Comments on: Nostalgia vs. Progression

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:32:47 +0000

Hence my love of bands like Railroad Earth, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (she’s amazing — plays the B3 organ, guitar and sings like Janis Joplin at times).

Keep it fresh, keep it real.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:55:11 +0000

To be fair, Yes did re-invent themselves twice during the 1980s, first with *Drama* and then with *90125*. Unfortunately a lot of the original fanbase hated and still hate both albums with a passion. (I haven’t listened to 90125 for years; I expect it will now sound as dated as only mid-80s Trevor Horn production can)

I not familiar with (the?) Swans. What can you tell me about them?

By: Serdar

Serdar — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:20:05 +0000

And I suspect most of the reason Yes’s output since the mid-80s has been lackluster is because they’ve found it’s just easier to cater to their existing fanbase than to do anything else. There are some Swans albums that are not as interesting as others, but for a band that was around for the better part of twenty years they went through an absolutely incredible amount of change all the way up to the end, and that was a big part of the reason I adored them: they never stopped moving.