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Episode 84 – Yes Tracks Through Time Part 3 – Long Distance Runaround
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The wrong title but we know what they meant…
The eighty-forth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring several different versions of the classic track, Long Distance Runaround.
Listen and then let me know if you agree with my assessment of the performances by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- How is the studio version developed into a live version?
- Does it always work?
- What influence do different band members have on the track?
Episode 79 – Yes Tracks Through Time Part 1 – Astral Traveller
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Cosmic lyrics (Click to enlarge)
The seventy-ninth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the first in a series of Yes Tracks Through Time. After the initial recording, what happened to songs live? How did different line-ups of the band alter the character of tracks – if at all?
Listen and then let me know what you think of the different approaches by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- Which of the three versions of Astral Traveller is the best?
- Should group members leave tracks alone or add their own character?
- Does the band’s approach change over time?
Episode 75 – An interview with Yes book author, Scott O’Reilly
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on March 8, 2013
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Author and Yes fan, Scott O’Reilly
The mythical Ouroboros which eats its own tail
The seventy-fifth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring an interview with Scott O’Reilly, author of ‘Yes and Philosophy: The Spiritual and Philosophical Dimensions of Yes Music’.
Listen and find out what the book is all about, then let me know what you think by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- What have the sun and the mythical Uroborus got to do with Yes music?
- Are Jon Anderson’s lyrics just impossible to understand?
- Why should you read Scott’s book?
The Yes and Philosophy blog by Scott
Yes and Philosophy paperback on Amazon (UK)
Episode 74 – The Yes Alphabet – ‘I’
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…brought to you by the letter, ‘I’.
The seventy-fourth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the Yes Alphabet – ‘I’.
Listen and see if you all your letter, ‘I’ selections are there, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- Which Yes tracks begin with ‘I’?
- Is improvisation an important factor in Yes music?
- What have I left out?
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Episode 71 – The Yes Alphabet – ‘H’
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…brought to you by the letter, ‘H’.
The seventy-first episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the Yes Alphabet – ‘H’.
Listen and see if all your ‘H’ ideas are present, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- H is for which one of the most important Yes musicians?
- Which prog rock instrument begins with H?
- Which tracks and albums begin with H?
Please send in photographs of your favourite Yes-related memorabilia
- Upload your photograph (with your name in the title) via the page here.
- Let me know what you have uploaded and why via the contact form here or by leaving a voicemail on the telephone number on the right or via the green ‘Record a message’ button.
If you need to you can use the usual email address instead: show@yesmusicpodcast.com
This can be any kind of Yes item – it doesn’t need to be rare or valuable – we are just interested in the story behind it and why it means so much to you. (By uploading, you agree to let me add your photograph to a YouTube video and to re-tell your story on the podcast.)
Thanks so much for getting involved!!
Episode 62 – Start as you mean to go on?
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Openings then and now…
The sixty-second episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the opening tracks of all the studio albums’.
Listen and see if all you agree with my assessment of the way in which each album begins, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- Does the band use the same approach to all opening tracks?
- Does the opening track always set the scene for the rest of the album?
- Are all opening tracks equally as successful?
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Episode 61 – The Yes Alphabet – ‘F’
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…brought to you by the letter, ‘F’.
The sixty-first episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the letter, ‘F’.
Listen and see if all your letter ‘F’ choices are included, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- Two albums begin with ‘F’ and each one has a track which begins with ‘F’ – can you name all four items?
- How many other tracks can you think of beginning with ‘F’?
- What have I missed out in the whole history of the group which begins with ‘F?
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Episode 53 – The Yes Alphabet – ‘D’
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…brought to you by the letter, ‘D’.
The fifty-third episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the letter, ‘D’.
Listen and see if your letter ‘D’ choices are included. Then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- How many ‘D’ band personnel can you name?
- Which other ‘D’s are crucial elements of the band’s success?
- Which tracks begin with ‘D’?
Episode 49 – The Yes Alphabet – ‘B’
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…brought to you by the letter, ‘B’.
The forty-ninth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the letter, ‘B’.
- What can you think of for the letter, ‘B’?
- Band members?
- Songs?
- Albums?
- What else?
Listen and see if your letter ‘B’ choices are included. Then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
Episode 40 – Yes Rarities Part 5 – The Word is Live
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CD set purchased 2012 (click to enlarge)
The fortieth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the unique tracks from the live compilation boxed set, ’The Word is Live’.
- Are there any unique tracks in this collection?
- Does the medley work at over 20mins?
- Is it worth the price tag?
Listen and see if you agree with me then let me know by leaving a comment or contacting me via the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
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