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Geoff Duncan@samvarma
I'll follow up with another oddball pick. I was that one kid in school who didn't much care for Yes's "breakthrough" 90125—Yesssongs or go home, right?—although a few bits have grown on me. But for some reason I really liked this Yes lineup that was half Yes, all of the Buggles (really!), and sparked off Asia (think Yes sounding like Journey), Rabin-era Yes (think Yes sounding like Journey and Art of Noise), GTR (think Marillion sounding like Journey) and cemented Steve Howe in my mind. I mean, he was already cemented there but this added more superglue.
I'll follow up with another oddball pick. I was that one kid in school who didn't much care for Yes's "breakthrough" 90125—Yesssongs or go home, right?—although a few bits have grown on me. But for some reason I really liked this Yes lineup that was half Yes, all of the Buggles (really!), and sparked off Asia (think Yes sounding like Journey), Rabin-era Yes (think Yes sounding like Journey and Art of Noise), GTR (think Marillion sounding like Journey) and cemented Steve Howe in my mind. I mean, he was already cemented there but this added more superglue.
Steven Woolgar@geoffduncan @samvarma I love love love Drama
@woolie @samvarma
That's not a thing one can often say sincerely, on the internet. ;)
I noticed you're also a Saga person. I didn't learn two-handed tapping from absorbing Van Halen or Steve Hackett (although the latter *very nearly* happened). I first picked it up from Ian Crichton. But more importantly, I internalized a *lot* about cool ways to arrange and record synths in a rock band.
Grogmagog@geoffduncan @woolie @samvarma I never, ever get tired of listening to On The Loose. Great song and it sounds sooo good
@gogmagog
Holds up! My two were Wind Him Up and Pitchman, although Ice Nice on their first album stuck with me too.
Holds up! My two were Wind Him Up and Pitchman, although Ice Nice on their first album stuck with me too.
@geoffduncan @gogmagog my two were….hahahahahah, I don’t have two. I love most of them. 🤣
@geoffduncan @woolie @gogmagog So I'm listening to this (Drama) now. Don't think I've formed an opinion yet, but I feel like I can hear the influence of the drumming in my fave band Spidergawd. I also noticed the meticulous precision, and the almost classical arranging. But so far the through lines have yet to reveal themselves.
@geoffduncan @woolie @gogmagog Super crazy how their 1971(!) shit sounds so far above their contemporaries. Most the other bands of the era sound primitive in terms of recording quality et cetera, and these guys sound like they're from 10 years in the future
@geoffduncan @woolie @gogmagog Currently really enjoying Fragile. Drama seems disjointed by comparison
@samvarma @woolie @gogmagog
Ha! Every Yes album seems disjointed to me! Particularly Fragile because it screams “Uh we have a deadline and not enough material Rick can you throw in a track from your album, how about that Chet thing Steve does at shows…” “I could do a track that’s all bass overdubs!” “WTH. Only if we call it The Fish.” Etc.
(Squire’s nickname was The Fish because he apparently took enormously long baths. And, ironically, Squire’s later solo album may be the best Yes album that never was.)
Drama *was* put together in a hurry because they were already committed to a tour. You can ev n find the original Buggles version of I Am A Camera out there.