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Zappa 
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 Topic: Chris Squire - Fish out of Water
Posted: March 07 2009 at 08:16 |
In case any of you have missed this gem, then you have to check it out. It's a fantastic album and in my humble opinion, better than what Yes were turning out at the time.
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Time is a great healer. Unless it's a rash, then you're better off with ointment.
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Raff
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 08:41 |
I for one haven't missed it, and have even given it five stars in my review  . We have the remastered edition that was released a couple of years ago, and the album is a frequent guest in our CD player  .
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 10:57 |
Like it, too. Even though he was only a Yessman on one album, Patrick Moraz's i (aka Story of i) is a similar gem, as is Anderson's Olias of Sunhillow. 
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 11:24 |
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I have not missed it, and enjoy it a lot. It has a lineup of some great musicians.
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 11:30 |
Not even close to either Relayer or Going for the One, the two closest Yes albums I think.
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Zappa
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 11:33 |
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Good point about Going For The One, but I've never got on with Relayer. I'm a a guitarist and a big yes fan but Steve Howe kind of spoils things for me on Relayer.
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Time is a great healer. Unless it's a rash, then you're better off with ointment.
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 11:34 |
What don't you like about Howe's playing on Relayer? 
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The Quiet One
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 11:38 |
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Fish Out of Water is excellent, and a 5 stars piece from a bassist. Definitely better than any post-Relayer album.
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Zappa
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 11:40 |
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I think it's more his tone than anything, but beyond Fragile he did over play on a lot of the albums. He solo's pretty much all over Going For The One too, but I do love that album.
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 11:44 |
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Hmmm....interesting. I've always loved his playing on all of those mid 70s albums. One of my favorite guitarists, both acoustic and electric.
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Kotro
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 15:27 |
I prefer Fish Out Of Water to any other Yes-related piece of music I've heard.
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Bigger on the inside.
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debrewguy
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 22:31 |
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Finally uploaded Squire & Moraz from LP to my PC.
O.K. ... wait, I'm checking to make sure I've got a secure and easy means of escape .... here goes ....
Fish out ff Water sounds like Sting (the singing is what got me fixed on that idea) attempting a prog album. Moraz - the Story of I - is a nice cirriculum vitae for a traveling keyboard whiz.
Both are decent works, but none show that extra spark that their "group" efforts (Yes for both, Moody Blues for Moraz) showed them to be a big part of. I.E. they help make the whole greater than the sum of the parts, but when apart on their own, the hole left by the others is too big for them to fill.
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 23:00 |
One of my all time favorite albums. Silently Falling has been known to make me fight back tears
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 23:28 |
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an excellent album, one of the best albums released as a solo artist by a Yes member
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Follow me on twitter @memowakeman
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Zappa
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 09:26 |
I don't know if you guys saw my post about my band Mr. So & So. But you really should check us out
www.myspace.com/mrsoandso
While the singer and I were at college, we were taught by such a cool lecturer. It was like the school of rock, I'd go home with copies of Fragile, Wish you were here and other big albums but also gems such as Fish out of water or the Hughes & Thrall album or even albums bands like Egg or Caravan. All these influences then it turn shaped our music.
Please give us listen :)
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Time is a great healer. Unless it's a rash, then you're better off with ointment.
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Raff
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 09:31 |
 Zappa wrote:
I don't know if you guys saw my post about my band Mr. So & So. But you really should check us out
www.myspace.com/mrsoandso
While the singer and I were at college, we were taught by such a cool lecturer. It was like the school of rock, I'd go home with copies of Fragile, Wish you were here and other big albums but also gems such as Fish out of water or the Hughes & Thrall album or even albums bands like Egg or Caravan. All these influences then it turn shaped our music.
Please give us listen :)
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That one is a fantastic album, even if not prog by any stretch of the imagination. I am a major Glenn Hughes fan, and he's my favourite singer of all time. Anyway, I'll be sure to check your band out... Cross my heart and hope to die !
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Zappa
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 09:34 |
It is a fantastic album. After I mentioned the album it went straight on. 'Coast to Coast' is an amazing song with a fantastic solo :)
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Time is a great healer. Unless it's a rash, then you're better off with ointment.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 09:42 |
^Coast to Coast was originally written by Trapeze  Make sure to check Trapeze, if you haven't
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Zappa
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 09:46 |
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Ooooo I will, thanks for the information :)
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The Quiet One
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 09:52 |
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^ha cool, tell me what you think about them, when you have checked them.
2 of Trapeze albums, are MUSTS for Hughes fans: Medusa and You Are The Music(having Coast to Coast)
Also if you're not aware of, though I'm sure you are, that Deep Purple had Hughes in 3 of their albums, which I highly recomend you, if you haven't heard
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Chris Squire - Fish out of Water
