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Poll Question: Which band do you like better?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 19:05
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Originally posted by smartpatrol smartpatrol wrote:

Rush got me into music. My parents are big fans so I've been listening to them all my life. Once I got on the internet, Rush led me to tons of other amazing and great bands. Rush is probobly may favorite band, so, even though I respect Led Zeplin and like some of thier music, Zeplin can f**k off.

That was ... harsh. Even if ... 

Originally posted by smartpatrol smartpatrol wrote:

I respect Led Zeplin and like some of thier music ... .
 
I meant, when comparing Zeplin to Rush, they can go f**k off, but concidering Zeplin by themselves or comparing them to a band not as epicly awesome as Rush, they're pretty good.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 18:30
I think Rush's victory here is chiefly due to this being a prog site. While I am a big Rush fan, the fact is that they have put out a pile of old tat here and there, not something you'd say about LZ.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 17:57
I'm not really into Rush. Led Zeppelin is my non-prog fix, even if they are prog related.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 17:14
I hate 'em both. I guess I prefer LZ because they tended to possess themselves of a more exigent and immediate impact. 

I sometimes wish Alex Lifeson would've left the group in 1978 and joined Ace Frehley to play 1930's jazz-pop covers. Wouldn't that be neat?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 16:45
Originally posted by smartpatrol smartpatrol wrote:

Rush got me into music. My parents are big fans so I've been listening to them all my life. Once I got on the internet, Rush led me to tons of other amazing and great bands. Rush is probobly may favorite band, so, even though I respect Led Zeplin and like some of thier music, Zeplin can f**k off.

That was ... harsh. Even if ... 

Originally posted by smartpatrol smartpatrol wrote:

I respect Led Zeplin and like some of thier music ... .
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 16:31

I happen to love everything LZ have done, from start to finish, but i gotta vote Rush, they are the masters of the universe!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 15:56
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 15:53
Rush got me into music. My parents are big fans so I've been listening to them all my life. Once I got on the internet, Rush led me to tons of other amazing and great bands. Rush is probobly may favorite band, so, even though I respect Led Zeplin and like some of thier music, Zeplin can f**k off.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 15:50
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

OK, Rush is a very well apreciated band here in PA. I just got my first album from them (moving pictures), and found them to be hard rock in a big measure, which made me compare tham a bit to Led Zeppelin. I still don't know enough Rush to vote myself, but I'm curious about what will you say.
 
You just got your first Rush album? Where the f**k did you get lost?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2012 at 15:40
Originally posted by The Bearded Bard The Bearded Bard wrote:

Led Zeppelin. My first true music love.


Same here! Rush is great too, but Led Zeppelin is very special to me.
I'm actually a bit surprised that they're so close on the polls. I was expecting more Rush votes.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2012 at 00:59
Zeppelin every time for me, authenticity.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2012 at 07:45
Considering that Rush started in playing Zep covers in the Toronto bars, this poll is pretty funny.  Really don't see a need to choose one over the other; they're both great bands who greatly influenced rock music.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2012 at 14:43
The Zeps. As one would say, "At any time of day". So far I haven't heard a single Rush song that actually works for me (Maybe save for 'Limelight' ... maybe). I'm not much of a lyrical guy and the musicianship in Rush's canon tends to overshadow the value of melody and tone ... . Hey, that's what my ears told me ! Those bureaucrats !

P. S.: Yes, I've heard their classic records. So far it ain't working.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2012 at 14:21

Led Zeppelin. My first true music love.

Rush isn't half bad either though. Definitely growing on me, that's for sure.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 12:23
  Well , sorry Dellinger , i don't gamble anymore , but they're both Pioneers , and both my everyday cup of tea !
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2011 at 11:36
Rush is PROG and its RUSH! Zeppelin is Prog Related and they never reached the kind of musicianship Rush has. Also Rush's lyrics I love, Zeppelin's I don't.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2011 at 17:26
When I first read the thread title "Rush vs. Led Zeppelin", I laughed. Then I opened up the thread to see that Rush is beating Zep 24 to 21! I thought it would be a landslide in favor of Zep, and then I remembered where I was... Prog Archives! So, my point is that this is sort of a biased poll, seeing that Zep hasn't widely been regarded as a prog band, and Rush, some feel, is at the very peak of the prog-rock genre. Geddy Lee has always been like nails on a chalkboard for me. Zep kills Rush. = 2 cents.

On a sidenote, the guys of Rush (who are almost 60 now) named their most recent tour the "Time Machine Tour". That's cute... or sad.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2011 at 09:56
I like Zeppelin a lot better than Rush. But I have to say that it seems to me that Rush are the genuine thing as far as being a Prog band is concerned. Can't say the same about Led Zeppelin. A great band, but not at all Prog.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2011 at 09:19
Both bands have a handful of good songs. Although I can't say I'm a real fan of Rush or Led Zeppelin.

I guess I choose not to decide, in which I still have made a choice. Darn.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2011 at 12:24
I'm not a big fan of either.  I despise poppy music and generic rock music, and these bands are the epitome of both.  I'm going to have to say LZ though.  Because there was a time when I know I loved them.  Same with Rush, but that time lasted about until I realised Hemispheres was the only thing they ever released that I cared about.  Now I couldn't care much less for either group.  Theres just so much non generic music out there that there's no reason to continue to listen to LZ just because they were popular.  The internet has made popular irrelevant. 
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