Why Do I Feel Like Yes Is The.....

[cragginshred]

You 'feel' that way because you have not heard of Rush Kidding,...sort of!
LOVE Yes!! However, Rush is the best prog band ever with no rival period

 

[Zodiac]

Always been a big fan of Yes. For me, if I was forced choose only one Yes album it would have to be the live Yessongs.
Not so keen on the 80s stuff, 90125, Big Generator etc. Good albums, but for me, nowhere near as good as the classic 70s albums.
I remember seeing Yes on the 90125 tour. I felt so sorry for Jon Anderson, seeing him looking lost onstage in some ridiculous "pierrot" jumpsuit. So glad I got to see them previously in the mid 70's.

 

[Achilles]

However, Rush is the best prog band ever with no rival period

Even the Rush guys would disagree.
It's Yes for my money. Was a MAJOR prog nut for a long time and there's simply no topping Yes during their peak years. From The Yes Album through Relayer is simply the top of the prog mountain. (Disclaimer: Tales From Topographic is about 30% brilliant and 70% self indulgent mess)

The one two punch of Close to the Edge and Relayer are their best with the other 3 in the next tier.

I'm a fan.

 

[cragginshred]

Even the Rush guys would disagree.
It's Yes for my money. Was a MAJOR prog nut for a long time and there's simply no topping Yes during their peak years. From The Yes Album through Relayer is simply the top of the prog mountain. (Disclaimer: Tales From Topographic is about 30% brilliant and 70% self indulgent mess)

The one two punch of Close to the Edge and Relayer are their best with the other 3 in the next tier.

I'm a fan.
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Season 5 Fargo episode 1 Yes for the win! That scene is sooooo classic. Especially when the female cop says 'well you should have thought about that before you tazed the officer' add Minnesota ascent

 

[Achilles]

Season 5 Fargo episode 1

Haven't seen S5 yet. Can't wait!

 

[cragginshred]

Haven't seen S5 yet. Can't wait!

One of the best. Finally saw the movie. 1 and 5 borrowed heavily from the movie but are better.

 

[Zodiac]

Even the Rush guys would disagree.
It's Yes for my money. Was a MAJOR prog nut for a long time and there's simply no topping Yes during their peak years. From The Yes Album through Relayer is simply the top of the prog mountain. (Disclaimer: Tales From Topographic is about 30% brilliant and 70% self indulgent mess)

The one two punch of Close to the Edge and Relayer are their best with the other 3 in the next tier.

I'm a fan.
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Regarding Topographic Oceans, I agree with your comment. I only like Side 1, The Revealing Science Of God. Wakeman's solo is off the scale brilliant!!!
The remaining 3 sides I've probably listened to twice since the album came out.

 

[Achilles]

Regarding Topographic Oceans, I agree with your comment. I only like Side 1.

Same here but I've grown to like Side 2 a bit too. It's mellower and has a nice vibe to it if you're in the right mood.

Funny story about Wakeman. He got so bored during parts of the recording that he'd hang out and party with Black Sabbath, who were recording Sabbath Bloody Sabbath at the same studio. He even ended up adding some bits to a track!

 

[Zodiac]

I also read that when Yes toured Topographic Oceans, Wakeman would get so bored during the show that he would often send out for a curry, and eat it behind his keyboards

 

[norminal]

I didn’t know EVH played on Owner of a Lonely Heart.

 

[Aelred]

Surely Andy Edwards' opinion is the one that matters.

Or is it The Prog Corner...?

 

[cragginshred]

They are even better on shrooms -a friend said once

 

[HomespunEffects]

I'd be cool to have a parody band of Yes, but call it No. Sorry, just thinking out loud.

Maybe.

 

[Jazz Padd]

Wow, this brings back memories! Have not heard any Yes in decades, but was a huge fan when the short version of Roundabout was on FM radio. That led me to Fragile, The Yes Album (still have the original LP I bought back then), and Yessongs. Those albums were my high school soundtrack. Saw them live with their revolving stage show from a front row seat. Tried to learn “Mood for a Day” and “The Clap,” and the frantic guitar on Sound Chaser always blew me away. Fave song “And You and I,” and fave lyric “sad preacher… insane teacher.”

Faded away for me in the 80s, and soon lost track after that, but what an incredible run in the 1970s. I got into jazz after that and amazed that Steve Howe did a lot of that on an essentially jazz box and that he even took up a bit of jazz himself recently.

My younger brother was a big Bruford fan, and he stayed with Yes through the ages, even took the nephews to a concert not long ago and brought me back a T-shirt!

 

[FuzzyAce]

Maybe.

 

[TSJMajesty]

 

[TSJMajesty]

Damn, I didn't know The Buggles (Video Killed The Radio Star) was Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes!

 

[Aelred]

Downes went on to join Asia, Horn produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood, ABC, Seal, McCartney and later Yes.

The Buggles were a very strange project, born in Punk. Trevor Horn: "I know the name's awful, but at the time it was the era of the great punk thing. I'd got fed up of producing people who were generally idiots but called themselves all sorts of clever names like the Unwanted, the Unwashed, the Unheard ..."

 

[TSJMajesty]

Horn produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood, ABC, Seal, McCartney and later Yes.

Really? Wow! I knew he did later Yes, but didn't know of the others. FGTH had some of the best production of that era!

 

[HomespunEffects]

I think perhaps a band called “Meh” with the mascot being Larry David would be even better.