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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Early Yes is amazing, musically. Lyrically it is soooo tough to follow what Jon was writing. A lot of mindless bantering, almost seance like...spooky!
 
Rush win for me with much better lyrics and musically those 3 Canucks can run circles around pretty much any 4-5-6 pc band.
 
But its still close......Topographic Oceans is brilliant.
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pick one
I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

I like both quite a lot, but I like Yes more. 


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Rush is my #1 favorite band.  Yes is my #2.  Vote goes to Rush. 
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Early Yes is amazing, musically. Lyrically it is soooo tough to follow what Jon was writing. A lot of mindless bantering, almost seance like...spooky!
 
Rush win for me with much better lyrics and musically those 3 Canucks can run circles around pretty much any 4-5-6 pc band.
 
But its still close......Topographic Oceans is brilliant.
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Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

One band is cool- the other is nerdySmile
They're both nerdy. 
I'll go with Yes, hands down. Rush is overrated
I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

This is not even close to me. Rush has some nice songs and albums that truthfully I have grown to love less given time. Yes release 7 timeless albums, and Steve Howe is still my favourite guitar player. 

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This coming from the guy with a metalocalypse avatar?

Equal for me. At their prime, Yes was no doubt superior, but Rush's consistency is unparalleled.
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Rush!
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Originally posted by Anthony H. Anthony H. wrote:

Originally posted by adace1 adace1 wrote:

Geddy sings better than Jon.


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Controversial statement.
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My two all-time favorite bands. Love them equally, however for slightly different reasons.


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I enjoy them equally and feel that they have equal importance to prog music. Dependant on mood I will either listen to one or the other of the two.
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Points: 24297 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2011 at 03:26
^This. I think that most of the Yes masterpieces end up higher in my list than those of Rush, but the sophisticated lyrics of Rush are too far ahead of the Yes crap.
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Thanx for the third option. Cool
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The two classic prog bands, which I don't like at all. But I will vote for Yes because of Rick.
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Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Originally posted by adace1 adace1 wrote:

Yes is cool but they lack the edginess and lyrical sophistication of Rush. Plus Geddy sings better than Jon.
Ah, a Jon hater.  I would give Yes the edge in all of the reasons you cite.  Yes didn't do edgy all that often, but when they did, they outdid Rush by a fair amount.

For the record, I don't hate Jon's vocals. I actually think they're pretty good. It's just that Geddy sings better IMO.
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Originally posted by tadapdavis tadapdavis wrote:

Even the members of Rush would vote for YES.


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Points: 2755 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2011 at 02:06
Originally posted by adace1 adace1 wrote:

Yes is cool but they lack the edginess and lyrical sophistication of Rush. Plus Geddy sings better than Jon.
Ah, a Jon hater.  I would give Yes the edge in all of the reasons you cite.  Yes didn't do edgy all that often, but when they did, they outdid Rush by a fair amount.
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Rush are in my top 3 while Yes are in my top 5 bands.
 
Yes at their very best were everything that is good about prog summed up in a beautifull package ,but if I had to listen to either bands back catologue from front to back then Rush would be a more interesting listen. I don't care for 90125 or The Big Generator. I do like Talk but Open Your Eyes bores me as does Keys and just about everything else Yes has done since Talk. Rush have perhaps become a little ordinary over the years but Counterparts and Vapor Trails are still excellent hard rock albums with plenty of decent songs. In the right mood and turn the volume up these are way better than anying else Yes has done post Talk imo.
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Even the members of Rush would vote for YES.
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Like both but Rush gets the edge 
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