YES- And You And I

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:14 pm

Chris had that sound and style way back in Mable Greer's Toyshop.

just_bassics · Post by **just_bassics** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:15 am

I always liked Pete Banks comment, when he suggested YES as the band's new name and someone said "That's silly!" and his response was "Like Mabel Greer's toyshop isn't silly!" (from Yesstories)

law · Post by **law** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:56 am

I can never find any Mable Greer's Toyshop material anywhere. Did they ever put out a record? If not, where can I get my hands on some of their stuff?

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:53 pm

I ran across a few tunes a couple years ago but haven't been able to find them again.

Ahh, just found it:
http://www.psychosync.info/members/toyshop.htm

just_bassics · Post by **just_bassics** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:15 am

I love to ask this trivia question, so I'll post it here again (wasn't answered last time). What Yes song "breaks the chain" so to speak, and why?

jon · Post by **jon** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:12 am

I'm trying to guess what you might mean. I'll try this:

Run to the Light is the only released Yes song that does feature bass, but doesn't feature CS playing it.

just_bassics · Post by **just_bassics** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:59 am

Jon, that is correct! CS plays piano on that piece whilst the (fretless) bass was handled by Trevor Horn. Still a great song off a great album, IMO. If you can stand it, there is a demo version available called Dancing through light, perhaps from the failed Roy Thomas Baker sessions. It's on the Rhino release of Drama, but I've had it on a record called "Yes - The Affirmative" that I found in Chicago at a swap meet in the 80's. Very raw and badly recorded. The version on Drama cleaned up quite well.

"The word is live" has some great vintage recordings as well, very early Steve Howe, very rough version of "The Fish". Just received it as an anniversary present (as well as another guitar, I'm a lucky man!).

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:32 pm

Seconded on "The Word Is Live" . . . FANTASTIC collection of stuff . . . great early versions of "Then" and "Astral Traveller", and some stuff from the Drama tour with Trevor Horn no less.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:16 pm

Ahhh, Drama. Some call it heresy, some call it great. I've always liked it. And RTTL always reminds me of "Only A Northern Song".

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:16 am

How about Chris' live harmonica wheezing in AYAI? Always cracked me up (in a good way). I really loved these guys back in the day...everything up through Relayer, basically. But I think the 'seeds of future silliness' must always have been there...something made Bruford split for KC, and it sure wasn't money. By the time 'Going For The One' came out, all I could think was 'who cut the cheese?', and things kinda went downhill from there. I mean really...them Spandex jackets and Hollywood shades on 'Tormato'...the 'let's pretend we're The Police' ******* of 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart' (what an inept linguistic structure that title is) that extended all the way to 'let's get Sting haircuts'...

Absolute Power may corrupt absolutely, but nothing turns an excellent human brain into useless tofu faster than too much money...

bassbob · Post by **bassbob** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:34 am

I love Yes, and have seen them twice (Union tour, and Classic tour). The classic tour a few years ago was great. A friend of mine who is older than me, saw Yes a bunch of times in the early- mid 70s, in St.Louis, and after one of these shows, was able to sneak into the hotel where Yes was staying. What he found was a buffet, and something called the Yes gong show, with Steve, Chris and Jon as the judges. Did anybody else see this ? How about any other cool Yes stories ?