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Vi0LaToR 
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:01 |
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a lot of people vote keith emerson for the best keyboardist....WRONG!!! the best keyboardist is rick wakeman, why? well he has solo albums better than keith (journey to the centre of the earth, the six wives of henry VIII...) better creation on a band(yes!).maybe keith emerson is good making quick and fool melodies in amazings songs with ELP,like a showman.
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:02 |
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agreed on that...I love Wakeman much more than Emerson,even with his 80's-90's madness period...
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Easy Livin
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:12 |
There's no "right and wrong" of course, it's all down to opinion. 
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MattiR
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:13 |
K. Emerson appeared in 1967, R. Wakeman - later. It's enough for me to say who is better 
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:14 |
Yep..it's all a matter of opinion.
I happen to think they are two of the best keyboardists from the age of classic symphonic prog.Why does one have to better than the other?They are both extremely talented.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:27 |
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It's hard to judge which one was technically better but in my opinion Keith Emerson was more a pioneer, he was the one who brought the Hammond organ, the piano, the clavinet and the Moog synthesizer into progrock music, he scouted the borders with keyboards sounds and he embellished the serious progrock music with stage antics in the vein of Jimi Hendrix.
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A'swepe
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:36 |
Take a wild guess who I prefer.
Seriously, there is no way to judge who is "Better". They both have a distinctive style, are classically trained & incredibally talented.
Simply a matter of preference. I take nothing away from Emerson, but I simply prefer Wakeman. Always have, always will.
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:45 |
Wakeman for me, but not in the late years. I don't like the cheesy sounds he has used since the ABWH album.
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walrus333
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:48 |
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Both are great. I would agree that Emerson was more of an innovator. Why is it though that Jan Hammer is always left out of these keyboard polls? He was darn good as well
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memowakeman
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 11:07 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 11:41 |
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Hugh Banton.
But as people rightly say, it's all down to personal taste. There is no wrong or right answer.
I'm not one for outlandish solos, so Hugh Banton gets my vote.
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chopper
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 11:57 |
 Vi0LaToR wrote:
a lot of people vote keith emerson for the best keyboardist....WRONG!!! the best keyboardist is rick wakeman, why? well he has solo albums better than keith (journey to the centre of the earth, the six wives of henry VIII...) better creation on a band(yes!).maybe keith emerson is good making quick and fool melodies in amazings songs with ELP,like a showman. |
Why are people who have a different opinion to you "wrong"? There is no right or wrong, this is purely subjective. You're not related to proglover by any chance?
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The Lost Chord
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 12:05 |
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tony banks
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 12:05 |
MattiR wrote:
K. Emerson appeared in 1967, R. Wakeman - later. It's enough for me to say who is better |
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timothy leary
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 12:08 |
chopper wrote:
Vi0LaToR wrote:
a lot of people vote keith emerson
for the best keyboardist....WRONG!!! the best keyboardist is rick
wakeman, why? well he has solo albums better than keith (journey to the
centre of the earth, the six wives of henry VIII...) better creation on
a band(yes!).maybe keith emerson is good making quick and fool melodies
in amazings songs with ELP,like a showman. |
Why are people who have a different opinion to you "wrong"? There is
no right or wrong, this is purely subjective. You're not related to
proglover by any chance? |
this is a good point!
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A Guy
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 12:54 |
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Tim Hodgkinson! Kerry Minnear! Ed Wynne?
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greenback
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 13:04 |
i always believed the trinity of keyboardists is made of Jobson, Emerson & Wakeman. This trinity has as acolytes kit watkins, richard harvey and kerry minnear.
now to me jobson is the best because he can do any genre of music. i have problems seeing emerson ambient.
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ANDREW
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 13:19 |
erik neuteboom wrote:
It's hard to judge which one was technically better but in my opinion Keith Emerson was more a pioneer, he was the one who brought the Hammond organ, the piano, the clavinet and the Moog synthesizer into progrock music, he scouted the borders with keyboards sounds and he embellished the serious progrock music with stage antics in the vein of Jimi Hendrix. |
Exactly!!!
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MattiR
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 13:23 |
Perdoname, amigo de Mexixo 
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Posted: March 14 2006 at 13:24 |
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