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    Posted: April 25 2012 at 13:22
I have the album Spheres by the rather obscure neo Belgian band Now which has clear Yes influences, here is my review in case you may be interested
 
 
And I just got Moon Safari's Blomljud (my first album by them) and it has clear Yes influences too, they are like a poppy and cheesy version of Yes with their wonderful vocal harmonies arrangements, but much less interesting in terms of composition and interpretation skills. But they are catchy, even if objectively I see that they are far from the masters I can not deny that I enjoy the album.


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Originally posted by Arc-en-Ciel Arc-en-Ciel wrote:

Hello I am new to the site.. I am from Italy
 
About Yes, I agree Starcastle is really Yes-ish, and also Relayer from Usa..
 
but who ever heard the band Dragonfly from Switzerland?
 
Welcome from Switzerland too (this is a rare gem)
 
i see Yes influences also in the first Tempus Fugit (the name says it all) CD "tales from a forgotten World"
 
Cathedral and Yezda Urfa from USA also sound like a more aggressive and complicate Yes
 
Aleph from australia is also a good one!

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Hello I am new to the site.. I am from Italy
 
About Yes, I agree Starcastle is really Yes-ish, and also Relayer from Usa..
 
but who ever heard the band Dragonfly from Switzerland?
 
Welcome from Switzerland too (this is a rare gem)
 
i see Yes influences also in the first Tempus Fugit (the name says it all) CD "tales from a forgotten World"
 
Cathedral and Yezda Urfa from USA also sound like a more aggressive and complicate Yes
 
Aleph from australia is also a good one!
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Points: 7274 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 04 2012 at 23:21
Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Oh, and let's not forget Genesis.  Yes's influence on their early sound is well documented.  :)

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You are far too knowledgeable about Genesis to say what here, Ivan.  Big smile

I wasn't around the London scene at that time (damn it!), but it appears that these bands "cross-pollinated" each other with musical ideas, instrument selections etc.  

I've never specifically read that Genesis was influenced by Yes, but stranger things have happened.  Bob Fripp and Peter Banks were flat mates, as were Ray Bennett & Chris Squire!   I think that, by hanging out at each others' shows, lights went on.

Banks' comments in this interview make me wonder if this old Syn act might have influenced Gabriel a bit?  


(Interviewer) The Syn has been credited for being the first band to play a rock opera onstage. In 1967, you presented 'Flowerman' at The Marquee, which included a performance with flower costumes and stage props. What happened to Chris Squire during one of the mock fights?

(Banks) Oh that!, I've told this story many times... We actually did an opera before that, the gangsters one, which ended up in a pretended fight onstage. I can't remember what the gangster gang was called, I remember some of the songs, it was all pretty embarrassing. It was written by Andrew Jackman, the keyboard player, and I think Steve Nardelli did some of the lyrics. '

The Flowerman' was basically the same idea, except we had different color suits to match the flowers, and then my suit was a yellow, horrible double breasted suit, and still like a kind of gangster suit, you know, from the 1920 Chicago and... I was a buttercup! (laugh). And I don't know what Chris Squire was, I can't remember.


I dunno, could The Syn's "Flowerman" have ultimately inspired THIS??




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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Oh, and let's not forget Genesis.  Yes's influence on their early sound is well documented.  :)

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You are far too knowledgeable about Genesis to say what here, Ivan.  Big smile
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Originally posted by akaBona akaBona wrote:

Originally posted by cstack3<div>Yes blew a marketing opportunity by passing by a qualified female vocalist for Benoit David.  They could have opened up a new audience demographic (besides fat, white, aging, balding 70's Yes fans like myself!).   Let's face it, female vocalists are hot these days.</div><div><br></div><div>You're absolutely right!</div><div><br></div><div><div></td></tr></table></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> [/QUOTE cstack3
Yes blew a marketing opportunity by passing by a qualified female vocalist for Benoit David.  They could have opened up a new audience demographic (besides fat, white, aging, balding 70's Yes fans like myself!).   Let's face it, female vocalists are hot these days.

You're absolutely right!



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i thought the same thing.

i thought the same thing.
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Yes blew a marketing opportunity by passing by a qualified female vocalist for Benoit David.  They could have opened up a new audience demographic (besides fat, white, aging, balding 70's Yes fans like myself!).   Let's face it, female vocalists are hot these days.

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You're absolutely right!




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Magenta clearly channels Yes....I like the use of a woman's voice in place of male countertenor.  

Yes blew a marketing opportunity by passing by a qualified female vocalist for Benoit David.  They could have opened up a new audience demographic (besides fat, white, aging, balding 70's Yes fans like myself!).   Let's face it, female vocalists are hot these days.
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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

This one (my favourite prog song from the 90's) certainly has some Yes influences. 
 

It's nice to find a fellow Magellan fan.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 04 2012 at 06:23
Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

- Glass Hammer (They are good though)

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And that's why they win.
 
Glass Hammer's only good/tolerable album is Shadowlands, imo.
 
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Points: 24302 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 04 2012 at 05:27
This one (my favourite prog song from the 90's) certainly has some Yes influences. 
 


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Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Oh, and let's not forget Genesis.  Yes's influence on their early sound is well documented.  :)

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Oh, and let's not forget Genesis.  Yes's influence on their early sound is well documented.  :)
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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 02 2012 at 16:04
One of my favourite Yes alike bands is ABBHAMA from Indonesia:



This is the song that sounds less than lkike YES, but there are very few samples in Youtube

Still you can listen the voice Iwan Madjib (Male) is similar to Join Anderson's

If you notice, even the logo uses similar letters to the ones by Roger Dean.

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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

- Glass Hammer (They are good though)

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And that's why they win.
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Points: 8953 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 16:01
Two groups that sound like Yes mostly because of the vocals - Step Ahead and Clepsydra.  Also, I have played AMENOPHIS first eponymous album to a couple of people who felt it sounded like YES
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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 15:34
Other bands (sorry if they were already mentioned) :
- Cathedral (the 70's band)
- England
- Sahara
- Aquaplanage
- Sinkadus
 
 
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Thinking Plague's 'In extremis' owes a lot to Yes :
 
 
and as I mentioned some pages before, Argent's 'ring of hands' reminds a lot of Tony Kaye era Yes.
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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