Is Yes really Yes anymore? |
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zwordser
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I think a friend of mine went to the Reno concert that year, and said it was so-so. I think they did better in Vegas.
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This clone band of Yes should change their name .... to "No"
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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So do those on here who think the current Yes is not really Yes think that ARW is the real Yes or more Yes?
I think most on here are saying Yes isn't Yes anymore because Chris Squire isn't in the band and not so much because Jon Anderson isn't. Am I right? Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - July 11 2021 at 14:43 |
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Well in a sense it's because Chris Squire is gone, but it's more because with him gone and with Alan White barely there that just leaves Steve Howe as someone in the band who makes sense to me as a band member. It's about having the right combination of players.
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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Thanks, well said! Maybe they will surprise us and churn out a decent LP, but I rather doubt it.
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Or should it be "meh"-be? |
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The question is when is a band no longer a band? I'm sure there are some others bands knocking around with no original members, does that mean they're not the band? Is a band name just a franchise?
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Edited by SteveG - July 12 2021 at 07:36 |
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So how would you classify Renaissance?
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Should Yes change the band name to No?
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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they should change their name to "Maybe We're Yes, Maybe We're not" and do a post rock album.
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"From this point forward, the group will be billed as "CONFUSED"."
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As long as Annie Haslam sings for them, I'd classify them as "amazing!"
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A band is always the sum of its parts. The only 'classic band' that has not cashed in on it's name, nor recycled it for commercial reasons is Henry Cow. Apart from the 'reunion' to celebrate the music of Lindsay Cooper in 2014 for three concerts, they last performed and recorded in 1978. A harsh truth is this: Yes stopped being Yes after 'Tormato', Genesis stopped being Genesis after '..and then there were three', Floyd stopped being Floyd after 'The Wall', ELP after 'Love Beach' etc. etc. I have seen all these bands subsequently a few times over but what am I going for? To see them perform their old material - from their creative heydays...
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Why not just stick with the name where all of the wannabes go, you know the ones that try to prove themselves over and over by capitalizing on band names from the past? That way we could always know they are trash before they embarrass themselves by making us listen to them under a name they don't deserve.
Maybe we could call it something corny like Arc
of Life . Oh wait a minute........
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I said no because I don't like to see bands out there that are made up mostly or even entirely of replacements for the originals. Just doesn't feel the same. I get why they do it and I'm not saying they still couldn't make some good music or give a good concert but I'd want to see the originals.
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Yes isn't Yes without Peter Banks There are bands where the original members matter a lot, but Yes is not like that. The truth is that they have always evolved, including the line-up. The original line-up only made two albums, and most fans don't even think those are the band's best. |
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Why do you say Genesis stopped being Genesis after ATTWT? Why not when Peter left? Or why not when Hackett left? You've included ATTWT but not Duke despite the fact there were no lineup changes between those two albums, just a change in style and popularity. Does that affect whether or not a band is still a band to you?
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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SouthSideoftheSky
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Some "fans" just won't allow bands to change. |
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