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Do you wanna be an angel
Do you wanna be a star
Do you wanna play some magic
On my guitar
Do you wanna be a poet
Do you wanna be my string
You could be anything
Do you wanna be the lover of another undercover
You could even be the
Man on the moon
Do you wanna be the player
Do you wanna be the string
Let me tell you something
It just don't mean a thing
You see it really doesn't matter
When you're buried in disguise
By the dark glass on your eyes
Though your flesh has crystallised
Still...you turn me on
Do you wanna be the pillow
Where I lay my head
Do you wanna be the feathers
Lying on my bed
Do you wanna be the cover
Of a magazine
Create a scene
Every day a little sadder
A little madder
Someone get me a ladder
Do you wanna be the singer
Do you wanna be the song
Let me tell you something
You just couldn't be more wrong
You see I really have to tell you
That it all gets so intense
From my experience
It just doesn't seem to make sense
Still...you turn me on
I prefer a sober dulcimer. ; )
IDK? Hammered Dulcimers are a cheap date!
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You can never go wrong with a hammered dulcimer!
I prefer a sober dulcimer. ; )
"Someone get me a ladder". Reminds me the last rime I fell in love with a German girl.
I'm glad someone had something enjoyable about the worse lyric in this (otherwise great) song.
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Iconic Album Cover
Those Bündner Mountains made it happen!
that's quite the dulcimer playing.
Except that it's probably not. Album credits cite "Hammond organ, harpsichord, keyboard and Moog" for Emerson on this track.
I could go for synthesized dulcimer.
Sad ending to the trio of ELP, losing Keith the way he went but he will always live on in the minds of those like me who love their music.
Obviously this guy doesn't smoke weed often. My father tried telling me that same thing until he face planted on the table.
I can see his point. I usually just want to relax a bit and not get to the point of face planting. Kinda the difference between having a glass of wine and slamming a bottle of vodka.
"...clumsy, juvenile lyrics..." Really? And who elected you the determining factor of what constitutes good or bad lyrics? You must keep yourself pretty busy criticizing lyrics as, by your apparent standards, there are many songs would fall into that category of your discriminating critique.
So please, post your lyrics of your hit songs and show us heathens how it is done.
For an extremely active commentor at RP you certainly post some condescending shyte.
I didn't know there was an election process to express one's opinions here. There was no condescension intended, just a subjective observation - an opinion which apparently differs from yours.
I couldn't understand the lyrics 35 years back when I was an ELP fan, and I still don't, but I love the song.
I never understood the album title either, but it was ELP's best.
Brain Salad surgery, also known as "whip some skull on you," was slang then for giving head.
Obviously this guy doesn't smoke weed often. My father tried telling me that same thing until he face planted on the table.
Face-planted on today's weed? My point exactly.
Also the album itself
Pretty adept at acoustic guitar as well
Hipgnosis did Trilogy and Best Of, but I don't think they did BSS.
Giger worked directly with the band.
Obviously this guy doesn't smoke weed often. My father tried telling me that same thing until he face planted on the table.
The cover is a bit better than the song
(H.R. Giger)
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ELP was big for me back then
The cover is a bit better than the song
(H.R. Giger)
I don't think there is a dulcimer in that. Sounds more like a harpsichord played with a pick on the strings...
by
HR Giger.
I never understood the album title either, but it was ELP's best.
Electric Light Project? AS IF you know all their work... sure, you're Bill and all, but you have these folks under your spell and we both know it
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I never understood the album title either, but it was ELP's best.
idiot_wind wrote:
A great prog band! And a 10
They are pretty clumsy, juvenile lyrics, but they don't seem to bother too many people here. I've heard worse.
"...clumsy, juvenile lyrics..." Really? And who elected you the determining factor of what constitutes good or bad lyrics? You must keep yourself pretty busy criticizing lyrics as, by your apparent standards, there are many songs would fall into that category of your discriminating critique.
So please, post your lyrics of your hit songs and show us heathens how it is done.
For an extremely active commentor at RP you certainly post some condescending shyte.
R.I.P. HR Giger.
It still is for me :-)
Pls see reply to Eagle 25000.
Cheers.
Pls see reply to Dumdum pants 666
If you don't like it, then get lost. IMHO. Just sayin'
Pls see reply to Eagle 25000.
Cheers.
Totally agree with you somboed. I think this guy's the "real thing" he talks about! LOL
Strangely enough this tune just popped up again and I revisited and edited my unlettered comment (must have been upset about something that day). I still stand by my first thoughts on hearing the song and understand that while you and sombroed enjoyed this tune, I (obviously) didn't. I've always felt the comments by listeners on RP should reflect both sides of the effect a certain song may have on them (good or bad) as it pops up on RP. The old adage of 'if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say it' is not really the point here, critical comments can, and should be just as relevant as positive ones in an open forum. My error was to belittle the artist and in turn the folks that enjoy that artist by articulating my comment in a juvenile (ironically) and crass manner which is defiantly NOT the point of the comments section. For that pls accept my belated apologies.
Now back to the music...
They refer to his confounding, mixed feelings about his female fans, and ask what exactly they want/expect to be in relation to ELP.
"Someone get me a ladder" was actually something Keith shouted once when trying to extricate himself from a rather excited group.
And the odd, lascivious-sounding wah-wah that punctuates the otherwise beautiful music is about those mixed feelings again — "still, you turn me on" (next best thing to a wolf whistle, I suppose).
So yeah, the lyrics are a little weird but think metaphor. (And if you think this is extreme, you should see the original version, from his book "Word Sculptures." ;-)
Thanks for this. I long ago pretty much guessed what the song was about but I never could understand the "ladder" line.
They refer to his confounding, mixed feelings about his female fans, and ask what exactly they want/expect to be in relation to ELP.
"Someone get me a ladder" was actually something Keith shouted once when trying to extricate himself from a rather excited group.
And the odd, lascivious-sounding wah-wah that punctuates the otherwise beautiful music is about those mixed feelings again — "still, you turn me on" (next best thing to a wolf whistle, I suppose).
So yeah, the lyrics are a little weird but think metaphor. (And if you think this is extreme, you should see the original version, from his book "Word Sculptures." ;-)
Thank you, Moxy. I appreciate the explanation. You da ... person!
They refer to his confounding, mixed feelings about his female fans, and ask what exactly they want/expect to be in relation to ELP.
"Someone get me a ladder" was actually something Keith shouted once when trying to extricate himself from a rather excited group.
And the odd, lascivious-sounding wah-wah that punctuates the otherwise beautiful music is about those mixed feelings again — "still, you turn me on" (next best thing to a wolf whistle, I suppose).
So yeah, the lyrics are a little weird but think metaphor. (And if you think this is extreme, you should see the original version, from his book "Word Sculptures." ;-)
I've seen a zillion shows over the years. One of the best was the 1974 California Jam with headliners ELP. This solo by Gregg Lake was an unforgettable highlight.
They are pretty clumsy, juvenile lyrics, but they don't seem to bother too many people here. I've heard worse.
I just popped in to say that it bothers me, but I'll recover.
Where's that confounded bridge?
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Someone get me a ladder
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They named this the "Someone get me a ladder" tour at the time, which I hope meant they had a sense of the absurd about the awful lyric.
They are pretty clumsy, juvenile lyrics, but they don't seem to bother too many people here. I've heard worse.
Remember it is for entertainment purposes only.
-John
If you don't like it, then get lost. IMHO. Just sayin'
Totally agree with you somboed. I think this guy's the "real thing" he talks about! LOL
Just sayin.
If you don't like it, then get lost. IMHO. Just sayin'
Where's that confounded bridge?
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Someone get me a ladder
They named this the "Someone get me a ladder" tour at the time, which I hope meant they had a sense of the absurd about the awful lyric.
Bose 901's indeed. I'll bet more than a few basements had a pair of 'em, eh?
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In retrospection, the music (as opposed to the social movement) of puck was less radical than appeared at the time; the experimental work by non-punk, techno and Indie bands pushed things further musically than dear old Lydon did.
how about something from The Nice
his band before EL&P
i'm sure Bill knows the ones to play
.
btw, worse wah-wah ever
For me this era stands for experiments with the new musical ideas from the 50thies and 60thies, combined with the classical ideas to create new and exciting music.
The minimalistic sound of for example Joy Division for me is part of this movement.
Then the 80thies until now... On average dull 3.5 minute music that's easy on the brains with distinctive repeating patterns so you recognize it like a commercial. That's punk inclusive.
I always thought that if I could just edit that out this would be such a great song. It doesn't help the tune at all...why is it there?!
And voila! Found Greg Lake's isolated vocals here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsVEEDtLr2A.
Yeah!... To hell with the artistic vision of the original artist.
Grammarcop wrote:
R.I.P. HR Giger.
I always thought that if I could just edit that out this would be such a great song. It doesn't help the tune at all...why is it there?!
And voila! Found Greg Lake's isolated vocals here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsVEEDtLr2A.
This song is good for the ears...
I agree...I just turned it way up
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This song is good for the ears...
Heh - in '73 I was at ECU, home of the Purple Perverts. Pot was $8 an oz. and beer was $1.25 a sixer.
And, to complete the joke, I can't remember how much acid cost . . .
You forgot the beer. ; )
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Snark snark - - - your right
maybe that's why I liked it at 18
LOL
I got it and you are correct, sir! I don't know why High Rez audio didn't catch on. I've recently gotten the two Tom Petty releases,
Mojo and Damn the Torpedoes in Blu-Ray with the high resolution audio in surround and stereo. You even get to download the CD tracks in .wav or mp3!
I love the line "Someone get me a ladder!"
But it would have been more powerful if the lyrics had been like this:
Gazing up beneath your window, I get a little sadder
A little MADDER!
SOMEONE GET ME A LADDER!!!
(Visualize the singer gazing up beneath his lover's bedroom window (or balcony) and growing more and more insane with desire eventually shouting "SOMEONE GET ME A LADDER!!!", which he desparely needs so he can climb up and join his lover in her bedroom)
Of course, a nice chapter on ELP (among others) innit...
yes kiddies let grandpa tell you that you did not invent 4:20
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And Bill, another vote here for Pirates!
Did anyone catch ELP at the High Voltage festival last weekend?
Yes! - they are showing their age a bit but still good.
First part of set was a bit iffy then kicked up a notch and they were great
Sad but during the 70s I wanted to look like Greg Lake - now in 2010 Greg Lake looks like me :-(
"A complete waste of time, talent and electricity"(John Peel on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's debut concert)
Ah, John Peel. Ears of purest tin, with a very questionable taste in young girls.