Yes (Official Thread)

[Khor1255]

Yeah, not a bad start at all. You have a lot of cool new experiences ahead of you. I really envy someone who hasn't heard a lot of a band like Yes before and is just getting into them.

I heard that when Rush was on their Caress of Steel tour they caught a Yes show and felt hopeless that they would ever achieve such musical heights. I don't know if the story was true and I even disagree with the sentiment but hell...Imagine trying to follow a band like Yes.
Utterly fear inducing if your intention is to achieve even close to that state of perfection.

-rant off

 

[Cannons Ahoy]

I don't understand how anyone can say that Starship Trooper is not the best song ever written and performed?

 

[LG]

I don't understand how anyone can say that Starship Trooper is not the best song ever written and performed?

It is one of their most beloved songs Cannons Ahoy...but I wouldn't rate it as the best song ever written or performed.

Then again if that's how you feel about Starship Trooper that's all that matters in the end.

 

[Khor1255]

I think the wurm part of that song is on a Tomorrow album (Steve Howe's pre Yes band). It's a cool tune but it works a lot better in Starship Trooper.

 

[bapeterson]

My favorite Yes album is Relayer. Then, in no particular order:

The Yes Album
Drama
Fragile
Fly From Here

 

[Khor1255]

It might be my favorite as well. But it is very difficult to choose especially when they also wrote albums like Going for the One.

 

[bapeterson]

I've never heard Going for the One, but a lot of folks here seem to like it. I will give it a try.

 

[LG]

My favorite Yes album is Relayer. Then, in no particular order:

The Yes Album
Drama
Fragile
Fly From Here

I can remember the day I bought Relayer, played it two or three times then put in on the shelf for ages.

A few years ago I gave it another listen, and enjoyed it but it would never be my pick of the Yes litter, Fragile has that distinction.

 

[Big Ears]

I can remember the day I bought Relayer, played it two or three times then put in on the shelf for ages.

A few years ago I gave it another listen, and enjoyed it but it would never be my pick of the Yes litter, Fragile has that distinction.

Me too, plus Close to the Edge.

 

[smerdojajeczny]

I was born and raised in times of real socialism lp music .. Yes .. Pink Floyd and King Crimson were not available in stores. Radio remained .. I remember the first time I listened to Tales from Topographic Oceans .. and fell in love with this music. This love lasts so far)) sorry for my english.