"Close To The Edge" vs. "Dark Side Of The Moon"

micky wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: Blacksword wrote: If you'd asked me ten years ago I would have said CTTE hands down, but these days I'm more 'in tune' with DSOTM. It works better with my frame of mind than the scatty pseudo intellectual gibberings of Anderson on CTTE, which currently just irritate me.  Sorry.. To me english is a foreign language which is a great advantage when listening to Yes.  interesting and excellent observation indeed... most lyricists suck.. especially prog ones. If I want to be intellectually stimulated I read a book, if I want to have songs to comiserate to.. I pull out some Willie or Waylon and howl at the moon and get sh*t faced. I listen to prog for the music man.  I've found some of the prog I enjoy most is when I am not distracted.. or turned off by what the singer is trying to get across but simply enjoying the voice as an additional instrument and Yes and Anderson fit that as well as any group especially for English groups and native speakers. Who cares what he singing about..or even trying to make sense to it if there really is any to be made of it. His voice as as much a part of the music as Bruford's snare, Squire's Rick, or Howe's Gibson.

This is where I am. When I listen to Yes I try to forget the English language. At least on CTTE the lyrics are essentially meaningless on a literal level. It's when Jon Anderson makes his meaning quite clear that you really need to reach for the sick bag.

Not coincidental that most of my favourite prog albums are instrumental or have lyrics in languages I don't understand. God spare me from having to listen to some halfwit's idea of profundity over the length of a "concept album".

Close to the Edge, by a lightyear

I just voted for Close to the Edge. 

Dark Side, easily.

micky wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: Blacksword wrote: If you'd asked me ten years ago I would have said CTTE hands down, but these days I'm more 'in tune' with DSOTM. It works better with my frame of mind than the scatty pseudo intellectual gibberings of Anderson on CTTE, which currently just irritate me.  Sorry.. To me english is a foreign language which is a great advantage when listening to Yes.  interesting and excellent observation indeed... most lyricists suck.. especially prog ones. If I want to be intellectually stimulated I read a book, if I want to have songs to comiserate to.. I pull out some Willie or Waylon and howl at the moon and get sh*t faced. I listen to prog for the music man.  I've found some of the prog I enjoy most is when I am not distracted.. or turned off by what the singer is trying to get across but simply enjoying the voice as an additional instrument and Yes and Anderson fit that as well as any group especially for English groups and native speakers. Who cares what he singing about..or even trying to make sense to it if there really is any to be made of it. His voice as as much a part of the music as Bruford's snare, Squire's Rick, or Howe's Gibson.

Saperlipopette! wrote: Blacksword wrote: If you'd asked me ten years ago I would have said CTTE hands down, but these days I'm more 'in tune' with DSOTM. It works better with my frame of mind than the scatty pseudo intellectual gibberings of Anderson on CTTE, which currently just irritate me.  Sorry.. To me english is a foreign language which is a great advantage when listening to Yes.

interesting and excellent observation

indeed... most lyricists suck.. especially prog ones. If I want to be intellectually stimulated I read a book, if I want to have songs to comiserate to.. I pull out some Willie or Waylon and howl at the moon and get sh*t faced.

I listen to prog for the music man.  I've found some of the prog I enjoy most is when I am not distracted.. or turned off by what the singer is trying to get across but simply enjoying the voice as an additional instrument and Yes and Anderson fit that as well as any group especially for English groups and native speakers.

Who cares what he singing about..or even trying to make sense to it if there really is any to be made of it. His voice as as much a part of the music as Bruford's snare, Squire's Rick, or Howe's Gibson.

Blacksword wrote: If you'd asked me ten years ago I would have said CTTE hands down, but these days I'm more 'in tune' with DSOTM. It works better with my frame of mind than the scatty pseudo intellectual gibberings of Anderson on CTTE, which currently just irritate me.  Sorry..

To me english is a foreign language which is a great advantage when listening to Yes. 

Going with my heart on this one and heading to the Moon.  Although, if it was a desert island choice, I would have to include both!

I find musical complexity more important than if it fits my fictional deserted island schedule...

But I guess that's just me [;p]

Edited by DDPascalDD - April 18 2016 at 14:33

Magnum Vaeltaja wrote: Catcher10 wrote: On a deserted island????? I would take the album that has more than 3 songs, that would get insanely boring after about 3 days. It doesn't matter how many songs there are on each album, they're both about 40 minutes long. And the songs on Close to The Edge have more variety within each track anyway.