progladyte Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Despite some of their more recent music being less than brilliant, this band is still an autobuy for me. As always with their albums, the cover on this one looks sensational. Any other fans going to order this?
Probbo Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Yep, I'll be another purchaser.......although I have always thought that Yes without Jon Anderson isn't really the Yes that most people know and love !
hired goon Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) G'day, I've had a listen to some of the songs on this .... sounds pretty good. With Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes writing the bulk of material (some of the tracks are actually old Buggles demos), and the new singer sounding more like Trevor Horn than Jon Anderson IMHO) , it's almost a return to the goodness of Drama. --Geoff Edited June 25, 2011 by hired goon
Graywulf Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Will listen first, became very selective over buying YES albums. If its a good 'un? then I'll purchase. Damn, see you've done it now, I'm sitting listening to the Keith Emerson band, now I've gotta go break out some YES too.......
LogicprObe Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 I'll probably get it when it goes to the bargain bin.
Luc Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Did any of you YES fans get to see them when they toured here in 72? I think it was 72 but my memory aint what it used to be these days. I saw them at Festival Hall Melb and they had the Roger Dean designed stage (the same guy who does their album artwork) and it remains the best concert I've seen(probably a bit coloured by youth and distance now) and I remember a poll that was done in a music mag, I think it was RAM and the poll asked for the best concert of the 70's just as the new decade of the 80's dawned. Overwhelmingly, YES won and if I remember correctly I also saw in 72, Black Sabbath@Kooyong, Led Zep@Kooyong, Rolling Stones @F/Hall and a few others as well so just in that year alone there were some big names and yes, YES was easily the best concert amongst those big names.
Hergest Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Anderson says in the sleeve notes to Topographic Oceans about being on tour in Australia and having ideas about the album. The album came out in '73 so it was likely to be '72 when they were here. There was none of that nonsense about 5 or 10 years between albums then even if they were epically big double lps.
Graywulf Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Sadly most of the 'epic' bands of the 70's just do not have the same 'prescence' as then. As much as I love ELP, YES, Led Zep etc, vocalists cannot perform the same way. Even Dave Gilmour's vocals are 'fading' somewhat. I think I will wait to hear the new album, like the Emerson band CD I was listening to earlier, it works, but it's a 'new' lead singer, that in some ways has similar vocals to Greg Lake. I never rated Anderson's replacement.. but then many never rated Patric Moraz as Wakeman's replacement, or Rabin as Howe's replacement. What would be interesting is to form a couple of 'supergroups' again.... There is still massive playing talent among thses guys.
emesbee Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Did any of you YES fans get to see them when they toured here in 72? I think it was 72 but my memory aint what it used to be these days. I saw them at Festival Hall Melb and they had the Roger Dean designed stage (the same guy who does their album artwork) and it remains the best concert I've seen(probably a bit coloured by youth and distance now) and I remember a poll that was done in a music mag, I think it was RAM and the poll asked for the best concert of the 70's just as the new decade of the 80's dawned. Overwhelmingly, YES won and if I remember correctly I also saw in 72, Black Sabbath@Kooyong, Led Zep@Kooyong, Rolling Stones @F/Hall and a few others as well so just in that year alone there were some big names and yes, YES was easily the best concert amongst those big names. YES! I saw them that year (or was it 73?), at the Apollo Stadium in Adelaide (now demolished, thank goodness!). From memory, it was an ok concert, but certainly not the best I'd been to. But then, I'd already seen Led Zeppelin, which was pretty hard to top!
emesbee Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 I used to be quite a big Yes fan in the early 70s, but if I'm honest with myself, there are only about 3 of their albums that I really like (The Yes Album, Fragile and Close To The Edge). After that, I very quickly lost interest. Despite that, I have picked up a few of their more recent concert DVDs. Those are a bit of a mixed bag though.
Luc Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Well they cooked in Melb emesbee, let me tell you. I always prefered a hall to an open arena though and Led Zep might of suffered as a consequence but I went away from the YES concert with a huge smile and sense of satisfaction but that could have had something to do with the precurser to the Camberwell Carrot I'd been toking on....
emesbee Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 If it was a decent hall, maybe so. The trouble was that the Apollo Stadium was just about the worst venue around for concerts. It was built as a basketball stadium, the acoustics were lousy, and so was the seating. From memory, I don't think the Yes concert was bad, although they did have a few technical problems near the start.
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