Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Difference between revisions

* [[Epic Rocking]]: Taken to its extreme.

** Significant examples include "Take A Pebble," "Tarkus," "The Endless Enigma," "Karn Evil 9," "Pirates," and "Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman."

* [[Faux Symbolism]]

* [[Filler]]: ''Love Beach'' is a filler '''album''' made because of a contract mandate.

* [[Game-Breaking Injury]]: Emerson's RSI (repetitive strain injury). He is no longer able to play some of the band's songs properly or at all. Doesn't stop him from trying, with mixed results.

** His equipment didn’t escape unscathed either. Even without his RSI, he wouldn’t be able to cover The Nice’s "Rondo" as he used to. He played the rapid glissandos in the piece by slapping his open palm across the keyboard. His Hammond L-100s withstood this for quite a time, possibly with running repairs, but now it appears that he doesn’t have a single L-100 left where all the higher keys on the lower manual aren’t broken off, with repair or replacement no longer being possible.

** The album title itself is said to be a euphemism for {{spoiler|fellatio}}, as was the album's original working title, "Whip Some Skull on Yer". Giger's cover art was inspired by the latter.

* [[In the Style Of]]: "Are You Ready Eddy?" is a Little Richard imitation/pastiche/parody/whatever, based on "The Girl Can't Help It".

* [[Ironic Episode Title|Ironic Song Title]]: "Lucky Man", the tale of a prominent young man who goes to war expecting fame and glory {{spoiler|and [[Downer Ending|gets killed instead]]}}.

* [[Non-Appearing Title]]: Many of their songs, including Karn Evil 9, Tarkus, Trilogy, The Endless Enigma, Knife-Edge, The Great Gates of Kiev, and many others.

* [[Refrain From Assuming]]: It's called "Karn Evil 9", not "Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends".

** And the section where the mistitling comes from is from the second part of the ''13-minute'' first movement ("impression") of a 29-minute piece. It just happens to lead off the shortest track of the "Karn Evil 9" epic and thus the [[Edited for Syndication|easiest to play on the radio.]] (Not to mention the band rarely played the other 2 2/3 movements during their latter years anyway, if at all.)

** "Welcome Back my Friends to the Show That Never Ends" is the title of their (BSS era) live album, 2 CDs (or 3 LPs) more prog than the law should allow.

* [[Rock Trio]]

* [[Throw It In]]: As noted above, "Lucky Man" - the synth solo was recorded in one single take, which is something that Emerson's been [[Creator Backlash|embarassed about]]. Also, Palmer's Ringo-esque exclamation "They've only got ham or cheese!" at the end of "Are You Ready Eddy?"