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

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

Tonys Kaye and Levin are overpriced.

my super duper group

Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Tony O'Reilly, Billy Sherwood, Patrick Moraz

as good as Levin is I don't think his style really jives with Yes. then again I suppose he can do just about anything.

I liked him on Union!

In addition to being a fantastic bass player, I have a soft spot for him because he is also from Brookline, Massachusetts.

Nothing to do with Yes, but I was annoyed listening to one of the recent Crimson live albums by how he slid around between notes instead of just hitting them dead-on like Wetton.

proper intonation is for chumps!

I mean when he was playing the 70s stuff, of course he's fine with the parts that he devised.

aint no frets on the bing bong stick or whatever the fuck its called

I'm pretty sure there are frets on the Chapman Stick

oh fine excuse me mr music genius

Gentlefolks, you can't fret about the Chapman Stick here! This is a prog thread!

don't shoot the stick messenger!