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
― frogbs, Friday, 20 April 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
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.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 21 April 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
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.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
i just realized this thread is about the band Yes
― flappy bird, Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
Somebody buy flappy a beer
― calstars, Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
I suspect there is some yesshame in preferring “soon” to TGoD but hey whatever
― calstars, Monday, 23 April 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
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
― Prefecture, Monday, 23 April 2018 02:34 (six years ago) link
folks
I am enjoying 90125
― imago, Monday, 23 April 2018 16:41 (six years ago) link
leading to her dad (Paul Giamatti's merlot-drinking buddy in "Sideways")
that's the dude from Wings show some respect
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 23 April 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
this is the first time I wanted to watch that show
now for big generator
let's attack bad-era yes head-on
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
that album's always been my answer to "what if The Police hadn't broken up?"
― frogbs, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
yknow this is bad, but it isn't bad
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
title track is a dreadful monstrosity but the rest is kind of nice
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
I'm Running is practically Cardiacs-inspired!
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
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"
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
I'm Running is maybe top-ten Yes, fuck all y'all
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
Which album has Love Will Find a Way? That's some solid AOR.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link
yeah that's on this one
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
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')
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Friday, 27 April 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
Shoot High, Aim Low is kind of a cool track
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 April 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
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
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
I've taken the wild decision that BG is even better
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Yo lj you wildin
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 April 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
Hold On comes close but there's nothing quite as good as BG's highlights on 90125
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
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
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
lj you need to spend way more time with 90125 my god
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
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
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
When "Leave It" was released as a single, MTV played like 10 different variations on the video in a row.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 April 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
who would believe you, LJ? wise men do
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 27 April 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
imago, don't sleep on "Changes" or "It Can Happen"
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 April 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
I certainly won't sleep on them - I just heard them again. They're great. Leave It just began
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
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
― imago, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
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.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 April 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOUIT CAN HAPPEN TO MEIT CAN HAPPEN TO EVERYONE EEE VENT YOU ALL EEE
― frogbs, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
imago check out the "hello/goodbye" 12" mix of "leave it", it rules
― brimstead, Friday, 27 April 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
lol that was the one i was gonna post
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
Let us agree that songs that feature Chris Squire prominently on vocals are inherently works of startling genius.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, April 27, 2018 1:58 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
(An answer to all of your answers to)...YEEESSSSSS!!!!!
― Prefecture, Sunday, 29 April 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link
Is there a better "just got home from a party on Saturday night and feel like grabbing a beer and blasting some tunes for the remaining people in the house who i might have awaken(ed)" than "On The Silent Wings Of Freedom"?
― Prefecture, Sunday, 29 April 2018 04:13 (five years ago) link
Jamming 90125 right now that's my word
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 29 April 2018 05:52 (five years ago) link
Yeah I've been playing the hell out of 90125
― imago, Sunday, 29 April 2018 08:57 (five years ago) link
I think frogbs linked to this ages ago on another Yes thread.
Icelandic band Todmobile's cover of Awaken w/ Anderson guesting, a great arrangement, augmented by a choir, some brass and strings, they really know how to effectively pile on the layers for the very end section, best version I've heard so far (other than nitpicky issues with the bass player).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwspoyRdeV0
― MaresNest, Sunday, 29 April 2018 09:56 (five years ago) link
I've taken the wild decision that BG is even better― imago, Friday, April 27, 2018 1:00 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― imago, Friday, April 27, 2018 1:00 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you can feel no sense of measure
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 29 April 2018 12:00 (five years ago) link
holy shit, this version of Awaken
― imago, Sunday, 29 April 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
that's one of the greatest things ever recorded, surely
also, at the end of the video is the first time i've heard Roundabout and thought 'ah NOW i get it'
― imago, Sunday, 29 April 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
ya, this is terrific, even when it's not late at night
― doug watson, Monday, 30 April 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link