Pink Floyd versus King Crimson

Pink Floyd... the first progressive band I met.

Neither is my favourite band, but KC just edges it in terms of overall muscianship - Pink Floyd are quite good musicians who have made some quite good records consistently. King Crimson are MUCH less consistent - and produce an awful lot of sh*te - but at their best are wonderful.

What fresh hell is this poll? Making us choose? Some vile beast must have put you up to it.

Well... I enjoy Pink Floyd more, but King Crimson are more technically proficient and progressive, in that sense.

Lyrically, I'd say Pink Floyd is a bit more direct in the delivery, but perhaps not as vivid. One is jazzier and one is bluesier. (in a general sense, not in direct sound, but in spirit) I hate comparing, because I love both so much. I like Pink Floyd more, over all, but I enjoy Red more than any Pink Floyd album... I am only voting Pink Floyd to attempt to tie it up.

   You're right Sacred 22 , it's not easy to choose in these Polls between Giants that we all agree about their
greatness , But i believe that the balance is not Equal at all times . Both bands , Pink Floyd & King Crimson are maybe the best  two Giants in the world of Progressive Rock music , but for many reasons , you surely have favourite between both , so , why not to cast yur vote the way you feel it's right . From my point of view , I've been following both since 1969 , it was like only yesterday when i discovered In the Court and Meddle , Ummagumma and Lizard , 40 years of the best progressive music from both , the Crimsons and the Floyds , and it was always a matter of line - up . And in their case , Gilmour - Waters - Wright //  against Fripp and so so so so many good musicians in 40 years , that's why I vote for Fripp , cause he stood Still all this period without looking back , he's a winner and one of the best musicians ever .
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Definitely Pink Floyd. I only like King Crimson albums from In the court to the Crimson King to Red, and even in that period I don't think they were as consistent in quality as Floyd.

Pink Floyd definately but King Crimson is awesome too

King crimson is the best  band Prog the All 40 old years active y the alls the magnific albums

PF, 5 better albums and ???
 

These bands are completely different...

The poll should be as follows :

either

Hearing Pink Floyd put me off listening to 60s-70s prog  for a long time (They were the first band I really heard from that era), I find them so dull it actually makes me angry. KC however were/are brilliant, 70s stuff especially, but i think all their stuff's worth a listen

i like bouth bands, bouth are important to rock in different angels, bouth changed the face of rock, stage preformence, production, structure.

King Crimson scared the hell out off peapol, when they first playd schizoid man the first time (Bruford have told so), and inspired a bunc of bands to do the same

few have ventured in the area or level of scene/stage preformance in vicual form as Pink Floyd, light show, airplains, flying pigs and huge walls. some bands used theatrics and stuff from theater on stage (Alice Cooper, Roxy Music, Rush, Elton John and Genesis) but not ass expencive or massive as Floyd (have i heard thru documentaries on TV).

after watching the light show in P.U.L.S.E and the wall concer DVDs you get a bit spoild and evrything after that seems childish, funny ore silly.

i like bouth bands but i think the history of Pink Floyd is more inspiering and that 4-5 architect / art /
ingeniour students went to concur the world and produce two 20 x platinum, one 7x platinum and two 4 x platium records.