Yes or Crimson
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Topic: Yes or Crimson
Posted By: Figglesnout
Subject: Yes or Crimson
Date Posted: January 11 2006 at 21:44
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this arose between me and a friend of mine the other day...it was a mini-debate kinda...i'm for crimson as the band i like more...i think yes'll be more favored though.
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Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: January 11 2006 at 22:24
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I like Yes more because I like more melodic music. ------------- 
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: January 11 2006 at 22:37
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from my experience, the general public (prog public included) tend to prefer Yes because they are more melodic/harmonic, whereas KC is experimental and often aharmonic and weird. I like Crimson, tho. Yes's sound is copied more often. KC is impossible to duplicate. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: January 11 2006 at 23:03
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yeah yes is more melody based...it's odd. if you think about it they both arose around the same time and branched off into two different types of prog, crimson mroe experimental and yes more melodic. which defiantely influened the little schisms musically we have amongprogressive music.i definately like teh crimson side of teh spectrum more though...although don't get me wrong...i still like yes... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: January 11 2006 at 23:07
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Posted By: Harold Dupont
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 00:50
| To me, it's clear: these are two of te two of the best prog bands. I think that KC have way more good albums than Yes: I would say 10 fot KC (ITCOTCK, ITWOP, SABB, Red, TPTB, LTIA, Islands, Thrak, Lizard, Discipline, maybe some more I forgot) and 5-6 for Yes (The Yes album, CTTE, Relayer, Fragile, TOTO, TAAW). Yes had an enormous decline at the end of their career with some albums that I don't have to mention, while KC still impress with their last album. Yes sounds oftenly the same, but King Crimson changed so many times the way to compose an album. But Yes made 2 perfect albums that are absolutely not overrated, to me: CTTE and Fragile. But I think that KC are also more important into prog history... |
Posted By: Lateralus_66
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 01:06
BOTH? 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 02:57
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Yes. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 03:06
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King Crimson ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Nazgul
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 03:20
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Definetly King Crimson. I can't agree that they aren't melodic, it can
not be generealised. For examle at In the Court of the Crimson King
there are a lot of beautifull melodies. Later albums are too but
melodies are hidden - if you listen carefully then You hear them. I think Yes are easiel to listen and understand. |
Posted By: White Duck
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 03:28
| For me King Crimson |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 08:16
| YES |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 08:46
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King Crimson ------------- 
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 12:58
i have always loved both.. but i have always prefered King Crimson... and that doesnt change  ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 13:16
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King Crimson. They didn't fall as hard as YES did during the 80's. So, you have much more to listen to on King Crimson's discography. Even their "bad" albums (Beat, Lizard) are quite more listenables than YES bad albums, wich are actually a pretty horrible experience for any YES fan. I do like Yes, but I think their cappabilitie to grow was very limited. King Crimson is always presenting something new, actualized, without offering themselves to any market requirement... ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 13:18
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King Crimson
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 13:20
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QUOTE=Lateralus_66]BOTH?
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Posted By: En_Schizophren
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 13:40
| King Crimson managed to keep they're integrity throughout the years and continue to progress and make new interesting music. Yes kinda just faded away and made alot of really cheesy bad music. Although I do enjoy Allan White's drumming, I'd have to say when Bruford left Yes they pretty much went down the poopchute. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 14:54
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Well King Crimson is my favorite band, or is it Led Zeppelin? Well, still, my favorite prog band is King Crimson, and my second favorite prog band is Yes...so my vote goes for KC Its true they never went down the hill, while Yes did in the 80...and maybe even some of the 90 stuff also...But recently I purchade the Tsongas DVD from Yes...and was impressed how good it was, and relieved to know that this band can still do it! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Peace Frog
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 15:19
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i just really don't like most ofYes's music. I can't get into them no matter how hard I try to like their music. But i do like The Gates of Delirium and Sound Chaser. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 15:52
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CRIMSON!!! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 16:04
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haha wow i'm surprised taht crimson is in higher favor--but it makes me happy. i like crimson a lot more than yes, but i still have to like yes =) (did i already say that?) wait i posted this!!! ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 16:37
Both -- why choose? ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 21:36
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haha...i've been getting that a lot... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Peter wrote:
Posted By: DarkFlare
Date Posted: January 14 2006 at 19:24
| I went with Yes mainily because they're more melodic and crimison just sound a too weird for my liking at times. I still do like some crimison though, I just like Yes a hell of a lot more! |
Posted By: ChadFromCanada
Date Posted: January 14 2006 at 19:28
| I couldn't decide. On one hand I love Epitaph, Starless, In the Wake of Poseidon, etc., but on the otherhand I love To Be Over, CTTE, And You And I, etc. |
Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: January 14 2006 at 19:39
| Yes. I just can't get into Crimson at all. I like melodic prog and Crimson aren't melodic very often. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 14 2006 at 19:43
Well, it's not as if we have to be monprogamous, right? ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
It's not a bloody marriage, for Pete's sake!
Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: January 14 2006 at 20:19
| Yes. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 14 2006 at 20:29
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"Yes" what? ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Violenza
Date Posted: January 14 2006 at 22:02
| Interesting how Yes always comes out on top in general polls like "Greatest Prog Band", but they are defeated by quite a bit in this poll. |
Posted By: Strik9
Date Posted: January 14 2006 at 23:29
| I voted for KC. I do like a lot of Yes' work, however I find Crimson far more enjoyable on every level. In general, I prefer KC's moody dissonance over Yes's melodicism. That's not to say I don't love Crimson's more melodic moments, or Yes's more esoteric experiments. KC just combines pretty much everything I love about music in their sound, or they have over the years. The genius of Robert Fripp will NEVER cease to amaze me! |
Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 00:45
For your answer, see The Miracle's post in this thread  |
Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 13:37
Sorry, I don't know why but I can't stand King Crimson...  But Yes is a band I like a lot. Good keyboard- and guitar-works by Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe. My respect!   |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 14:30
| Yes |
Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 15:03
Exactly. Why choose?------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 15:30
you got that right  King Crimson ------------- 
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Posted By: liquidtheater
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 21:23
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I take Yes over Crimson ------------- Dream Sequencer System Offline |
Posted By: blenderbuss
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 21:44
| Im going to have to go with Yes on this one! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 21:48
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ahhhh.... love both. Edge to Yes on two counts... Out of this world vocal harmonies, and Chris Squire's Rickenbacker. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 23:50
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Yes but it doesn't surprise me that KC is ahead of Yes. In part I think this is not just because of the esoteric more experimental elements of KC over Yes's melodic/symphonic output but that more younger prog fans who are attracted to Metal/heavy roots would relate more to KC's output than Yes. ------------- Eternity |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 00:17
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i voted for KC and the sunshine band...er...just KC whew.
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 00:37
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CRIMSON ALL THE WAY!!
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Posted By: progrockgirl
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 01:18
| I love both Yes and King Crimson, but I have to give the edge to Yes because I find their music spiritually uplifting. However, sometimes the darker, edgier music of KC fits the bill! |
Posted By: Oxygen Waster
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 01:21
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I voted Crimso Personally I find Crimson to be much more diverse and and had a much more real or natural feeling, I love Yes also but KC always wins me over. |
Posted By: Oxygen Waster
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 01:25
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I agree |
Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 20:13
| Im more of a crimson fan |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 20:29
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Mmmm... I don't know... I love both... Give me a week. ------------- 
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Posted By: R_DeNIRO
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 20:42
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Crimson ------------- We were always be much human than we whish to be. |
Posted By: Mr. Krinkle
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 21:27
| Crimson because they didnt turn into crap. |
Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 21:37
| Two of my favorite bands but right now I would have to side with King Crimson. Whereas Yes went downs hill with time and turned into something that I can not tolerate, King Crimson kept reinventing itself with changes that I really enjoy. |
Posted By: Sammus_the_hutt
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 22:02
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gotta be the KC, just for sheer body of work... yes produced some dodgey work in the 80s (much as I love the earlier stuff), but KC just keep getting better! and they never compromise. ------------- Goodnight, Tonight, Im burning star 4 |
Posted By: Hemispheres
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 22:33
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King Crimson are probably my favourite band of all time so definetly king crimson because they have the ability to be noisey,ugly and experimental and still be very melodic. While yes were probably the first prog band i listened to i think there great but no where near as experiental or creative IMO ------------- [IMG]http://www.wheresthatfrom.com/avatars/miguelsanchez.gif">[IMG]http://www.rockphiles.com/all_images/Act_Images/TheMothersOfInvention/mothers300.jpg"> |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 11:48
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Yes ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Laurent
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 16:19
For me, it's absolutely no contest. View my Sig. Although I do like Crimson a great deal, as well. But Yes win this match, all the way. ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 20:25
hmmm.... experimental was not Yes's calling card.... we'd all agree with that. but I don't think melody was King Crimson's either.... especially the middle era. A wash in my book if trying to compare the two. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Erpland316
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 20:47
| Although I really enjoy many of Yes' albums, I think King Crimson were/are more original and never really had a "bad" or uninspiring period. Example: Yes from 1980- 2002 |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 20:59
oh really...... since when does different equate to bad or uninspiring. Sure if you compare those albums to their peak 70's they suffer in comparison.... but what doesn't. Yes put out great albums in the 80's, 90's, and the ..... 00's. Were there stinkers in there.... of course..... but over the course of a nearly 40 year career you've earned the right to have a few... and only a few is what they did. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |