That's incredible! Thanks.

/we've got two hammonds...very inspirational...lulz...

that's an L-100. i have one in my basement!

Better looking Hammond abuse .

A Hammond is being abused whenever anyone other than Jon Lord is playing it.

Dancin_In_Anson: Better looking Hammond abuse .

Don't click, it's a Rick Roll.

I saw Keith Emerson stab his keyboard in concert. I felt sort of like those 1950s kids in Back to the Future when Michael J. Fox does a 1980s style guitar solo. WTF? You were playing music just a minute ago.

(I almost wrote "modern" guitar solo. Was that movie really over 20 years ago?)

Atypical Person Reading Fark: Don't click, it's a Rick Roll

I have asked to be permabanned if I ever do such a childish thing...Once funny and all. That being said, here is some more of her abusing her Hammond.

I prefer Hammond eggs.

just from looking at the headline on the music page, i KNEW the video was of Keith Emerson stabbing his hammond organ with a knife to hold down a selection of keys.
how sad is that? lol

/hangs head in shame
// did he do that so he could free up both his hands, [as opposed to just one] to play other stuff? or showmanship? or both?

That wasn't very Nice.

/anyone?

Zoinks!: That wasn't very Nice.

/anyone?

I see what you did there (new window)

Dancin_In_Anson: Better looking Hammond abuse .

Thanks that was nice. The song wasn't bad either.

Third_Uncle_Eno: just from looking at the headline on the music page, i KNEW the video was of Keith Emerson stabbing his hammond organ with a knife to hold down a selection of keys.
how sad is that? lol

/hangs head in shame


Same here.

// did he do that so he could free up both his hands, [as opposed to just one] to play other stuff? or showmanship? or both?

From what I understand--and I'm no keyboardist--it had something to do with holding the drawbars down. I think I read that somewhere.

/could be completely wrong

"Whew! I thought for a moment that damn Clarkson was up to something!"

GypsyJoker: Third_Uncle_Eno: just from looking at the headline on the music page, i KNEW the video was of Keith Emerson stabbing his hammond organ with a knife to hold down a selection of keys.
how sad is that? lol

/hangs head in shame


Same here.

// did he do that so he could free up both his hands, [as opposed to just one] to play other stuff? or showmanship? or both?

From what I understand--and I'm no keyboardist--it had something to do with holding the drawbars down. I think I read that somewhere.

/could be completely wrong

Never mind--I pretty much repeated what you'd already said.

/need a beer

DjangoStonereaver: "Whew! I thought for a moment that damn Clarkson was up to something!"

LOL!

DjangoStonereaver: "Whew! I thought for a moment that damn Clarkson was up to something!"

well, to be fair, the L-100 is one of the smaller hammonds.

Dancin_In_Anson: Better looking Hammond abuse .

Much more pleasing than Emerson.

DjangoStonereaver: "Whew! I thought for a moment that damn Clarkson was up to something!"

I came here for the Top Gear references and was not disappointed!

A++, would read again!

Glitchwerks: DjangoStonereaver: "Whew! I thought for a moment that damn Clarkson was up to something!"

I came here for the Top Gear references and was not disappointed!

A++, would read again!

This.

I mean, The Stig has been on a Prog kick lately....

Assgasket: Glitchwerks: DjangoStonereaver: "Whew! I thought for a moment that damn Clarkson was up to something!"

I came here for the Top Gear references and was not disappointed!

A++, would read again!

This.

I mean, The Stig has been on a Prog kick lately....

One of the joys of my day has been to quote someone named Assgasket.

Dancin_In_Anson: Better looking Hammond abuse .

You know what that song's about... right?

Now this is Hammond abuse...

Just reading the headline, I knew it had to be Keith.

Keith's Finest:



/shamelessly hotlinked.

i knew exactly what this was before i clicked. one of the gayest moments of all time.

The Godfather. All others are posers. (popalicious)

Too bad that it doesn't include the typical maneuver of him lying on his back, Hammond flipped over backwards on his stomach like he does here, and then

he plays Bach's Toccata (the first few bars of it) freakin backwards on the keys with the Hammond lying on him and the band playing at full force.

I still remember the day in 1974 when I heard "Toccata" from Brain Salad come over the radio on KLOL in Houston and the light bulb went on over my head about music. Scales fell from my eyes.

And, Emerson ended up sleeping on friends' couches after he lost everything after the Works tour, a bad divorce, and ulnar nerve surgery. That shouldn't happen to artists, really.

This clip does little for me, but darn it if Keith Emerson isn't the best rock keyboardist who ever lived. He is simply astonishing.

oh, and the "rotating/flipping grand piano" from around 1973/74 was/is pretty neat too...

Third_Uncle_Eno: oh, and the "rotating/flipping grand piano" from around 1973/74 was/is pretty neat too...

Like this (new window)?

MikeXpop: You know what that song's about... right

Yeeeess...And this is important because?

Graham Bond was the original Hammond abuser. Check out Harry Shapiro's book The Mighty Shadow for proof of where Emerson got many of his ideas.

Christ, you're all a bunch of friggin' prog nerds.

/more, pls

Let's see him knock a B3 over, and better yet, get out from under it if he did

Hammond abuse?

Uunavailable for comment.

Let me guess...Emerson stabbing a knife into his organ?

/Bingo!

has anyone else heard the story that the knife Emerson uses was given to him by Lemmy?

ExclamationPernt: Let's see him knock a B3 over, and better yet, get out from under it if he did

he does this at this very same concert if im not mistaken. it sets new landmarks on live gayness.

PumpUpDaFark: Let me guess...Emerson stabbing a knife into his organ?

/Bingo!

OW!OW!OW!OW!OW!OW!OW!OW!OW!OW!

Oh, *that* kind of organ.