Prog Semi Final #2 - Genesis v.. King Crimson

someone_else wrote: Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Friday13th wrote: Wow, Genesis made the comeback! If only with their music instead of this silly contest  The best thing that could ever happen to Genesis is to never have a comeback. 1.- We no longer live in the 70's 2.- People would expect to much from guys who been playing different music for decades 3.- We would have to listen Musical Box after Illegal Alien 4.- The magic will live forever, we will remember them young and in their peak. 5.- We won't have to see a bunch of older guys trying to make what they did 40 years ago. Exactly this.

+1.

Wow.. First Yes vs Pink Floyd and now King Crimson vs Genesis.. Gotta go with Genesis. The truth is both have their golden days and then.. not so much :p King Crimson is the strangest band there is, their albums are very different, is like they were a page from a book that was flying across the city waiting for someone to catch it. Once it was catched a new album would appear, then the page would fly again and the following album would be even stranger. (My description of King Crimson is gay, isn't it?) :D

Ahh ok! Where I live and amongst my friends we don't use it in an offensive way

Edited by Hemis - January 15 2015 at 08:30

Hemis wrote: Ahh ok! Where I live and amongst my friends we don't use it in an offensive way

Walton Street wrote: Hemis wrote: Ahh ok! Where I live and amongst my friends we don't use it in an offensive way   anytime it's used as an adjective of negativity it's offensive.

Edited by someone_else - January 15 2015 at 08:44

Friday13th wrote: @Ivan A "comeback" implies everything you explained away. They wouldn't just recreate stuff from the '70s. They wouldn't play classics after pop songs. How can we expect too much after their miserable last two albums? Where have you been for 30+ years? I remember them at their lowest without even Collins. King Crimson did a comeback multiple times. Larks, Discipline, Thrak...you could argue Duke is a minor comeback

Hemis wrote:  I agree, King Crimson is more progressive than Genesis but I prefer Genesis :p Who do you prefer?

 

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:  1.- As far as I know, Genesis is the big Prog band less fond obn 20 minutes song, the only real epic in their career was Supper's Ready. King Crimson on the other hand had - Larks Tongues in Aspic Part 1 + 2: Over 20 minutes - Moonchild (Over 12 minutes) - Lizard (Over 20 minutes) - Space Groove (38:20) 2.- Mellotron & Moog: As far as I know, King Crrimnson used Mellotron and Moog  3.- Odd time signatures...Cough Starless - Cough

Ivan, the point that I'm trying to get across is Genesis did not end well. You're acting like they were the Beatles who walked out on a high note. I don't care about what would happen if they tried now in the year 2015, the point is they didn't and they 99% chance won't because they don't have it in them anymore. King Crimson on the other hand has been interesting since 1981. You can argue classic Genesis from Trespass to Wuthering is better than classic Crimson from Court to Red, but you could also argue the reverse.

oh my god - i'm going to have to recruit friends, family, workmates to sign up and vote for Genesis, because if they lose, my head will spontaneously explode, like the cracker on the Chapelle Show who found out the leader of the KKK was a black man.