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Unlike most books on rock music, Music of Yes does not focus on personalities, but instead on musical structures, lyrical vision, and cultural and historical context. Bill Martin situates one of the most creative groups from the progressive rock period, Yes, within the utopian ideals of the sixties and the experimental trend in rock music initiated by the Beatles and taken up by groups such as King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, and others. Working against the seemingly entrenched cynicism and "blues orthodoxy" among rock music critics, Martin demonstrates the power of Yes's romantic, utopian, "Blakean," ecological, multicultural, and feminist perspective, showing how this vision is developed through extended musical works."I think this book will stand out as the most definitive study of Yes, and anyway, how could I not like a book that compares my ability to that of John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix?"—Chris Squire Co-founder of Yes"Yes fans will flock to this paean to the world of 1960s 'art rock'.…
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Music of Yes: Structure and Vision in Progressive Rock Paperback - 1998
by Bill Martin
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Yes is one of the most creative groups from the progressive rock period. In the early 1970s, Yes evolved into a visionary, virtuoso band, producing a series of adventurous, controversial, and difficult works. In this pathbreaking book, wholly devoted to the serious discussion of a rock group's oeuvre, Bill Martin follows the trajectory of Yes from the group's formation in 1968 to the present, with a special focus on what Martin calls Yes's "main sequence" - from The Yes Album (1971) to Going for the One (1977). Professor Martin situates Yes within the utopian ideals of the 1960s and the experimental trend initiated by The Beatles, then developed by such groups as King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Although sometimes critical of Yes's work, Martin defends Yes against their supposed blissed-out over-optimism and their departures from blues orthodoxy. Drawing upon the thinking of Adorno and Marcuse, Martin demonstrates the power of Yes's Romantic, utopian, Blakean, ecological, multicultural, and feminist perspectives, showing how the vision which unifies these is developed though extended and sophisticated musical creations.
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- Title Music of Yes: Structure and Vision in Progressive Rock
- Author Bill Martin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition SECOND PRINTING
- Pages 300
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Open Court, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-12-30
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780812693331 / 0812693337
- Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.96 x 6.4 x 0.74 in (22.76 x 16.26 x 1.88 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Yes (Musical group), Progressive rock music - History and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96042932
- Dewey Decimal Code 782.421
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- Booklist, 11/15/1996, Page 564
- Library Journal, 11/15/1996, Page 64
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