Re: YES Songs' Weakest Sections

Date: 19 May 2003 07:55:58 -0700
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"Paul Goodwin" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<ba8m1g$qtu4l$email-address-deleted>...
> "gmelin" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
> news:01c31d6f$66e70f60$09f25142@computer...
> > "Soon"
> > "I Get Up I Get Down"
> >
> > Both bring otherwise terrific songs to deadly halts.
> >
>
> Not at all. Both provide the perfect antithesis to the "heavier" parts, not
> to mention both are incredibly beautiful bits of music.
> I wouldn't change a note of either CttE or GoD, both to me are *perfect* as
> is.
Agreed, but it does happen to me in other tunes. The lyric, the music
something will detract from the overall tune. That's the risk with
YES music. They try alot of different things and when it works, it's
irreplacable. When it doesn't, well...
"You've got a great imagination" OYE (song starts out strong and then
in comes JA's little contribution - just doesn't fit)
The screechy guitar during the last third of Going for the One...there
are days when I can let it go, but other days it's like fingernails on
a chalkboard.
"diamond chair" lyric, "ego some pleasure time" lyric and more on ITPO
really detract from what musically and mood wise is one of their best
in years. Still like the tune, but wish JA could have done bit better
on the lyrics.
Then there are tunes that they have overextended in recent years.
Think it's an attempt to create epics out of sub-epic material (Mind
Drive and Dreamtime being the biggest disappointments. The material is
there for shorter, more dynamic versions of both songs).
Pet peeve of course, any time they try to use an opening coda. ;)
Jim