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I've Seen All Good People The Yes Album (1971) Buy CD Buy MP3 |
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WonderLizard Mar 09, 2012 - 19:41 | I don't think you have to drop to your knees and confess ("CONFESS, brothah!"—Fred, this applies to you) that you liked, lionized even, prog rock before punk brought you (indeed an entire culture) to your senses. It was what it was, at time excessive, and at times transcendent, like this extended bit of indulgence. But once you sort of poke past all the excesses that prog came to represent, you find amazing musicianship and a sense of cohesiveness to the composition. Overblown? Maybe. But I find this one eminently listenable today, and, folks, I was an avowed destroyer of all things prog back then. You learn; you grow. |
iTuner Jan 06, 2012 - 07:41 | Recognize the history and importance of this song but I'd be fine if I never heard it again. |
PA1749 Dec 05, 2011 - 12:32 | Yes is one of the groups that I really respect but have never been able to make a personal connection with. Owner of a Lonely Heart and Love Will Find a Way might be the exceptions. I've never spent a cent on Yes but they can groove. |
steeler Dec 05, 2011 - 12:30 | fredriley wrote: "hobbit-rock" - nice one! I wish I'd coined that phrase. Back in the day (that'll be the decadent progrock early 70s, before punk exploded all pretentions with its rude and necessary vitality) I and my pretentious mates at college were into ELP, Yes, Gong, Amon Duul and similar. I used to dream of appearing on stage with Keith Emerson and playing synth riffs. I wrote ELP on school desks, quoted their lyrics, expounded on their musical virtuosity, and generally though that they were the dog's bollox. Which I suppose they were at the time, but virtually nothing of theirs is now listenable to by any other than the nostalgic. A couple of Greg Lake songs, and that's about it. Albums like Brain Salad Surgery are as distinctive markers of their time as fossils are in determining the age of rocks. I could no more listen to ELP now than stick needles in my ears, and that applies tenfold to the execrable Yes (if Yes is the answer, you're asking the wrong question). I don't look back on my tastes in the 70s with disgust or shame - that was a different time, I was a different person, and progrock was a necessary antidote to the social turmoil of Britain at that time. I enjoyed ELP and Yes then, as did many others. Even though we knew in our hearts that the lyrics were gnomically meaningless, the 20-minute tracks hideously overblown, and the baroque synth solos from Wakeman and Emerson plain self-indulgent noodling, we revelled in it. However, that was then, this is now. Some artists' work (eg Hendrix, Floyd, Clapton, Kraftwerk ) straddles the decades and will still be listened to for decades to come, some is specific to its time. Hendrix, Floyd, Clapton . . . Kraftwerk? |
Jelani Dec 05, 2011 - 12:26 | YES! |
(former member) Nov 03, 2011 - 21:27 | brilliant.. love it...  |
kcar Sep 01, 2011 - 23:08 | fredriley wrote: "hobbit-rock" - nice one! I wish I'd coined that phrase. Back in the day (that'll be the decadent progrock early 70s, before punk exploded all pretentions with its rude and necessary vitality) I and my pretentious mates at college were into ELP, Yes, Gong, Amon Duul and similar. I used to dream of appearing on stage with Keith Emerson and playing synth riffs. I wrote ELP on school desks, quoted their lyrics, expounded on their musical virtuosity, and generally though that they were the dog's bollox. Which I suppose they were at the time, but virtually nothing of theirs is now listenable to by any other than the nostalgic. A couple of Greg Lake songs, and that's about it. Albums like Brain Salad Surgery are as distinctive markers of their time as fossils are in determining the age of rocks. I could no more listen to ELP now than stick needles in my ears, and that applies tenfold to the execrable Yes (if Yes is the answer, you're asking the wrong question). I don't look back on my tastes in the 70s with disgust or shame - that was a different time, I was a different person, and progrock was a necessary antidote to the social turmoil of Britain at that time. I enjoyed ELP and Yes then, as did many others. Even though we knew in our hearts that the lyrics were gnomically meaningless, the 20-minute tracks hideously overblown, and the baroque synth solos from Wakeman and Emerson plain self-indulgent noodling, we revelled in it. However, that was then, this is now. Some artists' work (eg Hendrix, Floyd, Clapton, Kraftwerk) straddles the decades and will still be listened to for decades to come, some is specific to its time. Fredriley, your post contains one or two common threads found in a lot of entries here, such as "when does a band or a genre become a nostalgia act?". Some music aims to be in the here and now and doesn't care about grand themes or musical traditions. It just wants to explode and tear away the mainstream bullshit that's built up. Once its time is past, it doesn't work as a nostalgia act. Rebellion has to take ever new forms if it wants stay fresh and current. Once punk's time was up, we eventually moved onto grunge in response to heavy metal metal hair bands and arena rock. Do you want your music to always be new, do you want it tied to some musical tradition? I'm pretty sure that we all want a mix but it's always interesting to hear how someone's musical tastes have changed over time. RPers are always going to be debating this matter. There's no right answer. Personally, I wonder from time to time whether there'll be classic punk or rap anthologies, and whether anyone will buy them. I can't listen to punk-only Webstations for very long—it's loud and angry and messy and then it gets really tiresome. I'd probably get quickly fed up with prog-rock stations as well. > I don't look back on my tastes in the 70s with disgust or shame - that was a different time, I was a different person, and progrock >was a necessary antidote to the social turmoil of Britain at that time. Would love to read more of what you have to say about that time in the UK and how it affected music. I've heard that the British version of the TV series "Life on Mars" really captured that period in the country. |
bachbeet Sep 01, 2011 - 22:17 | Never really liked this group. |
On_The_Beach Aug 01, 2011 - 12:51 | cohifi wrote: Much better than Rush! So is a poke in the eye with a sharp stick! (But yes, I like Yes.) |
sirdroseph Aug 01, 2011 - 12:23 | lemmoth wrote: More proof of your cluelessness. Wow. Just wow. I didn't realize someone's opinion of a song had something do with their level of knowledge. This is music not physics equations.  |
Businessgypsy May 30, 2011 - 11:40 | fredriley wrote: Yes are perhaps the most egregious, stereotypical, and now seriously dated example of egocentric self-important 'pomp rock'... I and my mates used to think that they were pearls of ineffable wisdom back in the early 70s... Does that mean you think they are eminently effable nowdays? |
Jelani Mar 28, 2011 - 07:48 | |
(former member) Feb 24, 2011 - 21:00 | Cynaera wrote: Your joy is contagious - I am SO loving hearing this song! We're about to get a foot of snow, I have three litterboxes to clean, all the critters are tucked in for the night, the bills are paid, we're going to get a dishwasher either repaired or replaced, the rototiller is in the shop, and it seems that life has finally cut us a break or two. I wish peace and contentment to everyone at RP. Thank you for this song, whoever uploaded it. Oh, Yes... hearing this made the whole evening... love it... thank you... |
Cynaera Feb 24, 2011 - 20:55 | romeotuma wrote: I am so happy to hear this song! Love it!!!!  Your joy is contagious - I am SO loving hearing this song! We're about to get a foot of snow, I have three litterboxes to clean, all the critters are tucked in for the night, the bills are paid, we're going to get a dishwasher either repaired or replaced, the rototiller is in the shop, and it seems that life has finally cut us a break or two. I wish peace and contentment to everyone at RP. Thank you for this song, whoever uploaded it.  |
cohifi Feb 24, 2011 - 20:54 | Much better than Rush! |
sportskid Jan 24, 2011 - 14:35 | Live YES in the round. 2 hits of ——. I forget it like it was yesterday......... |
michaelc Jan 24, 2011 - 14:31 | But it makes every 7th grade chess club geek with glasses happy  this was more profound after a few joints |
More_Cowbell Jan 24, 2011 - 14:30 | I love this! |
kaybee Nov 22, 2010 - 16:17 | Proclivities wrote: fredriley wrote: |
Relayer Nov 22, 2010 - 13:38 | Greyjoca wrote: Hey Bill, I'm pretty disappointed you didn't play the Wurm part of this song. Bummin me out man.
You are thinking of the song Starship Trooper from the same album, that had the incredible instrumental climax "Wurm" at the end. Starship Trooper is one of my all time favorites. |