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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: June 19 2014 at 03:02 | ||
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: June 19 2014 at 03:08 | ||
I don't understand that poll. Of course, rihanna was the sixth wife of Rick Wakeman and had left him in 1976 to marry Patrick Moraz . But is it the good place to discuss of family affairs ?
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prog4evr
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Posted: June 19 2014 at 19:52 | ||
I say, "Burn the heretic!" Who is with me?... And, until I just voted for Yes, the vote was a 19-to-19 tie...WTF?
Edited by prog4evr - June 19 2014 at 19:54 |
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: June 19 2014 at 20:55 | ||
The first tune I heard from Rihanna was pretty bad, basically the music from Soft Cell's rendition of Tainted Love spliced up a bit with her singing over it. Really bottom of the barrel creativity-wise. Haven't followed her since unless I heard some song of hers but didn't realize it.
Yes has had some clunkers too, so no vote. |
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Metalmarsh89
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Posted: June 19 2014 at 21:42 | ||
I don't recall what Rihanna sounds like, so no vote.
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proggman
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 14 2013 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 1458 |
Posted: June 20 2014 at 13:02 | ||
Yes makes better pop music than Rihanna.
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Prog 74
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Posted: June 21 2014 at 08:38 | ||
Yes at their peak was better than Rihanna will ever be
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Dellinger
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Posted: June 21 2014 at 14:24 | ||
I might actually be tempted to say that Yes at their worst was better than Rhianna will ever be. Though I actually don't know about anything from her to support that claim. I guess I might have heard one or two songs from her somewhere, but didn't even know who it was.
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jude111
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 20 2009 Location: Not Here Status: Offline Points: 1744 |
Posted: June 21 2014 at 23:04 | ||
I have a thing for Rihanna, so I voted for her... ;-) Check out the track Diamonds; it's me fave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA2pjMjpBs Or Umbrella: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBfHwUxHIk
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mongofa
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 26 2011 Location: Zanzibar Status: Offline Points: 410 |
Posted: June 22 2014 at 14:17 | ||
Now this is my kind of poll
My vote goes to Deafheaven Edited by mongofa - June 22 2014 at 14:35 |
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Dellinger
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Posted: June 22 2014 at 18:12 | ||
Oh yeah, I've heard Diamonds all right. Not sure about the other one. Diamonds is OK, I guess. |
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jude111
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Posted: June 22 2014 at 18:39 | ||
Of course I prefer Yes, and I'm not sure I could make it through an entire Rihanna album (I've never even tried), but I like a number of her tracks, and in certain situations (say, with mates at a club, a good mix from a DJ), I'd much rather hear a banging Rihanna track come on than, say, Heart of the Sunrise (or, yikes!: Owner of a Lonely Heart) - neither would work in that situation. ;-)
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mongofa
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Posted: June 22 2014 at 20:16 | ||
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jude111
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Posted: June 22 2014 at 21:09 | ||
The funny thing is, I tried to imagine Jon Anderson singing Rihanna's "Diamonds," and not only can I imagine it being a Yes song (sure, the instrumentation and dance beat would be altered, but with the basic melody), I could also *easily* imagine it being considered by most in here as among the very greatest Yes songs ever made, especially if it were the beautiful ending melody on an epic track like Close to the Edge, Delirium and Awaken. Even the lyrics suits Jon Anderson perfectly. Strip away the modern production and dance beat: I can honestly imagine this as a Yes track, haha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOGBIbqXwYE
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dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20478 |
Posted: June 22 2014 at 21:47 | ||
22 people who actually like Rhianna better than Yes....on a prog forum..?
Seriously...?
They should be rounded up and booted off the forum and then this thread deleted and the forum fumigated just for good measure.
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jude111
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 20 2009 Location: Not Here Status: Offline Points: 1744 |
Posted: June 22 2014 at 22:01 | ||
Even though I admitted earlier to liking Yes more, the reason why I voted for Rihanna was because I found it funny to consider how some white middle-aged males (I'm in this demographic too) would react to a young black r&b female singer from Barbados, whose audience consists mainly of young ethnically-diverse females and teenagers, getting lots of votes in a poll against Yes. (And also, as I said, there are times when I want to hear some Rihanna tracks, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. :-)
Edited by jude111 - June 22 2014 at 22:27 |
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twosteves
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Posted: July 03 2014 at 23:23 | ||
The great Aussie composer Sia is responsible for making Rhianna sound good----
But of course I voted for YES Edited by twosteves - July 03 2014 at 23:24 |
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kingesis2
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Posted: July 05 2014 at 11:04 | ||
Rhianna made monsters like Close to the Edge, Relayer and Fragile, Yes only makes duets with Eminem and Shakira and makes terrible pop albums...
Oh wait, they really did Now seriously, if we are looking it in a retrospective way Yes beats up Rhianna and I don´t need to explain because we all know who is Yes, but in the present Yes is making mediocre music (listen to the new album) still with the "prog" name, is it really "prog"?, Rhianna at least is making good music at her genre...
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Michael678
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 02 2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2466 |
Posted: July 05 2014 at 17:39 | ||
Rihanna - 22
Yes - 28 NOW we're getting somewhere!!
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giselle
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Posted: July 08 2014 at 02:40 | ||
I can't see how you can compare two so vastly different acts, it's purely personal taste (but then, most so-called critiques are!). On that basis alone, it has to be Yes for me.
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