RUPERTKBD Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Seriously, 2016 can just frack right off! http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936 Quote Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died aged 69. One of the founding fathers of progressive rock, the British musician is known for songs including In the Court of the Crimson King and his solo hit I Believe in Father Christmas. He died on Wednesday after "a long and stubborn battle with cancer", said his manager. The news comes nine months after Lake's band-mate Keith Emerson died. Keyboardist Emerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, coroners in the US said. Not only a great player, he also wrote and performed my all time favorite Chistmas song "I believe in Father Christmas", which we'll probably be hearing a lot of (Along with Lucky Man) for the next while. RIP Greg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Love King Crimson and ELP! Thank you!! Always thought "Brain Salad Surgery" was a great name for an album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 @Ghostsof1915: Mods dumped the dupe thread. Maybe you could post the video again... Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 29 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Seriously, 2016 can just frack right off! http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936 Not only a great player, he also wrote and performed my all time favorite Chistmas song "I believe in Father Christmas", which we'll probably be hearing a lot of (Along with Lucky Man) for the next while. RIP Greg. Always loved this song, one of the best Christmas songs (Maybe because its hopeful, cynical, and talks of rain). I remember a few years ago driving over the Lions Gate Bridge as the snow was falling, and this song was blasting in the radio. (Thanks to the DJ for a moment of great synchronicity.) RIP, screw 2016 and screw Cancer! Thanks Greg, you leave behind great music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux_win Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Oh, what a "Lucky Man" he was (and we are for having heard him). RIP Greg. I'll miss your music. "I did write “Lucky Man” when I was 12. My mum bought me a guitar and I was very lucky in that sense, the answer was yes instead of no. There was the first bit of luck because had the answer been no, my life would have probably been totally different. I got the guitar and I learned the first four chords that were D, G, A Minor and E Minor and with those chords I wrote “Lucky Man”. I truly cannot remember everything about writing it other than I think it struck me as being a sort of minstrel type of event with these chords, G, D, E Minor and A Minor, gave me this sort of minstrel feeling. “Lucky Man” has kind of an almost medieval element tone to it. It is like a medieval folk song in a way. That was the essence of the idea. I wrote the song in its entirety and I finished it and I remembered it. As far as its significance regarding me and how lucky I was, I suppose it does really. You cannot disassociate the tune, the song has been very lucky for me. It came about because of a piece of good fortune, which was my mother giving me the guitar and it has been lucky for me ever since. I would say if I was going to be honest, I have been very lucky in life. I certainly have been." - From Wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Damn, what a year. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 56 minutes ago, aliboy said: Love King Crimson and ELP! Thank you!! Always thought "Brain Salad Surgery" was a great name for an album. good stuff.."Larks Tongues in Aspic" was another classic...RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 He dies on the same day as another legend...John Lennon died this day Dec.8th 1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 28 minutes ago, ShakyWalton said: He dies on the same day as another legend...John Lennon died this day Dec.8th 1980 Wow. What are the odds??? Oh wait about 365/1 Except 1980 was a leap year so... I lost it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 50 minutes ago, nucklehead said: Wow. What are the odds??? Oh wait about 365/1 Except 1980 was a leap year so... I lost it It was a leap year this year.....<Twilight Zone theme> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 2 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said: 2 hours ago, nucklehead said: Wow. What are the odds??? Oh wait about 365/1 Except 1980 was a leap year so... I lost it It was a leap year this year.....<Twilight Zone theme> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 RIP "Lucky Man" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 CARL PALMER STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF GREG LAKE It is with great sadness that I must now say goodbye to my friend and fellow band-mate, Greg Lake. Greg’s soaring voice and skill as a musician will be remembered by all who knew his music and recordings he made with ELP and King Crimson. I have fond memories of those great years we had in the 1970s and many memorable shows we performed together. Having lost Keith this year as well, has made this particularly hard for all of us. As Greg sang at the end of Pictures At An Exhibition, “death is life.” His music can now live forever in the hearts of all who loved him. Carl Palmer December 8, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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