Too many Yes Epics

Now don't kill me, I love Yes and I think their music is just as whimsical as it is brillient however I cant help feeling they have done just too many epics. I think they have diminished the importance of their epics by making so many of them. When I think of other great prog bands their epics are always the ones that stick out as brillient (Pink Floyd, Genesis, ELP etc).

Yes has done so many that they just dont jump out as major highlights of their career which i think truly shows that they have made some bad ones which is the total opposite of what an epic should be(tales esp).

Depends what you consider an epic. Personally, when I think of Yes' epics, the only three I really consider are Close to the Edge, The Gates of Delirium, and Awaken. If you count TFTO then I guess it gets somewhat excessive, but I prefer to think of the songs from that album as a whole piece of work rather than four seperate "epics". Regardless, the three I previously mentioned are among my favourite songs of all time.

Seems a bit like saying Beethoven wrote too many symphonies to me!

(One underrated Yes epic is "Endless dream" from "Talk")

Cinema wrote: Ty1020 wrote: Depends what you consider an epic. Personally, when I think of Yes' epics, the only three I really consider are Close to the Edge, The Gates of Delirium, and Awaken. If you count TFTO then I guess it gets somewhat excessive, but I prefer to think of the songs from that album as a whole piece of work rather than four seperate "epics". Regardless, the three I previously mentioned are among my favourite songs of all time. I agree completely. However, I would also add the following to the list of Yes epics: -- Mind Drive -- That That Is

That's interesting you say that Cinema; I was thinking just the same thing before I got to your post....on the Keys album, they, along with 'Be The One' are the stand out tracks...the shorter ones really are substandard, and its the same with 'Homeworld' on The Ladder...maybe they are just more at home with the epics...so I'm not complaining!!

^ Gates Of Delirium can!

Gates Of Delirium is even worse than Tales. i wonder how is it possible Yes created stuff like Going For The One which is really good and contains long pieces.

fandango wrote: Luke wrote: Gates Of Delirium is even worse than Tales. i wonder how is it possible Yes created stuff like Going For The One which is really good and contains long pieces. I wouldn't go spreading your oppinion about Gates too loudly in this forum young Luke, you might find yourself tied to a telegraph pole wearing nothing but your undies...

 

thank you for saying i'm young, that's really nice someone finally said that. Gates would be really good if it had concept, progress and music... instead of that we got collection of sounds, pretty good collection but still just sounds.

Luke wrote: fandango wrote: Luke wrote: Gates Of Delirium is even worse than Tales. i wonder how is it possible Yes created stuff like Going For The One which is really good and contains long pieces. I wouldn't go spreading your oppinion about Gates too loudly in this forum young Luke, you might find yourself tied to a telegraph pole wearing nothing but your undies...   thank you for saying i'm young, that's really nice someone finally said that. Gates would be really good if it had concept, progress and music... instead of that we got collection of sounds, pretty good collection but still just sounds.

Man you are so up your own ass!

Snow Dog wrote: Man you are so up your own ass!

Yes he is! Better than anyone else ...

Luke wrote: fandango wrote: Luke wrote: Gates Of Delirium is even worse than Tales. i wonder how is it possible Yes created stuff like Going For The One which is really good and contains long pieces. I wouldn't go spreading your oppinion about Gates too loudly in this forum young Luke, you might find yourself tied to a telegraph pole wearing nothing but your undies...   thank you for saying i'm young, that's really nice someone finally said that. Gates would be really good if it had concept, progress and music... instead of that we got collection of sounds, pretty good collection but still just sounds.

Gates is actually one of Yes' most easily understood epics, far more so than the spirtual claptrap of Tales.

Gates of Delerium is an anti-war song. The first part deals with the people preparing for war, their doubts and fears. The second part, that loud jazzy instrumental section, is the war itself. The music is violent and explosive, filled with screaming and metallic clashing - isn't it obvious that this is musical war? The final part, "Soon", is Anderson's personal uplifting appeal for this madness to end. Yes never recorded a more lucid and moving piece. Concept by the bucketload, mate.