Genesis vs Yes

I am very dissapointed at the lack of support for Mike Rutherford here! Just because he is not loud and crunchy and somewhat lower in the mix doesnt mean anything. His playing is theoretically (music theory wise that is) equal to or HARDER than Chris'. I play bass and find Rutherford's "Visions of Angels" equally as hard to play CORRECTLY as Chris' Heart of the Sunrise. People seem to hate the man's playing for some odd reason and its a trend I've noticed for some time now. Im sorry, but as a player, they are equally as challenging and creative on bass. Overall though, Yes is a TAD better than Genesis.

Edited by Evan1211

Well, I was reading another forum where a "fan" of Genesis was saying how much better they are then YES.  He said something along the lines of "How can you even compare the musicians of Genesis to YES, I can name all of the musicians from Genesis off the top of my head.  Do you think you can do that with YES, NO!  All that comes to mind is Chris Squire."  Now as I was reading this I was just laughing.  And then he goes onto to say "Besides Genesis had way more hits than YES,(Then he names all of the lame 80's Genesis pop songs that were hits.)  And said do you think YES can do that?

 

Oh yeah.  YES>Genesis

yeah.... i  dont like genesis ... ( though i hear several times their albums) i really dont like it...

But I Love yes ...

these two bands only share the same music genre label for me

Members

Steve Hackett <<<< Steve Howe

Phil Collins > Alan White

Edit : Phil Collins < Bill Bruford  (if you wish)

Mike Rutherford <<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<< Chris Squire

Peter Gabriel <<< Jon Anderson

Tony Banks <<<<<<<<<<< Rick Wakeman

 

Albums

 

From Genesis to REvelations < Yes

Tresspass  >  Time and a Word

Nursery Crime <<<<< The Yes Album

Foxtrot <<<<<<<<<<<< ;<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ;<<<<<<<<<<<<, Fragile

Selling England By the Pound <<<<<<<<<<<<& lt;<<<<<<<<<<<<<<& lt;<<<<<<<<<<<<<<& lt;<<<<<<<<<<<<<<& lt;<<<<<, Close To The Edge

Genesis Live <<<<<<<<<<< Yessongs

Lamb Lies Down on Broadway > Tales of topographic oceans

Trick of the tail <<<<<<<<<<<<&l t;< Relayer

Wind and Wuthering > Going for the one

And then there were three > Tormato

Duke >>>> Drama

Genesis >>>>>>>> 90125

Acabab < Big Generator

...

Genesis <<<<<<<< Yes

genesis is way better in every single aspect for me... and i like Yes

Rutherford is one of the best bassists ever.  But Chris Squire had a much bigger impact on the music than Rutherford did.  You could say he was the backbone of the band, and the bass was the basis for most of Yes's best songs.  The rest of the band just road those bass lines.

When I think Genesis though, the first thing that comes to mind is the keyboards.  Particularly the organ and mellotron.  Banks was the driving force behind the band just as Squire was the driving force for Yes.  Rutherford's melodic phrasing, however, is better than Squire's, but he was not the driving force.  That's why Squire wins.