Wow. Seems like a good dude. I think FFH is tgeir last great (very good?) album. I’m happy to read that he’s doing fine. Thanks for the link, Tarfumes!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 9 February 2023 08:20 (one year ago) link
Yeah, wow indeed. I am not the biggest Yes fan but that interview was amazing from beginning to end.
― And Your Borad Can Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 February 2023 08:51 (one year ago) link
yea exactly the sort of inside baseball I've always wondered about with this group. curious that him and Anderson both had the same vocal issues...wonder if the fog machines they used had anything to do with it?
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 February 2023 14:46 (one year ago) link
I suspect it's more to do with the demands on the singers put on them by the instrumentalists. That is, it's far less physically taxing for a bassist or keyboardist to play every single night, but a singer needs rest, especially one singing at the top of their range for three hours a night. It seems like Squire et al were never particularly sensitive to the physical demands singers are subject to.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 9 February 2023 15:48 (one year ago) link
More to the point, Squire shit on David because he cracked on the highest note in Yes's oeuvre during one concert, but kept booking tours with 3-4 dates in a row.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 9 February 2023 15:51 (one year ago) link
i liked when he said styx were always super-tight but the yes lads were sloppier and then worried he was going to get sued
― mark s, Thursday, 9 February 2023 15:54 (one year ago) link
sued by the ghost of chris squire for pointing out he didn't practice enough
To be fair, the music of Styx is a lot more straightforward than the music of Yes. I'm glad to hear he's made his peace with his time in the band.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 9 February 2023 16:05 (one year ago) link
funny he mentioned it being too loud on stage, I think Jon A. complained about the same thing, particularly the bass. can't imagine it's easy to sing when you can't really hear yourself.
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 February 2023 16:12 (one year ago) link
Don't know why this would be a problem in the era of in-ear monitors. You get your own dialed-in mix right there — "onstage sound" shouldn't be an issue at all.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 9 February 2023 16:22 (one year ago) link
I remember people talking about the Yes/Styx tour at the time, apparently Yes were sloppy as fuck for the first few dates due to the fact they couldn't be arsed to rehearse properly. Plus drink problems. Styx are this super-slick Vegas/Broadway live act nowadays, probably goes down better in the sheds than Squire et al stumbling through Yours Is No Disgrace every night.
― the kraftwerk killer (Matt #2), Thursday, 9 February 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
In theory, sure, but if your mix is all set in your in-ears, and then the bassist decides during the show, "Fuck it, I'm turning up," there's not a lot you can do about that, especially if the bassist uses speaker cabinets onstage. We've all been to shows where someone couldn't hear someone else properly -- with or without in-ears -- and all of those shows had lengthy soundchecks. Ginger Baker's hatred of Jack Bruce is almost entirely down to Bruce turning way up during shows -- from 1967 through to the Cream reunion in 2005. Sometimes musicians, in the heat of the moment, think turning up is a) a good and fun idea, and b) won't affect anyone else.
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― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 9 February 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
Also think about how penetrating bass frequencies are and how far they can travel
― calstars, Thursday, 9 February 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
yea wouldn't surprise me if both Jon & Benoit had to oversing to compensate and blew their vocal chords that way
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 February 2023 19:18 (one year ago) link
that rolling stone interview series is so good, binge-read all of them and desperately want more, was not a fan of the addition of Benoit David at the time but he sounds like a great guy that did everything he could, I get Anderson not wanting to do Drama material, I guess, but I wonder why he didn't want to do Astral Traveller
― Florin Cuchares, Friday, 10 February 2023 05:14 (one year ago) link
just want to say that i appreciate tarfumes waiting to post this until it was late at night in the u.s.
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 February 2023 05:49 (one year ago) link
Lolhttps://www.rollingstone.com/t/king-for-a-day/
― calstars, Friday, 10 February 2023 12:16 (one year ago) link
Some of that kind of stuff I remember pretty vividly from that book by the drummer for Semisonic, how the other two guys had already been in the other band, Trip Shakespeare, and were much more world weary and battle-hardened.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2023 12:25 (one year ago) link
Always think that singing is- like guitar but more so- kind of deceptively easy to start on - everyone can do a little something! - but then really, really hard to do at a high level. Bass on the other hand, particularly electric bass, is a very logical and straightforward instrument. You still have to put in a lot of work to be at the top of the game but the practice throughput is much higher. So somebody playing a lot of fast and loud notes all over the place on the skinny neck of a Rickenbacker giving someone else a hard time, I dunno about that.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2023 13:08 (one year ago) link
Lol
https://www.rollingstone.com/t/king-for-a-day/
― calstars, Friday, February 10, 2023 12:16 PM (yesterday)
A must-read series for anyone considering joining one of their favorite bands as a replacement.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 11 February 2023 18:39 (one year ago) link
Dennis DeYoung has weighed on in Burt Bacharach's passing. #onethread
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 February 2023 04:18 (one year ago) link
https://youtube.com/@progessiverockstoriesHave you guys heard these little yes album documentaries? Really good
― calstars, Thursday, 16 February 2023 03:35 (one year ago) link
It’s not late at night rn where I am but just popping in to recommend the latest YES “Ultimate Music Guide” thing from NME or Uncut - unsure. It’s an engrossing read as far as these things go. Love the ‘70s interviews.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 18 February 2023 14:00 (one year ago) link
I’m at a bar where it’s “prog night” and currently Jon Anderson doing Awaken with some Icelandic orchestra is projected on the wall, life is good
― frogbs, Friday, 3 March 2023 01:40 (one year ago) link
By the way LJ if you’re still here I did request Cardiacs “Flap Off You Beak” and it KILLED. I guess I found the right crowd. Weeeeird feeling
― frogbs, Friday, 3 March 2023 01:45 (one year ago) link
This is up in WI? I can only imagine it is several shades of weird.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 March 2023 02:01 (one year ago) link
Prog night sounds amazing, I wish I knew about something like that down here.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 3 March 2023 02:07 (one year ago) link
Dance on a Volcano lmao this rules
― frogbs, Friday, 3 March 2023 02:36 (one year ago) link
that jon anderson with todmobile concert is really something
was checking out a solo jon anderson show the other night and like, I can't imagine what fresh hell it would be to play yes with just an acoustic guitar, probably helps that he sang/co-wrote the tunes but he really does an admirable job, would see a solo jon show in a heartbeat
― Florin Cuchares, Friday, 3 March 2023 03:07 (one year ago) link
https://youtube.com/@progessiverockstories
I only watched the one of these he did for Duke and it was really good. Need to watch more.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 3 March 2023 04:51 (one year ago) link
oh yeah I've only watched that guys Yes videos but they are very good and are clearly a passion project, lord knows how much time it must take to research and produce them but very much picking up a dropped ball for all of us late night in the u.s.
― Florin Cuchares, Friday, 3 March 2023 05:21 (one year ago) link
yeah it brings some strange and interesting people out. for me it's nice because I actually get to be the young guy at the bar again :) also lets me indulge my inner On Cinema Gregg Turkington, half the conversations were just "you know what other band this guy was in??"
― frogbs, Friday, 3 March 2023 14:33 (one year ago) link
MIRROR to the SKY (5/19/23) better not blow. that would be three in a row if so
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
I mean, I'm not holding out a lot of hope that this is going to break that run, but I'll be thrilled to be proven wrong. Not having "Mystery Tour" on the tracklist already makes it better than the last one.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 19:18 (one year ago) link
― frogbs, Friday, 3 March 2023 01:45 (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink
siiiick! gj
― imago, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 19:23 (one year ago) link
three songs longer than nine minutes. the title track is the longest since "endless dream" on talk. my hope is steve howe is really feeling it again
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
That Todmobile/Jon Andrson version of Awaken might be the best version ever
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link
^^^this, i often watch it
― imago, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 20:32 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dMQpNP1wGY
I love how Doug immediately cops the idea behind the chord sequence in the 'workings of man' section.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
that big grin! i know the feeling pal. "wow!"
― imago, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 21:02 (one year ago) link
there's an obvious question i have regarding a certain other band our man could be made to hear, and it appears the answer is 'not yet', my vote is 'jitterbug'
― imago, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
okay it's 'dirty boy' really, obviously, ffs, lol
― imago, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
Everso...
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 21:33 (one year ago) link
new song out today. it's uh...not bad? some nice playing from Sherwood (who I suspect wrote most of this)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WSqjH6mFhk
― frogbs, Friday, 10 March 2023 14:22 (one year ago) link
did roger dean do that art because it looks like someone did some fake dean-inspired work
song is surprisingly not horrible but it's not good either ('find my place in the jewel collective' no)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 10 March 2023 14:55 (one year ago) link
It appears he did, yeah
― MaresNest, Friday, 10 March 2023 15:03 (one year ago) link
All of this is very...naff.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 10 March 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
It sounds like a Yes song put together with AI so, yeah, that album cover is probably ideal.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 10 March 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
sometimes my favorite yes is Drama yes, and I wish they had leaned more into that era a decade ago when that was the lineup, with a ringer on vox, tho presumably even trevor horn realized that was a mistake as he re-recorded the vocals himself later
and I get that trevor horn was never going to tour the countryside singing in yes for funsies, but it might have been cool to somehow keep him on as the brian wilson and have a bruce johnston to play the county fair or whatever
anyways steve howe's yes is fine I guess, it sounds kind of like yes, I admire that they are still bothering to write new music at least
― Florin Cuchares, Friday, 10 March 2023 19:07 (one year ago) link
I really like the cover, I think some of Dean's newer work looks different because it doesn't have the same textured detail? I didn't like his new version of a Uriah Heep album I bought recently, it wasn't an improvement and I wonder why he changed it?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 10 March 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link