the Bests of YES musicians

                                                       drums by drum machine

                                                       keys and bass pedals by Alan White

                                                       guitar by Billy Sherwood

                                                       lead vocals and production by Trevor Horn

 

 

Anderson

Howe

Rabin

Squire

Wakeman

Moraz

White

Bruford

 

Of course, I wouldn't pick him either.  I mean, he's no Bill Bruford...

 

Keyboards is the interesting one.  I wouldn't have wanted Wakeman or Moraz on The Yes Album or earlier, as I feel either of them would have been likely to overpower the relatively simpler material...Tony Kaye did an ideal job on those records.  When it comes to the classic period, I would love to hear what Moraz would have done on CTTE and especially TFTO...I think TFTO might have been a more interesting record with his contributions.  Whereas I definitely wouldn't have wanted Wakeman on Relayer, don't think he would have suited that music nearly as well (or, to put it differently, if had played on Relayer the music would have been different and less radical).

 

So probably it's Anderson / Squire / Howe / Moraz / Bruford for me, if I had to choose just one lineup.

 

Alan White is a very good drummer. I only put him in the "imaginary worst line-up" because he and Squire have been in the band for a long time, and I can`t imagine YES without both in the line-up.

 

 

 

Mascodagama wrote: Keyboards is the interesting one.  I wouldn't have wanted Wakeman or Moraz on The Yes Album or earlier, as I feel either of them would have been likely to overpower the relatively simpler material...Tony Kaye did an ideal job on those records.  When it comes to the classic period, I would love to hear what Moraz would have done on CTTE and especially TFTO...I think TFTO might have been a more interesting record with his contributions.  Whereas I definitely wouldn't have wanted Wakeman on Relayer, don't think he would have suited that music nearly as well (or, to put it differently, if had played on Relayer the music would have been different and less radical).   So probably it's Anderson / Squire / Howe / Moraz / Bruford for me, if I had to choose just one lineup.

I feel like that. I can't imagine would Rick could do Relayer (actually I don't know that he ever played its material). But  I like Patrick approach for example to Siberian Khatru on The Word is Live. He could make TFTO very interesting as well. He seems to be more versatile, unconventional and adventurous than Rick (though I admire his work on Fragile, CTTE etc.). Patrick could suit better to wider material of Yes.