All YES Appreciation Thread

ABWH also did some songs I really like a lot.

Dellinger wrote: ghost_of_morphy wrote: Dellinger wrote: What do you people think about this? I guess it might be interesting to see if the new guys give new ideas to the band and the music, but I guess Rick and Jon are still better at what they do than their replacements. And it's sad to think of them out of the band, they may not be able to tour anymore, but they can certanly work in the studio still.   I fully approve of Benoit if Anderson doesn't want to show up.   As for Oliver, I want his dad to at least guest on the album as well.  Ideally, they'd split duties.      I've read that Anderson wanted (or wants) to keep on working with Yes and go to the Studio. However, I also understand it wouldn't be right to get Benoit and Oliver for the tour, and them dump them so they can record and album with Anderson and Rick, and then take them back for touring again, etc. I guess it's a bit of a dilemma.

What about the 80's? Who do you like better, Rabin line-up Yes, or Asia (original lineup)? For my part, I guess I would go with Yes, because the songs that I like from this line-up, I like better than the ones that I like from Asia; even the pop songs, like Owner of a Lonely Heart I like better than Asia's Only Time will Tell and Heat of the Moment. Not to mention Rabin's Yes released Endless Dream. (However, in the latest Asia album, the song Parallel Worlds - Vortex - Deya is very good too).

Great, tell us how the show came out.

ghost_of_morphy wrote: Dellinger wrote: What do you people think about this? I guess it might be interesting to see if the new guys give new ideas to the band and the music, but I guess Rick and Jon are still better at what they do than their replacements. And it's sad to think of them out of the band, they may not be able to tour anymore, but they can certanly work in the studio still.   I fully approve of Benoit if Anderson doesn't want to show up.   As for Oliver, I want his dad to at least guest on the album as well.  Ideally, they'd split duties.

     I've read that Anderson wanted (or wants) to keep on working with Yes and go to the Studio. However, I also understand it wouldn't be right to get Benoit and Oliver for the tour, and them dump them so they can record and album with Anderson and Rick, and then take them back for touring again, etc. I guess it's a bit of a dilemma.

Edited by Dellinger - November 23 2009 at 22:05

Pekka wrote: This is probably very old news, but here's a very interesting Jonathan Elias interview concerning Union: http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/iv/jeinterview.htm I'm not surprised anymore of how the album turned out.

Edited by ghost_of_morphy - November 23 2009 at 21:35

Dellinger wrote: What do you people think about this? I guess it might be interesting to see if the new guys give new ideas to the band and the music, but I guess Rick and Jon are still better at what they do than their replacements. And it's sad to think of them out of the band, they may not be able to tour anymore, but they can certanly work in the studio still.

I just got Wakeman's 6 wives live. It was really cool to see the show again, though I must say I liked the narration better on the first night. The recording is very good.

progkidjoel wrote: Dellinger wrote: progkidjoel wrote: ^I watched the Rick Wakeman DVD last night! Absolutely brilliant. Not enough camera angles of Rick's hands, but still, phenomenal DVD. Probably a 5 star for me! So, which did you like better, the original 6 wives or the new orchestrated version? I'm not sure the orchestrations always worked so well (some of them are a bit annoying), but the choirs are phenomenal. I guess I miss Squire's bass on Catherine of Aragon, and White's drumming on Anne of Cleves. But there's a really beautiful orchestral and piano addition almost at the beginning (at about 2 or 3 minutes) of Jane Seymour that I really love. I thought the new versions (and the unreleased tracks) were all fantastic, although I think I prefer the smaller sound of the original album in all honesty.

It's more brillant in the Blu-Ray Version!

progkidjoel wrote: ^I watched the Rick Wakeman DVD last night! Absolutely brilliant. Not enough camera angles of Rick's hands, but still, phenomenal DVD. Probably a 5 star for me!

So, which did you like better, the original 6 wives or the new orchestrated version? I'm not sure the orchestrations always worked so well (some of them are a bit annoying), but the choirs are phenomenal. I guess I miss Squire's bass on Catherine of Aragon, and White's drumming on Anne of Cleves. But there's a really beautiful orchestral and piano addition almost at the beginning (at about 2 or 3 minutes) of Jane Seymour that I really love.