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Cristi
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Psychedelic Paul
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You may be interested to know I have some Yes solo album polls coming up soon, when I've eventually sorted out the long list of Yes band members, past and present.
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Cristi
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I thought you did it already, or at least something similar.
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Psychedelic Paul
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I've done solo album polls for Genesis, the Moody Blues & Pink Floyd recently, but I don't remember doing any solo album polls for Yes, although I could be wrong.
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A Crimson Mellotron
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Bring 'em on, Paul!
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Psychedelic Paul
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I just hope 25 poll slots is enough for all of the many ex-members of Yes.
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Cristi
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oh my God, there's gonna be a ton of weak albums in there.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Should we make it a poll?
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Yes, but there'll be some real gems in there too, at least to begin with.
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cstack3
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Thanks, good history! I remember the early 1970s, when "Yes" were sometimes referred to as "The Yes." When I saw the CTTE show in Chicago (22 Sept 1972), the US band The Eagles opened. When they finished, one of the band members introduced the band as "...our friends, the Yes!" I know Peter Banks was very favorably impressed by Pete Townsend and The Who, so that may have figured into it a bit.
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Awesoreno
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Ironically, it's Eagles, not "The Eagles," but many people get it wrong (understandably). Hehe. Funny that one of them said "the Yes" then.
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cstack3
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Funny, they are constantly referred to as "The Eagles" by the media. |
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Enchant X
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I suspect the name YES sounds a lot more positive than calling yourself NO
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Yes (lol!) I remember hearing this, as well (regarding potential Yes band names). What a positive group of young lads, lol!
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cstack3
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I've played in more than a few bands....the advantage of the name "Yes" is that it is easy to pronounce drunk! I'm serious!!
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Frenetic Zetetic
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As someone that has played semi-professionally in rock and metal bands since 2006, nobody understands (and learned this the HARD WAY) now more than myself! WE ARE PSYCHOTHERATROXICAUST AND THIS NEXT TRACK'S OFF OUR NEW RECORD ENCAPSULATED DECIMATION!!! (all of that was made up but it's an accurate representation of the un-marketability of most rock and metal LOL). Yes is a genius band name. How many times have you asked someone what time it was, and they were hammered and just said "Yes" because they didn't understand the question? Is this the band? "Yes!" What time is it? "Yes!" LOL.
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Having a band name that you have to explain is a right pain in the ***. We were once briefly called "Red Mullet Fantasy" (the result of a slightly drunken meal at a local Indian restaurant where it was on the menu and someone said "that's a good name for a band!).
We once entered a battle of the bands contest where we were billed as "Red Mullet Factory". Many years ago I was in a band called Hoozhoo and nobody could ever spell it properly.
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In Russian language there are no articles (like a/an/the in English), no [w] sound and (usually) no copula in the present tense. Hence we e.g. have Kvin (or Kuin). To demonstrate these features, the sentence "ya inzhener" - I am an engineer - is sometimes used. I still long for a band, album or tune named "I engineer".
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Or all the pop punk bands with numbers in their names, etc.
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