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Emerson himself hated that song so much that he refused to play it until Lake agreed to add the Moog solo.
I never missed ELP when they came to Seattle. Or Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull... I guess I was a "prog" rocker back in the day. I still listen to all of them today. The depth and breadth of talent in these bands put every other rock'n'roll band to shame. They didn't produce many "hits", not Top 40 type nonsense, at least not often. When they were essentially told to, by their producers, they often rebelled and purposely wrote some pretty inane stuff. That, remarkably, and much to their chagrin, sold. Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick is a prime example - Ian Anderson wrote "the concept album from hell" as a giant "eff you", a thinly disguised parody, out of pure spite. And it sold... But they are still not in the R&R Hall of Fame, and Ian Anderson is adamant that they never will be.
So don't judge ELP by one song that Greg Lake wrote as an adolescent and their label pushed them to record.
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