How many really listen to Yes?

Hi,

Edited by moshkito - April 28 2009 at 12:21

I was listening to Yessongs at the weekend. I have an irregular a rotation of Yessongs, Relayer and TFTO and will listen to each of them several times in a year.... and I don't count myself as a Yesfan but Relayer would be one of my top-ten albums.

Edited by Dean - April 28 2009 at 12:38

As I buy far more albums than I really should I tend to listen to the stuff more that's less familiar to me and as much as I love Yes, I know all their albums like the back of my hand. However, every once in a while I'll give them a spin. In the last few weeks for example I've listened to Going For The One and Fragile and still really enjoy them.

Been a fan since 2005 when i got into them. I got Fragile first and immediately fell in love with the band. Close to the Edge was my next album, and the rest is history. I think everything from Time and a Word till Drama are all excellent albums, but I dont put their albums on too often these days since i consider everything from The Yes Album until Going For The One to be high art. So as someone already said, "im not worthy" 

no seriously, CttE has made me tear up towards the climax of the song, and the album has changed my perception of music more than once.

In some ways, Relayer has gone beyond what CttE could do to me emotionally. The peaks and valleys in that album blow me away everytime. Gates of Delerium may be the best Yes song EVER!!!

I mentioned Fragile, and that album is a trip in itself. I didnt know some songs were solo pieces, so i thought it was all by the band, and to this day, after knowing there are solo pieces, it doesnt affect my love for the album. I have some nostalgia for it, since it was the only album i had for a while before i took the next step in getting more albums. But Heart of the Sunrise is a fantastic track, and i love all the solo pieces.

TFTO is a mammouth album. though it took me a while to fully get into it, i t was well worth it. Revealing Science of God is a wonderful song, and i love all the acoustic pieces during the album. The album has this magestic feel to it, hard to describe. Classic prog rock.

Re-reading what i typed has made me want to listen to some Yes right now. Might grab Relayer and BLAST IT!!!


Edited by darkshade - April 28 2009 at 16:01

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A challenger appears.

Brilliant, what a reponse. Now if only the band could get out on the road and play, then there would be more good people listening to this in their cars on the M6 near Preston...

As for a challenge to stonebeard...never. I have been a reader only of the forum for more than 2 years and this is my 1st thread....

I listened to Yes a lot about 10-15 years ago when I discovered them but didn´t listen to them for many years in between. I´m currently re-discovering the joys of Yes while reviewing their albums from an end though and what a great joy that is.

I listen to the guys in the picture above a lot more. I`ve been watching these videos by a Yes tribute band called Parallells lately with a female vocalist, killer drummer and a Steve Howe musical clone. They do excellent versions of Heart Of The Sunrise & Perpetual Change complete with drum solo.

I am the colleague who treebeard mentioned in the original posting. I love the yes albums between The Yes album and Going for the One. Not overly keen on Tormato.  I was surprised to like Drama. But then I kind of lost touch with their next release, still listened to the old stuff until very recently when I also discovered the Keys to Ascension albums and was blown away by the studio tracks on KTA 2. I then discovered the keystudio and wish I could buy a reasonably priced copy of it. No luck yet. I like the Ladder but not a fan of the 90125/Big generator stuff. I don't mind Magnification.  But I was absolutely staggered how good Mind drive was.

Oh the joy of Jon Anderson. How does he write this?  And sing it with a straight face!