Grateful for Yes

Because the nature of the spiritual path, and life in general, is a process done, in the end, all by yourself, today I feel grateful for the existence of Yes for always being there for me to put on their inspiring music whenever I want/need, for being incredibly consistent in their quality of musicianship, songwriting, and meaning throughout these decades. They have helped make my path through life not be so lonely.

Mark

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Hello, I'm brand new here at Gaia and I thought a good way to start would be to join a group about one of my favorite bands of all time.

I agree that I am grateful for Yes's music as well because it has been such a huge force for positive energy in my life. I was a huge fan way back when but then lost interest around the YesWest period. Then I went through a very difficult time a few years back when I was despondent a large part of the time.

One day, I was rummaging through a second hand CD store and happened to come across a CD from Yes called Union that I had never heard before. It was going for a dollar so I thought, “what the heck.” and grabbed it. What a revelation!!! A newer, more mature sounding Yes. (I later found out that purists hate it but so what - I still love Union - Trevor and Jon sound great together on this one.)

Anyway, long story, short, I got right back into Yes again and now I'm as big a fan as I ever was and I found that discovering new Yessongs that I'd never heard, helped me over that bad time and gave me a better appreciation for the history of both the band and my own mispent youth.

Love the band even with all their quirks,excesses and line-up changes.

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Welcome!

Yep, the “Union” of Yes East and West. Usually in the world are the conflicts between east's and west's, etc, etc. So I highly applaud Yes for allowing an East and a West to blend and merge…and then (IMHO) successfully!

My wife and I saw the Union tour. We were pretty close so we could feel Chris's bass! Wow! What a treat it was to hear with our very own ears what it sounds like to have the two Yes-camps on stage together…to hear the hardness and heavyness of Trevor along side the softness and lightness of Jon!

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I would have loved to see the Union tour (although some people I know have called it the Onion tour - sour grapes or something, I think) Such great talent on the stage at the same time.

The only Yes tours I've seen were in the seventies and I barely remember the individual shows. Certain highlights stick out like seeing Rick Wakeman and the 3 giant dragon's with laser beam eyes but the rest is a blur. They are playing my hometown again this year so I may go back iand check them out if I have time. 

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“the Onion tour” Ah, for those who like onions. Beauty sure is in the eyes of the beholder!

I myself have allowed myself to be swayed by other peoples opinions (onions:) sometimes in other arenas, but when it comes to Yes music, for me, there is just no doubt and never has been! I am very grateful for that!