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Bartholomew
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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 Posted - 06/15/2004 : 06:08:19
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| Any other YES fans here? I just recently discovered them –– only heard "Fragile" so far –– but am amazed! |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 06:15:04
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(yeah, well someone had to do this lame joke)
Denis
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 06:28:29
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Lame, but funny.
Sorry, I am not really a YES fan, although I am not a big disliker of them either. I am in the MAYBE's.
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So if you're lonely
you know i'm here waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot away from you...
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cvanepps
= Cult of Ray =
USA
442 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 08:58:47
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Costello: All I want to do is find out the name of the musical act!
Abbot: Yes.
Costello: So, Are you going to tell me?
Abbot: Yes.
Costello: So Who's playing?
Abbot: No no, Who plays next week. This week it's Yes.
Costello (getting frustrated): Look...If I were to pay the musicians playing this week, who would the check go to?
Abbot: I told you, Who is on next week. This week, it's Yes.
Costello: So the check would go to...
Abbot: Yes.
Costello (getting very frustrated): OK. Let me get this straight. Yes is playing this week and Who is playing next week...
Abbot: Now that's the first thing you've said correctly.
Costello: I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
Abbot: Now settle down.
Costello: So Yes is playing this week and Who is the band next week...
Abbot: No, no, no...the Band broke up years ago.
Costello explodes.
-= It's not easy to kidnap a fat man =-
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cvanepps
= Cult of Ray =
USA
442 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 09:02:04
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I should add that was an SCTV skit, I didn't make it up (I wish I did).
-= It's not easy to kidnap a fat man =-
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 09:11:15
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hahaha! thats funny. made me laugh out loud and im in my college computer room - they are looking at me funny. They hate me already since i have walkman playing rival schools very loudly on it. heh.
YES make me laugh. im not a fan...but they do make me laugh
In The End We Will Look Back And Laugh
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 09:34:44
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Isn't YES the prototypically band that inspired the DIY/punk movement to rise up to kill the corporate bastards?
I think they inspired the Spinal Tap's Stonehenge. So, they have that going for them. |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 09:44:49
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Originally posted by darwin
Isn't YES the prototypically band that inspired the DIY/punk movement to rise up to kill the corporate bastards?
Yes. I think of them and Genesis in that light. |
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fudd
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 10:33:13
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I alternate between thinking they were the ultimate pretentious art rock band and being amazed by what Steve Howe could do with a guitar. I think The Gates of Delirium would be a great soundtrack for an epic battle scene. Also they had some really lovely melodies.
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 10:36:48
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My brother (ten years older than me) bought "Fragile" in the early seventies. My sister and I would hang out in his room w/him sniffing airplane glue and listening to it. Ahh, good times.
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 11:43:08
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Yes's best stuff has aged well. Ignore the whole anti-prog rock bias that rock critics have been pushing for 25 years and you might find that a lot of Yes music is very entertaining and really catchy/pretty/weird/cosmic/rockin'.
Best album: Maybe The Yes Album from 1971. It's early enough for their prog-rock to still sound pretty psychedelic at times. Very cool organ sounds throughout.
Best song: There's lots. I wanna say "Starship Trooper" of The Yes Album, but for variety's sake "Heart of the Sunrise" off of Fragile has some very pretty moments. The already mentioned "Gates of Delirum" is quite a ride as well.
Most underrated album: Drama. A lot of Yes fans hate this album, but some of the cooler ones like it. Singer Jon Anderson and keyboard guy Rick Wakeman left and were replaced by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes of The Buggles (who are famous for "Video Killed the Radio Star"). Some people call it New Wave Prog, but I think it's much more hard rockin' than that suggests. |
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 11:49:24
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Yes are awesome. Not everything they do is great, but they've got some brilliant passages of music. Steve Howe's guitar playing is so bright and colorful.
"You gotta watch the mota, Thurston. Yr fuckin memory just goes out the window." |
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Bartholomew
= Cult of Ray =
USA
344 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 12:11:24
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You guys are missing out if you base your views of YES on hearsay. I was guilty of the same crime up until a week or two ago. All I can speak of is Fragile but it is a mighty fine piece of art. Fuck if I know what started punk, though my guess is a couple of dudes who didn't know how to play their instruments very well. And corporate rock, what does that mean, Radiohead? Or as Kurt Cobain suggested, Pearljam? Both decent bands in my book. Just download "Heart of the Sunrise", give a listen and you might be pleasantly surprised.
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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 12:15:08
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| ...Yes; Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Pink Floyd; Gentle Giant.....DIE.DIE.DIE. |
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1965 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 12:31:54
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I remember Lester Bangs saying, "Emerson Lake and Palmer. Here's music sterility at it's pinnacle. You've got break-neck guitar solos, pre-planned, played for 5 hours straight." He said something like that.
"You gotta watch the mota, Thurston. Yr fuckin memory just goes out the window." |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 13:56:48
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Originally posted by darwin
Isn't YES the prototypically band that inspired the DIY/punk movement to rise up to kill the corporate bastards?
Yes.
And wasn't Rick Wakeman partially responsible for having the Sex Pistols booted from A&M? |
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fudd
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 14:14:33
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Originally posted by frank_black_francis
...Yes; Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Pink Floyd; Gentle Giant.....DIE.DIE.DIE.
Ooh, them's fightin words. I probably don't need to tell you which band I mean. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 14:37:38
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I recently woke up with "Leave It" stuck in my head after the worst nightmare in many years. I didn't know who it was until I looked up the only lyrics I could remember from my dream ("One down, one to go...") and there it was. I don't own any Yes, though I like their music alright when I hear it.
I don't know why in the world I would have it stuck in my head. A day or so later they were all over the place because of the 30-yr reunion.
I miss the dream thread. 
If the only tool you have is an elbow macaroni,
all your problems look like Schroedinger's cat. |
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1965 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 14:49:00
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Oh yeah, well, I miss Today's Special with that mannequin that came to life when they put the hat on him,... but I don't frown in it's absence.
Okay, yes I do.
"You gotta watch the mota, Thurston. Yr fuckin memory just goes out the window." |
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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
895 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 16:58:25
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Originally posted by fudd
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Originally posted by frank_black_francis
...Yes; Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Pink Floyd; Gentle Giant.....DIE.DIE.DIE.
Ooh, them's fightin words. I probably don't need to tell you which band I mean.
I'm sorry....I grew up in Quebec (which in case you didnt know, is the stoner listening to 70s progressive rock capital of the world)....and yes, I never got into Pink Floyd.....I think Captain Beefheart said it aptly when referring to the popularity of progressive rock; that the world puts you in a trance and rock music should break you out of it rather than put you in one >>> I think he used the owrd catatonia. |
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fudd
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 06/15/2004 : 20:14:53
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Just kidding, FBF. Whatever turns your crank (or doesn't). Pink Floyd turns mine pretty well. However, I must recommend listening carefully at least once to the slide guitar intro in Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 2, thinking about it as a metaphor for sex. It's a work of art, incredibly expressive.
So point me to something good and accessible by Captain Beefheart. I tried listening to Trout Mask Replica once, and it was pretty tough going, but I always have my ears open.
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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
895 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2004 : 03:34:34
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Simpson's creator, Matt Groening said that he picked up Trout Mask Replica because he noticed that Zappa produced it....he listened to it once and thought it was garbage. Keeping in mind that Zappa had produced it, he listened to it a few more times....anyways, by the seventh listen, he was convinced that it was the best album ever made. I remember him saying that after awhile he realized that it was not the music that was chaotic, but rather the world around us, and the music made sense in a chaotic world.....something to that order.
Anyhow, Captain Beefheart's albums are quite different from each other.....but if you didnt like Trout Mask (even after the 7th listen), I suggest either Shiny Beast/Bat Chain Puller or Doc At The Radar Station (Both have our friends Eric Drew Feldman and Jeff Moris Tepper being thoroughly whipped into musical shape by the Captain). As well, his earlier stuff such as Safe As Milk is quite bluesy and features Ry Cooder.
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