Do you find that Led Zeppelin fans don't like The Who & Vice Versa?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

40. First, your post above was really good (#9)

90125 came out when I was in college. IIRC, it is Yes with Squires & Wakeman, but without Steve Howe (who was with Asia at that point). It's a little more Pop than earlier Yes albums, but still worthwhile.

You and I are close to the same age (you are like 2 years older). When I was in high school, when most people said "I like Yes", what they really meant was "I like Fragile and The Yes Album. They run a real streak of not particularly well-received albums: Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), Relayer (1974), Going for the One (1977), and Tormato (1978). I can tell you that these albums could he had for $1-2 in bargain bins at our local record stores in the early 80s. That is not to be construed as hating on Yes. Howe is a brilliant, technically excellent guitarist. Squires and Wakeman were similarly proficient, and Anderson had a trademark, high pitched voice. Personally, I'm a big fan of the Anderson/Vangelis team-up on "The Friends of Mr. Cairo."

I make this point because Pink Floyd isn't rally that different. They were certainly successful in England before they were successful in the US, but when most people say "I like Pink Floyd" they are really saying "I like 'The Wall', 'Wish You Were Here', and 'Dark Side of the Moon.'" I know very few people that are really into "Atom Heart Mother", "A Saucer Full of Secrets", and "Ummagumma." I'd argue that "Meddle" and "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" became more popular after "DSOTM" became popular in the US, and I'd similarly assert that "Animals" wasn't terribly popular when it came out, but when "The Wall" (one of the era's masterworks) came out, people saw it as kind of a stepping stone -- much as LZ III wasn't well received when it was released, but was seen in a different light after "Runes/Untitled/Zozo" and "Houses of the Holy" came out - it was seen as a step from one era to another.