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88melter

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Posted: May 08 2009 at 08:36

well said, by all.

bye for now,

88melter

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Posted: May 08 2009 at 08:38

I don't. I've never heard of them, except for the fact they're in the top 40 popular bands on this site.

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Posted: May 08 2009 at 15:05

moshkito wrote:

When I came to César Franck I knew I was hearing the same sorts of ideas of form used by Yes in Tales - speaking only of form now, not content - in that all themes are generated from a very few, or one, simple idea. Came to learn this was dubbed "cyclic form." That was an immensely exciting discovery for me!

Here, here regarding Cesar Franck! Vastly unrecognized. Among others, his Symphony in D, the Violin Sonata, the Les Djinns symphonic poem, and the Prelude, Choral and Fugue are all masterpieces, and all composed in an almost manic productive 5-year period when he was in his early-to-late sixties. Should be hailed as the greatest French (although Belgian-born) composer ever.

Thank you for your patience. And now, back to the Yes thread. . .

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Posted: May 08 2009 at 17:53

Padraic wrote:

I don't listen to Yes too much these days, but only because I've almost got their tracks memorized note for note at this point - I've been an uber fan for almost 20 years now.

Ditto that...I can listen to Yes in my dreams...note for note...instrument by instrument...harmony by harmony...after so many listens some things become ingrained in the brain!

My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head.

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 06:07

Dr. Occulator wrote:

Padraic wrote:

I don't listen to Yes too much these days, but only because I've almost got their tracks memorized note for note at this point - I've been an uber fan for almost 20 years now.

Ditto that...I can listen to Yes in my dreams...note for note...instrument by instrument...harmony by harmony...after so many listens some things become ingrained in the brain!

You know, I ought to be saying that. And yet...

In the interest of full disclosure, there was a period of a good many years, leading up to a point about a year ago I think, when I did not listen much to them basically for that reason. (And when I did, it was TALES folks! Tales and a little CttE.) No enmity, just that I'm now (jeez!) a 30+ year fan. But then you cycle back for some reason, and somehow there are new reasons to listen; I'm certainly not hearing anything new by now (maybe a hi-hat closing that I didn't notice before or something incidental like that). It's crazy. At least I can say, with classical music (which I went a bit into earlier in this thread), these deep pieces may stay with you for life and you can almost always find new recordings, rediscover things in previously known ones, etc. But here I was grooving to Close to the Edge the other day - the self-same session I've known just about all my waking life.

I have a theory. The key is in that I change and the music stays the same. The music is good enough to stay interesting to a changing, hopefully maturing, person. (The feeling of nostalgia is one of the more minor products.) Borges might have said in fact that the reading (listening) changes the music, following the fact that it's the listener who changes.

Or, I still dig it.

PS. Sorry to hear about the doggie head. Get well soon.

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Posted: May 11 2009 at 17:54

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PS. Sorry to hear about the doggie head. Get well soon.
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Thanks...it's really becoming a challenge in my life...It's actually the name of a song by Yezda Urfe...and the photo of my dog's head on my body seemed appropriate LOL

My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head.

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Posted: May 12 2009 at 01:47

Yes is amazing. Tales from Topographic Oceans was the last of their albums that I got, and I'm still kicking myself for missing out on it all that time.

treebeard wrote:

Maybe even Mr Wakeman is listening to it?

Ahahahaha! Well done.

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Posted: May 12 2009 at 05:48

Dr. Occulator wrote:

American Khatru wrote:

PS. Sorry to hear about the doggie head. Get well soon.

Thanks...it's really becoming a challenge in my life...It's actually the name of a song by Yezda Urfe...and the photo of my dog's head on my body seemed appropriate LOL

Oughta get you some rawhide chewies then Tongue

. (Why oh why did that band not get signed?)

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Posted: May 12 2009 at 07:52

I listened to Close to the Edge and And You And I just this morning while driving the car.

This evening I'll tune the cd player on Siberian Khatru.

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Posted: May 12 2009 at 10:36

Funny.....actually listening to Fragile right now. Always listening to old YES, old Genesis, old Gentle Giant, old Be Bop Deluxe, old Pink Floyd, old Nektar, old Rush and old Utopia. Anybody notice a trend here? Everything is friggin' OLD!

I've yet to hear a "neo-prog" album that blows me away. Marillion, Spocks Beard, Flower Kings, Dream Theater...ugh. Some respect for the killer playing with these bands, but it's just one big regurgitation.

If I waste one more dollar trying to find it, I'll go nuts. It's like being a junkie and chasing the dragon!

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Posted: May 12 2009 at 10:42

In retrospect...it seems like the focus in the neo-prog world is..."Hey, lets get the sickest players in the world and make an album." What happened to the writing???

I don't want to hear a bass player that sounds like Squire. I don't want to hear a drummer that sounds like Bruford...I want to hear originality! Why is that so difficult?

Oh...and all of the above rant...Mike Portnoy gets a pass, he's amazing and his style is all his own.

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Posted: May 12 2009 at 15:13

American Khatru wrote:

Dr. Occulator wrote:

American Khatru wrote:

PS. Sorry to hear about the doggie head. Get well soon.

Thanks...it's really becoming a challenge in my life...It's actually the name of a song by Yezda Urfe...and the photo of my dog's head on my body seemed appropriate LOL

Oughta get you some rawhide chewies then Tongue

. (Why oh why did that band not get signed?)

Actually I think they were signed and I prefer pigs ears instead of rawhide LOL

Yezda Urfa's album Baboon:
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1402

My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head.

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Posted: May 13 2009 at 12:31

I listened to Magnification yesterday, probably their best effort since the '70s+Drama and KTA.

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Posted: May 14 2009 at 22:32

treebeard wrote:

...I started thinking...
Are we the only 2 here....the only 2 in the UK? In the world? Listening to [Yes] on the motorway coming to work?

Are you really that narcissistic? Are you f**king kidding? I gotta have a good dose of Yes (1970-1977 only) just about every day!!

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Posted: May 15 2009 at 07:30

As a matter of fact, I have "Close to the Edge" on tap for my commute home today. It never lets me down.

"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain

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Posted: May 15 2009 at 17:10

Listened to the live Perpetual Change on the road today. Fantastic, and what a drum solo Bruford takes!! I never tire of it.

(Listened to the great album Red right after

, though I am not worthy.)

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Posted: May 16 2009 at 05:40

TonyJames wrote:

Funny.....actually listening to Fragile right now. Always listening to old YES, old Genesis, old Gentle Giant, old Be Bop Deluxe, old Pink Floyd, old Nektar, old Rush and old Utopia. Anybody notice a trend here? Everything is friggin' OLD!

If I waste one more dollar trying to find it, I'll go nuts. It's like being a junkie and chasing the dragon!

You sir are a wise man with superb taste. I am now playing Sunburst Finish.