I have nothing against Tony Kaye. I do, however, find the notion of praising his abilities to be patently ludicrous on its face. The guy stayed out of the way — that's it, folks.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 18 November 2004 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 18 November 2004 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
I should note, however, that Robert Fripp once gave Bill Bruford a writing credit for choosing not to interrupt an improvisation by playing. Perhaps he learned such restraint from his time spent in Yes with The Indomitable Tony Kaye!
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 18 November 2004 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 18 November 2004 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 18 November 2004 21:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Listen to 90125. The man added practically nada to the situation.
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 18 November 2004 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 18 November 2004 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 04:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― chaki in charge (chaki), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link
Back to the album cover,I particularly like the Snoopy doll hanging from the coat rack.
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 30 December 2004 01:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 30 December 2004 01:21 (nineteen years ago) link
I fear to ask, but what does the 'plus' mean?
it's like the "32" on every bottle of rolling rock beer!
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 30 December 2004 06:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 30 December 2004 07:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 30 December 2004 12:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Charles Dexter (Holey), Thursday, 30 December 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link
What kind of drunk are you? It's 33
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 30 December 2004 13:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 30 December 2004 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
(But quite why I like Jon Lord a lot, say, is a mystery.)-- Ned Raggett (Ned), teisipäev, 16. November 2004 11:50 (3 years ago)
Oi, man. Had we met in, say, '75 or samthung, I woulda been ready & willing to talk away on JonLord-iana for days on end. :)
― t**t, Thursday, 10 January 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
er, lol?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IHVdG3rKqE
― gershy, Monday, 26 May 2008 06:30 (sixteen years ago) link
http://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/img/rw11.jpg
Reminds me of somebody but I can't put my finger on it.
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 26 May 2008 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Rick Wakeman, per chance?
― t**t, Monday, 26 May 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Or Gandalf the Grey with a reddish Rick Wakeman mane photoshopped unto 'im?
― t**t, Monday, 26 May 2008 19:00 (sixteen years ago) link
('m making them silly jokeses just to alleviate the strain of awaitin' my cd copy of six wiveses, which i orderered on teh cheap, to arrive...)
― t**t, Monday, 26 May 2008 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
there some super funky shit on journey to the centre of the earth and no earthly connection.
― chaki, Monday, 26 May 2008 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
one of my first threads *tear* Taking Sides! Rick Wakemen vs. Keith Emerson!
― chaki, Monday, 26 May 2008 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
All I'll say is he plays an INSANE keyboard. In fact two at the same time. I'm just echoing the sentiments of various youtube viewers but Rick can play, he's adventurous musically but I feel that you really shouldn't ignore the fact that he destroyed Yes because he did it so spectacularly.
― VeronaInTheClub, Monday, 26 May 2008 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
(pace the thread header, i WOULD kinda want to hear mr. wakeman's take on dizzee rascal).
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Beck?
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 11:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Rick creates a riotous pastiche of his extraordinary life and escapades
Eh?
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 11:19 (sixteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Thecaddy.jpg/200px-Thecaddy.jpg
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
What Yes albums does he play on? When were they destroyed?
― filthy dylan, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
totally insane that the brilliant No Earthly Connection is STILL unavailable on cd. that needs fucking sorting out.
― mark e, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
but I feel that you really shouldn't ignore the fact that he destroyed Yes because he did it so spectacularly.
Yes, we should. Nonsensical claim. Wakeman's part & parcel with the crew of over-the-top keyboard players working in Britain at the time: Keith Emerson -- ELP sold even more than Yes, Wakeman, and Vincent Crane, who never enjoyed much commercial success.
As for the classic Yes albums with Wakeman on them -- Fragile, Close to the Edge, Yessongs are great. Tales not so much although it's not his fault. Yes with Tony Kaye -- the first two can be passed on although the cover of "Every Little Thing" starts getting into the territory of righteous. The tunes arrive for Yes Album but not because of the keyboard player.
― Gorge, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Going for the One's awesome too. Wakeman was back in the fold for that one after taking the (incredible) Relayer off. Whoever says he destroyed Yes has no idea what he's talking about.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Rick Wakeman is a genius and the main reason why Yes were so great in the 70s.
Solo Wakeman is largely indefensible though.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 08:42 (sixteen years ago) link
"White Rock" though?
IT'S ABOUT SKIING BEFORE ANYONE STARTS!!!
(it's great)...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 08:45 (sixteen years ago) link
"Rick Wakeman is a genius and the main reason why Yes were so great in the 70s."
Wont argue whether he's a genius or not, but the second part of this sentence is wrong.
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't have the patience to read this whole thread, but I'm sure hoping someone here already pointed out that he is quite classic on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
rick wakeman does a section of presets on my GForce minimoog vst, and they fuckin rock - they're the first presets i try on pretty much *any* song i make involving synths these days - ironically pretty much every last one of them sounds perfect for todays TranceCrunk(tm) production aesthetic...
― messiahwannabe, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 08:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Six Wives - live !
no chance of me going along, but this is just going to be insanely over the top isn't it ..
― mark e, Monday, 27 April 2009 09:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been on a big prog rock trek for a couple of months, probably started by watching that BBC Prog Rock Brittania on You Tube a couple of times.
Haven't ventured past it yet, but I liked The Six Wives of Henry VIII more than I would have thought and it is one weird ass album to have somehow sold like 15 million copies. People had some patience back in those days, I just don't see any of this kind of weird music being THAT popular.
I liked it enough that I probably am going to try out another Wakeman record.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
The Sex Pistols was the reason Rick left A&M, not the other way round...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 06:39 (twelve years ago) link
No it has to be the other way around if it's true at all. I'm sceptical that he would have had that much sway at the label, since sales were waning (though his late 70s stuff is good - often preferable to the earlier, better known albums). Wakeman's final album for A&M came out in 1979, two years after the fact. I know that Wakeman showed up in a documentary talking about this and said it was essentially a bullshit story.
― everything, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:26 (twelve years ago) link
xpost to earlnash - try Criminal Record, which is a digestible and enjoyably brief album from '77. It has a fair chunk of solo Rick mixed with Alan White, Chris Squire and Wakeman doing some fairly disciplined and enjoyable proggy bits.
― everything, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:41 (twelve years ago) link