Still can't believe this man went out the way he did... it just blows my mind.... one of... if not the greatest of all time... truly one of a kind... RIP Keith we all miss you...
Imagine being Keith Emmerson the wizard of the key's. Then finding out you are no longer able to play EVER again because of your hands. I don't know why he chose what he did, but I can see the level of devastation that diagnosis would cause someone like Keith. Keith didn't play just to be famous or have hit record's, the keyboard and the innovation he brought to it were a deep part of him and losing that when you still have so much to give I hate he did it but I can sympathize with him.
I understand what he must have been going through mentally... but his girlfriend said after his death that the awful feedback that he was getting from his fans after a bad show really did a number on him mentally those bad comments from fans hurt him deeply & psychologically...@@randysnewbiebluesrockguita7782
@randysnewbiebluesrockguita7782 honestly i understand why. When you're as good as Keith was on the keyboard its more then just passion or skill. It is your being. You were meant to use your fingers in that way on this earth. All of that just for it be ripped away from you
I was turned onto King Crimson as a kid of 10 and then ELP when I was 12 and have seen them live 5 times, always great music. Whenever I am depressed, I listen to the second impression of Karn Evil 9 and it cheers me up hearing this beautiful music. Keith meant a lot to a lot of people and he brought Joy along with Carl and Greg to my life for sure and I'm 62 now and still listen to them all the time and feel happy.
Le mani erano ormai quasi inservibili (dal suo punto di vista) motivo della depressione, ma la sua musica è eterna come lui. Mai smesso di ascoltarlo fin dall'età di 10 anni
As always Keith is jamming it hard as only he can.My favorite version is still the live version from the "Welcome back my friends" album. If you never heard it,give it a listen It was a sonic tour de force.This version is pretty cool also.Appropriate for the time back then.Keith,we miss & live you.Nobody did it better than you,nobody ever will.
Absolutely....my favorite version is also on that Live album. After the slow signature organ intro...listen to the tempo Carl lays down right out of the gate at 0:25 on this version ruclips.net/video/Njbx8wJ78Qg/видео.html ......and Carl drives that song for the whole ten minutes w/o let up...giving Keith a solid base to explore the synth with....and that finale ! Wowee
TOTALLY AGREE ! The Live Aquatarkus on the "WBMF"-ELP-Album is one of the finest ever Live-Synthesizer-Achievements ever recorded. Keith Emerson managed to create incredible sounds out of his Moogs back then, and he was helped by that frenetic drumming of Carl Palmer. One outstanding moment in the history of ELP !
La lenta despedida de un maestro... Que luchaba silenciosamente, para poder seguir haciendo su ruido habitual. RIP... Keith Emerson, leyenda del prog desde el inicio hasta el final
It must be hell to be an artist like him and to lose control of the tools you use for your craft. he had been having issues with his hands for many years and it is so sad that he felt the only way out was suicide. He is sorely missed....I met him many many years ago when I went to see them play in Scotland.....a gem of a man.
I had the fortune to film his last live peformance in front an audience at Palermo Classica in Semptember 2015. Never the less the difficult to play with his right hand. he was still great. I saw him happy for the evening show. I didn't think he would pass six mounth later in a tragic way
And yet, Keith Emerson with five usable fingers is better than most people with 10 (the help from Marc Bonilla doubling on guitar notwithstanding). Imagine that.
Ian Dale:I agree.I would rather have seen him retire than take his life.I know music was his life but he had millions of fans who loved him & would still cling to the memories.RIP.🎹🎼✝️
Kieth was really something, i mean I'm a huge huge fan of both Rick Wakeman and Patrick Moraz but nobody played keyboards like Kieth. I miss him so much, as i was a huge fan of his orchestral work as well. RIP Kieth, know that we all love ya.
Keith Emerson despite his right hand limited to 3 fingers (or 4 in certain ocassions), keeped his energy and hability to play complicated things and do keyboard solos the way he was known for. 1998 to 2008 was the best Keith's post surgery period, until during 2009-2010 his strenght beginned to dissapear. The 2010 reunion show with ELP showed the first loss of strenght, but the performance was mostly ruined because the band was unable to do a proper soundcheck before the show. If only there were a couple of extra dates, we would hear a better trio performance. Anyway, Keith's fingers begun to get weaker and weaker, and for 2014 he had troubles to improvise a simple thing. He was in Marty McFly losing his parents mode. He was preparing himself to tour again in 2016, but haters feeded his most obscure feelings and he couldn't take it. Maybe 2016 would showed us a Keith Emerson with new energy and renewed strenght, but he decided to take the worst way and end his life. "No money could save him..." Neither his japanese girlfriend was able to help him. Keith's loss was a tragic one. He was happy just playing, arranging, rewiring classics and composing new music, playing with chords, melodies and harmonies. One year before he first time piloted a plane and for that happening, he arranged an unedited old piece written and demo recorded with ELPowell in 1985, 30 years before, and retitled it "Beyond The Stars". Today, as always, we always love all his stuff, and we fall in love with his rare, unedited material. That hidden pieces are gold to be found. I always find that hidden unreleased material as it was a hidden treasure. Keith Emerson was and will always be one of our most beloved treasures ever.
so tragic a man of this quality and character may the good Lord truly have mercy on you my friend you are very talented musician things happen to people they get sick and they get hurt amen
Always great Keith.However the live version of this track from the "Welcome Back My Friends"stands out as the most explosive version of this track.If you never heard it,give it a listen.It will not disappoint.
The live version of Aquatarkus from 1972 is an ELP masterpiece. Unsurpassed. I happened to see last Sunday AquaTarkus rehearsal - Noddy's Puncture - 9.10.16 ruclips.net/video/N1M_-qkq6OM/видео.html&ab_channel=noddyspuncture This video shows how powerful and virtuous ELP's music was!!! ELP forever!!!!
he killed himself bc he was extremely self-conscious of what people thought of him. He was terrified of people thinking he was a washed up has-been and he couldn't take the pain anymore. Also the sheer amount of haters berating him on social media certainly didn't help
+keith moon Since 1994, cause an emergency surgery. Even if he had full energy, he couldn't use the 5 fingers, and that's why you see him playing with only 3 fingers. Good show anyway. The 2008 version with the same band is pure gold.
Still can't believe this man went out the way he did... it just blows my mind.... one of... if not the greatest of all time... truly one of a kind... RIP Keith we all miss you...
Mr. Keith Noel Emerson 🎹 ⚡ 🔥 💪 👊 😎
Imagine being Keith Emmerson the wizard of the key's. Then finding out you are no longer able to play EVER again because of your hands. I don't know why he chose what he did, but I can see the level of devastation that diagnosis would cause someone like Keith. Keith didn't play just to be famous or have hit record's, the keyboard and the innovation he brought to it were a deep part of him and losing that when you still have so much to give I hate he did it but I can sympathize with him.
I understand what he must have been going through mentally... but his girlfriend said after his death that the awful feedback that he was getting from his fans after a bad show really did a number on him mentally those bad comments from fans hurt him deeply & psychologically...@@randysnewbiebluesrockguita7782
In those days of vaxx lovers and ai and smart junkies... this brings tears to my eyes... 😞
@randysnewbiebluesrockguita7782 honestly i understand why. When you're as good as Keith was on the keyboard its more then just passion or skill. It is your being. You were meant to use your fingers in that way on this earth. All of that just for it be ripped away from you
Keith Emerson the God of the keyboards RIP, loved and never forgotten in a million years.
On yes, same like Marián Varga.
Mr. Keith Noel Emerson 🎹⚡🔥💪👊😎🤘
I was turned onto King Crimson as a kid of 10 and then ELP when I was 12 and have seen them live 5 times, always great music. Whenever I am depressed, I listen to the second impression of Karn Evil 9 and it cheers me up hearing this beautiful music. Keith meant a lot to a lot of people and he brought Joy along with Carl and Greg to my life for sure and I'm 62 now and still listen to them all the time and feel happy.
BEST KEYBOARDIST EVER!!!
Absolutely without a doubt!
aquatarkus is my favorite part from tarkus
Le mani erano ormai quasi inservibili (dal suo punto di vista) motivo della depressione, ma la sua musica è eterna come lui.
Mai smesso di ascoltarlo fin dall'età di 10 anni
YOU WERE THE BEST!!!!
PLAY FOR US FROM HEAVEN...WILL YOU...
If you listen to early 90s video game music, you will find he is the father of that genre
Keith is everybody's hero, no matter what instrument you play.
I am a guitar player but, my god I wish I could play keys as well as he could.
As always Keith is jamming it hard as only he can.My favorite version is still the live version from the "Welcome back my friends" album. If you never heard it,give it a listen
It was a sonic tour de force.This version is pretty cool also.Appropriate for the time back then.Keith,we miss & live you.Nobody did it better than you,nobody ever will.
Yes I know. I think Hoewdown and Tarkus in this album are the best ELP's live perfomance
@@tarkus28 Agree totally.I would also add Toccata to that list.Also an earth-shaking musical showstopper.
Absolutely....my favorite version is also on that Live album. After the slow signature organ intro...listen to the tempo Carl lays down right out of the gate at 0:25 on this version ruclips.net/video/Njbx8wJ78Qg/видео.html ......and Carl drives that song for the whole ten minutes w/o let up...giving Keith a solid base to explore the synth with....and that finale ! Wowee
TOTALLY AGREE ! The Live Aquatarkus on the "WBMF"-ELP-Album is one of the finest ever Live-Synthesizer-Achievements ever recorded. Keith Emerson managed to create incredible sounds out of his Moogs back then, and he was helped by that frenetic drumming of Carl Palmer. One outstanding moment in the history of ELP !
Brain salad surgery quadraphonic mega system 4 channel monster in a closed coliseum Little Rock Arkansas 1975
La lenta despedida de un maestro... Que luchaba silenciosamente, para poder seguir haciendo su ruido habitual. RIP... Keith Emerson, leyenda del prog desde el inicio hasta el final
Saw him do this live in 2010 with Greg Lake. Blew me away. Highlight of the gig.
Rest in peace, Keith.
si vede il suo soffrire ...soffro anche io al vederlo ...personaggio unico al mondo
Sì, usa solo due dita della mano destra😢
It must be hell to be an artist like him and to lose control of the tools you use for your craft. he had been having issues with his hands for many years and it is so sad that he felt the only way out was suicide. He is sorely missed....I met him many many years ago when I went to see them play in Scotland.....a gem of a man.
I had the fortune to film his last live peformance in front an audience at Palermo Classica in Semptember 2015. Never the less the difficult to play with his right hand. he was still great. I saw him happy for the evening show. I didn't think he would pass six mounth later in a tragic way
that was the show with Primavera Shima - correct? Is there a video up of that??
And yet, Keith Emerson with five usable fingers is better than most people with 10 (the help from Marc Bonilla doubling on guitar notwithstanding). Imagine that.
Ian Dale:I agree.I would rather have seen him retire than take his life.I know music was his life but he had millions of fans who loved him & would still cling to the memories.RIP.🎹🎼✝️
We miss ya so deeply Keith, what wonderful music you have given us in your time on Earth.
Keith Emerson-master musician.
Kieth was really something, i mean I'm a huge huge fan of both Rick Wakeman and Patrick Moraz but nobody played keyboards like Kieth.
I miss him so much, as i was a huge fan of his orchestral work as well.
RIP Kieth, know that we all love ya.
He was actually the first keyboardist to play a synthesizer (The modular Moog,Bob Moog couldn't believe it at the time)live on stage.
Still sounds great!!!! We love you Keith!!! Miss you so much!
Amo muito Emerson
Beautiful impro despite the right hand handicap. Great Maestro!
Keith Emerson despite his right hand limited to 3 fingers (or 4 in certain ocassions), keeped his energy and hability to play complicated things and do keyboard solos the way he was known for. 1998 to 2008 was the best Keith's post surgery period, until during 2009-2010 his strenght beginned to dissapear. The 2010 reunion show with ELP showed the first loss of strenght, but the performance was mostly ruined because the band was unable to do a proper soundcheck before the show. If only there were a couple of extra dates, we would hear a better trio performance. Anyway, Keith's fingers begun to get weaker and weaker, and for 2014 he had troubles to improvise a simple thing. He was in Marty McFly losing his parents mode. He was preparing himself to tour again in 2016, but haters feeded his most obscure feelings and he couldn't take it. Maybe 2016 would showed us a Keith Emerson with new energy and renewed strenght, but he decided to take the worst way and end his life. "No money could save him..." Neither his japanese girlfriend was able to help him. Keith's loss was a tragic one. He was happy just playing, arranging, rewiring classics and composing new music, playing with chords, melodies and harmonies. One year before he first time piloted a plane and for that happening, he arranged an unedited old piece written and demo recorded with ELPowell in 1985, 30 years before, and retitled it "Beyond The Stars".
Today, as always, we always love all his stuff, and we fall in love with his rare, unedited material. That hidden pieces are gold to be found. I always find that hidden unreleased material as it was a hidden treasure. Keith Emerson was and will always be one of our most beloved treasures ever.
the right hand is gone :-(...but is always the best !!!!! miss you Keith !!!!! :-((((((
focal dystonia
Yes!
That's beautiful..RIP Keith and Greg
Always an reinterpretation of his work, the true sign of a master!
Yes every time!
Emerson, argent, Lord, Kaye, Wakeman, Rudess, in no particular order are the best keyboardists in rock
Banks!
@@mattmcnally5620 yea, I forgot him….
This is masterpiece!
Thank you very much!
I agree with you in KE mature age
I am so glad! Thank you!
This is super sensational play!
"Tarkus"espetacular opera rock,grande Keith Emerson o maior genii dos teclados saudo desde bahia Brasil
so tragic a man of this quality and character may the good Lord truly have mercy on you my friend you are very talented musician things happen to people they get sick and they get hurt amen
FANTASTIC !
genio !!!!RIP
He is the man!
Emerson o legendă a pianului
Dormi în pace SUPER KEITH
Fantasticul
Keith .EMERSON
playing the moog for god now
Rip , que legado nos ha dejado!!!
you wish you can play that bad love you keith
*Rest in peace you fucking legend❤️*
Grandiose Aufnahme!!! Danke für's Zeigen.
Go get em' Keith! Play that jam up there buddy.
Mr. Keith Noel Emerson 🎹⚡🔥💪👊😎🤘
Amigos para sempre
Todo un MAESTRO.. 🎹
この曲聴いていると辛い！🍒🌸
El amo de los teclados.
Palmer saudades meu baterista favorito
Always great Keith.However the live version of this track from the "Welcome Back My Friends"stands out as the most explosive version of this track.If you never heard it,give it a listen.It will not disappoint.
The live version of Aquatarkus from 1972 is an ELP masterpiece. Unsurpassed. I happened to see last Sunday AquaTarkus rehearsal - Noddy's Puncture - 9.10.16 ruclips.net/video/N1M_-qkq6OM/видео.html&ab_channel=noddyspuncture
This video shows how powerful and virtuous ELP's music was!!! ELP forever!!!!
Tarsus. My go to stoner song for so many years. The song is post psychidelic.
Genio incontrastrastato!
Best enjoyed with orange sunshine.
Saw ELP thrice live!
Lucky man!!
Wow.
Emerson , Lake and Powell in Heaven.
The horowitz of rock keyboards
At the very it almost sounded like the very, very end of Karn Evil #9 3rd Impression.
No question! He started that sequence right at the end.
A carpenter does not kill himself because he can't swing a hammer anymore. He must have had many demons that we'll never know.
maybe, but I think he didn't accept that he could no longer play the way he could!
he killed himself bc he was extremely self-conscious of what people thought of him. He was terrified of people thinking he was a washed up has-been and he couldn't take the pain anymore. Also the sheer amount of haters berating him on social media certainly didn't help
Eccellente virtuoso,esagerto il suo inpiego dei Sinteizzatori scarso conoscitore del pentagramma,in sintesi:mai pari a Rick Wakeman.
They broke the mound on this guy
gee i've never seen someone play like that before, hes index finger and thumb
Only Keith Emerson.
why did you leave us alone!!!!
asaibene:It bothers me too.
Keith enderson using deadmau5 analogue machines
3人かな
I feel bad he did it to himself. But no one takes there own life due to criticism…
Play and make Music was his life, being not able to do that ......
una korg oasys
The right hand is in really bad shape... sad
Purtroppo si!
+keith moon Since 1994, cause an emergency surgery. Even if he had full energy, he couldn't use the 5 fingers, and that's why you see him playing with only 3 fingers.
Good show anyway. The 2008 version with the same band is pure gold.
Still sounds great!!!! We love you Keith!!! Miss you so much!
"Tarkus"espetacular opera rock,grande Keith Emerson o maior genii dos teclados saudo desde bahia Brasil