why late at night in the u.s. does ilm get all yessed out

I forgot about Magnification. The songs on it are really good but something about the presence of the orchestra makes it very bleh. There's nothing objectionable about it, it's just missing some spark.

http://wmmr.com/2020/06/12/this-day-in-philly-rock-history-yes-played-to-130l-at-jfk-stadium/

no doubt they were all celebrating dock ellis

happy ye(l)s(d) day!

12:30am and I'm Yessing out to these clips just posted by Beat Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx_GIji9EGw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gaZRACHMSk

Bruford's drum faces always pretty funny.

for some reason probably because i hate yes it was only yesterday that i heard "parallels" for the first time and it was one of those surprising "wait hold on i actually like this song" experiences

i'm sure as hell not going to listen to every yes song just on the off chance that i might like one of them but it's nice when it happens

I've never considered clicking on the thread of a band I don't like but I can't think of a single band I hate.

INSTEAD OF WATCHING THE VP DEBATE I AM LISTENING TO RELAYER GOD this record is fucking insane

its like....Evil Yes

listen

should we fight forever

knowing as we do know

fear destroys?

exactly!! when does Good Jon ever write lyrics like that?

<3

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3362163313902980

gentle masks dont touch

I mean you expect us to log in to a Facebook post📘😊? Just not going to happen

Just post a link to south side lmfao

Go Jon!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?ebc=ANyPxKqEMQACepSftCYRGR-Au1HF3LBusS-ioH_nO2Vf8ffGXuzccIb4Ap7wee3WmmoSbbDWaoNXorZMtXmUNXtyF57OHr7dlg&feature=emb_title&time_continue=258&v=04xaMR9pzDk

wtf WOW

never thought I'd see the day Jon Anderson used the phrase "soulless motherfucker" in a song

Holy shit, amazing!

TS: "Go Screw Yourself" vs "With All Due Respect"

"If I may"

wow... one for the This Must Be A Tim & Eric Sketch thread?

I'm unclear on the message here. I thought the unflattering images of Trump in the first chorus meant this was anti-Trump but he's not really a sweet-talker and there are images of Democrats as well, and we see both "gun rights" and "gun control", for instance. So then I thought it might be just general 'both-sides' fatigue like the deYoung song but there are also lots of reminders to vote.

lol yeah "all politicians are crooks but you should get out and vote for them anyway" is kind of a weird message

This video is unlisted apparently? This suggests an additional layer of, uh, ambivalence.

Eating an edible in preparation for getting all Yessed out tonight with the 3xLP of Yessongs

i hope the edible starts kicking in once howe starts vamping right before the opening riff of "yours is no disgrace"

#jelly

i should say, i hope the second edible kicks in at that point

I just hope the thing plays alright, it was three dollars and it looks like its survived multiple hurricanes

more like multiple tormatoes amirite

xpost I misread that as three LP copies of Yessongs. Like, analog Zaireeka.

alright here we go

every copy of yessongs i’ve ever seen looks like it was used for many joint rollings and/or warhammer matches

oh damn there's a little book in here

lmao @ the audience hootin and hollerin for "Excerpts from 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII'"

man how the fuck do you play Close to the Edge

Just plow right through it

wow this is really kickin' in

i hope the edible starts kicking in once howe starts vamping right before the opening riff of "yours is no disgrace"

HA HA YES THIS IS VERY GOOD

my god this Yours Is No Disgrace is the best thing I've ever heard

ok i looked it up and it really is 14 minutes long. thats not just the gummy bear talkin

this is great i am getting yessed out vicariously

The Yes equivalent of Zaireeka is simultaneously playing all five mid-70s solo albums.

Hah, totally had a mental picture of frogbs having some sort of R Crumb/Zap Comix freakout, astral rabbit-hole moment whilst balancing his copy of YesSongs on his knee.

yessongs is probably their single best recording, and yeah the "total mass retain" section of "close to the edge" has a totally impossible groove, no idea how they pull it off

Only a seasoned witch could pull off such a groove.