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If you're not going to induct everyone, I would argue for Banks, Downes and Horn, in addition to those already being included. Moraz's time with the band really has no relevance from a HoF point of view. Your average rock fan knows nothing about Relayer or his time with the band. But most of us have heard "Tempus Fugit" on the radio, and Horn also played a big role on 90125.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Yet Relayer sold far, far more than the two with Banks! Relayer came out at their peak and maintained it. Drama also didn't do as well as Relayer- I do think some Drama fans greatly overestimate it. However, I think Horn should have gone in too, as he was crucially important to 90125 on a production level. I think those ten (eight who went in, with Moraz and Horn) members would have been fine. But whatever, I'm just glad they are finally in.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I have never heard Tempus Fugit on the radio. Of course, the album came out in 1980 so it's possible I just don't remember, as I would not have known who it was at that time (though I was very familiar with Roundabout and All Good People). Though it was that year that I started to really pay attention to music and listened to the radio (and taped songs I liked) constantly. That song might not have appealed to me at that time.
I think the lineup they picked is fine, and certainly represents their commercial success quite well. Isn't that all that really matters to the Rock Hall? I honestly don't know as I wouldn't pay any attention to it if it weren't for these wonderful Yes threads
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Where Are They Now? Yes news: http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/wh_now.htm
Blogdegezou, the accompanying blog: http://bondegezou.blogspot.com/
'So there' nothing, chart positions only reflect sales in a particular week- Relayer might have sold more in cold numbers than Drama in its week to get to Number 4. It's the long term which matters.
I like Drama a lot but the way some of its fans talk about it you'd think it was the biggest hit they ever had.
^Horn, yes. Downes- he's great on Drama but really Fly From Here/Heaven And Earth are in that 'die-hards only' stage most bands reach.
I can't agree with Peter Banks as deserving this. While I liked some of his solo work and a few tracks by Flash, his work on the first two Yes albums just did not help the band to stand apart like Howe's work did. Let's face it, they fired Banks. I also agree that Moraz doesn't deserve it with them (possibly with the Moody Blues, but we know that will NEVER happen) because he was only on one album.
I'm not convinced about Trevor Horn either. He was mostly producer, and not a great vocalist.
I pretty much agree with the list as is. I hope one of them says something in tribute to the late (as usual) Chris Squire. That sounds like a morbid joke, but he probably would have liked it. Chris was an amazing contributor to the band's overall sound. If anyone in the band deserverved the award, it was Chris.
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Absolutely. It is also entirely possible that to reach number 2 as a highest chart position for Drama required a damned sight less in sales than a highest chart position of 4 for Relayer. By the time Drama was released, album sales were declining.
Whilst Yes were still a successful band in 1980, bearing in mind they did sell out five nights at Madision Square Gardens on that tour, it is absolutely undoubtedly the case that the high water mark for album sales worldwide was the period 1972 to 1977. The decline began with Tormato, which, although a very good selling album, was nowhere near the level of its predecessors. Drama did not arrest that decline.
I would also wager a very huge amount of money that sales of the "classic" albums are still way above anything released since, and including, Drama.
I like that everyone has a different opinion of who should go in, and that somehow makes the fans more qualified than the hall to decide, because the Hall's opinion is different from most though not all of the fans, making their different opinion of less value than everyone else's different opinion.
(edit: this is not a defense of the Hall, just an amused observation of this discussion)
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