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A Crimson Mellotron ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2020 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Status: Offline Points: 5562 |
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This just came to my mind out of nowhere... And I have no idea what's the story behind Yes naming the band like that? Who came up with this and why did they go with it?
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cstack3 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 7411 |
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Legend has it that their guitarist, Peter Banks, came up with the name. It was short and very positive. Here, this is brilliant history! Peter also came up with the Yes logo: Edited by cstack3 - November 07 2020 at 10:37 |
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A Crimson Mellotron ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2020 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Status: Offline Points: 5562 |
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Great, I will certainly check these articles!
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 43216 |
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Because it's a big improvement over Mabel Greer's Toyshop.
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ForestFriend ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 23 2017 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 680 |
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Man, if I was in a band in the 60s, I totally would have picked out a simple name like that before they were all taken! Nowadays you have to find some weird combination of words, and even then there's usually like 5 bands with that name already on BandCamp.
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A Crimson Mellotron ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2020 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Status: Offline Points: 5562 |
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Never heard of that name before... And you're damn right.
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A Crimson Mellotron ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2020 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Status: Offline Points: 5562 |
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Ha! Not wrong.
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Woon Deadn ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 30 2010 Location: P Status: Offline Points: 1017 |
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I once read that they were named after a certain bubble from the Yellow Submarine cartoon. Had no doubt about it. Never watched the whole cartoon, though - never witnessed the existence of that bubble. As a sidenote, I can only re-repeat the story that already told it in this forum at least twice. When I was like 15 or so years old I sure dreamt of creating own legendary cult megapopular rock band. At the time my favourite fruit was orange, favourite digit - nine. I've noticed that Ninth Orange gives NO (I've just gotten to know about the band Yes and so found the coincidence very interesting). The funniest thing happened to me like fifteen years later when I have realized that when translated in Russian, my native language, Ninth Orange becomes Devyaty Apelsin - DA, that is YES in Russian... |
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Banks came up with the name and logo then they proceeded to ditch him.....
![]() Frankly I liked the way they both played and would have been interested to see what direction they would have taken with them. I'm not sure Flash nor Badger really represented what they could have done considering they didn't gave the others to work with later.
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^ I tried, he said he was too busy these days. Had to talk to La Toya Jackson instead. Sorry, man.
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It was going to be life, world or Yes. They wanted a one word name. Peter Banks came up with Yes because he convinced the rest of them that because it was only three letters it would take up more space and appear larger on posters for their shows.
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Probably the quintessential name for their brand of prog. Renaissance goes well with that band's sound to. VDGG being the worst. Lol
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I always thought Genesis was a cool name. ELP and Spock's Beard not so much. Lol.
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Has anyone made a poll in here about which 60-70’s band has the best name?
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Frenetic Zetetic ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 09 2017 Location: Now Status: Offline Points: 9233 |
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The posters above all got it, and FAST! We got some real Yes fans in this biatch lol.
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A Crimson Mellotron ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2020 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Status: Offline Points: 5562 |
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Don't think so
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It's a bit easier to market than a band called "No", isn't it now?
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A Crimson Mellotron ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2020 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Status: Offline Points: 5562 |
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Right now, I can imagine a band calling themselves 'No' but you are right for sure.
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I feel like this is more of a google search rather than a Progarchives thread, god knows we already have enough Yes threads.
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