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 Posted: May 22 2014 at 16:55 |
Poll:
Tea or Yes??????
Vote pls
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Luna
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 16:50 |
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A Person
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The T
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 16:39 |
 Luna wrote:
I don't like tea |
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Polymorphia
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 16:24 |
Luna wrote:
I don't like tea |
You just had to taste tea in the 70s man
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Luna
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 16:22 |
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I don't like tea
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The Pessimist
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 16:08 |
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That's a really interesting opinion man.
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 15:43 |
Rihanna wrote:
I listen alot on Progressive Rock, but there is some bands that i can skip. I didn't like Yes at all cause they are too cheesy and too bad songs even on they're older material.
No feelings in their songs. Do you dislike Yes aswell? |
They should've focused on making good pop instead of prog, but i like them
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The T
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 15:41 |
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And who gives a f*%k anyway. |
Edited by The T - May 22 2014 at 15:42
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Evolver
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 15:34 |
chopper wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
Well according to Chopper, then the best thing out there is Damon Albarn:-P
I had no idea he was making music outside of Blur tbh. |
Nah, Damon Albarn doesn't beat Yes (although his solo album is good), there's only one band that does - their name begins with a B.
And it's not Blur. |
Beeeeeeeeber!!!
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M27Barney
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 14:54 |
Surely it would be a Punk Anarchive in the UK 
Edited by M27Barney - May 22 2014 at 14:54
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chopper
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 14:45 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Well according to Chopper, then the best thing out there is Damon Albarn:-P
I had no idea he was making music outside of Blur tbh. |
Nah, Damon Albarn doesn't beat Yes (although his solo album is good), there's only one band that does - their name begins with a B.
And it's not Blur.
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richardh
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 14:13 |
OP seems to have rattled a few cages there Actually I can relate a little to the OP ( I am going to assume 'she' is not a troll). For many years I found Yes to be cold and not very engaging musically. I could just about enjoy The Yes Album and some of GFTO but I just didn't understand the fuss. Eventually I did 'get it' and I think that was mainly from going to see them play live for the first time in 1996. Now I regard them as they best prog band although not my favourite. Yes were a pure symphonic prog band between 1972 and 1977 when others tended to be flirtatious at the most . I supose ELP are the other band that stuck largely to their guns in this period but they are not so popular around here. Actually I would wager that if this thread replaced Yes with ELP instead then there would be no complaint from hardly anyone and the thread would have remained in the prog lounge. 
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The T
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 14:08 |
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I Yes like No.
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infandous
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 13:53 |
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If I had a dollar for every prog band I didn't like..........I wouldn't waste my time starting threads about them.
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Dean
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 13:17 |
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What?
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Barbu
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 13:05 |
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You don't have to.
And who gives a f*%k anyway.
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M27Barney
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 13:02 |
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My first Love was Genesis, and I didn't actually like Going for the one on my first introduction to it....however 12 months later Yes were my favourite band with Genesis 2nd.....Depending on my mood....these two bands would still be up there vying for top spot!!!
AND I haven't heard of Pete Cetera or Martin Turner !!!
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musitron
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 12:10 |
I love the period 70-72 with Yes Album, Fragile and Closed to the edge.  I find Topographic and Relayer ok. After that they lost me. 
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 11:50 |
Rihanna wrote:
I listen alot on Progressive Rock, but there is some bands that i can skip. I didn't like Yes at all cause they are too cheesy and too bad songs even on they're older material.
No feelings in their songs. Do you dislike Yes aswell? |
You probably feel they are cheesy because of the singer songwriter aspect to their music. Mostly brought about by Jon Anderson and Chris Squire. Jon Anderson was an expert on stage craft and songwriting in the Folk/Rock vain. He was very influenced by the darker Folk style of Simon and Garfunkel and the also dark approach of the late 60's Beach Boys. Which...doesn't seem too dark or interesting now, unless you can transform your mindset to that time period and realize what would have been considered to be dark then, dismissing all the studied love songs on the radio and instead hearing Simon and Garfunkel sing about death or The Beach Boys singing about Good Vibrations. That's part of what Jon Anderson grew up listening to and he did incorporate the essence of that song writing into the music of Yes. Their instrumentation is complex and takes strong effort to play those complex pieces on stage every week and not make a mistake. Yes were fine musicians and I certainly can appreciate that. Can you?
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