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Subject: Yes and all that stuff...
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Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 16:48:51 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  6 16:48:51 1984
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Since there's all the talk about Yes, and I haven't been on uvacs
for about three months, I thought I'd reply whether it was a bit
delayed or not.

If you will notice, Yes has 3 people in the group who have been
with Yes at some previous time.  The producer of the album was
the singer for them (only for 1 year).  The music says that it
was done by Yes, but the real person behind the music was
the producer! He, along with (maybe) Chris Squire, wrote most
of their material.  After the material was written for a group
called Carousel, they asked Jon Anderson to sing for them. Jon
said that he would, if they changed the group's name to Yes.
Voila!

Before people go into blindly criticising some excellent musicians,
perhaps a little thought and research should go into those statements.
Actually, Tales of Topographic Oceans is an incredibly complex piece,
which can easily rival classical pieces in terms of imagery and
feeling. I always liked it. (I could continue in net.flame)

Duff Browne
UVA etc.