6760. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Benny the Bouncer

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From: Brain Salad Surgery; Year: 1973; Genre: Progressive Rock
Benny the Bouncer is one of "the other," more brief tracks on this extended, epic-laden album. It is driven by Keith Emerson's honky tonk ragtime-inspired piano playing that gets more and more complex as the song goes on. The overall arrangement and vocal delivery remind me a lot of late 1980s Savatage; their Streets: A Rock Opera specifically.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My song pick 7 years ago today: Journey - Spaceman

My song pick 8 years ago today: Van Halen - And the Cradle Will Rock...

My song pick 9 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - Tears

My song pick 10 years ago today: Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away

My song pick 11 years ago today: Mountain - Mississippi Queen

My song pick 12 years ago today: Rod Stewart - You Wear it Well

My song pick 13 years ago today: Steeleye Span - The Twelve Witches

My song pick 14 years ago today: Georg Philipp Telemann - TWV 55:C3 - Wassermusik - Hamburger Ebbe und Flut

My song pick 15 years ago today: Steve Winwood - The Finer Things

My song pick 16 years ago today: Tarja Turunen - I Walk Alone

My song pick 17 years ago today: Link Wray - Rumble

My song pick 18 years ago today: The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower
 

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