Emerson Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Brand: EMERSON LAKE & PALME EAN: 0022891200291 Format: Color Label: Mvd Visual Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Mvd Visual Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2001-08-07 Running Time: 91 Studio: Mvd Visual Theatrical Release Date: 1973-03
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Disappointed Comment: I have been an ELP fan from their first album onward. The CD version of "Pictures" is good but this DVD sucks. The sound is horrible and the "psychedelic effects" throughout most of the disc makes it hard to watch. Maybe good for one viewing but not something anyone would want to watch over and over. Customer Rating: Summary: Performance Great, Special Effects Annoying Comment: This is a pretty awesome performance by a very young ELP. All three are in fine form and the sound here is very good. There's only one thing that screws this whole thing up: the cartoonish special effects that someone decided to overlay part of the performance with. Probably someone thought it looked cool in the 70's, but it's just darn annoying now. So instead of just watching the awesome band performance, instead you're treated to cartoonish color overlays that almost make the DVD un-watchable. Very annoying. Watching on my PC, it was during these moments when I left the sound on and went surfing instead. It's a shame, because this is a wonderful performance. Also the DVD only contains the Pictures performance and nothing else, not even Nutrocker, so it feels like a very "short" DVD. On the flip side of the disk is just the audio, which is nice for blairing in your car at high volume. Trivia: Watch during the last song when Greg starts to sing his last chorus - the band actually makes a "mistake" somehow, with Greg doing one thing and the other two doing something else. Carl then looks at Greg and actually hesitates a beat to figure out where Greg is, then jumps in again. Not sure who was "off" in that moment - it looked like Carl and Keith were playing something else, but not sure. Anyway, this is a awesome performance by one of my favorite bands but the DVD would have been better without cheesy special effects. Customer Rating: Summary: Let the knives fly and crank up the amps! Mussorsky as you've never heard him. Comment: The butchering of Mussorsky is about to begin and ELP do the classical piece justice. I believe this is how classical music should be played and Keith was able to hook thousands of rockers to listen to classical with this release, brilliant! Customer Rating: Summary: A wild and thunderous adaptation of Mussorgsky Comment: As I recall, I played cello on the Great Gates of Kiev way back when I was in the junior high school orchestra, so when I finally did get around to listening to rock music (somewhere around 1979-1980), a rock adaptation of Mussorgky's Pictures at an Exhibition was too much to resist. It has been a while since I listened to this album (my vinyl copy is long gone) so I picked up the CD and ELP's take on Pictures at an Exhibition was every bit as good as I remember it. Better even. The lineup on this 1972 album includes virtuoso keyboardist Keith Emerson (piano, Hammond organ, and moog synthesizer); Carl Palmer on drums; and Greg Lake (bass, vocals, acoustic guitar). The performances are, as you might expect, completely unbelievable. Keith's playing is especially muscular - he really rips on this live album and his work on the Hammond organ and moog synthesizer is truly stunning. Of course, I also like the "churchy" tone that he gets on the Hammond too. Carl Palmer also turns in some of his finest drumming. The music on this album is very, very energetic and goes completely over the top sometimes but that is what I love about this album. Besides, it is a lot of fun to hear Mussorgsky "rocked up" in a way that he could not possibly have imagined. Keith's overdriven and screeching feedback on the organ is especially effective and there are some ear-splitting moments on the moog that are very...electric. Of course, at the other end of the spectrum is Greg's nice ballad The Sage, which provides some relief from the thunderous, electric maelstrom. Although I really enjoy this album (especially the ELP original pieces), my least favorite track is the Nutrocker (the Tchaikovsky reference notwithstanding), which continues in the tradition of ELP's "silly" songs. Regardless, I consider this a fantastic ELP album and feel that it would make an excellent addition to the prog collection. Highly recommended along with the 1970 eponymous debut; Tarkus (1971); Trilogy (1972); and Brain Salad Surgery (1973). Customer Rating: Summary: Emerson, Lake, Palmer, and . . . Hendrix? (HELP!) Comment: More like 4.5 stars Well, Greg Lake adds some light philosophical/trippy-dippy lyrics to the Modest Mussourgsky masterpiece, and like every piece of excess ELP did early in their career, it works. Keith Emerson traipses through most every tone (jarring or otherwise)he can get from his synth arsenal; if you get the DVD of this, you can even see him make some noise by wanking the synthesizer strip on his crotch. The Hendrix of keyboards indeed! Good ole Jimi actually wanted to join the band after hearing this album, but he soon thereafter passed away. Just think! Hendrix, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (or HELP, for short). Maybe if he had stuck it through this life, ELP wouldn't've started to suck after their fourth album. We can only dream. Maybe the world is better for not having to witness the ego clashes of Emerson and Hendrix. ("No! You can't start your guitar on fire while I'm stabbing the organ. You get to do that on your song, 'Obsessive-Compulsive Robot' and I get to do the antisocial rock star thing on 'Tarkus.' Got it, Jimi?" "Uh, yeah, Keith, whatever . . ..") One definitely hears the world-class unit that Hendrix warmed to on this album. It has more raw urgency than anything in their catalog (with perhaps the exception of their other truly excellent live collection, _Welcome Back My Friends . . ._, which is yet to come out on CD). More feedback, more swaggery groove, just more TESTOSTERONE oozing off the analog reels. This doesn't make it better than their three attested studio classics (_ELP_, _Tarkus_, and _Brain Salad_), but it makes it almost as good, and that's saying a whole f of a lot. Probably never again will we hear a power trio blast and extrapolate their way through a neo-baroque classical piece almost in its entirety like we hear ELP do here. This might be for the best, but somehow I think not. I mean, if there was a five-piece band out there with one-fifth of the combined talent, moxy, and balls as ELP has here, the rock world would be turned on its head like it hasn't been for awhile. Oh, yeah, that's right. That band is Mars Volta. Come on, Omar and Cedric, do your acid version of _Rites of Spring_. THEN, and only then, will I mention you in the same breath as ELP. The only point of this album that is anything less than stellar is the end, not exactly the place to falter, but ELP seemed to have got it in their heads that they needed to end their heavy heavy albums on light notes (e.g. "Are You Ready Eddy" on _Tarkus_). "Nutrocker" is fun, but certainly not as memorable as the rest here. Still, it doesn't mar the album much, placing this a slight tier beneath ELP's best studio albums.
Editorial Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Disappointed Comment: I have been an ELP fan from their first album onward. The CD version of "Pictures" is good but this DVD sucks. The sound is horrible and the "psychedelic effects" throughout most of the disc makes it hard to watch. Maybe good for one viewing but not something anyone would want to watch over and over. Customer Rating: Summary: Performance Great, Special Effects Annoying Comment: This is a pretty awesome performance by a very young ELP. All three are in fine form and the sound here is very good. There's only one thing that screws this whole thing up: the cartoonish special effects that someone decided to overlay part of the performance with. Probably someone thought it looked cool in the 70's, but it's just darn annoying now. So instead of just watching the awesome band performance, instead you're treated to cartoonish color overlays that almost make the DVD un-watchable. Very annoying. Watching on my PC, it was during these moments when I left the sound on and went surfing instead. It's a shame, because this is a wonderful performance. Also the DVD only contains the Pictures performance and nothing else, not even Nutrocker, so it feels like a very "short" DVD. On the flip side of the disk is just the audio, which is nice for blairing in your car at high volume. Trivia: Watch during the last song when Greg starts to sing his last chorus - the band actually makes a "mistake" somehow, with Greg doing one thing and the other two doing something else. Carl then looks at Greg and actually hesitates a beat to figure out where Greg is, then jumps in again. Not sure who was "off" in that moment - it looked like Carl and Keith were playing something else, but not sure. Anyway, this is a awesome performance by one of my favorite bands but the DVD would have been better without cheesy special effects. Customer Rating: Summary: Let the knives fly and crank up the amps! Mussorsky as you've never heard him. Comment: The butchering of Mussorsky is about to begin and ELP do the classical piece justice. I believe this is how classical music should be played and Keith was able to hook thousands of rockers to listen to classical with this release, brilliant! Customer Rating: Summary: A wild and thunderous adaptation of Mussorgsky Comment: As I recall, I played cello on the Great Gates of Kiev way back when I was in the junior high school orchestra, so when I finally did get around to listening to rock music (somewhere around 1979-1980), a rock adaptation of Mussorgky's Pictures at an Exhibition was too much to resist. It has been a while since I listened to this album (my vinyl copy is long gone) so I picked up the CD and ELP's take on Pictures at an Exhibition was every bit as good as I remember it. Better even. The lineup on this 1972 album includes virtuoso keyboardist Keith Emerson (piano, Hammond organ, and moog synthesizer); Carl Palmer on drums; and Greg Lake (bass, vocals, acoustic guitar). The performances are, as you might expect, completely unbelievable. Keith's playing is especially muscular - he really rips on this live album and his work on the Hammond organ and moog synthesizer is truly stunning. Of course, I also like the "churchy" tone that he gets on the Hammond too. Carl Palmer also turns in some of his finest drumming. The music on this album is very, very energetic and goes completely over the top sometimes but that is what I love about this album. Besides, it is a lot of fun to hear Mussorgsky "rocked up" in a way that he could not possibly have imagined. Keith's overdriven and screeching feedback on the organ is especially effective and there are some ear-splitting moments on the moog that are very...electric. Of course, at the other end of the spectrum is Greg's nice ballad The Sage, which provides some relief from the thunderous, electric maelstrom. Although I really enjoy this album (especially the ELP original pieces), my least favorite track is the Nutrocker (the Tchaikovsky reference notwithstanding), which continues in the tradition of ELP's "silly" songs. Regardless, I consider this a fantastic ELP album and feel that it would make an excellent addition to the prog collection. Highly recommended along with the 1970 eponymous debut; Tarkus (1971); Trilogy (1972); and Brain Salad Surgery (1973). Customer Rating: Summary: Emerson, Lake, Palmer, and . . . Hendrix? (HELP!) Comment: More like 4.5 stars Well, Greg Lake adds some light philosophical/trippy-dippy lyrics to the Modest Mussourgsky masterpiece, and like every piece of excess ELP did early in their career, it works. Keith Emerson traipses through most every tone (jarring or otherwise)he can get from his synth arsenal; if you get the DVD of this, you can even see him make some noise by wanking the synthesizer strip on his crotch. The Hendrix of keyboards indeed! Good ole Jimi actually wanted to join the band after hearing this album, but he soon thereafter passed away. Just think! Hendrix, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (or HELP, for short). Maybe if he had stuck it through this life, ELP wouldn't've started to suck after their fourth album. We can only dream. Maybe the world is better for not having to witness the ego clashes of Emerson and Hendrix. ("No! You can't start your guitar on fire while I'm stabbing the organ. You get to do that on your song, 'Obsessive-Compulsive Robot' and I get to do the antisocial rock star thing on 'Tarkus.' Got it, Jimi?" "Uh, yeah, Keith, whatever . . ..") One definitely hears the world-class unit that Hendrix warmed to on this album. It has more raw urgency than anything in their catalog (with perhaps the exception of their other truly excellent live collection, _Welcome Back My Friends . . ._, which is yet to come out on CD). More feedback, more swaggery groove, just more TESTOSTERONE oozing off the analog reels. This doesn't make it better than their three attested studio classics (_ELP_, _Tarkus_, and _Brain Salad_), but it makes it almost as good, and that's saying a whole f of a lot. Probably never again will we hear a power trio blast and extrapolate their way through a neo-baroque classical piece almost in its entirety like we hear ELP do here. This might be for the best, but somehow I think not. I mean, if there was a five-piece band out there with one-fifth of the combined talent, moxy, and balls as ELP has here, the rock world would be turned on its head like it hasn't been for awhile. Oh, yeah, that's right. That band is Mars Volta. Come on, Omar and Cedric, do your acid version of _Rites of Spring_. THEN, and only then, will I mention you in the same breath as ELP. The only point of this album that is anything less than stellar is the end, not exactly the place to falter, but ELP seemed to have got it in their heads that they needed to end their heavy heavy albums on light notes (e.g. "Are You Ready Eddy" on _Tarkus_). "Nutrocker" is fun, but certainly not as memorable as the rest here. Still, it doesn't mar the album much, placing this a slight tier beneath ELP's best studio albums. This DVD/CD Combination Disc features the film and soundtrack from the original 1970 live "Pictures at an Exhibition" concert. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer are all superb musicians; together they formed one of Classic Rock's most influential bands! Songs: Promenade, Gnome, The Sage, The Old Castle, Blues Variation, The Hut of Baba Yaga, The Curse of Baba Yaga. DVD/CD Combination Disc: Side 1 (DVD) - The film; Side 2 (CD) - Bonus CD; Side 2 playable on any DVD or CD player.
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