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stewe 
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Posted: May 19 2006 at 17:07 |
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I adore all albums with him (BG, 90125, Talk) as five star masterpieces.
And there isn't bigger lover of Relayer, Fragile, CTTE, Yes Album and TFTO than me.
Strange?:)
P.S. Talk maybe was a commercial disaster, but OYE, or Ladder were even worse..
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:42 |
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:40 |
 Xenoxen wrote:
I feel he destroyed them musiccally on all 4 LPs and Financially on Talk and Union. |
I forgot to say - what evidence do you have that Talk and Union destroyed Yes financially?
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:37 |
Snow Dog wrote:
I like Con Air! |
Me too.
Whilst I agree that the Rabin albums are not the best Yes albums (but then what does compare to the golden era of Yes?), he did keep the band going and 90125 was their biggest selling album. Talk is a good album and don't forget Union is only partly the Rabin Yes.
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:31 |
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I've never heard the "Rabin Years" of Yes, and I'm not really sure I want to. I mean... "Owner of a lonely heart" is a horrible song!
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You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks.
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Empathy
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 10:53 |
MegaMoog wrote:
Anthony wrote:
Aw, come on, blaming Rabin is
sooooooooooo easy. Sure, those albums ARE crap, but the 80's in itself
were commercial years. So, blame the f*cking 80s instead. |
I hate the 80's |
"Now all the songs you absolutely hated from the 80's... together in one excruciating box set!"
"You'll hear...
M.C. Hammer!
Paula Abdul!
Winger!
Poison!"
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MegaMoog
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 10:28 |
Anthony wrote:
Aw, come on, blaming Rabin is sooooooooooo easy. Sure, those albums ARE crap, but the 80's in itself were commercial years. So, blame the f*cking 80s instead. |
I hate the 80's
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Empathy
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 10:23 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Yeah..I like your band to...so who am I to judge.  |
There's certainly no accounting for taste. 
(Thanks man!)
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 10:20 |
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 10:15 |
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 10:11 |
I like Con Air!
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 10:06 |
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I have no issues whatsoever with Rabin's stint with Yes. In fact, I
feel like he breathed some sorely needed life into a phenomenal band
that was starting to lose their way.
What I _do_ have an issue with, are some of Rabin's film scores. Has
anyone seen "Con Air"? Not only is it one of the worst films ever made,
IMO, but the score is absurdly bombastic and silly.
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 08:10 |
fairyliar wrote:
and anyone saw Yes Union live DVD?
anyone remembers Rabin's solos??? it just kicks ass!!!!
If anyone here is able to do just the 1/10 of what he is doing technically then maybe you ahve a little word to say but I would really be surprised... |
I love his guitar solos on 9012live, especially his take on older stuff.
Edited by Snow Dog - May 05 2006 at 08:10
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 07:52 |
Sacred 22 wrote:
Did he destroy the band? No, the band is still going strong and we should expect another album out of them around 2008 I am guessing. Musicians are a weird lot for the most part and to be honest I am amazed they stuck it out as long as they did. No, YES in my mind is the best over-all rock band to ever exist to this day. Maybe they should have went by the name they were going to use for their assault on the pop industry. "Cinema".
Remember this. Can a mainstream "pop" artist produce the like of say a "Close to the Edge"??? No. Can YES make a pop song that is technically better in structure and form to the mainstream "pop" artists work and sell millions of copies doing it? In a word..........YES! |
I could not agree more.
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TOD KREMER
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 02:36 |
Rabin pretty good. Does not deserve derision. Good guitarist.
I thought his vocals were a good counterpoint to Jon's. He gave you a break once in a while from Jon's chirppy-ness.
Listen to "Leave It" (especially acappella version). Trevor brough good vocal arrangements and vocal depth to the band.
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Posted: May 05 2006 at 00:29 |
Xenoxen wrote:
Vicarious Hmmm The Concept is mighty fishy - Like the same concept PG- The barry williams Show
Not too original  |
What is a comment about Tool,who no one has mentioned in this poll,doing in this thread???????? No more baiting!!!!
Edited by TheProgtologist - May 05 2006 at 00:30
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Dr. Occulator
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Posted: May 04 2006 at 16:09 |
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Although I don't really like the direction Yes took with Rabin on board
he certainly didn't destroy them They went in that direction willingly
observing the 80's trends. They're not stupid. That style at the time
probably made them more money than staying the way they were. It also
brought new fans to Yes who then searched their past catalogues and who
now probably realize that CTTE and Fragile were the pinnacle of Yes's
creativity. All in all Yes with Rabin did serve a useful if not totally
musical purpose in exposing Yes to new fans.
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Posted: May 04 2006 at 15:31 |
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As judged by Yes's post 90125 and Big Generator albums, Rabin didn't destroy them, it was the commercialism of them that cause the bigwigs in the music industry to put presure on other bands to sound so commercial
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Posted: May 03 2006 at 22:59 |
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I really enjoy Yes Rabin Era albums... in fact a few days ago I buied BIG GENERATOR on vinyl... Is not bad...
Peace and Love
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Posted: May 03 2006 at 15:54 |
Vicarious Hmmm The Concept is mighty fishy - Like the same concept PG- The barry williams Show
Not too original |
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