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Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman? |
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kenethlevine 
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 Posted: March 20 2018 at 13:59 |
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prefer Wakeman and the bands he played in
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Man With Hat
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 15:08 |
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Emerson
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micky
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 16:41 |
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love Wakeman .. I mean who doesn't...
but Emerson was perhaps prog's single greatest and most infuential musican. I mean.. seriously.. if could point to one individual responsible for prog rock.. it was Emerson. Wakeman was nice.. but really has nothing on Emerson for what they did and meant to prog. Plus.. to be honest.. he is more fun to listen to. He wasnt just a supporting player in a great band.. he was THE player around which the sound was based around. That took talent.. and some balls.. for everyone loves w**king guitarists.. but keyboardists. To do that.. wow man.. that is the reason he won all those keyboardist polls for as many years as he did. The Hendirx of the keys... perhaps Wakeman had it in him.. had the sheer talent.. to do that.. but he didn't.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 16:52 |
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Rick but honestly not by much. Both are great.
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 21:15 |
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Grumpy Old Rick
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 21:58 |
I guess Emerson was indeed more influential and all, and what ELP did could hardly be surpassed... at least as far as keyboard driven prog goes. But I wouldn't say Wakeman didn't have it in him... yes, in Yes he was just another musician (but then, what do you do in a band where every single musician is as brilliant in their instrument as Wakeman was on keyboards?), but in his solo albums the focus was all on keyboards, and he did take the spotlight. Only, he didn't gather a single band to support him, but went the solo way. And he did follow his vision regardless of what common commercial sense would dictate... and was succesful in doing so (except that the disc companies executives took advantage of him, as far as I understand). |
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 23:03 |
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"Both" was available, making it too easy to choose that one!
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 23:05 |
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Rick
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Posted: May 15 2018 at 13:16 |
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I prefer Yes to ELP. That being said, having seen both play live I honestly believe Keith was the better player.
Rick is great, but Keith gets the edge.
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Posted: May 16 2018 at 07:49 |
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Too close to call but I'll vote for Wakeman as he is still kicking ass.
Saw ARW last year and was very impressed by the caped one...
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