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Nightfly 
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 Posted: October 08 2009 at 13:37 |
Yes for me. Although ELP had some great moments they could get a little too self indulgent at times, something Yes never did.  
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TheCaptain
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 13:44 |
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The best of ELP is better than the best of Yes (talking about songs here). Give me Tarkus over Close To Te Edge any day. Unfortunately ELP had too much garbage to overlook. Yes for me I guess.
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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Slartibartfast
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Joined: April 29 2006
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 13:48 |
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You know, I've known these two for many years and I honestly can't pick one over the other. Each made their contributions to prog, each indulged in commercialitis...
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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J-Man
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 15:24 |
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Yes with no contest.
ELP just never clicked with me.
-Jeff
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SgtPepper67
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 19:24 |
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ELP by far. I like Yes but I have to be in a certain mood to listen to them, usually I find them a bit boring and Ian Anderson's voice a bit annoying, although I can't deny he's a great singer, but Greg Lake's voice has a lot more feeling for me. I also think there's more diversity in ELP's music.
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In the end the love you take is equal to the love you made...
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J-Man
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 19:35 |
 SgtPepper67 wrote:
ELP by far. I like Yes but I have to be in a certain mood to listen to them, usually I find them a bit boring and Ian Anderson's voice a bit annoying, although I can't deny he's a great singer, but Greg Lake's voice has a lot more feeling for me. I also think there's more diversity in ELP's music.
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Umm... Jon Anderson? 
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The Quiet One
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Joined: January 16 2008
Location: Argentina
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 19:41 |
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Yes by miles IMO.
ELP were/are a "song-band" for me, there's no album I don't skip a single song, unlike with Yes. However, the songs that I like by them are indeed outstanding, Trilogy, Karn Evil 9, Still You Turn Me On, From the Begining, Knife Edge, Tarkus, Black Moon....
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The Block
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Joined: September 01 2009
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 19:53 |
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I like both but Yes in the past couple of months has really grabbed a hold of me.
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 Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp!
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Dellinger
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 21:50 |
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Definitly Yes. I like both bands, ofcourse, but Yes has got more songs I like, and there's something special about them for me.
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jammun
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 22:16 |
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I lean towards ELP. With ELP, you get the knife in the ribs right up front. With Yes, there's some sweet talk, all is seemingly good, then you get the knife in the ribs.
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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SgtPepper67
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 13:05 |
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In the end the love you take is equal to the love you made...
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J-Man
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Location: Philadelphia,PA
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 13:16 |
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 13:21 |
ELP put out about two albums worth of material that rivialled the best that Yes could do. Yes had fairly consistent production through out the '70's.
Yes wins because they released a lot more high quality stuff.
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zee
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 18:52 |
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ELP I luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuvvvv em! Listenin to Tarkus right now oh yes
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MaxerJ
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Location: Australia
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 20:30 |
Tony R wrote:
I smell Troll.
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It does seem that way to me... most people over 50 that i know berate me for using apostrophes wrongly... which seems to be the least of Hogweed's problems... I'll assume 'innocent until proven guilty' though. (even though that doesn't really work on the internet) Yes just overpowers ELP. Honestly, if i wanted some awesome old-school noodling, i'm not going to put on Relayer, i'm going to put on Brain Salad Surgery. But if i wanted melodic, epic pieces, I'll have to go with Yes.
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Godspeed, You Bolero Enthusiasts
 'Prog is all about leaving home...' - Moshkito
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Green Shield Stamp
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Joined: February 17 2009
Location: Telford, UK
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Posted: October 10 2009 at 08:02 |
Tony R wrote:
I smell Troll. |
I agree.
The high frequency of grammar, spelling and punctuation errors would seem to suggest an immature contributor.
Also the mode of discourse chosen by this person seems closer to teenage text messaging than the writing of someone who is purported to be over 50.
Back to the original question; in my mind Yes is superior to ELP in every conceivable way
Edited by Green Shield Stamp - October 10 2009 at 08:04
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Haiku
Writing a poem
With seventeen syllables
Is very diffic....
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