Camel Vs Renaissance

Both great musicaly but with Camel I have problems with the vocals (never liked their vocals much)  so I went Renaissance who have no problems in this area

Renaissance. Definitely them for me. I don't know, I find them more appealing than Camel.

Camel, one of the few bands that flourished in the 70's that are still putting out quality albums.

I can't pick a fave between these 2...love them both, and which one I would choose to listen to depends on my mood. 

^ I had intended to mention how derivative Camel sounds.  I hadn't realised they'd lifted other people's work (as Renaissance did many times -- and to be fair, they incorporated other's themes very nicely.  Of course many Prog bands utilised "classical" compositions  -- I use the term "classical" more broadly than as a distinct period).  Parts of the Snow Goose did sound very familiar.  One of my favourite themes in Prog is from Focus in "Hamburger Concerto" but that wasn't original either.

I think it's fair to say that neither band is that original.  And though I question the assertion that Haslam has a five octave range as is stated on the band bio page (or at least I question the way the range is measured), I will concede that she has a stronger voice than Latimer.

Logan wrote: micky wrote: martinprog77 wrote: Cheesecakemouse wrote: Renaissance, Camel is soooooooo overrated. I think it is a case of Renaissance being underrated more than Camel being overrated.  Those who like to rock will gravitate to Latimers great guitar playing.. but other than the 'rock' factor.. Renaissance aces Camel on all fronts.  Better instrumentalist..  better lyrics..  more daring (ie prog) compositions and styles.  Camel is a fine group..with some good albums  even a great classic album of prog (Snow Goose) Renaissance had two classics plus what has to be considered amoung THE greatest of all live prog albums. My problem with Renaissance is that too much was borrowed from composers that I consider greater than they. I really like the music, and very competent musicianship, but I don't think it terribly original or innovative.

Edited by Cheesecakemouse - March 26 2007 at 17:37

Yes, a tough choice indeed. A draw seems about fair. Camel suffer a little for me due to the lack of decent vocalist, whereas Renaissance have Annie. But then again, Camel have The Snow Goose.

Draw.

Both did great albums, though Camel did some more great albums than Renaissance. But the reason why I vote for Camel is that I like them just a little bit more. But the bottomline is: both bands are fantastic.

I can't see the problem. CAMEL. And once again: CAMEL.