I’m gunna say that I both haven’t listened to it and probably don’t intend to listen to it.
That gif was just for the lols and because lee keeps tagging me in a comment every time a prog album comes up
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I’m gunna say that I both haven’t listened to it and probably don’t intend to listen to it.
That gif was just for the lols and because lee keeps tagging me in a comment every time a prog album comes up
avecigrec
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I’m gunna say that I both haven’t listened to it and probably don’t intend to listen to it.
That gif was just for the lols and because lee keeps tagging me in a comment every time a prog album comes up
Oh, I'm quite certain you would hate it!
dbarila
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2 Hours and 9 minutes???
Hemotep
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4/4/23
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition
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Pictures at an Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer released in 1971. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.www.allmusic.com
I know I'd listened to this just a couple years ago and remembered being pretty meh on it. But as I was listening, I thought wow, I didn't remember this being 2 hours and 9 minutes long. Turns out I just listened to the deluxe version. And while I did strongly dislike the first couple tracks, by the time it got to the Baba Yaga freakout tracks I was really into it. I know this will convince absolutely none of you (maybe @avecigrec) but I like this extended deluxe version far more than the standard version, despite there being several tracks that do nothing for me. 3/5
TrainFan73
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That’s the deluxe, the regular is 38 minutes and feels like four hours.
dbarila
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Ah. I always forget to check for "Other Versions" on Apple Music.
TrainFan73
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We tortured Newcastle, NOW SEE WHAT WE DID TO LONDON!!!
TrainFan73
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TrainFan73
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Not for nothing this is exactly how I feel about death cab. Except they add lyrics to the noodling to nowhere.
dbarila
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70's prog is the best parody of itself.
avecigrec
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Not a today project, for sure, but I'll give it a go sometime.
Hemotep
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You won't really be missing anything in your life if don't, but if you ever decide to listen to the album again I'd at least check it out.
avecigrec
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At the very least it will come up in my personal project at some point, so I'll play the extended version then if I haven't already done so.
TrainFan73
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What I really want to know is what Mussorgsky ever did to ELP that they were like “we should take his masterpiece and make it sound like Jesus Christ Superstar and a little country church organist’s recital had a lsd baby”?
TrainFan73
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It’s also fun that every ten minutes or so, they’re like what we’re we playing? Oh yeah and will play a theme from the music they are supposedly playing before they return to aimless noodling.
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imtheocean
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Which is exactly why I'm digging the weirdness of this pick so much. What the hell makes something like this get conceived and played consistently on a tour. I mean, beyond drugs.
In high school I went through a ELP deep dive, but I don't think I spent much time with this particular album, more with Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery.
the Baba Yaga parts are pretty fantastic and out there, but also surprisingly well orchestrated/coordinated with the synth/drumming. And I love me some Hammond B3.
3/5
TrainFan73
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Drugs. There is no beyond. Everything about this screams a bong rip of some crazy shit.
imtheocean
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"You want some more music?"
Audience screams wildly.
Nutrocker....
Audience screams wildly.
Nutrocker....
Hemotep
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There are some tracks I really like that aren't on the standard version, even if you don't listen to both sets.