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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: progressive rock mavens
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Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 14:49:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  4 14:49:20 1985
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Keywords: Yes taste

In article <2000@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes:
>
>> but I have my pet bands (XTC, Eno, Gabriel, Zappa, Prince, Pere Ubu, etc.).
>                                                       [Todd Jones?]
>And I'm sure a lot of ex-Yes freaks share many of those newer pet bands
>in common (myself included).  I often wonder what other progressive rock
>mavens find to be their favorite bands today.  (Some are still stuck in the
>past, but more than a few have popped up here with some examples like those
>you've mentioned.)  I keep hearing Tears for Fears getting compared to Yes
>by critics and DJs, and I think they share a lot of composing mentality
>with Yes, but I wonder if ex-Yes freaks think the comparison is valid in
>any way.
>

   Well, you axed for it.  As a confirmed ex-Yes freak, here's a rundown,
which is off the top of my (tiny) head:

   Used to listen to a lot, pre-college days (ca. 1976):
     Yes, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep.

   Listened to a lot in college (1977-1980):
     Yes, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Todd Rundgren, ELP, Johnny Winter,
     Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Camel.

   Listen to a lot since college:
     King Crimson, XTC, Brand X, Warren Zevon, Beatles, Todd Rundgren,
     Johnny Winter, Peter Gabriel, various guitar albums like Fripp &
     Summers' two LPs.

   Of course, I still listen to the older stuff I like, but f'rinstance
I generally only play 3 of my Genesis albums (Foxtrot, The Lamb..., and
Nursery Cryme (sp?)), and not very often at that.
   As for the other things you mentioned, I don't really like Tears for Fears,
and don't think they are much like Yes; and I really like 90125.  Tormato
and Drama were awful (opinion!).
   Since I also am intrigued by musical taste and how it changes, I wouldn't
mind seeing more discussion on this topic (even by the people who have sworn
off net.music for the infamous KB mailing list).

 - Joel Plutchak
   {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster

Can you say "opinion"?  I *knew* you could!