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Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Hoedown
Album: Trilogy
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Released: 1972
Length: 3:41
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 kingart wrote:

I don't know what I was thinking. A 6? I must have been temporarily hard of hearing. This rockets along at about 190 mph, so this is an 8. 
 




I gave it a TEN!   Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 risingson wrote:

What the heck was that!




100mph of GREAT!!  Thanx RP!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

ELP were brilliant. Aaron Copeland was brilliant. Didja know Copeland lifted this, almost entirely, from a Kentucky Bluegrass arrangement of Boneparte's Retreat by William Stepp?. I mean Copleland did not just borrow a folk tune, he stole the arrangement. At least ELP made it their own with the Moog theatrics.
here is the source material: 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yeQucos9-M




Thank You for the info!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
It's like a prog version of the Chicken Dance Song! {#Dancingbanana}

 
Yeah, it's so groovy - nothing heavy-handed or ostentatious about this.
kaftans
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
This sounds like a bunch of teenagers playing around on their dad's electric piano.

 
This sounds like a bunch of teenagers on speed playing around on their dad's electric piano :-)
Posted 7 years ago by topcat99    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Focus.
Posted 7 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
ELP were brilliant. Aaron Copeland was brilliant. Didja know Copeland lifted this, almost entirely, from a Kentucky Bluegrass arrangement of Boneparte's Retreat by William Stepp?. I mean Copleland did not just borrow a folk tune, he stole the arrangement. At least ELP made it their own with the Moog theatrics.
here is the source material: 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yeQucos9-M
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
This sounds like a bunch of teenagers playing around on their dad's electric piano.

 
Man, I want to hang out with the teenagers that you know, as this is one of my favorite rock keyboard jams of all time. Not just me either - AllMusic describes Emerson as "perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished keyboardist in rock history".

Not to mention Palmer beating the crap out of the drums too.
Posted 7 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
The first ELP song I ever heard, whereupon I became a big fan.  The music may not have aged all that well but even when I tire of Kieth's keys board wizardry, there is always Carl's amazing drumming.
Posted 7 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Goofy high-energy fun (but I'd rather hear the title track).
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Tofu. It's what's for dinner.
Posted 7 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
This sounds like a bunch of teenagers playing around on their dad's electric piano.
Posted 8 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
I don't know what I was thinking. A 6? I must have been temporarily hard of hearing. This rockets along at about 190 mph, so this is an 8. 
 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 risingson wrote:
What the heck was that!

 
Just ELP being awesome. That's all.
Posted 8 years ago by Lindo525    [ Reply ]
I wore the grooves out on the this album back in the day
Posted 8 years ago by bm.deavenport613    [ Reply ]
These guys made and carried a sound like no other back when this, and subsequent LP's, came out.  Porcupine Tree and some others may be today's equivalent.  Very nice if you like that sort of thing....and who doesn't, at least....in some (small) quantities if not large?  {#Clap}

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 8 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
 Pawlaw wrote:
It's so Old !

 
You're just too young.
Posted 8 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
It's so Old !
Posted 8 years ago by Pawlaw    [ Reply ]
 xtalman wrote:

Yep I played the hell out of this one.  Belated RIP Keith.  Many demons I guess.

 
The guy that was the closing act for California Jam (his openers included Eagles, EWF, Deep Purple) eventually went bankrupt, sleeping on friends' couches.
His damaged ulnar nerve made it hard to use his right hand 4th/5th fingers, and - afraid he couldn't perform up to expectations, even after bringing along a second keyboard player, he killed himself.

How horrible. 
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
best-air drumming -song-ever{#Drummer}
Posted 8 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
It's like a prog version of the Chicken Dance Song! {#Dancingbanana}

 
I had a version of them doing that on a bootleg back in the late '70s.  That album also had a prog version of "The Alleycat" that was pretty rockin' too - lots of very loudly-mixed mellotron stuff.  The epitome of 1970s excess.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
What the heck was that!
Posted 8 years ago by risingson    [ Reply ]
It's like a prog version of the Chicken Dance Song! {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 8 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 seageek wrote:
One of my favorite albums in high school. RIP Keith.

 
Yep I played the hell out of this one.  Belated RIP Keith.  Many demons I guess.
Posted 8 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Bill, please consider adding "Fanfare for the Common Man" to your library.  Seems apropos given the passing of Keith Emerson, who was not so common.
Posted 8 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
6 > 7.  
I of course can't know if Aaron Copland is cringing or hoedown-ing. Let's have some Fanfare and do the quasi-American thing: put it to a vote. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite albums in high school. RIP Keith.
Posted 8 years ago by seageek    [ Reply ]
Thank you! So glad to hear this here!
Posted 8 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
A big musician has gone. Thank you for what you left here.
Posted 8 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Keith.
Posted 8 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
So happy to hear this on this very sad day. Thank you for playing it.
Posted 8 years ago by MoxyParlance    [ Reply ]
Such a different style from the one I remember - did they do much of this kind of hoedownish genre?  btw loved the album artwork  back in the day.
RIP Keith Emmerson....{#Daisy}  {#Daisy}  {#Daisy}
Posted 8 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
Took me some time to realize what the heck I am hearing as the main tune was present throughout my childhood at every bluegrass jam my father played at. :D
Posted 8 years ago by HanaBel    [ Reply ]

Keith Emerson, Keyboardist for Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Dies at 71

Keith Emerson, the flamboyant, English prog-rock pioneer who rose to fame as the keyboardist for supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer in the ’70s, died in Santa Monica on Thursday at age 71. Although the cause of death was not revealed, an official statement was issued by bandmate Carl Palmer.

 

Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I used to love ELP!  I'm glad to be hearing them again!!  
Posted 8 years ago by WannabeBanned    [ Reply ]
college daze....
Posted 8 years ago by j1sey    [ Reply ]
Likeable. You can't fault the musicianship. Plus it got so many younguns pissed off by its excess that whole new musical genres popped up. Oh yeah...RIP Keith Emerson too.
Posted 8 years ago by Andybob    [ Reply ]
RIP Keith

Thanks for finding this gem in your catalog, Bill 
Posted 8 years ago by bmccaul    [ Reply ]
Takes me back to high school.  Windows open, doing homework, headphones cranked!
Posted 8 years ago by drictor    [ Reply ]
RIP Keith! Another one bite's the dust!
Posted 8 years ago by ncarus    [ Reply ]
RIP
Mr. Emerson
Posted 8 years ago by dalaut    [ Reply ]
So long Keith - off to the hoedown in the sky.
Posted 8 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]