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The King!
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Originally posted by JS19 JS19 wrote:

I find King Crimson to be the least emotional band I have ever heard. I can't listening to an album that doesn't reach me at all on that level, so It's yes by thousands of miles.


Well, for me "Epitaph" is one of the most emotional songs I have ever heard, I really love that one. And Starless isn't bad on an emotional level either (specially live, played with violin... and that ending!!!). Even Exiles is pretty emotional for me, and Lizard (at least the Prince Ruppert Awakes and Bolero sections).

Edit: I just found out I had already made just about the same comment a few pages earlier

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Yes had more melody than Crimson. Yes win
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Crimson, though, I still love alot of Yes.
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KC easily, Yes are fantastic in their heyday but I never listen to anything they did after 91025, with KC even their weaker stuff is interesting to listen to in some way.
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A bit easier than Genesis vs KC.

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Originally posted by ProgMetaller2112 ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Does Crimson have anything that can match to Awaken? Answer is no, I'd vote Yes


but see my logic is "Does any band have any album that can compare to In The Court?" and as far as my tastes are concerned, unless we're talking about Pink Floyd or The Doors the answer is probably "of course not"
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I love Yes and have for many years, but Crims gets my vote.
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I love both equally.
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KC, by a very large margin.
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I gave my vote to KC, even though CTTE and Fragile are easily my favorite out of all KC and Yes albums combined.  
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Oh my. King Crimson by a light year.
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Can't agree with that at all. King Crimson's importance by far transcends that of Yes, though both bands are major and crucial contributors to this genre. Then, to be fair, Yes was an influence on Crimson in the first place (though both sprang from the same source, 1-2-3). 
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Thank you for saying that King Crimson definitely overrated. Yes has more emotion. Does Crimson have anything that can match to Awaken? Answer is no, I'd vote Yes
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well i have to say Yes. Tongue
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I prefer Yes. However, King Crimson would never dare to dump Robert Fripp, so... hard choice, actually.
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I'm on King Crimson's side myself - how many other bands can you think of who so completely reinvented themselves completely three or four times over the scope of their career, and in which each phase has absolute must-have albums worthy of a listen? ITCotCK, Red and Discipline sound like entirely different bands and yet each one knocks it out of the park. Yes, on the other hand, hit a high from The Yes Album to Going For the One which they've never quite managed to recapture.

They're both wonderful bands and I wouldn't want to be without either of them, but the fact is that KC have proved to have more staying power and creativity than Yes.
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Love Yes, but IMHO their only album that had reached the level of KC was Relayer. KC is more consistent.Ying Yang
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Every king crimson album has its own quality! King Crimson was unreachable and Bruford at his best...
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