What kind of Yes listener are you?

I like it all; I'm a bit of a fanboy , when I first come to this site I was shocked to find out 90125 was not so well received by the critics here same with big generator , I mean I love both those albums. I'm not so much a fanboy I can say theres some songs by yes I`m not so keen on but  I like it all; I'm a bit of a fanboy is the closest thing to how I feel about Yes. For some reason many Yes songs take me back to parts of my life I remember as being happy about life, when my life was simple and less complicated and yes opened up my mind to how complex music can be so beautiful, this opened up my mind to deeper exploration into many other progressive rock bands. Back then I didn't even know it was called progressive rock ! I just knew I liked it a lot and wanted to learn more about that type of music. There was no internet in those days no way of hearing much on the radio regarding prog  it was a case of taking a gamble and purchasing the album most of the time without knowing what is on it. (apart from 90125 and big generator that did have a few hits)  

Edited by Enchant X - March 09 2020 at 07:07

I dig bits and pieces from all their albums, but prefer their output up to and including Drama.

Mascodagama wrote: I don't really have a lot of time for anything after Relayer. To me the rot had set in with GFTO, which was the first time that, to my ears, they stopped trying to push into new territory and started to sound like a Yes knock-off band.

Other - Various songs spread over their catalogue up til 90215. A couple Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe songs but that's about it. HOWEVER, full disclosure here, I haven't really listened to their output from the 90s and beyond. I suppose I should.

Edited by Jeffro - March 09 2020 at 08:25

Mascodagama wrote: chopper wrote: Mascodagama wrote: I don't really have a lot of time for anything after Relayer. To me the rot had set in with GFTO, which was the first time that, to my ears, they stopped trying to push into new territory and started to sound like a Yes knock-off band.  Wow, that's the first time I've heard "Awaken" as sounding like a Yes knock-off! I think it's clearly the best part of the album, and to be fair the first six and a half minutes aren't bad (though marred for me by RW's choice of synth sounds that are pretty horrible...an issue throughout the record). Once we get to the tinkly chimes and pan-pipes bit it's all down hill though. Seven minutes of New Agey spiritual sentiments and shimmering keyboard gloop that leave me feeling like I just ate a wheelbarrow full of icing sugar.

Voted 'Nothing after Drama', though I don't listen to Tormato at all..  and 'Going for the One' only recently (because of polls here) I'm starting to indulge a bit in..  so if not for Drama, it could have easily been 'Nothing after Relayer'.

***    Yes (1969)
         Time and a Word (1970)
***** The Yes Album (1971)
***** Fragile (1971)
***** Close to the Edge (1972)
****   Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
***** Relayer (1974)
*        Going for the One (1977)
          Tormato (1978)
***     Drama (1980)

Other. These days I'm more of a No kind of listetner.

Mascodagama wrote: chopper wrote: Mascodagama wrote: chopper wrote: Mascodagama wrote: I don't really have a lot of time for anything after Relayer. To me the rot had set in with GFTO, which was the first time that, to my ears, they stopped trying to push into new territory and started to sound like a Yes knock-off band.  Wow, that's the first time I've heard "Awaken" as sounding like a Yes knock-off! I think it's clearly the best part of the album, and to be fair the first six and a half minutes aren't bad (though marred for me by RW's choice of synth sounds that are pretty horrible...an issue throughout the record). Once we get to the tinkly chimes and pan-pipes bit it's all down hill though. Seven minutes of New Agey spiritual sentiments and shimmering keyboard gloop that leave me feeling like I just ate a wheelbarrow full of icing sugar. I kind of get you with the tinkly chimes (although there aren't any pan pipes) but it's the bit after that which is the major part of the songs. I don't believe there's any other prog band who could have recorded something like that. I guess they are..synth pipes? There's definitely some piping type of thing going on, in with the chimes there.

98% of my Yes listening is Relayer, Yessongs, and Going for the One. (The biggest chunk of the remaining 2% is probably giving TFTO a number of chances that the album all botched.)


Edited by Lewian - March 09 2020 at 09:52