agkagk
(Aurora, Ontario, Canada) | | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 20:06 | |
My all-time favorite group.
When I was in university in the early '70s, I volunteered for a psychology experiment (an easy $30. Good money for a poor student). They put me in a dark room with headphones on for about 30 minutes. I'm guessing I was in the control group of that experiment, because nothing happened for 30 minutes. Not a single sound eminated from those headphones. So I entertained myself by playing the entire Side 1 of "Tales from Topographic Oceans" in my head. Who needs headphones when you've played that album so many times it's indelibly imprinted (and the grooves have been flattened).
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 20:00 | |
"Starship Trooper"—
1.Life Seeker (Anderson)
2.Disillusion (Squire)
3.Würm (Howe)
Though "Disillusion" is credited solely to Chris Squire, Jon Anderson later revealed that he and Squire wrote the song together, taking 2 lines each...
I. Life Seeker
(Anderson)
Sister Bluebird flying high above,
Shine your wings forward to the sun.
Hide the mysteries of life on your way.
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word.
What you don't know, I have never heard. Starship Trooper, go sailing on by;
Catch my soul; catch the very night.
Hide the moment from my eager eyes.
Though you've seen them, please don't tell a soul.
What you can't see, can't be very whole. Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember,
Setting up of other roads, travel on in old accustomed ways.
I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that,
In the knowledge of the land, spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways. Mother life, hold firmly on to me.
Catch my knowledge higher than the day.
Lose as much as only you can show.
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word.
What I don't know, I have never shared. II. Disillusion
(Squire) Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever.
All I know can be shown by your acceptance of the fact there shown before you.
Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to see
that this is all confusion.
As I see a new day in me, I can also show if you and you may follow. Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember,
Setting up of other roads, travel on in old accustomed ways.
I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that,
In the knowledge of the land, spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways. III: Würm (Instrumental)
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Carl
(The Summit City) | | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 20:00 | |
Wow, this just gets better and better! I've upped my rating twice listening to it now!
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plaice3
| | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 19:57 | |
Still sends me soaring  |
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linzie
| | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 19:52 | |
Great song...god, I'm getting older yet...
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Jul 18, 2010 - 22:03 | |
Crap - I missed this song! I love Yes's music. And my typing is slow and pondorous because my fingers aren't working. Sorry - I'm doing my best. Now, I'm hearing "Nothing But Flowers" and it's really good, but this post is just a shot in the dark. Damned fingers. I used to be able to type 93 wpm. I've revised my resumé. Not willing to divulge what my current wpm is, but it's pretty embarrassing. Still, the fingers work, so I can still type. I pick my battles. And I love all my RadioParadise people.
Off to bed - long week starting tomorrow - I'm guessing that no amount of sunscreen will help, and those damned gnats (bro calls them "wings and teeth" and he's got it right) seem to love me. Rubbing lemon balm on my extremeties helps, but I'm the waterer, so I get wet, and that lemombalm-balm sorta goes away.
To yank this back onto the topic of music: "Starship Trooper" was a really great song I listened to a lot when I was staying with my friend Sheila Crapo, who took me in temporarily before a disastrous stint in California.
Guh - shutting up now.
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 18, 2010 - 21:27 | |
Jelani wrote:amazing. not one derogatory comment on this page about this song.
I don't think I've ever seen that(maybe not looking hard enough?) here.
But anyway, this doesn't deserve a negative comment, from my perspective.
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: May 16, 2010 - 06:01 | |
amazing. not one derogatory comment on this page about this song.
I don't think I've ever seen that(maybe not looking hard enough?) here.
But anyway, this doesn't deserve a negative comment, from my perspective.
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DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 11:34 | |
Some kind of purple haze, 1972 and Yes - I can fly.
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nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 11:31 | |
bluedot wrote:
You are right about that! Wakeman appeared on the the next Yes album, "Fragile."
Tony Kaye did return years later in one (or more?) of their reunion configurations.
In spite of all of Rick's flash and talent, I actually love Tony Kaye's more laid-back keyboards on this earlier Yes stuff.
And that's Tony with a cast on his foot on the album cover. Poor fellow had been in an accident shortly before their session with the photographer. |
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cybrbug
(Appleton, WI) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 11:30 | |
I love these guys... always did - always will :-)
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gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 11:29 | |
omg. brain busting paradigm busting revelation.
I'm in high school... 1971.... and there they are. Out of nowhere. Yes.
I've been under their spell ever since.
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Alpine
(N39d39mW121d30m) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 11:28 | |
Man, this was our party music back in 76, 77. Killed a lot of brain cells then. |
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Propayne
(Richmond VA) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 11:28 | |
Love Bill Bruford.
Wish he would come out of retirement.
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sadjester
(Whittier, CA USA) | | Posted: Mar 13, 2010 - 20:51 | |
Wonder if we could get RP replace all Tom Petty netplay with Yes?
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dedawson
(You never know where you're going til you get there) | | Posted: Mar 13, 2010 - 20:36 | |
Remember the first time I heard these guys in the early 70's. It was an honest to goodness awakening into where music could go. Could sit back and see whole stories in their music. Incredible, and for the ages!
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floydoftherocks
(Frisco) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 07:40 | |
way ahead of their time.....
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wafflecrotch
(Philadelphia, PA) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 07:18 | |
Can never get hurt with Starship Trooper or anything else from the Yes Album.
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anotherlistener
(outside Bawlmer) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 07:17 | |
One of my favorite "Crank it Up" tunes. Thanks RP
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EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 07:13 | |
Nearly as good as fish n' chips
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RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 07:13 | |
Tony Kaye on Keyboards here, but on the Yessongs (live) version, Wakeman does a killer MiniMoog solo in the outro.
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bluedot
(Long Beach, CA) | | Posted: Jan 09, 2010 - 20:35 | |
gekkosan wrote:
Nice, but Wakeman (one of my heroes) came later. I believe that's Tony Kaye at the keyboards here.
You are right about that! Wakeman appeared on the the next Yes album, "Fragile." Tony Kaye did return years later in one (or more?) of their reunion configurations. In spite of all of Rick's flash and talent, I actually love Tony Kaye's more laid-back keyboards on this earlier Yes stuff. |
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: Dec 27, 2009 - 16:14 | |
gekkosan wrote:
Nice, but Wakeman (one of my heroes) came later. I believe that's Tony Kaye at the keyboards here.
1. "Live performance of Jane Seymour from Rick Wakeman's awesome 'Made in Cuba' dvd."
2. "Starship Trooper" - 9:25, "Life Seeker" (Anderson), "Disillusion" (Squire), "Würm" (Howe), from the "The Yes Album", the band's third album (1971), and Personnel are:Jon Anderson - vocals Bill Bruford - Drums, percussion Steve Howe - Electric and acoustic guitars, Vachalia, vocals Tony Kaye - Piano, organ, Moog synthesiser Chris Squire - Bass guitar, vocals Colin Goldring - Recorders on "I've Seen All Good People"
so you are right about Tony Kaye on piano, sunthesiser! Ty.
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calypsus_1
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jeepstir
(the dark side of hell) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 12:19 | |
This tune on their live DVD in Amsterdam, with the wonderful young orchestra (most of whom were not even born when this song originally came out), while arguable maybe not the best rendition of the song, is definitely, to me, one of the most enjoyable. As is the whole DVD.
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gekkosan
(Ithaca, NY) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 12:08 | |
calypsus_1 wrote:Rick Wakeman - "Jane Seymour" Live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7WbU1v0rVU
"Reminds me of Bach"
"this is clearly inspired by the toccata and fugue in D minor by J.S. Bach, has almost same structure... He's playing a GEM keyboard, probably an S2... Proud to be italian for this :) the other one seems to be a minimoog... " Nice, but Wakeman (one of my heroes) came later. I believe that's Tony Kaye at the keyboards here. |
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drictor
(Victor, ID) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 12:05 | |
nagsheadlocal wrote:Man, does this take me back. For me as a budding music student at the ripe age of 15, it was evidence that rock was progressing into something much more elegant and complex. The arrival of jazz fusion a year or so later only cemented that idea in my head.
Is this dated? Perhaps. You could say the same about Ravel or Debussy. But it's still glorious music.
When I first heard Porcupine Tree a few years ago (thanks, RP!) my first thought was "Ah, the sons and daughters of Yes have finally arrived . . . "
Yeah, what he said. Except that I wasn't a budding music student, just a wanna be hipster high school kid... |
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westslope
(BC coast) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 12:02 | |
nagsheadlocal wrote:.... When I first heard Porcupine Tree a few years ago (thanks, RP!) my first thought was "Ah, the sons and daughters of Yes have finally arrived . . . "
Interesting. Back in my adolescent years, the early 1970s, Yes was my favourite rock band. Now it Porcupine Tree. Every now and then I hear a guitar lick in PT that reminds me of Steve Howe. Still love Yes but the great thing about PT is that it is better than Yes with much wider audience appeal. This song still rocks. Owned the vinyl once upon a time. |
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Pyro
| | Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 12:00 | |
nagsheadlocal wrote:Man, does this take me back. For me as a budding music student at the ripe age of 15, it was evidence that rock was progressing into something much more elegant and complex. The arrival of jazz fusion a year or so later only cemented that idea in my head.
Is this dated? Perhaps. You could say the same about Ravel or Debussy. But it's still glorious music.
When I first heard Porcupine Tree a few years ago (thanks, RP!) my first thought was "Ah, the sons and daughters of Yes have finally arrived . . . "
I'm so with you on this. And dated or no, this rates a RARE 10 from me. It STILL gives me goosebumps.... |
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 11:59 | |
fantastic song from a great band... virtuosos...
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