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04-18-2006, 04:37 PM
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Dr. Prunk
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The Official Yes Thread
I was saving this one for the prog forum that i was looking foward to a long time ago, but oh well.
 As many of you already know, i am a huge Yes fan. So discuss this influencial and often overlooked band here, do you like them?... How much of their material have you heard?... If Any? Feel free to express your opinions on them, positive or negative, but please dont try to start crap, i just want some friendly discussion here, i dont want this to turn into the Nirvana thread.
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04-18-2006, 06:32 PM
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Dr. Prunk
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Close To The Edge is my favorite too.
I also <3 Tales From Topographic Oceans, but i understand that a lot of people just can't bear to listen to it. That's what i love about Yes and a lot of prog, they challenge you with their music, you either love them or hate them... I didn't like TFTO very much the first time i heard it, but after a few more listens i fell in love with it. For me, being pretentious is all part of the fun.  I'd certainly avoid the majority of their 80s and 90s stuff though.... They went downhill after 90125, they turned into a Duran Duran lite pop group... Though their last album Magnification was quite a improvement, i really liked it.
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04-18-2006, 07:44 PM
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I like Yes, but Its not a band that I can listen to for a long time, my favorite song of theirs is roundabout (though that may seem a little noobish). But there style never really appealed greatly to me.
I love the accapello version of roundabout (i think that I spelled that wrong)
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04-18-2006, 07:59 PM
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Ahh YES...what a great band..since we are on the yes topic...IMO Rick Wakeman is the most talented rock keyboardist ive ever seen..I love the guy...he used to wear like chainmail dress things haha
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04-18-2006, 08:04 PM
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04-18-2006, 08:08 PM
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04-21-2006, 05:21 AM
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Let's analyse that particular Wakeman solo. The first part is a great bed time lullaby, but it's hard to fall asleep with the horrible errors he plays and often fails to emphasise the correct notes and gets slightly out of time in parts. Then when it leads on to the stupid wank part, I couldn't help but laugh the first time I saw it. All he does is hit the same notes over and over again, which any one can do if they practice for about three minutes. And he gets that stupid pirate feeling going on, which is why it's so funny. Oh and let's not forget his showing off playing multiple keyboards at once...someone kill me. Oh dear, here's a real solo for you (random pick, first one I could find): Pretty decent Rudess work If anyone in the world actually thinks Wakeman is better than Rudess by comparing those two videos......God, help me. I can only take so much ignorance. Rudess eats him alive, with his rhythms, speed, chops, etc, etc. An appropriate analogy would be one of a baby being decimated by a monster truck. Trust me, Wakeman bows down on his knees and hails him when they meet. If you want to compare Rudess with someone, please let it be a classical pianist, otherwise it is just lollypop to the max times 100. In fact, this isn't even funny anymore, it's just sad if someone actually argues this fact. |
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Rick Wakeman also has a super sick mullet in that video
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