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    Interview about Yes Book

    Did Yes define progressive rock? We go Close to the Edge with Will Romano and his book, Close to the Edge: How Yes’s Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock tonight on Echoes. We'll also have comments from Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford and Roger Dean. http://wp.me/p4ZE0X-80G

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    It's a really good book. Will Romano does fine work.
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    Nice! On the wishlist!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Echoes View Post
    Did Yes define progressive rock?
    No!

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    The Interview about the book is up in the Echoes Podcast.
    ECHOES PODCAST: Was Yes's Close to the Edge your favorite Prog Rock album? Will Romano thinks it was the signature work of the genre in his book Close to the Edge: How Yes's Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock. We talk to Will as well as YES (official)'s Jon Anderson Bill Bruford and Roger Dean about this signal work in the Echoes Podcast. http://wp.me/p4ZE0X-86Y

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    Helped define it bigly----because CTTE was such a in your face masterpiece. Nothing sounded like it---and it was driven by a great rhythm section. Had swing, inventive guitar sound for a rock band---perfect keys----and shows what a great singer with range JA was.

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    Define the genre? Maybe, maybe not. Either way, it's a masterpiece.
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    It set the bar for the epic as a single, integrated piece, as opposed to a suite of shorter songs. That layout can be seen as a sort of mammoth, elaborated AABA song form incorporating an extended intro, multiple transitions, and many subsections, and in which the B section also functions as a slow movement of sorts. John Covach once wrote an analysis of it in which he identified some 10 or 11 subsections.

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    Saw this book in Waterstones today & glimpsed a few passages. Looks an interesting read and will buy it at some point. There's some interesting quotes from Eddie Offord who says Greg Lake was a better vocalist than Jon Anderson!

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    I asked the publishers if a digital version of the book would be released, and they said there were no plans to do so.

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