#Tarkus

[rivendellroad]

I had to revisit Issue # 125 of the much beloved and renowned PROG Magazine! "54 years on, the toils and triumphs of "TARKUS"

[pingskumonium]

just a baby…

[toreodere]

Get bored pretty easily in college so, have some silly laptop trackpad doodles!!

[cicadaofthelake]

the best part of the tarkus studio remaster is that they kept the silliness in

[riddlesrhymes]

Hi, your Secret Rocker Santa here! I'm really excited to talk to you. First, I'm curious to know what some of your fav albums are ❤

hii!!

Ive got a lo of fav albums so its hard to pick omg but anyways, the first one that comes to mi head is Discipline by King Crimson, i just love it so much i always listen to it and it never gets boring, i love the cover too. Some may dont like it because "its too much new wave", but idk i love all the sounds in it idc.

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison. Its an incredible album it has 10/10 after 10/10, crazy to have that many good songs one after the other. For me its the best post-beatle solist album of all 4.

A wizard / A True Star by todd rundgren. Just crazy pyschedlic pop. It has its weird tracks like Dogfight giggle but you also got the amazing ZEN ARCHER or the medley, or Sometimes I Dont Know What To Feel or Tic Tic Tic, etc i could mention a couple more lol

The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect by Todd Rundgren. This one the first one I listened from him and i loved it since the first time. Idk why this is kinda underrated/low rated, no one talks about it lol. But i absolutely love some tracks on here, like Chant or There Goes Your Baybay

Peliculas by La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros (i love a lot of argentinean albums but since probably no one here knows them im just not gonna mention them). Its a prog rock/symphonic rock from 1977. Havent really listened to it in the past year but it was an album that kinda changed my love for music. First song I heard from here was "No te dejes desanimar", my dad played it for me at like 3 in the morning, and the vibraslap that sounds in the middle of the song absolutely BLEW MY MIND. I had never heard a vibraslap before (this was a couple of years ago so i was little) and i was litteraly shocked by it (the volume was kinda high too lol), everything sounded so good. Then i tried to look for music that sounded like it (more prog). And here we are.

Tarkus by ELP. Tbh id say rn all of ELPs music, but im afraid its only because it a current hyperfixation that im saying it. Tho Tarkus is absolutely crazy, you never get tired of it. And its not "one sided", at least for me. The suite is magical, but all side B of the album is great too!! Even the joke/silly tracks like "Are You Ready Eddy?" and "Jeremy Bender". Tbh i like all the songs in here! not even one that i skip. Also its a fucking armadillo tank, who does not love that?

I could keep yapping for hours about my favorite albums (ofc i had to skip some here). But well those are the first ones that come to mind heh

Sorry for any misspelling and my horrific writing skills 😭

[rastronomicals]

1:47 PM EDT October 26, 2024:

Emerson Lake & Palmer - "Tarkus" From the album Tarkus (June 14, 1971)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

★★★★★

  I. Eruption    II. Stones of Years   III. Iconoclast  IV. Mass   V. Manticore  VI. Battlefield VII. Aquatarkus

The greatest prog album, IMHO--and I'd say that even if it DIDN'T have a picture of an armadillo tank on the cover.

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[obsessedpianist]

The 5 legendary knights who won the 77 rings challenge 💪❤

[dichael-mistortion]

and a tarkus. cause why not

[hootenanie]

sometimes you just need to spend hours intricately coloring a 5 minute joke drawing

[geraldtheoceanman]

I’m back on my shit again— more knights of the square table shitposting

(Alternate version) v

I just thought it was funny that the attack doesn’t land and he just flops onto the ground, taking bruford with him.

[jt1674]

[magicalflower67]

[erisicy]

Phantom Blood Musical: Tarkus and Bruford's Entrance Rough Translation

[Dio]

I turned the two of them…

Into demons of vengeance that would shock the devil himself!

I… can turn history itself into my servant!

[Jonathan]

It can't be…

What is that form?!

[Dio]

It's a form fit to settle a grudge!

Wouldn't you agree?!

[Tarkus & Bruford]

We'll kill them all!

[Dio]

It's a continuation of that day

Tarkus! Bruford!

Shriek out a fanfare!

[Tarkus]

Our resentment!

[Bruford]

Our rage!

[Jonathan]

Great knights, Bruford and Tarkus!

Your thoughts, your pride, and your grudge…

I can't imagine how it feels

But… I also have my own burdens to carry!

[Zombie]

I'll be the one who eats him!

Him and his delicious cartilage!

Eek!

[Bruford]

I accept that man as a proud knight!

My lord… I ask that you allow me to draw the curtain on the life of this brave man!

[Dio]

Very well! Go ahead

[Bruford]

This duel was inevitable!

[Jonathan]

Run away, both of you!

[Speedwagon]

Mr. Joestar—

[Dio]

Tarkus!

I won't let any of you get in my way…

[cicadaofthelake]

fabulous ideas:

a] tarkus transfomer…

b] tarkus-inspired pokemon evolution line

c] i love tarkus 😊😊

[childoftheriver]

Happy birthday Tarkus!

[rastronomicals]

10:42 PM EDT October 10, 2024:

Emerson Lake & Palmer - "Bitches Crystal" From the album Tarkus (June 14, 1971)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

★★★★★

It's hard to compare 4-minute rockers to multipart epics, but I think I can safely say that "Bitches Crystal" is ELP's best song under 15 minutes in length. And is it also Greg Lake's most frenzied vocal performance for the trio?

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