Lima Regional Final: Genesis v. Jethro Toe

The Dark Elf wrote: BarryGlibb wrote: micky wrote: akamaisondufromage wrote: I do feel that this would have been a much closer contest if Genesis hadn't been up against Jethro Toe but, rather the slightly more popular Jethro Tull had been thrown into the mix! I've never had much time for Toe.  hah Tull... lost to a far superior group in the first round DULL.. lost to a far superior group in the Sweet 16. Toe lost in the great 8 to a band whose prog phase was even more dull than theirs was... I give up!   Don't give up, Barry. We knew Tull would not beat the intractable fanboys of Genesis, even if Tull sold far more albums than Genesis -- until, of course, Genesis completely sold out and did lame ballads.   My suggestion? Do what I am going to do. I am henceforth voting for Pink Floyd against Yes, Crimson and Genesis. If all the Tull votes went to Floyd and all the allegedly "bestest" prog bands lost, it would upset the entire PA equilibrium. Posters might start committing suicide, or at least soil their shorts or water their keyboards with unnumbered tears due to the infamy! The blasphemy! The heresy!

Don't worry, Pink Floyd can hold their own very well against any of the bands on this site. They can beat just about anyone, or at least give a very good fight, Gilmour can have a very good round against any guitar player, even beat most of them (including Fripp himself), and I just did a poll with the two most competitive songs on the site, according to numerous polls I've seen (Close to the Edge and Supper's Ready) against Echoes from Pink Floyd... and so far Echoes is winning (even though CttE is getting very near).

Just like Focus - Hocus Pocus is most popular, mine favorite of theirs is Eruption. Thick as a brick happens to be most popular, however one of my ultimate favorites of Tull is Jethro Tull - Aqualung Live 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I58oeTvgNU

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Kati wrote: I love both bands, to be honest. I am thankful both of them contributed in a big way to my taste in moozik. Now let's group hug We all love both bands

Not all of us.

Catcher10 wrote: I am not any band fanboy, and could careless for this music......I only come here to see what pics you put in your signature. Next......

At least you're enjoying something.

richardh wrote: Dellinger wrote: The Dark Elf wrote: BarryGlibb wrote: micky wrote: akamaisondufromage wrote: I do feel that this would have been a much closer contest if Genesis hadn't been up against Jethro Toe but, rather the slightly more popular Jethro Tull had been thrown into the mix! I've never had much time for Toe.  hah Tull... lost to a far superior group in the first round DULL.. lost to a far superior group in the Sweet 16. Toe lost in the great 8 to a band whose prog phase was even more dull than theirs was... I give up!   Don't give up, Barry. We knew Tull would not beat the intractable fanboys of Genesis, even if Tull sold far more albums than Genesis -- until, of course, Genesis completely sold out and did lame ballads.   My suggestion? Do what I am going to do. I am henceforth voting for Pink Floyd against Yes, Crimson and Genesis. If all the Tull votes went to Floyd and all the allegedly "bestest" prog bands lost, it would upset the entire PA equilibrium. Posters might start committing suicide, or at least soil their shorts or water their keyboards with unnumbered tears due to the infamy! The blasphemy! The heresy!  Don't worry, Pink Floyd can hold their own very well against any of the bands on this site. They can beat just about anyone, or at least give a very good fight, Gilmour can have a very good round against any guitar player, even beat most of them (including Fripp himself), and I just did a poll with the two most competitive songs on the site, according to numerous polls I've seen (Close to the Edge and Supper's Ready) against Echoes from Pink Floyd... and so far Echoes is winning (even though CttE is getting very near). Pitting 2 symph prog tracks against just the one space rock track could have split the vote on the symph side? (I'm theorising that the space rock fans voted for Echoes en masse). Political and music polls are not so different

yes I think but have misidentified the parties. It is not symphonic against S.R. but fans of Floyd, against Yes fan, against the bobbleheads. Yes men love Yes for very specific reasons.. reasons that you hardly ever find in Genesis music.  Conversely much of what I suppose bobbleheads enjoy Genesis you don't really find in Yes. What is and is not symphonic really means nothing.  Yes were really not a symphonic band anyway.  They had one album one could fit into that camp... the rest.. including the CTTE track.. were nothing more that creative done.. progressive pop. It was the first and only 18 minute long pop song using traditional pop song structure.. intro/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/middle8/instrumental-break/verse/chorus/outro format just elogated and more fully developed that one can in a 3 minute long pop song.

Take one out, aliances shift.  I voted CttE of course, minus that, Echoes is far superior to Supper's Ready.  I think if one voted for Supper's Ready that is prone to put you sleep than excite you and make you want to go the woodshed and play till your hands bleed... do you think they are voting for Close to the Edge.. they vote Floyd.

Just wondering of the tortoise has a chance of beating the hare......

Genesis or Jethro Tull? It's difficult choise to me. Insoluble choise. I love both of them.