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Lädt ... Pictures of an Exhibitionist: From the Nice to Emerson Lake and Palmer - The True Story of the Man Who Changed the Sound of Rockvon Keith Emerson
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This is an amusing and irreverent memoir of keyboard legend Keith Emerson, the giant of popular music. He tells uproarious tales of life on the road with his bands The Nice and ELP; tales of the high-living lifestyles that goes with being one of the foremost rock stars in the world; and of course tales of the outrageous, keyboard-stabbing, barrier-shattering music he produced. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This book is fun and quirky, much like I'm sure he was on his good days. His descriptions and turns of phrase kept me on my reading toes and pointed out that he was more than a dull rock star. Other reviewers have pointed out how detailed the events are with his first band, The Nice, and I really have to agree. He puts a lot of detail into his early years, childhood, school exploits, and the like, which is expected in an autobiography. But. While his career started with The Nice, they had nowhere near the impact of ELP on the world of music.
And glossing over the part of the book that ELP fans want to know about (how did he develop the Fugue in Endless Enigma? Where did the inspiration for Karn Eval 9 come from, and how did that music develop?) might have been because so much more of ELP was documented than The Nice was. Maybe also the constant fighting in the band was still troubling and he wanted to just dash off the bare minimum about the band and their history. Or maybe he just wound down from the first part of the book and couldn't continue the momentum.
Another troubling aspect was the constant reference and relaying of his and bandmates' sexual exploits. Unnecessary, and makes me wonder who he was trying to impress. Loved ya for your music, Keith.
But. I'm glad I found this book at a halfway reasonable price and read it. He was a friggin' musical genius, and I grieve for his passing by suicide. ( )