Hatchetaxe&saw Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Dear Mr. David, Now that you're at home twiddling your thumbs, please find enclosed an almost new copy of the Rush album "Vapor Trails". You may not be aware of this, but I'm not overly fond of this sonic platter. I still wish you no ill, although you may eventually think I do. Yours In Prog and general hippyness, Goober. (1000th post! Get in.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Feb 19 2012, 03:25 AM) Dear Mr. David, Now that you're at home twiddling your thumbs, please find enclosed an almost new copy of the Rush album "Vapor Trails". You may not be aware of this, but I'm not overly fond of this sonic platter. I still wish you no ill, although you may eventually think I do. Yours In Prog and general hippyness, Goober. (1000th post! Get in.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Dear Mr. David I was my great misfortune that i had to witness one of the Worst live experiences of my life with You and Yes in the summer of 2011 . Once a Class act and Classic band , You and your band of Rag-Tag Misfits were Blown off the stage by Styx , something that never would have happened in the 70's or 80's or 90's , Fu*k even 2003. You danced around like Peter Pan on Crack and even managed to Fu*k up playing the Tambourine. You Twit . Good luck selling your Solo music If Yes continues to carry on this Farce maybe Chris can re-hire you as his personal chef, you think singing in Yes was hard ? Love Metaldad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Chris Squire Solves His Lead Singer Problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 QUOTE (metaldad @ Feb 22 2012, 01:16 PM) Dear Mr. David I was my great misfortune that i had to witness one of the Worst live experiences of my life with You and Yes in the summer of 2011 . Once a Class act and Classic band , You and your band of Rag-Tag Misfits were Blown off the stage by Styx , something that never would have happened in the 70's or 80's or 90's , Fu*k even 2003. You danced around like Peter Pan on Crack and even managed to Fu*k up playing the Tambourine. You Twit . Good luck selling your Solo music If Yes continues to carry on this Farce maybe Chris can re-hire you as his personal chef, you think singing in Yes was hard ? Love Metaldad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) I liked what Geddy said in the most recent Heavy Metal documentaries on Vh-1 Classic. "We liked Yes, but we also really wanted to rock" Yes's technical prowess, odd time signatures, and goofy non sensical metaphoric lyrics in general don't do much for me. However, I have many of their songs in my iTunes library and it's the stuff where they let it out a little and rock... Close to the Edge South Side of the Sky Yours is no Disgrace Heart of the Sunrise Starship Trooper (though this one doesn't rock, but I love it) Most of the other stuff bores me...they're too artsy for me. I always thought it was a bad rap that Rush was put into the "nerd rock" category and it seems like they're no longer in that. Yes, meanwhile, is nerd rock to me (no offense to us nerds!) Edited February 22, 2012 by LeaveMyThingAlone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Feb 22 2012, 11:08 AM) Chris Squire Solves His Lead Singer Problems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHlXU0GNUY&feature=share HAHAHAHAHA thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (Ovningskora @ Feb 22 2012, 07:50 PM) QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Feb 22 2012, 11:08 AM) Chris Squire Solves His Lead Singer Problems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHlXU0GNUY&feature=share HAHAHAHAHA thanks for sharing That is fing hilarious!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Feb 22 2012, 02:08 PM) Chris Squire Solves His Lead Singer Problems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHlXU0GNUY&feature=share That was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (drbirdsong @ Feb 22 2012, 11:28 PM) QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Feb 22 2012, 02:08 PM) Chris Squire Solves His Lead Singer Problems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHlXU0GNUY&feature=share That was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. I couldn't stop laughing. Whoever made this is a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemispheresserehpsimeH Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Sorry to revisit this, but why don't people like Magnification? I'm just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Feb 23 2012, 04:50 PM)Sorry to revisit this, but why don't people like Magnification? I'm just curious. I like it but I think it would have been better if it had keyboards. The orchestra is alright, but its weird not having keys on a Yes album. Overall its a pretty good album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Feb 23 2012, 04:50 PM) Sorry to revisit this, but why don't people like Magnification? I'm just curious. I like it . The question I always ask is, Who the Hell likes 90210 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Feb 23 2012, 04:50 PM) Sorry to revisit this, but why don't people like Magnification? I'm just curious. The songwriting simply isn't that great. It has a few good songs, but too many average ones. And even the one song that started off like it could have been great - In the Presence Of - takes a nosedive about halfway through and never recovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nappy2112 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (metaldad @ Feb 23 2012, 04:56 PM) QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Feb 23 2012, 04:50 PM) Sorry to revisit this, but why don't people like Magnification? I'm just curious. I like it . The question I always ask is, Who the Hell likes 90210 ? I like 90125 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 QUOTE (nappy2112 @ Feb 23 2012, 06:05 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Feb 23 2012, 04:56 PM) QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Feb 23 2012, 04:50 PM) Sorry to revisit this, but why don't people like Magnification? I'm just curious. I like it . The question I always ask is, Who the Hell likes 90210 ? I like 90125 . 90125 is their pop album, its really a trevor rabin album mostly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 QUOTE (metaldad @ Feb 23 2012, 09:56 PM) QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Feb 23 2012, 04:50 PM) Sorry to revisit this, but why don't people like Magnification? I'm just curious. I like it . The question I always ask is, Who the Hell likes 90210 ? Because Journey suck TOO much. You big Journey Mary you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 QUOTE (nappy2112 @ Feb 23 2012, 11:05 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Feb 23 2012, 04:56 PM) QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Feb 23 2012, 04:50 PM) Sorry to revisit this, but why don't people like Magnification? I'm just curious. I like it . The question I always ask is, Who the Hell likes 90210 ? I like 90125 . 90125 is a big shiny AOR masterpiece. When I was an oh-too-cool indie college arsewipe, I always had to get a daily 90125 hit, in between waxing lyrically about REM & Pixies and looking windswept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I like 90125 and Magnification about the same. Definitely in the lower third of my favorites list, but not entirely unlistenable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 90125 is a damn good pop rock record. Okay, if you are hung up on it not being proggy enough or not sounding like classic Yes, I can see you having a problem with it, but judges on its own merits, it is a damn fine album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 QUOTE (The K Man @ Feb 24 2012, 11:10 AM) 90125 is a damn good pop rock record. My reason right here. They are Not a Pop band and Never should have tried it. IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Feb 24 2012, 04:42 AM) QUOTE (nappy2112 @ Feb 23 2012, 11:05 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Feb 23 2012, 04:56 PM) QUOTE (HemispheresserehpsimeH @ Feb 23 2012, 04:50 PM) Sorry to revisit this, but why don't people like Magnification? I'm just curious. I like it . The question I always ask is, Who the Hell likes 90210 ? I like 90125 . 90125 is a big shiny AOR masterpiece. When I was an oh-too-cool indie college arsewipe, I always had to get a daily 90125 hit, in between waxing lyrically about REM & Pixies and looking windswept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 QUOTE (metaldad @ Feb 24 2012, 12:45 PM) QUOTE (The K Man @ Feb 24 2012, 11:10 AM) 90125 is a damn good pop rock record. My reason right here. They are Not a Pop band and Never should have tried it. IMO You are aware that 90125 was originally not intended to be a Yes album, right? Either way, it was a very successful album, so saying they shouldn't have tried it doesn't make any sense. Had they tried it and failed, then okay, but they excelled at it, so it was a success. Don't make the mistake of assuming that it is easy to write popular songs. If it were easy, everyone would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 QUOTE (The K Man @ Feb 24 2012, 01:45 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Feb 24 2012, 12:45 PM) QUOTE (The K Man @ Feb 24 2012, 11:10 AM) 90125 is a damn good pop rock record. My reason right here. They are Not a Pop band and Never should have tried it. IMO You are aware that 90125 was originally not intended to be a Yes album, right? Either way, it was a very successful album, so saying they shouldn't have tried it doesn't make any sense. Had they tried it and failed, then okay, but they excelled at it, so it was a success. Don't make the mistake of assuming that it is easy to write popular songs. If it were easy, everyone would do it. They were supposed to be a new band called "Cinema". They were going to have Trevor Horn sing again, but wasn't interested except to produce it. A guy at Atlantic said "well, you could call Jon and see if he would be interested". Steve Howe had a few comments about 90125. "They sounded a lot like Asia, to me and I started to wonder if they were trying to be like Asia; 'stop that, we're Asia, get outta here' ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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