tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post2199842097579316882..comments2024-03-24T02:32:42.657-05:00Comments on music ruined my life: Things To Hate: Yesjeffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05015674620176399988noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-81213107495766937212009-12-02T13:57:06.322-06:002009-12-02T13:57:06.322-06:00I remember reading the Fripp section in the Truser...I remember reading the Fripp section in the Truser Press over and over again, even if I never loved Fripp was always kinds fascinating. Plus I remember him approving of punk adn saying that the only difference was that with older musicians you play just behind the beat but with newer musicians you play just in front of the beat. (I'm paraphrasing across the years here.)<br /><br />Knew you'd dig the Huskers argument - I even had to check later to see if you'd posted 2541 but I couldn't find it on TBC.jeffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015674620176399988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-51365277604082914392009-12-01T03:09:09.457-06:002009-12-01T03:09:09.457-06:00Ach, Jeffen i have no probs with it at all - many ...Ach, Jeffen i have no probs with it at all - many of my Zappa friends like YES & Crimson but i always wondered why. Having seen King Crimson live with the double trio line-up -- it was such a blast and totally different from anything else "prog", -- Fripp is one character and has alot of interesting stories to tell.<br /><br />Btw i loved your take on the Huskers...!<br /><br />See ya around!<br />DDDouchess of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463343814917746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-21175040066101227422009-11-30T20:00:07.878-06:002009-11-30T20:00:07.878-06:00DD
Woah, back up the trolley. This was meant to be...DD<br />Woah, back up the trolley. This was meant to be way more anti Yes than anti anything-related-to-prog.<br /><br />NoMeansNo rule and while certainly they stole things from prog, I've yet to meet a true Yes-E.L.P.-Genesis booster who actually likes them. <br />And King Crimson were never one of the real wanky bands, Fripp wrote 20th Century Schitzoid Man and liked punk so much he married Toyah!<br /><br />P.S. Glad to hear from you again!jeffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015674620176399988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-53234290842011401612009-11-29T06:06:35.125-06:002009-11-29T06:06:35.125-06:00What the fudge?! NoMeansNo brought so much joy to ...What the fudge?! NoMeansNo brought so much joy to the world...! AND I LOVE king crimson, too!<br /><br />DDDouchess of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463343814917746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-42846179265761275972009-11-21T07:57:36.552-06:002009-11-21T07:57:36.552-06:00Nazz
Yet another comment that made me laugh out l...Nazz<br /><br />Yet another comment that made me laugh out loud - this one read like a super-brief BO post.jeffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015674620176399988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-21092946274922115822009-11-21T07:43:41.753-06:002009-11-21T07:43:41.753-06:00No
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Has to be done sometimes -I almost s...No<br />!!<br /><br />Harley<br />Has to be done sometimes -I almost snipped the cassette copy of Dee-Lite "Groove is in the Heart" I endured repeatredly at one place.jeffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015674620176399988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-52781205008564921782009-11-19T18:18:25.320-06:002009-11-19T18:18:25.320-06:00I did pretty much the same thing with a cd that wa...I did pretty much the same thing with a cd that was being played all the time at the record store I worked at.harleytexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407228584647095248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-85843459679318998262009-11-19T10:49:22.089-06:002009-11-19T10:49:22.089-06:00Fuck Yes!Fuck Yes!NØhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547707021973240126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-8609425094878693092009-11-19T10:04:21.029-06:002009-11-19T10:04:21.029-06:00Back during that Owner Of A Lonely Heart crap tour...Back during that Owner Of A Lonely Heart crap tour, me and a friend went to see Yes at Madison Square Garden. <br />My friend and I did a lot of coke and I ended up losing my shirt at the show and having to ride the subway back home nekkid from the waist up.<br /><br />I hate Yes.Nazz Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722964855836770177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-55337109714757624472009-11-19T09:55:19.821-06:002009-11-19T09:55:19.821-06:00Bio
CPB and I were discussing the Prog skeletons i...Bio<br />CPB and I were discussing the Prog skeletons in my closet and they were Rush (duh, what Canadian of a certain age never liked Rush???) and Jethro Tull. But never Yes.<br /><br />Mike<br />Maybe GTR, the last gasp of prog rock?<br /><br />CPB<br />A well-reasoned defense of Yes. It's hard as the cherished 'bands-we-all-agree-suck' list shrinks but such is the price of aging.<br /><br />Ophelia<br />Bless you for making me laugh (and in the middle of a class yet) with that "Tales of a Turdfilled Oceans" line.<br /><br />Roberto<br />My favourite intersection of punk and prog stil has to be Canada's NoMeansNo. They do all those musicianly things punks bands aren't supposed to do and they still rock like crazy.jeffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015674620176399988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-24303019161776869182009-11-19T09:03:31.744-06:002009-11-19T09:03:31.744-06:00yeah,it was a childish tale(and after all,punk rep...yeah,it was a childish tale(and after all,punk replaces old dinosaurs like Yes and ELP,with new dinos like Chelsea and UK Subs...)but I just don't like Yes and pomp rock.A lot of things from that era have aged well(Gong,VDGG)and the mighty Cardiacs have successfuly fused elements of both punk & prog...and Captain Sensible is a huge prog fan too!cheers.robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257422854656547801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-9873973894750244942009-11-18T17:38:13.689-06:002009-11-18T17:38:13.689-06:00I fukken hate Yes... the bully boys used to rip my...I fukken hate Yes... the bully boys used to rip my Santana off thedeck in our sixth-form common room and slap on Tales of Turdfilled Oceans instead. Still haven't calmed down...ophelia kneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-65471085658668938142009-11-18T17:06:25.928-06:002009-11-18T17:06:25.928-06:00Prog rock has always been an odd duck to me.
A l...Prog rock has always been an odd duck to me. <br /><br />A lot of the metal I like has, over the years, trumpeted it's love of both prog and (I think this may be even one step further beyond for you, my good Jeffen) jazz rock fusion. I was, mostly, unmoved. Sure, I tried to get into King Crimson. After all, "21st Century Schizoid Man" had a riff so huge even the mighty Rorschach couldn't resist having a go at it. But most prog seemed pretty "sans" metal to me. Not enough guitar, to much synth and intelligible vocals with melody - yuck! (That's only for power pop and pop punk to use you proglodytes!)<br /><br />Then, as they say, Something Happened. Maybe it was all that early 70's rock I started unwisely ingesting (Who knew a steady diet of Humble Pies and Badfingers could be so hazardous to one's Listening Preference health?) but I found myself drawn to, first, Gabriel-era Genesis and, after a much ballyhooed "I'll never get into them!" the dreaded Yes. <br /><br />O.K., O.K., as a kid I had loved "90125" (along with my eldest brother's other Ponder Rock faves, Supertramp) and most of the Yes singles I'd heard on 92 CITI's "Psychedelic Sunday" seemed, at least, not bad. But buying both "Fragile" and "Close To The Edge" in less than a weeks time? I did not see that coming!<br /><br />Now, of course the major question is "Why?" The only answer I can come up with is...wow, I've really prattled on here haven't I?CallPastorBobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-29692217570719685212009-11-18T15:34:37.351-06:002009-11-18T15:34:37.351-06:00or perhaps an Asia postor perhaps an Asia postMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704729417329191195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-72295971220244349972009-11-18T14:49:22.360-06:002009-11-18T14:49:22.360-06:00Will we be seeing a Rush post next?Will we be seeing a Rush post next?biopunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11614894519622906554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-48562159821733679092009-11-18T14:38:57.326-06:002009-11-18T14:38:57.326-06:00Yes is more.Yes is more.jeffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015674620176399988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191686244361274747.post-65912928556109773762009-11-18T11:19:44.079-06:002009-11-18T11:19:44.079-06:00Owner of Lonely Heart would be good if it was like...Owner of Lonely Heart would be good if it was like 3 minutes shorterMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704729417329191195noreply@blogger.com