A Genesis vs Yes battle... - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Josepet wrote:

Awaken is the only Yes suite I don't like. I find it dull, uninspired and too "ambientesque" .

as much as I like Yes... I'd have to agree with that... the worse sin a piece of music can be... dull and uninspired.... reminded me of the DT I listened to yesterday....

Edited by micky - March 20 2007 at 03:18

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I think Awaken is the best Yes track ever recorded. The pinnacle of their career. The track is very inventive, worked out with a lot of attention to detail. The sound is great, the production is amazing. They did very original things on that song, like the whole band cooperating on the percussion. They were being very creative, like the idea that the organ parts should be sent to the studio through a telephone line. And: the music is really happening. They were really working on a masterpiece, you can tell. This is the very best thing they ever did in their career. As musicians they have ripened a lot since Close To The Edge. In terms of composition (building a major scale epic), and production, they were so much better in 1977 than they were in 1972.

I love Cinema Show as well, and it's also one of Genesis' highlights, but not the absolute highlight: that is Firth Of Fifth to me. But even Firth Of Fifth wouldn't be of the same calibre as Awaken.

So I voted Awaken.

Edited by Moogtron III - March 20 2007 at 04:08

yes, mostly because genesis has been kind of predictable throughout their career, and i love the blatantly obvious classical and folk influences in yes' music.

Cinema Show!

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dojonane wrote:

why hasn't anyone mentioned the unsurpassable CLIMAX that is THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENTAL SECTION OF CINEMA SHOW which continuously builds and molds like an ever shifting sea coming finally to one of the most serene/powerful/romantic/soaring into mist over a valley moments in any genre?

I guess I should have.... and have in about 20 other polls regarding the song LOL

Hands down my favorite keyboard solo in prog.

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In my mind, It'd be more likely to compare Cinema Show and And You and I, similar feel. Although, And You and I would destroy Cinema Show.

But I promoted Genesis in this poll, I like the song better.

I never got into Awaken really, although I do appreciate GftO. Genesis it is.

for me, Yes - Awaken

Oh, if I must choose, I'll pick Awaken, for it's sheer ethereal glory.

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Poll Question: Which one do you like the most?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Genesis' Cinema Show	67	[58.26%]
Yes' Awaken	48	[41.74%]
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