Donald Satz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Pablo Massa on Emerson, Lake, and Palmer vs. Frank Zappa:
>
>>In the case of Emerson &caetera, one could say that they had a little
>>more conscious agenda concerning classical music.
>
>I agree with Pablo, although the agenda sometimes was a bombastic mess.
>For me, Zappa was always a bad joke.  With little exception, Rock is much
>better when it stays clear of classical music leanings.

Although I tend to agree, I must register a dissenting opinion.  While I
don't like everything Zappa did by any means, he had a great deal of talent
and an original voice.

Keith Emerson, OTOH, was a found member of two "bombastic messes" (good
phrase):  The Nice and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

IMHO nobody who participated in a "rock" version of Bernstein's America
which took the 6/8 original and cast it into 4/4 has any claim to respect
from classical musicians.

And then there was Jon Lord's "Concerto for Rock Group and Orchestra"....

Deryk Barker
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