"Close To The Edge" vs. "Dark Side Of The Moon"
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Topic: "Close To The Edge" vs. "Dark Side Of The Moon"
Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Subject: "Close To The Edge" vs. "Dark Side Of The Moon"
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 06:55
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Which one? I know it's a silly and childish question, but which one is your pick? As to me, even though "Close To The Edge" is more of "my style" of progressive rock, I never got beyond simply liking it. So, DSOTM for me. |
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 07:17
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the old deserted island.. CttE v. DSotM question ehh.. both great obviously, both full of incredible atmosphere. Two of the best albums to get altered with sippinf on some fermented coconut milk... or to get sweet and romantic with and do the vertical bop with your favorite palm tree the difference.. one is far more interesting and varied musically...performed by musicians light years more talented... so CttE it is! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 07:51
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Close To The Edge all day every day. Dark Side is too dull and wishy-washy for me. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 07:56
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I'm not a fan of Yes regardless of how talented they were so I went with too dull and wishy-washy. |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 07:57
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Close To The Moon |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 08:04
nah man.. Dark Side of the Edge  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 08:31
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I think I like Pink Floyd more than Yes as a band, but in an album vs. album contest it may well be that Yes have the edge more often, or at least close to... |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 08:31
| Close to the Dark |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 08:40
| Dark Side Of The Moon |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 08:41
| Close to The Edge easily. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 08:53
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I never liked Siberian Khatru, and considering that takes up approximately 23% of the CttE album, I'll have to go with Dark Side of the Moon, because there is no way near as much that I don't like about that album, percentage-wise. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 08:54
Yup feel the same----I don't want to sleep all day on the desert island---I'll need to stay up and be clear headed to hunt for food.
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Magnum Vaeltaja wrote:Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 09:21
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I think DSOTM is incredibly overrated (yes, that word again) - as demonstrated by someone mentioning it in the same post as CTTE and then people voting for it. I do think it's one large yawn, although not nearly as full of Waters' self-pity as The Wall, when he fairly wallows in the emotion. Speak, Breathe and Us and Them are okay, the rest more marginal. Close to the Edge: all three songs are brilliant. That's ALL THREE, even Siberian Khatru.
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 09:51
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Dark Side. So much beauty and emotion on one slab, some of Rick's playing still gives me chills. Time, Great Gig in the Sky with Claire, Any Colour. The entire album still moves me every time. CTTE I really only enjoy Siberian these days. Now if you had put Topographic up against Dark Side my vote might be different. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 09:53
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CTTE.............even though I wouldn't take either to a deserted island. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 09:57
two of my all time favorite albums, but it's Close to the Edge all the way for me. No offence to the other masterpiece, though.  ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 10:01
sleep? SLEEP! Funny... that album makes me want to do my best rabbit imitation ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 11:19
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Dark Side Of The Moon easily but I love both. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 12:15
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Close has the Edge ------------- |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 12:18
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DSOTM. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 13:17
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Yes -------------  
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Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 13:21
   My favorite post of the day.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 13:25
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Larks' jive at the Loon although I've been enjoying Close to the Edge of late. My fave on that album is still 'And You and I' - one of Wakie's best stints with Yes...especially in a live setting. Oh and Any Colour You Like  Green today because of my jacket and the Yes adversary.------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 13:36
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I prefer Dark Side of the Moon. I never did really appreciate Close to the Edge. That said, Dark Side of the Moon is not the kind of album I readily would choose to bring to a deserted or an inhabited island as it's so inoffensive. It would neither be an album that I would not want to play out loud for fear of annoying any neighbours, so not an "I need to play this alone" pick, nor does it serve as an album that I would want to play in order to annoy my neighbours. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 13:42
| Well, I wouldn't take either if I had the choice of other albums. Out of these though it would be Dark Side. |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 14:30
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Close to the Edge ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 15:08
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CTTE ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 15:36
Thanks!  ------------- |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 15:40
I share this opinion . Both are classic masterpieces, but this is my favourite Yes album (and overall favourite) against my fourth favourite Pink Floyd album.------------- 
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 15:40
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This has been my first vote for Dark Side in a very long time :P ------------- I'm guitarist and songwriter for the prog-related band Mother Bass. Find us at http://www.motherbass.com. I also enter stages throughout the Netherlands performing my poetry. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 15:43
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On a deserted island????? I would take the album that has more than 3 songs, that would get insanely boring after about 3 days. -------------   
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 16:06
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Close to the edge. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 16:16
| PF. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 16:53
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. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 16:59
You mean like Jon Anderson repeating "Close to edge, down by river" and "I get up, I get down" at least a hundred times? ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 18:06
Maybe not lyrically but you don't listen to Yes for the lyrics anyway; they're all nonsensical. Musically, on the other hand, Dark Side is slow and mellow the whole way through (save for On The Run) while Close To The Edge meanders between chaotic and serene, bombastic and aggressive to serene acoustic sections, has a multitude of time signature changes, etc. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 18:40
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Both are 11/10 albums for me, and I absolutely love them. In a "5 albums for desert island" I wouldn't hesitate to include both. If I have to pick, it's DSOTM. It does have a bit more variety and different moods. Every song is brilliant, Time rocks like crazy and has the most amazing intro in music, Us & Them is one of the most melancholic tracks ever, The Great Gig in the Sky gives me goosebums, Eclipse is the perfect ending. Also the sound of it is out of this world, Alan Parsons did a fantastic job. Close to the Edge is perfect as well, the title track is my favorite piece of music ever, And You and I is gorgeous and Khatru has some fantastic moments. I enjoy at as much but it does have a bit less of variety. For a 20 minute piece CTTE doens't have THAT much different ideas, and the main riff in SK is repeated maybe a bit too much. But those are minor details anyway, they're both perfect and there are only a few albums I could think of that I enjoy as much as these two (Thick as a Brick, Queen II, Abbey Road, SEBTP, Quadrophenia and that's it probably). ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 17 2016 at 22:40
OK, I had been thinking I would vote for CttE, for Dark Side is not even among my very favourite PF albums... but now you are making me doubt which one to vote for... |
Posted By: Cookie13
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 01:41
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Close To The Edge.
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Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 02:08
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Though the ultimate deserted island album is Tales for sure (for me). You'll need about 2 lifetimes listening to it if you want to know every note, Yes has always a surprise if you spin that masterpiece. ------------- |
Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 04:14
Yes, exactly, perfectly put. However, Tales is still not my deserted island album. |
Posted By: kjtheguitarist
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 04:42
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DSOTM. I like both, both of 'em are all masterpieces. But it was not that hard to choose one. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 04:44
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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.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 05:07
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I find myself unable to vote in this poll. I love both albums so much |
Posted By: Guy Guden
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 05:27
| You are kidding? |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 06:06
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So Roger Dean versus Storm Thorgerson (Hipgnosis). 1 - 1 Lyrics - Dark Side. It communicated society's own misery back at them and made them want to hear more. And pay for it. Whereas Yes sound meaningful but it's games Jon plays. 2 - 0 Riff Siberian Khatru versus Money. Dead heat. 1-1 Yes on the ballads - And You And I sweeps the floor. Us And Them is the closest in comparison but as to the point it is it does drag a bit and repeated listening has not added to the listening ONCE in many listens. 0-2 Multipart epic - Dark Side for being an (albeit indexed) single piece of music to CLose To The Edge's slightly shorter 23 min number. 2 -1 One's great first thing (great time for Yes for me) but DSOTM evening times. 1 - 1 Overall musician ship high but Yes get the um, edge here. Points for the drum intro on Time. 2 - 1 9- 7 PF Vocal listenability. DG has the heh, edge with help from Wright. Rog is ok. Jon does marvellous throughout but slight advantage PF. 2 - 1 DG for solos, Bruford for overall drumming imagination and Wakeman for overall imagination and variety. Howe for overall guitar variety and mastery. Same goes for Squire's work. Interesting bit - how Rog leaves space for the music to sound while CS fills it up. 1 - 4 13 - 13. Final score. Dead heat. So it'll go to Univers Zero for the album title of the same name and as they are playing here (Relaps). Ok, seriously it's... CTTE as that really does bear more repeated listenings to me. Though Dark Side I can hear just by thinking abut it. Plus it's story of coming into being is way funnier than Dark Side. Does this desert island have a decent electrohifidelograph? The LP of CTTE was nowhere near the same production as the Eclipse, er, Dark Side. Ok, and question to all as a subtopic... which version of each album would anyone recommend for the listener. CTTE has a 2 CD 2 DVD version (I think... the SW remaster) and Dark Side has Immersion, Experience, SACD, Blu Ray, DVD Audio etc usw. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 06:53
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CTTE does it for me. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 07:48
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love both but Dark Side ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 08:30
Same for me ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 08:33
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This may not be a tie! ------------- |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 12:45
It does matter...I can listen to a few songs with PF in the morning, go harvest some coconuts and bananas for breakfast, listen to 2 more...take a nap in my tree house. Wake up and go fish for dinner, cook up some fish on the fire and listen to the final couple songs before bedtime. Can't do that with CTTE.... -------------
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Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 13:32
Excellent point. I am switching my vote.
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Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 14:18
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I find musical complexity more important than if it fits my fictional deserted island schedule... But I guess that's just me [;p] ------------- |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 14:44
I'm with you on that. I was being sarcastic earlier.
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Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 17:49
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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! ------------- 
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 19 2016 at 17:40
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Too hard to call, so pick it. And as much as I like CTTE, I've put it on to induce the occasional snooze me self. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 19 2016 at 18:02
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Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: April 19 2016 at 18:30
If you have ever listened to a Jon Anderson interview, you'd know that it is a foreign language to him too.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 19 2016 at 20:26
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. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: April 19 2016 at 23:21
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Close to the Edge ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 20 2016 at 04:10
Its perfect. I "know" all the words that are outed but only isolated phrases such as: down at the end, round by the corner... & seasons will pass you by... sticks or stand out. Nothing wrong with that as long as: and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace (actually I'm fine with that as well, but you know what I''m getting at) is merely the sound of the human voice. I normally don't know the meaning of any lyrics (except a selected few by Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Roy Harper) including lyrics I claim to love. Pantagruel's Nativity, Hibou Anemone and Bear, Impressione di Settembre and Mother Sky all sound equally amazing and "deep" to me... well, if anything PFM has the advantage as I understand much less.
Ha-ha - haven't but I'll take your word for it. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: April 20 2016 at 17:32
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Close is cool and dark is overdramatic nonsense ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 20 2016 at 19:51
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Dark Side, easily. ------------- |
Posted By: TexasKing
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 09:27
| Close to the Edge, no brainer! |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 12:42
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I just voted for Close to the Edge. Neither one is probably my favorite by each band though. For Yes I think I prefer relayer(although it's probably close(no pun intended))and for Floyd I probably prefer wish you were here and maybe one or two others. I actually kind of think CTTE is the new dark side of the moon. For years DSOTM was considered the bench mark the "big one" but these days CTTE seems to have gained a lot of fan and critical momentum and dare I even say it has a pretty strong cult following now.
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 15:47
| not a big fan of either group, but I think CTTE is better than anything by Floyd |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 15:59
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Close to the Edge, by a lightyear ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 16:04
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Dark side is half boring ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 17:05
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". |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 17:07
| ps On the poll, CTTE by a mile. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 18:02
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CttE, I guess. Not a big fan of either band, or the albums in question, so if these were my alternatives to take with me to a desert island I think I'd rather go without music tbh. -------------  
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 20:33
So what you doing in here then? No music than CTTE ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: January 08 2017 at 02:31
| Dark Side of the Moon followed by everything else. |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: January 08 2017 at 08:23
| Both great albums but "Close to the Edge" is better !!! |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: January 25 2017 at 12:22
Close To The Edge......................YES do love MOON!!!!! ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: January 25 2017 at 13:09
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Close to the edge 5 stars Dark side of the moon 4 stars The difference between a master piece and an excellent album (but this is only my opinion...) |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 07:17
| I kind of hate to say it but if this was not a prog site CTTE would not stand a chance. Dark side would win and do so by a huge margin. I looked this up online and in general(not counting prog sites)at least 90 percent prefer DSOTM. I think it's worth mentioning that at least some of those people don't know Yes very well(if at all). |
Posted By: thief
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 08:29
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I'm surprised TDSotM has SO many votes in this comparison. Excellent production and innovative importing of ambient sounds aren't enough to overcome massive, I mean MASSIVE advantage in composition. And I guess it should be the most important here. I'd rather have an extended play with Close to the Edge title track alone than The Dark Side (which is still very important piece of rock music, I'm no hater).
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 09:00
Umm, yeah? Kind of goes without saying. Does anyone actually think that Yes is more popular than Pink Floyd among the general populace? ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 09:52
No not unless they are delusional. Go to your local high school and take a poll. I bet out of 500 students about 495 have at least heard of Pink Floyd. Maybe 100 of them(if we are lucky) have even heard of Yes.
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Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 11:52
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^That's actually quite optimistic... I think that of 500, almost everyone indeed has heard of the band Pink Floyd but a very smaller part could actually say they know some of their music. As for Yes... I guess 25 out of 500 heard of that band, if I don't count the persons I've been influencing in music class I don't really care anymore though
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Posted By: Tillerman88
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 13:14
Oh boy....... nothing compares to DSOTM when timeless appeal to every new generation of listeners is concerned , let alone the ever bigger ROCK nut audience...
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Posted By: Progresearcher
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 14:18
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"Close to the Edge", no doubt. But if I had to choose between this one and "Animals" I would have preferred the latter album. |
Posted By: Kespuzzuo
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 14:30
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Close to the edge is more ambitious in terms of developing a single track. Dark side of the moon is more straightforward, it's still a very good album, but, I'm going to give my vote to Yes |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 16:56
| Both are flawless. Yet, YES has an slight edge over my pink heart. |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 17:02
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Both are good, but I have to go with Dark Side Of The Moon because it has "The Great Gig In The Sky". ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 27 2017 at 21:30
I would rather think that it's 25 people COUNTING the ones you've been influencing. |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: January 28 2017 at 06:40
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Is this a popularity contest? If so, then Madonna is better than Pink Floyd. Well...now that I think about it I do prefer the conceptual album about maternity called Ray of Light to DSOTM. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 02 2018 at 02:29
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The title track of Close to The Edge eclipses (lol) the entirety of DSotM for me. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |