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

I have fond memories of singing "Circus Of Heaven" when I went for walks a decade ago.

I thought We Have Heaven was an OK-ish dry run for Anderson's Olias of Sunhillow, which was also part of a "let's all do solo things" project thinking about it. Five Per Cent of Nothing just about beats Ramshackled if we're making comparisons. Squire was the winner both times though, Fish Out of Water is almost the great lost Yes album.

Fish Out of Water loses me a bit on the last orchestral track, but it is interesting to hear Squire's lead voice and his take on the Yes sound.

5% for Nothing is a perfect 30 second song, but Ramshackled is way way down on my listening list.

I wish Anderson had done more like "We Have Heaven", I think he might have used more loops on one of his later solo albums but not sure.

this should come packaged in a vacuum bong

https://www.musicglue.com/yes-union-30/products/yes-union-live-limited-edition-super-deluxe-flight-case-30-year-anniversary-edition

Union tour was the only time I saw Yes live, and it was deeply disappointing

Utterly baffling that they are releasing this and thinking it's something their fanbase wants. Their fanbase wants tours released, certainly; Progeny was proof of that. But they want good tours of the band in their prime, and Union is not that. I can't imagine listening to 30 discs of shows from that tour. This isn't King Crimson.

'union' had its own section in the used bin at my local record store circa '92

I don't think any of the Union live albums have had much tracks from the studio album. I've wanted something like that because Wakeman felt the studio album was butchered but was proud of the live performances, but this is too much.

I saw them twice on the Union tour, lol.

Yikes yeah this is just overblown — even for Yes !

You know what would’ve been cool for them to have played on this tour? “Machine Messiah”. Howe and Rabin would’ve sounded nice together on that. Because otherwise I hated when they were forced to play together. Oil (Rabin = motor oil) and water.

coming quickly to terms

I just BLASTED "Parallels" at plate-tectonic volume, then followed it with "Hold Out Your Hand" from Squire's Fish Out Of Water. If you're gonna get Yessed out, this is definitely a recommended venture

for real there's such an inherent joy to the way Wakeman plays on "Parallels"

I think it's the ending of "Parallels" on Yesshows where Wakeman sounds like he just went full Keith Moon on everything.

At the very least, the giant Union box should include the argument of Howe telling Peter Banks to fuck off backstage at the LA Forum.

Was just thinking how funny it would be if the current line up went out on tour and only played the ABWH album and Union.

say what you will about Jon Anderson, but the man knew computers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz8ZcY7nXiE

if I took an edible and watched that I would immediately become 10x more high

lmao

you would never be as high as Jon Anderson

https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/YES52020_CreditGottliebBros.jpg?resize=1800,1200&w=1800

New album, accompanied by a press photo with, uh, a lot going on.

Crypt Keeper cleans up well.

I might actually go to a show if they do all of Relayer...

Heart (Attack) of the Sunrise

Steve Howe looking like direct sunlight would turn him to dust.

I'll admit to not recognizing anyone except Howe...is that Jon Anderson's son in the middle? Maybe Trevor someone on the right?

Isn’t that Billy Sherwood?

Second guy is Jon Davison, who they poached from Glass Hammer. Though he only got hired there because he sounded like Jon Anderson so fair game I guess

Other two are Horn and White I think??

l-r: Steve Howe, Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood, Alan White, Geoff Downes

Downes seems to be morphing into Christopher Biggins, Howe into the Ghost of Steve Howe Future

Looks like the only living members of the 1976 staff of TSR.

I really want these dudes to just finally go all out and do at least one mega-lineup, 18 person album credited to YESSSSS! with all the still alive former members.

vocalists - Jon Anderson, Jon Davison, Benoit David
gtrs - Steve Howe, Peter Banks, Trevor Rabin
keys - Tony Kaye, Rick Wakeman, Patrick Moraz, Geoff Downes, Oliver Wakeman, Igor Khoroshev
drums - Bill Bruford, Alan White, Tony O'Reilly, Dylan Howe
bass - Trevor Horn, Billy Sherwood

let's go back to what worked for us on Union

Peter Banks is no longer with us unfortunately! Also Bruford retired some years ago. I think Khoroshev got kicked out for sexual harassment, don't quote me on that though. Wakeman would probably only do it if they called it 'Onion' (his oft-quoted joke about what the 'Union' album should have been called). Otherwise I'm all for it!

anyway some more info about this here

http://yesworld.com/2021/07/yes-announce-new-studio-album-the-quest

8 songs, all between 4-8 minutes, with a 3-track bonus CD for some reason. no samples but I assume this is gonna sound a lot like Heaven and Earth

I wonder what the odds are, in a group of five men of that age, that two of them would have had children die.

Swear to god, when I first saw this yesterday, my immediate reaction was "...Soul Asylum?"

Two boys on a playground
Tryin' to push each other down
See the crowd gather 'round
Call it morning driving thru the sound

This has got to be one of the final "all new" records by one of the original big prog bands (although Tull are preparing a new record, The Zealot Gene).

Have any name prog acts put out a Blackstar/You Want It Darker "reckoning with mortality" record? Peter Hammill, probably.

Isn't that most of his career?

Yeah Hammill's 2006 album Singularity was the first one he made after suffering a heart attack, several tracks on it deal with that.

Peter Banks is no longer with us unfortunately! Also Bruford retired some years ago. I think Khoroshev got kicked out for sexual harassment, don't quote me on that though. Wakeman would probably only do it if they called it 'Onion' (his oft-quoted joke about what the 'Union' album should have been called). Otherwise I'm all for it!

Totally blanked on Banks having passed away. And yeah I know Bruford retired, but might as well dream big!

You have $17 dollars, build your version of Yes

$5 - Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman
$4 - Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye, Patrick Moraz, Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn, Tony Levin, Alan White
$3 - Jon Davison, Benoit David, Dylan Howe, Oliver Wakeman
$2 - Billy Sherwood, Tony O'Reilly, Igor Khoroshev

is it buy 4 get Squire free

members must be living and active

strawbs keeps popping 'em out.

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

Anderson, Howe, White, Oliver Wakeman and no bass I guess?

by that I mean he's a horny guy, not that he wants to bone the members of Yes