Going for the One vs A Farewell to Kings
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Topic: Going for the One vs A Farewell to Kings
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Subject: Going for the One vs A Farewell to Kings
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 11:26
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Two favorites from 1977: Symphonic Prog vs Heavy Prog. If you could only have one, which would you choose?
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 11:34
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 11:45
Yeah, what he said ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Cristi wrote:Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 11:49
| Yes |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 11:54
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RUSH ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 12:06
| Yes with some ease; Awaken is magnificent |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 13:02
I'm Going for the Obvious One. 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 13:28
| Very tough call... love them both of course, but one of them contains Awaken... |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 14:51
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Hard choices but went for Going for the One ------------- 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: mellotronwave
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 15:03
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a hard nut to knack Yes ;-) |
Posted By: Argentinfonico
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 16:10
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A hard decision, no doubt about it. But I think I prefer GFTO. Very similar albums, and, excepting Awaken and Xanadu, it's almost equal in level. And here is when I decide. Awaken gets me every time. ------------- -Will I see you tonight? -I never make plans that far ahead. Casablanca (1942) |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 17:46
| I voted for Yes for one reason here: "Turn of the Century." |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 18:09
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RRUUSSHH!!!!!!! ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 18:17
Yeah, but one of them contains Xanadu  ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 18:36
Me too.
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 22:08
| Farewell To Kings here. If we were judging it on the songs themselves then the Yes would win hands down. However Going For The One is badly produced in the studio. All the songs on it sound better played live including Turn of the Century and Awaken. |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: January 26 2023 at 03:31
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Rush: A Farewell to Kings. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: January 26 2023 at 07:10
| Yes- |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 26 2023 at 08:00
It does mate and I have been listening to Exit Stage Left in the car this week...
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 26 2023 at 13:42
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I love Rush but GFTO takes it because of "Parallels" and "Awaken." It's one of Yes' best albums. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 27 2023 at 05:42
| Interesting as Yes were on the way down and Rush on the way up yet both are certainly comparable. Awaken and Xanadu are both superb original epics. I am a sucker for pipe organ on any rock track so Parallels is wonderful to my ears. Both are great albums but I go with A Farewell To Kings just. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: January 27 2023 at 07:01
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RUSH ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 27 2023 at 10:30
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Going for the One, though Xanadu is in my top 10 of individual prog tracks. ------------- 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 27 2023 at 11:23
It's good to see there's lots of love for Xanadu here.   |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2023 at 11:28
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 27 2023 at 12:22
^^ thanks Cristi... I think we have a comedian in our midst...  I do like it when polls are very tightly contested such as this; it makes us all think very carefully. It's also good to see in Rick's 1973 polls, that pretty well every album has scored points. I'll have to get and listen to some of the albums unknown to me.. Anyway regrettably, I don't think Hemispheres v Tormato would be half as close..
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Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: January 28 2023 at 16:22
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I had to choose A Farewell to Kings, as it is in my top 2 faves from the Canadian boys, and Going For the One is amongst my least liked of the British guys.
I generally like Yes much more though than Rush. Early Rush was big in my teens, but all of Yes is big in my later years.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 29 2023 at 00:06
| Yes, easily. Awaken can't easily be beaten. |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: February 01 2023 at 23:17
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Yes is my all-time favorite band. Rush is number 3. Xanadu is my favorite Rush track ( and a legit Prog classic) and A Farewell to Kings just nips out Hemispheres and Moving Pictures as my favorite Rush album. But, Awaken is truly special and in my opinion Yes's second greatest musical piece ( Close to the Edge is first). So, Just barely Going for the One over A Farewell to Kings. Thinking about it the Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge, Relayer and GFTO rank ahead of any Rush album. However, Rush's run from Farewell to Kings to Moving Pictures would come next before we get to Tales and Drama if I was ranking Yes vs Rush albums. After Tales and Drama, there would be a long run of Rush albums before we would get to another Yes album, however. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: February 03 2023 at 13:33
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: February 03 2023 at 13:34
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Yes. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 03 2023 at 13:41
| Yes |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 03 2023 at 17:05
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Yes. ------------- ...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: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: October 23 2024 at 12:51
| Paul's Ultimate YES: 8th album poll reminded me to revive this poll from a while back! |