But instead it just kept on raining.

#RIPGregLake

Oof, sad news. That sour little song was the best Christmas record ever.

Shocked, ELP fan. Best live concert I ever attended was ELP at the Albert Hall in the late 70s.

C’est la vie.

😯

Was very much a fan of ELP, had seen them live a few times where he used to play whilst standing on a Persian rug.

So that leaves Carl Palmer then?

That sour little song was the best Christmas record ever.

+1

Oh blimey! I see the Beeb have him as “King Crimson”s Greg Lake”.

Looks like “the show that never ends” is ending

I was also an ELP fan in the 70s but never managed to see them live.

I like that “I Believe in Father Christmas” is such a subversive song and it always amuses me that so many people say they like it without obviously having listened to the lyrics.

He just sneaked in to 2016.

That sour little song was the best Christmas record ever.

+1

The second best pop song ever written.

A lot of ELP passed me by but I really enjoyed Pictures from an Exhibition and the above sour wee song said more to me about Christmas than all the “festive hits” RIP Greg Lake

Be nice if it was xmas number one again instead of talent factor…..

It’s always been my favourite Christmas song, taking me back to being a kid again, every time I hear it.

Bless you Greg

likewise transported back to idyllic Christmases. And King Crimson and ELP obviously.

Really sad about this. Massive fan of Keith Emerson and now Greg.

So that leaves Carl Palmer then?

and then it’ll be the FULL SET!! 😀

Sour?

It’s my favorite Xmas song, I see it as a lament for a more innocent time (childhood) when Xmas was still a magical time, before the inevitable stripping away of the romance.
It ends on both a hopeful note and a warning, that you only get out of Xmas what you put into it, it’s not about you but the people around you etc.
That’s my interpretation anyway, and I’m quite saddened by his death.

slowoldman – Member
Oh blimey! I see the Beeb have him as “King Crimson”s Greg Lake”.

Well, he was on King Crimson’s first, and best known album, as bass player and singer.

I like that “I Believe in Father Christmas” is such a subversive song and it always amuses me that so many people say they like it without obviously having listened to the lyrics.

Precisely the reason I love it, it’s one of my three favourite Christmas songs, the others being ‘Fairytale…’ And ‘Stop The Cavalry’.
It certainly looks like 2016 isn’t giving up gracefully, with only bare weeks to go, who else are we going to lose?

Another one gone. RIP.

We are all getting old, especially on this forum

Pictures at an Exhibition was my favourite especially considering it was recorded live at Newcastle City Hall & the opening bars were on It’s organ which was made by Harrison & Harrison from my home city of Durham!

RIP Greg.

Mrs BigJohn & I saw ELP a few times in the early 70s. The wardrobes I was making today got a few drips on them when
Radmac played Lucky Man.

‘Eyes full of tinsel and fire’

If that was the only song he’d ever done it would be enough.

It’s my favorite Xmas song, I see it as a lament for a more innocent time (childhood) when Xmas was still a magical time, before the inevitable stripping away of the romance.
It ends on both a hopeful note and a warning, that you only get out of Xmas what you put into it, it’s not about you but the people around you etc.

^I concur….sad loss. 🙁

Might as well have the tune…..