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^And yet you think a catchy prog pop song like "saving my heart" is pure crap. Wow.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

^And yet you think a catchy prog pop song like "saving my heart" is pure crap. Wow.
I’m not a fan of Rabin, and that drum pattern that opens the song is just lame. I don’t get a smidgeon ofProg In it. And I like Pop too. This song and Teakbois really rub me the wrong way. I don’t get why Heaven and Earth is universally panned ?? I did prefer Glass Hammer to it though.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

^And yet you think a catchy prog pop song like "saving my heart" is pure crap. Wow.
I’m not a fan of Rabin, and that drum pattern that opens the song is just lame. I don’t get a smidgeon ofProg In it. And I like Pop too. This song and Teakbois really rub me the wrong way. I don’t get why Heaven and Earth is universally panned ?? I did prefer Glass Hammer to it though.
I am with you in this. "Saving My Heart" is just too cheesy when "Owner" and "Love Will" just have really great, sad pop melodies. Also, even "Heaven and Earth" is really not my big Yes faves, it´s better than Union.

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Yes / Union isn't all that well regarded because it never really existed.

Jon Anderson (Union) and Friends with (many) members of Yes is much better.

Jon sounds great throughout.
Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

^And yet you think a catchy prog pop song like "saving my heart" is pure crap. Wow.
I’m not a fan of Rabin, and that drum pattern that opens the song is just lame. I don’t get a smidgeon ofProg In it. And I like Pop too. This song and Teakbois really rub me the wrong way. I don’t get why Heaven and Earth is universally panned ?? I did prefer Glass Hammer to it though.

Are you kidding? Teakbois is great! LOL 

To be honest I never heard Heaven and Earth all the way through. I wasn't a big fan of open your eyes. Other than that I liked pretty much everything Yes has ever done.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I saw Yes on the Union tour.  At the time I liked both albums a lot. I can't say that they would be the first ones I would turn to but still they are in my collection and I give them a spin whenever they come up in my roation schemes.

Both albums? The other being ABWH?

Same here. I saw both tours and bought the albums when they first came out. I was already discovering obscure prog at that point believe it or not but Yes was maybe the first prog band I got into and will always be a special band for me no matter what kind of "rubbish" they put out. Wink
Yes the ABWH and on second thought I should back off of the liked a lot. LOL Liked yes, a lot, not so much. LOL
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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I bought the album and went to see them on the tour (Wembley Arena). Although it is not a bad album, it adds to the pile of evidence that bands are only truly creative and interesting in their first ten years of existence or so/in their 20s.  Yes are no exception.
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