Weakest track on The Yes Album
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Topic: Weakest track on The Yes Album
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Weakest track on The Yes Album
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 08:48
| Well, we did Fragile so how about this mega classic. |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 09:15
| Nothing wrong with "Clap" but if I was going to get rid of one track it would be this. No shame considering the quality of the other tracks. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 09:56
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No brainer......the Clap. ;) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 10:02
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Gah, this is actually tricky! I'd have to say Clap. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 10:22
| Went with A Venture. Not a bad song , just not great. |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 10:22
| I adore every track. |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 10:24
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As said already - nothing particularly against the Clap - but if something has to go, I'd rather choose that than anything else. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 10:35
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Good god! Who voted for Yours Is No Disgrace? Someone get the burning torches and pitchforks ------------- We all live in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 10:41
Agreed.
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chopper wrote:Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 10:51
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"Clap" seems a bit out of place not really because it's a solo acoustic piece but because it's a live song on an otherwise studio album. That's not unheard of but it just doesn't feel right to me. By the way "the clap" on the original album was a typo. It's supposed to be(according to Steve Howe)just "clap."
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 11:26
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I like the placement of a live ditty among all the others. A Venture, although not weak, seems to be an ill fit and belonging to an earlier album. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 11:28
Why? Because it's shorter than the others? I believe it actually was a Banks leftover but I don't know for sure. I just thought I heard that somewhere.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 12:09
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Venture ------------- |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 12:39
same here it could be that I've heard Clap one hundred times too many---not true of most of the rest of them
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 13:49
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A Venture. Although I like it a lot ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 13:58
I’d have to say  !! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 16:52
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again..... many of you all really have ZERO notions of context within albums... would Fragile be a great without the stellar Howe contribution of Mood for a Day.. or is Clap less to your tastes because it is Americana influenced.. and in my book.. Clap smokes Mood for a Day. American country pickers are no f**king joke man.... you lose your sauce over Jazz noddling.. just watch Joe Bob at the county fair do make your jaw drop with country picking.... again.. Micky from Mars..many of you from Venus. Clap shows just why Howe was as great as was... Venture... easily.. not a bad song by any means.. but unlike Clap with did much to establish Howe's reputation as a guitar God.. would the world have missed a beat if Venture had been swallowed up alive.. nope. The only track on this otherwise perfect.. and essential album one could say that about. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: March 07 2018 at 19:50
Agreed. While I think that A Venture may fit better into the album's overall flow, there's no denying that Clap is a fantastic piece of guitar work that holds up on its own, so Venture got my vote. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 00:01
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Don't know quite what is wrong with The Clap. Its not prog, but its in outstanding piece of solo guitar work. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 00:27
Pretty much my thoughts too-- let's face it, Clap is a cut every young guitarist heard, had to sit down weak-kneed in fear and wonder, gather their thoughts and ponder the fact they'd probably never get close to that level of mastery and musicality. To micky's point, 'Clap's out-of-context presentation was part of the new rock adventure in 1971. A slap in the face, and echoed for years later by other players. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 03:07
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A Venture, obviously. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 03:50
| Clap and A Venture are the fillers here, still listenable songs though. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 05:11
There's nothing "wrong" with it at all, it's just overshadowed by a whole load of brilliant songs.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 06:21
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A Venture would be the one I skip over the most. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Walkscore
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 06:47
| I find it difficult to believe that The Clap could be in the running for any 'weakest' song list. It is one of Howe's best-ever guitar songs, an incredible display of guitar virtuosity, and I would have to say one of the best short songs on any album, period. So influential for many guitarists, and so original a style - it is the tune that really perked up listeners to Howe's unique talent. It provides a perfect break in between Yours is No Disgrace and Starship Trooper. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 09:03
| Please stop calling it ‘the’ Clap. It’s just CLAP !! |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 10:01
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Clap or the Clap/Strawbs or the Strawbs, what's the difference? Hamill or Gilmoure is much more annoying afaic. ------------- |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 14:40
The Clap is an STD. Clap is a Steve Howe solo 
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 14:47
The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap - The Clap Your Moves/I Have Seen All The Good People The Starship Trooper Perpetual Changes You Are No Disgrace Adventure Good album. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 15:22
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gonorrhea ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: March 08 2018 at 20:28
This mistake has been made in far worse places than this forum. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: superQuizzie
Date Posted: May 13 2018 at 21:02
| I like The Clap, but the other ones are so much better I guess. It's a great album and it's hard to say that the clap is the weakest one, but it is. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: May 14 2018 at 06:51
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Never been all that sold on I’ve Seen All Good People. The Clap, on the other hand, is very catchy. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: May 14 2018 at 08:44
| Probably have to go with A Venture. I don't hate it, just my least favorite track on one of my favorite albums. |
Posted By: iancat87
Date Posted: May 14 2018 at 11:22
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I think "Clap" is great. "A Venture" has always felt unnecessary to me, though it's fine. ------------- http://iancat.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - “The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.” |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 14 2018 at 13:38
| Clap. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 14 2018 at 16:49
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Venture blows. Clap is actually a challenge to play. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |