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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 00:36 |
DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:
Zombywoof wrote:
"We Have Heaven", again. What's everyone's problem with "5% For Nothing"? Aside from "The Fish", its my favorite solo piece on the album.
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It's kind of annoying and out of place. |
I remember someone said that before. I perceive it as redundant, too. But let's see what Zombywoof says he likes about it ... if he will.
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Horizons
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 00:56 |
It's all these dumb short tracks that keep Fragile from being a masterpiece. It's a shame really.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 01:30 |
Horizons wrote:
It's all these dumb short tracks that keep Fragile from being a masterpiece. It's a shame really. |
Dumb?
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 01:53 |
irrelevant wrote:
Horizons wrote:
It's all these dumb short tracks that keep Fragile from being a masterpiece. It's a shame really. |
Dumb? |
Looks like we will just have to accept the idea that our arguments will never end and we can't persuade one another.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - March 30 2012 at 01:54
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Zombywoof
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 06:17 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
Zombywoof wrote:
"We Have Heaven", again. What's everyone's problem with "5% For Nothing"? Aside from "The Fish", its my favorite solo piece on the album. |
Can you expand on why you like 5%? I mean, I can see Bill trying hard on a tiny syncopated pattern. And the track hangs between 'South Side of the Sky' and 'Long Distance Runaround' for the dynamics and mood contrast purposes. But none of those work for me. What's your beef? | I have a taste for bizarre, 'uneven', and disjointed sounding music. I don't know if its in a weird time signature or not, but it certainly sounds like it is. I like the way it might sound like a total mess to some (many on PA, in fact!) and like a coherent piece to others. I guess its my inner MOI and Univers Zero fan! Also, the bass groove rocks on that one. I find it impressive that the band is able to pull off stuff like "South Side of the Sky", such an epic piece, then turn around and hold something weird like 5% together as an ensemble. Its such an amazing feat, in my opinion, and proof of how eclectic they once were. I relistened to "Fragile" last night (I have the MFSL version from a few years back ... what a thing of beauty!) and was a lot more impressed with it than I'd previously been. I know I have some kind of reputation among my friends as NOT being a Yes fan and in particular, a Jon Anderson fan, but something about the album as a whole 'clicked' for me for the first time. Here's what I think: there isn't a weak track on the entire thing! I even enjoyed "Cans and Brahms" and "We Have Heaven". The band had a real 'classical' tinge to their compositions that I hadn't picked up on before and I really enjoyed it. I'll have to start digging out Yes albums again, perhaps now is the right time!
Edited by Zombywoof - March 30 2012 at 06:30
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 06:24 |
5% for Nothing.
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 06:45 |
It would be a shame for 5% to go. It really is an amazing short piece.
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Zombywoof
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 07:11 |
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It would be a shame for 5% to go. It really is an amazing short piece. | Right on!
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 07:28 |
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 11:55 |
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Rules are simple. Vote for your LEAST favorite track from this album. |
Hey Dude,
Please take this post in a general spirit of good will that it was written in.
You left out a very important option, the box for:
There is no bad song and this record is a progressive music masterpiece. So we apologize for smoking crack
with those street hookers in that cheap hotel and thinking there was a bad track on YES - Fragile.
Uhm, kay???
For the masses who voted for Bruford's 5%... That song is vintage Bill Bruford. Lots of syncopated off time stuff with
a little bit of harmony thrown in. Bruford isn't may favorite drummer, but that song does personify what he is about as an artist. As I recall all the solo pieces on Fragile represent each musician pretty darn well.
Geesh. Kids, Damn Kids....
In the Flying Colors thread I was "invited" to go listen to some other music.
Why don't you lot go listen to that new Flying Colors CD or a Pat Benatar CD and get in front of a full length mirror and go play air guitar.
Thank you for your time.
Edited by dennismoore - March 30 2012 at 11:56
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 12:04 |
Heart of the Sunrise was surely original back in the day, but it has not worn well. It/s unfair to put a throwaway like five percent for nothing up against it, either.
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Zombywoof
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 12:13 |
dennismoore wrote:
darkshade wrote:
Rules are simple. Vote for your LEAST favorite track from this album. |
Hey Dude,
Please take this post in a general spirit of good will that it was written in.
You left out a very important option, the box for:
There is no bad song and this record is a progressive music masterpiece. So we apologize for smoking crack
with those street hookers in that cheap hotel and thinking there was a bad track on YES - Fragile.
Uhm, kay???
For the masses who voted for Bruford's 5%... That song is vintage Bill Bruford. Lots of syncopated off time stuff with
a little bit of harmony thrown in. Bruford isn't may favorite drummer, but that song does personify what he is about as an artist. As I recall all the solo pieces on Fragile represent each musician pretty darn well.
Geesh. Kids, Damn Kids....
In the Flying Colors thread I was "invited" to go listen to some other music.
Why don't you lot go listen to that new Flying Colors CD or a Pat Benatar CD and get in front of a full length mirror and go play air guitar.
Thank you for your time. |
If this were facebook, I would have 'liked' this post.
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 12:14 |
dennismoore wrote:
darkshade wrote:
Rules are simple. Vote for your LEAST favorite track from this album. |
Hey Dude,
Please take this post in a general spirit of good will that it was written in.
You left out a very important option, the box for:
There is no bad song and this record is a progressive music masterpiece. So we apologize for smoking crack
with those street hookers in that cheap hotel and thinking there was a bad track on YES - Fragile.
Uhm, kay???
For the masses who voted for Bruford's 5%... That song is vintage Bill Bruford. Lots of syncopated off time stuff with
a little bit of harmony thrown in. Bruford isn't may favorite drummer, but that song does personify what he is about as an artist. As I recall all the solo pieces on Fragile represent each musician pretty darn well.
Geesh. Kids, Damn Kids....
In the Flying Colors thread I was "invited" to go listen to some other music.
Why don't you lot go listen to that new Flying Colors CD or a Pat Benatar CD and get in front of a full length mirror and go play air guitar.
Thank you for your time. |
wat
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 12:16 |
dennismoore wrote:
There is no bad song and this record is a progressive music masterpiece. So we apologize for smoking crack with those street hookers in that cheap hotel and thinking there was a bad track on YES - Fragile.
For the masses who voted for Bruford's 5%... That song is vintage Bill Bruford. Lots of syncopated off time stuff with
a little bit of harmony thrown in. Bruford isn't may favorite drummer, but that song does personify what he is about as an artist. As I recall all the solo pieces on Fragile represent each musician pretty darn well.
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Dennis, everyone has his or her own criteria for critical evaluation of various tracks. According to my criteria, 5% doesn't work for me, but it works for Zombywoof with his own criteria. Our standards are just incompatible together, I suppose. My standards also tell me that there are other tracks that can actually show what Bruford was about unless he was really proud of 5%.
Also, we can impose our opinion on others as much as we want to, but I doubt that it is ever going to work. The best we can do is listen to music on our own terms instead of arguing with each other in an unintelligent fashion, no offense to everyone here (I hope the phrase "no offense" will work here).
Edited by Dayvenkirq - March 30 2012 at 12:20
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Horizons
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 12:16 |
DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:
dennismoore wrote:
darkshade wrote:
Rules are simple. Vote for your LEAST favorite track from this album. |
Hey Dude,
Please take this post in a general spirit of good will that it was written in.
You left out a very important option, the box for:
There is no bad song and this record is a progressive music masterpiece. So we apologize for smoking crack
with those street hookers in that cheap hotel and thinking there was a bad track on YES - Fragile.
Uhm, kay???
For the masses who voted for Bruford's 5%... That song is vintage Bill Bruford. Lots of syncopated off time stuff with
a little bit of harmony thrown in. Bruford isn't may favorite drummer, but that song does personify what he is about as an artist. As I recall all the solo pieces on Fragile represent each musician pretty darn well.
Geesh. Kids, Damn Kids....
In the Flying Colors thread I was "invited" to go listen to some other music.
Why don't you lot go listen to that new Flying Colors CD or a Pat Benatar CD and get in front of a full length mirror and go play air guitar.
Thank you for your time. |
wat |
Mosh 2.0
I don't think Fragile is a masterpiece.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 12:17 |
Horizons wrote:
DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:
dennismoore wrote:
darkshade wrote:
Rules are simple. Vote for your LEAST favorite track from this album. |
Hey Dude,
Please take this post in a general spirit of good will that it was written in.
You left out a very important option, the box for:
There is no bad song and this record is a progressive music masterpiece. So we apologize for smoking crack
with those street hookers in that cheap hotel and thinking there was a bad track on YES - Fragile.
Uhm, kay???
For the masses who voted for Bruford's 5%... That song is vintage Bill Bruford. Lots of syncopated off time stuff with
a little bit of harmony thrown in. Bruford isn't may favorite drummer, but that song does personify what he is about as an artist. As I recall all the solo pieces on Fragile represent each musician pretty darn well.
Geesh. Kids, Damn Kids....
In the Flying Colors thread I was "invited" to go listen to some other music.
Why don't you lot go listen to that new Flying Colors CD or a Pat Benatar CD and get in front of a full length mirror and go play air guitar.
Thank you for your time. |
wat |
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I don't think Fragile is a masterpiece. |
No kidding.
I personally do. It took me a while to get into, now I love it to death.
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Zombywoof
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 12:23 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
dennismoore wrote:
There is no bad song and this record is a progressive music masterpiece. So we apologize for smoking crack with those street hookers in that cheap hotel and thinking there was a bad track on YES - Fragile.
For the masses who voted for Bruford's 5%... That song is vintage Bill Bruford. Lots of syncopated off time stuff with
a little bit of harmony thrown in. Bruford isn't may favorite drummer, but that song does personify what he is about as an artist. As I recall all the solo pieces on Fragile represent each musician pretty darn well.
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Dennis, everyone has his or her own criteria for critical evaluation of various tracks. According to my criteria, 5% doesn't work for me, but it works for Zombywoof with his own criteria. Our standards are just incompatible together, I suppose. My standards also tell me that there are other tracks that can actually show what Bruford was about unless he was really proud of 5%.
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Hey, it's only music, after all!
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 12:25 |
5%, though it ain't bad I reckon.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 12:27 |
Zombywoof wrote:
Hey, it's only music, after all!
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And the best thing we can do is enjoy it, ... if we can . Specifically for that group. The implication being that you would play in that way in King Crimson and in King Crimson al... . Oops, sorry . Hell, I might like this track just before I die of cancer at age 68.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - March 30 2012 at 12:27
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 14:56 |
Zombywoof wrote:
If this were facebook, I would have 'liked' this post.
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Thanks for seeing the humor in my post.
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