How many really listen to Yes?
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Topic: How many really listen to Yes?
Posted By: treebeard
Subject: How many really listen to Yes?
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 07:51
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Go on folks, be honest. On my way to work this morning I was listening to "Tales From Topographical Oceans" in particular..."Ritual". Quite an amazing coincidence is that a colleague at work was also listening to the same Album at the same time on the way into work... So I started thinking... Are we the only 2 here....the only 2 in the UK? In the world? Listening to this album on the motorway coming to work? Maybe even Mr Wakeman is listening to it?  |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 08:38
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I was listening to Keys of Ascension on the tube a few years ago when the guy opposite me leaned over and said (pointing to the CD case) "is that The Ladder?". I said no, but we got into a chat about Yes for the rest of the journey. Turned out he lived in the next road to me, obviously us Yes fans are not as rare as you might think.
The problem is MP3 players - you don't know what people are listening to.
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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 08:45
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http://progfreak.com/Yes,_dbe,artists,_auto_4134518.xhtml - http://progfreak.com/Yes,_dbe,artists,_auto_4134518.xhtml In the right column, section "Playlists" you can see the latest playlist entries for Yes albums. Of course you can also go to last.fm: http://www.lastfm.de/music/Yes/+listeners - http://www.lastfm.de/music/Yes/+listeners ... but that of course doesn't include mobile/hi-fi listens. ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 09:06
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Mike gave my response. As you can see in look at that right column, I have quite a few recent Yes plays. ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 09:07
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At this stage of life I only listen to Yes when they come up in my rotation scheme. Speaking of which, Drama is in the portable case now and will get a listen before too long. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 09:22
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I listen to a lot of Yes. I rarely listen to Tales from Topographic Oceans because it's such a perfect album...I'm not worthy... ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 09:23
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I listen to Tales when nobody else is around.
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Posted By: aprusso
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 09:25
| No problem here, i could listen to Yes for hours |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 09:43
| I don't listen to Yes too much these days, but only because I've almost got their tracks memorized note for note at this point - I've been an uber fan for almost 20 years now. |
Posted By: treebeard
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 10:06
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So the answer is perhaps...no me and my mate are the only 2 listening to it today. Jon would be proud... |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 10:16
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treebeard wrote:Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 10:16
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I listen a lot to Yes.
I like Tales a lot.
Haven't heard it for quite some time, though.
But it is a very good album
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 10:19
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Here is Yes' last.fm page. http://www.last.fm/music/Yes - http://www.last.fm/music/Yes You can see on here how many times last.fm users have listened to Yes in the past week, as well as on the right side of the screen you can see who is currently listening to them at the moment. -------------
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Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 10:23
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I imagine a lot of people listen to Yes. Otherwise, they'd stop touring I haven't actually listened to any in quite a while. I listened to them daily for probably 5 years (quite possibly more), and for at least 10 years after that they remained in rotation (just not daily). But I have no doubt I will be listening again at some point, when the mood strikes me. For me, they are one of those timeless bands that never sound old or stale. But I've found I can burn myself out on any band (as I did with Yes years ago), and then I need time to appreciate them again. But Yes always sounds good. I just know their stuff so well now that I can run through just about any track in my head whenever I feel like it  So I'd rather focus on new (to me) stuff. But I have no doubt I'll be putting on some Yes from time to time for the rest of my life. |
Posted By: Orbit
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 10:27
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I love Yes, MASSIVE Steve Howe fan, he's a big influence on my playing, and the way I compose songs. Trevor ain't too shabby either. |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 10:49
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It's usually when they come up when my ipod is on shuffle, but as I've got quite a bit of Yes on there that's probably 3 or 4 times a week. It's been a while since I listened to an album all the way through, though the same is true of Genesis, Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull; I'm more likely to listen to recent acquisitions as whole albums. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 10:56
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I just got 'Time And A Word' recently & was listening it on the way to work this morning. ------------- 
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 11:08
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Of all the prog giants of the 70s, Yes are the one I listen to most.
TFTO is a wonderful album to immerse yourself in, and it's one I probably hear more than most. I'd class it as one of the real cornerstones of prog and I always seem to find something new with each listen.
I've also recently discovered Keystudio which is great. I'd really given up all hope for Yes after the early 80s, and it was only when I found PA that I realised they may have produced some great stuff after Drama. Mind Drive in particular is superb, and this album has whetted my appetite to look into a few more of Yes' later albums.
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Posted By: sam81292
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 11:20
I listen to Yes, I have 3 of their albums on my MP3 player, and when walking down the streets, I play it at full volume  .
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 11:23
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Whenever I'm in a quandry about what to take along on my commute I simply reach for most any of my Yes CDs and problem solved. You'd think after four decades I'd be sick of hearing them but that's just not the case. They still sound fresh. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 12:18
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Hi,
I still think that "Tales of Topographic Oceans" is one of the best rock albums ever made ... maybe it was because I had a sensibility and leaning towards long cuts, had enjoyed classical music since I was a tiny tot ... and always looked forward to seeing musicians my age ... show their art ... instead of overloaded, and grossly over rated, pop music!
I thought of things like Thick as a Brick, A Passion Play, Topographic Oceans, Mike Oldfield, Vangelis, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream ... and many other long pieces as the "classical music" of our time ... unffortunately many people decided that it was not rock'n'roll and trashed it silly ... and trahsed it hard ... it didn't help that even Ian Anderson was making fun of the long cuts, albeit in a weird way but still good, as the title was related to stuffed up folks and musicians ... that had a lot more to do with their ego than it did with their musicianship!
No one sits here and trashes Beethoven, or Mozart, of whomever ... and says that is is self indulgent and that the lyrics are pooh and paah ... and what not ... and that's almost like saying that the sacred stuff is now considered "good" and any attempt that you or I, or Yes in those days will put together .. is automatically defined as poop'ery.
In my book, all it is showing is the lack of knowledge and ability on many people, and specially those that can only have a 3 minute orgasm ... for them I don't even feel sorry, or care.
I respect the talent and the beauty ... and above all ... the desire ... to do something like Topographic Oceans ... it's hard ... and playing it is probably nerve wrecking since it is not chuck berry or some simple stuff that is just repetitions on a theme ... it takes no talent to do that btw ... compared to the other example.
You decide ... prog for me is about people trying things ... that were not done before ... Topographic Oceans is massive ... and one of the best that prog will ever create ... if we only give it a chance to let it play out. I wish I was a symphony conductor ... I would orchestrate that in a minute ... and I bet the concert hall would fill up ... the second part of the concert would probably be some Frank Zappa! hehe
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 12:32
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Even after 32 years of being a fan, I still listen to a load of Yes, and rarely tire of them. As for TFTO, I still listen to Revealing Science of God and Ritual a lot, but not the other two very often. Yes are still a massive band, even after all these years, and are hugely influential on many modern bands, not just prog either. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 12:35
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I was listening to Yessongs at the weekend. I have an irregular a rotation of Yessongs, Relayer and TFTO and will listen to each of them several times in a year.... and I don't count myself as a Yesfan but Relayer would be one of my top-ten albums. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 13:33
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I have been listening to Tales recently -------------  |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 13:45
| As I buy far more albums than I really should I tend to listen to the stuff more that's less familiar to me and as much as I love Yes, I know all their albums like the back of my hand. However, every once in a while I'll give them a spin. In the last few weeks for example I've listened to Going For The One and Fragile and still really enjoy them. |
Posted By: SgtPepper67
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 15:16
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Actually I don't listen to them that much, but I like them and they're definitely in my top 10 prog bands. I listened to Fragile a couple of weeks ago.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 15:57
Been a fan since 2005 when i got into them. I got Fragile first and immediately fell in love with the band. Close to the Edge was my next album, and the rest is history. I think everything from Time and a Word till Drama are all excellent albums, but I dont put their albums on too often these days since i consider everything from The Yes Album until Going For The One to be high art. So as someone already said, "im not worthy"  no seriously, CttE has made me tear up towards the climax of the song, and the album has changed my perception of music more than once. In some ways, Relayer has gone beyond what CttE could do to me emotionally. The peaks and valleys in that album blow me away everytime. Gates of Delerium may be the best Yes song EVER!!! I mentioned Fragile, and that album is a trip in itself. I didnt know some songs were solo pieces, so i thought it was all by the band, and to this day, after knowing there are solo pieces, it doesnt affect my love for the album. I have some nostalgia for it, since it was the only album i had for a while before i took the next step in getting more albums. But Heart of the Sunrise is a fantastic track, and i love all the solo pieces. TFTO is a mammouth album. though it took me a while to fully get into it, i t was well worth it. Revealing Science of God is a wonderful song, and i love all the acoustic pieces during the album. The album has this magestic feel to it, hard to describe. Classic prog rock. Re-reading what i typed has made me want to listen to some Yes right now. Might grab Relayer and BLAST IT!!! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Dominic
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 17:28
I' ve had similar considerations. Now consider this: How many people are listening to any given Zeuhl band on the motorway coming home from work  Also, props for listening to Tales of Topographic Oceans. (underrated fo sho) ------------- 
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Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 18:00
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 18:09
| well, this thread inspired me |
Posted By: treebeard
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 05:44
Brilliant, what a reponse. Now if only the band could get out on the road and play, then there would be more good people listening to this in their cars on the M6 near Preston... As for a challenge to stonebeard...never. I have been a reader only of the forum for more than 2 years and this is my 1st thread.... |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 06:09
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Not for a while. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 08:56
I listened to Yes a lot about 10-15 years ago when I discovered them but didn´t listen to them for many years in between. I´m currently re-discovering the joys of Yes while reviewing their albums from an end though and what a great joy that is .
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 09:18
I may not drive to and from things yet (living on campus at college) but I listen to both Yes and Zeuhl on a regular basis on my mp3 player. Magma's playing now, in fact.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 09:25
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I listen to the guys in the picture above a lot more. I`ve been watching these videos by a Yes tribute band called Parallells lately with a female vocalist, killer drummer and a Steve Howe musical clone. They do excellent versions of Heart Of The Sunrise & Perpetual Change complete with drum solo.
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Posted By: AlanOB
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 09:47
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Whisper it quietly....but Tales is their best album. I feel sorry for people who can't grasp the sheer scale of awesomeness contained in those two discs. |
Posted By: NickTFTO
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 10:14
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I am the colleague who treebeard mentioned in the original posting. I love the yes albums between The Yes album and Going for the One. Not overly keen on Tormato. I was surprised to like Drama. But then I kind of lost touch with their next release, still listened to the old stuff until very recently when I also discovered the Keys to Ascension albums and was blown away by the studio tracks on KTA 2. I then discovered the keystudio and wish I could buy a reasonably priced copy of it. No luck yet. I like the Ladder but not a fan of the 90125/Big generator stuff. I don't mind Magnification. But I was absolutely staggered how good Mind drive was.
So we must keep on listening to Yes and enjoy some of the best music around. Even if the lyrics can be completely unfathomable.
Watch out for your Total Mass Retain because I've seen all good people dancing at The gates of Delirium, but please don't tell the MoonDog or the March Hare.
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Posted By: AlanOB
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 10:20
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The lyrics to Siberian Khatru are the worst. "Beauty begins at the foot of you. Do you believe the manner?" Pardon? |
Posted By: NickTFTO
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 10:51
Oh the joy of Jon Anderson. How does he write this? And sing it with a straight face! 
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 12:13
Just the same with me! Although I must admit that "Close to the Edge" (the 18-minute piece, not the album) has lost its lustre for me - even though it used to be a firm favorite of mine. But I'll enjoy Starship Trooper, South Side of the Sky, Siberian Khatru, the first Side of TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS, all of RELAYER and most of DRAMA any time of day, in any season. |
Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: April 29 2009 at 12:14
"Even Jon Anderson goes thru the motions" |
Posted By: Canprog
Date Posted: April 30 2009 at 19:40
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I'm constantly listening, whenever and wherever!
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: April 30 2009 at 21:02
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Yes comes and goes, Heart of the Sunrise is permanent. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: May 01 2009 at 01:14
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I like them a lot, i listen to their music frequently ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: May 01 2009 at 01:57
There is always some Yes spinning in this household, in fact just enjoying Big Generator the other day. Which reminds me TFTO deserves a fully attentative listen again ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: treebeard
Date Posted: May 01 2009 at 06:48
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More crazy Anderson lyrics...(where do you start?) "... Ive seen all good people turn their heads each day. So satisfied Im on my way" Is he a Doctor doing his rounds on a ward full of patients paralyzed from the neck down? |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: May 01 2009 at 07:46
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I listened to tales from topographic. only when i listened to a yes dvd who played a song from the album. But i won't be able to listen to the complete album. I always find difficult to appreciate this album. The songs seems to be lacking of coherence between the different parts. The melody seems to be lost in the sucession of notes.
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: May 01 2009 at 13:02
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: May 02 2009 at 01:49
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Still listen to em, but not as frekvently as 20 years ago.
But that goes for all the Classics, PG PINK ZEP GENESIS.
The only thing i keep listinig as frekvent as back then, is the 69-75 Crimsons. ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: May 03 2009 at 05:53
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I listen to their first albums, well from The Yes Album (and the first one too) to Drama maybe every weeks. I'm quite sad that I know their albums quite well now but I still enjoy them hopefully, Close To The Edge or Realyer are always a great way to relax and travel through time and space ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 04 2009 at 17:50
| I have a 120 gb Zune player,and YES is one of the few bands that I have their whole collection on it. I just listened to Tormato this morning, and Close to the edge just yesterday. |
Posted By: SergiUriah
Date Posted: May 04 2009 at 17:57
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Well, me often too. I like to walk inside the magic and ligtning YES melodies, and dream I sing as the great Jon Anderson does...simply spectacullar. Now listening THE YES ALBUM, this morning CLOSE TO THE EDGE one... ------------- http://img229.imageshack.us/i/bonfirma.jpg/"> 
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Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: May 04 2009 at 18:01
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Yesterday: Fragile Today: CTTE |
Posted By: inrainbows
Date Posted: May 04 2009 at 18:02
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I'm listening to YES frequently. It depends on the mood though
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Posted By: 88melter
Date Posted: May 05 2009 at 08:33
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I have been listening to YES since 1973. They are the defining band in progressive rock for me. Their lesser material is still listenable, and their best material has no peer. I put the music on to complement or stimulate a wide array of moods and situations. Try making out to CTTE, or doing yardwork to Fragile.
Yes, I listen, and have been priviledged to be part of two bands that perform their music. CTTE, from Chicago, 1998-2001 and Prog, from Madison, WI, 2001 to the present.
Best wishes to Jon...
88melter ------------- 88melter |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: May 05 2009 at 17:37
| I've not listened to Yes lately, since I have been on an Italian Prog binge, but tonight while I get caught up on homework I think I'll listen to TFTO. i used to listen to CTTE quite alot, though. |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: May 05 2009 at 17:52
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I've been rewatching Yes videos . . .
Most recently, Yessongs all the way through--I hadn't seen/heard the And You And I version in years. . .
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Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: May 06 2009 at 03:31
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Not played anything for over a year. Gonna make me a playlist for the short walk to town and back:
Yours is no Disgrace
Every Little Thing
Starship Trooper
Siberian Khatru
Heart of the Sunrise
Roundabout ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: XunknownX
Date Posted: May 07 2009 at 21:04
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I know that hundereds of thousands are listening to Yes! In the seventies it was millions. |
Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 06:43
 Moshkito, you and I ought to hang out. I entirely agree. Great post. It's thanks to Yes and a few others that I learned what it takes to listen to long forms, a difficulty with far greater dividends than any passive-listening experience can give. Thanks to the few and proud bands like this, I came to the music of Beethoven and then, far better and subtler, Mozart. People, if you don't know the Piano Concerti you ought to! Allow me to suggest (they're all very good, nearly all great, but...) #9 Eb, #22 Eb, #23 A (that almost killed me, since I could fill the page with other suggestions just as good). And then of course there's the amazing Brahms. I feel sometimes like he's practically a progger! Symphonies 3, 4, brilliant; all late works involving clarinet, totally out of hand and can be understood well by prog listeners; the two Piano Concerti. (Again, plenty else.) When I came to César Franck I knew I was hearing the same sorts of ideas of form used by Yes in Tales - speaking only of form now, not content - in that all themes are generated from a very few, or one, simple idea. Came to learn this was dubbed "cyclic form." That was an immensely exciting discovery for me! Ah, and Shostakovich... let me stop. (Please don't anyone chime in to say that people who post stuff like the above are showing off or are pretentious - that'd be too much here among friends on a site dedicated to the deepness of prog.) So I count myself in that happy number who heard Yes early and got into the wonders of the classical and romantic eras that moved them. *** Tales is great front to back. I try never to listen to just parts of it, any more than I would just slap on the second movement of the 18th concerto, perfect little machine that it is. If I put Tales on, it's the whole 4 movement piece. Greatest record of the genre perhaps. *** Do I listen to Yes still? You bet. I've even decided in recent months to never again be ashamed of it. Sometimes a person will smirk or laugh, but whatever. Maybe, by being open, I'll occasionaly meet a kindred spirit. I had work to do the past two days which put me in need of a rental car to drive to points in New Jersey and Long Island. I burned some mp3 CD-RWs, since the car had an mp3 cd player. Of my own free will I listened, loudly, to all of Gates, much of Drama, all of Going For The One, with Awaken real loud. Almost brought Fragile and Close, but I knew that with the above I had enough to get me by. I had other stuff with me too (Decemberists, Le Orme, Rovescio della Medaglia, Höyry-Kone, others), things I planned to listen to because I'm getting to know them better. But what did I end up blasting on the Turnpike, singing with on the Expressway almost to the point of tears? "Pounding out the Devil's surmon..." "High vibration go on..." Never a dull moment. To borrow from what some others in this thread have already said, I love everything from Time And A Word to Drama. And I consider everything from Yes Album to Going to be true art; and everything from Close to Relayer is High Art imo. (As an aside, I bet a whole lot of people listened to them back in the day (perhaps still today) in a quite, well, stoned condition. But I say their music stands up to an eager listener's total awareness and waking, logic-bound scrutiny.) |
Posted By: 88melter
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 08:36
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well said, by all.
bye for now,
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Posted By: Necromancer
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 08:38
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I don't. I've never heard of them, except for the fact they're in the top 40 popular bands on this site. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/aikaband"> 
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Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 15:05
Here, here regarding Cesar Franck! Vastly unrecognized. Among others, his Symphony in D, the Violin Sonata, the Les Djinns symphonic poem, and the Prelude, Choral and Fugue are all masterpieces, and all composed in an almost manic productive 5-year period when he was in his early-to-late sixties. Should be hailed as the greatest French (although Belgian-born) composer ever.
Thank you for your patience. And now, back to the Yes thread. . .
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Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 17:53
Ditto that...I can listen to Yes in my dreams...note for note...instrument by instrument...harmony by harmony...after so many listens some things become ingrained in the brain! ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: May 09 2009 at 06:07
You know, I ought to be saying that. And yet... In the interest of full disclosure, there was a period of a good many years, leading up to a point about a year ago I think, when I did not listen much to them basically for that reason. (And when I did, it was TALES folks! Tales and a little CttE.) No enmity, just that I'm now (jeez!) a 30+ year fan. But then you cycle back for some reason, and somehow there are new reasons to listen; I'm certainly not hearing anything new by now (maybe a hi-hat closing that I didn't notice before or something incidental like that). It's crazy. At least I can say, with classical music (which I went a bit into earlier in this thread), these deep pieces may stay with you for life and you can almost always find new recordings, rediscover things in previously known ones, etc. But here I was grooving to Close to the Edge the other day - the self-same session I've known just about all my waking life. I have a theory. The key is in that I change and the music stays the same. The music is good enough to stay interesting to a changing, hopefully maturing, person. (The feeling of nostalgia is one of the more minor products.) Borges might have said in fact that the reading (listening) changes the music, following the fact that it's the listener who changes. Or, I still dig it. PS. Sorry to hear about the doggie head. Get well soon. |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 17:54
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[QUOTE PS. Sorry to hear about the doggie head. Get well soon. [/QUOTE] Thanks...it's really becoming a challenge in my life...It's actually the name of a song by Yezda Urfe...and the photo of my dog's head on my body seemed appropriate ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Jiggerjaw
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 01:47
Yes is amazing. Tales from Topographic Oceans was the last of their albums that I got, and I'm still kicking myself for missing out on it all that time.
Ahahahaha! Well done. ------------- 
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Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 05:48
Oughta get you some rawhide chewies then . (Why oh why did that band not get signed?) |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 07:52
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I listened to Close to the Edge and And You And I just this morning while driving the car.
This evening I'll tune the cd player on Siberian Khatru.
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Posted By: TonyJames
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 10:36
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Funny.....actually listening to Fragile right now. Always listening to old YES, old Genesis, old Gentle Giant, old Be Bop Deluxe, old Pink Floyd, old Nektar, old Rush and old Utopia. Anybody notice a trend here? Everything is friggin' OLD!
I've yet to hear a "neo-prog" album that blows me away. Marillion, Spocks Beard, Flower Kings, Dream Theater...ugh. Some respect for the killer playing with these bands, but it's just one big regurgitation.
If I waste one more dollar trying to find it, I'll go nuts. It's like being a junkie and chasing the dragon!
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Posted By: TonyJames
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 10:42
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In retrospect...it seems like the focus in the neo-prog world is..."Hey, lets get the sickest players in the world and make an album." What happened to the writing???
I don't want to hear a bass player that sounds like Squire. I don't want to hear a drummer that sounds like Bruford...I want to hear originality! Why is that so difficult?
Oh...and all of the above rant...Mike Portnoy gets a pass, he's amazing and his style is all his own.
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Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 15:13
Actually I think they were signed and I prefer pigs ears instead of rawhide Yezda Urfa's album Baboon: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1402 ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: May 13 2009 at 12:31
| I listened to Magnification yesterday, probably their best effort since the '70s+Drama and KTA. |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: May 14 2009 at 22:32
Are you really that narcissistic? Are you f**king kidding? I gotta have a good dose of Yes (1970-1977 only) just about every day!! |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: May 15 2009 at 07:30
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As a matter of fact, I have "Close to the Edge" on tap for my commute home today. It never lets me down. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: May 15 2009 at 17:10
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Listened to the live Perpetual Change on the road today. Fantastic, and what a drum solo Bruford takes!! I never tire of it.
(Listened to the great album Red right after
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Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: May 16 2009 at 05:40
You sir are a wise man with superb taste. I am now playing Sunburst Finish.
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Posted By: Xanthous
Date Posted: May 16 2009 at 16:28
| I personally listen to Yes all the time. I was just listening to 'Heart Of The Sunrise" an hour ago. |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 16 2009 at 16:48
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I used to. Now I've moved on to the far superior prog metal bands of te 90s Don't kill me, please ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: May 17 2009 at 06:18
I just re-listened to TFTO, awesome stuff. I'd say Howe's guitar work can nearly beat his Relayer work. ------------- 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: May 17 2009 at 06:30
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I'm listening to them right now. It took a while for me to get into them, and I haven't really listened to them all that much over the past two years. But every once in a while I give one of their albums a spin. I prefer the early ones, their debut and Fragile are the ones I listen to most frequently. They are both major favourites of mine (regardless of genre), especially Fragile which I tend to name as my all-time favourite album. The post-Fragile material I'm less fond of, with the exception of Relayer (which is the one I'm listening to in this very moment). One thing with Yes that's always bugged me is Steve Howe's guitar sound. I really don't like it at all, never have, probably never will. That could be why I've always been so fond of the first two albums. |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: May 17 2009 at 06:34
Why should you alone be the least popular person on this thread - I'm going to put my head on the block and say I used to like Pete Banks' stuff very much too. I like Howe, but as I'm not a musician, I guess that's why I don't rate him as highly as most other guys on PA seem too.
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: May 17 2009 at 06:50
I'm a musician, although not a guitarist. I appreciate Howe's technical skills, it's just his preferred tone I don't like. I have heard Badger, but only the first album. I really dig it, though. I haven't heard Flash, however. As I really like Banks' playing on the first two Yes albums I've been interested in hearing Flash too, but for some reason I haven't done so yet.... |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: May 17 2009 at 07:28
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Off topic so quick note:
First Badger is cool; no point with the White lady thing. Flash & In The Can are both patchy but pretty good - they're not that easy to find but Amazon, etc is always a good bet. All comments IMO natch ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: May 18 2009 at 15:20
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Surprised there've been no "Howe-els" of rage yet. . . Banks does deserve more love, though. My personal favorite of his is his reworking of Astral Traveller on the Tales from Yesterday tribute. I advise you, Phileas, to check it out. |
Posted By: Bufo
Date Posted: June 08 2009 at 00:57
| I still listen to Yes. They're one of the few bands that have kept my interest over the decades since I first heard them. The fact they kept recording albums for most of that time helped keep me interested. |
Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 18:58
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Yeah it's an old poll, yeah I've heard all Yes's greatest music, and YES I'm still listening. Just listened to the second half of the great Tales today, and also to the interesting studio run-through of The Revealing. Last week, the albums Yes and Time And A Word. -------------  Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"? |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 08:31
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Been a while - may give it (T f t T O) a go, when i get back from the HIFI shop this afternoon with my new
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Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 08:41
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 09:33
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I am not a huge Yes fan, but I love to hear Close to the Edge or The Yes Album every now and again.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 09:44
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Not as much as I used to, the older stuff is ingrained in the brain, so there's no need to. Still, I'd never get rid of it or take it out of what is becoming a rather long rotation of albums.
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Posted By: KingCrimson250
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 09:51
| I think Relayer has got to be my favourite album of them, and the one I spin the most often. They never did anything else with Moraz, did they? |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 09:56
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I'm more into prog metal right now than Yes, so I've left them in the dust. I never liked them as much as Genesis anyway....
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Posted By: Firdous e Bareen
Date Posted: July 18 2009 at 00:50
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I like Yes the most out of all the big old prog rock bands, which is strange considering I'm mainly into metal. Their music just has such an awesome mystical, hippie feel to it. Whenever I listen to them it's like I virtually enter Roger Dean's fantacy landscapes. I can't form the same connection with bands such as Genesis and ELP, or even with the great King Crimson and Pink Floyd for that matter (although I must stress the inherent awesomeness of those latter two bands).
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Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: July 18 2009 at 05:42
Great to have a metal head on board with the Yes crew. Sometimes the rest of us can't quite lift those big heavy swords, what with being so stoned and mystical and all. (I kid... because I love.)------------- Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"? |
Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: July 19 2009 at 18:23
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Oh YEAH! I mean Yes is like THE most amazing band or so.
 I listen very often to Relayer and Close (they're my favourites) ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 18:10
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Posted By: natewait
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 21:44
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I'm listening to "The Remembering (High The Memory)" right now. Incredible song. Incredible album. I still listen to Yes, one of the bands that got me into Prog in the first place. I have to pay my respects every now and again
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Posted By: hitting_singularity2
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 23:48
| i heard they weren't going to release an album after Magnification but that they had a few tracks released recently, is it true? |
Posted By: Lodij van der Graaf
Date Posted: July 21 2009 at 02:26
| Yes is one of the most prominent figures in Prog scene, and so in my life. I love it, I really listen it. But, I admit it that my Yes rotation frequency is far below mine of Genesis or Peter Hammill. But when the mood is coming, I could play a marathon of Yes' albums from Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, Relayer to Yessongs. |