Mark,
While I appreciate your overall positive outlook regarding Yes
music, I tend to take a more critical, practical approach. MOST of
Yes music I love. It is some of the best on the planet, past or
present. But there have been some times when I think their music was
not up to par and they got lost or derailed. I am thinking mostly
of the 80s/Rabin era. This era was overlly commercial and their
sound did change quite a bit. I feel the positive, soul-searching
sounds and words of albums like TFTO and CttE took a serious wrong
turn in the 80s. [I know some say that there wouldn't be a Yes today
if it weren't for the 80s Yes revival, but that is a different
topic.]

I know a lot of people like 90125 and came to discover Yes in that
era, but I can't stand that guitar shredder sound. It sounds like
Journey or one of their clones to me. I think Big Generator is a
particular low point too. Listen to the words: "move to the left,
move to the right..." Sounds like the Hokey Pokey to me.

Anyway, I know we don't usually get into discussing negatives here,
but I thought some temperance was in order.

Guy

--- In WeHaveHeaven@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Smith" <dimension05@s...>
wrote:
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>
> I love Yes music because they are an instrument for the good of
all! The music expresses, powerfully, articulately, and in a very
real, honest and human way, the essence of a Divinity within us.
>
> I have always been attracted to the music's for-the-good-of-all
sound. It feels good! It sounds true! I like that! You can't go
wrong when you operate for the good of all. And through all the
changes in the band and in the sound, their music has not gone wrong
all these years, because it is a constant (and comforting) thread
through all of the changes. IMPO.
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> The music of Yes has always been FOR us (the individual), and FOR
music. For their own, but also for music in general (as attested to
in Our Song, "Music good to you, Music good to you," and others).
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> I, for one, wish that "when I grow up" (I'm 45), I may have an
inkling of what the music of Yes has always radiated. Until then,
I'll keep listening.
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> Mark
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