From the Beginning

[T Bone]

ELP was a hugely influential and popular group of the 1970s. Oddly, they seem to have near totally missed the wave of "Classic Rock" that has been so popular for last 20+ years.

Their music always reminded me of sort of a bridge between the styles of two other pivotal bands from the day, Pink Floyd and Yes. With an album title such as Brain Salad Surgery, how could they not have been popular!

...They are probably best known for the single "Lucky Man."...

Let's not forget this little beauty...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VHHcd0M_o

[Seriously]

Branded Artics? Okay, I am thinking these may be large trucks (Loreys?) Though Artic seems to imply refrigerated (Reefer's to truck drivers here in the "Colonies"). ?? (Google was no help to me on this one....).

Artic(ultated) trucks , if they were reefer's they'd be arctic's and they'd be of course.

They got a bit self indulgent back in the day , here is an idea of what they carried their kit round in:



Branded Artic's

That took a bit of finding

[T Bone]

Artic(ultated) trucks , if they were reefer's they'd be arctic's and they'd be of course.

They got a bit self indulgent back in the day , here is an idea of what they carried their kit round in:



Branded Artic's

That took a bit of finding

Of course! Just realized the missing C for Arctic. And as far as articulating trucks, never heard the term. Often called a Tractor Trailer rig or a "Semi" (long i) here in the US of A.

I wonder if they always convoyed in the "correct" order (so from the air front to back it would read "Emerson Lake Palmer")? I'm guessing probably not...

[GaryF]

Articulated LORRIES!!!!! What kind of Englishman are you?

Artic(ultated) trucks , if they were reefer's they'd be arctic's and they'd be of course.

They got a bit self indulgent back in the day , here is an idea of what they carried their kit round in:



Branded Artic's

That took a bit of finding

[Seriously]

Artic' , Arctic, LORRY ! , truck , schmuck all the same to me

[Seriously]

Just happened across this , which you will find amusing

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/E...ake_%26_Palmer

[tribe125]

They got a bit self indulgent back in the day

Just a bit...

They were the Argentinosaurus of the dinosaur bands. They could certainly play, but it all got a bit daft. The punk bands referred to ELP more often than anyone when saying what punk was a reaction to.

[crownpuller]

Just happened across this , which you will find amusing

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/E...ake_%26_Palmer

Indeed I did - Cheered me up no end

[RayMac]

A handful of radio songs from the early 70s have this effect.

I remember hearing this one for the first time on a tinny AM radio in my 1969 Valiant. Sounds a bit better on satellite radio.

[ljb187]

I remember hearing this one for the first time on a tinny AM radio in my 1969 Valiant. Sounds a bit better on satellite radio.

I'd have to go for the Valiant and its AM radio - so long as the brakes still worked. I mostly know the Doobie Brothers hits, but all my friends and I still remember them playing on What's Happening!!. It was a weird choice but they performed a mini-concert that lasted 12 minutes (2:12 in).

Does that guitar sound a little like Carlos Santana? I checked and it looks like they came up at roughly the same time so I doubt there's much influence either way.