Re: Wakeman says "it's all over with regards to the classic lineup"  

Group: alt.music.yes Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009, 3:05am From:
use... at (no spam) bondegezou.demon.co.ukMichel Forest <fore... at (no spam) sympatico.ca> wrote:

[...] Still, I find it strange that there was no official announcement
that Jon has left the group for the 3rd time. (And that's why I wrote
that HSW of Yes became simply Yes "without warning", or maybe I should
simply have written "without an official announcement.)
I take your point. I guess this is partly because, instead of a clear
breakpoint where Anderson left, it's been more a gradual elision, from
his quasi-departure in 2004, the abortive 2008 tour, the SHCSAAWOY tour
without Jon, SHCSAAWOY just call themselves Yes, and now Jon's
non-return now or in the near future.

The question is whether that gradualism was a result of events unfolding
that way, or whether it was a deliberate ploy to ease people into a
Jon-less Yes. It seems to me that it was mostly the former: that is, HSW
hadn't shut the door on Anderson until fairly recently, that each step
in the chain was tentative and experimental. However, I also think that
there has been a strategy of ambiguity by HSW, and perhaps also by
Anderson, that both reflected their own uncertainty and avoided
PR-unfriendly decisions.
--
Henry  
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You and Sullivan won't be able to shit on Jon's YES work now.  He won't
have to take the time to imagine YES lyrics for you to hate and joke on
about, here at your offical atheist site.

Re: Wakeman says "it's all over with regards to the classic lineup"  

Group: alt.music.yes Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009, 12:23pm From:
robm... at (no spam) aol.com
On Oct 26, 11:21 am, TheTimeTrave... at (no spam) webtv.net (Chet) wrote:
Re: Wakeman says "it's all over with regards to the classic lineup"
Group: alt.music.yes Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009, 3:05am From:use... at (no spam) bondegezou.demon.co.ukMichel Forest <fore... at (no spam) sympatico.ca> wrote:

[...] Still, I find it strange that there was no official announcement
that Jon has left the group for the 3rd time. (And that's why I wrote
that HSW of Yes became simply Yes "without warning", or maybe I should
simply have written "without an official announcement.) I take your
point. I guess this is partly because, instead of a clear breakpoint
where Anderson left, it's been more a gradual elision, from his
quasi-departure in 2004, the abortive 2008 tour, the SHCSAAWOY tour
without Jon, SHCSAAWOY just call themselves Yes, and now Jon's
non-return now or in the near future.
The question is whether that gradualism was a result of events unfolding
that way, or whether it was a deliberate ploy to ease people into a
Jon-less Yes. It seems to me that it was mostly the former: that is, HSW
hadn't shut the door on Anderson until fairly recently, that each step
in the chain was tentative and experimental. However, I also think that
there has been a strategy of ambiguity by HSW, and perhaps also by
Anderson, that both reflected their own uncertainty and avoided
PR-unfriendly decisions.
--
Henry
---
You and Sullivan won't be able to shit on Jon's YES work now.
He won't have to take the time to imagine YES lyrics for you to
hate and joke on about, here at your offical atheist site.

not to pick nits, you COSSHF, but this is not Henry's *or* Sullivan's
site, let alone their "official atheist site". This is a usenet
newsgroup and it belongs to no individual or group of posters.
Really now, if this site belonged to someone like that, you'd have been
tossed out a long time ago, don't you think?
Now if you are interested, Henry does have a (what might be an official
atheist) website of his own. It seems to monitor *everything* Yes except
maybe their bowel movements and sexual activities. It's *very* dry and
impresses me as high obsessiveness and more nonsense than useful. But if
you've the patience to read through the minutia, you might be able to
find something you'd like there...maybe even *proof* that Potts and
Sullivan combined are in fact the anti-Christ and that they're on a
mission to destroy every lyric ever penned by Jon Anderson!
Rob "*AHA!* You knew it all along, didn't you, you COSSHF" Allen
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Henry wrote the FAQ for amy.  Sullivan monitored the YES fans here,
daily, until Jon dropped out of the YES scene.  To them guys, Jon being
gone=end of a nightmare.