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i wonder if any ELP music will be used?
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I would hope so!
Too bad Emerson isn’t here to see it (if it gets done).
I like Wilson (mostly).
I hope they don’t play it though.
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Looks like it IS possible to sing and chew gum. Hm.
just be careful when inhaling.
Went though a phase of listening to this song recently, I’m a sucker for harmonizing:
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According to a piece on Deadline , 70s prog rock behemoths, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, are having a movie made from their 30-minute sci-fi song suite, “Karn Evil 9”, from 1973’s Brain Salad Surgery.
Makes it sound like ELP (no longer around) is making the movie.
Keith – and at least early on, Carl – were also chewing gum during that performance. I wonder why.
Hopefully someone saw Mandy and said “fuck yeah! we can do a prog rock opera movie too!”
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And you made it out the other side?
Props (did I use that word correctly? I’ve never used it before).
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I would have pitched “Tarkus meets Pacific Rim meets Surry County Council”
Being a piano student in the 70’s, ELP was one of my favourites.
Thank the FSM that “Love Beach” was outside of these folks eye line.
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So, a documentary?
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I once played Karn Evil on a pub jukebox. It did not end well. I did avoid any physical violence, but only by leaving the pub after promising never, ever to that again. Good times.
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Much props?
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It does, doesn’t it, which would interesting seeing as parts of ELP are no longer alive to make anything at all. But equally it could be what passes for reporting these days - i.e. sloppy, ambiguous, inaccurate flannel.
And @EvansMike I’d say that was entirely the pub’s fault for having it on the jukebox - they got what they deserved. 
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Things could get very interesting. Manticore Records – owned by all three members of ELP – was shut down ~40 years ago… but was resurrected in 2017 by Greg Lake’s estate a year after his death. So, there’s Greg’s estate; Carl Palmer (still with us and proudly touring); and Pete Sinfield (also still with us – who provided the song title, and co-wrote ‘Karn Evil 9’ with Lake). I wonder if all the related actions would make a more interesting movie than ‘Karn Evil 9’.
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Next up: finally making The Elder. Please, please, please.
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