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| From | synthhtnys@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: the first Yes album |
| Date | Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:15:25 +0000 |
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It does... and on their second album they do a great version of Buffalo Springfield's "Everydays".
-------------- Original message --------------
From: govango <govango@yahoo.com>
> Doesn't this have a great cover of
> Every Little Thing?
> too lazy to find my copy right now.
>
> michael
>
>
> --- On Sun, 10/12/08, synthhtnys@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > From: synthhtnys@comcast.net
> > Subject: Re: the first Yes album
> > To: audities@smoe.org
> > Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 1:02 AM
> > Yes are one of the few Prog bands that live in my collection
> > (Yes, ELP, Tull and Gentle Giant and that's about it.)
> > The first two albums are unique in their catalog... I
> > didn't like them for the longest time, but actually now
> > that I've been dipping into Baroque pop, Chamber pop,
> > Sunshine Pop they make perfect sense.... Actually according
> > to the band themselves the Beach Boys and the 5th Dimension
> > were a big influence vocally on those first two albums.....
> > Peter Banks was a more "crunchy" Pete Townsend
> > sounding guitarist than Howe ever was... and Tony Kaye was a
> > more "pop" organist early on...
> >
> > The first two albums are quite good, just take a bit of
> > getting used to if you're more familiar with the Roger
> > Dean - Yes.
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From:
> >
> > > Been enjoying this album on my ipod lately. Issued in
> > 1969 this album has some
> > > really nice pop moments on it but still has that Yes
> > sound and arrangements.
> > > Sort of fits in with me listening to the first few ELO
> > albums. Not that they are
> > > the same just kinda has a similar feel to them.
> > >
>
>
>
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