I just watched a programme about prog rock on BBC4 tonight. I've listened to ELP albums over the years. My main conclusion about ELP is that I prefer Greg Lake to Emerson and Palmer, Lake's voice is quite pure and works really well with some songs. Infact, the songs of his I really still enjoy hearing are Take A Pebble, Lucky Man and I Believe In Father Christmas. The rest I could leave without any great effort.
I suppose prog rock is part of the heritage of popular music - bands like Radiohead owe something to the prog rock bands, though I'm not clear what. Perhaps just a widening of our senses to appreciate experimentation in sounds.
I've always liked the band Yes funnily enough, even though the lyrics mean nothing! There are a few Yes albums I haven't heard - particularly a double album concept thing they did called Tales From The Topographic Ocean, which I'm not in a hurry to hear! I like Yes best when they rock out with great basslines and complicated guitar changes woven with virtuoso keyboards.
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