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 Topic: Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman?Posted: January 25 2012 at 10:00 |
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Which of these two keyboards wizards from 60's & 70's do you prefer?
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PabstRibbon
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 10:07 |
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Wakeman anytime
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 10:27 |
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 10:43 |
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Again this question?
Always Emerson above anyone else.
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 10:48 |
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Tony Banks! From the list though, I choose Wakeman.
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 11:15 |
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 11:17 |
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 11:19 |
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 11:35 |
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both are awesome
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 11:56 |
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Without a doubt, Keith was the driving musical force behind ELP, despite Lake's ballads. On the other hand, Wakeman's first recording with Yes, Fragile, while slightly expanding the band's sonic pallette, doesn't sound all that different from The Yes Album with Tony Kaye. I'd argue that Steve Howe was the driving musical force in the band during that period and even the follow up, Close to the Edge, with it's more integrated keyboards wasn't that huge a departure for the band.
Using the logic that Yes would have probaby enjoyed the same success if Kaye had stayed, or if someone else had taken over his spot, while at the same time arguing that ELP would not have even existed with Emerson, my vote has to go to Keith. Though, in all honesty, I have tremendous respect for both men. Edited by spknoevl - January 25 2012 at 11:58 |
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 12:39 |
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As I have said several times before, I will take Wakeman's finesse over Emerson's bombast any day if I have to choose one over the other. Fortunately, I do not have to make that choice and I can enjoy either one as the mood hits me.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 12:57 |
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Rick Wakeman
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 15:22 |
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I'll vote both
Keith is my hero but Rick was one of the few that deserved to be considered on a similar level circa 1973.
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 16:12 |
This.
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 16:26 |
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It's since 1973 that I hear this question.
 No vote....and a suggestion for Marian Varga who has a bit of both
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 17:45 |
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Emerson by far
never been a big Wakeman fan though my personal favorite is Jurgen Fritz |
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 18:05 |
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Wakeman easily for me. Though I also like some ELP, I just love what Wakeman does with music. Both with Yes and Solo (as a matter of fact, I would rate more Wakmean albums with 5 stars than Yes albums, and both Yes albums I would rate with 5 stars include Wakeman... while, at the same time, I know no ELP album I would rate with 5 stars).
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 19:11 |
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I much prefer Emerson.
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 19:25 |
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Emerson, no contest. I also agree with those saying Tony Banks is better than both tho
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I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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Posted: January 25 2012 at 19:46 |
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Rick Wakeman. Keith Emerson is overrated
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