Yes, an open discussion-how not to do it!

Tried them over and over again, nothing much, I don't know what i don't like about them. Listened to the music and thought about , but i still don't know. Sorry

i liek some yes...uh...what exactly do we talk about in here? all i can hear arae the inevitable "i think yes is cool!" -s and the "yes sucks"" -s responses...

what's the starting topic?

well for me

tell me why i don't like any yes other than CTTE, Relayer, Fragile, Yes album, and a little of 90215 (or whatever the numbers are).

and um...yes is cool

Well as a matter of fact I do lilke the Yes men. Their first two albums (to me anyway) were kind of like the tip of the iceberg. Just a tease as to what was coming. From The Yes Album thru Relayer I was hooked. The Roger Dean covers down to what we called the Yes changes, when they would totally change the whole structure of a song in midstream, captivated me. But then I lost interest and would be hard pressed to say much about their work after that. They are still a band I go to see (when they tour). And I would have to say they are in the top five of all prog bands in my book.

Winter Wine wrote: Wow not many people dig the Yes men. Or they're all in hiding

Or they have all seen too many Yes threads

Still, I like the topic. For me, any Yes album from the first album till Tormato (including that one) is more or less a masterpiece. Anderson's melodies are always strong, and there's always a lot happening musically. Yes, Time and A Word, The Yes Album, Relayer and Going For The One are highly energetic, and the time span from The Yes Album till Drama (including) Yes was a very innovating band.

I don't dislike or like Anderson's voice, it's okay with me, and I feel the same about the lyrics.

Although I'm a big Buggles fan, Drama doesn't work for me, except Tempus Fugit. I do think it's a very progressive record.

From the later stuff I only think 90125 and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe are masterpieces: they are truly progressive and really "happening": highly energetic, good melodies, production and playing. I don't like the other albums, except some songs on Big Generator and Talk in particular, and the live tracks from Keys To Ascension. The Magnification tour was brilliant though.

About the playing: Yes always had very good or even brilliant instrumentalists. Only younger people like Billy Sherwood and Tom Brislin leave me indifferent.

Winter Wine wrote: glass house wrote: Tried them over and over again, nothing much, I don't know what i don't like about them. Listened to the music and thought about , but i still don't know. Sorry Hmmm, What have you heard by the band?

Close to the edge, fragile, The yes album, enough to have a true opinion. I should like them.

validictorian wrote: Well as a matter of fact I do lilke the Yes men. Their first two albums (to me anyway) were kind of like the tip of the iceberg. Just a tease as to what was coming. From The Yes Album thru Relayer I was hooked. The Roger Dean covers down to what we called the Yes changes, when they would totally change the whole structure of a song in midstream, captivated me. But then I lost interest and would be hard pressed to say much about their work after that. They are still a band I go to see (when they tour). And I would have to say they are in the top five of all prog bands in my book.

Oh wow cool a Yes fan, I think the first two of their records are criminally under-rated. I love all the albums you mentioned, But only up to Relayer? What about Going for the one? Or Magnification?

The Wizard wrote: validictorian wrote: Drew wrote: I like the music- but its so very hard for me to like to vocals- Anderson (thats his name right?) sounds border-line womanish to me. That's one of the reasons I like them. His voice almost sounds otherworldly. Like it belongs in the artwork found on the album cover. One of the reasons I like King Crimson's Lizard is for his guest vocal on Prince Rupert.  I found andersons vocals to be an aquired taste. Now I also feel they are angelic and otherwordly. Same with the lyrics. They may be gibberish, but I think of them as imagery type songwriting.

Well guys, you put it better than I ever could there with "Angelic!" he's a truly gifted person, when he doesn't push it

Well, I was introduced to Yes when I was around 12 and didn't particularly like their stuff at the time. However, since I was about 15, I played their albums a lot and really fell in love with the complexity. It's possible Yes are the most emotionally powerful of all prog bands; indeed, in my opinion they wrote the best, most consistently enjoyable epics in the whole genre that I've encountered so far. There is so much going on their music that every listen delivers something you never heard before, so much so that my favourite Yes album changes a hell of a lot. I've grown to love them so much over the past few months that they actually challenge Genesis for the slot of 'favourite prog band'; and I've loved Genesis since I was about 9!!

Actually I was playing their debut last week and was struck by how fresh and innovative it sounded; it's a lot more focussed and developed than Genesis' debut.

As for 'Topographic...', it's a true masterpiece to me now. I didn't like much from it bar 'Revealing Science Of God; but now I love every song equally. The tribal style climax to 'Ritual' is mindblowing.

salmacis wrote: Actually I was playing their debut last week and was struck by how fresh and innovative it sounded; it's a lot more focussed and developed than Genesis' debut. As for 'Topographic...', it's a true masterpiece to me now. I didn't like much from it bar 'Revealing Science Of God; but now I love every song equally. The tribal style climax to 'Ritual' is mindblowing.

Well getting into it now ya might be a little excited with "Masterpiece!"  But I sort of felt the same a while back, I just liked The revealing science of God and then gave up. But now I like three of them a lot! The only one I don't like is "The Ancient", but it does pick up at the end. Also it's my favourite album cover from Yes