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Heathcliffe 
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 Posted: April 19 2011 at 00:44 |
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YES - but I also like ELP. had they become a combined band they would have been awesome.
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Misomex777
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 00:46 |
It depends on whether you smoke columbian or jamaican before you listen to either one  Yes is more cosmic, ELP is more technical, neither band lacks skill instrumentally speaking. I think it comes down to consistency (Yes) or the better vocalist (Greg Lake)........Yes wins!
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richardh
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 01:24 |
Both bands were very popular when I was at school in the seventies with the big rivalry between Wakeman and Emerson helping to crank things up. Keith had a cool motorbike as well!
ELP was the first band I got serious about and they are still my favourite. Admittedly you can pretty much write off everything they did after Works Volume One which was their natural end as a band but up to that point they produced a series of challenging and interesting albums that were amongst the best of the genre (no matter what the 'miseries' around here otherwise think). For a prog band they were very extrovert and of course indulged in all the rock star excess that was going. If they had been a heavy metal band no one would have batted an eyelid but I guess this sort of behaviour is not allowed for a prog band.
Yes on the other hand never appealed to me as a kid. Their music seemed very ordinary compared to ELP and by the time they had got to Tormato they had become a full blown parody of a prog band. My general lack of interest in them continued even when I was in my late 30's until I finally saw them live and then my attitude changed. Seeing them perform And You And I and various classics on stage brought their music to life. Suddenly I got it.I've now seen them live more times than any other band. Close To The Edge is now probably my favourite prog album.
So which band? Well its not completely fair to compare.Between 1970 and 1977 Yes comprised
Jon Anderson
Patrick Moraz
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White
Bill Bruford
Steve Howe
Tony Kaye
Peter Banks
Quite an array of talent
ELP was just ELP
The line up changes in Yes undoubtedly helped them move forward and develop.
ELP had to find that change within.
Take A Pebble
Tarkus
Trilogy
Toccata
Pirates
5 completely different tracks that show just how talented and creative a band they were.
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akaBona
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 02:49 |
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YES.
Average Yes material beats top ELP material easily. ELP has nothing equal if you think timeline from Yes Album to Going For The One. And still there are lots of Yes albums after that which are much much better than any ELP effort, Union and Magnification just to name few.
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someone_else
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 02:50 |
Yes had an almost unbroken series of outstanding albums:
The Yes Album - Fragile - Close to the Edge - Tales from Topographic Oceans - Relayer - Going for the One
Emerson, Lake & Palmer:
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus - Pictures at an Exhibition - Trilogy - Brain Salad Surgery
So I would vote for Yes, but the difference is not too great.
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octopus-4
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 02:56 |
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The two biggest keyboardists of the 70s plus two of the most distinctive singers and two fantastic drummers....YES had more good albums and some Steve Howe more, but both the bands are excellent (btw I'm currently listening to After Crying. They sound very ELP and I like them mainly for this reason).
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akaBona
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 02:58 |
 someone_else wrote:
Yes had an almost unbroken series of outstanding albums:
The Yes Album - Fragile - Close to the Edge - Tales from Topographic Oceans - Relayer - Going for the One
Emerson, Lake & Palmer:
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus - Pictures at an Exhibition - Trilogy - Brain Salad Surgery
So I would vote for Yes, but the difference is not too great. |
Nice to see you "highlighted" my Yes favourite TFTO 
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Deleuze
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 08:31 |
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I vote for Yes cause of these:
TFTO, CTTE and TYA
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Prog Geo
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 08:34 |
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Yes! Sometimes Elp become very technical.
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Blacksword
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 08:59 |
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Yes.
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digdug
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 09:35 |
A whole lot of Both !!
Couldn't really choose one over the other.
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Prog On!
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rogerthat
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 12:15 |
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Voting for Yes
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 12:18 |
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Emerson Lake and Palmer
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Philius Maximus
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 12:36 |
Good question! It's funny, when I was in my teens, ELP were my absolute favourite and Yes were just ok with me, but these days I'm much more likely to be listening to Yes. I think it's because nowadays (generally speaking) ELP sound a bit soulless by comparison. I do still love the Trilogy album and Tarkus has it's moments. Unfortunately they've also made some HORRIBLE records - Love Beach, Works Vol2 anybody? So....Yes for me!
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richardh
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 14:18 |
akaBona wrote:
YES.
Average Yes material beats top ELP material easily. ELP has nothing equal if you think timeline from Yes Album to Going For The One. And still there are lots of Yes albums after that which are much much better than any ELP effort, Union and Magnification just to name few.
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What do you class as 'average Yes material'?
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Progosopher
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 14:28 |
Heathcliffe wrote:
YES - but I also like ELP. had they become a combined band they would have been awesome.
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Could we call them Yep? That would still mean yes. Or Yelp? Doesn't sound so good. Or Es? I kinda like that one. 
As to my vote: Yes, Yes, a thousand times Yes. And yes, I do like ELP.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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silverpot
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 14:33 |
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ELP.
I've never been much of a Yes fan actually, mainly because of Jon Anderson's voice. It gets on my nerves.
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twosteves
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 15:15 |
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Easy--YES---ELP were always hit or miss for me ---too pompous---dated---not timeless---plus--no HOWE.
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akaBona
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 16:30 |
richardh wrote:
akaBona wrote:
YES.
Average Yes material beats top ELP material easily. ELP has nothing equal if you think timeline from Yes Album to Going For The One. And still there are lots of Yes albums after that which are much much better than any ELP effort, Union and Magnification just to name few.
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Average Yes is something like Union, Tormato, Talk, Open Your Eyes, 90125 and Ladder. Below average is Drama and Big Generator. I don't even own these albums. First 2 albums are very dear to me, but I usually count The Yes Album the first real Yes music. Last one ie. Magnification is terrific piece of Yes music.
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TheLionOfPrague
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Posted: April 19 2011 at 17:09 |
ELP.
From ELP to BSSS is awesome.
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