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Dellinger 
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 Posted: November 23 2009 at 22:00 |
 ghost_of_morphy wrote:
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The only member that's been on all of Yes's lineups is Squire, and he's on this lineup, so it must be Yes. |
That ABWH was not named Yes is purely a matter of legal delineation. |
Yes, I know, I for myself consider ABWH as Yes. Still, this new line-up contains Squire, Howe, White, so it must be Yes.
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Posted: November 23 2009 at 22:02 |
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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.
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Posted: November 24 2009 at 11:42 |
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I'm going to see them live in Dublin on Thursday. Their European tour has got great reviews so I can't wait!
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Posted: November 24 2009 at 20:50 |
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Great, tell us how the show came out.
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Posted: November 28 2009 at 03:34 |
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. |
Ask Jobson about Yes doing the right thing. 
Honestly, I think they both realize that they are replacements and would be in a precarious situation should an original member decide to come back. With the Wakemans, I don't see this being a problem. If Rick comes back, it would probably be in a guest role, which I think we would all welcome. If Anderson comes back, Benoit will be screwed over. I'm sure he already knows this, however.
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Dellinger
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Posted: November 28 2009 at 22:54 |
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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).
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 16:18 |
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The Yes line-up, unquestionably. The original Asia line-up didn't even make it halfway through the decade. Not that the material they were coming up with was particularly interesting. Lots of filler-quality stuff on their three albums.
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 18:23 |
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. |
Dilemna? What dilemna? Yes has handled similar situations in the past.
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 18:34 |
Bitterblogger wrote:
The Yes line-up, unquestionably. The original Asia line-up didn't even make it halfway through the decade. Not that the material they were coming up with was particularly interesting. Lots of filler-quality stuff on their three albums. |
Asia's music hasn't aged as well (possibly because so many people were copying what they were doing) but if you were listening to the radio back when Asia started, you should remember how exciting and fresh Asia was for their first two albums. Just about every track on Asia got airplay.
You didn't mention ABWH, which has also aged poorly, but back when it was released that album was quite a comfort to us fans because it gave us hope that Yes would someday go back to doing prog.
As for the Rabin era Yes.... Well, I quite like the second side of 90125 and about half of Big Generator is very likeable. Union is uneven, but I probably put that one on more than the other two and just skip around. Talk has never really captured my imagination.
I think on most days I'd take Asia or ABWH over YesWest.
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 21:19 |
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ABWH also did some songs I really like a lot.
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Posted: December 06 2009 at 23:08 |
I think that Yes is a great band eventhough they had some various line-up changes in the past. I really like Fragile, some of their most interesting songs I've heard. Heck, I even liked the line-up that included The Buggles! 
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