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Very sad news....i thought tarkus one of the finest pieces of music ever written in the progressive genre...
Freddy58 said:What the hell is going on?
BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:I'm not a prog fan, but I like most of the first The Nice album 'The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack', and he was undoubtedly a great keyboard player.
Al ears said:BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:I'm not a prog fan, but I like most of the first The Nice album 'The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack', and he was undoubtedly a great keyboard player.
Quite agree, brilliant keyboard player. I liked 'Five Bridges' better.
RIP Keith.
BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:Freddy58 said:What the hell is going on?
People are getting old and dying, Freddy.
Have a think about who's still alive but getting pretty old, then you'll realise there's a fair few that'll be popping their clogs sooner rather than later. I know it sounds a bit morose, but I'm just trying to prepare you. *smile*
keeper of the quays said:Very sad news....i thought tarkus one of the finest pieces of music ever written in the progressive genre...
Freddy58 said:BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:Freddy58 said:What the hell is going on?
People are getting old and dying, Freddy.
Have a think about who's still alive but getting pretty old, then you'll realise there's a fair few that'll be popping their clogs sooner rather than later. I know it sounds a bit morose, but I'm just trying to prepare you. *smile*
Well yeah, I know that, but even so...
spiny norman said:keeper of the quays said:Very sad news....i thought tarkus one of the finest pieces of music ever written in the progressive genre...
Being reported as a suicide (apparently found with a single gunshot wound to the head) and that he had been suffering from depression and an ongoing degenerative nerve condition that made him unable to play. Very sad, if that turns out to be the case.
TrevC said:If only he had lived in a country with strict gun laws.
Jim_W said:but then it all got rather tedious with the bombastic ELP and I gave up.
BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:I'm not a prog fan, but I like most of the first The Nice album 'The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack', and he was undoubtedly a great keyboard player.
Freddy58 said:Jim_W said:but then it all got rather tedious with the bombastic ELP and I gave up.
See, you call it bombastic. I call it dramatic *smile*
spiny norman said:TrevC said:If only he had lived in a country with strict gun laws.
There's no shortage of countries with stricter gun laws where the suicide rate is higher than in the US, but thanks for twisting this thread to make a political point.
Jim_W said:Freddy58 said:Jim_W said:but then it all got rather tedious with the bombastic ELP and I gave up.
See, you call it bombastic. I call it dramatic *smile*
Ok the first ELP album is ok...but Emerson is largely held in check by the other two. That's all I'll concede. I'm sure there's musical merit in some of the others, but it's just not for me....and it goes on and on and on. School friends tried to force me to listen to it; I said, 'No, No, No'. It's good we all like different stuff, even those of you with bad taste! *biggrin*
Freddy58 said:Jim_W said:Freddy58 said:Jim_W said:but then it all got rather tedious with the bombastic ELP and I gave up.
See, you call it bombastic. I call it dramatic *smile*
Ok the first ELP album is ok...but Emerson is largely held in check by the other two. That's all I'll concede. I'm sure there's musical merit in some of the others, but it's just not for me....and it goes on and on and on. School friends tried to force me to listen to it; I said, 'No, No, No'. It's good we all like different stuff, even those of you with bad taste! *biggrin*
Jim, FWIW, I'm not going to say it was all great, far from it. I just get a little irritated when folks make comments based on impressions instead of actually listening to the music itself. Me, I couldn't care less if the artists were pompous or conceited, I only care about the music, and if it pleases my ears.