-Are.Davidsen@s.prosjekt98.telenor.no ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Weaver in the Web that he made - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Our minds were moving parallell Because they never met ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 09:48:59 -0600 (CST) From: Craig Koukol Subject: Tarkus summary To: arnold@iii.net Even though it seems obvious (even from the album artwork) that Tarkus was meant to convey a storyline, I've never really listened to it in that way. Although this ELP masterwork demands to be appreciated as a single piece of music, I've always considered it as more of a symphony with different movements, rather than a concept work. Each movement evokes different feelings, which include wonder, fear, and exhilaration. Its "meaning" (if one MUST be identified) to me is just the conveyance of the very soul of progressive rock. Tarkus defined, and continues to define, a whole genre of music that, to me, has always been more complex, meaningful, and important than any other. LONG LIVE ELP!!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig Koukol "I will not cease from mental fight - Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Algonquin Area Public Library 'Till we have built Jerusalem 115 Eastgate Dr. In England's green and pleasant land." Algonquin, IL 60102 USA --Blake http://www.nslsilus.org/~referenc/alkhome.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Digest, mailing address, and administrative stuff to: arnold@dartmouth.banyan.com | +=> The same for now... ELP-related info that you | want to put in the digest to: arnold@dartmouth.banyan.com Back issues are available from the World Wide Web ELP Home Page: URL: http://bliss.berkeley.edu/elp/ Note: The opinions, information, etc. contained in this digest are those of the original message sender listed in each message. They are not necessarily those of the mailing list/digest administrator or those of any institution through whose computers/networks this mail flows. Unless otherwise noted, the individual authors of each entry in the Digest are the copyright holders of that entry. Please respect that copyright and act accordingly. I especially ask that you not redistribute the ELP Digest in whole or in part without acknowledging the original source of the digest and each author. Thanks! ------------------------------ End of ELP Digest [Volume 6 Issue 13] *************************************