Rush vs. Yes
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Topic: Rush vs. Yes
Posted By: adace1
Subject: Rush vs. Yes
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 22:03
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Yes is cool but they lack the edginess and lyrical sophistication of Rush. Plus Geddy sings better than Jon.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 22:08
| Yes is pretty much not near as bad. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 22:12
Lyrical sophistication?  I do like Geddy's singing more than Jon's but I'd be in a minority on this forum in saying so. Anyway, Yes had much greater capacity to reinvent themselves so in spite of their being far more inconsistent than Rush, they get my vote. Rush's style has pretty much been frozen since Permanent Waves with only minor and not so significant changes from time to time.
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Posted By: peskypesky
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 22:21
| I love Rush! Definitely one of my top 30 bands, maybe top 20. But Yes is in the top 5 for me. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 22:24
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Rush. Big fanboy here.
Though I love Yes so much... |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 22:24
| 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. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 22:33
One band is cool- the other is nerdy
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 22:49
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Major Yes-head here. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 22:52
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I like both quite a lot, but I like Yes more.
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 23:14
This. -------------  |
TheGazzardian wrote:Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 23:15
lolno ------------- |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 23:41
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Yes on all counts. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 00:12
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Rush |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 00:26
| Like both but Rush gets the edge |
Posted By: tadapdavis
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 00:30
| Even the members of Rush would vote for YES. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 00:58
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Rush are in my top 3 while Yes are in my top 5 bands. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 02:06
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 02:08
This ! |
Posted By: adace1
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 02:34
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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/adace/?chartstyle=lastfmblue">
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Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 03:05
| The two classic prog bands, which I don't like at all. But I will vote for Yes because of Rick. |
Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 03:23
Thanx for the third option. 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 03:26
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^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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Posted By: DavetheSlave
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 03:29
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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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Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 06:15
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My two all-time favorite bands. Love them equally, however for slightly different reasons. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trevorrabin/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow">  <a href="http://steveer.ic.cz" rel="nofollow" |
Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 06:55
Controversial statement. |
Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 07:28
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Rush!
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Posted By: The SaidRemark
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 07:38
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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. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 08:25
Yes indeed.
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Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 09:14
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 |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 09:57
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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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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 10:11
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Rush is my #1 favorite band. Yes is my #2. Vote goes to Rush. ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 10:13
Yeap. |
Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 10:14
-Rush -Good Lyrics pick one ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 10:16
The point with Jon's lyrics is not to follow them, but let yourself into the moods and mental landscapes that his words evoke. What's a "pc band"? Classic prog? That would be "cp". And yes, TFTO is fantastic indeed. |
Posted By: paulwalker71
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 10:25
| Rush all the way for me :) |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 10:29
| I love both equally, they serve different purposes for my musical mood, so no vote. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 10:29
My only pick is Rush, they have better lyrics, that's what I said above. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 10:32
Well Jon does a good job most of the time as you can't follow his lyrics...agree there. As far as moods/mental landscapes, I enjoy that very much......just not all the time.
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Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 10:59
I was trying to imply that Rush had bad lyrics ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 11:13
| Of the famous progressive rock bands these are two bands I can't really get into. Yet the Yes album is acceptable and I can't stand any Rush album because of the sound and the vocals. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 11:28
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Two bands with acquired-taste singers, but while I can enjoy Geddy Lee's vocals, I can't Anderson's. And I like Rush's music much, much more than Yes'. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gandalfino
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 11:37
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 11:43
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 11:56
I would think that an album such as Hemispheres is very symph sounding (hard rock/ symphonic prog). Many who like classical symponies will not care much for symphonic prog, anyway, or like symph particularlyy Teo loves classical and metal. Beethoven's Ninth is a favourite of mine, but I'm not much into symphonic prog (prefer classical symphonies). That said, I'm generally more into classical chamber music as well as chamber rock, so whatever. When I was 16, Yes' Fragile and Rush's Hemispheres were my favourite albums. I don't listen to much of tiether band anymore, but I guess I like them about equally. Actually, I'm more likely to listen to Rush. I think I will go with Rush (I do return to Caress of Steel now and then). ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 11:58
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It's actually the opposite. For classical music (my first and foremost love), I want classical music. For rock, I want rock. Hybrids are not my thing. There's few composers who add rock elements to their music (mostly 20th century ones, whose music I enjoy but MUCH less than, say, "traditional" composers) and there's many bands who try to "classicize" their music, which I usually fail to enjoy. Genesis is an exception though. -------------
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 12:06
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I have a brother who is the same. Classical is his first love (mine too, actually), but he doesn't like rock fused with classical (or with jazz -- he dislikes jazz). He'll happily listen to Vivaldi followed by AC/DC. He despises Prog pretty much, though. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 12:08
This
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Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 12:13
Of course they would! ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 12:14
Jon's aren't really an acquired taste. They're a little gay, but rather inoffensive. Geddy's vocals are shreiky, and I could totally understand somebody not liking them ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 12:30
I think that's logical. Not to put prog down, but when you discover the magic behind classical music, its art, its literature, its meaning, its structure, its harmonic/melodic work, its thematic work, prog-rock with classical elements sounds like a poor man's version. Just as I don't want my classical music "simplified", I also don't want my rock music made any less ROCK. Right now, as I type, I'm adding some 30 classical music cds to my catalogue that I purchased in the last weeks. At the same time I'm listening to Evergrey's "The Inner Circle", a prog-metal album that rocks (before Evergrey became a poor man's Nickelback, if that's even possible  ). I want my art as I knew it. -------------
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 12:33
Another thing which overtops Yes over Rush are (almost perfect) backing vocals. That´s a pity that Rush haven´t this one. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 12:57
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As did the man who was proffered a piece of pie, I say "Yes".
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 13:02
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Both brilliant, both have given me years of pleasure, but, ultimately, it has to be Yes. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: TheLastBaron
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 13:17
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I like them both a lot for different reasons. Both bands have talented members, write great lyrics and have released some of the most enjoyable, well crafted and historically essential progressive rock albums. I have both in my top five prog bands. When I'm in the mood for something whimsical with a touch of spiritulity I listen to Yes. When I'm in the mood for something heavy with a touch of social commentary I listen to Rush. ------------- " Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds." - FDR |
Posted By: clarkpegasus4001
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 13:25
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I'll go with YES on this one. ------------- Tony C. |
Posted By: Droidmaster
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 14:14
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First of all a really dumb poll. Both bands are timeless and yet quite different. They are equally my two all-time favorite bands. I would go out of my way to see either in concert. It's kind of saying who's better, Bach or Beethoven? Ok, Bach came first as well as Yes, but that just makes them older-no more. |
Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 15:05
I agree when somebody compares Genesis and KC or VdGG and Pink Floyd but not in this case. Here Yes wins easily like Bach or Mozart would win Vs Ravel or Gershwin ))) ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 15:22
Gay? ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 15:24
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Why are Genesis an exception? ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: petrica
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 15:29
| It's a draw ! |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 16:04
YES--Rush even said after Relayer came out--that they wish they could do something like that--they admired it so much-I bet they do.
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Posted By: esky
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 16:33
| It's Yes, but Rush sure has a better longivity record. And they've gotten so much better with age when it comes to their concert performances. Just bitchin'. Their 30th anniversary show from Germany shown on Palladia in the past year was brilliant! |
Posted By: Garden of Dreams
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 20:20
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Both bands are great. tadapdavis is right; Geddy Lee stated that they were influenced by Yes and Genesis in an interview and the members of Rush are all pretty humble so they would probably say Yes. ------------- Just give it all an hour by the concrete lake. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 21:53
Not really. First of all, Geddy is not shrieky from Permanent Waves onwards and that's the bulk of their output. Jon may not be shrieky but he's a friggin' robot, sorely lacking in emotion or energy. With that told, there are very few singers in prog who I'd enjoy enough to listen irrespective of the music so it doesn't matter to me either way. I like Geddy's singing more but I prefer Yes's music. More interesting. I'll twist what Teo said a little: if I wanted rock, I'd grab ROCK. In prog, I want to hear interesting concepts and diverse influences are a bonus. The need to be "hard rocking" only comes in the way of exploration, if anything. Let that not give you the impression that I dislike Rush or anything, they are one of my favourites too.
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Posted By: MoodyRush
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 22:39
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<-------- my avatar says it all. But those are my top 2 favorite bands. Although I've been listening less to them lately as I'm still building up and listening to more and more different bands and types of prog. ------------- Follow me down to the valley below. Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul. -Lazarus |
Posted By: eddiefang
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 23:18
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Although I love both bands, Yes is my choice. They did influence Rush at one stage of their career, not to mention Chris' impact on Geddy's playing. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 05:11
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Rush, but it's fairly close.
I like both singers equally. I prefer Lifeson as guitarist. I think he's much better, certainly more listenable than Howe. I think Rush have the edge lyrically too. Rush lyrics are always well thought out, and intelligently themed. I suspect many Yes lyrics are chosen because the words sound good with the music. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 09:17
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Rush...I was really hoping that this would have gone the other way just because.
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Posted By: QuestionableScum
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 09:21
| I don't particularly like either band all that much, but I like Rush more than yes. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 10:57
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Yes. Rush simply does not have an album of the caliber of The Yes Album, Fragile or Close to the Edge. I would rate those three higher than comparable Rush LPs like 2112 or Hemispheres. I will say that Rush has remained more consistent than Yes over the decades. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: maynards_dick
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 11:07
| if handle the best albums of rush and yes;my opinion Rush doesn't have album like close the edge but totally I like Rush more. |
Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: June 22 2011 at 00:25
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Ouch. 2 of my top 3 bands.
Given that I saw Rush yesterday (and their spectacular performance), I will vote for them today. ------------- 
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: June 22 2011 at 02:53
Waw. You are incredibly different from me. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: June 23 2011 at 08:56
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both are awesome ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: June 23 2011 at 08:59
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Yes has some good albums, but it's Rush.
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Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: June 25 2011 at 00:04
| Yes along with king crimson will be the two ultimate classic prog rock bands |
Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: June 25 2011 at 00:15
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Yes; I like Rush but in my mind there's really no comparing them. ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: Johnnytuba
Date Posted: June 25 2011 at 08:32
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Yes is great for me, but there is no topping Rush IMO.... ------------- "The things that we're concealing, will never let us grow. Time will do its healing, you've got to let it go. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: June 25 2011 at 09:59
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Posted By: Mr. R & B
Date Posted: June 27 2011 at 13:47
| About 10 years ago I would have said Yes, but now I'm Rush crazy. Yes no longer has Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman. Benoit David sucks. |
Posted By: courtzz
Date Posted: June 28 2011 at 23:41
| yesss |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: September 14 2011 at 23:57
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Dang - Rush dont have a hope - Yes is too popular. Interesting poll though. ------------- 
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Posted By: GoldenGod2112
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 10:03
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I love Rush too much.
Have to go with them. ------------- The future's uncertain and the end is always near. - Jim Morrison |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 11:57
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Hardly worth a poll - Yes - Simple!! I mean Rush at their best are good, but Yes sublime when at their best! ------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 12:55
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Rush easily, even if they've rarely been as dazzling as "Starship Trooper" or "Heart of The Sunrise", but then neither was Yes. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 15:19
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Yes by far, never ceared much for Rush. ------------- 
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 15:30
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1970s: Yes
1980s - present: Rush
If I had to pick one overall, it would probably be Rush because I like all of their music, but Yes have produced some very bad albums (Tormato, Close Your Eyes) ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: claugroi
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 15:47
I disagree... I would say that Yes is far ahead from Rush in pretty much all senses, MAINLY in the lyrical aspect. Man, take a look at the entire CTTE, the entire Tales, Gates of Delirium, Awaken... many many songs with sophisticated lyrical expression, coming from Jon's mind (with some help from the other members)... besides, Jon's singing is superb, not just technically speaking, but emotionally ! (not counting the fact that, although he has an alto voice, he doesn't sound like a woman, as Lee does...) ------------- Symphonic Prog Master |
Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 18:49
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Yes for me, no doubt about it ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: JS19
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 18:50
| Over their entire career, Rush have been incredibly consistent. Yes? Not so much *cough* The Ladder *cough* Fly From Here *cough* |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 15 2011 at 19:03
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Rush for me. Hard to compete with my favorite band.  |
Posted By: FunkyHomoSapien
Date Posted: September 16 2011 at 11:57
| YES! |
Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: September 17 2011 at 04:35
same here. ------------- 
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Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: September 17 2011 at 17:01
Are you serious?Geddy sings better than the great Jon Anderson, it's like comparing a spam fritter to a fillet steak!! i have heard everything now. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 17 2011 at 22:03
Well, Rush's line-up has been extremely more consistent than Yes's. However, I've just gotten my 3rd album by Rush and I'm starting to feel the music is much too similar... I'd say perhaps that Rush's consistency isn't such a good thing. I'll still have to hear more of Rush, maybe (hopefully) I'll change my mind. Still, I doubt I'll get to like them as much as Yes. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: September 18 2011 at 08:17
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Posted By: motoprog
Date Posted: September 18 2011 at 12:15
| Yes |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: September 23 2011 at 15:49
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Yes. (I have tried to like Rush...really! In vain so far...)
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Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: September 24 2011 at 13:51
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: September 24 2011 at 14:05
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Siding with the minority and voting for Rush. I just prefer their overall sound over the Yes sound, and there are more Rush albums I really like than there are Yes albums I really like. ------------- A fun place to review and discuss metal: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - MetalMusicArchives |