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Rihanna 
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Joined: April 10 2014 Location: Sverige Status: Offline Points: 84 |
 Topic: I don't like Yes.Posted: May 21 2014 at 22:58 |
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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?
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Mirror Image
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Joined: December 13 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2111 |
Posted: May 21 2014 at 23:02 |
Complete BS of course. They have written some objectionable material, but no prog fan should be without Close To The Edge or Relayer. 'Nuff said.
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“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
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AreYouHuman
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Posted: May 21 2014 at 23:20 |
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Too cheesy? No feelings in their songs? Seriously? Is this the conclusion you reached after listening to and evaluating their entire output?
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Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously.
Silly human race! Yes is for everybody! |
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Mirror Image
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Posted: May 21 2014 at 23:22 |
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Honestly, there's a good bit of progressive rock I don't care for either: Gentle Giant, VdGG, Zappa, anything to do with Steve Hillage, Soft Machine, among others, but it didn't stop me from finding something that I enjoy within each of these bands' discography. Of course, Yes are a favorite of mine, but I don't care for everything they've done. When Genesis lost Hackett, they lost me, and so on. We can always harp on the negative, but it's better to find the positive and listen to what we enjoy.
All of this said, there's a lot of feeling in Yes' music. Just because you don't feel the music and the emotion it's trying to convey doesn't mean it's not there. You don't like their music, fine by me, but I'll always make time for them just like I'll always make time for Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, or Steve Hackett. There's not enough time on this earth to listen to music you don't feel anything from, so, again, listen to what you enjoy and don't get hung up on negative feelings.
Edited by Mirror Image - May 21 2014 at 23:27 |
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“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
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HemispheresOfXanadu
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Posted: May 21 2014 at 23:28 |
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I think I'd be booted from the site if I made a thread about every popular prog band that I don't enjoy.
 Just listen to what you like. No need to pick apart bands you that don't appeal to you or the people who enjoy them.
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@ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak.
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Horizons
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Posted: May 21 2014 at 23:44 |
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I got over them after my "wow whats prog?!?!" stage.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 00:06 |
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Even my sister loves selected Yes albums. On a holiday a few years back she had Gates Of Delirium, Heart Of The Sunrise and a few others on her iTouch thingy. I was surprised
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 00:16 |
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Your thread complaining about Pink Floyd's Animals didn't net you the buckets of attention you were crying out for, so you thought you'd try again?
Yes is pretty solid, but Close To The Edge is awful of course. |
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smartpatrol
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 00:35 |
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I like them a lot k
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Rihanna
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 01:17 |
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I prefer other progressive rock bands, almost any progbands are better.
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PhideauxFan
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 01:44 |
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I am not a big fan of Yes but I like some of their albums: Close To The Edge, Relayer and 90125.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 02:18 |
Your indifference would be appreciated |
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aliano
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 02:30 |
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I don't like them too.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 02:41 |
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^ Van Morrison was a great singer though yeah?
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Chris S
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 03:02 |
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^
 , he still is, though mumbles his blues stuff too much these days. I probs missed your point
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...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
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dr prog
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 03:20 |
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Between 1970 and 1972 Yes and Tull were the best things going around
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 03:32 |
Edited by Dayvenkirq - May 22 2014 at 04:28 |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 03:44 |
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Rather ironic that this thread actually belongs in the prog appreciation part of the forum...
Seeing as you're still quite new here Rihanna, then I am willing to give it the benefit of a doubt, but please enlighten me: What do you hope to achieve in such a thread, other than willfully dismissing a band that a lot of people round these part hold dear? Strike that, I may have answered my question. Similar to joining Punk Archives and opening a thread called 'I don't like The Clash'... What I'm getting at is, that if this turns into people getting their panties in a twist, then I am locking it. Sure there's room for negative critique on this board too, but in the end it's all down to how you word it. Saying 'I don't like Yes' doesn't really say anything about why. For all we know, you could have listened to half of Union and based you opinion strictly on that. |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 04:20 |
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You know what, I just read the OP again.
This thread was doomed before it even began, and I happen to agree with our fellow dinosaur Colin. Attention seeking threads are not something I condone of in the main forum, so I'm moving it to just for fun. And please Rihanna: if you have any similar ideas for future threads a la 'Genesis is boring' or 'I hate flutes', then by all means post them in the fun section;-) Edited by Guldbamsen - May 22 2014 at 04:44 |
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 04:47 |
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While I agree that "I don't like this or that"-threads aren't the most constructive or impressive I've possibly had a similar experience regarding Yes. I had come to love all the big UK-progbands (except ELP of course), plenty of Canterbury, fusion and italianprog, all Zeuhl & first generation RIO-bands + most Kraut/Kosmishe... really most things prog before I warmed up to any albums by the band in question.
I guess I had to mature to appreciate their lighter more "uplifting" approach or moods and atmosphere. And there was something about Jon Andersons voice that my ears grew tired listening to after a couple of minutes. To me it was much easier to connect with all the darker, melancholic, heavier, more difficult or weirder bands. That's probably related to how I, like many others were raised musically by the older kids in our schoolyard. Tough guys choosing "evil" or anti-establishment music that says hail satan, f**k society, kill everyone, destroy everyting and stuff like that. I certainly wasn't interested in any angelic voice singing about some spiritual mumbo jumbo, but a: Wicked little Scorpio, doomed to die a thousand times before he lives! ...was just perfect, and it still is. Coming back to Close to the Edge's titletrack after having learned to enjoy just about every other sound on the planet including (early) Penderecki, the jazz flute, Zarah Leander, Lollywood-OST's and The Monkees finally gave me the feel of a spiritual journey of an almost cathartic/cleansing dimension that's potentially within their music for everyone to discover. Actually its kinda similar to Magma (which I'm ashamed to admit also took me a couple of years to thoroughly enjoy). Edit: I did not write this Just for Fun. Edited by Saperlipopette! - May 22 2014 at 07:38 |
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