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ghost_of_morphy
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Topic: Fragile* Vs Gates of delirium Posted: July 30 2008 at 04:03 |
Fragile wins. I personally am not that fond of Heart of the Sunrise (it loses to the Soon section of Gates) and Long Distance Runaround isn't quite up to Gates either, but Roundabout and South Side of the Sky pull Fragile ahead. BTW, I don't count Mood for a Day. That's a Steve track. But I find all of the solo tracks (except for Rick's) to be very good.
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el böthy
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Posted: July 29 2008 at 18:11 |
Gates of delirium is my favorite piece of music. It could only be beaten by Close to the edge (the album) when it comes to Yes.
...still this is kinda stupid
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Pnoom!
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Posted: July 29 2008 at 16:10 |
I don't think we can be friends anymore, Chris...
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Syzygy
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Posted: July 29 2008 at 15:43 |
Gates of Delirium. Fragile is a fine album, but that incarnation of Yes went on to greater things with CTTE. Relayer always leaves me wondering what the Moraz line up could have achieved if they'd made another album, though that would probably have meant no GFTO and Awaken is my all time favourite Yes epic.
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memowakeman
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Posted: July 29 2008 at 12:45 |
Tough one, really.
Fragile is a superb album, Heart of the Sunrise is a perfect song, but Gates of Delirium is my favourite Yes song.
Favourite: Gates of Delirium Best: Probably Fragile
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Roj
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Posted: July 28 2008 at 04:15 |
I think Gates of Delirium is just about the peak of Yes (prefer the Yesshows version though). Good as album as Fragile is, it can't compete with Gates IMHO.
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Mousoleum
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Posted: July 27 2008 at 23:36 |
South side of the Sky and Heart of the Sunrise; nuff said.
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peskypesky
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Posted: July 27 2008 at 11:14 |
fuxi wrote:
FRAGILE is a fairly good album, but "Gates" is on a totally different level: one of the few pieces that really seem to work as a superb "prog symphony". | I hear what you're saying, and I agree that "Gates" take it to another level of complexity, but I still prefer the "Fragile" songs because I think they are superior melodically. I love "Gates" and respect the hell out of it, but I find myself listening to "South SIde of the Sky" more often because I love the melody. Unfortunately, with the other "Fragile" songs, I've heard them so many times that I'm almost (I said almost!) sick of them. I think we can all agree that both "Gates" and "Fragile" are wonderful and that we are lucky to have them.
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dzx
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Posted: July 27 2008 at 08:40 |
Much as I love Gates, it has to be Fragile. Roundabout is one of Yes' best tracks combining a killer riff and awesome climax whilst remaining very progressive yet accessible for non fans. Hell, even my best mate, uber Rush fan and confirmed Yes hater loves it
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was that just an Am augmented minor 9th i heard? nice!
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fuxi
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 21:53 |
FRAGILE is a fairly good album, but "Gates" is on a totally different level: one of the few pieces that really seem to work as a superb "prog symphony".
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 21:46 |
I really couldn't deal with an epic and an AWSOME 5 to 10 min song. It's just they reallly can't compare. Not that the Epic is better or the other way round, just that they're different categories. I LOVE Roundabout and Heart of the Sunrise, while I like South Side of the Sky and the fun track, Long Distance Runaround. While Gates of Delirium covers a lot of grounds, some messy sections indeed, but it's a HUGE AMAZING epic. Great Moog, Guitar, Bass and thundering Drums, much better than the almost dull from Tales. And Jon's voice on Soon is wonderful. No vote.
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tszirmay
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 20:58 |
As wonderful an epic as Gates is , the Fragile pieces , as a whole are like a best hits list . Why? because there are some great classic songs there
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puma
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 20:26 |
Why do I have to choose?
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Pnoom!
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 19:20 |
Epignosis wrote:
Relayer is a better album ("To Be Over" is one of my favorite Yes songs), but the four compositions from Fragile are slightly better than just "Gates of Delirium."
Now if it were Fragile versus "The Revealing Science of God," that would be a different matter.
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Yeah, then it would be a no-brainer for Fragile
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 18:28 |
Gates of Delirium for me, despite how much I love Fragile.
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Todd
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 17:31 |
Heart of the Sunrise is my favorite Yes song. Gates of Delirium is in my top five.
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Epignosis
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 16:51 |
Relayer is a better album ("To Be Over" is one of my favorite Yes songs), but the four compositions from Fragile are slightly better than just "Gates of Delirium."
Now if it were Fragile versus "The Revealing Science of God," that would be a different matter.
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febus
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 15:48 |
Everything is just plain good, everything.!.....so no selection!!!
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ProgBagel
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 14:45 |
I'd take those Fragile songs over Gates. I'd take Relayer over Fragile.
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LordOfTheRings
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 14:07 |
"Gates of delirium" eat whole 'Fragile' album,,.
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