Keith Emerson Vs. Rick Wakemen
 

The epic battle of Prog Rock's most talented Keyboardists . Who do you think would win?
Emerson hails from ELP, and Wakemen has a lucrative history with the symphonic Prog legend YES.

P.s See the hsitory thread for info about Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Wakeman is the ownage

Wakeman is my favorite, but Emerson is the superior keyboard wizard.

I like them both, but I would say Keith Emerson.

I do have to say, it's close... Wakeman gets the versatility card, since he plays a greater range of keyboard instruments including Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Moog, Minimoog, Piano and Harpischord... While Emerson rarely ventures away from his standard Hammond and Moog other than his brillant piano work, Wakeman also has a greater ear for tone variety, every Yes album Wakeman appeared on had a totally different keyboard sound than the last... But Emersons solos are generally more complex and unique as well as more technically difficult, his choice of scales and time meters also tend to be more inventive... Both are amazing improvisers, though Emersons compositional skills nudge out Wakemans by just a little bit. In technical terms it's difinetely Emerson, in originallity terms it's Emerson, in creativity terms i'd say it's a tie.

Emerson

Wakeman

Even though he got his ass kicked by the guy from Level 42 on Bansai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppb4l...rick%20wakeman

Damn, he beat him by only five milliseconds. :(

It's really a shame about Emerson's hand. I beleive it's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Wakemen.

Emerson

^ Yes, i voted Emerson, the complexity, it is hard for me to comprehend how to go about playing that stuff.

The guy is all over the place, I'm usually not too fussed with musical keys but he actually draws my attention in.

I'm usually torn between deciding which is better, Tarkus or Karn Evil 9.

I like Wakeman more. I have some albums I totally love, so I chose him.

Wakemans solo stuff leaves a lot to be desired, I really only liked his second album, The Six Wives of Henry VIII.

He has an unusual tendacy of always making albums based on whatever book he's reading at the time.

Lol, can we get him reading a book about Armageddon or something then?

Wakeman owns.

That would just be too weird.

But it would be funny to hear his musical interpretation of The Devinci Code.

emerson

*Useless trivia alert* Rick Wakeman was on last weeks episode of Top Gear which aired here.

Quite fucking true :)