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Roundabout - Yes

petes'picks said:
I have noticed that most of my favorite Rocks bands are British and its likely due to the classical influence that makes many of them interesting to me. That is not to say that American roots music and what followed sucks because nothing could be further from the truth. Overall I prefer the way British rock bands utilized movements, space and the compositions have enough substance that even after listening for decades I am still finding interesting things in their music .

As for pop music today, its rare to hear more than two real instruments being played on top 40 songs any longer. There is interesting new stuff out there but you are pretty much on your own finding it because the music execs and radio stations are not going to help you find it or promote it like days gone by. And good luck finding a record label that will let a new band spend the time needed in the studio to record complex pieces. They prefer the geek with a computer full of samples, its increases the oligarchs profits.
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I remember listening to BS&T and Chicago for the first time in the later '60s. I recognized classical influences immediately.
 
The members of Yes, especially during the Fragile period, we're perhaps the best technicians of their respected instruments ever assembled in a single band. Squire, Wakeman, Squire, Brufford, all inspirational to later generations of musicians.

Love Jon Anderson but can't imagine him singing in any band other than Yes. Hard to picture him fronting the Who! Also, can't imagine or have as much enjoyed Yes without him. He just Worked as a front man for Yes.

I'm sitting here now trying to imagine other legendary front men fronting Yes and it's not easy. I will say I'm hearing Freddy Mercury singing Roundabout in my head and it's pretty darn good!
 
Bought and listened to Yes- The Yes album today. It was a birthday gift to my audio buddy. It's the Steven Wilson remix on blue vinyl. I'll have to give my standard version a listen and see which sounds better.
 
nitrous said:
Robert Fripp asked Jon Anderson to join King Crimson after Greg Lake left KC to form ELP, but Jon said no.
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I really like the collaboration Jon did with Vangelis. The Friends of Mr. Cairo was an interesting album, that is one of my favorites from them.
 
I think a lot of the reason why music today seems less complex than what we had in the 60's to 80's is that today's music has a much higher percentage of singer/songwriters.

Bands like ELP, Yes, Pink Floyd, etc had multiple songwriters, singers, and composers in the band; which is always going to add much more depth to the final song/album than an artist handing out sheet music to session players.

There are still some great bands out there today that are writing exceptional music (as a team), but they are grossly outnumbered. Back in the day, we also had singer/songwriters pumping out mediocre music but they were a smaller percentage.

If you look at the Billboard 100 today, you will see it is almost entirely singer/songwriters vs bands.
 
KingBubba said:
As I listen to this song today, I consider thoughts I had about it in the past. In my opinion, the great majority of the music created in the last 30 years has been lacking the use of harmonics and complexity. You mostly hear the line of the tune with a strong bit of drums, but harmonics are missing. I guess what I am saying is the great majority of newer songs are very simple in nature. Then I compare that with what I hear in "Roundabout" and I realize how wonderful the musicians of Yes really were. The complexity of the music of "Roundabout" is fascinating to my ear and I wish that more music was this way.
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A lot of progeessive rock is more about complexity. But also you can't compare Yes to a general pop standards... listenning aproach is different. You may puut King Crimson to another cup of the scales
 
Roundabout is a great album. I remember playing it as a demonstration and everyone who didn't know it warmed up to it.
 
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kirk57 said:
I did learn to play Roundabout on the guitar which is kind of a challenge for me at least.
Love that song, really all of Fragile and a lot of other songs as well.
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I learned to play Roundabout way back when as well as Long Distance Runaround and Mood for a day. My influences as a musician are quite vast but Jimi has always been my fav.
I must say though that Steve Howe was a big influence on me as far as incorporating many different styles and sounds into the music.
I also liked the original YES with Peter Banks on guitar. Completely different from Howe but great nonetheless.
 
Huge Yes fan. Recently purchased the Rhino box set on CD - highly recommended. There 2nd album Time & A Word was album I had dismissed but have found a new appreciation for. It has a jazzy flair to it IMHO.

 
Dima R. said:
A lot of progeessive rock is more about complexity. But also you can't compare Yes to a general pop standards... listenning aproach is different. You may puut King Crimson to another cup of the scales
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I saw Yes twice back in the 70's. Once with the revolving stage, once again with Wakeman back in the group.
Always a wonderful show.
Also always the worst crowd...it always felt like we were there to hear the band , while everybody else was there to yell, and get high, and yell some more.

I was a big fan of Prog for a while...Gentle Giant, Yes, Genesis, Focus, Floyd, Tull.

I was also a fan of the punk movement that followed as a reaction to it.
 
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