Steve Howe's best performance?
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Topic: Steve Howe's best performance?
Posted By: Anderson III
Subject: Steve Howe's best performance?
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 14:51
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Now I bet this has been done sometime in the past and I can't find it... What album would you play to a friend who has never heard Yes before, if you want to show just how great Steve Howe really is? I think he has an outstanding catalogue of incredible and unique guitar performances, and it's hard to choose just one album. Still I'm leaning towards GFTO! What do you think and please speak out? This is nice for a change after all that Rush in the Archives...  ------------- "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo |
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 15:39
| No doubt The yes album from 1971 and specialy Yours is no disgrace, simply stunning piece. Drama is my second vote followed by Going for the one. But I will not neglected the rest of the albums, really a super guitar hero. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 15:53
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I also like Steve the best at The Yes Album, especially at the first half of the album, but also on the other tracks. My favorite after that: Relayer, where he has a great part in the wonderful dynamics of the album. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 15:53
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It's between The Yes Album and CTTE. The Yes Album is where Steve starts with Yes and really demonstrates what he's capable. But on CTTE his guitar playing on the title track and Siberian Khatru are exceptional, while by no means a fave of mine(the album) I must go for the stunning guitar show of CTTE. EDIT: Oh, I forgot Relayer. Steve is like the LEAD here with Chris. Similar as in CTTE, his guitar playing on this one is very virtuosic and dissonant/"complex". While in the Yes Album is a bit more subtle, by no means a bad thing, but still as powerful as on the other 2 mentioned. Honorable mention to Drama, for Machine Messiah. |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 15:58
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Close To The Edge. Siberian Khatru has some absolutely stunning guitar work. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: JesusisLord
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 17:16
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Agreed with CTTE's Siberian Khatru and it's stunning fretwork, however. Am I the only who feels that Howe's Work on Yessongs' rendition of the same song is extraterrestial and the most energetic guitar work ever laid down in the history of Rock music?
GO GET EM' STEVE...........
LOUDER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:11 |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 18:36
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While most people here are focusing on electric guitar work, I've got one word for you: "Clap." I might have voted for the classical introduction to "Leaves of Green," but learning to play "Clap" changed the way I approached the guitar. So, one more for "The Yes Album." ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: aesnogard
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 19:25
| To me, Steve's performance on 'The Ancient' is very impressive. I think His performance here is full of many originalities. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 23:44
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Of the albums listed, anything pre-Tales is worthy, as is GFTO, Drama and Magnification. (I think Magnification is mediocre for a Yes album, but Howe's parts are superb.) Natural Timbre off his solo career is equally worth a mention. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 23:45
I had to vote for Relayer but TFTO came a close second ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: March 02 2009 at 23:03
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i love the intro licks to relayer ------------- 
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Posted By: poslednijat_colobar
Date Posted: March 03 2009 at 02:25
| It's honour for me to vote for Drama! |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: March 03 2009 at 12:16
Keystudio  No, seriously, this is too tough a question. Any album up to Relayer and possibly GFTO would be justified and there's good work after that too. Can't vote. Talking about individual tracks I've always loved the way he introduces himself in Yours Is No Disgrace. Fantastic pattern. Right now I'm most excited about his sound and playing in South Side of the Sky. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: March 03 2009 at 13:14
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He excels himself on virtually every album, so this is extremely difficult. I have plumped for Going for the One simply because of the heavenly solo on Turn of the Century, but it could just as easily have been the Soon sequence on Relayer.
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 03 2009 at 14:42
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I really liked his work on Relayer, it just seemed more eloquent than the dizzying stuff he did on previous classics. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Abrawang
Date Posted: March 05 2009 at 23:16
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I wish Yessongs was on this list. ------------- Casting doubt on all I have to say... |