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Dark Horseman
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|  Subject: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:58 pm | |
| Certainly not a typical ELP album but Powell brings a harder rock sound to the drums and I love the epic feel. Where do you think this stands in their catalog. |
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Dark Horseman
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:59 pm | |
| Not just the song but the whole album. |
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James B.
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:25 pm | |
| I am a huge Cozy fan, he influenced my playing alot as a pup. I was a casual ELP fan and bought this mainly to Cozy being involved. It is different than the band's other releases. I place it in the same vein as Yes' putting out 90210, though not as good. "Touch and Go" could of been on the b-side of "owner of a lonely heart" or visa/versa _________________  |
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S.D.
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:48 pm | |
| Touch And Go is one of my favorite songs from the 80's! I agree with James that this album is fairly close in spirit to albums like 90125 or the first Asia album. They had to find a drummer whose last name started with a "P", they couldn't possibly have chosen a better candidate.  _________________  |
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tohostudios
King Of Kaiju
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:20 pm | |
| Wow, I haven't thought of this album in decades! I have it on vinyl somewhere. I still remember Touch And Go; that's the song that made me buy the album. It got airplay on the album FM station I used to listen to.
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S.D.
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:25 pm | |
| Step Aside is another of my favorite tracks, a little Brubeck-influenced groove and Emerson's jazz chops are better than I remembered.
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tohostudios
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:30 pm | |
| Listening to that YouTube clip of Touch and Go, I definitely hear Asia.
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S.D.
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:56 pm | |
| It's more progressive than either 90125 or Asia's albums, but still fairly accessible.
Funny how it took this long for Greg Lake to participate in a recording of Mars: Bringer of War which was a concert staple of King Crimson when Lake was the vocalist.
The only track I don't like is "Lay Down Your Guns" which is too maudlin.
Otherwise a killer album and better than ELP's late 70's efforts.
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James B.
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:00 am | |
| where did I get 90210 from ? _________________ |
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S.D.
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James B.
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S.D.
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:46 am | |
| I'm happy to say I didn't either, I just think it's funny because that's the only zip code in Beverly Hills. _________________ |
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Dark Horseman
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:49 am | |
| If you're going to pop up your prog then this is the way to do it. |
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chewie
Metal is in my blood
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:08 pm | |
| This is a good ELP album and much better than................... Love Beach!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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manny
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:40 pm | |
| I used to have this on cassette and I used to love it, but I have not heard it in decades, may have spring for the CD version of this album one of these centuries. |
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S.D.
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:58 pm | |
| | manny wrote: | | I used to have this on cassette and I used to love it, but I have not heard it in decades, may have spring for the CD version of this album one of these centuries. |
You can get it used on Amazon for about $1.
There are a couple bonus tracks, including a prog cover of The Locomotion!
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chewie
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:23 am | |
| | S.D. wrote: | | manny wrote: | | I used to have this on cassette and I used to love it, but I have not heard it in decades, may have spring for the CD version of this album one of these centuries. |
You can get it used on Amazon for about $1.
There are a couple bonus tracks, including a prog cover of The Locomotion!
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That is atrocious(the Locomotion cover, that is. I think that it is an instrumental as well).............. awful!!! |
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S.D.
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:20 am | |
| | chewie wrote: | | S.D. wrote: | | manny wrote: | | I used to have this on cassette and I used to love it, but I have not heard it in decades, may have spring for the CD version of this album one of these centuries. |
You can get it used on Amazon for about $1.
There are a couple bonus tracks, including a prog cover of The Locomotion!
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That is atrocious(the Locomotion cover, that is. I think that it is an instrumental as well).............. awful!!! |
I didn't say it was good, but it is hilarious.
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Dark Horseman
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:45 pm | |
| Why did rock bands want ot cover that song?  |
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James B.
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wmcollis
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| | Subject: Re: Emerson Lake & Powell-The Score Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:08 am | |
| | S.D. wrote: | Touch And Go is one of my favorite songs from the 80's! I agree with James that this album is fairly close in spirit to albums like 90125 or the first Asia album.
They had to find a drummer whose last name started with a "P", they couldn't possibly have chosen a better candidate.
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Oh wow, haven't heard that song in a long time. Gonna have to check 'em out again. |
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