And of course, Keith Emerson (and Emerson, Lake & Palmer) popularized Allegro Barbaro for a whole generation with their mammoth-sounding version called "The Barbarian" - the first track on the first Emerson Lake & Palmer record (released 20 November 1970), blowing the mind of many a youngster as myself, sitting in the room of the friend who had the truly outrageous stereo system of the day, making the very walls reverberate with joyful noise! Fucking awesome!!! (It must be said that, my mother being a piano teacher, I was familiar with the piano version, so ELP's had the advantage of familiarity when I first heard theirs.) My god, it had the outrageous state-of-the-art studio perfectionism and complete heaviness of the first Sabbath records, while being complex and classically virtuosic. Brilliant and a half!
'Course, nothing is as brilliant as a Song Thrush!
Astonishingly brilliant poem!
And of course, Keith Emerson (and Emerson, Lake & Palmer) popularized Allegro Barbaro for a whole generation with their mammoth-sounding version called "The Barbarian" - the first track on the first Emerson Lake & Palmer record (released 20 November 1970), blowing the mind of many a youngster as myself, sitting in the room of the friend who had the truly outrageous stereo system of the day, making the very walls reverberate with joyful noise! Fucking awesome!!! (It must be said that, my mother being a piano teacher, I was familiar with the piano version, so ELP's had the advantage of familiarity when I first heard theirs.) My god, it had the outrageous state-of-the-art studio perfectionism and complete heaviness of the first Sabbath records, while being complex and classically virtuosic. Brilliant and a half!