Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman?

Ola Amigo, 

yes, I meant as a solo artist.  Live and on record!

Rick has solo masterpieces!

Journey
King Arthur
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Keith has very little solo fanfare.

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Yes, you are right ELP is a trio and keyboard driven at that.  So take away Emerson and it falls, but not to sell Greg Lake short, he had perhaps the best caliber voice in prog and wrote classics such as Take A Pebble & Knife Edge, not just those famous ballads.  I can't imagine Pirates or Tarkus without Greg.

P.S. I voted for "both" but it is nice to see Emerson overtake Wakeman in the poll.  Keith Emerson's writing is a genuinely original style and his work could be analyzed endlessly. I would pick him if I were forced to, but I refuse as it would be pointless.   YES is my favorite band overall, so does that make me a Judas to pick Emerson?

dennismoore wrote: Ola Amigo, yes, I meant as a solo artist.  Live and on record!Rick has solo masterpieces!JourneyKing Arthur6 WivesKeith has very little solo fanfare.Estamos hablando de cosas diferentesYes, you are right ELP is a trio and keyboard driven at that.  So take away Emerson and it falls, but not to sell Greg Lake short, he had perhaps the best caliber voice in prog and wrote classics such as Take A Pebble & Knife Edge, not just those famous ballads.  I can't imagine Pirates or Tarkus without Greg.P.S. I voted for "both" but it is nice to see Emerson overtake Wakeman in the poll.  Keith Emerson's writing is a genuinely original style and his work could be analyzed endlessly. I would pick him if I were forced to, but I refuse as it would be pointless.   YES is my favorite band overall, so does that make me a Judas to pick Emerson?

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Nice poll. Emerson just takes it for being a little more adventurous. Both are incredible though 

Wakeman in a landslide. all respects for Keith, however!!

Emerson by a mile. 

Both.

Prog would be orphan without any of them, had to vote "both" even if that's like not voting at all. Personally Emerson has always been my favourite, probably because Tarkus and Trilogy are the first Prog albums I remember listening to when I was a child and they were responsible for my life-long love for Prog. He was also an innovator and he would stick to his way of seeing things, not falling into the hypes or trends, as confirmed by his rejection of the Mellotron when every keyboardist at the time wanted one dearly.

Edited by Gerinski - July 27 2014 at 00:17

Emerson is a better, more diverse player and was the main composer in ELP. Wakeman played on Yes' best works and has a substantial solo career. I think from that it's clear that Emerson has the greater stature in prog.

Gerinski wrote: Prog would be orphan without any of them, had to vote "both" even if that's like not voting at all. Personally Emerson has always been my favourite, probably because Tarkus and Trilogy are the first Prog albums I remember listening to when I was a child and they were responsible for my life-long love for Prog. He was also an innovator and he would stick to his way of seeing things, not falling into the hypes or trends, as confirmed by his rejection of the Mellotron when every keyboardist at the time wanted one dearly. Wakeman jumped on the train of mixing genuinely classical music in the rock and made very good albums at it, but I believe that Keith was the one having the more genuine vision of wanting to make modern "classical-rock" music. It's had to guess but I'm not sure Wakeman would have done what he did if Emerson had not existed. Considering the total length of their careers though, Wakeman has produced more consistently good music.