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Poll Question: The Beatles Vs Genesis
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This poll has a majority for Genesis votes Shocked 
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GENESIS Easily. Many of Beatles votes haven't musical reasons. Nostalgic reasons or Historical reasons push some guys to choose The Beatles. Some of members talked about "Released Date" of albums!! and some guys talked about "World and Music without Beatles!!" I don't think like that. With or Without Beatles Progressive music and musicians did their great works. I mean great musicians like Zappa or Gabriel or ... made their music  and this music found fans.
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Originally posted by O666 O666 wrote:

GENESIS Easily. Many of Beatles votes haven't musical reasons. Nostalgic reasons or Historical reasons push some guys to choose The Beatles. Some of members talked about "Released Date" of albums!! and some guys talked about "World and Music without Beatles!!" I don't think like that. With or Without Beatles Progressive music and musicians did their great works. I mean great musicians like Zappa or Gabriel or ... made their music  and this music found fans.


Okay, historical context aside.

Please Please Me Vs. FGTR. Neither a great debut but both nice albums.  Then Genesis had a run of 8 very good to great albums, and yes I am including ATTWT. After that it was a downslide but still had three likable albums in them. The Beatles remaining output only had two not quite as good offerings in Beatles for Sale and Yellow Submarine. Now if you include Invisible Touch, We Can't Dance and Calling all stations you have three pretty bad albums on the Genesis resume.

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Genesis -  8 Thumbs Up  4 Approve  3 Dead
Beatles - 10 Thumbs Up  3 Approve  0 Dead

I'd say that is a pretty clear win for The Beatles.

An additional point to consider is that The Beatles did it all in under a decade.





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Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

Originally posted by O666 O666 wrote:

GENESIS Easily. Many of Beatles votes haven't musical reasons. Nostalgic reasons or Historical reasons push some guys to choose The Beatles. Some of members talked about "Released Date" of albums!! and some guys talked about "World and Music without Beatles!!" I don't think like that. With or Without Beatles Progressive music and musicians did their great works. I mean great musicians like Zappa or Gabriel or ... made their music  and this music found fans.


Okay, historical context aside.

Please Please Me Vs. FGTR. Neither a great debut but both nice albums.  Then Genesis had a run of 8 very good to great albums, and yes I am including ATTWT. After that it was a downslide but still had three likable albums in them. The Beatles remaining output only had two not quite as good offerings in Beatles for Sale and Yellow Submarine. Now if you include Invisible Touch, We Can't Dance and Calling all stations you have three pretty bad albums on the Genesis resume.

Score:
Genesis -  8 Thumbs Up  4 Approve  3 Dead
Beatles - 10 Thumbs Up  3 Approve  0 Dead

I'd say that is a pretty clear win for The Beatles.

An additional point to consider is that The Beatles did it all in under a decade.

 
 
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Neither are huge favorites of mine, but at least I kind of like Genesis!




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Genesis

I rarely listen to the Beatles these days, because I did it way to much in the past. 

It's not the case with Genesis though. 
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Have to say Beatles, one reason I don´t think there would have been Genesis without Beatles. But of course you can say the same all the progbands, anyway I think would put at least Wigwam, PF & KC over Beatles.
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Points: 4462 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2018 at 10:43
 I guess it depends on how you phrase the question. Best musicians? Most influential? Favorite between the two? Both bands are in my top 5. I voted Beatles just for their shear impact on music overall. (ask me tomorrow & I'll probably vote for Genesis Wink)
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Genesis.

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The Beatles place in music history is immense - but thankfully this is a poll for which one is preferred - in which case Genesis is way ahead!
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Beatles......................no hesitation.

Ok...going to play that old  trump card again, but who can say how much Genesis and other bands were influenced by what the Beatles did...? There's no question at all that things would have been far different musically since many of these bands have openly said they were heavily influenced by the Beatles sounds.
If that's the case then the Genesis we hear and love today and in the past would not have existed in quite the same manner. 

btw..the poll does not mention prefer or like or anything..it just says Andromeda poll...Beatles vs Genesis....perhaps Steve can clarify his intentions...?
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^ I believe I posted this at a time when another member was posting polls with strange planetary names in the title. As it doesn't make since now I'll change it.
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who's "better" is still vague
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More vague that the Andromeda Poll? LOL
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^ no LOL

better songwriters?
better skill on instruments?
better vocals?
better looking? (LOL)

better what?
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^ or E) All of the above.
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I always take consistency into account in these matters.  Genesis at their best was better than The Beatles at their best.  But I lost interest in Genesis after Peter Gabriel left, even though the band became much more popular among GenPop when Collins was on lead vocals.  The Beatles put out quality albums (to varying degrees, but nevertheless) for their entire career.
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I posted Genesis when I thought it was just a preference. 'Better' makes it a difficult choice. Better musicians, songwriters, trailblazers.......?
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Originally posted by Squonk19 Squonk19 wrote:

I posted Genesis when I thought it was just a preference. 'Better' makes it a difficult choice. Better musicians, songwriters, trailblazers.......?
I should have taken this moldy old poll more seriously, sorry. Let's go with prefer.
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