― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 01:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― J (Jay), Saturday, 20 November 2004 01:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 01:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 20 November 2004 01:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 01:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Having said that, after Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett left, Genesis produced, almost exclusively, music I don't even want to think about (some of "Duke" excepted), whereas I couldn't say that Yes had a period where they did nothing at all but stink.
― Pangolino (ricki spaghetti), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pangolino (ricki spaghetti), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Fair enough, Geir, you're right....they're not, but your initial statement (Plus they would never do instrument wanking,) still makes it sound like Genesis were the Ramones.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pangolino (ricki spaghetti), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pangolino (ricki spaghetti), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― art of the hunger, Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Those were pure pop rather than prog, but at long as it is good, then there is nothing wrong with that.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:25 (nineteen years ago) link
And Patrick Moraz is flipping great on Relayer.
Mind, from 1980 onwards, I would prefer to cut off my fingers with a rusty tin opener than listen to either of them.
― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Spot the odd one out: "Yours is no disgrace", "Starship Trooper", "And You and I", "Perpetual Change", "Roundabout", "Close to the Edge", "Siberian Khatru".... "Machine Messiah"
― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:33 (nineteen years ago) link
invisible touchwe can't dancecalling all stations
(abacab and s/t are only partially shitty)
shitty yes albums:
time and a wordtormatobig generatorunionopen your eyestalk(OMG IT DOESN"T STOP YET)the laddermagnificationplus a whole bunch of shitty live stuff.
genesis wins. Anyway, genesis with gabriel was always interesting and fun. i love yes at their best, but god can they be bad. also, I can see myself living next door to someone like tony banks and liking him. I can't say the same about anyone from yes.
― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:37 (nineteen years ago) link
"Cinema/Leave It""Holding On""Homeworld""New Languages""Changes""Real Love""To Be Alive""Hearts""Without Hope You Cannot Start the Day""It Can Happen"
― art of the hunger, Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― phil banks, Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:43 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh hells yeah!
DRAMA by Yes: Lost Classic or Justified Dud?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― thread searcher, Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 20 November 2004 06:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 20 November 2004 06:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― another wagoneer, Saturday, 20 November 2004 06:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Saturday, 20 November 2004 14:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Saturday, 20 November 2004 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link
But Yes did more good stuff on balance, I'd say. "America," a couple-three things from those first two albums, "Starship Troopers," "Yours Is No Disgrace" and "Your Move"/"All Good People" from "Yes Album." "Roundabout" and Heart of the Sunrise" from "Fragile." "Sibertian Khatru" from "Close to the Edge." "Owner of a Lonely Heart." That'd make a decent one-disc best-of padded out with some stuff from that first 3-disc live album, which has its moments for sure. So, more good songs Yes, more actual "content" and "fairly coherent worldview" and "edge" Genesis.
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 20 November 2004 18:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 20 November 2004 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Saturday, 20 November 2004 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 20 November 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Wooden (Wooden), Saturday, 20 November 2004 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 20 November 2004 19:01 (nineteen years ago) link
(x-post, yeah, that's a big part of why I like them.)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 20 November 2004 19:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Flash2Time, Saturday, 20 November 2004 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link
It wasn't until Phil Collins was allowed to become the main songwriter that they lost it.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 19:20 (nineteen years ago) link
As for the question, I'd go with Yes, which surprises me, since in my mind Yes are the slightly colder/more rarefied band emotionally, and given a choice, I generally go for the warmer/more melancholy/twee.
But it's a tough call, given many of the songs already cited, and I really don't like either band much after approx. 1980.
― David A. (Davant), Sunday, 21 November 2004 01:30 (nineteen years ago) link