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Orest, the big knock on "YES" was the word pretentious. EVERY great artist(s) had SOME kind of pretense for creating such ambitious music, so I don't get that argument. And I agree, they expressed themselves with music from their souls. It's truly spiritual music, "Symphonic Rock" in the best sense of the term. If writing/playing rock music that is not Blues-Based is "pretentious," I would say that the critics are missing out on a real musical experience. And I LOVE the Blues. Why people can't open their minds to other genres is a mystery to me.orest wrote:I've seen all good people, I mean Yes twice.
The last time I saw them was with Wakeman on keyboards. (He was really in and out of that band all the time).
What happened to this dynamic uncompressed music??
I myself prefer this type of music, long songs with so many elements.
Some may say it's over ambitious, I say it's the music of the soul. They truly express themselves.
Nowadays it's mainly short songs on the radio that are totally over compressed.
Howe played through 2 Fender Twins, and at that time guitarists who didn't play through Marshalls or Hi-Watts were thought to be weird. But he sure had his own sound --- As did Squire, who concentrated on the upper mid-range clarity of his Rick bass as much as the bottom. You could hear every note those guys played, that's for sure! And, if we are talking about quality, this music is best heard on vinyl (made in USA or made in England, not the Holland/Germany crap). The vinyls made in USA have a lot of nice bottom end to them, the vinyls made in England have a lot of "air" and broad sound to them.ernstinen wrote:If you guys don't have the remastered "YesSongs" which was recorded live in 1972 by Eddie Offord, it is a fantastic retrospect of an incredibly talented band. The most astonishing thing is that Bruford quit the group early in the tour, and Alan White learned all that complex material in 3 Days! They opened with "Siberian Khatru," and the sound is 1000% better than any YouTube video. When White comes in after Howe's intro, the music just EXPLODES into a joyous frenzy! One of those "hair standing up on the arms" moments! Then they go into "Heart Of The Sunrise," which is so Stravinsky-ish at the start --- really powerful.
I saw YES once in Detroit, and it was the only time in my life at a rock concert where I thought "TURN IT UP!" Their stage volume was so musical, maybe the FOH engineer got lulled into thinking us poor kids in back could hear it as loudly as he could!
Ern
Orest, my friend, I've tried to hammer this concept into the listeners here for YEARS, and no one will listen. Analog can go up to TWICE and more the frequency response of CDs... If I could have used some U-87s into my 1 series-Soundcraft board into an Analog 2" 24-track recorder --- well, Eddie Offord did something like that. It IS like recording an orchestra. Ya really have to capture the sounds on the stage with YES, not line-ins except for maybe some of Howe's slide guitar parts. But the ensemble sound is what was captured by Eddie Offord. Great engineer ---orest wrote:And, if we are talking about quality, this music is best heard on vinyl (made in USA or made in England, not the Holland/Germany crap). The vinyls made in USA have a lot of nice bottom end to them, the vinyls made in England have a lot of "air" and broad sound to them.
I have Yessongs on vinyl made in USA, and it's SO good!! Sure, you get a "clean" sound from a CD, but it's still limited to 16 bit, 44.1, the vinyl is not. And with the correct pick up and a great vinyl player, it beats the CD with a million light years.
If you are listening to over compressed music, it doesn't matter if it's on CD or Vinyl. But this type of super dynamic music like Yes, well, it's a huge difference IMHO.
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