Yes – Keys to ascension 1 – 1996

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Yes – Keys to ascension 1 – 1996

Postby Roland Bru » Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:54 pm

Yes was a shitty hippy band in the late 60’s. It was a major prog rock band in the first half of the 70’s and then went in a steady decline, to return in 1983 with a major pop hit, Owner of a lonely heart. Then they sort of lost it again and never returned. They played rather melodious music, compared to Emerson Lake and Palmer or King Crimson. One could compare them with Genesis in the sense that they used trippy or fantastic imagery and used to tell long stories in their songs. Jon Andersons’ voice is something you have to get used to. Well, you don’t have to, but if you don not try, chances are you end up hating is voice.

Anyway, they never returned. But! They wrote some terrific songs and are competent or really very good musicians. When they decided to play a few concerts in 1996 in the classic line-up (although one could argue that Bill Bruford should be the drummer), fans were delighted. And they should be, because the classic ‘hits’ (Siberian Khatru, Onward, Roundabout and Starship trooper) are performed very well. The new songs are not that good, but compared to some of the waste they produced between 1985 and 1995 this is a rise from the dead (or a return from retirement).
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