RIP Greg Lake

bodhrandude

2016 claimed another outstanding rock star of the seventies, Greg Lake aged 69, his former bandmate Keith died on March this year too. RIP legend.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/08/greg-lake-obituary

pumpkin4life

One of the greatest songs of all time from one of the few non up its own hole prog rock albums.

RIP Greg Lake.

JupiterKid

Another great gone.:( And his former band mate Keith Emerson passed away earlier this year too. Emerson, Lake and Palmer were an incredible band for their time. In the early 1970s they pioneered synthesizer harmonics in their music.

ELP - Lucky Man (1970)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g1P_J40JA

Mr. FoggPatches

His nephew taught me in secondary school.
FACT!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

2016 is claiming nothing.

Mr. Incognito

Never heard of him, or his songs.

Any relation to Swan?

osarusan

Jimmy Purple Babyhood wrote: »

2016 is claiming nothing.

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Never heard of him, or his songs.

Any relation to Swan?

FFS. Sh!t like this annoys me.

Hard to believe that either of you thought the thread would actually be the better for these posts, rather than just leaving the thread for people who want to post about Greg Lake.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

osarusan wrote: »

FFS. Sh!t like this annoys me.

Hard to believe that either of you thought the thread would actually be the better for these posts, rather than just leaving the thread for people who want to post about Greg Lake.

Post away but this recurring nonsense that 2016 is claiming lives is wearing thin. We live in an era of celebrity covering many aspects of life the arts and culture and the icons of the era are reaching a certain age when death becomes more common. Lament the death a personal hero, or a legend of your childhood, but spare us the clichés about 2016.

Personally, I really enjoyed Emerson Lake and Palmer in the 70s and found their style of music original and refreshing at the time.

Skylinehead

Jimmy Purple Babyhood wrote: »

Post away but this recurring nonsense that 2016 is claiming lives is wearing thin. We live in an era of celebrity covering many aspects of life the arts and culture and the icons of the era are reaching a certain age when death becomes more common. Lament the death a personal hero, or a legend of your childhood, but spare us the clichés about 2016.

Tbh complaining about people saying 2016 is just as bad.

mzungu

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvCmtHDDuu0

Pac1Man

Too young.

My joint favourite Christmas song!

Goya

Some people go overboard with the 2016 thing - e.g. Andrew Sachs. He was well into his 80s, nothing unusual there, and as if people knew a thing about him apart from Manuel nearly 40 years ago and then the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross thing decades later.

But it's not true to say 2016 was just like any other year in terms of highly innovative people dying relatively early in life. We all know full well there was an unusual number of deaths in that regard.

Absolutely love that Greg Lake Christmas song.

fryup

one of the finest xmas songs ever written

RIP

Pac1Man

'Twas almost an anti Christmas song.

andekwarhola

Jimmy Purple Babyhood wrote: »

Post away but this recurring nonsense that 2016 is claiming lives is wearing thin. We live in an era of celebrity covering many aspects of life the arts and culture and the icons of the era are reaching a certain age when death becomes more common. Lament the death a personal hero, or a legend of your childhood, but spare us the clichés about 2016.

As ever here, the judgment is far more tedious and annoying than the original, harmless semantic crime.

Mr. Incognito

osarusan wrote: »

FFS. Sh!t like this annoys me.

Hard to believe that either of you thought the thread would actually be the better for these posts, rather than just leaving the thread for people who want to post about Greg Lake.

Listened to the songs. I apologise. I realise now why i hadnt heard of him.

The music is crap.

Fawning over obscure crap music is a bit pathetic.

RIP to the guy but hes no icon

Clarebelly

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Listened to the songs. I apologise. I realise now why i hadnt heard of him.

The music is crap.

Fawning over obscure crap music is a bit pathetic.

RIP to the guy but hes no icon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3YfAu2dIV4

Goya

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Fawning over obscure crap music is a bit pathetic.

As is posting "edgy" stuff for attention.

Irish Guitarist

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Listened to the songs. I apologise. I realise now why i hadnt heard of him.

The music is crap.

Fawning over obscure crap music is a bit pathetic.

RIP to the guy but hes no icon

It doesn't get much more obscure than little known beat combo ELP.