For 70’s Yes Fans

[BlueMoon]

I have just had the chance to listen to Jon Anderson’s new release - “True”.

 

It’s very nostalgic - like listening to a new Yes album from the 1970’s, for those who like that sort of sound.

 

Impressive Squire-like Rickenbacker playing and backing vocals by Richie Castellano. I have to confess that I had never heard of him before or “The Band Geeks”, who comprise the backing band on the album.

 

If you get the chance, give it a listen.

[wateroftyne]

That cover, though 🤮

[BlueMoon]

 

Probably chosen by a marketing committee rather than musicians.

[BigRedX]

  On 03/09/2024 at 05:43, BlueMoon said:

Probably chosen by a marketing committee rather than musicians.

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Given the music, any knowledgable marketing company would have gone for something by Roger Dean. This resembles the sort of crap the covers band I used to be in would think was a good idea for a gig poster.

[wateroftyne]

  On 03/09/2024 at 05:43, BlueMoon said:

 

Probably chosen by a marketing committee rather than musicians.

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I highly doubt any marketing committee are this inept. This screams 'Homemade by Jon's daughter'... which it is.

[Happy Jack]

  On 02/09/2024 at 20:02, wateroftyne said:

That cover, though 🤮

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Never knew Yes did covers. 😉

[Burns-bass]

  On 03/09/2024 at 06:09, wateroftyne said:

I highly doubt any marketing committee are this inept. This screams 'Homemade by Jon's daughter'... which it is.

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I like the 90s hip hop style font.

 

Guess album covers not such a big deal in the streaming age.

[prowla]

That is as bad an album cover as I've ever seen.

The Roger Dean covers are part of the Yes product.

Their 80s computer graphics ones worked.

David Fairbrother-Roe's cover art on Olias was in keeping with the image.

 

[Franticsmurf]

I heard the single (or whatever it was) online a few weeks ago and I agree with @BlueMoon in that it sounded much like the Yes I first discovered and quickly grew to like a lot. I've seen a few of the YT videos of the live shows and they're sounding good too. I discovered the Band Geeks during lockdown and loved what they were doing, not just with Yes covers but with other bands too. I'll definitely be getting hold of this recording.

 

Fortunately, I don't have to listen to the cover so it doesn't bother me, but I agree I think they could have done better. At the very least, including an image of the Band Geeks.

 

[wateroftyne]

The problem with the cover is not just that it isn’t very good - it’s actually embarrassing and will probably put people off. And - in the voice of Liz Truss - that’s a shame.

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Posts on the music: 2

Posts on the cover: 8

[wateroftyne]

  On 03/09/2024 at 11:45, Munurmunuh said:

Posts on the music: 2

Posts on the cover: 8

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^^^ I rest my case 

[toneknob]

  On 03/09/2024 at 06:27, Happy Jack said:

 

Never knew Yes did covers. 😉

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here's one!

 

 

[toneknob]

I've listened a couple of times, it's not grabbed me yet.

It's currently nestling up against his Invention Of Knowledge, which was also supposed to rekindle the joys of Relayer etc. But didn't

 

[Happy Jack]

  On 03/09/2024 at 11:48, wateroftyne said:

^^^ I rest my case 

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Christ! There's a case too? 😨

[prowla]

  On 03/09/2024 at 15:19, toneknob said:

here's one!

 

 

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Erm, that cover isn't by Yes.

Roger Dean is still my favourite artist, though.

(Avatar is a total rip-off of his work.)

[wateroftyne]

  On 03/09/2024 at 17:12, prowla said:

 

Erm, that cover isn't by Yes.

Roger Dean is still my favourite artist, though.

(Avatar is a total rip-off of his work.)

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That cover is by Yes.

[prowla]

  On 03/09/2024 at 17:15, wateroftyne said:

That cover is by Yes.

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Oops - missed that!

Kindof vaguely inspired by Siphon & Carbuncle.

[wateroftyne]

  On 03/09/2024 at 17:41, prowla said:

Oops - missed that!

Kindof vaguely inspired by Siphon & Carbuncle.

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Interesting bit of trivia about that song - it has no rhymes in it.

[ezbass]

America is one of my fave Yes tracks. I discovered it when I bought Yesterdays back in the day, before it became a bonus track on CDs. 

[Boodang]

I’m an early Yes fan but to me the vocal melody line on this one sucks. And the lyrics just a little too obvious?

[wateroftyne]

  On 04/09/2024 at 06:44, Boodang said:

I’m an early Yes fan but to me the vocal melody line on this one sucks. And the lyrics just a little too obvious?

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On which one?

[BigRedX]

  On 03/09/2024 at 15:19, toneknob said:

here's one!

 

 

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It's a while since I last heard that. IMO that's stretching the definition of "cover" to its very limits with only the words and some of the vocal melody bearing any relation to the original. And the instrumental bits sound like they've been shoe-horned in between the singing. I know it's prog-rock and supposed to be clever and difficult and complicated, but even so...

[wateroftyne]

A product of its time, I think.

[Woodinblack]

  On 03/09/2024 at 05:43, BlueMoon said:

 

Probably chosen by a marketing committee rather than musicians.

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I would have assumed that was a poster for when he is playing at the local sports and social club, after the bingo.