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Much Music "From the Beginning" Comments
I uploaded this video to YouTube in 2007 and it garnered 206,262 views and many comments, which I have preserved below. On 9/10/2011, I uploaded a much better copy of this video, but wanted to archive the original comments.

Original comments:

• that laugh was tight

  GHETTOPOPS79 2 months ago

• GREG....Just ,so ,so ,so, talented.Played next to two gods of there instruments......Thanks Emerson ,:Lake, and Palmer

  jeffsdolphin 5 months ago

• this is beautiful and eternal.

  wintceas 6 months ago

• He still has it. Pretty Awesome!

  jamespaulhalcomb 11 months ago

• NICE Oist,.rare clip-never saw this one.

  DavelovesRealMusic 1 year ago

• love, LOVE this video & Greg Lake

  soozeeandrab 1 year ago

• OMG...Greg Lake is sooo freaking fine...I most definitely have a crush on him! There is just something about him....

  soozeeandrab 1 year ago

• @soozeeandrab I think that makes a bunch of us. I'm amazed he still does it to me all these years later.

  annikee59 1 year ago

• Man that guitar sounds out of tune. Love Greg Lake, but that guitar is not right.

  wild4queen 1 year ago

• @wild4queen It's the chorus effect.

  guitarconasor 1 year ago

• @guitarconasor

  Thank you for your response. I'm sort of vocally trained (been a long time), but definitely not instrumentally competent. Still love Greg and his voice!

  wild4queen 1 year ago

• nice chorus effects...a must...one of the greatest songs of all time

  TheROCKNROLLGRANNY 1 year ago

• Such a fine musician..

  elmerexpress 1 year ago

• awesome song...great guitar greg still sounds great!! wow!! i luv this song...takes me back...always sounds awesome....

  rabbitntigger 1 year ago

• I love this song and Greg Lake is still a "freakin" doll...

  soozeeandrab 1 year ago

• I love this song and Greg Lake is a "freakin" doll....

  soozeeandrab 1 year ago

• Greg, oh how I love your voice from that happy youthful times. I'll never forget tunes of EL&P. Greetings a nd love. Roman

  mangione56 1 year ago

• wow!

  crismmm45 1 year ago

• what a song...

  masterchef20009 1 year ago

• I stand humbled, I listened to 'From the beginning' at boarding school in the early 1970s on a skinny handheld transistor radio at nights. And 40 years later the music still holds its own as one of the greatest tunes. Its a strong memorable riff that stills transports and uplifts me. Thanks for sharing this - kia ora from New zealand!

  skyehawk1 1 year ago 3

• He is still 'a looker'!!!

  jgruen1066 1 year ago

• Love the laugh!!

  susieaxym 1 year ago

• @susieaxym think the same

  BottyCostella 1 year ago

• Wonderful! His guitar work is incredible, just like his voice!

  petermay7154 1 year ago

• ELP 1973 in Dusseldorf, an apparentness

  Greg Lakes voice too. LOVEVA

  morgenschweis 1 year ago

• Greg Lake had perhaps the best voice of all Prog Rock bands of the 70's. Strong, deep, echoing his voice was. At this video the signs of time were already there. His voice wasn't the same anymore, but the way he sings is still the same. The music and lyrics float like water deep in one's mind/soul.

  olarcial 1 year ago 17

• @olarcial yes you are so right, fantastic

  164man 1 year ago

• magic , an angel

  second2e 1 year ago

• petervonzurmuehlen: Getting old sucks? Yeah maybe, in most cases at least. But i think your spiritual age matters the most, since it is your mind that determines either your having fun or not. Therefore, I believe that "People don't stop having fun because of their old age; but people do age because they stop having fun".

  Opuchki 1 year ago 3

• Can anyone tell me the name of a hauntingly beautiful ballad recorded solo by Greg Lake in the early 80's? I'm desperate to find it!

  KatMustang 2 years ago

• More information would be helpful, but you could Google the track listings on his two solo albums, Greg Lake and Manoeuvres.

  It wouldn't let me post them here.

  AmishCake 2 years ago

• Was it "The Sage"?

  jetrench 2 years ago

• Maybe C'est la Vie?

  drumwraith 2 years ago

• Possibly you mean 'Lucky Man'

  RPJ1957 1 year ago

• @KatMustang

  That song might be: Still you turn me on

  fluffythecat2 11 months ago

• @KatMustang  I found the song! It's "Let Me Love You Once Before You Go" from self-titled album, 'Greg Lake'.

  KatMustang 11 months ago

• @KatMustang Try Ce la vie,,,

  cbxsage 10 months ago

• @KatMustang

  THE NAME THIS SONG IS "FROM THE BEGINING" ;)

  zuhalcik 10 months ago

• @KatMustang You may be referring to "It's You, You Gotta Believe" off the "Manouvers" LP 1983, 1st cut, side 2

  arame29 9 months ago

• @KatMustang; Still you turn me on is sooooo beautiful, and it's a solo.

  zelos100 3 months ago

• God I love this song. but I wish I could find a more vintage version on youtube, watching these later era ones just make me sad at how people age.

  getting old sucks

  petervonzurmuehlen 2 years ago

• Oopps... the high E is out of tune (a little flat). Pity 'cause this song is deep in my heart from my teens.

  michelten 2 years ago

• Greg lake my preferite

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  hofnersinla 2 years ago

• one terrific song, i'm going to have to learn this one now that i'm up to speed

  (drummer turned guitar player). Greg Lake used to chew gum when he sang during ELP 70's shows , which i thought was curious and funny! Am i the only one who noticed this? A true natural talent Greg Lake will always be my favorite singer.

  tambourmn 2 years ago

• Yeah I think Greg used to chew gum to stop his mouth going too dry. Of course water would have been just as good but hey....

  PaulRoberts 2 years ago

• John Lennon also chewed gum while singing.

  I have learned to play this song on my guitar, the difficult bit about it is between chanching cords he plays fourth and fifth string loose but demped with his hand.

  14dublin 2 years ago

• Hendrix also chewed gum. or at least it looks like he was chewing gum.

  petervonzurmuehlen 2 years ago

• One of the classic acoustic pieces and a great song too. Still sounds shit hot. Don't ole Greg still look cool! :)

  GeoStratocaster 2 years ago

• Actually John Wetton was the "voice of Asia." Greg performed with them during the "Asia in Asia" tour which was also simulcast on MTV in 1983.

  AmishCake 2 years ago

• One of the most beautiful songs ever written and performed. Greg Lake was also the voice of King Crimson and the short-lived Asia. If you're an ELP fan, you need to pick up Trilogy.

  richkurl 2 years ago 2

• From the Beginning, written by Greg Lake, was released on ELPs 1972 album Trilogy.

  NOTE: The first four notes (the one-note down stroke and harmonics) are EXACTLY the same as those found at the beginning of Roundabout on the album Fragile by Yes.

  ELP Trilogy

  Released: July 6, 1972

  Recorded: January 1972

  Yes Fragile

  Released: (UK) November 26, 1971 (US) January, 4 1972

  Recorded: ???

  WHO BORROWED FROM WHOM?? -- or is it a coincidence??

  dwf56 2 years ago

• I've heard this before, so I made an audio file of both beginnings, one right after the other. They are similar to be sure, but they are not exactly the same.

  AmishCake 2 years ago

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  dwf56 2 years ago

• It's certainly my pleasure. :)

  AmishCake 2 years ago

• @dwf56 I learned how to play this song watching this video you uploaded. Thank you so much! I saw an interview a long time ago before youtube where Greg Lake said he got that opening harmonic from Roundabout. He thought it appropriate for this song and Yes did not mind it one bit, in fact they were very honored someone "stole" their lick. I tell you what though, it took me months of practice to learn how to play this song and sing it at the same time. Which seems to be the general concensus!

  michaelriser1 7 months ago

• i know that song on guitar

  piolohola 2 years ago

• deje de habalr tanta m

  juan9409 2 years ago

• who cares piolohola? hahahahaha really

  kontiki78 2 years ago

• he's soooooooooooo cute!

  susieaxym 2 years ago

• Brilliant beyond words.

  7777srd 2 years ago 3

• Always loved that song, Greg is one of my all time favorite singers !

  ladymarie63 2 years ago 4

• One of the great songs in Rock....and yes, ROCK can be a mellow ride once in a while!!!

  naturaltoby 2 years ago

• I think that was a song, that someone could have been heard in a great summer area in the park anytime in 1973! The Bees are flying around and the sun is shining with a warm summerwind...it's my illusion...!

  tivedenkung 2 years ago 3

• exactly! OR the opening window and sun pouring in on King Crimsons (also Greg singing) 'Epitaph'...about half way through..

  ohisashiburi 2 years ago

• haha funny laugh he does there

  gmwyte 2 years ago 2

• as lovely as in 1970.......

  thenifeelnothing 2 years ago 16

• @thenifeelnothing people forget that greg lake was with king crimson before elp. check out how many top rated musicians started there

  bruinsman444 9 months ago

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  abdufiadbfajdfb 2 years ago

• Why don't u read those comments LAST YEAR before you post, you SHIT HEAD

  sitkaspruceutube 2 years ago 4

• Total beauty. Always loved the spirit of this song. Genius is as genius does.

  apogee1mars 2 years ago 5

• thanx amish cake! greg obviously enjoyed this- re the voice and the tuning maybe the tv people treated him to a big lunch, some wine and a few ciggies, if i got the chance, i would!

  angelicb4me 2 years ago 3

• And they say Emerson Lake & Palmer are overrated !!!! .... look at this genius playing perfection after all these years ... This comment is coming from a Proto-Metal / Hard Rock / Blues Rock fan who adores legends like ELP , Yes , Floyd , Crimson , Giant ...etc.

  Zepplica911 3 years ago 6

• Beautiful n Brilliant!!!!!

  ExMicroDotLover 3 years ago 6

• perfectly said!

  nsra1933 2 years ago

• love this song so much I bought a new cut-away just to learn it

  coralreeph13 3 years ago 3

• Much Music plays pretty much all crap now.

  xAMPUTECHTx 3 years ago 3

• greg is our gift

  camcon05 3 years ago

• One of the best slow songs of the era. Lovely to hear it again, with some experience and knowledge in his voice. I heard the original on the radio today - still so fine.

  alaskabarb808 3 years ago 4

• I never knew Lake was the lead singer. But back in 72 there weren't too many videos out showing performances either. We just had these huge albums with esoteric art work. Magnified by pot smoke, jeez what a bunch of idealists we were. Too bad that idealism never materialized. But then again I haven't smoked pot in over 20 years. So...maybe my mind is foggy too...

  xzz0195 3 years ago

• it is interesting with that heavy chorus effect.

  HDL2112 3 years ago

• this song gets me through life.

  paul7703 3 years ago 4

• It's such a great poetic and meaningful line--- "It's all clear-- you were meant to be here-- FROM THE BEGINNING"

  peacewomanisrael 3 years ago 4

• true it always makes me feel better about things when I listen to this song

  aspnhl7 3 years ago 4

• Beautiful!

  cassinell 3 years ago 4

• 2:24 Love that laugh!!!

  bohemian1962 3 years ago 2

• ol' greg shoulda played this one on a classical. it would sound less tinny and out of tune. and, of course, as we age, we all lose some vocal range.

  ddamico3 3 years ago

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  latta4 3 years ago

• He wrote the lyrics to "Lucky Man" when he was 12! Later he added music and scored one of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's classic hits!

  GJNCA 3 years ago 3

• Timeless and classic.

  Mystic0157 3 years ago 3

• I love him.

  inchargenow 3 years ago 2

• one of the best song i think!!!

  carlobluesriver 3 years ago 2

• You're right, much probably :-)

  Pirlinetor 3 years ago

• I always thought this was an open tuning much like most of Greg Lakes acoustic work. Now thanks to this video, I have a new kick-ass song to ad to the song list of my duo, Thanks for posting it! ..............................­.......And yes, way too much modulation on the guitar IMHO. he's playing a beautiful Gibson Jumbo and really should've let the natural sound of that great guitar shine all on it's own. But hay, what do I know?

  tkojams 3 years ago

• I know sometimes it's subjective, but I kinda like it. I know what you're saying, and usually I agree, however; to me it gives it an ethereal feel that fits a song that evokes Celtic imagery (in my mind anyway and I don't know why) perhaps its the wine.

  paulgrim96 3 years ago 2

• But isn't it the video quality that makes the guitar modulate? I dont think he would use so much cuz it sounds out of tune already...

  1banez 3 years ago

• you have to love the faces when he fucks up.

  you can see he gets pissy hahahaha

  Damphear 3 years ago

• where does he mess up??

  chloe12904 3 years ago

• Wondering the same thing. I think the guitar sounds out of tune, though.

  wild4queen 3 years ago

• I'm gonna risk unpopularity here and say, "what's up w/ the flange/chorus effect on Greg's guitar?"

  I believe that Greg's voice might have mellowed w/ age and brought forth subtle tones that youth didn't allow, but they're seriously undermined by the yes...I'll say it...*obnoxious*...processing of the gtr. Just saying.

  howelldrake 3 years ago

• the sound is 'mangled' in this nth copied clip, original sound crisp & clear.

  if I can locate it, I'll post it.

  TheZanyFilmCompany 3 years ago

• Brother, 100% agree w/ you. The J-200 ( or SJ, I don't know) is to be played raw, with no "additives", it sounds heavenly only w/ a mike. I think Greg said what the hell, lets try it with chorus. He didn't care about the performance, in my opinion.

  pepegoretti 3 years ago

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  microbus99 3 years ago

• greg Lake's voice is a gift from Heaven! I wish I could have the chance to see him live. This song is so beautiful it's almost painful to listen to it.

  marylovesfrank 3 years ago

• Wow, what a gift Greg has. Thanks for sharing this vid. Also thanks to Greg Lake for sharing that amazingly beautiful voice with us. I grew up listening to ELP.

  Merry Christmas Greg Lake, (and everyone else).

  jacobdavis00 3 years ago

• ELP never really had a chance if you think about it. i am an old hippy and we got to listen to this music and many more on the radio sations that were kinda "taboo".Underground stations , thats what it was but man, the music such as this they plyed! Rock on

  inatizzy2 3 years ago 2

• Greg Lake, truly one of the greatest of this generation. "Every good and perfect gift comes from above".

  moosepigmy 3 years ago

• GREAT VOICE!! STILL!

  bluejazz51 3 years ago

• Es lo mejor que escuche cuando niño y aun siento que sus notas detienen el tiempo a mi alrededor. Bellísima cancion.

  ginompm 3 years ago

• Greatest song and classical guitar performance ever!

  bohemian1962 3 years ago

• Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrr

  tzina1 3 years ago

• Demaciado bueno como para ser real! xD Its soo cool!!!

  ignamax08 3 years ago

• Este tema es uno de mis preferidos ,hay que contenta estoy ,gracias you tube por permitirme este hermoso placer, puesto que no recordaba bien el intérprete y ahora , lo tengo, gracias.

  ESTOY FELIZ, ESTE TEMA ES PERFECTO, SE ME PUSIERON LOS PELOS DE PUNTA DE LA EMOCIÓN, HERMOSO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  valeriadelmar 3 years ago

• As Lake's voice has matured, he's lost a lot of his vocal range, but I think the overall timbre and sound of his voice has improved. As weird as it seems, I think his voice sounds more intelligent now, which might be why I think the 1992 Albert Hall rendition of the intelligently penned "Pirates" was better than the original. That and Emerson's modernised keyboard accompaniment.

  fdrstrat 3 years ago

• a great song, and ELP's only US top40 believe it or not (Lucky Man topped at #48)

  kaptainkaraoke 4 years ago

• He has lost his ultra fine voice... it´s still a great singer, but I will keep in my mind his young voice, not this one...

  julianbastidas 4 years ago

• Some people get even better with the years. There is no other voice like his. Great!

  faouar 4 years ago

• I LOVE HIS VOICE!THE ONLY LAKE!

  thenightpatrol 4 years ago

• much music is a channel by the way ;) and its even worse than mtv

  TheBassPlayer10 4 years ago

• wow this is great

  zappadead13 4 years ago

• whats up with the look in his face at 2:23?

  FloydNIN 4 years ago

• The pull off bit is originally done on bass, and since the host is a fan Lake figured he would recognize this. Just a guess.

  DuckNazi 4 years ago

• I lıke this song,ıt's from Trilogy.... But I want original sound. I miss moog voice...

  babatam35 4 years ago

• Great song, still.

  JACFOU 4 years ago

• The English don't use that as a "symbol" whether or not a person is gay. Greg's been married to the same wife since 1974.

  AmishCake 4 years ago

• Is Greg Lake gay? What's up with the earring in the right ear?

  nightripper2010 4 years ago

• Ok I love this sing and Greg but wait a minute!

  The soundtrack is a 12 string and the video is a 6 string! Anyone else hear this? WTF?

  slutband 4 years ago

• You could be right but I have heard before a 6 string with some sustain + echo effect sound very similar to a 12 string...

  aldoegiacomo 4 years ago

• it sounds like he is running some chorus on his guitar

  blackstrat1954 4 years ago

• I don't think it's a 12 string overdubbed or anything- just sounds like some thick chorus effect. For as good as this guy is, you would think he would be in tune though.

  rickyriff2005 4 years ago

• No ! That's one of Greg's Gibson Jumbo six strings and the effect on the guitar is a heavy Flanger !!! I's not the sound of a 12 strings acoustic guitar...He's playing Live....For what reason he should overdub a 12 strings guitar sound on this clip ??

  JacoMauro 4 years ago

• one of my favorite songs , thank you very much

  dsk333 4 years ago

• SIR LAKE ...HO!

  SPECTRE1961 4 years ago

• Wow... still one of the best prog songes and performers thanks Greg and thanks AmishCake!!!

  Priyesh0804 4 years ago

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