RUSH vs. YES vs. THE GRATEFUL DEAD

Months ago.

huh. i have no way to know, and you're speaking as though you do, so i defer. but NPR carried the breakup story (source for the wiki page), and the announcement is still hosted on REM's site. curious as to why you're so certain...

Because I'm taking the piss?

that'd explain it, yeah

"sarcasm aside"

^ igin

ZZ Top is really the only one, because Rush isn't the original lineup.

UK peeps: Does Status Quo have original members? They are one of those bands that's around forever right? Or are they like a Kansas thing where it's like 2 dudes left?

i love the hell out of rush but the dead take this

curiously unaffected by yes

The Quo have 2 original members but are actually touring later this year with the original rhythm section, just a one-off though I think.

ooh do ppl say The Quo over there? that's dope i'm adding that to my repertoire

ZZ Top may have had the same dudes longer, but they also performed at a Republican National Convention, while Rush demanded that their music not be played by those sorts of folks.

And nobody misses the late John Rutsey on drums.

i find it hard to believe three pervy hot rod driving weirdos from texas have less than progressive politics

Not quite sure how political views have any basis in quality music. I personally couldnt care less what a band's politics are.

what if they were nazis

Theyre not

but yr cool w/liking nazi skin music, like r3sist@anc3 records shit?

Never heard it to tell you the truth. I dont need to apply a political litmus test to entertainment I enjoy, be it music, sports, movies, etc.

but if you liked nazi music you would listen to it?

what if there were a band that all the proceeds of their record went to nambla?

hahahahahaha, yeah, sure

id say those examples are a little more extreme than "playing at a Republican convention". I like Ted Nugent's music, but i think he's a total idiot when he opens his mouth politically.

reallllly nervous about the outcome of this poll guys

You have already voted in this poll and cannot vote again.

>:-(

feel like it might be a three way tie and then we'll all have to fight in some sort of classic rock thunderdome

and i will kill you if i have to

yes.

not even close for me. close to the edge is amazing ("siberian khatru"!!) and the other albums from that era ain't too shabby. could never really get with rush but the dead are aiight I suppose.

expect yes to annihilate this, tbh

Not quite sure how political views have any basis in quality music. I personally couldnt care less what a band's politics are.

what if they were Red Wings fans

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

Let's get some people quoting some Yes lyrics in here, for the LOLs. Anyone?

Like, are "All Good People" and "One NIght in Bangkok" the only two pop songs ever written about chess?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are

got this open in a tab right now

feels like Yes is gonna win

My money was on Rush. They've easily sold the most albums and seem popular on ILM.

fingers crossed for yes

ILM is offically yessed out, if anyone else wins it will be a minor upset. by "anyone else" i mean rush, of course. if the dead win it will be a sad fart day.

I hope the Dead win, but they inspire stronger antipathy than the others - I can imagine Yes or Rush votes by people who don't really love Yes or Rush but who dislike the Dead, but I can't imagine any Dead votes by anybody except partisan 'heads

xp qed

This is an exciting poll!

I like all 3
Yes my favorite band when I was 13
I've seen rush twice live
Listen to the dead most now although I indulge in Yes nostalgia quite a bit
Haven't quite made it t

Ugh iPhone
Haven't quite made it to caress of steel nostalgia but give it time

As a huge Rush fan, I can say that Caress of Steel is one of the last albums you need to concern yourself with.

I'd much rather listen to their prog metal years than anything post-Signals

ah caress is pretty good! "Bastille Day" is probably their most rockin' song

so I'm listening to a sampler of the new "Spring 1990" Rhino Handmade Grateful Dead box set....I guess this is supposed to be the last "great Dead" tour....

so...um the biggest question this is giving me is, if this is "great", how fucking terrible usually was this band in the 90s???

lol my listen to that (on the website, right) was like OH FUCK THIS IS GREAT I GOTTA BUY THE WHOLE BOX

really???? damn. like hey man that's cool dogg, but y'all deadheads are like trying to talk sense to Amway ppl....my lord.

They were a complete and total shambles almost every single night. I wouldn't call Spring 1990 the last great dead tour, because the Bruce Hornsby runs later that year after Brent died are highly regarded as well. But Bruce basically left the band because they lacked creative spirit and vision, if I understand correctly.

Like, Bruce would try to live out his Grateful Dead fantasy setlists "how about we try 'China Cat' into 'Althea' tonight, instead" and some band members would be like "no, 'china cat' always goes into "I know you rider', don't you get it?"