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

~~Mamagarmr~~ · 07-14-2006, 05:53 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.

**LesPaul43** · 07-14-2006, 07:06 PM

Wakeman is the ownage

**boo boo** · 07-14-2006, 07:19 PM

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

**Seltzer** · 07-15-2006, 05:54 AM

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

**boo boo** · 07-15-2006, 06:11 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, 07:05 AM

Emerson

**Urban Hatemonger** · 07-15-2006, 08:11 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, 08:22 AM

Damn, he beat him by only five milliseconds.

~~Mamagarmr~~ · 07-15-2006, 11:40 AM

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

beat yr own KID · 07-15-2006, 01:03 PM

Wakemen.

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Emerson	7	58.33%
Wakemen	5	41.67%
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07-14-2006, 05:53 PM
~~Mamagarmr~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Left of the Left Posts: 2,540	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.

07-14-2006, 07:06 PM
LesPaul43 Bring da Ruckus Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 3,882	Wakeman is the ownage __________________ Tell sanchito that if he knows what is good for him he best go run and hide. Daddys got a new .45. And I wont think twice to stick that barrel straight down sanchos throat. Believe me when I say that I got somethin for his punk ass. When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

07-14-2006, 07:19 PM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 6,558	Wakeman is my favorite, but Emerson is the superior keyboard wizard. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/

07-15-2006, 05:54 AM
Seltzer Mellifluous... Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Born in Australia, Living in New Zealand Posts: 1,572	I like them both, but I would say Keith Emerson. __________________ Last.fm

07-15-2006, 06:11 AM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 6,558	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. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/

07-15-2006, 07:05 AM
swim Everyone Does Everything. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: coastal plain North Carolina Posts: 4,396	Emerson __________________ you should be ashamed to be so proud of what you got

07-15-2006, 08:11 AM
Urban Hatemonger Groovy Hate F*ck Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nuuk , Greenland Posts: 9,331	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 __________________

07-15-2006, 08:22 AM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 6,558	Damn, he beat him by only five milliseconds. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/

07-15-2006, 11:40 AM
~~Mamagarmr~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Left of the Left Posts: 2,540	It's really a shame about Emerson's hand. I beleive it's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

07-15-2006, 01:03 PM
beat yr own KID Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fort Washington MD Posts: 929	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.