LAST Yes/Genesis Poll ever.... The Ultimate battle

Finally, time has come to put these two bands together face to face. So pick you favorite out of these two. of course, I'm quite overrating the strength of my poll, as I'm quite sure more Y/G polls will appear no matter what...

I voted for Genesis, but now I feel like voting for Yes. Someone please make a new poll on this.

I voted for Yes but now I want to vote for Genesis. New poll!

Logan wrote: It will be interesting to correlate the results of this poll with earlier Yes vs. Genesis polls to see how attitudes have changed, or not changed.  New posters come; old posters go.  Tastes change over time, but these have always been top-rated bands by a great deal of people here.  I'll just mention a few of the polls that have Yes vs. Genesis (some are song-based, some mention a third band, and in one not listed here, the poll question is about which is harder to get into -- actually, i will include that because some might find the results interesting -- I'd though of both as beginner level prog; maybe cause I started with them, and thought of neither as challenging in any way, though probably harder to get into if you're already into different prog (I grew up with the stuff thanks to my brothers)). Ultimate Prog Tournament 4-1: Yes v. Genesis By MovingPictures07, March 11 2008 at 21:57 Poll Question: Which do you prefer? Vote Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics < name="votice" value="58384" id="P58384" =""> Yes 93 [51.96%] < name="votice" value="58385" id="P58385" =""> Genesis 86 [48.04%] ........................................................................................................... Yes or Genesis By Ely78, July 25 2007 at 17:14 Poll Question: Who is your favourite? Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics Yes 59 [55.14%] Genesis 48 [44.86%] .................................................................................................................................. Yes or Genesis By Tenth Chaffinch, October 31 2006 at 13:49 ......................................................................................................................... Yes Vs Genesis By Olympus, October 03 2005 at 03:08 Poll Question: Which is better OVERALL Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics YES 212 [62.91%] GENESIS 125 [37.09%] ................................................................................................................ Different question; same groups. Harder to get into: Yes or Genesis? By Sasquamo, November 12 2006 at 14:21 Poll Question: Which band did you have more trouble liking? Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics Genesis 58 [34.94%] Yes 52 [31.33%] I didn't have trouble with either band 54 [32.53%] I haven't gotten into either band 2 [1.20%] ....................................................................................................................... And a very fun one by The T himself: Final confrontation: Genesis vs Yes vs DT By The T, December 17 2006 at 22:5 Poll Question: Which one do you prefer? Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics Genesis 52 [47.27%] Yes 31 [28.18%] Dream Theater 20 [18.18%] I can't decide... they are all superb as in superb 3 [2.73%] Not even J. Lo is as overrated as these three 4 [3.64%]

This is indeed very interesting. Yes tends to have a very slight edge consistently, however, and I don't see this poll being too deviant. What really intrigued me was the last sample where DT was thrown in; it really mixed things up and gave a decent advantage to Genesis. Does this mean more DT fans are Yes fans than DT fans are Genesis fans? Maybe, maybe not.

This also makes me think that I should, with enough time to pass, eventually hold another Ultimate Prog Tournament series (or something similar), probably with some different contenders and different matchups.

I've voted Yes in the last polls, and in that time I didn't apreciate Genesis as I do now. Now Genesis are one of my faves, I got all their Prog era albums.

This question has been done lately on my house, to my father, brother and me. My brother went with Yes, my dad with both(lol), and I really needed to think about it.

Yes has Fragile, CTTE, The Yes Album, Yes, Time and a Word, Tales, Relayer and Drama.

Genesis has Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, SEBTP, TLLDOB, W&W, We Can't Dance and Duke.

Both have the same amount of albums that I really like from them.

Though I have decided to go with Genesis, this time. Supper's Ready beats almost any Yes epic, exception would be The Revealing Science of God.

Yes(till Going for the one)but Genesis(1969/1977)also belongs to my prog bands TOP 5.It's like asking

Well, trying to act like this hasn't been done a hundred times till now:

I'm more of a VdGG and King Crimson kind of guy, but Genesis are definitely in my top 5. Yes, on the other hand, never made it that high. I've made some Yes-Genesis comparisons in my life, especially because both bands oriented towards pop in the 80s. While I'm half-as-satisfied about Genesis's pop as The T sounds pleased, I'm instead hurt by 80% of Yes pop that's been done, it's, in other words, a way more miserable experience.

As for the classic, ever-important best stuff, you know me about CTTE. On the other hand, Fragile, Relayer and, yes!, Going For The One are the great Yes albums. In Genesis, however, I mostly love everything from Trespass to Wing & Wuthering, extending to a good Duke that, this time, isn't comparable with Drama or such from Yes, but more with Nude by Camel (as strength and one-more-breath of good in-styled prog).

Peter Gabriel is my second favourite prog vocalist in the Universe, next to Peter Hammill, so it's really no contest with Jon Anderson, who is still behind two more Andersons (Ian & Laurie), Barrett/Gilmour, G. Lee. the 2 Marillions...it's just no contest.

Both bands' symphonic prog sound is immense, I can't be a fool not to credit both, and while Yes's ingenuity and clear-throughness is brilliant, Genesis's artistry wins again,  even if not by that much of a great distance this time, for me. If I were to transpose into the 70s (my only regret being that I haven't lived together with the prog rock movement), I think both bands, along with the rest of the giants, would have been an oasis of euphoria each time they would have come with something new, but, nevertheless, knowing myself, I would have still probably liked Genesis more.

Yes wins with the covers, wins with Bill Bruford as a complete musician over Phil Collins and perhaps, yes indeed, with Rick Wakeman as keyboardist, as, right now, I'm not picturing myself as that much of a Banks fan. Between Hackett and Howe there's most of the times a tie (until Howe sings. ).

As soloists, Anderson has done nothing but to fool around with music after some strong first two or three albums: cheerful, meditative or just dance/song moods. Gabriel, on the other hand, is again my second favourite musicians, as soloist, after yet again that same Hammill. No contest here.

Rick Wakeman's been credited as symphonic prog for his 70s work, more precisely for about 4-5 albums, in rest there are over 100 which are new-age or worse. Nothing much to say about this. But I hear Banks is quite a dubious artist, when solo, himself. So it's probably again that I prefer Wakeman more.

Hackett has a great, complex, pleasant solo carrier. Howe's a bit more "discovered" (an expression I use for fragile in my piano study, nevermind...), his first albums being insignificant and from his 90s stuff having good moments.

About Phil Collins - Bill Bruford, I've already said. Bruford is a thousand times more complete musician, he gets my credit fully.

Uhm...anything I haven't analysed?

If this is enough, then I'll recap my verdict: Genesis wins my heart, Yes is essentially super fine, but not at all the super fine band.

YES

Ricochet wrote: Well, trying to act like this hasn't been done a hundred times till now: I'm more of a VdGG and King Crimson kind of guy, but Genesis are definitely in my top 5. Yes, on the other hand, never made it that high. I've made some Yes-Genesis comparisons in my life, especially because both bands oriented towards pop in the 80s. While I'm half-as-satisfied about Genesis's pop as The T sounds pleased, I'm instead hurt by 80% of Yes pop that's been done, it's, in other words, a way more miserable experience. As for the classic, ever-important best stuff, you know me about CTTE. On the other hand, Fragile, Relayer and, yes!, Going For The One are the great Yes albums. In Genesis, however, I mostly love everything from Trespass to Wing & Wuthering, extending to a good Duke that, this time, isn't comparable with Drama or such from Yes, but more with Nude by Camel (as strength and one-more-breath of good in-styled prog). Peter Gabriel is my second favourite prog vocalist in the Universe, next to Peter Hammill, so it's really no contest with Jon Anderson, who is still behind two more Andersons (Ian & Laurie), Barrett/Gilmour, G. Lee. the 2 Marillions...it's just no contest. Both bands' symphonic prog sound is immense, I can't be a fool not to credit both, and while Yes's ingenuity and clear-throughness is brilliant, Genesis's artistry wins again,  even if not by that much of a great distance this time, for me. If I were to transpose into the 70s (my only regret being that I haven't lived together with the prog rock movement), I think both bands, along with the rest of the giants, would have been an oasis of euphoria each time they would have come with something new, but, nevertheless, knowing myself, I would have still probably liked Genesis more. Yes wins with the covers, wins with Bill Bruford as a complete musician over Phil Collins and perhaps, yes indeed, with Rick Wakeman as keyboardist, as, right now, I'm not picturing myself as that much of a Banks fan. Between Hackett and Howe there's most of the times a tie (until Howe sings. ). As soloists, Anderson has done nothing but to fool around with music after some strong first two or three albums: cheerful, meditative or just dance/song moods. Gabriel, on the other hand, is again my second favourite musicians, as soloist, after yet again that same Hammill. No contest here. Rick Wakeman's been credited as symphonic prog for his 70s work, more precisely for about 4-5 albums, in rest there are over 100 which are new-age or worse. Nothing much to say about this. But I hear Banks is quite a dubious artist, when solo, himself. So it's probably again that I prefer Wakeman more. Hackett has a great, complex, pleasant solo carrier. Howe's a bit more "discovered" (an expression I use for fragile in my piano study, nevermind...), his first albums being insignificant and from his 90s stuff having good moments. About Phil Collins - Bill Bruford, I've already said. Bruford is a thousand times more complete musician, he gets my credit fully. Uhm...anything I haven't analysed? If this is enough, then I'll recap my verdict:

whoops....  your verdict sort of got mangled there .... but from what I read... you deserve some clappies. It isn't easy  to make a 5 course meal from decomposed road kill

Stool Man wrote: never heard any Yes albums in my life But really, Pink Floyd are far better

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