Lima Regional Final: Genesis v. Jethro Toe

micky wrote: zravkapt wrote: I rarely listen to either these days but I enjoy '80s Genesis over post'70s Tull so there ya go. yeah.. that is how I was going to end up voting before Ivan posted

Genesis have done more great albums than Tull, who are still a very fine band.

akamaisondufromage wrote: Genesis.  Although, not by much.  I like a bt of Toe too!

bhikkhu wrote: micky wrote: zravkapt wrote: I rarely listen to either these days but I enjoy '80s Genesis over post'70s Tull so there ya go. yeah.. that is how I was going to end up voting before Ivan posted Come on the Genesis fan-boys aren't half as annoying as the Tull fan-boys.  And I think everyone knows who I am voting for.

agreed. One comes to understand the bobbleheads. Genesis is sleepy time prog but damnit they were good AT it. Far too good actually  

One can never understand how one can vote for Toe over FPM.  The group that highhandedly gave rise to the term.. mediocre prog. Prog for progs sake. Prog but saying  and doing NOTHING!!!

Get out and listen to music damnit.  FPM dwarfed Tull in each and every category anyone can name OTHER than..ahem.. being an ENGLISH band.  pffff... bahhh..  Trust me. There will be a rematch of that. hah

however.. Ivan is a case onto himself. I love him, but like any brother we have... well... you want to bust him aside the jaw.  Hense my momentary loss of control and the vote for f**king Tull


Edited by micky - January 04 2015 at 12:12

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Imperial Zeppelin wrote: Jethro Toe. They have a far better masterpiece and a more enjoyable output in general.

Tull comfortably. Now that we have all the tull remixes, they have too many strong tracks every year for Genesis to compete with them. I doubt several Genesis fans have the all important tull remixed box sets so they are missing out on half their great tracks

Edited by dr prog - January 04 2015 at 13:42

SteveG wrote: Even though Genesis is almost the definition of prog, I have to go with Tull. (or my wife will kill me!)

really... one potential reason I've come up as to why so many like Genesis when the whole adoration BAFFLES the hell out of me is I can Genesis' appeal to those that like them in that they are the anti-thesis to the definition of prog.  These are not virtusos showing what they got and blowing your mind instrumentally.. they are more masters of guile than blunt force trauma or even atmospherics which Tony Banks had no business ever attempting as he was (IMO) very much the weak link musically in that band.. which for a prog band.. is a substantial handicap

^To get on a deeper plane, Genesis could be considered the blue print for what people think prog should sound like. That doesn't necessarily mean that the music they make is progressive. 

Edited by SteveG - January 04 2015 at 14:01