Keith Emerson Vs. Rick Wakemen (rock, album, solo, talented)

tdoc210 · 07-14-2006, 06:53 PM

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.

Laces Out Dan! · 07-14-2006, 08:06 PM

Wakeman is the ownage

boo boo · 07-14-2006, 08:19 PM

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

Seltzer · 07-15-2006, 06:54 AM

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

boo boo · 07-15-2006, 07:11 AM

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.

swim · 07-15-2006, 08:05 AM

Emerson

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-15-2006, 09:11 AM

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

boo boo · 07-15-2006, 09:22 AM

Damn, he beat him by only five milliseconds.

tdoc210 · 07-15-2006, 12:40 PM

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

beat yr own KID · 07-15-2006, 02:03 PM

Wakemen.

View Poll Results: Emerson or Wakemen
Emerson	7	58.33%
Wakemen	5	41.67%
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07-14-2006, 06:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	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. __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

07-14-2006, 08:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,614	Wakeman is the ownage __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.

07-15-2006, 06:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,870	I like them both, but I would say Keith Emerson. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM

07-15-2006, 08:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Emerson __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

07-15-2006, 09:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	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 __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-15-2006, 12:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	It's really a shame about Emerson's hand. I beleive it's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

07-15-2006, 02:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
beat yr own KID Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fort Washington MD Posts: 923	Wakemen. __________________ I was dead. This was hell. There were no demons, no hellfire or brimstone, just a deep, complete feeling of darkness and hopelessness. This was the never-ending void. Not at all how I had imagined it, but worse than I thought that it could have been.