Tortoise and Hare Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Floyd!!!! No contest . . . not even a fair comparison!!! Floyd's contribution and influence has been MONUMENTAL!!! Hare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifloveremains Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzy85 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 QUOTE (Tortoise and Hare @ Aug 11 2008, 07:53 PM) Floyd!!!! No contest . . . not even a fair comparison!!! Floyd's contribution and influence has been MONUMENTAL!!! Hare My thoughts exactly. I never really got into Yes all that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 This is such an unfair comparison as it's like asking someone to choose their favorite child. Floyd has to win for me as they were brilliant at both psych AND prog, whereas Yes only prog. Still, voting for Floyd doesn't in any way detract from my serious love of Yes. If there was an option for liking them equally, I probably would have voted for that, even if I do give Floyd the edge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Just like many others on here, this question is a total quandary. I don't know who to vote for. I've been a Yes fu an much longer and seen them live more (3 vs 1). My first instict would be to go with Floyd, but I'd have to do an album by album comparison Floyd (in order of favorites) Animals Meddle Wish You Were Here Dark Side Of The Moon a big drop-off for me at this point to others Yes Relayer Close To The Edge Fragile Yes Album Tales FTO not so big a drop-off at this point to others I'll take Animals over Relayer, but give the nod to CTTE and Fragile. Dark Side over Yes album. From there, Yes takes over. Therefore, Yes gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natch Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Floyd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted August 27, 2008 Author Share Posted August 27, 2008 23 and 23........closer than I thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choose/the/light Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Yes is WAY better! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamneth08 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Vastly different styles and approaches to the way they make music. Both amazing and i cant choose . Skill wise obviously Yes would get the nod. Floyd had the whole atmospheric production quality to them. Yes threw everything at you with there songs. I listen to them for different reasons. They both are amazing!! I cant make a decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Never been a fan of Floyd to be honest. I always found them a bit dull with too much of the "middle class art-school tosser" persona about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas King Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Big fan of both bands, but went with Floyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Changed my vote to Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnify Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) nearly impossible choice - both bands are in my "top tier" of 6 bands (Rush, Zep, Krimson, Yes, Floyd, PT/SW) I could see them as nearly equal in the 70's (Meddle through Animals and Fragile through Going for the One are full of world class albums), and even in the 80's (90125 vs. Momentary Lapse fairly close), but sadly I feel that Yes has somewhat trampled their heritage by continuing on with the name and several inferior releases. Thus, went with Floyd. p.s. I've seen all 3 bands in this poll live (PF in 87 and 94, Yes in 87, 90, 94, 99, 04, 2011, ABWH in 89) Edited January 11, 2018 by cygnify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) Tough vote. Floyd, by a hair. I haven't missed a Floyd, Gilmour, Waters US tour ( in the NY area ) since 1973. I bypassed YES tours late 70's/ early 80's . Don't Kill the Whale ? I skipped that one. Edited January 12, 2018 by custom55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I went with Pink Floyd, even thought Close to the Edge beats every album by Pink Floyd. I like more Pink Floyd albums overall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Yes hands down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 YES 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vV8QrtVEtuo/UnNfnFJj01I/AAAAAAAABxo/Nkomelgjaw4/s1600/Rick+Wakeman++Yes.jpghttp://www.notreble.com/buzz/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Chris-Squire-620x413.jpghttp://www.mitkadem.co.il/files/artists/yes/yes_stevehowe74.jpghttp://solentmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LAT_DRUMMER051009_67027a_8col.jpg Edited January 13, 2018 by Lucas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I can think of 8 Yes albums that I still enjoy to this day.I can think of maybe 4 or 5 Floyd ones. Even though Yes has become a bit of a joke in the past few years, their older material is pretty friggin good, and fun to listen to.PF, not so much, although Piper is a great 60s pop/psych album. Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 PF shows in the 70's were more mind blogging than Yes shows ( >visuals and quad sound ). Both bands gave a great concert experience but PF had an edge. Another reason I voted Floyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) I really go back and forth on this. On the whole, Floyd were the more consistent and high quality band. For a time, about a whole decade, you couldn't go wrong with any of the groups latest projects, they were all their own kinds of masterworks. Dark Side to The Wall is a tough run to beat, even for the biggest bands of all time (even the Beatles and the Stones have a hard time comparing to that run). However, they're work, even at its best, has always felt a little bit less personal to me than Yes. I adore Dark Side Of The Moon, but so does pretty much everybody. When you want to introduce someone to music or albums, very few people are going to argue with DSOTM or WYWH as an entry point. That may sound like high praise for Floyd (and it is), but it's also a little uninviting in a way. Floyd becomes the cliche answer, the critic's choice. And while I shouldn't really care what others think when it comes to my own enjoyment of music, some of pop culture and society's ideas are just too loud to ignore. Yes, on the other hand, are both renown and berated by even their own fans for following their every whim. In many ways they were far more ambitious than Floyd, and in many departments one could argue they were more talented (do I really want to decide between Howe and Gilmore? no). Perhaps they produced fewer masterpieces than Floyd...or perhaps they produced more. It honestly depends on who you ask. Critics never ever saw eye to eye with them, but the young prog rock audience adored them, so they were free to do whatever they pleased for a while. Now, there is the issue of consistency with Yes. Even some of their best albums are prone to severe quality and quantity issues (Fragile and Tales seem to have opposite problems, but both can be crippling). Even die hard Yes fans can tend to admit there are only two or three albums that are INARGUABLY great, though they will certainly have their personal favorites. Every album seems to have a vice about it: "The Yes Album is pre-Wakeman and still not quite the Yes sound, Fragile has too many throwaway tracks, Tales is TOO MUCH, Relayer is too weird and loud, Awake is AOR, 90125 is a sell out!" And those are some of their most beloved albums. Overall, Yes is a harder band to love than Floyd, and not necessarily more rewarding than Floyd, but that feeling you get when you hear strokes of genius come together on one of their albums to whisk you off to another world as vivid as the Roger Dean artwork on the cover...that's what brings you back every time, no matter what anyone else says. So this is very tough. Floyd is the sensible choice really, but Yes is so much more fun. Today, I'll vote Yes. Edited January 15, 2018 by Entre_Perpetuo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) I really go back and forth on this. On the whole, Floyd were the more consistent and high quality band. For a time, about a whole decade, you couldn't go wrong with any of the groups latest projects, they were all their own kinds of masterworks. Dark Side to The Wall is a tough run to beat, even for the biggest bands of all time (even the Beatles and the Stones have a hard time comparing to that run). However, they're work, even at its best, has always felt a little bit less personal to me than Yes. I adore Dark Side Of The Moon, but so does pretty much everybody. When you want to introduce someone to music or albums, very few people are going to argue with DSOTM or WYWH as an entry point. That may sound like high praise for Floyd (and it is), but it's also a little uninviting in a way. Floyd becomes the cliche answer, the critic's choice. And while I shouldn't really care what others think when it comes to my own enjoyment of music, some of pop culture and society's ideas are just too loud to ignore. Yes, on the other hand, are both renown and berated by even their own fans for following their every whim. In many ways they were far more ambitious than Floyd, and in many departments one could argue they were more talented (do I really want to decide between Howe and Gilmore? no). Perhaps they produced fewer masterpieces than Floyd...or perhaps they produced more. It honestly depends on who you ask. Critics never ever saw eye to eye with them, but the young prog rock audience adored them, so they were free to do whatever they pleased for a while. Now, there is the issue of consistency with Yes. Even some of their best albums are prone to severe quality and quantity issues (Fragile and Tales seem to have opposite problems, but both can be crippling). Even die hard Yes fans can tend to admit there are only two or three albums that are INARGUABLY great, though they will certainly have their personal favorites. Every album seems to have a vice about it: "The Yes Album is pre-Wakeman and still not quite the Yes sound, Fragile has too many throwaway tracks, Tales is TOO MUCH, Relayer is too weird and loud, Awake is AOR, 90125 is a sell out!" And those are some of their most beloved albums. Overall, Yes is a harder band to love than Floyd, and not necessarily more rewarding than Floyd, but that feeling you get when you hear strokes of genius come together on one of their albums to whisk you off to another world as vivid as the Roger Dean artwork on the cover...that's what brings you back every time, no matter what anyone else says. So this is very tough. Floyd is the sensible choice really, but Yes is so much more fun. Today, I'll vote Yes. I liked PF when they were into improvisation, up to Meddle/Live at Pompeii. Then the tempos bogged down and Waters bile rose.Saw them in '87 and was rather bored, despite the cool quad sound and exploding beds and such. Everything seemed too meticulously worked out for my taste. Like a ponderously slow Steely Dan! And I loved the shit out of those early Yes albums. Peter Banks is an underrated guitarist. Too bad they buried his guitar with the needless orchestrations of Time and a Word. Relayer didn't float my boat, despite "To Be Over" - a great, great tune. Edited January 15, 2018 by vaportrailer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I really go back and forth on this. On the whole, Floyd were the more consistent and high quality band. For a time, about a whole decade, you couldn't go wrong with any of the groups latest projects, they were all their own kinds of masterworks. Dark Side to The Wall is a tough run to beat, even for the biggest bands of all time (even the Beatles and the Stones have a hard time comparing to that run). However, they're work, even at its best, has always felt a little bit less personal to me than Yes. I adore Dark Side Of The Moon, but so does pretty much everybody. When you want to introduce someone to music or albums, very few people are going to argue with DSOTM or WYWH as an entry point. That may sound like high praise for Floyd (and it is), but it's also a little uninviting in a way. Floyd becomes the cliche answer, the critic's choice. And while I shouldn't really care what others think when it comes to my own enjoyment of music, some of pop culture and society's ideas are just too loud to ignore. Yes, on the other hand, are both renown and berated by even their own fans for following their every whim. In many ways they were far more ambitious than Floyd, and in many departments one could argue they were more talented (do I really want to decide between Howe and Gilmore? no). Perhaps they produced fewer masterpieces than Floyd...or perhaps they produced more. It honestly depends on who you ask. Critics never ever saw eye to eye with them, but the young prog rock audience adored them, so they were free to do whatever they pleased for a while. Now, there is the issue of consistency with Yes. Even some of their best albums are prone to severe quality and quantity issues (Fragile and Tales seem to have opposite problems, but both can be crippling). Even die hard Yes fans can tend to admit there are only two or three albums that are INARGUABLY great, though they will certainly have their personal favorites. Every album seems to have a vice about it: "The Yes Album is pre-Wakeman and still not quite the Yes sound, Fragile has too many throwaway tracks, Tales is TOO MUCH, Relayer is too weird and loud, Awake is AOR, 90125 is a sell out!" And those are some of their most beloved albums. Overall, Yes is a harder band to love than Floyd, and not necessarily more rewarding than Floyd, but that feeling you get when you hear strokes of genius come together on one of their albums to whisk you off to another world as vivid as the Roger Dean artwork on the cover...that's what brings you back every time, no matter what anyone else says. So this is very tough. Floyd is the sensible choice really, but Yes is so much more fun. Today, I'll vote Yes. I liked PF when they were into improvisation, up to Meddle/Live at Pompeii. Then the tempos bogged down and Waters bile rose.Saw them in '87 and was rather bored, despite the cool quad sound and exploding beds and such. Everything seemed too meticulously worked out for my taste. Like a ponderously slow Steely Dan! And I loved the shit out of those early Yes albums. Peter Banks is an underrated guitarist. Too bad they buried his guitar with the needless orchestrations of Time and a Word. Relayer didn't float my boat, despite "To Be Over" - a great, great tune. Aw man... I love Relayer! But I agree with your comment on Peter Banks. Not the virtuosic player maybe Howe was but Banks created the Yes guitar sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I'm going Floyd. I love yes but i listen to Floyd more and they made Animals so. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Yes for me! Never got into Floyd, but I admire their work. Roger Waters playing is superb. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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