strawbs keeps popping 'em out.
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
ok fine I'll bite
Howe (can't be Yes without him), Moraz (can he still play?), Davison (dude is more Jon than Jon), Sherwood (he's not bad!), and O'Reilly (whoever he is I'm sure he can play better than White at this point), guess I pocket a dollar
Khoroshev is the bargain in this group, alas the man is too horny for Yes
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
Anderson, Howe, White, Oliver Wakeman and no bass I guess?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
by that I mean he's a horny guy, not that he wants to bone the members of Yes
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
Tonys Kaye and Levin are overpriced.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
my super duper group
Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Tony O'Reilly, Billy Sherwood, Patrick Moraz
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:15 (three years ago) link
as good as Levin is I don't think his style really jives with Yes. then again I suppose he can do just about anything.
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:15 (three years ago) link
I liked him on Union!
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
In addition to being a fantastic bass player, I have a soft spot for him because he is also from Brookline, Massachusetts.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
Nothing to do with Yes, but I was annoyed listening to one of the recent Crimson live albums by how he slid around between notes instead of just hitting them dead-on like Wetton.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
proper intonation is for chumps!
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
I mean when he was playing the 70s stuff, of course he's fine with the parts that he devised.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
aint no frets on the bing bong stick or whatever the fuck its called
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
I'm pretty sure there are frets on the Chapman Stick
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
oh fine excuse me mr music genius
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
Gentlefolks, you can't fret about the Chapman Stick here! This is a prog thread!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
don't shoot the stick messenger!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
For years, I swore Tony Levin was a stage name meant as a brag about his bass sound ("Tone Eleven"). Then i learned that he primarily played something resembling an electric cribbage board, and "Tony Levin" is his real name.
But the serious question: when will Yes give us their "Honkin' on Bobo"?
― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Monday, 12 July 2021 14:38 (three years ago) link
I think they may be warming up to their Honkin' on Bobo. The most recent live album (I think, they may have squeezed another one out since I heard it) inexplicably included a cover of "Imagine" and a Richie Havens song.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
They covered Richie Havens on their second album.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
So they've been honkin' on bobo for a long, long time, it seems.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
down at the honkround by the bobo
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
loooooose oneonn too the honk of the bobo
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
Honks From Bobographic Oceans
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I knew that, I guess by "inexplicable" I just meant that they haven't put non-Yes stuff on very many of these recent live tours where they've been performing full albums.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
Shining, flying, purple bobo, tell me where you honk
― frogbs, Monday, 12 July 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
Bobo Honker, go sailing on by
― calstars, Monday, 12 July 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link
Honker Of A Lonely Bobo
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 12 July 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
LISTEN TO THIS TREVOR
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Monday, 12 July 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
I've Honked All Good Bobos
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 12 July 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
― calstars, Monday, 12 July 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
Honks From Bobographic Oceans― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, July 12, 2021 10:16 AM (eleven hours ago)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, July 12, 2021 10:16 AM (eleven hours ago)
There were several great ones up above, but this is some God-level "Revealing corridors of time provoking memories Disjointed but with purpose" level topography
― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 03:40 (three years ago) link
I was listening to Guided by Voices and it occurred to me they might be the only band that was just influenced by Yes's (particularly Anderson's) melodic sensibilities while taking absolutely nothing from their musicianship etc
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 03:50 (three years ago) link
So I don't keep up with current Yes at all but Youtube recommended this new video to me and, while it's not the classic band, if it were a new Mew song, it would be completely acceptable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbGEa7ju8bg
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 00:44 (three years ago) link
That's the first post-2000 Yes song I've heard. It wasn't embarrassing, but somehow it feels like they're hampered trying to "be progressive". I was wishing for the arrangement to be a little more straight rock (but, admittedly, what does that even mean in 2021).
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 24 July 2021 02:12 (three years ago) link
lol why do they fake out "Touch and Go" at the beginning
its better than anything on Heaven & Earth, that's for sure
― frogbs, Saturday, 24 July 2021 02:26 (three years ago) link
Mew? lol
― calstars, Saturday, 24 July 2021 02:45 (three years ago) link
It's not really as infectious melodically as Mew or classic Yes; just had a contemporary progressive pop quality for me and a strong sense of groove + the vocals and meandering melodic lines made me think a bit of Mew.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 02:57 (three years ago) link
Miss Mew
― calstars, Saturday, 24 July 2021 02:59 (three years ago) link
well yeah also I miss Mew and would accept this if it was new material
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 03:03 (three years ago) link
Was probably overrating it out of hopefulness.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 03:22 (three years ago) link
late night and I got the Yes Album on blast, I don't care how much embarrassing bullshit they put out they're still one of the sickest bands ever
― frogbs, Monday, 26 July 2021 03:28 (three years ago) link
inside outoutside in
― mookieproof, Monday, 26 July 2021 03:33 (three years ago) link
I'll probably only hear the post-Magnification albums after I've heard like 30 solo albums.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 26 July 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
I've been listening to Steve Howe's Beginnings. He sings too much, sometimes straining both his physical and emotional range, but unlike a lot of people I wouldn't say the vocals ruin the record.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 26 July 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
Seems to me that great prog bands have a lot of great solo artists too. I know Steve Hackett's debut album is a classic but it's so brilliant that I'm surprised it doesn't come up in conversation here more.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 26 July 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
Hackett's solo career is indeed quite good. all his first 4 are good, it gets a bit corny after that. but his recent albums are apparently on par with his early ones.
I too like Beginnings but am surprised Howe tries to even sing at all. I'm curious what his other solo albums sound like. I too am in that "Yes solo album" phase; so far Olias of Sunhollow, The Six Wives of Henry VII, and The Story of i are my favorites
Seems to me that great prog bands have a lot of great solo artists too.
not Gentle Giant! I don't know if they have a single solo album!
― frogbs, Monday, 26 July 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
The Bruford albums, although far from being solo records, are terrific. One Of A Kind especially.
― doug watson, Monday, 26 July 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
fair amount of controversy kicked up by this as it turns out something about this is identical to something written by Francis Monkman in 78. Downes insisted it was his own and then clarified that it seems he made a mistake, and the writing credits are being revised.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
yeah actually seems like an innocent mistake, still lol @ these guys having to mine four-decade old demo tapes for inspiration
― frogbs, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link