Yes (Official Thread)

[DaKillerWolf]

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I'm glad you did stress that opinion as strongly as you did LG because if you hadn't I don't think I would have ever bothered to listen to it again and as Sox was saying earlier Chris Squire is just amazing on Tormato. After noticing that (something that really couldn't be heard on the old worn out vinyl I had )
the rest of it just grew on me BIGTIME. I have to agree with your opinion. I too like it better then Going For The One. Much more adventurous IMO.

 

[joe]

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^^^I respect both of your opinions. We agree to disagree. That's what makes the world go 'round.

 

[LG]

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^^No argument there Joe, if we all liked the same things the world would be a dull gray place for sure.

For Joe the title track from Going for the One.

 

[joe]

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^^^LG, you're a good man.

I saw Yes in concert over in Vancouver on the Union tour in 91 or 92. Man, I can't even remember what year. Anyhow, it had most of the members from the 70's. Bill Bruford and Alan White on drums, Tony Kaye and Rick Wakeman on keyboards, Steve Howe and Trevor Rabin on guitar/vocals, Chris Squire on bass/vocals and vocalist Jon Anderson.

It was a fantastic show using thier stage "In The Round". I was impressed with all the musicians except that I was somewhat dissappointed with Steve Howe, being my favourite member. Geez, I couldn't believe how frail he looked. It almost seemed that he had a hard time handling his guitar, which looked so cumbersome compared to his small body. Trevor Rabin showed him up on that particular night. Funny, I still remember saying to my girlfriend, "Steve should start eating meat".

 

[LG]

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I loved their rotating circular stage when I saw them play. A great setup and let's you see the whole band effortlessly over the concert.

I remember a nick-name a mod in another forum used to describe Steve Howe, "The Grave Digger", because he looks like a corpse. He was involved in the latest Asia project, I have the CD but can't offer a proper opinion of it yet I only played it once.

 

[joe]

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lol, that's funny, but also in bad taste. No question, fantastic viewing, I really enjoyed it. I didn't know that Howe was in on the latest Asia project. I'm not a big Asia fan though I will say with some reservations that I enjoy thier first album being AOR oriented. Phoenix is another album I thought was quite well done. Some of thier releases, well, are not very good IMO. Let me know what you think of thier lastest release when you've given it a few spins.

 

[LG]

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You are right about some of Asia's albums very uneven for a band with that much talent. I did enjoy the new one though, it was highly thought of by everyone, I'll give it another spin tomorrow and Sunday and get back to you.

 

[DaKillerWolf]

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I was never able to get into ASIA myself. They just seem like a radio band
pretending to be prog rock to me.

 

[LG]

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I was not the biggest fan, but the debut was okay, and a couple of the other albums were good. The new one if you liked early Asia would be worth checking out. I have always liked John Wetton as a bassist and vocalist so I picked it up. Just haven't had time to give it a thorough going over yet.

 

[joe]

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I was never able to get into ASIA myself. They just seem like a radio band
pretending to be prog rock to me.

Wolf I agree with you. No question AOR driven. I remember when it came out in 1982, at that time new wave/synth pop was really starting to dominate the market. For me, it was like the old "superfriends" coming back and kicking azz on those pompous, weak, and irritating bands. I guess you could call it a nostalgia thing.