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.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 May 2014 02:56 (ten years ago) link
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
― j., Friday, 2 May 2014 03:05 (ten years ago) link
yeah but there's only a pretty small amount of bruford era, and an even smaller amount of anderson-bruford-wakeman-howe.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 May 2014 03:09 (ten years ago) link
it's a good thing them some long-ass songs then
― j., Friday, 2 May 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link
These days, post-Yes Bruford records get more of my attention than post-Bruford Yes records. Well, up until that Earthworks stuff.
― doug watson, Friday, 2 May 2014 12:35 (ten years ago) link
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/MICP-30060
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 2 May 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
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.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 2 May 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, Relayer is great.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 2 May 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
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.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 2 May 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
The ensemble playing on Relayer seems dazzlingly tight to me
"... [O]n 'Sound Chaser'" was what I meant.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 2 May 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
Hm, now I'm thinking about the drums on side 2 of Fragile and reconsidering that...
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 2 May 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
side 1 of the yes album too ("clap" excepted obv.)
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 2 May 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Saturday, 3 May 2014 00:53 (ten years ago) link
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.
― calstars, Saturday, 3 May 2014 00:55 (ten years ago) link
I walked through midtown manhattan today around 3pm air-drumming to "heart of the sunrise."
― veronica moser, Saturday, 3 May 2014 01:26 (ten years ago) link
The melodic parts of Silently Falling are so nice
― calstars, Friday, 16 May 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
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/
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
10:36-13:30 of Awaken is the best bit of Yes y/n
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link
Absolutely.
― doug watson, Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:32 (nine years ago) link
This is so great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SszeZhF9Xq4
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Friday, 23 January 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
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
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 28 February 2015 01:58 (nine years ago) link
favorite thread title
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 28 February 2015 02:22 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 28 February 2015 02:38 (nine years ago) link
i miss getting yessed out on ilx
― Cory Sklar, Monday, 29 June 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
ilx never should've tucked in its yessing
― some dude, Monday, 29 June 2015 23:17 (eight years ago) link
I'm listening to CTTE right now
― sleeve, Monday, 29 June 2015 23:37 (eight years ago) link
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.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, 29 June 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Zx6oKfi.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 01:39 (eight years ago) link
i did this tonight
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 02:27 (eight years ago) link
It's been Tales and Relayer for me
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 03:00 (eight years ago) link
This thread is the reason I've been so Yessed out for the last 6 years.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 05:42 (eight years ago) link
https://vimeo.com/67135948
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 02:58 (eight years ago) link
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
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 03:30 (eight years ago) link
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/09/18/getting-yes-steve-howe-guitar-wizard-365831.html
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 18 September 2015 23:20 (eight years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=184&v=W8XVrpEiyOU
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 21 September 2015 03:32 (eight years ago) link
Somebody tell me "South Side of the Sky" isn't a great song
SO I CAN PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH
― Capitalism Is A Death Cult And Science Is A Whore (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 5 November 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
advice column gets all yessed out
http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/11/ask-polly-im-sick-of-being-unhappy-and-alone.html
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
Classic
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:55 (eight years ago) link
She picked a dud live clip, though. Way better imo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcvByrgofjc
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
These words spring into my mind often. I didn't know what they meant when I was younger and listened to Yes, partially because I was not just surrounded by myself, I was also full of myself. I was covered in myself and clothed in myself and swimming through a sea myself only to get to an island of myself, alone on a planet of myself, spinning through a universe of myself.
feelin' yessed
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
hahaha amazing
― sleeve, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:40 (eight years ago) link
\m/
also, can i just say, the anderson-ponty band album better late than never is way better than two dudes in their 70s have any right to be, and is kind of a tonic for the wretched heaven & earth?
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhqWpaW9s4o
― MaresNest, Sunday, 3 April 2016 19:28 (eight years ago) link
First time I'm seeing footage of them play live - funny to see Anderson as a young man when I've always pictured him (just from his voice) so much older. And Howe like a wraith.
― calstars, Monday, 4 April 2016 00:05 (eight years ago) link
Man I decided to give Going for the One another chance after seeing that, and I just reached the point where it really started to give me a headache, which, it turns out, is about 4 minutes into Awaken.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Monday, 4 April 2016 01:37 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaKdI7v8XxU
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 8 April 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvANpEr3XbA
― pplains, Monday, 2 May 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
Had a dream that I was using some kind of remote-control device to change a convenience store's LED-light sign to read "TELL THE MOONDOG TELL THE MARCH HARE" in scrolling text, but the store's proprietor yelled at me before I could succeed.
― kevin smith what a bro (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 30 May 2016 21:53 (seven years ago) link
Maybe he/she just wasn't into the Jon Anderson songs!
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 30 May 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link