THE greatest band ever? Perhaps? Personally I go on binges, sometimes my prog listening takes me to VDGG, or perhaps even Spring and Caravan, most often Yes (the
SECOND greatest band ever?), PMF, Le Orme & the stellar Italian scene, yet often I binge and purge on ELP to the point of near insanity...... S/T, TARKUS, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery - all exception. The live records, Pictures and Welcome, also as good! Got no problem with Works either....... a spinning piano? Greg Lake? Keith Emerson? Carl Palmer? Truly this is rock and roll....... if I was able to build a time machine and go back and follow them around like the Dead.......
Fucking Tarkus man. Perchance if I had twenty minutes to live I'd spend that time listening to that one epic track..... perchance I wouldn't as I'd spend my final moments with my wife and she loathes ELP...... you can't fault her for this though, many have yet to grasp just how epic this band is. I myself felt so overwhelmed upon hearing Brain Salad Surgery - flawless album, yet now I know they're capable of so much more.......
