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Cygnus X-2 
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 Topic: Yes: Relayer
Posted: February 18 2005 at 21:07 |
[QUOTE=Syzygy]I've always thought of Relayer as the dark mirror image of Close To The Edge. For a long time I'd have said CTTE was the best Yes album but actually Relayer is the one I listen to most. I don't think Yes were ever so tight and focussed as
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Syzygy
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Posted: February 18 2005 at 17:32 |
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I've always thought of Relayer as the dark mirror image of Close To The Edge. For a long time I'd have said CTTE was the best Yes album but actually Relayer is the one I listen to most. I don't think Yes were ever so tight and focussed as they were in this
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Raymon7174
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 16:19 |
I found Relayer noisy at first and somewhat difficult to get into, perhaps from expectations of Yes from earlier works which Relayer does not really resemble much (understatement). Also, I was much younger and less patient with music at the time I first
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Cluster One
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Posted: February 10 2005 at 04:45 |
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As with most Yes albums, I had a really (and I can't under emphasize the 'really' part) hard time acquiring a feel for Relayer. Took me way longer to grasp it than say Fragile, Close To The Edge or even Tales...
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Marmalade...I like marmalade.
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Guillermo
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Posted: February 07 2005 at 16:55 |
[QUOTE=Gabito][QUOTE=Guillermo] I found them! The interviews with Patrick Moraz on which he talks about why and how he left YES are in: http://dmme.net/interv
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scrivener
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Posted: February 07 2005 at 03:48 |
A couple of months ago, I noticed that iTunes had Relayer for less than three bucks (ninety-nine cents per song) so since I only owned it on cassette, I downloaded it and it was like hearing it for the first time. I really think
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. --- Francis Bacon
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Gabito
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Posted: February 05 2005 at 16:41 |
At the first, was difficult to get in the album for me... Now, after several years of listen to it, becames a favourite from time to time (one of those you listen to daily for about a week)... The Gates of Delirium rocks and the entire album is hea
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Gabito
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Posted: February 05 2005 at 16:33 |
[QUOTE=Guillermo] I found them! The interviews with Patrick Moraz on which he talks about why and how he left YES are in: http://dmme.net/interviews/moraz.html
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Rob The Plant
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Posted: February 03 2005 at 11:06 |
To love Relayer; one must listen with an open mind and more importantly; listen to everything in the right context. BTW, its not random at all, id agree its their most experimental album, but its also the most carefully orchestrated: REDBAR: listen
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Posted: February 03 2005 at 10:59 |
After listening to Relayer, I now understand you signature, Metropolis. That Chaa Chaa Cha Cha Cha lyric is probably the coolest part in that song. It is actually kinda funny too.
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Metropolis
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Posted: February 02 2005 at 22:07 |
Aye, Relayer is absolutely braw
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Guillermo
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Posted: February 02 2005 at 21:19 |
[QUOTE=redbar89]I just bought Relayer yesterday, and I can't say I love it, but I also can't say I hate it. It is a really weird album. The music seems so cacaphonous and noisy at times. Sometimes it didn't even sound like they were playing music but ju
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tuxon
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Posted: February 02 2005 at 14:02 |
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It took me a couple of listenings before I fully appreciated the music on Relayer, Gates Of Delirium indeed sounds cacaphonously and noisy, and it may appear that the noise is random, but it all falls in to place beautifully. Great album.
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Posted: February 02 2005 at 10:35 |
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I just bought Relayer yesterday, and I can't say I love it, but I also can't say I hate it. It is a really weird album. The music seems so cacaphonous and noisy at times. Sometimes it didn't even sound like they were playing music but just picking random n
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sigod
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Posted: February 02 2005 at 06:07 |
^ Thanks guys. 
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Guillermo
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Posted: February 01 2005 at 14:43 |
I found them! The interviews with Patrick Moraz on which he talks about why and how he left YES are in: http://dmme.net/interviews/moraz.html
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Guillermo
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Posted: February 01 2005 at 13:48 |
[QUOTE=sigod]To be sure, Relayer is an underrated Yes album. I really rate Moraz as a player and there is a much harder edge to this line up that didn't really return to the sound until Drama (another underrated Yes release IMO).
Still not sure i
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the musical box
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Posted: February 01 2005 at 10:10 |
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^ im not sure, its a good question: in the footnotes of "Going For The One" they thank Moraz, which i found strange.
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sigod
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Posted: February 01 2005 at 09:52 |
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To be sure, Relayer is an underrated Yes album. I really rate Moraz as a player and there is a much harder edge to this line up that didn't really return to the sound until Drama (another underrated Yes release IMO).
Still not sure if Moraz l
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Posted: January 31 2005 at 20:26 |
I bought Close To The Edge used on vinyl the other day but I haven't listened to it all the way through yet. I got distracted because I paid $4.99 USD for it and it skipped twice during the first minute. Anything that skips period is not worth even $1 i
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