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Poll Question: Who is your band?
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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:


Can we close the poll now please before the Yes Men wake up?


GonG Army, GonG Army! LOL


Clap  good to see you taking charge of the Gong Army. I had to recuse myself for conflict of interest.

god I hope this doesn't go down to the finish, it would tear me apart to decide between two bands that are purely awesome and near the very top of my personal favorites list and with so many classics. A possible edge to Yes for making 2 of the greatest genre -defining prog albums ever made. CTTE and TFTO. but Gong wipes that edge away in large part to still being a functional creative band putting out great stuff, not becoming a parody of itself as Yes has become.

I suppose when it comes time to vote if still close I'll flip a coin... and perhaps pull a M@X and set it up on Pay for View and make a few bucks doing it. LOL
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Gotta go with Yes on this one.
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Points: 12288 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2015 at 10:02
Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:


Can we close the poll now please before the Yes Men wake up?


GonG Army, GonG Army! LOL

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Is there something wrong with me? So many people with similar musical tastes are voting for Gong while I only find a couple of their albums completely listenable. Granted the new one is fantastic but that does not make up for the rest.

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Yes is on the front page of the progressive newspaper. Gong is a little ad on the back page of the classified section.
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Points: 20207 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2015 at 10:38
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Yes is on the front page of the progressive newspaper.


But for over 2 decades just for interpersonal acrimony rather than music.
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I have just tried to listen to Camembert Electrique, Angel's Egg and Flying Teapot for the first time in over 20 years. I didn't make it through any of them.

They're all albums I bought in my hippy days in the 70s. Now I think, to be honest, they're all absolute crap and they can go to the 2nd hand record shop.

I never think that about any Yes album.

Yes by far.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:


Yes is on the front page of the progressive newspaper.


But for over 2 decades just for interpersonal acrimony rather than music.
But as you can see, Yes gets more attention just bitching than any release by Gong and all the Gong siblings combined. To be heard, perhaps they need a bigger, better gong. Like the one John Bonham used, maybe.
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Yes should be way ahead of Gong.....are all the Yes fans out of town..?
 
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:


Can we close the poll now please before the Yes Men wake up?


GonG Army, GonG Army! LOL


Clap  good to see you taking charge of the Gong Army. I had to recuse myself for conflict of interest.

god I hope this doesn't go down to the finish, it would tear me apart to decide between two bands that are purely awesome and near the very top of my personal favorites list and with so many classics. A possible edge to Yes for making 2 of the greatest genre -defining prog albums ever made. CTTE and TFTO. but Gong wipes that edge away in large part to still being a functional creative band putting out great stuff, not becoming a parody of itself as Yes has become.

I suppose when it comes time to vote if still close I'll flip a coin... and perhaps pull a M@X and set it up on Pay for View and make a few bucks doing it. LOL


Thanks Micky!  I don't want GonG to go down without a fight.  The plan seems to be working so far - get some early hits in and then stay ahead and win from the front by a neck or so.  So much so that a few members of the Yes Team are already resorting to abusing the underdog - poor show. 

I definitely think that the fact that GonG have a current album out of some decent quality should count for something for anyone who is also sitting on the fence!  and think of how annoyed some will be if GonG bring the prize home to Planet GonG.
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Points: 692 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2015 at 12:06
Yes vs Gong poll is rather ridiculous at the first sight. On the second sight Yes are losing so far... which is strange in fact. So my vote goes to YES (because they are overall better).
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Has to be Gong. They're good for your karma, man! Cool
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2015 at 12:43
Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:


Can we close the poll now please before the Yes Men wake up?


GonG Army, GonG Army! LOL


Clap  good to see you taking charge of the Gong Army. I had to recuse myself for conflict of interest.

god I hope this doesn't go down to the finish, it would tear me apart to decide between two bands that are purely awesome and near the very top of my personal favorites list and with so many classics. A possible edge to Yes for making 2 of the greatest genre -defining prog albums ever made. CTTE and TFTO. but Gong wipes that edge away in large part to still being a functional creative band putting out great stuff, not becoming a parody of itself as Yes has become.

I suppose when it comes time to vote if still close I'll flip a coin... and perhaps pull a M@X and set it up on Pay for View and make a few bucks doing it. LOL


Thanks Micky!  I don't want GonG to go down without a fight.  The plan seems to be working so far - get some early hits in and then stay ahead and win from the front by a neck or so.  So much so that a few members of the Yes Team are already resorting to abusing the underdog - poor show. 

I definitely think that the fact that GonG have a current album out of some decent quality should count for something for anyone who is also sitting on the fence!  and think of how annoyed some will be if GonG bring the prize home to Planet GonG.


If it stays close... Gong will win.  Though I must admit... I do hope it doesn't come down to me.  It is dead even between the two.  Looking ahead, Floyd-Yes will be a lot more competitve than Yes-Gong.

I really am dead serious. I wouldn't know who to vote for if my vote were needed and made a difference at the end.

I did think this might really be close.  We have whipped the Gong Army into shape .. and as I've posted before.. unlike the old days of this site.. there really is no 'Yes Army'.  Plus I have seen more anti-Yes posters today than I remember from back in the day here.  It might just go down to the end. sh*t... LOL
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I really like early Gong but they can't compete with the body of work from Yes Wink  
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

...Camembert Electrique, Angel's Egg and Flying Teapot...
They're all albums I bought in my hippy days in the 70s. Now I think, to be honest, they're all absolute crap and they can go to the 2nd hand record shop.




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lol first Rush...now Yes? This has GONG to far Wink
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