Relayer
(Gainesville, FL) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 07:23 | |
My RP screen name shows that I am a huge Yes fan. But I am also a huge Yes critic.
Quick summary of Yes albums (incomplete list):
Early albums were amazing, perfection of prog rock:
The Yes Album: Awesome.
Fragile: ground breaking, full of prog rock goodness
Close to the Edge: taking it to the next level, great, but should have been the limit of their prog aspirations
Tales from Topographic Oceans: they went off the deep end
Relayer: back stepping to something a little more accessible, but still a tad over the top
Going for the One: great album, finally the band is back on track
Tormato: garbage
Drama: a much needed change/shake up, more rock, less prog, a precursor/complicated version of the next album 90125
90125: full on 80s rock, people who liked Close to the Edge hate this album, but it was a good rock album, but not quite a Yes album
Big Generator: full redemption in my book with that it was modern rock, slight prog influence, and lasted well
Union: a half baked album, should not have been released.
Talk: a modern take on prog rock, and man it worked well. Old and young Yes fans like it.
After that a string of ho-hum albums, and a couple of total crap albums (Open Your Eyes & Fly From Here)
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ccjemmett
(Toronto) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 07:21 | |
people who go mind-numb over long songs probably do so easily anyway
great song Great Band.
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ScottishWillie
(The Scottish Lowlands) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 07:16 | |
fredriley wrote:If the answer's Yes, you're asking the wrong question. This bunch were great in their day, a supergroup in the mould of ELP, but their gnomic lyrics which promised much but meant little, their mystical pretensions, and above all the sheer mind-numbing length of their songs, really grated once punk blew supergroups away. I pretended to be into Yes when a callow adolescent as all my pseudo-intellectual 'mates' were into them as they seemed to be saying something profound full of mystical ineffable wossnames, the same as we were all into Gong, Amon Duul, ELP and the rest, but we were all deluding ourselves into believing that we were intellectuals who should be hanging out on Paris's Rive Gauche with Sartre and Camus, rather than spotty nerds in the stagnant backwaters of Luton. Hearing Yes now is just an embarrassment :o( I totally agree with your comments about pretentious lyrics and fans (I was one of these callow adolescent with pseudo-intellectual mates) but I don't mind admitting, I liked them then and still like them now. Yes was a stage I went through (like spots) and its part of what made me what I am today and I don’t feel embarrassed to say it. |
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Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 07:10 | |
Bleagh, I stand by my earlier opinion; too much showing off, not enough real evocation of emotion.
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MassivRuss
(The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - God Save It!) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 07:08 | |
Nice sequence Bill: Floyd - then Porcupine Tree - Day in the Life, Roundabout. I can practically feel the tasty 70's sweet bud.  |
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xtalman
(What dimension?) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 07:04 | |
It's dated but so am I so I like it. A lot of "music" produced now will probably produce the same response in what 40 years.
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ccjemmett
(Toronto) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 07:02 | |
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aspicer
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 06:59 | |
bachbeet wrote:Never really got into this group.
Wow?! So what did you get into? Curious....really. |
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bachbeet
| | Posted: May 11, 2013 - 21:08 | |
Never really got into this group.
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TerryS
(Another SW) | | Posted: May 11, 2013 - 21:04 | |
Ya gotta love that Pro Grock stuff. |
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: May 11, 2013 - 21:00 | |
Everybody in my church loves this song...
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 16:46 | |
fredriley wrote:If the answer's Yes, you're asking the wrong question. This bunch were great in their day, a supergroup in the mould of ELP, but their gnomic lyrics which promised much but meant little, their mystical pretensions, and above all the sheer mind-numbing length of their songs, really grated once punk blew supergroups away. I pretended to be into Yes when a callow adolescent as all my pseudo-intellectual 'mates' were into them as they seemed to be saying something profound full of mystical ineffable wossnames, the same as we were all into Gong, Amon Duul, ELP and the rest, but we were all deluding ourselves into believing that we were intellectuals who should be hanging out on Paris's Rive Gauche with Sartre and Camus, rather than spotty nerds in the stagnant backwaters of Luton. Hearing Yes now is just an embarrassment :o(
Oh, and I always hated the singer's tyke accent. I've nowt against Yorkshire fowk, 'appen, having lived there many a year and adopting t'accent mesen, but something about the singer always grated, maybe because he was always out of tune.
Ok, 'personal issues' aired. I feel so much better for that now, doctor. Is it time for my medication yet?
I love ya Fred, and feel the same about lyrics, but for me it's the music. It is good. Beyond good. And the lyricist I always took as another instrument in the form of a foreign language I don't know, but fills in nicely. |
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2013 - 06:07 | |
If the answer's Yes, you're asking the wrong question. This bunch were great in their day, a supergroup in the mould of ELP, but their gnomic lyrics which promised much but meant little, their mystical pretensions, and above all the sheer mind-numbing length of their songs, really grated once punk blew supergroups away. I pretended to be into Yes when a callow adolescent as all my pseudo-intellectual 'mates' were into them as they seemed to be saying something profound full of mystical ineffable wossnames, the same as we were all into Gong, Amon Duul, ELP and the rest, but we were all deluding ourselves into believing that we were intellectuals who should be hanging out on Paris's Rive Gauche with Sartre and Camus, rather than spotty nerds in the stagnant backwaters of Luton. Hearing Yes now is just an embarrassment :o(
Oh, and I always hated the singer's tyke accent. I've nowt against Yorkshire fowk, 'appen, having lived there many a year and adopting t'accent mesen, but something about the singer always grated, maybe because he was always out of tune.
Ok, 'personal issues' aired. I feel so much better for that now, doctor. Is it time for my medication yet?
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rascal
(Toronto) | | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 21:23 | |
Ohh to hear this on vinyl.....
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Dav3thedog
| | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 21:14 | |
Instantly back in ... 1972? Can that be right?! |
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 21:12 | |
This classic is soooo marvelous... love it...
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ScottN
(Condo in Gaza needs remodeling. Still, I Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 13:04 | |
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jt1
| | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 14:19 | |
This was the first record I bought. I think I paid 99p for it (second-hand) in a cool record shop that has not existed for a very long time.
I seem to remember needing to listen to it a few times before it grew on me, but since it was the only record I'd bought I didn't have too many options other than to give it a few listens. |
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capandjudy
(Huntington, WV) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 04:52 | |
TJS wrote:One of the best basslines in Rock history Suddenly everyone was playing Rickenbackers strung with Rotosound round wound strings. |
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Agresso
| | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 04:16 | |
YES. In Radio. And then Roundabout. Great! Thank you for making my days at work always perfectly.
Greetings from Erlangen, Germany
Agresso
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ralphf
(Osaka, Japan) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 04:05 | |
YES was the first rock band that I really became a fan of. Some of their stuff sounds outdated now and perhaps, they got excessive and missed the mark with some later works such as, "Tales from Topographic Oceans." But, even so, I am glad I spent those many hours listening to this group. At least they were original and weren't afraid to try to be different. Much more Musicians than, "Stars."
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oilydwarf
| | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 04:03 | |
Guess you had to be there....
I wasn't so please......make........it...........STOP!!!!
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bev
(Reno, NV) | | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:47 | |
Love all the comments that include personal memories this song evokes. Music can be amazing that way. This tune is incredibly evocative and generally in all the right ways! Headphones on and volume UP!
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Zep
| | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:43 | |
Some fine progressive rock.
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:39 | |
Never had much use for prog, but this one's some great rock'n'roll.
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rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands) | | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:37 | |
TJS wrote:One of the best basslines in Rock history ...agreed......and one of the worst voices in rock history..... |
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toterola
(Further) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 21:38 | |
I love this album too. But I am stunned by their later work (owner of the lonely heart? WTF?)  |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 21:34 | |
bingo by jingo... love this song— love this whole album...
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drewd
| | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 10:46 | |
Awesome to hear this today. I have to rate it a 10.
My number of tens is slowly growing.
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TJS
(Bradley, Il) | | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 10:42 | |
One of the best basslines in Rock history
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