Defend The Indefensible: Rick Wakeman

(which nonetheless has an amazing first couple of minutes....as if Propaganda/ZTT had appeared 10 yrs earlier as mid-70's south american prog-rockers !)

That's three chords — and Kaye didn't even write them.

this along with Wives, and King Arthur are 3 wonderfully OTT albums for when your 14>16 and haven't discovered Foetus/ON-U Sound yet

.. then to be hidden deep in the archive forever after.

he was also one of the first Rock stars to ever respond to a sad fanboy letter ..

i'm revealing wayyyy too much here .. but hey ..

and live in 1984 Braford St Georges hall - he was quality (again, i was still within the predefined 14-16 years of age)

but damn - when the dude is bad he is seriously bad .. 'rock-n-roll prophet' album .. WTF ..

and while Tony Kaye was sort of neutral, I like that Hammond sound he got on "Yes Album," and "Yours is No Disgrace" does utilize the I-IV-VII progression (I think it's B-flat pedal tone with B-flat/E-flat-B-flat 7 sus 4 there) well.

It's sorta goofy.

A MONKEY, eh. Apparently you've never heard Kaye on 9012Live: The Solos.

Give it up for the white-haired wonder!

http://www.dhc.net/~krobert/yes/a_rick_2.jpg

I admit I haven't heard Rick's solo LPs, but only because I don't want to.

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.

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!

Listen to 90125. The man added practically nada to the situation.

Back to the album cover,I particularly like the Snoopy doll hanging from the coat rack.

I fear to ask, but what does the 'plus' mean?

it's like the "32" on every bottle of rolling rock beer!

What kind of drunk are you? It's 33

(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. :)

er, lol?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IHVdG3rKqE

http://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/img/rw11.jpg

Reminds me of somebody but I can't put my finger on it.

Rick Wakeman, per chance?

Or Gandalf the Grey with a reddish Rick Wakeman mane photoshopped unto 'im?

('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...)

there some super funky shit on journey to the centre of the earth and no earthly connection.

one of my first threads *tear*
Taking Sides! Rick Wakemen vs. Keith Emerson!

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.

(pace the thread header, i WOULD kinda want to hear mr. wakeman's take on dizzee rascal).

http://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/img/rw11.jpg

Beck?