For the past 30 years, Yes has been a musical force. In 1998 they were still out there touring, recording and staging a convincing come-back with a powerful new album; Open Your Eyes. Rock critic and author Chris Welch was there for the whole journey, interviewing the changing band members over the past 30 years.
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Dissapointing,
By Bazouteast "Bazouteast" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Yes: Close to the Edge (Paperback)
30 years ago Chris Welch was, through my formative musical years, one of the rock journalists I looked up to! But now, 30 years on and looking back, I found this biography more consistent with my adolescent literary needs of 30 years ago! While containing many facts, it also has much irrelevant nonsense and somewhat twee statements most annoyingly followed by exclamation marks (about one per page)! So much so that I got tired of the 6th form style of writing very quickly! E.g. P41 on the longevity of the band "...but here we are, still going thirty years later!". P42 on meeting other members "Within a week I had met Chris!". On P43, on early photos, "They would now be of great historical value - if Chris hadn't lost the lot!" On P43 again, on Jon Anderson's autocracy "Everyone was entitled to HIS opinion. That's the best way of putting it!". Note the tiresome and repetetive exclamation marks! Are these supposed convey Wow!? Amazing!? Oh Dear!? Oh Christ!? Or what!? Whatever the intention it becomes annoying very quickly and the text ends up reading like a fan club member's essay full of some kind of mock astonishment, conveyed by endless exclamation marks! There are better Yes books around! (Annoying exclamation marks there to illustrate a point).
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Close to ho-hum...,
By Anastasia Brown (Formerly of Northampton, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Yes: Close to the Edge (Paperback)
...and certainly sophomoric, I must admit that this book is still a better read than the usual supercilious pedantry of the Earnest Aspiring ProgBoy Writer. The best part: Broof decks Squire. God knows Fishy had it coming; don't you agree?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cobbled together news articles shed little light,
By Mark D Burgh "Music, Writing, Art, Film, Hist... (Fort Smith, AR United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Yes: Close to the Edge (Paperback)
I have to agree with most of the reviews here; mostly personality and business problems, little on the construction of what is some of the most complex music of the 20th century.The book is best when Welch talks about the early years of the band; how they started, where they came from. After the Yes Album, a lot of the book seems concerned with chart numbers, gold and platinum sales, accounting discrepencies, and first-class trips to Bermuda. A lot of this material reads as if Welch had just boilerplated his original articles into book form with little or no editing. Paul Stump does better with less, and we get a strong picture of the music. Not here. Funny vegetarian stories and Trevor Rabin's musical awards.
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