Larks' Tongues in Aspic vs Relayer

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 AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I had to think about that for a second since Bruford has played with both bands. 

Did you know that Bill Bruford also played on Chris Squire's "Fish out of Water" album?
Bruford and Squire's rhythmic duo is what I like the most about Yes so I'm not very enthusiastic about anything after CTTE. I even prefer TAAW to Relayer 
Yeah, a glaring omission in my collection 

 AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

As much as it disappoints me, the truth is that Yes and Genesis are no longer the gateway bands for those getting into prog for the first time. Sure, for some maybe but not for the majority of the younger prog fans. It wasn't like this for a long time but Yes and most of the other classic seventies prog bands(with the exception of PF and maybe KC; Rush too but they weren't really part of the original prog wave in most respects)have been buried underneath all the prog metal and newer prog stuff(including post rock)that gets more recognition and attention these days. Ultimately, most people(especially younger folks)are social creatures and will gravitate towards what their friends like and what their friends think is hip and cool. If liking ELP and Yes and Genesis isn't cool or hip then they are out as far as prog goes. Most of the fans on this forum though go deeper and are a bit more open minded and hardcore so don't really make up the typical prog fans(same thing for some of the other prog sites and fb groups). Most of the general discussion boards though like reddit and all the gamer ones and general music forums that have prog mentioned or a special little prog section seem to get responses mostly from the young hipster prog fans who are in love with Riverside, Haken and Opeth but don't have any PG era Genesis or Yes albums or more obscure vintage albums. 
Speaking as someone who got into Prog in this decade (although I don't like Metal much), what kept me from getting into bands like PF, Genesis or Yes was listening to their 80's hits on the radio. That's the uncool stuff! It took some incentive to explore more from them, respectively: seeing The Australian Pink Floyd, listening to Firth of Fifth on a web radio, seeing Roger Dean's artwork (as part of Fly From Here's promotion) and wondering how was the music behind it  I never even heard of King Crimson until ITCOTCK was suggested by Youtube 

Poll Question: Which do you prefer? Larks' Tongues in Aspic or Relayer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Larks' Tongues in Aspic by King Crimson	45	[54.22%]
Relayer by Yes	34	[40.96%]
Neither	1	[1.20%]
Both equally	3	[3.61%]
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