Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Take a Pebble
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Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea,
Then watch the ripples that unfold into me,
My face spill so gently into your eyes,
Disturbing the waters of our lives.
Shread of our memories are lying on your grass;
Wounded words of laughter are graveyards of the past.
Photographs are grey and torn, scattered in your fields
Letters of your memories are not real.
Sadness on your shoulders like a wornout overcoat
In pockets creased and tattered hang the rags of your hope.
The daybreak is your midnight; the colours have all died.
Disturbing the waters of our lives, of our lives, of our lives, lives,
Lives, lives...
Of our lives.
Then watch the ripples that unfold into me,
My face spill so gently into your eyes,
Disturbing the waters of our lives.
Shread of our memories are lying on your grass;
Wounded words of laughter are graveyards of the past.
Photographs are grey and torn, scattered in your fields
Letters of your memories are not real.
Sadness on your shoulders like a wornout overcoat
In pockets creased and tattered hang the rags of your hope.
The daybreak is your midnight; the colours have all died.
Disturbing the waters of our lives, of our lives, of our lives, lives,
Lives, lives...
Of our lives.
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Walking the dog on the beach on a crisp winter's day with 12 mins of ELP in my earbuds....wow thanks RP
kopfhoerer wrote:
Learn how to use the "skip button" and your quality of life will improve!!
If this was played in an elevator at least I knew I could get out at some point...
Learn how to use the "skip button" and your quality of life will improve!!
jsd52756 wrote:
I Agree!! I was 15yrs old when it was released & immediately bought the album! ELP & other prog-rock groups (Yes & King Crimson) got me through high school & I still love these bands today! Thanx RP!
This was put together when the boys were in their early 20's. Absolute genius. And that includes the production, engineering and mastering crew. Thank you ELP for everything.
-John
I Agree!! I was 15yrs old when it was released & immediately bought the album! ELP & other prog-rock groups (Yes & King Crimson) got me through high school & I still love these bands today! Thanx RP!
My deepest sympathies to all of the younger adults out there, and older people too, that are not able to appreciate the likes of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. I enjoy modern Indie type stuff, 8 bar blues, even lots of country, country and western, even Mary Had a Little Lamb, but going through my high school and college years in the 60's and 70's amazes me still, the depth, complexity, the difficulty levels. I have to believe that the lack of talent in today's music is a result of less serious study of classical music by our young 'uns.
Twelve minutes and thirty-one seconds from my youth. That's why I support Radio paradise. Thanks, guys, keep up the eclectic work!
kind of hard to dance to but then again i was to stoned lol this is very good elp
If this was played in an elevator at least I knew I could get out at some point...
These guys had some serious cross-genre musical chops didn't they? It's not every "rock-n-roller" who could reinterpret classical after the fashion they did; or even be willing to try. But theirs, along with Moody Blues, early Allman Bro's, that hooked me into becoming the eclectic musical omnivore I am today.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Haha 12 minutes. No where else I tell yah.
This was put together when the boys were in their early 20's. Absolute genius. And that includes the production, engineering and mastering crew. Thank you ELP for everything.
-John
-John
khardog145 wrote:
I got the picture disk set given to me a few years back , first 5 vinyl albums. Couple weekends ago I sliced off the time to listen to them all.
So amazing. I played the daylights out of this as a teen.
I got the picture disk set given to me a few years back , first 5 vinyl albums. Couple weekends ago I sliced off the time to listen to them all.
My early love of ELP as a young teenager led me into so many strange and wonderful corners of music when i followed the band back through their previous bands, especially introducing me to King Crimson, and the whole host of brilliant musicians that introduced me to!
Greg Lake's voice is something special, but what an irony that here in UK he is mostly known for a Christmas single!
Greg Lake's voice is something special, but what an irony that here in UK he is mostly known for a Christmas single!
I think this song ended because somebody got tired. Otherwise, the noodling would have gone on...and on...and on...
One of the greatest bands of 20th century and today
Another good and long if somewhat tedious reason to tune in to Radio Paradise 
Critics hated it. F them.
Greg Lake, a real vocal force hard to match! My favourite track by them.
These guys made me realize, as a teen, that Classical music was really good. I don't think I would have made the venture of into that world without first having listened to ELP.
Pictures at an Exhibition was the one that finally convinced me to start listening to Classical stuff with a different ear. Prior to ELP, I wouldn't have ever admitted to listening old fogies music.
Pictures at an Exhibition was the one that finally convinced me to start listening to Classical stuff with a different ear. Prior to ELP, I wouldn't have ever admitted to listening old fogies music.
This is still going ? ? ?
On_The_Beach wrote:
Yes, in fact there's at least one version on youtube where Lake improvises lyrics about his dog!
Hopefully it's something better than "Wounded words of laughter are graveyards of the past".
Yes, in fact there's at least one version on youtube where Lake improvises lyrics about his dog!
Hopefully it's something better than "Wounded words of laughter are graveyards of the past".
I miss them; glad I was lucky to attend several concerts.
Heaven...
So amazing. I played the daylights out of this as a teen.
hayduke2 wrote:
A sublime sonic journey...
"Salt Peanut" "Salt Peanut"
Undeniable total Fine Artists here, not for everybody but man these are serious and damn enjoyable sounds Thank You!
Undeniable total Fine Artists here, not for everybody but man these are serious and damn enjoyable sounds Thank You!
A sublime sonic journey...
High School days. Thank you Bill!
Huey wrote:
On_The_Beach wrote:
Six for the track, nine for On_The_Beach's joke!
I think it sucks....sorry
On_The_Beach wrote:
Yah, well, I've heard that Dewey and Louie love it!
Six for the track, nine for On_The_Beach's joke!
"Salt Peanut" "Salt Peanut"
Undeniable total Fine Artists here, not for everybody but man these are serious and damn enjoyable sounds Thank You!
Undeniable total Fine Artists here, not for everybody but man these are serious and damn enjoyable sounds Thank You!
Although I'm tiring of this sorta quickly...I do appreciate this! Where else will you hear this variety? No where...unless it's your own turntable or CD player.
I was a massive fan of ELP in my teens, and whilst I admired and enjoyed Keith Emerson's baroque noodling on Moogs and whatnot, I always thought that Greg Lake was the strongest and most stable member of the trio, and I think that time has borne this out. Most of the tracks on, say, Tarkus or Brain Salad Surgery have dated badly, but Lake's simple songs have lasted and are still enjoyable today, IMO.
the_jake wrote:
No. Not feeling it.
Going with a 5 only because I like ELP.
No. Not feeling it.
Going with a 5 only because I like ELP.
Such a lot of goddamned pointless noodling--even for ELP.
the_jake wrote:
No. Not feeling it.
Going with a 5 only because I like ELP.
Too many interruptions to enjoy the whole song.
Hope to hear it again someday and rate it then.
Hope to hear it again someday and rate it then.
No. Not feeling it.
Going with a 5 only because I like ELP.
Stephen_Phillips wrote:
Yes, in fact there's at least one version on youtube where Lake improvises lyrics about his dog!
Yes it is like a live version where they might have stretched out the song with a fun extemporary guitar solo. Ah well, it is just music anyway - no persons were harmed in the making of the record!
Yes, in fact there's at least one version on youtube where Lake improvises lyrics about his dog!
On_The_Beach wrote:
Yes it is like a live version where they might have stretched out the song with a fun extemporary guitar solo. Ah well, it is just music anyway - no persons were harmed in the making of the record!
Always loved the piano and vocals.
The guitar interlude doesn't quite work in the context of the song, IMO.
The guitar interlude doesn't quite work in the context of the song, IMO.
Yes it is like a live version where they might have stretched out the song with a fun extemporary guitar solo. Ah well, it is just music anyway - no persons were harmed in the making of the record!
Soo much like Rennaisance snd other music of that period. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Always loved the piano and vocals.
The guitar interlude doesn't quite work in the context of the song, IMO.
The guitar interlude doesn't quite work in the context of the song, IMO.
Too many interruptions to enjoy the whole song.
Hope to hear it again someday and rate it then.
Hope to hear it again someday and rate it then.
most amazing album and so influential on me as a y
ungster…
ungster…ELP may be an acquired taste, but here were 3 musicians at the peak of technical excellence.
everything i've heard off this album sucks.....played soooo often on here. yuck!
so thankful hearing this splendid piece this morning! musical joy imo : )
Wonderful song and album.
With Ray LaMontagne Homecoming after...........even better!!
With Ray LaMontagne Homecoming after...........even better!!
I'm a quintessential ELP fan from the beginning. (see what I did there?)
But that first croaking "JUSSSSST" is so annoying.
But that first croaking "JUSSSSST" is so annoying.
Similar piano work to Renaissance. Havent heard this before. I like it some, nice as background music
Huey wrote:
Yah, well, I've heard that Dewey and Louie love it!
I think it sucks....sorry
Yah, well, I've heard that Dewey and Louie love it!
I think it sucks....sorry
One of the finest songs ever written. Listen to it on vinyl and you will be blown away.
-John
-John
bseib wrote:
Last time I played it was on a cassette tape make from a buddies vinyl!
The last time I played this for myself, it was on Dad's vinyl. ;-)
Good to hear it here.
Good to hear it here.
Last time I played it was on a cassette tape make from a buddies vinyl!
Bill : Thank you! ELPs first, nothing like it
Nice. Unfamiliar EL&P.
This is quintessential progressive rock. Jazz, classical, rock, several moods and melodies all strung together. Not for everybody but I like it.
This is quintessential progressive rock. Jazz, classical, rock, several moods and melodies all strung together. Not for everybody but I like it.
Sublime.
Old_Pat wrote:
Yes the last time I saw them things had not gotten any sweeter for them. Lake's voice was showing it's age and use.
Possibly the best album cut they ever did. Saw them in concert something like 4 or 5 times. Usually brilliant - the last time the were TERRible.
Yes the last time I saw them things had not gotten any sweeter for them. Lake's voice was showing it's age and use.
The last time I played this for myself, it was on Dad's vinyl. ;-)
Good to hear it here.
Good to hear it here.
Possibly the best album cut they ever did. Saw them in concert something like 4 or 5 times. Usually brilliant - the last time the were TERRible.
Was lucky to see these guys while in Germany 1973 serving my country. Quad sound had just come of age. WOW!
Well said. Similar sentiments from the other side of North America from a vantage point described below. Adding the extra appreciation given the recent passing of KE.
Highlowsel wrote:
Highlowsel wrote:
Nicely done then. And still nice done today.
It's holding its age very well ain't it? Like a good wine being sipped while sitting in a rocking chair on a wrap-around front porch late in a mid-summer night, listening to the crickets and watching the fire flies dance.
(He says this from the vantage point of a office chair looking westward out of the floor to celing window of a 51st Floor building on the west side of NYC; looking out over the Hudson River and thinking of times gone by.
)
It's holding its age very well ain't it? Like a good wine being sipped while sitting in a rocking chair on a wrap-around front porch late in a mid-summer night, listening to the crickets and watching the fire flies dance.
(He says this from the vantage point of a office chair looking westward out of the floor to celing window of a 51st Floor building on the west side of NYC; looking out over the Hudson River and thinking of times gone by.
)SO happy to hear this here!!!!
Simply beautiful!
Nicely done then. And still nice done today.
It's holding its age very well ain't it? Like a good wine being sipped while sitting in a rocking chair on a wrap-around front porch late in a mid-summer night, listening to the crickets and watching the fire flies dance.
(He says this from the vantage point of a office chair looking westward out of the floor to celing window of a 51st Floor building on the west side of NYC; looking out over the Hudson River and thinking of times gone by. )
It's holding its age very well ain't it? Like a good wine being sipped while sitting in a rocking chair on a wrap-around front porch late in a mid-summer night, listening to the crickets and watching the fire flies dance.
(He says this from the vantage point of a office chair looking westward out of the floor to celing window of a 51st Floor building on the west side of NYC; looking out over the Hudson River and thinking of times gone by.
)very creative! lovely
Tarkus is their best. When I heard it first in 1971 it became one of my favorite works.
Just close your eyes and let your mind wonder ..... its easy if you try!
You may want a listen to Leslie West playing guitar on To My Friend from Mountain's 1970 album "Climbing!". Just a suggestion. The early part of Take a Pebble sounds similar.
Almost makes you wish Kieth had never discovered the Moog. I always think of ELP as converting classical compositions but this debut album piece is just really good jazz.
helgigermany wrote:
Not too long for the day after his death.
I know this LP. Its good. But this song: to long!
Not too long for the day after his death.
Their first album was their best, IMO.
R.I.P. Keith, probably the most talented rock keyboardist ever.
R.I.P. Keith, probably the most talented rock keyboardist ever.
Stick to either classical or pop! This is booooring. Why, except for "Lucky Man," I never thought much of ELP.
"Supergroup"
The very first rock concert I ever saw was ELP in Detroit. Sorry to lose Emerson this week.
I know this LP. Its good. But this song: to long!
Great old obscure and nearly forgotten stuff! I think I can hear where Kerry Livgren (of Kansas, back in the day) got some ideas from...
Saw them at Soldiers Field in Chicago for their Works tour. Heart Played ahead of them, Absolutely wonderful concert.
very mmellow music, RIP Emerson
RIP Keith :-(