I like them both, but not unreservedly. Yes have made a lot of great albums, like Close to the Edge and Fragile, but Yes Tor-mato and Open Your Eyes (apart from the title track) are stinkers. In the Court of the Crimson King is fantastic, especially 21st Century Schizoid Man, but from Discipline onwards they were a different band and sounded like Talking Heads. I saw them live, around the time Discipline was released, and the anticipation was massive. Nevertheless, they refused to play Schizoid Man, despite audience requests throughout the show. Robert Fripp sat on a barstool throughout, which he nearly fell off of at one stage, and made weird salutes to the crowd. Disappointing doesn't begin to describe that show. I suppose without Greg Lake and Ian McDonald, they couldn't be King Crimson.
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