The second episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the second studio album, 'Time and a Word'.
What are the themes of the album?
How did Yes approach the 'difficult' second album?
Does this album move closer to a 'classic' Yes sound?
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!
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Links to good stuff mentioned in the show:
Rick Dante's Prog Blog Inferno
Mark Toner's Spacepilot comic site
M.J. Murphy's Twilight Guitar
www.silhobbit.com
Deep Purple - Concerto for Group and Orchestra 1st Movement (rest linked from here)
Everydays - Buffalo Springfield
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - JS Bach
Westerngate
Before I get loads of comments about this one - yes, I got it wrong. I now know the western theme used in No Opportunities is from the 1958 Western, 'THe Big Country'. Proof is on YouTube.
Homework for next time:
Listen to Yes' third studio album - 'The Yes Album' (1971)
'The Yes Album' on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/album/3jmAE8agsRbOlKYfSILfny
'The Yes Album' on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-yes-album-remastered/id213596813
'The Yes Album' on Amazon (UK):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yes-Album-3/dp/B00007KWHN
'The Yes Album' on Last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/music/Yes/The+Yes+Album
'The Yes Album' on YouTube:
Buy Yes music, don't steal it. Take a look at these but then go out and buy the album:
Yours is no disgrace
The clap
Starship Trooper
I've seen all good people
A venture
Perpetual Change
