Richard Wakeman ... Richard Clayderman
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Topic: Richard Wakeman ... Richard Clayderman
Posted By: Trotsky
Subject: Richard Wakeman ... Richard Clayderman
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 12:28
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I noticed this a while back when I got hold of Wakeman's double CD The
Masters (and said as much in my review), but tonight I was watching my
Rick Wakeman The Legend DVD and I was struck once again at how much
Rick Wakeman's unaccomanied piano instrumentals can sound like the
stuff Clayderman plays ... For those who are not familiar with The Legend, it features Wakeman telling tales (he proves to be an excellent stand-up comedian) and playing unaccompanied keyboard ... there's some top-notch prog playing in the medley of Catherine Howard/Catherine Of Aragorn and And You and I But a lot of his music sounds incredibly like Clayderman, even acclaimed pieces like Birdman of Alcatraz and other stuff like Seasons of Change, Children Of Chernobyl (despite the moving theme) and the bonues track Sea Horses ... does anybody ever feel this way about Wakeman's post 70s output? I'm genuinely interested to know if anybody detects a similarity in technique on this sort of "easy listening" pieces, that goes beyond "Wakeman does bland piano instrumentals to sell records and so does Clayderman." ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 13:54
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I can't really comment on Rick's solo piano work but I don't think he'll thank you for comparing him to Mr Clayderman. I once heard a story where Rick was in a restaurant and one of the waiters wanted his autograph. Rick said yes, at which point the waiter shot off home and returned with an armful of Richard Clayderman LPs! (It must be the blond hair). |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 14:45
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chopper wrote:Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 15:03
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Freudian slip, Trotsky? Or, given the slip, perhaps it's a Frodian slip.
------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 15:20
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richard clayderman:
here in quebec , we have the same genre: (another richard) richard abel:
------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 15:38
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Well, Rick looks more like a savage rock musician than these salon pianists ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 22:51
It had to happen one day ... does this compare to the time my mother met Judi Dench and introduced her to my father as "the Bond girl?" ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 22:53
------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
... Posted By: Progfans
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 23:01
 Rick WakemanRichard Clayderman  Richard Abel...  for me...  For You? ------------- La cuisine c,est comme l,amour, il faut y croire pour que ca marche |