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Cluster One 
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 Topic: Yet another YES thread (sigh)
Posted: April 21 2005 at 06:29 |
Just giving credit where it's due.
OK, besides being a YES 'schizophrenic' (i.e. my favourite album by
them changes almost weekly, currently it is "The YES Album", but last
week it was "Relayer", and before that "Fragile") who else can match
the 5 consecutive albums that are:
1. The YES Album (1971)
2. Fragile (1972)
3. Close To The Edge (1972)
4. TFTO (1974)
5. Relayer (1974)
And throw in the Live "Yessongs" (1973) for good measure.
Even as the hardcore FLOYD fan that I am, it is hard for them to match
what YES accomplished 1971-1974. FLOYD had 4 monster albums 1973-1979
over a six year period, close but no cigar 
GENESIS (1970-74) and maybe KC (1969-1974, "Earthbound" excluded) could give them a run for their money.
Why is it that each time I listen to YES music from this period, I feel
like a giddy noob who is hearing it for the first time?!?  Oh I know, it's because it is some of the absolute best Prog ever made that's why...  Am I wrong?
Edited by Cluster One
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Marmalade...I like marmalade.
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Blacksword
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 07:21 |
It's wonderful when a band can do that to you; when you love it just as much with each playing. Rush and Genesis can do that for me. BUT, not Yes, I'm afraid.
I do like them. They have songs that blow me away rather than whole albums, with the exception of 'Close to the Edge' which is an essential part of any self respecting proggers collection.
My overall gripe with Yes, is that they were sometimes alittle meandering and directionless for me, and when they were noisy and/or avant garde it just sounded messy and annoying to my ears. I think my prog tastes are quite conservative, as I have a similar problem with King Crimson. I much prefer the more tuneful, melancholic soundscapes of Genesis. 
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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sigod
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 07:39 |
I remember hearing 'Going For The One' for the first time and thinking
'what is this Country and Western crap?' That said, I was 14 and my
favourite band at the time was the Michael Schenker Group. 
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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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Blacksword
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 07:58 |
MSG!! 'Into The Arena'
Now, that was one of my tennis racket guitar in front of the mirror tunes, when I was a similar age, sigod. I think my reaction to any Yes song at that point would have been similar to yours. 
Going for the One is their best post CTTE album IMO. It has 'Turn of the Century' which is beautiful song.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 10:24 |
Try this
1 ELP
2 Tarkus
3 Pictures at an Exhiition
4 Trilogy
5 Brain Salad Surgery
6 Welcome Back My friends.....................
The Early seventies were exceptional years.
P.S. I always loved Captain Nemo by MSG
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 10:24 |
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Relayer wasnt '74 surely?
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 10:28 |
 Snow Dog wrote:
Relayer wasnt '74 surely? |
Yes (hahaha) it was, but Tales from Topografic oceans was '73:) So there u have it!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 10:33 |
lostrom wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Relayer wasnt '74 surely? |
Yes (hahaha) it was, but Tales from Topografic oceans was '73:) So there u have it!
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Yup your right...I knew something didnt look right tho
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 10:38 |
Snow Dog wrote:
lostrom wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Relayer wasnt '74 surely? |
Yes (hahaha) it was, but Tales from Topografic oceans was '73:) So there u have it!
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Yup your right...I knew something didnt look right tho
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Hahaha, yeah, u kinda learn those things after a while (frightening..hahaha) Cheers mate:)))
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 10:43 |
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I am right there with you Cluster. BTW, those are the only albums I own by them too. Those records represent their best years IMO.
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richardh
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 17:31 |
Yes had an exceptional run of albums from 1971 to 1979 as did Genesis.They were the most consistent prog bands of the seventies.For 1970-1974 I would take ELP though.
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gleam
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 17:46 |
The closest I can think of are Genesis, except the last two albums mentioned below. "Trick" and "Wind" weren't up to the same level as their earlier work, probably because Mr.Collins had a greater hand in those. Gabriel was sorely missed.
Foxtrot
Genesis live (doesn't count)
Selling England by the pound
The lamb lies down on Broadway
Trick of the tail
Wind and Wuthering
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 18:18 |
Hate to tell you, as much as a YES fan as I am, Rush seems to amaze me even more. In my opinion, their first 8 albums were absolutely amazing spanning from 1974-1981, but if you wanna compare them to YES's 4 year onslaught, i'd have to say that Rush's 4 years of glory were 1975-1978.
1. Fly By Night
2. Caress of Steel
3. 2112
4. A Farewell To Kings
5. Hemispheres
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Alfi
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 18:33 |
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1971 - Pink Floyd - Meddle
1972 - Genesis - Foxtrot
1973 - Larks Tongues In Aspic (King Crimson) / Selling England LP-Side2 (you all know)
1974 - Relayer (Yes)
I partly agree with you (and agreeing is not my style)
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 18:41 |
Rush are so over rated!!
like 10 english prog bands are better than them!!!
Mainly Yes, Genesis, ELP, Floyd, Crimson, Tull, Renaissance, VdGG
And to Reply to "Cluster One" --- Yea, Yes are the best prog band......ever.
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Gaston
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 19:02 |
SirPsycho388 wrote:
Hate to tell you, as much as a YES fan as I am, Rush seems to amaze me even more. In my opinion, their first 8 albums were absolutely amazing spanning from 1974-1981, but if you wanna compare them to YES's 4 year onslaught, i'd have to say that Rush's 4 years of glory were 1975-1978.
1. Fly By Night
2. Caress of Steel
3. 2112
4. A Farewell To Kings
5. Hemispheres
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I would say it starts at 2112 and carries through to Moving Pictures.
My contender would have to be Gentle Giant:
Three Friends, Octopus, IAGH, TPATG, Freehand.
Genesis' time was from Trespass to the Lamb.
Gaston
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Peter
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Posted: April 21 2005 at 19:13 |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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theis2305
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Posted: April 23 2005 at 07:15 |
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I never quite understood why ELP were that big in the 70's. Yes, Emerson is a brilliant keyman, but his synths are all over the place all of the time. He should've stuck much more to the piano as on Take a Pebble, now that is a brilliant peace of music. Greg Lake sounded much better both as a vocalist and a bassist on In the Court of The Crimson King. Carl Palmer is probably the most dull prog drummer i've ever heard. Bill Bruford and Alan white, please!!!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 23 2005 at 10:04 |
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Alan White better than Palmer!!!!!...*chokes on sausage, eyes pop out*......C'mon!!!!!!!
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theis2305
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Posted: April 23 2005 at 12:01 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Alan White better than Palmer!!!!!...*chokes on sausage, eyes pop out*......C'mon!!!!!!! |
Well, maybe Palmer is better technically, but he just can't groove the way Bruford and White can. And that, I think, is just as, or more, important in a drummer as technic. Virtuosity is too often mistaken for genius.
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