The Six Wives of Henry VIII

[richard_kaczyn]

Whilst watching The Tudors yesterday, kakurowski remarked that Henry didn't marry as many times as Elizabeth Taylor. Being a total prog-rock geek, I immediately imagined:

Comments

[christeos_pir]

If you did, I'm sure it would be much more listenable than Wakeman, whose solo work never failed to underwhelm me.

Six wives

[suralon]

I agree Wakeman never impressed me all that much as a solo. However your concept albums, to me anyway a greater coherence. The E. Taylor concept is awesome.

Re: Six wives

[richard_kaczyn]

The Elizabeth Taylor reference is very timely considering everyone is talking about her now. But nowhere near as many are talking about Wakeman, so it remains a joke for the die-hard. :o)

[richard_kaczyn]

It's a testament to the creative power of collaboration when you see how someone's ensemble work is superior to their solo efforts. I own a lot of RW's solo records, but generally prefer his output with Yes.

[scarletstar777]

That is awesome! You just made my morning:)

[richard_kaczyn]

Happy to be of service!

[kakurowski]

I'm terrified!

[lucypher93]

Ya know this means that you and Micheal Jackson would (potentially) have something in common.

(I love the fact the she deliberately set-up her funeral so that she would be fifteen minutes late...HA! Now that's a fuckin' Lady!)

[richard_kaczyn]

I would've thought that what MJ and I had in common was our appreciation of Vincent Price. ;o)

[richard_kaczyn]

Just wait until you've finished The Tudors and I play you the Six Wives record. :o)

[lapidus_93]

I've always enjoyed the keyboard work of Rick Wakeman; I like your more 20th century concept album idea.

[richard_kaczyn]

As a keyboard player myself, I've always found a lot of interesting stuff happening on Rick Wakeman's solo work. It may not be as rock-oriented or have the mass appeal of Yes, but he definitely helped to put keyboards (and keyboard players) on the rock-n-roll map. If Six Wives didn't have a special place in my life, I would never have bothered with the parody cover.

[badger]

I'm in.

[richard_kaczyn]

I'd better start composing...