Sound

This weekend I listened to the first CD of the "Welcome Back..." live Emerson Lake and Palmer album. Having overlistened to ELP since, literally, early childhood I had taken several long breaks between listenings over the years, and, a bit self consciously, have not let it work its way back into my regular listening routine. And I don't suppose I'm going to change that either. However, that music is still very powerful and impressive to me. On a related topic, I've wasted much time on variations on the silly endeavor of proving objective quality of music, with bands such as ELP as my focus. I've long outgrown the temptation of such arguments. Or have been socially conditioned to pretend I have. Disclaimers attended to, what impressed me this time, though it's nothing new, is just how great the album sounds. Aquatarkus, Toccata and other sections of Tarkus spring to mind.