Rick Wakeman – the sublime and the ridiculous – 653

Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week Mark and I consider the conflicting aspects of Rick Wakeman’s musical character. We have both chosen one piece of sublime and one piece of ridiculous Wakeman playing on a Yes record or on a live recording. What will we choose? Listen on to find out and then supply your own examples via the comments below. What were Rick Wakeman's best contributions to Yes? What did he do that was more 'questionable'? How should he be rated? Let us know if you agree with us! https://youtu.be/G42-qaPxZK0?si=daGcg5PYWpcESR74 https://youtu.be/LUvKrSPTHLU?si=H6zoiRBtbBDvhXss https://youtu.be/gka_km9gb5c?si=ykd-JsP5SFPCUuYz https://youtu.be/mueQyzjSu2U?si=LryLhgY76c6wi8Ti Check out the progress on my other podcast - https://anthem52.com/ Yes - The Tormato Story Available now! YesMusicBooks.com YMP Patrons: Producers: Joseph Cottrell Wayne Hall Ken Fuller Jeffrey Crecelius Patrons: Jim Morrison Jon Pickles Declan Logue Gary Betts Aaron SteelmanMichael Handerhan Barry Gorsky Steve Perry Doug Curran Martin Kjellberg Todd Dudley Rachel Hadaway Lind  Paul Hailes Craig Estenes Mark James Lang Steve Rode David Bob Martilotta John Holden Stephen LambeDem Fred Barringer Scott Colombo Chris Bandini David Heyden John Thomson Mark Baggs John Cowan John Parry Dave Owen Simon Barrow Steve Scott Terence Sadler Steve Dill Robert Nasir  Fergus Cubbage William Hayes Geoff Bailie Steven Roehr Lobate Scarp Geoffrey Mason David Watkinson Tim Stannard Robert VandiverBrian Sullivan David Pannell Jamie McQuinnMiguel Falcão Paul Tomei Michael O'ConnorBrian HarrisHogne Bø PettersenGuy DeRomeMark Slater Become a Patron! Our Facebook YMP Discussion Group is open to anyone to join. One of the advantages of the new format is that all members of the group have the same ability to post content, so it’s a bit more egalitarian, or somesuch. Please do search for the group and join in. https://www.facebook.com/groups/3216603008606331/ Please follow/subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything: Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes