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    Posted: June 26 2011 at 14:07
What do you think?
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I like the Crims a lot, but Yes is arguably my favorite band ever.
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Though both bands are on my top 5, King Crimson gets my vote.
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Originally posted by adace1 adace1 wrote:

What do you think?
I think this topic isn´t original at all, even chest-nuttyThumbs Down. 
 
However, King Crimson anyway!
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King Crimson
 
While YES made the best prog album ever (Tales from topographic oceans), i feel that King Crimson are far more even in quality. King Crimson never made a poor album IMO, and that's something i'm sorry that i can't say about Yes.
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Points: 4214 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2011 at 15:15
Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

 
While YES made the best prog album ever (Tales from topographic oceans)...
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Edited by Gandalff - June 26 2011 at 15:16
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Originally posted by Gandalff Gandalff wrote:

Originally posted by adace1 adace1 wrote:

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I think this topic isn´t original at all, even chest-nuttyThumbs Down. 
 


Coming from you? LOL
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Well, I think KC succeeded where Yes failed; to make surprising, new music all the time. From mellotron spheric songs to somewhat metal (red) and in the 80's with a dramatically changed style; funk/new wave-a-like prog rock. Yes desperatly tried fourty years to equalize the class of Close to the edge, but just got simplier and never succeeded. In my opinion. 

However I prefer The Yes Album to Going for the One above In the court or Red, but after those classic albums in the golden age of prog rock KC wins for me because of their variety and power to surprise
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Yes beats pretty much anything.
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Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

I like the Crims a lot, but Yes is arguably my favorite band ever.
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Originally posted by my_left_brain my_left_brain wrote:

Well, I think KC succeeded where Yes failed; to make surprising, new music all the time. From mellotron spheric songs to somewhat metal (red) and in the 80's with a dramatically changed style; funk/new wave-a-like prog rock. Yes desperatly tried fourty years to equalize the class of Close to the edge, but just got simplier and never succeeded. In my opinion. 

However I prefer The Yes Album to Going for the One above In the court or Red, but after those classic albums in the golden age of prog rock KC wins for me because of their variety and power to surprise


Variety and surprise isn't what makes music good. If you like KC better, then no big deal, but that shouldn't be the reason.
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Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

King Crimson
 
While YES made the best prog album ever (Tales from topographic oceans), i feel that King Crimson are far more even in quality. King Crimson never made a poor album IMO, and that's something i'm sorry that i can't say about Yes.
 
Confused... I thought this was Close to the Edge.
 
Anyway, Yes made about four albums which I should give a 5 star rating (Tales would not even get enough to round up to three), King Crimson has about four albums which I might give four when I'm in a good mood, but not five. So my choice is obvious.


Edited by someone_else - June 26 2011 at 15:24
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it's a hard choice but...King Crimson I say...
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there's only one band that can beat Yes and that's Magma. King Crimson comes third.
by the way, Tales From Topographic Oceans is a masterpiece. only a person with earwax problem claims something else ...
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Points: 14117 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2011 at 16:59
I'm for Yes, not that KC are bad, of course...
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King Crimson without doubt.

Nothing against Yes of course, but KC has made so much gold.
I have 10 albums by them and love it all, the weakest IMO is a 3 star. That is one hell of an impressive discog!


Edited by JJLehto - June 26 2011 at 17:22
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Yes has 2 wonderful albums (and no, they include neither CttE nor TfTO), King Crimson has many more than that
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2011 at 17:06
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Originally posted by Gandalff Gandalff wrote:

Originally posted by adace1 adace1 wrote:

What do you think?
I think this topic isn´t original at all, even chest-nuttyThumbs Down. 
 


Coming from you? LOL


You beat me to it.



I chose Yes - only so that it doesn't look like I came in here ONLY to troll Tongue
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Composition > Improvisation

Yes for me.
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