Course Outline Schedule Previous Next

Home   

Week 10: Lecture a
Emerson, Lake and Palmer

I. Introduction

A. Announcements

B. Content

II. ELP

A. Introduction

1. General

a) In 1969

b) Isle of Wight Festival (off South Coast of England)

2. Personnel

a) Keith Emerson (Keyboards)

b) Greg Lake (Bass, Guitars and Vocals)

c) Carl Palmer (Drums)

B. Albums

1. Emerson Lake and Palmer (1970)

a) Introduction

b) Songs

2. Tarkus (1971)

a) Introduction

(1) Difficulty within the group

(2) Success

(3) Characteristics

b) Analysis: "Tarkus"

(1) Subdivisions

(a) Eruption (00 :00)

(b) Stones of Years (2 :44)

(c) Iconoclast (6:28)

(d) Mass (7:43)

(e) Manticore (10:56)

(f) Battlefield (12:48)

(g) Aquatarkus (16:39-20:38)

(i) A (16:39)

(ii) B (19:18)

(2) Macan (p. 87-95) see book

III. Reading and Listening

A. CD-1: Tarkus

B. CD-3