Rick Wakeman's awesome piano solo

[AjlaPabl]

@Mitzrael7: Which concert is this from? With Yes maybe?

[ronzoni68]

Anybody know the name of this piece and who wrote it? It's fantastic.

[willidub1]

@ronzoni68 lol he (Rick Wakeman) wrote it!!

[thetwentyteens]

207 peeshee faces walk the earth.

[1969420]

He once started a side project with Dragon Force, but left cause they played to slow

[xXMintyHippoXx]

This guy would be awesome at Guitar Hero

[Lunge91]

THE most amazing solo I've Heard!

[aceflyer89]

Imagine the notes .... your fingers and mind would explode before you would even touch the piano.

[MrJeremiah135]

He's not that great of a pianist. Watch Jarrod Radnich if you want to see some crazy finger movement.

[MrPatrickStiffy]

@MrJeremiah135 bugger off, mate

[LuismagiaDX]

o my god........

exelent



[lildrewzer]

from 2.33 min to 3.27 mins is the most epic bit of skill ever this dude is the Don

[GeraInna]

no, no, no.... this piano playing is very basic and not impressive at all, so please don't call him a king of keyboard... but instead please look up on youtube Tony MacAlpine Keyboard Solo ...and Tony is actually an amazing guitar player, who plays keyboards...

[lucas1521]

@GeraInna Tony sucks

[lennon224]

Rick Wakeman

Chuck Norris

Jon Lord

Keith Emerson

Ray Manzarek

Richard Wright

[lucas1521]

this is just from another world.

[origamishishou]

guitar her fans can shove their fire and flames up theire arses. i wanna see someone do this without a mistake. then they can say they achieved something.

[histaricaljoker]

He's really good. Who cares if you think you can play better then him. Hes amazing. give him that at least.

[thetwentyteens]

Wow! This guy sucks.

[oipudim]

My daughter can do that with her eyes closed! I feel sorry for you, Rick "non asian" Wakeman!!!

[youngcristian]

@oipudim but your daughter dont have feeling playing it!

[Samurai86x]

not bad but technical like machine



[russonagoodday]

Ha,ha some people don't half need Anger Management Therapy.

[MrZoltan308]

Cool.

[Jeryeff]

He once fingerbanged a chick. She's no longer with us...

[russonagoodday]

who the fuk is Direcordingstudios ? what complete twats!... I have been gigging for 40 years and I can honestly tell you we all play a number of Bum notes at every Gig!... But who is this total Wanker who thinks he's better than Richie?.... Well! lets have your party piece up on the tube and let the Public decide!..... What Totally a Stupid arrogant thing to say!!!

[Direcordingstudios]

@russonagoodday get a grip you idiot....i just said he made a mistake at 1:17, I didnt write that rick is shit or im better than him!!! YOU are obviously in love with rick wakeman and want to stick your tongue up his arse, also your 40 years of gigging is probably in working mens clubs and pubs or maybe performing for 40 years in your living room with your parents cos you still live at home!! TWAT!

[russonagoodday]

and I just want to say @77mrd is a Total Knob! ha,ha..what a plonk!...

[russonagoodday]

Your right! the Greatest Keyboard player that ever lived! I have played this over and over...and it is still the most Awesome 5 minutes of keyboard virtuosity that we will ever encounter!

[latisha1505]

was anyone else staring at his mullet the whole time?

[ShapelyDice]

nuts

[darich67]

awesome....I love how he plays fast for the sake of it.....and hardly makes a mistake.

One of the best pianists/keyboard palyers ever.

[yodalica]

This has to be one of the worst part of music I ever heard in my life. It's cheap, it's untalented, it's ridiculously irritating and it's the worst taste in music in the history of human kind. I used to love YES when I was younger, and I still listen to some of their records (mainly the 71-72 period) but I just hate Rick Wakeman. He reminds me of people like Jordan Rudess and Keith Emerson, just technic, technic, technic, without any soul or any taste. This just isn't music, it's masturbation.

[ternurasan]

@yodalica ok man, play better and faster than him then you may say something about him......

[NightlyNudes]

@yodalica Since when is masturbation a bad thing?

[Direcordingstudios]

he makes a mistake at 1.17!

[russonagoodday]

Asshole!!!!

[muxz0r]

no higher qual uploads out there?

[MrStefanLawl]

Imagine him masturbating.

[WeirdAlYankoviced]

2:34

You're welcome.

[1998krille]

OMG!!!!

[cooligalgirl]

awesome ,

[Cedriclehoux]

i was like whens this gonna star.....then i went JAYSUS!

[natebardwell]

served.



[Stivanification]

technically proficient - musically, he's the incarnation of bad taste

[joeyriddell88]

from 3:22 to 3:37 gave me chills, like a modern day mozart.

[MrDiegoteco]

FANTASTIC

[MrTeejayfubar]

Man and machine in perfect harmony

[khaled6100]

did he gona be upset if i cut his fingers ? just saying ._.

[larvatrong]

after years of practice I've just manage to play this song... well, actually just the left hand part, with my both hands

[PeBrOuN83]

what's the name of this song please ??

[topog1976]

@PeBrOuN83 It's a medley actually. The song here can be found on the CD "An Evening of Yes Music Plus" by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe.

[topog1976]

It's just titled "Rick Wakeman solo" on the CD.

[ctkimber45]

I can't listen this fast!!

[wyldefreak78]

....... this man just influenced me to quit the piano

[marco91825]

I think that keith emerson is better than him



[niski12]

buckethead of piano 0o

2:37 - 4:19 the best thing i ever heard.

[KaRsTarVoice]

wow.. never seen any like it before

[ChinaTeen1]

What is this song called?

[SirTait]

@ChinaTeen1 Piano Solo.

[007tylerbond]

some of these comments are just weird ???

[JJT113]

sweet piano skills..... sweeter hair.....

[xdarkkururux]

his name is rick wake mans but his eyes were closed the whole time

[TheUnknownn1]

That is so..... EPIC!

[MrRain458]

try hard...

[2keys]

Sick...Just sick

[BeaconProductions]

definitely masturbates 24/7 to get those hands..

[inertialbosss]

Cunts got the mallet and plays piano like a boss think of the bitch's he pulls

[va26dreadz]

Pretty nice.......... I think I can replay this whole video ....i like a challenge although it wouldnt be for me... Lol ....put me on them keys next to perform

[zecave]

Rest in Peace

Your music will last forever...

[italianfisher]

@zecave hes still alive dipshit

[MurdahPivot]

@zecave he's still alive.

[kofireyrock619]

@zecave hes still alive.....

i guess you mena keep on rocking

[zecave]

@kofireyrock619

Sorry, A dopehead friend showed me a newspaper note about that... I figured out it was fake and forgot to mention here... Sorry.

I felt kind of fool being the only one knowing that, anyway...

[metallurgiko]

YESSSSSSS...

[jimmy0070077]

Absolutely incredible. Even the "non-tremolo" parts are stunningly harmonic. This is just absolutely beautiful

[earthworm768]

i leave this open in a tab in mt browser, so every time i open it it plays, and i still sit here and watch it all

[bubblabu]

I could watch this all day

[JoeMcNo]

i wanna see those 200 idiots who dont like this video and beat em up one by one!

[fizzystrings]

Chuck Norris played this on the triangle. the ELECTRIC triangle.

[Supermassively]

@fizzystrings Shut the fuck up.

[ThePaintKnight]

2:37 Hard-on... 2:47 ORGASM!!!

[WakeSkateLikeABoss]

okay... who else just searched "awesome piano"

[benny6555]

@WakeSkateLikeABoss

i just searched piano solo and when i saw this i was like

WOW!

[IThinkFiction]

@WakeSkateLikeABoss i searched for best piano solo

[nikmag88]

@WakeSkateLikeABoss

you ;-)

[saarnoldbhm]

Jordan is great, but even Jordan had tipped his hat to Rick Wakeman. All of Dream Theater were inspired early on by Yes and are big fans.

[leeday100196]

If anyone notices, there are actually 8 keyboards in total. He probably uses them in some of his other songs at this performance.

[senthereborn]

He's awesome. But Jordan Rudess is the king of all keyboardists. sorry :P

[TheHTPB]

@senthereborn Jordan is the prince and will be the king when Rick will retire

[r5t6y12]

My fingers fell off just watching this thing.

[1pepituh]

i once drank milk that tasted funny and did something like that...

[jazzCFB]

@1pepituh

where's the video then? XD

i wanna put a "like" on it!... lol

[1pepituh]

@jazzCFB didn't make a video... but when i find that milk again i do it... it should still be in my bedroom :D

[JoeMcNo]

Ricks extremly awesome, but i donno if hes the king of all keyboards, cuz Keith Emmerson kicks hardcore ass too, so its more like a moodthing to pick between the two of them...

[CentraCross]

@JoeMcNo But no one plays Hammond Organ better than Jon Lord.

[va26dreadz]

i think i can replicate that whole concert!!

[va26dreadz]

dude is sick with the fingers... thumbs up!! ...

[Bob1sGr8]

To quote Greg Proops, "Watch out man, cause when we hit the second bridge this shit takes off!".

[Kradantoste]

the only reason I hate this video its because of the INCREDIBLY HIGH APPLAUSE & CHEERING at the start & at the end -.-

[AlexAndFTW]

I prefer keith emerson ofc !

[ladiesman6920]

Simply awesome:)!!

[victorguitar2009]

No me canso de verlo y escucharlo a Rick!!!!!!!

[7nevyn7]

Yep, i see it over and over... really subzero Awesome good.

[21Morgasm]

one hell of a clit diddle

[TheAnimos]

awesome



[trick5t3r]

holy fuckin shit!

[TheJackkay123]

what does his wife say after sex??

[Thereisonlythemoment]

Lost for words.

[randomguitarshizz]

imagen him having a wank with that right hand O.o

[1pepituh]

I can do that! ;D

[Kradantoste]

0:00/1:04 - Nice stuff

1:05/2:36 - Beautiful

2:37/4:19 - O.O<epic

4:20/4:40 - A little break to rest from the epicness

4:41/5:27 - Good old texas "cowboy bar" medley

aka (also known as) TOTALLY owning the piano/keyboard instrument in all its ways, musically & technically.

[Wiffelswitch]

@Kradantoste i can see how you'd see it sound like a cowboy bar melody, but that's more along the lines of post-baroque >.< er... not to be a know it all or anything

[Kradantoste]

@Wiffelswitch 1st thing, its not melody, it's medley :)

2nd: "Good old texas "cowboy bar" medley" is a "term" more known to people for that kind of playing & i putted so that people would know better what it was (or whatever).

3rd: thanks for the info, didn't know, but i still think it looks more like some "old texas cowboy bar medley", probably because I don't actually know anything about post-baroque music. still, thx & enjoy it :)

[Wiffelswitch]

@Kradantoste wakeman was very very much influenced by composers such as brahms and bach, but i like how you tied the musical similarities together as i myself had never thought of them and as i listened i think i hear what you heard :P a bit over-analyzing i might be

[Kradantoste]

@Wiffelswitch anyway...no matter what he plays, he rules (period).

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[albe1701]

Rick Wakeman, Fatherofall piano players.

[zenmachinefilms]

Classic Wakeman. A cross between extraordinarily beautiful, and mind-blowing super human playing.

[galanteadorisimo]

Es sencillamente ¡Genial!.Me encanta

[bvaia]

@bietiGhoMeR yes 1 finger up his ass

[LordxBlackxFire]

The last part deserves to be on a TV theme opening

[ifiampiano]

I just posted 3 videos from my latest piano jam. Check it out! Thanks, Ifiampiano.

Watch "nothing's perfect part 2" first... My piece falls.

[motorhead9999]

You gotta love at 2:45 where he's just shaking his right hand to get it warmed up and ready....

[jxbech1]

I'd be afraid if he scratched my cats cheek.... he'd wear the fur off!!!

[thehacksrule]

that sounds cool.

but check this out for me.

/watch?v=b7gZFYVpHa0&feature=f­­eedlik

its pretty dam sick. if you watch the whole vid your gonna be amazed

[zeppelin915]

Nobody better!!!!

[bruskybuddington]

damn .. dog the bounty hunter can play

[whiteapollo11]

@bruskybuddington watch?v=T1iLthlzFio

[greatjob13]

@bruskybuddington More like Kiefer Sutherland.

[fingerboy18]

@bruskybuddington LOL!

[SilNimTao69]

im a guitar player and i saw this video about 3 years ago in a very rough time of my life and this video definately helped me to keep beatin the strings and yes i choke up from vids like this thank you whoever put this up origionally,

thank you ; COB metallica ozzy deth for existing

[Tillerjunkey]

There are 193 people who are too stupid to see true talent. 

[PabloZritch]

AWESOME!!! WONDERFUL!! BEAUTIFUL!!! AMAZING!!

[Tutorial4Yours]

193 people dont know what a piano is

[APerduLaTete]

Can someone tell me the name of the song, and the album on which i may find the studio version? Or is it kinda unnamed live song?

[masssiiiii]

@APerduLaTete It's a medley of three songs they are all (i think) by rick wakeman and they are called gone but not forgotten, Catherine Parr & Merlin the Magician. You'll find all of them here on youtube!

[APerduLaTete]

@masssiiiii thanks a lot :)

[Nitroghost99]

i swear its the fucking mullet

[Willcussoutforfood]

This why you play your kids Beethoven when there still in the womb.

[redryan20000]

@Willcussoutforfood that doesn't work :)

[LittleTiesie]

@TheKrakenLegend: Too old ;)

[oslchu]

The mans fingers are INSANE!

[xekizdex]

head asplodes

[aaronfromhastings]

watch?v=UPdX85cv_D8

[bsimms606]

Never knew Dog the Bounty Hunter could tickle the ivories

[msaba5]

The song that he plays is Madrigal. Search in Youtube for "Madrigal Yes".

[FlyingCarnage]

HAH! I HEARD A WRONG NOTE!

Seriously, that was absolutely one of the craziest and most creative things I've ever seen. I would like to shake that man's hand, I'm afraid mine might fall off though.

[camilintgomery]

@TheKrakenLegend What a wise and ellegant comment!... Did you create it alone?

[TheKrakenLegend]

@camilintgomery Lol... calm down... its a joke... not for real... wow you have an awesome sense of humor...

[hellblazers100]

@TheKrakenLegend LOL

[sickprogfunk]

@TheKrakenLegend But what a way to go!

[bulyfe]

@TheKrakenLegend HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH­AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



[superstarcity98]

@TheKrakenLegend Ahahaha! That made my day.... x)!!

[TheKrakenLegend]

@superstarcity98 :P !!

[theoldgalah]

@TheKrakenLegend yes I bet bet all his girlfriends cried when he left them.No replacing him thats for certain.

[bulletz4life]

@TheKrakenLegend I heard this joke....too many times.....for too many people.....

[qpNinjaCookieqp]

That piano's gonna feel it in the morning.

[DrTHENgr1mReap]

But will it blend?

[andresihotang]

One of the most precious 5 minutes in my life..... I can't stop smiling at all

[irakianu]

damnnnnnnn.. verry fast fingers..!!

[JezzaCliff]

This is very basic first year student stuff / his wife must love the speed of his fingers though >

[freearttest]

I hear a Mellotron but I don't see one! It almost sounds like he's got the middle-bottom keyboard midi'd out to something with some slow-crescendo Mellotron samples and playing it layered. But those would be some pretty accurate samples for 1989. Was Billy Sherwood with them in 89?

[EZmufc]

I wonder if I asked nicely would he type my essay for me? >_>

[stefaneau1]

I saw this amazing keyboard solo during the Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Tour in the good old Montreal Forum in 1989 a Historical performance , a magical show ! Thank you so much for taking the time to share on You tube !!!

[shyjonty]

He's slowed down a bit now (well into his 60s!) but he's still awesome live!!!

[TheLastTogepi]

Hey, what's the name of this song?

[freedumb2003]

His love for his craft and what he sends is so -- shall I say -- sensual.

No one will ever decide Keith Emerson v Rick Wakeman -- both musical Jeffersons so bestowed upon us. Their gifts so transcendent yet accessible. We shall not see their like again in many a generation. And not again in ours, nor our children, nor our children's children.

[Abominationa]

Rick Wakeman gives bad ass a first and last name.

[cwodragon]

Wow!

[RollTheFemers]

When was this show?

[ryandevison]

@RollTheFemers a concert during the ABWH tour in 1989.

keep up with the rush videos!