Rush verses Yes poll

Certif1ed wrote: Rush. I'd rather hear Max Graham than Yes...

I vote Rush too.

You never fully explained your dislike for Yes...never figured you for a shrinking violet..

let the blood flow...let the blood flow...let the blood flow..

Yes sir, ma'am.

Yes is my favourite band. Rush wouldn't even be in my top 20 of favourite bands. Rush did some great things, no doubt, but it's not one of my favourite bands.

iT'S A NO BRAINER. YES ARE SUPERIOR TO RUSH IN EVERY MUSICAL ELEMENT YOU CAN THINK OF!

My point exactly! Rush has always embraced change while staying true to their musical vision.

Yes' vision was pretty clear to start with, & the mined the hell out of it. But they "Put me through some changes boy, sort of like a Waring blender."

Sorry, it just slipped out.

Rush

This is really easy for me, every single Rush album in the past 32 years (31 with the current line up) has been solid.  Rush has done more with 3 members as Yes has done with 20+ and 5 at a time. 

While Geddy Lee is no Rick Wakeman, he is both Chris Squire and Jon Anderson, and I prefer one Geddy to both of them.  And BB versus Neil Peart is an endless debate, Peart versus any other Yes drummer it is no contest.  Howe may have Lifeson beat but if so its by a hair, my two favorite guitarists are almost too hard to compare.... That is until I put on La Villa Strangiato and Lifeson's best work defeats anything Howe has put up.

Yes made Big Generator, Tormato, 90125, and The Ladder.  Where Rush never entirely abandonned being progressive, while Yes started prog and Rush didn't Rush brought it successfully through the 80s (progs dark days) and into the 90s and still do not lack at creating prog music.  Yes gave up this fight 25 years ago and Rush had just gotten things started.

How can these polls be real???  I love Yes they influenced artists I love and they are one of the top 5 prog giants along with ELP, Genesis, Rush, and King Crimson.... but this poll makes me think that Yes fanboys rule this message board honestly. 

Yes has an assload more diversitThats really all i have to say.

Snow Dog wrote: I surely can't choose!

me too

zachfive wrote: When I listen to 2112 then Signals I hear two different sounds, both are good, but definatly different.

You are right. Rush, to me, has matured more that Yes did. You can make a case that The Yes Album & The Ladder were made by different bands. The same can be said for Fly By Night & Roll The Bones.

Yes started as a prog band. Rush had to grow into it.