The true successors of Yes

Dear All,

this is my first post here, so forgive any mistake I may make as a newcomer.

I have been a long time YES fan and as many others I am highly disappointed by the musical course the band has taken after splitting from Jon and Rick.

I would like to ask you which are in your opinion the best current bands that make music with a strong vocal and instrumental harmonic side like the classic Yes. I'll give you an example: I just finished listening to Moon Safari's Lover's End: beautiful record and very good vocally, but a bit "superficial" as far as the instrumental development is concerned. Do you know of any group with similar vocal harmonies and deeper musical content?

Thanks to all who will take some time to reply!

BR

Roberto

yanch wrote: Two that come to mind for me are The Flower Kings and Magenta, especially their Metamorphosis album. Neither has the level of vocal harmony of Yes at it's best, but musically I find them very solidly in the Yes category and enjoy both quite a bit. As a long time Yes fan too, I've noticed that there are far, far fewer bands that have sounds in the Yes vein as opposed to bands who have emulated the classic Genesis style. A tribute I think to how talented Yes were at their peak.

Yes, Flower Kings and Magenta are the best examples. I would add Glass Hammer, but to a certain degree.

CCVP wrote: I liked how you subtlelly said Genesis was an untallented band. As for The Flower Kings, I would say that they are a better band than Yes in at least in the lastability of their group, since they are out there for at least a couple of decades, with no sign of stopping and with an average album quality of the highest degree. Yes has most of their best albums placed in the first half of the 70's, wile TFK have top quality albums released throughout their existance.

roberto59 wrote: I have been a long time YES fan and as many others I am highly disappointed by the musical course the band has taken after splitting from Jon and Rick.

Doesn't sound that radically different to me.

CCVP wrote: yanch wrote: Two that come to mind for me are The Flower Kings and Magenta, especially their Metamorphosis album. Neither has the level of vocal harmony of Yes at it's best, but musically I find them very solidly in the Yes category and enjoy both quite a bit. As a long time Yes fan too, I've noticed that there are far, far fewer bands that have sounds in the Yes vein as opposed to bands who have emulated the classic Genesis style. A tribute I think to how talented Yes were at their peak. I liked how you subtlelly said Genesis was an untallented band. As for The Flower Kings, I would say that they are a better band than Yes in at least in the lastability of their group, since they are out there for at least a couple of decades, with no sign of stopping and with an average album quality of the highest degree. Yes has most of their best albums placed in the first half of the 70's, wile TFK have top quality albums released throughout their existance.

roberto59 wrote: I have been a long time YES fan and as many others I am highly disappointed by the musical course the band has taken after splitting from Jon and Rick.

Yes were one of my favourite bands as a teenager in the 70s.

The only difference between you and I though is that I've been disappointed by their musical course since "Going For The One"

I would like to ask you which are in your opinion the best current bands that make music with a strong vocal and instrumental harmonic side like the classic Yes. I'll give you an example: I just finished listening to Moon Safari's Lover's End: beautiful record and very good vocally, but a bit "superficial" as far as the instrumental development is concerned. Do you know of any group with similar vocal harmonies and deeper musical content?

Roberto

I echo the many recommendations for The Flower Kings 

To me, they took over where Yes went wrong from Tormato onwards and they've cerianly been my favourite band for the last 15 years or so.

Not that they are Yes clones or anything but Roine Stolt (their guitarist) is certainly influenced by Howe - but then he's influenced by Hackett, Latimer. Gilmour, Hendrix and any number of other guitarists.

Have a look at this clip from there epic "Garden of Dreams":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuBIi1oJ6f4&feature=related

I posted that clip on a Genesis forum and someone immediately ordered the DVD that it's taken from

Hope you enjoy it as well






Edited by Nov - August 20 2011 at 16:59

Yes were pretty good up until 1980 with Drama. Although their consistent high quality dropped after 1972. Either the quality of songs weren't quite as strong or the long songs were hit and miss over the duration of the track. Not interested in what pop bands have been their successor

octopus-4 wrote: Pop bands? You mean ABWH ?

yanch wrote: As a long time Yes fan too, I've noticed that there are far, far fewer bands that have sounds in the Yes vein as opposed to bands who have emulated the classic Genesis style. A tribute I think to how talented Yes were at their peak.