Yes apreciation thread..

Atavachron wrote: micky wrote: NaturalScience wrote: BroSpence wrote: Following CTTE I put on Tales just to give it another chance.  I have only been able to enjoy the second half, and even then I was still a bit iffy on it.  TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT THOUGH! I love friggin' TALES! My god, what have I been missing out on! Everything on that album is glorious. ditto on the clappies... ..and a second ditto!  Great to hear you've had your moment, wonderful record

Me too.  Man it felt/sounded so good.  I've even reconnected with Relayer which I had initially avoided quite a bit.  What bothered me about it was Moraz's keys which back in the day bothered me because they were so...corny sounding and very upfront in the mix.  Just had that cheesey sound I couldn't tolerate in my slightly younger days (3 years ago? haha).  Anyways, I do indeed like that album now too, but it still isn't in my top five. 

I'm not a big fan of Jon Anderson's voice, nor do I dislike it. It just leaves me indifferent.

Hello Yes one of my favourite bands, i like most of his 70's output but the 80's none of all, maybe hints of 90125.

 Talk, Big Generator and Open Your Eyes are their albums which, I have not heard. The latter 2 are probably not worth much investigation, but Talk may be more interesting.

I was first subjected to YES while under the influence of mild, mind altering substances. The album was Close To The Edge and I was struggling to piece the songs together. To say I was out of my music listening comfort zone would be an understatement.

I love Yes. And I think Drama is one of their best albums, ooh controversial...

Oh, and concerning Close to the Edge, In particular the song "And You And I"; I don't know if anybody else has noticed, but you can hear someone saying "We're Running Now", just before Howe says 'okay'. And his reply sounds irritated, IMHO.
Hope I don't drive anyone crazy looking for that (its right at the start of the track, and it won't help you if you're listening to a sh*tty quality file like a WMA or an mp3 )!

I do like 90125, but not as a prog album, obviously!! I don't think that they did another good album after that until Magnification (although Homeworld is one of my favourite songs, I must admit), and even that was a bit meh. But all bands have their best periods, of course. Its always during the eighties and nineties when it starts to sour, isn't it? that's why my chosen moniker is RetroRocker, of course. 70's FTW!

Oh dear, I've started to ramble. never mind...

ignatiusrielly wrote: Well, seems everything has been said about Yes, so what could I add...Only that Union is not as awful as everyone thinks, actually the only Yes album I dislike is Open your eyes.

Cool.  Will check this out.  I've been listening to Fly From Here lately.  I like the actual tune FFH and the rest of the album.  Some of the most memorable songs Yes has produced since 90125.  The epic is way too long and boring but you can't beat that chorus.

Yes are among my very favourite bands indeed. My favourite albums from them are "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge", which are just about perfect for me, and that line-up is perhaps my very favourite line-up of musicians on any band, there was just no weak link in it, everyone was among the very best musicians on prog. About the Yes Album, that one didn't do so much for me... I actually don't particularly like any of the songs, except for Starship Trooper, which has many much better live versions anyway (Keys to Ascension!!!). About Tales, Relayer, and Going for the One, there are many songs I really love on all of those albums, but they all have weaker songs that I really don't like, or at least I don't care for. Tormato is indeed among their weakest albums, along with Big Generator, Open your Eyes, and The Ladder (one or two good songs around, but nothing really great). On the rest of their discography I can find some moments I really love, too. Even the last album (Fly from Here), though less proggy than expected, has some really beautiful moments that I really love. I hope they do come back to form with their new album on 2014!!!

5 stars:

Edited by Moogtron III - September 09 2013 at 01:38