Well, probably 'cos in the CD era bands had to write more of them... and more B-sides too!
But yeah, Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water' was initially conceived as album filler, and we all know how that turned out!
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
They have a history of doing that... 'Natural Science' apparently was one of those "written in the studio at the last minute" things, surprisingly.
That's up there with their best songs imo! I think Kris once compared to Yes meets Afrika Bambaata.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 7 April 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
thought this revive was going to be about Geddy playing with Yes at their RRHOF induction ceremony tonight.
http://imgur.com/a/1f3Fw
what do Roy Wood and Joan Baez chat about?
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 7 April 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 7 April 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
give up: http://imgur.com/a/1f3Fw
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 7 April 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
ha wow! did he actually play? I just read they'd issued a retraction on that, saying he'd only agreed to present w/Alex
feel like a Geddy Lee isolated bass track for Roundabout should be some kind of collector's item for someone/maybe me.
― Dominique, Friday, 7 April 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
He's the only guy that probably could replace Chris Squire.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
it's tonight, and apparently he's playing:
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/04/rock_hall_2017_geddy_lee_of_ru.html
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 7 April 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
Ha, ELO are getting inducted. Fucking hell, rock on.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
@anniezaleskiBackstage press Q to Geddy Lee: Difficult or easy to learn Yes basslines? A: ”At first, difficult. After a while… difficult.” #RockHall2017
― mookieproof, Saturday, 8 April 2017 01:42 (seven years ago) link
My friend went to see this last night – pretty sure he died and went to heaven.
Re. Signals, where's the love for "The Weapon"? Hihat work on that alone is insane.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 8 April 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
The drum pattern on 'The Weapon' is mind-boggling, it's always quite something to watch other people try to play it.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Saturday, 8 April 2017 14:33 (seven years ago) link
i've been not really listening to rush for almost exactly 40 years -- not hating, but not really getting -- so i watched lighted stage to give me an in, maybe unlock them a little
still can't see myself becoming a fan -- none of the songs jumped out as something i'd want to listen to again, and geddy's voice will never be one i love -- but i *really* warmed to him (and his mum also)
― mark s, Saturday, 8 April 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
here's the actual show : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKYX4WRSTW8
Honestly Geddy killed this, looks like he could do this gig in his sleep
mark s - who's your go-to ambitious teen angst band?
― Dominique, Monday, 10 April 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link
Geddy aside, it's great to see Jon Anderson on lead vocals in Yes again.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Monday, 10 April 2017 01:53 (seven years ago) link
yeah that was seriously great.
I also like how serious Steve Howe looks when playing. not in a mechanical way, more a "this is my craaaaaaft, behold" kinda way
― Neanderthal, Monday, 10 April 2017 01:55 (seven years ago) link
Amazing!
― Moodles, Monday, 10 April 2017 02:09 (seven years ago) link
So Wakeman was there, but not Buford?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 April 2017 02:47 (seven years ago) link
Props to Wakeman for busting out the cape. Then again, he might just wear that all the time.
― earlnash, Monday, 10 April 2017 03:23 (seven years ago) link
Bruford's retired from drumming now, no? I would seriously go and see a whole evening of this, were they to tour it (which they won't).
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Monday, 10 April 2017 10:36 (seven years ago) link
I get the impression that Bruford is far more proud of his work with King Crimson than he is of his work with Yes. It's almost as if he sees his stint with Yes as a warm-up for the main event.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Monday, 10 April 2017 12:33 (seven years ago) link
Signals was the first Rush album I ever heard and owned courtesy of my older cousin, and it's still my favorite. I'm also very fond of Grace Under Pressure.
― akm, Monday, 10 April 2017 13:19 (seven years ago) link
bruford was there. he was on stage with the band when they accepted the award, but didn't say anything himself. he didn't perform, though -- that's still the new kid (alan white)'s gig
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 10 April 2017 13:26 (seven years ago) link
Analog Kid perhaps my favorite Lifeson solo, at least of the concision era. Grace and PW still my fave albums. Commercial AOR of Hold Your Fire and Presto still most underrated era.
Have we ever polled best Rush opening cut?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 April 2017 13:27 (seven years ago) link
yeha bruford didn't speak. btw if you want to see some bullshit old rock star drama peep into billy sherwood's twitter or fb and see him go off on rick wakeman re: his speech; and despite a widely shared (by themelves!) pic of Jon Anderson and Jon Davidson smiling saying they would be doing an album together, Wakeman has said 100% NO
― akm, Monday, 10 April 2017 13:49 (seven years ago) link
whoa @ the Jon x Jon album, that sounds pretty tight and potentially very strange
― frogbs, Monday, 10 April 2017 13:51 (seven years ago) link
it actually sounds completely awful to me in concept. I'm not sure if they were talking about a personal project or what, wakeman's dismissal seems to be more about 'no Union type thing' so perhaps. Anyway I personally think my time with Yes 'proper' is done; it would be nice to have steve howe involved in something with anderson again, but alan white is not up to par these days.
(I was looking for the FB links to all of these, and it looks like yes (official) may have taken the repost of sherwood's rant down)
― akm, Monday, 10 April 2017 13:58 (seven years ago) link
Here are the Jons:
https://www.facebook.com/250766964978678/photos/a.250776908311017.64684.250766964978678/1358828777505819/?type=3&theater
"YEStory in the making. Jon and Jon meeting for the first time ever!PEACE ON EARTH and HIGH VIBRATION GO ON.JA and JD will do an album together and show all of you who focus on rivalry and hate that MUSiC conquers all!!! If you call yourself a true YES fan, stop the petty fighting and embrace the REAL message of YES music."
jesus stop with the random capitalizations
― akm, Monday, 10 April 2017 13:59 (seven years ago) link
oh, sherwood is now claming his FB page was hacked and his post is gone. Hacked by his own drunk self, I imagine.
― akm, Monday, 10 April 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Monday, April 10, 2017 8:33 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
He's implied as much. In the BBC "Prog Britannia" documentary he said that Yes made a few records that led up to The Great Album, which was Close To The Edge. Once they'd reached that, he felt his work was done, so he split. I think, though, that he very much preferred the atmosphere in King Crimson in which, as he put it, "almost nothing was said. You were just supposed to know what to do." This was in stark contrast to Yes' endless discussions along the lines of "Wait, but if you're playing F# in that section, shouldn't I be playing A? Or not?"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 April 2017 14:05 (seven years ago) link
honestly, everyone who was in KC (from the point Bruford joined) seem like sensible, honest, talented musicians as opposed to almost everyone in Yes who seem like egomaniac assholes.
― akm, Monday, 10 April 2017 14:09 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I get the feeling that in Yes, with everything being intricately arranged, that certain members would have a tendency to get precious about their parts or their material etc. King Crimson seems more "free", I guess, the type of band where people have room to express themselves, even if Fripp is ultimately the gaffer.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Monday, 10 April 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
I got an email today offering tickets to a Yes show in October that will include Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, and Trevor Rabin.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 10 April 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
xpmuch as I like his playing on both Yes and KC records, IMO Bruford seems a bit of priss about some things. He's got a snobbiness that, say, Neal Peart absolutely doesn't.
― Dominique, Monday, 10 April 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
but I've been trying to have beef with him for some time now so
― Dominique, Monday, 10 April 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
I think Fripp and his approach are so disciplined that you have to sort of align with his vision to fit in at all, and once you do that (and assuming you have the chops) the rest is relatively "easy," albeit still rigorous. Whereas with Yes, yeah, the challenge is everyone fitting their little bits of the puzzle in, which is how you end up with frantic songs and complicated side-long epics. To Yes's credit (and I'm at best a casual fan) their tracks and epics all sort of cohere despite that, as opposed to a band like, say, Metallica, who is very much A -part, B-part, C-part etc.
Since this is a Rush thread I should say that I've always been amazed at Rush's ability to go compact and concise. All their parts just make sense, and that they can fit so many ideas in 5-minute, hook-filled songs is pretty incredible. But then, I only think of them as a nominal prog band with only a couple of albums that fit the part, imo.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 April 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
I am 46 and time stands still is making my eyes tear up rn, what can ya do.
So glad I got to see these guys one time but I wish I'd made it to more than that.
― iris marduk (Jon not Jon), Monday, 10 April 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
xxx-post:
Oh yeah, I have no doubt that Bruford is a little bit of a snob about certain things... I get the feeling that Bruford would find playing in a basic rock band where all the songs are in 4/4 beneath him, whereas Peart would have no problem with the idea.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Monday, 10 April 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Early 70s interviews with Bruford are incredibly posh.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 10 April 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Wakeman's speech is hilarious (apart from the bit about his wife). Still puncturing his bandmate's pomposity to the end. And yeah, Geddy was awesome.
― Jeff W, Monday, 10 April 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
Reminds me of the Amadeus film, "I'm a vulgar man but my music is not".
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 10 April 2017 20:36 (seven years ago) link
if geddy stepped in as the permanent Yes bassist I'd have no issues with that. I hate Billy Sherwood
Anderson et all released a press release today stating that going forward ARW are known as "Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor kRabin,and Rick Wakeman". We'll see how long before Yes freak out and sue them, although apparently that's how they were being booked and promoted in europe already.
― akm, Monday, 10 April 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
Wish that Sam Dunn documentary had a bigger variety of fans like Stephen Malkmus and Nicky Wire.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 6 May 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
He's a metal dude, and doesn't have much knowledge of much outside that scene. But yes, some output from outside metal/hard rock would have been cool to see.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 6 May 2017 21:35 (seven years ago) link
I do like his stuff generally but I wonder if he sometimes pretends to know less than he does. Like in the power metal episode he sounded like he knew absolutely nothing about the genre and that doesn't seem possible.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 6 May 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY
\m/
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 14 July 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBVya4G8uNQ
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 29 October 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
I don't know where to see the whole thing, but there are bits of clips and stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVoEcHudb8w
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 29 October 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
Wish that Sam Dunn documentary had a bigger variety of fans like Stephen Malkmus and Nicky Wire.― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, May 6, 2017 8:11 PM (five months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, May 6, 2017 8:11 PM (five months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha, yes! Manic Street Preachers got the title of their album Lifeblood from one of the last lyrics on '2112' ("my lifeblood spills over") and the title track of Journal For Plague Lovers is blatantly influenced by 'The Spirit of Radio' ...
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Sunday, 29 October 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
Amazing. "Three new species of microbe found in the guts of termites have been named after members of the Canadian prog-rock band Rush, owing to the microbes’ long hair and rhythmic wriggling under the microscope." (h/t @annielogue) https://t.co/dHxzbRQNqy— Annie Zaleski (@anniezaleski) November 27, 2017
― mookieproof, Monday, 27 November 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link