Close To The Edge v. Supper’s Ready

eduardossc wrote:  The results of this poll are absurd ¡¡   I mean, "Close" is great, but there´s definitely much more to listen at in "Supper´s". If I had to burn a CD of 80 minutes for the rest of my life, I wouldn´t spend 18 minutes on "Close" while "Supper´s" is filled with much more ideas and images. ....After the third listen to "Close" all you remember is the chorus repeated over and over, not 23 minutes of different passages and colourful lyrics.  In "Supper´s" there is not a single word repeated to be catchy as in "Close". It doesn´t have 5 minutes of simplistic music and lyrics as the section "I get up I get down". Also, in "Supper´s" the main chorus,...or, call it main section, is never repeated at the end as a traditional pop song. Instead, Genesis presents one of the most bizarre, original and fascinating instrumentals in prog with "Apocalypse 9/8".  The result of this poll reminds me of that "Dark side to # 1?"...which was nothing but the result of a group of people giving 5 straight "one star reviews" to SELLING ENGLAND so Dark became No. 2.

This poll must be fixed or maybe you can vote more than once? There's
no way CTTE is beating Supper's Ready this much. I agree with everything
eduardossc said. CTTE is a great song and a masterpiece IMO but
"Supper's Ready" is (at least IMO) the best composed song I've heard.
There are so many different emotions and musical parts that add color to
the overall message of the song. Now obviously people could disagree
but with such a great margain? Something's gotta be wrong here.

 The results of this poll are absurd ¡¡

  I mean, "Close" is great, but there´s definitely much more to listen at in "Supper´s". If I had to burn a CD of 80 minutes for the rest of my life, I wouldn´t spend 18 minutes on "Close" while "Supper´s" is filled with much more ideas and images. ....After the third listen to "Close" all you remember is the chorus repeated over and over, not 23 minutes of different passages and colourful lyrics.

 In "Supper´s" there is not a single word repeated to be catchy as in "Close". It doesn´t have 5 minutes of simplistic music and lyrics as the section "I get up I get down". Also, in "Supper´s" the main chorus,...or, call it main section, is never repeated at the end as a traditional pop song. Instead, Genesis presents one of the most bizarre, original and fascinating instrumentals in prog with "Apocalypse 9/8".

 The result of this poll reminds me of that "Dark side to # 1?"...which was nothing but the result of a group of people giving 5 straight "one star reviews" to SELLING ENGLAND so Dark became No. 2.

 By the way...where is taht poll?. Someone really erased it

 Greetings snow dog ¡¡. Did you get my last e-mail? I sent you a link to the "Zarathustra" album.

Edited by eduardossc

Moogtron III wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Moogtron III wrote: goose wrote: Supper's Ready. I like CTTE but much prefer the Gates of Delerium, for example. Me too. I also prefer Gates of delirium, but I thought these two were more contemporary too each other. Absolutely true!

No question

Close to the Edge is not 3 times better than Supper´s Ready, so my vote goes to Supper´s Ready...but i dont think is going to change much...

Is this Poll being "fixed" by someone!

Close To The Edge	52	[75.36%]
Supper’s Ready	17	[24.64%]

Close To The Supper.

Tough choice for me, but I go with CTTE.

I prefer CTTE

Progger wrote: Difficult choice because both are the ultimate prog classics. Supper's Ready was easily Genesis's best song and although CTTE is just as good, YES had the skill and creativity to go on and produce more epic classics. Unfortuneatly, Genesis lacked in that department! So on that principal alone, I voted CTTE!

I agree! 'CLOSE TO THE EDGE' just EDGES it

dr.music wrote: I prefer "Supper' s ready" by far.

I concur.