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

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

It's an outrage, is what it is

case in point

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.

https://obscuritory.com/other/knights-of-the-crystallion/

oh hshit

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.

$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

the Genesis one is siqq!

feel like "astral traveler" is what the doors were always trying to pull off

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

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

I just wish the actual verse of Sound Chaser was repeated a bit more, it's the best bit of the song

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

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.

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.

i just realized this thread is about the band Yes

Somebody buy flappy a beer

I suspect there is some yesshame in preferring “soon” to TGoD but hey whatever

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

folks

I am enjoying 90125

leading to her dad (Paul Giamatti's merlot-drinking buddy in "Sideways")

that's the dude from Wings show some respect

this is the first time I wanted to watch that show

now for big generator

let's attack bad-era yes head-on

that album's always been my answer to "what if The Police hadn't broken up?"

yknow this is bad, but it isn't bad

title track is a dreadful monstrosity but the rest is kind of nice

I'm Running is practically Cardiacs-inspired!

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

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"

I'm Running is maybe top-ten Yes, fuck all y'all

Which album has Love Will Find a Way? That's some solid AOR.

yeah that's on this one

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')

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

Shoot High, Aim Low is kind of a cool track

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

I've taken the wild decision that BG is even better

Yo lj you wildin

Hold On comes close but there's nothing quite as good as BG's highlights on 90125

btw how the hell did Hold On get 0 votes in the 90125 poll, it sounds like the closing-credits music to an 80s eco-cop hero movie. The Emerald Weapon

lj you need to spend way more time with 90125 my god

nothing on big generator is as good as "leave it" or its several remixes

I'm listening to 90125 again now haha. I only heard it for the first time the other day! It is a Powerful Mood

When "Leave It" was released as a single, MTV played like 10 different variations on the video in a row.

who would believe you, LJ? wise men do

imago, don't sleep on "Changes" or "It Can Happen"

I certainly won't sleep on them - I just heard them again. They're great. Leave It just began

Yeah, v good. But as I say, it feels like they wrote I'm Running just for me. It's something I don't expect anyone else to go for as hard as I do. It's imagocore

It's interesting to hear some of the 90125 demos to see just how much these are Chris Squire songs that got spliced with Trevor Rabin songs.

IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU
IT CAN HAPPEN TO ME
IT CAN HAPPEN TO EVERYONE EEE VENT YOU ALL EEE