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Poll Question: Which band do you prefer?
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Originally posted by thehallway thehallway wrote:

Maybe I'm being absolutist.
 
If you strip down the intentions, the relations, the marketing, the production, the surrounding atmosphere and everything else before and after music, then what you are left with, can be compared objectively. 

That's a rather boring way to listen to music, wouldn't you say?
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It finally comes down to this. I can only hope that Yes pulls ahead, right now it is basically neck and neck with Genesis being two votes ahead. I want Yes to make it to the finals, they are the band that introduced me to prog and I rediscover them every time I listen to them. Genesis are great, but there is something ethereal, otherworldly, and spiritual about Yes. At the same time, although I love Jon Anderson's voice, I understand it is an acquired taste.
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Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

It finally comes down to this. I can only hope that Yes pulls ahead, right now it is basically neck and neck with Genesis being two votes ahead. I want Yes to make it to the finals, they are the band that introduced me to prog and I rediscover them every time I listen to them. Genesis are great, but there is something ethereal, otherworldly, and spiritual about Yes. At the same time, although I love Jon Anderson's voice, I understand it is an acquired taste.
 
So is Gabriel's, I think. I don't have problems with any though.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Cannot someone vote for me? This is so painful...
Well then
Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

Genesis by 1 / 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 country miles.

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I'm afraid I don't follow.... Confused Unless you were a member of Yes, that first comment makes no sense.


I'm pretty sure the Lady means can someone make her decision for her so she doesn't have to cast such a painful vote.

I'd hope, even with all the egos involved, no one member of Yes would say "I am Yes."  LOL


Thanks for clearing that up, Robert! I was very unsure about the meaning of the original post. LOL

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Well you know, people only scream about one of these bands in bed.  Just saying. Wink
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Voting for Yes, not just because I prefer their music, but because they were the first introduction to prog I ever had.

I remember sitting in my Dad's car during the long trips down the freeway to get to my aunt's house in New Jersey. We were listening to these seemingly endless, strangely ambitious compositions that sounded unlike anything else I had ever heard up to that point. The album was Fragile, and I must of been only 7 or 8. Completely changed my perception of music. Thanks Dad! 

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Yes, by a slim margin.
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Well you know, people only scream about one of these bands in bed.  Just saying. Wink
 
^^^ "GENESIS!!!"?
 
I knew the day would come.
 
Let's see. I love more of Genesis's albums, yet some of Yes's songs just blow my mind (not meaning Genesis doesn't blow my mind Wink).
 
I guess I like Genesis more.... But I can't seem to click on the little Cast My Vote button. Hmm...
 
Oh, no! They're tied! Confused


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not only it's currently atie, but 174 persons have voted. This is significant.
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Wow right now this poll seems very intense. Come on, Genesis!

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At this point it'll be so close that I'll be willing to say "good game" even if Yes takes the title. I hope Genesis wins but I'll respect it if Yes does too. 
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I voted for Yes since they could actually write catchy complex tunes. Genesis usually failed at this (or at least the catchy part), but made some beautiful music, which Yes also did.
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wow, yes are now leading.  If the final will be Pink Floyd vs Yes, I'll be unable to vote....
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Genesis is one of the greatest and most original bands I've ever listened to.
    
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Although i've been visiting the site for quite a long time now i've felt the need to register just to vote in this poll...
yet this is not an easy vote at all.
my vote goes to Yes, but some years ago it'd have been Genesis. Let's just say that there's never been a band close to the harmonic, melodic and mostly rythmic perfection Yes managed to produce in their best albums, while I feel the Genesis-sound has been replicated ad nauseam, perhaps making it more "normal" to my ears.
I still adore Genesis, but the crystalline aura Yes has is unbeatable to me. Gabriel owns any other Yes member musically, though.
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Originally posted by AA AA wrote:

Although i've been visiting the site for quite a long time now i've felt the need to register just to vote in this poll...
yet this is not an easy vote at all.
my vote goes to Yes, but some years ago it'd have been Genesis. Let's just say that there's never been a band close to the harmonic, melodic and mostly rythmic perfection Yes managed to produce in their best albums, while I feel the Genesis-sound has been replicated ad nauseam, perhaps making it more "normal" to my ears.
I still adore Genesis, but the crystalline aura Yes has is unbeatable to me. Gabriel owns any other Yes member musically, though.
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Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

Genesis by 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 country miles.


This.
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Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

Genesis by 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 country miles.


....away LOL
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Who decides when this ends? It's far too exciting to go on forever lol...
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