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Originally Posted by Conan
It's amazing how much good stuff Love Beach undid. When I talk to people about ELP nobody mentions Brain Salad Surgery... just that stupid album.  |
Yeah, I dunno why people always site that as an example of them sucking, it's not like it was a sacred cow or anything.
Writing off ELP solely for Love Beach is like writing off everything Lou Reed ever did because of Metal Machine Music or everything Grace Slick ever did because of Knee Deep in the Hoopla.
Love Beach was just a product of it's time. Prog was out in the late 70s and early 80s so a lot of these bands had to reinvent themselves to stay fresh in the eyes of the populice.
Bands like Yes, KC and Genesis pulled it off.
Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull and ELP however, they were not as lucky.
