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From: lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: "YES" or great concerts.
Message-ID: <731@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 09:04:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 09:04:14 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 02:00:28 EDT
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Reply-To: lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski)
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Summary: 

In article <1175@peora.UUCP> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes:
>    Just for the record, I feel that the current album sounds very fresh,
> yet still very much Yes.

I disagree.  It is simpler and more commercial.  It doesn't seem to contain 
as much work as many of their previous albums.

>Jon Anderson's voice has always seemed a weak point of Yes to me
>(although his lyrics are very good).

I think that you are missing a lot of their music then.  I think that most Yes 
fans would agree with me that Anderson has an excellent voice and it is 
finely tailored for their type of music.

>Howe left the group out of dissatisfaction with the type of music Yes had
>been producing.  

How do you know that?  I seen Howe play in concert and I know most of the songs 
that he has written.  They are all alligned with the style of traditional Yes - 
Close to the Edge, YesSongs, ....  I don't believe that he left the group out of
"dissatisfaction with the type of music Yes had been producing."  Probably more 
out of desire to make more money with commercial music.  However, I think (hope) 
that he will not be able to supress his talent much longer and quit Asia soon.
Maybe he'll look up Squire, Anderson, Bruford, and Wakeman....

- John Lipinski
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