Yes Vs. Genesis

Moogtron III wrote: Yes is my favorite band, but Genesis is in my top 3 as well.

Although for me both bands are not Top 5 or so, I like them both, and by and large this would be pretty much of a draw in terms of their musical output, but I can connect somewhat better to Genesis, which is largely Steve Hackett's merit. Also Yes have a certain tendency to show off that dips the balance against them, which is not to deny that I'm often mightily impressed by what they have to show.

It´s Yes to me. Genesis best albums are better than Yes best albums, but Yes hasn´t made such a horrible album as Calling All stations is. And Yes eighties were much better than Genesis.

Fan of both, like most here - but would have to just go for classic period Genesis compared classic period Yes - but very close. Both have had their share of lows since the end of the 70's, although Yes have had the occasional highlight since then.

Fan of both, but went with Yes. 

Genesis on fire?? 

good one man I see we do have a real comedian here..  I nearly spit my beer on the monitor trying to image Genesis showing any pulse much less fire. Ass kicking and genesis do go hand in hand in word association I suppose.

the same band that had to play dress up to get any attention or notice. Definitely didn't get it for putting their audiences to sleep or their mediocre early albums.

I don't like Yes. I have problems with Jon Anderson's voice.

Genesis

70s Genesis > 70s Yes
80s Genesis < 80s Yes
90s Genesis > 90s Yes

I did not like Yes' last two albums.
I did enjoy Magnification.

in the 90s, Yes released some weak stuff. Open your eyes was pretty awful and Union and The Ladder were uneven. Talk was ok, pretty enjoyable.

I actually enjoy We Can't Dance and Calling All Stations.

You're right, of course. I was much too harsh on Genesis in that post. They are definitely a real prog band, and I couldn't argue otherwise. Steve Hackett in some of his solo stuff is at least as good as Steve Howe, it is true. In fact, I like Steve Hackett on Voyage of the Acolyte better than the vast majority of his work with Genesis. Too me, that album has the same kind of guitar sound that I love to hear in Yes music, and it is definitely much better than any of Steve Howe's solo albums. Tony Banks certainly isn't a bad keyboardist or anything, but Rick Wakeman is, in my personal opinion, the best of all prog keyboardists. He had the greatest versatility and, I think, the greatest ability to incorporate a broad range of classical ideas into rock music. Some might argue that Keith Emerson was better at this than Wakeman, but Emerson sometimes sounded like he was forcing the classical music into the song and relied too much on direct references to specific compositions. It all sounds very natural and original with Wakeman, but I digress; this post was about Yes and Genesis, not Yes and ELP. Anyway, there is really only one member of Genesis that I really have a hard time listening to, and that is Peter Gabriel. I just don't dig the sound of his voice or his lyrics. He did have a lot character, though, I have to admit that, and I could probably get myself to like him.

Edited by frajo99 - October 11 2015 at 11:15

Definitely Yes.