linchpinc wrote: Yeah that is what i expected although i thoroughly enjoy the work of Genesis they do not have the whole package like Floyd. Although they make good music their lyrics do not touch the timeless and universal quality of Waters especially during Floyds  untouchable phase during the reign of Dark Side, Animals and Wish You Were Here.

I bet then that you have never heard 'Harold the Barrell'? It's about a man commiting suicide! That's kind of universal... Unfortunately

And I wonder, Do you think Waters lyrics are better just because they are very serious??

I think Pink Floyd were a lot more pretentious (and unecessary) than Genesis, Have you heard 'Ummagumma'?? or 'Atom Heart Mother'? or even 'A Saucerful...'? That was being pretentious

It also took Pink Floyd a long time to get their act together..

Genesis by a lot for me.

Even though Pink Floyd released more good albums than Genesis, the good Genesis albums are just sooo good, some of my favorite albums of all time.

I know a lot of people like Pink Floyd, and have high reverance for them, but I've never been able to get into their stuff like with Genesis.

Genesis' material tends to be brighter and more positive and spiritual, while Pink Floyd seems to be darker, colder, and weirder.

This is a tough choice. I think overall I'll vote for Floyd...but only just....both at their peak were excellent but I think I prefer certain Floyd albums (eg Animals) to even the best Genesis had to offer.

And then there is the downside, did either of these bands ever sell out, well even if the quality of Floyd's albums did drop, it never got as bad as some of the Genesis canon....

  Not much difference in my opinion. Dark Side of the Moon is better than anything Genesis put out but then Genesis have about 7 really good albums whereas Floyd drop away after Wish You were Here and Meddle.

I get more nauseated by Roger Waters " me the hero against a world that sucks" than Phil Collins pop pretensions.Pink Floyd may have been saved if Roger had only taken his medication.

 I prefer Gabriel's lyrics to Waters much more thought provoking and intrigueing.

linchpinc wrote: God yeah we do did you vote for Genesis?

I thought for a long time, Overall I much prefer listening to Genesis because I find them easier to listen to, And I think that Pink Floyd albums like 'The Wall' and 'The Final Cut' are too dark for me sometimes, The music just feels too claustrophobic. Musically (In general) however I feel they are equal, They both made extremely important contributions to progressive music. My favourites are 'Animals' and 'Foxtrot'

Genesis for me!

My fave album with Genesis is Foxtrot!

Bj-1 wrote: Genesis for me! My fave album with Genesis is Foxtrot!

Mine too

FragileDT wrote: linchpinc wrote: No its just they are less pretentious and unnecessary althogh funny the lyrics "A flower" arent really necessary or meaningful. Floyd also have this cold isolated atmosphere on their records which is so beautiful and haunting but cold enough still to not go into that dangerous soppy place. Floyd keep their dignity and im not saying Genesis do not have aome of these things all i'm saying is Floyd has the whole package and will still be necessary in one hundred years but im not sure bout Genesis "If you think that it's pretentious you've been taken for a ride" Gabriel in It from LLDOB. You have been taken for a ride. Gabriels lyrics are incredible. The "a flower" isn't necessary or meaningful? What do you know about the story of narcisus? It is very meaningful once you learn about the old story. In fact Genesis' lyrics during the Gabriel days were NEVER unmeaningful. They used dark humor a lot but that was not meant to take away from the meaning and importance of the songs at all. It only intensified them.

 Well said

Laurent wrote: I really can't decide.

Well what if you were held at gun point?!!!!

linchpinc wrote: Gun point or not winterwine floyd have the more listenable music and the classic tracks to back them up

Huh?!

linchpinc wrote: Ha What?

There was no answer to that question, You seemed to think so!!

linchpinc wrote: Mercury wrote: Personally, I enjoy the style of Floyd's music more than Genesis's stuff. Just wondering what it is you prefer about the Floyd?

Well you should know linchpinc you voted for them

Why are pink floyd winning?

Why is Genesis getting the raw deal lately?  Tull beating Genesis...now Pink Floyd??? Soon Kansas...

Genesis, though only because Pink Floyd has less perfection to offer, IMO of course. But it is fairly close.

PINK FLOYD

One of the hardest polls ever for me...

Pink Floyd was my first prog band...

Genesis are awesome..

IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE

But I'll vote for Floyd - they are half-a-step forward

I think that Genesis loses ground to Floyd, Yes, Tull, etc, due to the post-Gabriel-Hackett era.

During the Gabriel-Hackett era, the band was brilliant, the best IMHO , but the fall in quality was tremendous after they worked with another singer and frontman and had no virtuoso guitar player.

If one does the average between the 2 different Genesis phases the result unfortunately won't be glorious for the band but if one looks only the Gabriel-Hackett era then Genesis can align with the real prog giants - a place well deserved. 

Floyd by far. I'm getting more into Genesis, but what I've heard can't compare with Animals or WYWH at all. For one thing, WYWH is eargasmic; the experience of the third and fourth time I listened to the high guitar solo on SOYCD pt. 2 has never been duplicated by any other music I've ever heard.

Not all of Floyd's lyrics are depressing; on DSOTM the only song that is really depressing is Time. I think Waters' lyrics are better; he writes lyrics which are powerful and sound great without having insane allusions and puns like Gabriel seems to enjoy so much. Waters is serious most of the time, but not always depressing. I don't like his post-Animals work all that much anyway; it's too whiny.

Not much of a contest.  I love PF but their stuff is pretty straightforward, and let's face it, I could play the drums in that band.  Not that DSotM, WYWH and Animals aren't top-notch records that people will be listening to in a thousand years (and enjoyng the mind-altering substances of the future to as well).  Without a doubt they are one of the greatest rock bands that have ever been and will ever be, for that matter.

But the G (up through Wind and Wuthering, anyway) have such stylistic diversity, amazing multipartite songwriting, such dazzling musicianship and craft behind them.  Gabe's theatrical touches (up to '75), so legendary that cover bands who put on verbatim presentations of their early tours sell out 5,000 seat venues... cover bands!  All in all the G are just more unique and take more risks than PF.  That's why I picked them.

Floyd better than Genesis? Gimme a break!!! The only guy in Floyd with any talent is David Gilmour, and while Waters sometimes wrote a good lyric, he can't play bass at all! So how can anyone believe he also wrote the guitar-solos. Also, remember those out-of-tune vocals during Live 8.

Genesis, on the other hand, was a band where all members had talent. Say what you want about Phil Collins' pop songs, but you cannot deny the fact that he is one of the best drummers of all time. Also, Tony Banks' keyboard parts are way interesting than Rick Wright's.

Don't get me wrong, I love Floyd (especially "Wish you were here"), but they're absolutely not such talented musicians as Genesis

dojonane wrote: Hey nobody, ever contemplated founding a new faith based not on merit or karmic debt or penance or salvation, but instead on passion itself? Why one believes takes a backseat to how purely they beleive it. In this sense, we might make strapping priests of this high passion latterday syncretism.

No one would join my cult, dojo, because I'm not good looking enough and you know cult leaders always have to sleep with their disciples, whether they're the Maharishi Mahesh "Sexy Sadie" Yogi or Jim "White Nights" Jones.

Well, comparing these two great bands is like comparing pineapples and truffles. Pink Floyd has always been one of my favorite bands, but Genesis gets the number one spot for me.

I didn't like Dark Side Of The Moon when it first came out. I thought it was too blusey in comparison to the band's more psychedelic spatial realms of previous albums. Of course in time my opinions and feelings about the album changed in favor of it. Sonically it's a great album, one of the best.

I think my life changed the very first time I heard Watcher Of The Skies.  The haunting theatrical piano intro to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway are prog milestones. I always felt Tony Banks had always been shoved behind Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman. He's up there with them.

Then again, what other band produced a Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett?

In the beginning there was Genesis...

The Floyd have a more monochromatic sound, thick; not a whole lot going on musically. But what they do they do very well, and it hardly ever becomes tiring to me. I think Genesis are (Were? I'm thinking in present tense here...) able to suggest a whole lot more, in terms of musicianship. And Genesis have some great moments recorded. I just feel that Genesis are/were (the days of Floyd and Genesis are long past I suppose) kind of inconsistant. I literally stopped listening to 80's Genesis once I turned ten.

In any case. My vote goes towards Pink Floyd.

First post by the way.