Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
From: schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder)
Subject: Handy keyboardist comparison sheet! 
Message-ID: <1993Nov19.181731.15554@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 18:17:31 GMT

In article <61@hebe.win.net> robert@hebe.win.net (Robert W. Murray, Jr.) writes:

>>So, who's the better pianist?  Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman?  :)

>For additional topics of discussion:

>   Who is the better multi-keyboardist?
>   Who is the better composer?
>   Who is faster?
>   Who has the better personality?
>   Who had more classical training?
>   Who is funnier?

Funnier: Emerson
Better taste in art and clothing: Wakeman
More sensetive sense of smell: Wakeman
Better in bed: Emerson (as told in many famous fan accounts)
"Hipper" appearance: Wakeman
Bigger british accent: Emerson
Better wine collection: Wakeman
Snootier attitude: Emerson
Bigger ego: judges are still out on this one
Stronger dad: Wakeman
Goofier teeth: Emerson
More capable of growing a full beard: Wakeman
Better dinner conversationalist: Emerson
More refined upbringing: Emerson
Higher visual acuity: Wakeman
Greater rapport with jungle creatures: Wakeman

I hope this answers everyone's questions on this issue.

Wait!  What about Tony Kaye!?! 

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Gary Schroeder  		
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Brookhaven National Laboratory