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From: acs@amdahl.UUCP (Tony Sumrall)
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Subject: Re: Yes, Peter Gabriel, Bach, Madonna, Tom Tom Club, B52s, Talking Heads
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 13:01:45 EDT
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Glenn Bruns and Doug Alan apparently agree that the YES music from
"Tales..." seems dated when compared with old Genesis "Lamb"...sadly,
I must agree (I say sadly because I WAS a faithful YES fan several years
ago--around the time of "Tormato", I believe.  It was at that time that
YES's music began to sound tired and not too new TO ME).

I recently purchased my FIRST Peter Gabriel album and was FLAT-OUT
AMAZED at how well his music/style survived the years--I can tell it's
Gabriel/old Genesis.  Pete's music STILL has the power that was present
waaaaay back when while sounding "fresh".

I don't want to be accused of over-analyzing (what I consider to be)
something that shouldn't be over-analyzed but...WHY is this true?  Further,
why isn't old YES music as new-sounding as Pete's old stuff (I think
back to some other YES albums which I considered exceptional {"Close to
the Edge", and even "Tales"} and, while some are still quite interesting
{Siberian Khatru, The Fish}, most don't make me wanna get up and play
'em again).  Is it possible that YES's music was just DIFFERENT and that
this is what attracted me to them?--for some reason, I just can't accept
that answer.  Maybe it was that YES's music WAS fascinating and I killed
its newness by over-listening.

Getting back to Pete, I believe that he is one of the few artists who
understands the use of silence in his music.  A half-second of well-placed
silence is VERY effective.  He also is a master of his instrument (his
voice) and plays it better than anyone I've heard in years.

Tony Sumrall                       ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,sun}!amdahl!acs

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