Rick Wakeman vs Manfred Mann

whos most important

I think Mann is an equal respected keybordist by those who actually plays keybords them selvs (that includes Rick Wakeman). he is probably also one of the first Keybords wizards in rock as well, he is what I would call kebords wizard pioneer, Rick, Kieth, Anthony and Kerry and the likes is he's deciples.

Other than "Blinded by the Light" and "Quinn the Eskimo", I'm not really up on Manfred Mann. Wakeman has made more records than Guinness.

I do have some Manfred Manns Earth Band albums. Their live stuff is tremendous. Mann comes from the Banks/Wright keyboard school ,not flashy and supporting the music. Wakemen is from the flashier (showier) side of prog. No real comparison.Both are excellent though.

The bloke in the cape.

The Grumpy Old Man

Originally posted by aginor Originally posted by richardh I do have some Manfred Manns Earth Band albums. Their live stuff is tremendous. Mann comes from the Banks/Wright keyboard school ,not flashy and supporting the music. Wakemen is from the flashier (showier) side of prog. No real comparison.Both are excellent though.     but Mann was way earlyer and can be caled a pioneer, since he developed he's style allready in the 50s and found it in the 60s and had it in the 70s.   also the way he arranged cover songs to become he's own is unique,

Originally posted by Prog Geo Manfred Mann!

Originally posted by moshkito Hi,   Manfred Mann!   He was there before, and in the end, his histroy stands for itself ... and he never had to play the pretentious rich little man to show off his ability to play keyboards ... and always did some very nice things.   Rick Wakeman, by comparison, is still playing the same keys and chords he learned in school!   Nothing personal, but the amount of work that Manfred has done, and his tremendous effort in making sure that people get heard ... is second to none ... just think of how many people have had hits of their music done by Manfred and then we can talk about Rick ...

Paul Weller ,Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen are not exactly 'unheard' artists. What interesting about Mann though is that he interprets other peoples songs very differently to the orginal versions. His version of Paul Weller's 'Start' is one I particularly love. Originall a punk anthem for The Jam with a load of attitude it becomes this incredibly atmospheric and emotional song in the hands of Mann.(sadly I couldn't find a link for it)