Blogcritics Comments on Music DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Comment by El Bicho on Music DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:02:29 EST

Even Carl Palmer thinks Love Beach is terrible. I have heard Topographic once all the way through, I think, or maybe I only saw someone using it to divide up 1/8ths. '70s double albums were good for that when you didn't have a coke mirror from the county fair.

Comment by JC Mosquito on Music DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:51:07 EST

Heard Love Beach ONCE. More terrible than Works Vol 2 - and I happen to like ELP! The self titled first album is... hmmmm... I'm at a loss for descriptors here - well, great, in any case, and that armadillo/tank thing on the cover of Tarkus was pretty cool - I always thought it would be a great house pet. Of course, right after this I really got into the Pistols, Clash, Television, etc., so I never really followed up on prog rock and where it went... it did go somewhere, didn't it (besides Starcastle)?

Comment by Mark Saleski on Music DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:19:54 EST

i just remember reading for years and years about how horrible it was. then i finally borrowed a copy from a friend and actually enjoyed it. i should also state for the record that i've never heard ELP's Love Beach.

Comment by JC Mosquito on Music DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:15:20 EST

Likely becuase it's inscrutable - at least Tales from Photographic Oceans would've been more like a Jacques Cousteau TV special soundtrack.

Comment by Mark Saleski on Music DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:37:31 EST

i would like to go on record as stating that i really like Tales From Topographic Oceans. i have no idea why.

Comment by El Bicho on Music DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:04:40 EST

Just thought I would point it out before Steve Howe's assistant showed up.

Comment by Glen Boyd on Music DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:50:19 EST

Well yeah, I guess that Howe can't very well be in two places at the same time can he? So that was an error on my part (in the timeline), and I thank you for catching it. ABWH actually was a few years after Asia -- I wanna say 1987. But hell, this band was jumbled off in so many directions during the eighties that it's hard to keep track of all of it. Anyway, I appreciate you pointing out the error. Just watch the video and I'll leave it up to you to try and keep up... -Glen

Comment by El Bicho on Music DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:44:28 EST

I know the history, so that seems like a lot of time to devote. You lost me with one part: "guitarist Steve Howe sold his soul to the devil to become part of Asia. Meanwhile the other guys in the band were off forming Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford and Howe." How could it be the "other guys" when, as you note, Howe was included?