Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!smu!pedz From: pedz@smu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: The Glorious Return of Yes??? - (nf) Message-ID: <5520@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 23:09:42 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5520 Posted: Thu Feb 9 23:09:42 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 06:07:01 EST Lines: 17 #R:stolaf:-131500:smu:15400004:000:778 smu!pedz Feb 9 01:28:00 1984 I agree with Rich but I think he should bit his tongue for mentioning the other guy's name. Seriously, the new Yes album is not YES. Rather some lesser form of music. I say this not because it has a pop sound to it but because the sound says nothing, the lyrics just drift by without meaning, the notes are simply played. The old Yes and the classic Yes songs (get it?) came at you with a message and a drive. The music was felt as well as heard. There was energy in the music. At a Yes concert, by mid-show, everyone was on their feet chearing and by the end, everyone in the audiance was exhasted. I doubt if the new stuff will generate that much excitement at a concert. Indeed, I bet the tour will still rely on the old stuff for the encores. Perry parsec!smu!pedz