yeah, i loved ELP when I was a teenager, but punk swept all that away, and reading Keith Emerson's autobiography was an unpleasant experience. I went to see their last live performance in 2010 and even though they were pretty awful, I had to wipe away a nostalgic tear.
Maybe it's a clue to the new style. But are they going for the Pink Fairy Armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus - tiny and prone to die of stress) or the Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellorosus - often made into a lute like instrument) ???
I haven't got a clue what the hell you lot are going on about but I am reminded of that TV ad from yesterday- Harry Enfield Dime Bar Armadillo ad. I've decided I'm more Dime Bar than Armadillo- soft on the outside but hard inside. Got to be these days ( sigh).
If it's going to be a concept album maybe each track will have a single word animal ref, sort of TOU on 4 legs- Sloth, Llama, Armadillo.....could be like Saint-Saens on acid.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ. Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit. Shall lure it back to cancal half a line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.