man the battle section in "Gates of Delirium" is still the craziest fucking thing this band has ever done
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
like even Magma doesn't go that hard
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
i don't at all want you to stop, but i feel like you're https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=110651#unread -ing yourself
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 03:25 (two years ago) link
dude. i can get yessed out totally sober! this is like yessssssed out
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 03:27 (two years ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
From the time that Steve Howe joined Yes to when Bill Bruford left the band is pretty much a couple of years. Basically a year after Howe joined the band (May 70), Tony Kaye left and Rick Wakeman joined the band (July 71) then after finishing recording 'Close to the Edge' Bruford left (July 72) to join King Crimson.
The Yes AlbumFragileClose to the Edge
Pretty impressive amount of work done.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 04:25 (two years ago) link
I would like to formally apologize. upon some reflection I have come to the conclusion that Magma do indeed go that hard. I think what got me is listening to this with the sub on, there are these explosions during that section that rattled the pictures on the walls. I've never actually noticed them before
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 September 2021 00:47 (two years ago) link
One of my favourite bits in the battle sequence is the emotive sequence that occurs at 9.20, and then again at 10.00; it somehow manages to be tender, grandiose and breakneck simultaneously.
Regarding their productivity, they made another three albums of original music between mid-72 and late 74, as well.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 9 September 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
so I am finally giving Open Your Eyes another listen - it kind of surprises me that this album is universally shit on while Talk is mostly given a pass since they're both quite similar but something about the way the guitars and vocals are produced just irks my brain
it is funny to read some of the reviews complaining about the final track, this kind of "pad out the length of the CD" thing was pretty common in the late 90's, clearly you're not supposed to listen to it every time you play the album. though I suspect most people only listened to it once. I actually dig the surreal vibe, calm nature sounds suddenly punctuated by loud processed vocals, it's like the kind of shit we'd do to pass the time on the N64 when the games had a sound demo mode
by my count this is the 4th Yes album that began life as a different project...does any other band come close?
― frogbs, Monday, 8 November 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
catching the swirling wind the sailor sees the rim of the landthe eagle's dancing wings create as weather spins out of handgo closer hold the land feel partly no more than grains of sand
yes. . . . YES
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 December 2021 04:43 (two years ago) link
has anyone here given The Quest a shot? I thought "The Ice Bridge" was a neat lead single, but the rest is uh...pretty boring. not as lethargic as Heaven & Earth but not as hooky either.
― frogbs, Saturday, 18 December 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
würm imo
― mookieproof, Saturday, 16 April 2022 02:23 (two years ago) link
Alan White has passed :(
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/alan-white-yes-and-john-lennon-drummer-dead-at-72/
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 26 May 2022 17:40 (one year ago) link
Sad to hear this, he seemed to get a lot of criticism for basically not being Bill Bruford but his drumming on Topographic Oceans is one of the best things about that mess. He plays like a demon on Relayer too. RIP!
― ARP Odysséas (Matt #2), Thursday, 26 May 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
yeah his work on “sound chaser” is outstanding
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 May 2022 17:48 (one year ago) link
The Yessongs versions of the Fragile/Close to the Edge songs have giant clanging balls compared to the studio versions, and it's because of White. And he had three days to learn the set list before the tour started!
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 26 May 2022 17:48 (one year ago) link
alan white does a pretty good job for a guy who had to learn all these crazy difficult songs with limited-to-zero rehearsals
― covidiot wind, blowin every time you lift your mask (voodoo chili), Friday, October 16, 2020 10:31 AM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
what a guy, rip
sound chaser and especially awaken are two of the great prog songs and he played on both
― imago, Thursday, 26 May 2022 17:56 (one year ago) link
played the hell out of them too
yeah I mean I love Bruford too but I thought White's less subtle/more powerful approach worked great
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 May 2022 17:59 (one year ago) link
The Yessongs versions of the Fragile/Close to the Edge songs have giant clanging balls compared to the studio versions, and it's because of White.
― but also fuck you (unperson)
wait is this good? i mean, i know having a flaming gong is good, but i'm not sure if giant clanging balls are good or not.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 26 May 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
Perhaps unperson was thinking of those crashing Chinese cymbals at the beginning of "The Ancient"?
When Bruford departed the group, Yes management gave his royalties from Close to the Edge to White, since Bruford would not be promoting the record. In recent years, White returned Bruford's royalties, which was a generous gesture (since, as people mention above, White had a lot of work to do on the tour).
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 26 May 2022 20:25 (one year ago) link
back when you could actually earn decent money playing progressive rock!
always heard nice things about this guy. even in their later incarnations he seemed to be the one dude who just wanted to play the music.
not even waiting until late night, getting Yessed out right now. Going For The One
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 May 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
Ramshackled is way way down on my listening list.
If not now, when would I ever listen to this? Can it be worse than Story of I?
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 26 May 2022 21:41 (one year ago) link
you can blame it on the butthole surfers to parter And all the sailors who were junkies, allThey all went sailing out to seaAnd the white man sold quaaludes to the monkeysAnd they all died high up in the trees
And all the teachers who were flunkies, nowThey all taught you and meAnd the goddamned white men still selling quaaludes to the monkeysAnd they're all, you and me, dying high up in the trees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y__6zG-equE
― xzanfar, Thursday, 26 May 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link
― frogbs
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 27 May 2022 01:27 (one year ago) link
Yessongs and Relayer are amazing. RIP.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 27 May 2022 03:48 (one year ago) link
okay, Relayer it is. see y'all in space
― frogbs, Friday, 27 May 2022 03:57 (one year ago) link
Gates of Delirium just rips my head off every time I hear it. its like the Sistine Chapel of spacey, slightly homoerotic prog music. Alan White...you can hear the joy in the drums. I love this music so much.
― frogbs, Friday, 27 May 2022 04:19 (one year ago) link
his playing on Sound Chaser is really great too. so he doesn't do those polyrhythms or subtle jazz tapping that Bruford does. he still just rides on the cymbals and grounds the track from flying off into outer space
― frogbs, Friday, 27 May 2022 04:36 (one year ago) link
yeah he does an admirable job of tying that chaos together
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 27 May 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link
I'm not a drum fill expert, but I think of Bruford as subdividing the individual measures into weird offbeats, and White going over the bar lines and doing longer and more flowing fills.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 27 May 2022 15:02 (one year ago) link
His brother Jack is now full of regret he didn't ask Alan to replace sister Meg.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 27 May 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
l e a v e. I t
― calstars, Sunday, 19 June 2022 02:09 (one year ago) link
^
― calstars, Friday, 24 June 2022 02:04 (one year ago) link
you took a break from smoking and suddenly the only Yes record you like is 90125
― frogbs, Friday, 24 June 2022 03:59 (one year ago) link
Uh no
― calstars, Friday, 24 June 2022 04:43 (one year ago) link
I wish leave it was constructed a little better. Damn a capella
― calstars, Friday, 24 June 2022 23:34 (one year ago) link
That’s the best part
― frogbs, Saturday, 25 June 2022 00:18 (one year ago) link
When I bought Ultimate Yes (a 3xCD comp) I got a little guilty that “Leave It” was my favorite track
― frogbs, Saturday, 25 June 2022 01:27 (one year ago) link
― calstars, Saturday, 25 June 2022 02:00 (one year ago) link
Acapella bit on “Hold On” is my fave on that album
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 25 June 2022 06:20 (one year ago) link
"Fly From Here : Return Trip" sounding so good on a Summer evening.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 29 June 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
the greatest prog album of all time turned 50 today. who's getting yessed out with me
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 02:18 (one year ago) link
beauty begins at the foot review
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 02:47 (one year ago) link
GOAT
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 03:50 (one year ago) link
I LISTENED HARD BUT COULD NOT SEE
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 03:54 (one year ago) link
fragile better
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 04:02 (one year ago) link
ok not really
and you and i is the apex for me
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 04:06 (one year ago) link
Young me liked Fragile because it has the "hits", but I think I might prefer CTTE now.
― Abel Ferrara hard-sci-fi elevator pitch (PBKR), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 11:04 (one year ago) link