YES

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

[DarthDem]

1. I've Been A Fan Forever

Well, since 1983, anyway. And yes, I did go back and buy the entire catalog. TfTO is not a favorite but it has some very strong music. CTTE, for me, is the best "classic" Yes album. Relayer shouldn't be overlooked either, or Going for the One.

[vi5]

2. An extremely guilty pleasure..

It's hard to rectify my enjoyment of Yes's music with the fact that I've actually kissed a girl and don't live with my parents. Something about those things don't go together in my mind. Same thing with Rush, or any Prog-Rock that I like.

[tigereye]

6. there is something very beautiful about it

and guilty pleasure is a pretty good description! Can't help it... that was high school for me.

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. I'm with you!

[jpgray]

5. Seconded

But then I don't put on hardly any prog--no Genesis, etc. It's not bad, but I find it to be lifeless music.

[Fenris]

11. "Roundabout" just ran through my head.

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. I could send you a picture that would make you forget it.

[Fenris]

13. NO thank you. I have seen that before.

IT WAS BURNED ONTO MY EYES.

[Mistress Quickly]

7. used to have

a light blue t-shirt with the YES glitter logo:

[BigBigBear]

8. Tales was very ambitious

and while I thought Close To The Edge was somewhat better, I think they really tried to extend their range with Tales. I used to have a copy - long gone now.

Relayer had its moments (they opened with "Sound Chaser" the second time I saw them in 70-whatever).

The Yes Album was far more straightforward, in some ways their clearest and least self-indulgent. The really early stuff, like Time and a Word, melodic but saccharin - with the exception of their Atlantic Records tryout cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "America".

Fragile is considered their pop classic, but...eh....

Nothing really mattered after Relayer. Bad pop and rehash....

Seen them 6 or 7 times.

[LunaSea]

9. Pretentious ArtRock

At its very best.
Fan since 1975.

If you like the older Yes, check out "The Ladder"

A very good album!

[Beaverhausen]

10. I'm seeing them next sunday

they are on tour- Dream Theater opening.

Close to the Edge is amazing. Going for the One, too.