How many really listen to Yes?

Not as much as I used to, the older stuff is ingrained in the brain, so there's no need to.  Still, I'd never get rid of it or take it out of what is becoming a rather long rotation of albums.

tamijo wrote: Been a while - may give it (T f t T O) a go, when i get back from the HIFI shop this afternoon with my new Speakers

Right on!  So many great moments on it production-wise, it'll really put those new speaks to work.

Yeah it's an old poll, yeah I've heard all Yes's greatest music, and YES I'm still listening.  Just listened to the second half of the great Tales today, and also to the interesting studio run-through of The Revealing.

Last week, the albums Yes and Time And A Word.

Surprised there've been no "Howe-els" of rage yet. . .

Banks does deserve more love, though. My personal favorite of his is his reworking of Astral Traveller on the Tales from Yesterday tribute. I advise you, Phileas, to check it out.

el dingo wrote: Philéas wrote: One thing with Yes that's always bugged me is Steve Howe's guitar sound. I really don't like it at all, never have, probably never will. That could be why I've always been so fond of the first two albums.   Why should you alone be the least popular person on this thread - I'm going to put my head on the block and say I used to like Pete Banks' stuff very much too. I like Howe, but as I'm not a musician, I guess that's why I don't rate him as highly as most other guys on PA seem too.   Without being patronising I guess you've heard Badger and Flash?

I'm a musician, although not a guitarist. I appreciate Howe's technical skills, it's just his preferred tone I don't like.

I have heard Badger, but only the first album. I really dig it, though. I haven't heard Flash, however. As I really like Banks' playing on the first two Yes albums I've been interested in hearing Flash too, but for some reason I haven't done so yet....

I'm listening to them right now. It took a while for me to get into them, and I haven't really listened to them all that much over the past two years. But every once in a while I give one of their albums a spin. I prefer the early ones, their debut and Fragile are the ones I listen to most frequently. They are both major favourites of mine (regardless of genre), especially Fragile which I tend to name as my all-time favourite album. The post-Fragile material I'm less fond of, with the exception of Relayer (which is the one I'm listening to in this very moment).

One thing with Yes that's always bugged me is Steve Howe's guitar sound. I really don't like it at all, never have, probably never will. That could be why I've always been so fond of the first two albums.

I used to. Now I've moved on to the far superior prog metal bands of te 90s 

Don't kill me, please

TonyJames wrote: Funny.....actually listening to Fragile right now. Always listening to old YES, old Genesis, old Gentle Giant, old Be Bop Deluxe, old Pink Floyd, old Nektar, old Rush and old Utopia. Anybody notice a trend here? Everything is friggin' OLD!   I've yet to hear a "neo-prog" album that blows me away. Marillion, Spocks Beard, Flower Kings, Dream Theater...ugh. Some respect for the killer playing with these bands, but it's just one big regurgitation. If I waste one more dollar trying to find it, I'll go nuts. It's like being a junkie and chasing the dragon!

As a matter of fact, I have "Close to the Edge" on tap for my commute home today.  It never lets me down.

I listened to Magnification yesterday, probably their best effort since the '70s+Drama and KTA.