yousendit?
― June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Thursday, 11 January 2018 00:34 (six years ago) link
Last thing at the bottom of thispage will get you Yessed Out.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 11 January 2018 01:14 (six years ago) link
woooowww my mind is being blown by the "give peace a chance" quote in "i've seen all good people" that i never noticed before !!!
y'all wanna do this er wut
― budo jeru, Friday, 16 February 2018 01:09 (six years ago) link
The apple doesn't fall far. My son spent the evening geeking out on our vinyl copies of Fragile and Close to the Edge with his buddy.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 7 April 2018 04:26 (six years ago) link
I dove back into "Tormato" because I'm fascinated by the ways established prog/prog-leaning bands reacted to punk. "Release, Release" is my favorite of such response songs, after Queen's "Sheer Heart Attack". I also love the raw sound of "On The Silent Wings Of Freedom" - it's like a rehearsal that accidentally made it to final mastering. (Hell, you can almost smell the cigarette burns on the shag carpet in the wood-paneled basement beneath the "Ummagumma" poster with the thumbtack missing from the upper-left corner). And there's the whole "Was Rick Wakeman openly trying to sabotage the album?" solos that echo Viv Savage from "This Is Spinal Tap" (near the end of the track, Rick just goes up and down the first 5 notes of the Lydian mode for like 6 measures). Damn, I love that song!
When my Spotify shuffle setting played "Onward" after James Blake's "Unluck" and "Wilhelm's Scream", it finally hit me that Yes might have accidentally invented Dubstep (or, at least, the chill side of it). The sub-70bpm tempo, the underlying subtle-yet-propulsive keyboard rhythm that appears and disappears, the soaring chorus - all that's missing is a massive bass drop before "...OF MYYYY LIIIIFE!"
― Prefecture, Sunday, 8 April 2018 02:56 (six years ago) link
(Apologies for going Full Ronald Thomas Clontle if I swapped Yes for Madness and Dubstep for Ska)
― Prefecture, Sunday, 8 April 2018 03:01 (six years ago) link
good post brahAre any of the b-sides notable?
― calstars, Sunday, 8 April 2018 03:05 (six years ago) link
I'm not aware of the B-sides (my copy of "Parallels" has "Wonderous Stories" on the blue vinyl), but there are bonus tracks on the remastered edition of the LP. They're all really folky - hell, "You Can Be Saved" might be the best song Band of Horses never recorded.
― Prefecture, Sunday, 8 April 2018 03:37 (six years ago) link
I picked up used vinyl copies of The Yes Album and Relayer today.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 8 April 2018 04:07 (six years ago) link
why late at night in the u.s. does ilm get all yessed outnot that there's an answer for this, or anyone would try to take a stab at one, but still― trevor horn, Friday, August 27, 2004 12:24 AM (thirteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"yessed out"?― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Friday, August 27, 2004 12:25 AM (thirteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not that there's an answer for this, or anyone would try to take a stab at one, but still― trevor horn, Friday, August 27, 2004 12:24 AM (thirteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"yessed out"?― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Friday, August 27, 2004 12:25 AM (thirteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i think about this thread title and these two posts very often
― flappy bird, Sunday, 8 April 2018 05:16 (six years ago) link
it's like a joke between me and me
why has nobody made a pair of socks with the Yes logo on them? I would happily sport a pair of Yessocks.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 8 April 2018 06:56 (six years ago) link
i love that uncut did an ultimate music guide, and i get that they were boring to interview, but holy shit do they underrate major jams ~
"survival" -- 3 out of 5 stars?
"then" -- 3 out of 5 stars?
"astral traveller" -- 3 out of 5 stars?
"starship trooper" -- 3 out of 5 stars?
"siberian khatru" -- 3 out of 5 stars?
"the gates of delirium" -- 3 out of 5 stars?
"to be over" -- 3 out of 5 stars?
"wonderous stories" -- 3 out of 5 stars?
"tempus fugit" -- 2 out of 5 stars? 2 out of 5 stars??
go choke on velvet underground vinyl uncut MAGA. and to think that rick wakeman tickled the ivories on "life of mars?" and "get it on (bang a gong)" and was pretty much a member of black sabbath, bruford drummed for king fucking crimson, and the god damned buggles. imagine living your life graded on the curve yes is by rock critics
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 12 April 2018 22:55 (six years ago) link
It's an outrage, is what it is
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 12 April 2018 22:58 (six years ago) link
case in point
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 12 April 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
critical update:
the game Knights of the Crystallion was inspired by the cover of Relayer.
Ages ago, a colossal sea monster called an Orodrid died in a canyon passage. Millions of years later, after the valley was eroded, a nomadic people found its hulking skeleton, “incomprehensible” in size, and declared it their new home. “Orodrid, the city of bones” became more than a shelter. It was the new center of their world, their source of spiritual energy.In Knights of the Crystallion, you live within this society. That’s the game. It combines a group of confusing, seemingly random activities – like a Nine Men’s Morris-style board game and an action sequence set in twisting cave – to depict the many sides of the communal, religious life of the Orodrim.
In Knights of the Crystallion, you live within this society. That’s the game. It combines a group of confusing, seemingly random activities – like a Nine Men’s Morris-style board game and an action sequence set in twisting cave – to depict the many sides of the communal, religious life of the Orodrim.
https://obscuritory.com/other/knights-of-the-crystallion/
― Karl Malone, Monday, 16 April 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
oh hshit
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 16 April 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
Hey Reggie how much didja have to pay for that Uncut UMG? Amazon has it for $30 US which is, like, outrageous for a magazine. Trying to pay less than $15 for it.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 16 April 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
$40. i'm a sucker for these guys; it felt like a huge bargain given how many other magazines i've bought over the years, and how little attention any pay to YES. unfortunately it's nowhere near the quality of other UMGs though -- pink floyd, bowie, zeppelin, etc -- so i would for sure say stick to cover price or thereabouts
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 16 April 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link
the Genesis one is siqq!
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 16 April 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
feel like "astral traveler" is what the doors were always trying to pull off
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link
the only one i know is 4/20 is best when it's on a friday, everyone who's been in love before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rggxNnZQMQ4
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 20 April 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
in the wake of the Fragile poll I'm listening to the B-side tracks of CTTE and Relayer
turns out once again And You And I is one of the most monumental things ever recorded, when Apocalypse kicks in it is more than heaven
and now Sound Chaser, sweet lord
I can't help but throw comparative shade at Fragile but really I'd like to celebrate these songs
― imago, Friday, 20 April 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
I just wish the actual verse of Sound Chaser was repeated a bit more, it's the best bit of the song
― imago, Friday, 20 April 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
you wanna hear something nuts, check out this dude playing Sound Chaser on solo piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqR0AP7A_l4
this is like those dudes who get perfect scores on the really difficult Guitar Hero songs
― frogbs, Friday, 20 April 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
Thanks for the reply upthread , Reggie. Yeah it's a shame these things are nearly impossible to get in a cheap pdf version! Once in a while one pops up on a t0rr3nt but very rarely. I love their Zep and Pink Floyd ones.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 21 April 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Despite being oddly compiled (what with Relayer/GFTO/Tormato songs and different eras all jammed in) and not really a patch on the immortal Yessongs, I have a bit of a soft spot for Yesshows. It was my introduction to a bunch of those records (certainly Topographic Oceans, which I never owned) and Moraz, whose interplay with Howe blew me away. And the performances are uniformly quite good. For a dogs breakfast, it’s pretty likable. Small moment: when they take like three minutes to introduce the band and crew, Jon gets momentarily lost in the groovy windup to “Ritual” and sings “Don’t put that funk in my face.”It reminds me that for all their maximalist indulgence, long history and lineup permutations, there are still times when I actually think this band never reached its potential.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
i just realized this thread is about the band Yes
― flappy bird, Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
Somebody buy flappy a beer
― calstars, Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
I suspect there is some yesshame in preferring “soon” to TGoD but hey whatever
― calstars, Monday, 23 April 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
The HBO show "Divorce" featuring Thomas Haden Church and Sarah Jessica Parker, is all Yessed out. A recent episode involved the daughter expressing frustration with the music at a roller rink, leading to her dad (Paul Giamatti's merlot-drinking buddy in "Sideways") arranging for "The Gates of Delirium" to be blasted from the rink's PA. there are other great Yes references, too. http://www.yesfans.com/showthread.php?85143-Yes-featured-on-HBO-s-Divorce
― Prefecture, Monday, 23 April 2018 02:34 (six years ago) link
folks
I am enjoying 90125
― imago, Monday, 23 April 2018 16:41 (six years ago) link
leading to her dad (Paul Giamatti's merlot-drinking buddy in "Sideways")
that's the dude from Wings show some respect
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 23 April 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
this is the first time I wanted to watch that show
now for big generator
let's attack bad-era yes head-on
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
that album's always been my answer to "what if The Police hadn't broken up?"
― frogbs, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
yknow this is bad, but it isn't bad
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
title track is a dreadful monstrosity but the rest is kind of nice
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
I'm Running is practically Cardiacs-inspired!
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
you wish :)
I had a comp a long time ago that had the title track and it put me off the album for a long time. If you removed that track I think the album would have a better reputation
always liked "Almost Like Love", as goofy as that one is
― frogbs, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
i have a hard time with big generator. they fell so hard after 90125, but it was a classic run -- 1969 - 1983 -- 14 years like the ideal number of songs on a perfect pop album
my short list of post-rabin studio jams: "without hope you cannot start the day"; "holding on"; "take the water to the mountain"; "real love"; "homeworld"; "lightning strikes / can i? / face to face"; "to be alive"; "new language"; "nine voices"; "madman at the screens"; "life on a film set"; and "into the storm"
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
I'm Running is maybe top-ten Yes, fuck all y'all
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
Which album has Love Will Find a Way? That's some solid AOR.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link
yeah that's on this one
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link
But yeah, wow! If I like a deep cut from Big Bad Generator this much, what will I discover on their later, even badder albums? (I'm braced for 'nothing')
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:55 (six years ago) link
Talk is a pretty neat album. Always felt it was a bit underrated. It's definitely not as entertaining as 90125 or Big Generator though
a lot of Yes fans like the Keystudio stuff. I dug "That, That Is" a lot but it really doesn't need to be a 20 minute epic
lots of cool stuff on The Ladder (especially the title track which really is "classic Yes" in all its glory), but as an album it's very uneven
I remember liking Magnification a good amount but I don't really recall a single thing from it
― frogbs, Friday, 27 April 2018 15:00 (six years ago) link
Shoot High, Aim Low is kind of a cool track
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 April 2018 16:59 (six years ago) link
it's one of my favorite yes songs! there's a dropoff from 90125 to big generator but i don't think it's all that dramatic
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
I've taken the wild decision that BG is even better
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
Yo lj you wildin
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 April 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link