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

Yes, Arcade Fire are working with with James Murphy" -anybody else get unnecessarily excited by this pitchfork headline?

yestival quadrophronic prog festival

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/yes-yestival/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sEOK0En6Pk

yes i said i will. yes

"beyond and before" is one of the all-time debut album opening songs. like an overture to everything that would be awesome (and lame) about them as they keep on stargazing along

http://www.list.co.uk/article/59949-yes-bassist-chris-squire-writing-autobiography/

second response hall of fame

gonna listen to some Yes right now in honor of this thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96d5spC3tQg

Is there a specific thread about post-Bruford Yes records? I don't feel like wading through pages of threads with the word "yes" in the title

it is a thread called no

this is a post called hmm

I'm listening to Relayer for p much the first time right now and it's honestly much better than I expected in spite of seeming to miss something that the older records had. I guess I'm just one step further into old dude lameness now.

i've been pretty yessed out the past few years, got into other parts of the bruford era i had been cool to before, but once i hit relayer it's just like, cmon, this is not the same band

yeah but there's only a pretty small amount of bruford era, and an even smaller amount of anderson-bruford-wakeman-howe.

it's a good thing them some long-ass songs then

These days, post-Yes Bruford records get more of my attention than post-Bruford Yes records. Well, up until that Earthworks stuff.

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/MICP-30060

Relayer is actually my second-favourite after Close to the Edge. They went further 'out' than usual on it and I think Howe might have been at his peak there.

Yeah, Relayer is great.

The last time I listened, I actually wondered whether it could be my favourite.

Yes without Anderson or Howe definitely doesn't seem like the same 'classic' band to me but tbh I guess I'm a little surprised that the drummer would make so much of a difference to some listeners. I never really feel like there's a rhythmic weakness on Relayer. The ensemble playing on Relayer seems dazzlingly tight to me. I like Bruford but I mostly just appreciate the way he worked as part of the ensemble. If anything, I notice his playing much more in King Crimson. I never really thought of him as a star drummer like Bonham or Peart or Moon, though.

The ensemble playing on Relayer seems dazzlingly tight to me

"... [O]n 'Sound Chaser'" was what I meant.

Hm, now I'm thinking about the drums on side 2 of Fragile and reconsidering that...

side 1 of the yes album too ("clap" excepted obv.)

I think there's a certain swing to brufords playing that made them a little, idk, funkier or something and counterbalanced the more technical aspect of their prog. White is a lithe and strong drummer and I think he works about as well as anyone other than bruford coukd have. But there's still a missing ingredient for me. I mean white can hold his own on pretty much anything but I can't imagine him coming up with the unforgettable fills bruford did on heart of the sunrise.

absolutely agree

Bruford was like a little jazz drummer, close-mic'ed, playing in the corner, while symphonic yes played in the center of room with reverb and space to infinity. The balance / counterpoint is dramatic and awesome.

I walked through midtown manhattan today around 3pm air-drumming to "heart of the sunrise."

The melodic parts of Silently Falling are so nice

fitting development (even if wayne has turned into a grade-a toolbag), since legend has it admitting to each other in the tourvan that they were separately listening to yes led to 'the soft bulletin'

http://www.spin.com/articles/flaming-lips-electric-wurms-heart-of-the-sunrise-video/

10:36-13:30 of Awaken is the best bit of Yes y/n

Absolutely.

This is so great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SszeZhF9Xq4

14 cd set of live shows from '72.

http://www.amazon.com/Progeny-Seven-Shows-Seventy-Two-Deluxe/dp/B00U2MZU9C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425052178&sr=8-1&keywords=Progeny%3A+Seven+Shows+from+Seventy+Two

favorite thread title

it's like the let's get drunk and listen to waka flocka flame for prog dudes

it's the only searchable yes thread so i went with it. plus it's night. but not late. so i cheated.

i miss getting yessed out on ilx

ilx never should've tucked in its yessing

I'm listening to CTTE right now

I'm listening to Relayer. Again.

It's hard to say what will become of Yes now - however, it's tempting to imagine 50 years in the future where Yes are still going, minus any of the past members we currently know, still playing Close To The Edge... like a prog rock Menudo, or something.

http://i.imgur.com/Zx6oKfi.jpg

I'm listening to CTTE right now

i did this tonight

It's been Tales and Relayer for me

This thread is the reason I've been so Yessed out for the last 6 years.

https://vimeo.com/67135948

What's the opening song Yes plays at their first post-Squire show? THAT ONE...
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/yes/2015/grand-theater-at-foxwoods-mashantucket-ct-13f7bd8d.html

http://www.newsweek.com/2015/09/18/getting-yes-steve-howe-guitar-wizard-365831.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=184&v=W8XVrpEiyOU

Somebody tell me "South Side of the Sky" isn't a great song

SO I CAN PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH

advice column gets all yessed out

http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/11/ask-polly-im-sick-of-being-unhappy-and-alone.html