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King Crimson vs. Yes
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Poll Question: Which band do you prefer?
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    Posted: May 18 2020 at 15:14
Tough one, but I'll pick Yes as of now.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by The Genre Spanner The Genre Spanner wrote:

Yes because they have more synth solos
 

King Arthur and The Legend Of The Knights Of The Round Table must be the best album ever made Smile


It's one of my favourites, actually
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I won't go into the Gorey details, but I scored my top 5 Yes albums against my top 5 KC albums, and Yes won by half a point out of about 40-something



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Yes always seemed a bit "polished" to me in their sound, so my vote was for Crimson.
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I'm surprised that Yes is winning considering that King Crimson seem to be a bit more popular these days.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by The Genre Spanner The Genre Spanner wrote:

Yes because they have more synth solos
 

King Arthur and The Legend Of The Knights Of The Round Table must be the best album ever made Smile
Apparently Rick was quite enebriated whilst laying down the second Mini-Moog solo on Merlin 🤪
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Originally posted by The Genre Spanner The Genre Spanner wrote:

Yes because they have more synth solos
 

King Arthur and The Legend Of The Knights Of The Round Table must be the best album ever made Smile
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Originally posted by The Genre Spanner The Genre Spanner wrote:

Yes because they have more synth solos
Crimso coz they have more mellotron solos 🙃
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^ none of which are on a par with your keyboard solo
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Yes because they have more synth solos
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I dont say what I vote. The vote is secret.
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When I was getting into prog in the mid-70s, KC were already defunct.  I heard 'Relayer' and that was it.  As a teenager, I didn't bother to investigate a band that I would never see live.
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I slightly prefer Yes.
ITCOTKC is my favorite album by either band though.
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love King Crimson but voted for Yes  
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Specially when they say they want to vote for the one I'm going for
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^ I didn't know that about the thanks. I guess I may just as well help new members that want to vote that way too.
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You need 40 points to vote, but you can get there quickly just by posting. This was implemented because of abuse. I've given you a Thanks, and you were given another thanks, and that quickly raises your points (five points per thanks).
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I'm not a great fan of Yes.
Fragile and Close to the Edge (number 1 here in PA!!!) are very good albums
but in my opinion they do not reach In the court and Red.
I guess Yes respects in a too much didactic way the prog canons, instead 
King Crimson are more creative and unpredictable.... for me KC belong to
another category.

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KC is more consistent, but there are four or five Yes albums I'd put before KC's best...so Yes it is.
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King Crimson and Yes are possibly the two most talented bands of Progressive Rock. We could probably debate until the end of time which band is more talented. I've seen Yes twice , on the Union Tour with eight band members and  in 2014 when they played both Fragile and Close to the Edge in their entirety. I've also see King Crimson three times in the past few years.
 
 While their both great, personally I like King Crimson a little more. King Crimson's hard rock 70's sound appeals to me more than Yes's sound does.  You could also argue that during the 80's, King Crimson sold out the least of any of the big progressive rock bands, while Yes changed  to a more pop radio friendly sound with the 90125 and Big Generator Albums.
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