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Poll Question: Which song do you like better?
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Truth be told I find them both quite messy....but I guess that was what they were aiming for when glueing seemingly unrelated bits of music together. It's called an 'epic'
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Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

Definitely Supper's Ready for me!  Don't get the love for CTTE.  It's what-I-call messy...
For me it's the other way around.
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I am partial to Genesis here but mostly just because I dig em more than Yes. On the surface of things these two tracks actually look somewhat similar in that they both consist of several songs plus bits and pieces thrown together to make a grander whole.
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Supper`s absolutely! Never been that much Close to the Edge, although I have warn up it when become older.
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I won't vote. Supper's Ready has lots of twists and turns, mainly because it is a pastiche of different songs put together. Of course it has recurring themes, but Close to the Edge is much more structurally cohesive. It feels like a proper song and not a collage. For me, it's a tie, I love both for different reasons.
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Close to The Edge, and I shall return and elaborate on exactly why.

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Hi Elliot welcome aboard the pork vessel.

You can vote in polls when you reach 40 points on your account ie when you've made 40 posts.
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I really wish I could vote on this, just so I could break the tie in favour of Close to the Edge.

That being said, I think it's pretty awesome (and a testament to the legacy of both songs) that 234 people could vote on this and it still ends up being a dead tie.
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Originally posted by Booba Kastorsky Booba Kastorsky wrote:

Close to the Edge, of course. 
Probably because I'm not a native English speakers, so it's hard for me to fully appreciate lyrics of <span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Supper's Ready.</span>
<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">CTTE lyrics is more understandable to me, and shorter. </span>
Besides<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">, musically IMHO CTTE is more consistent, while SR is clearly was glued form more than a few different pieces. </span>
<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">And finally, even though I like Gabriel's vocal, I like Jon's vocal more.</span>
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Andersons lyrics more understandable ?

Close to the Edge
<span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And assessing points to nowhere, leading every single one</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And take away the plain in which we move</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And choose the course you're running</span>
<span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
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<span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Supper Ready</span>
<span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the television off</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sitting beside you, I look into your eyes</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">As the sound of motorcars fades in the night time</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I swear I saw your face change, it didn't seem quite right</span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And it's hello babe, with your guardian eyes so blue </span><br style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true</span>
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<span style="color: rgb34, 34, 34; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I rest my case</span>


Exactly what I had thought when I read the post before... but I didn't know how to express myself and didn't pursue a reply.
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Originally posted by Booba Kastorsky Booba Kastorsky wrote:

Close to the Edge, of course. 
Probably because I'm not a native English speakers, so it's hard for me to fully appreciate lyrics of Supper's Ready.
CTTE lyrics is more understandable to me, and shorter. 
Besides, musically IMHO CTTE is more consistent, while SR is clearly was glued form more than a few different pieces. 
And finally, even though I like Gabriel's vocal, I like Jon's vocal more.


Andersons lyrics more understandable ?

Close to the Edge
A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour
And assessing points to nowhere, leading every single one
A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun
And take away the plain in which we move
And choose the course you're running

Supper Ready
Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the television off
Sitting beside you, I look into your eyes
As the sound of motorcars fades in the night time
I swear I saw your face change, it didn't seem quite right
And it's hello babe, with your guardian eyes so blue 
Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true

I rest my case
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Close to the Edge, of course. 
Probably because I'm not a native English speakers, so it's hard for me to fully appreciate lyrics of Supper's Ready.
CTTE lyrics is more understandable to me, and shorter. 
Besides, musically IMHO CTTE is more consistent, while SR is clearly was glued form more than a few different pieces. 
And finally, even though I like Gabriel's vocal, I like Jon's vocal more.
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Supper's Ready by a fair distance - but just because it is on another level. However, Close to the Edge and Thick as a Brick tend to be next in line in any personal polls I come up with from time to time - so I don't feel too bad voting that way.

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I refuse to vote(at least for now). While I might give the slight edge to SR I'm bigger into Yes so I'm experiencing a bit of cognitive dissonance over this one. 
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Definitely Supper's Ready for me!  Don't get the love for CTTE.  It's what-I-call messy...
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Supper's Ready!
Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Gotta be Supper's Ready but CTTE is obviously great as well. 
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Supper is ready
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That watery nature then manic  fusiony beginning to CTTE gets me very time....it's awesome....one of my favorite intros in prog.
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CTTE, but Supper's very close
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It's a cruel doubt, but I think Close to the Edge is slightly superior !!!
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