for real there's such an inherent joy to the way Wakeman plays on "Parallels"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 04:29 (three years ago) link
I think it's the ending of "Parallels" on Yesshows where Wakeman sounds like he just went full Keith Moon on everything.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 07:11 (three years ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 07:12 (three years ago) link
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.
― akm, Thursday, 29 April 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link
say what you will about Jon Anderson, but the man knew computers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz8ZcY7nXiE
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link
if I took an edible and watched that I would immediately become 10x more high
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:23 (two years ago) link
lmao
― brimstead, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:37 (two years ago) link
you would never be as high as Jon Anderson
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
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.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
Crypt Keeper cleans up well.
― Vin Jawn (PBKR), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
I might actually go to a show if they do all of Relayer...
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
Heart (Attack) of the Sunrise
― Vin Jawn (PBKR), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 21:36 (two years ago) link
Steve Howe looking like direct sunlight would turn him to dust.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
I'll admit to not recognizing anyone except Howe...is that Jon Anderson's son in the middle? Maybe Trevor someone on the right?
― calstars, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 22:33 (two years ago) link
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??
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 22:36 (two years ago) link
l-r: Steve Howe, Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood, Alan White, Geoff Downes
― SPaDs (Matt #2), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 23:09 (two years ago) link
Downes seems to be morphing into Christopher Biggins, Howe into the Ghost of Steve Howe Future
― SPaDs (Matt #2), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
Looks like the only living members of the 1976 staff of TSR.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
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 Khoroshevdrums - Bill Bruford, Alan White, Tony O'Reilly, Dylan Howebass - Trevor Horn, Billy Sherwood
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 July 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
let's go back to what worked for us on Union
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
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!
― catarrh person (Matt #2), Thursday, 8 July 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
I wonder what the odds are, in a group of five men of that age, that two of them would have had children die.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
Swear to god, when I first saw this yesterday, my immediate reaction was "...Soul Asylum?"
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
Two boys on a playgroundTryin' to push each other downSee the crowd gather 'roundCall it morning driving thru the sound
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
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.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
Isn't that most of his career?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
Yeah Hammill's 2006 album Singularity was the first one he made after suffering a heart attack, several tracks on it deal with that.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
Totally blanked on Banks having passed away. And yeah I know Bruford retired, but might as well dream big!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
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
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
is it buy 4 get Squire free
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
members must be living and active
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
strawbs keeps popping 'em out.
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
Anderson, Howe, White, Oliver Wakeman and no bass I guess?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
by that I mean he's a horny guy, not that he wants to bone the members of Yes
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
Tonys Kaye and Levin are overpriced.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
my super duper group
Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Tony O'Reilly, Billy Sherwood, Patrick Moraz
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
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.
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
I liked him on Union!
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
In addition to being a fantastic bass player, I have a soft spot for him because he is also from Brookline, Massachusetts.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
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.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
proper intonation is for chumps!
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
I mean when he was playing the 70s stuff, of course he's fine with the parts that he devised.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
aint no frets on the bing bong stick or whatever the fuck its called
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
I'm pretty sure there are frets on the Chapman Stick
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:01 (two years ago) link
oh fine excuse me mr music genius
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
Gentlefolks, you can't fret about the Chapman Stick here! This is a prog thread!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
don't shoot the stick messenger!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
For years, I swore Tony Levin was a stage name meant as a brag about his bass sound ("Tone Eleven"). Then i learned that he primarily played something resembling an electric cribbage board, and "Tony Levin" is his real name.
But the serious question: when will Yes give us their "Honkin' on Bobo"?
― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Monday, 12 July 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link