Lucky Man (song)
| Lucky Man | |
|---|---|
| Emerson, Lake and Palmer | |
| publication | 1970 |
| length | 3:33 (single version) 4:36 (album version) |
| Genre (s) | Folk rock , progressive rock |
| Author (s) | Greg Lake |
| Producer (s) | Greg Lake |
| Label | Cotillion 44106 |
| album | Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
Lucky Man is a song by the British progressive rock - band Emerson, Lake and Palmer , who in 1970 on the album Emerson, Lake & Palmer appeared. The piece contains one of the earliest examples of a Moog synthesizer - Solos and is one of the most famous track in the group.
background
The song was written by Greg Lake . It's about a man who has everything: wealth, horses, women and who rules his country like a king. He went to war in which he fell and the wealth of which could not save his life. In an interview, Lake said:
"I did write Lucky Man when I was 12. My mum bought me a guitar ... and I learned the first four chords that were D, G, A minor and E minor and with those chords I wrote Lucky Man ."
“I wrote Lucky Man when I was twelve. My mother bought me a guitar ... and I learned the first four chords, D, G, A minor and E minor, and with those chords I wrote Lucky Man . "
Unlike the other pieces on the album Lucky Man , a ballad that of the acoustic guitar is embossed with a Moog synthesizer - solo from Keith Emerson at the end of the song.
Lucky Man was released as a single in 1970 and reached the top 20 in the Netherlands and the charts in Canada and the United States , where it reached number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 . A re-release in 1973 also made it to the US charts.
Musician of the original recording
- Keith Emerson : Moog Synthesizer
- Greg Lake : Electric and acoustic guitar , violoncello , bass , vocals
- Carl Palmer : drums , percussion
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review of the song at allmusic. Retrieved February 11, 2013 .
- ↑ Ultra-Mega-Exclusive Interview With Greg Lake. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 15, 2012 ; Retrieved February 11, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Lucky Man at discogs.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013 .