Will we ever see a new Yes studio album? |
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FatherChristmas
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Ha ha... Have you noticed though, Psychedelic Paul himself has not been active on here since about when you asked if I was Paul... ... so I could be the unbeatable troll master...
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"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp
"I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
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Cristi
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aw, have I upset you by thinking you are Paul. Ok, you are not Paul. But if you are, you are the troll master. Unbeatable!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [/QUOTE]
Ha ha... Have you noticed though, Psychedelic Paul himself has not been active on here since about when you asked if I was Paul... ... so I could be the unbeatable troll master... [/QUOTE]
tell me which is your favorite Yes album and I will figure out if you are him or not.
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chopper
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Ha ha... Have you noticed though, Psychedelic Paul himself has not been active on here since about when you asked if I was Paul... ... so I could be the unbeatable troll master... [/QUOTE]
tell me which is your favorite Yes album and I will figure out if you are him or not.
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He's not going to fall for that one.
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Cristi
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tell me which is your favorite Yes album and I will figure out if you are him or not.
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He's not going to fall for that one. [/QUOTE]
Are you sure? let's wait and see.
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progaardvark
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The more recent posts in this thread sound like they're from actual members of Yes using pseudonyms. No wonder they'll never get back together. You might as well just start farting at each other and see who passes out first.
Edited by progaardvark - September 01 2020 at 04:56 |
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FatherChristmas
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He's not going to fall for that one. [/QUOTE]
Are you sure? let's wait and see. [/QUOTE]
My favourite Yes album? The Ladder, of course.
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Cristi
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Are you sure? let's wait and see. [/QUOTE]
My favourite Yes album? The Ladder, of course. [/QUOTE]
it's Paul, the master troll!
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That was hilarious.
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I do remember when you were suggesting him, and at the time it seemed like a good idea, since Benoit was struggling with the songs live, but hearing him live with Yes it just didn't work for me... perhaps he doesn't struggle so much, but he sounds bland... almost as if he'll fall asleep while singing. And for me Benoit's singing on Fly from Here was really beautiful, while Davidson's singing on Heaven and Earth was as bland as his live singing (if not even more so)... so, in the end, they might just as well have kept Benoit... or even better, get Anderson back, he's still singing wonderfully. |
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Okay, BUSTED! |
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cstack3
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Thank you, D, I didn't know anyone noticed my "Yes lineup coaching!" As time went on, I became rather fond of Benoit, and appreciated his voice much more than his live act. I agree, his vocals on FFH were excellent. Yes treated him harshly in the end, but that is their history....Banks, Moraz, Igor, etc. (well, Igor had issues....) Davison on the other hand disappoints me in Yes. Not sure why, but there is no spark there. I expected more. Clearly, Howe blocks the door to Jon Anderson returning, they really have a war going on. Howe pissed off Wakeman by sacking Ollie, and he is now the undisputed leader of this outfit. Good luck to him.
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I know this is a bit off topic, but I just listened to Steve Howe's new solo album Love Is, on YouTube and have to admit I was quite surprised. It was much better than I had expected. It's no substitute for a proper Yes album and it's more "prog-light" than a proper prog album. This will probably be the first album from him I've bought since Turbulence.
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Have Yes become a tribute band to itself, like some people here have suggested? Well, maybe there is some truth to that. But the reason is not, as far as I’m concerned, the absence or presence of this or that particular member in the current line up, but rather the fact that they keep touring year after year, and releasing live album after live album, without having any new material to showcase.
Yes is no alone in this, many (most?) older bands nowadays seems to be content playing their classic songs live, and rarely go in to the studio to record anything new. The fact that they make more money from playing live may have something to do with it, but personally I think it is lame. A band remains relevant as long as they create new music. |
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Well said.
Edited by FatherChristmas - September 04 2020 at 11:30 |
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cstack3
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Maybe not a new studio album, but how about a new album of live material?
Edited by cstack3 - September 04 2020 at 13:16 |
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However, Yes would be much better if they got Anderson back, and Oliver as well, if they can't get Rick. I really think they messed up sacking Oliver for Downes. |
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I can hardly think of anything I would enjoy hearing them play live, unless perhaps they might play something from Heaven & Earth, which for some reason they haven't, and I believe it might benefit from a live version. |
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I agree very much. Howe took control of the band and tried to turn it into Asia Redux or something. By firing Ollie, he forever alienated Wakeman, to his everlasting discredit. Anderson said he'd come back, but it won't happen. I hope they drift away into the sunset, playing "Roundabout" over and over and over.
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SouthSideoftheSky
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WTF, not yet another live album This is exactly what I was talking about above, these old bands just touring endlessly and releasing live album after live album without having any new material to show for themselves. This is imo precisely the problem. I don't mind live albums as such, but the ratio between live albums and studio albums is soo skewed. In the 70's, bands used to make several studio albums between live albums, nowadays it is the other way around. Edited by SouthSideoftheSky - September 05 2020 at 07:37 |
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Well, at least Downes (and Trevor Horn) had a history with the band, and some unfinished business. I am very glad that they got to finally record Fly From Here in the studio 30 years or so after it was first written. However, they should have done it with the exact Drama line up in the first place, like on this more recent "Return Trip" version. My own speculation to why they did not do that, is that Howe wanted to do big tours and Horn did not. Howe's desire to tour all the time is also what drove Anderson and Wakeman away. |
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