Manfred Mann vs Richard Wright

two legends who have defnined and reshaped the use of keyboards in many decades, whos legacy is so massive its cloads sanity.

Wright.

Manfred Mann by far. He is better than Wright (R.I.P) as a composer and as a player. I love Pink Floyd and ofcourse I love Wright but I want to be Honest and I pick Manfred Mann.

A solid vote for MM.

This pitches the keyboarders of the first two prog bands I discovered against each other. Gotta say, I still love them both. Others have already given very good reasons to vote for the Mann but Wright contributed strongly to the Pink Floydian atmosphere and I also like him as a team player surrounded by (at least two) egos. So can't do other than vote "both".

Both.

I've never been too much into Mann's music. 

I don't know Manfred Mann, but of course I love Pink Floyd and Wright, and lately listening again to Pink Floyd I have gained an even better apreciation of him... even more if I consider early Floyd. And finding out that he was the main composer of a song such as Echoes, one of the great favourites of the band, should put his contributions to the band in better perspective.

Dellinger wrote: I don't know Manfred Mann, but of course I love Pink Floyd and Wright, and lately listening again to Pink Floyd I have gained an even better apreciation of him... even more if I consider early Floyd. And finding out that he was the main composer of a song such as Echoes, one of the great favourites of the band, should put his contributions to the band in better perspective.

you should know Manfred hes quit good, even has some floydian influence, hes probably the most impprtant moog player after Emerson, you might like hes face three, the jazz rock fusion albums so MMEB is quite heavy and progy and psych, and jazzy,

Hes the most innovative soloist in prog on keyboards imo

I voted for "both." My reasoning was thus: Pink Floyd's the greatest band ever, and Wright's contribution cannot be overestimated. On the other hand, his solo albums, while pleasant enough, were basically unmemorable. On the other hand, Manfred Mann created what might very well be the absolute best Billboard hit of the 1970s in "Blinded By the Light." I know Springsteen wrote it, and the weirdness of Mann covering it is probably a large part of why it's so great. But still... A brilliant song, one of *the* best cover versions ever (easily surpasses the original), and my pick for best hit of the decade, one of the few prog songs to hit it big ("Hey, let's throw in 'Chopsticks' at this part" - WTF?!?), at least in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJh47LybCkU

Edited by jude111 - May 07 2016 at 22:32