“Still You Turn Me On” by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

Greg Lake wrote "Still...You Turn Me On" by himself, the only song on Brain Salad Surgery he can say that about, and he produced it too. Set down in the middle of a 1973 album full of aggressive, fire-breathing rock, it's the breather: a romantic ballad, folk rock in a baroque lace collar, with Lake singing and handling guitar and bass while Keith Emerson colors it with harpsichord, Hammond organ and Moog.

It had hit single written all over it, but the band passed. Carl Palmer doesn't play on it, and it sounded less like Emerson, Lake & Palmer than anything else on the record. Rolling Stone later counted it among the 10 essential ELP songs.

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