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| | New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock EM-EZ |
 | | Both the flute and guitar players are really competent, the latter choses to sound like none of your standard prog heroes (Howe, Hackett, Latimer, etc...), instead, he plays in a quite pyrotechnic style (a la Satriani, maybe), and is a real showman when playing live. |
 | | Now, the band refused to use the melancholically meditative shades that were present here and there on their debut album, but concentrated on the further development of their unique style. |
 | | Emerson also had a penchant for lifting classical pieces without credit and making them his own, e.g., "The Barbarian" on ELP is taken from Bartok's "Allegro Barbaro" while "The Knife's Edge" is Janacek's "Sinfonietta." ELP also contained "Lucky Man," often cited as the first use of the moog synthesizer on a rock album. |
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