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The twenty eighth selection returns us back to the never ending Rock and Roll Hall of Fame question of inducting Progressive Rock acts. As a key player in the Progressive Rock movement; Yes was an impressive outfit regardless of which lineup they had.


Throughout the 70’s, Yes was best known for their epic albums, utilizing classical components infused with the modern. A Yes album (or concert) could be counted on to provide the best platform to showcase the individual skills of its members, of which those skills are bountiful. In the 80’s they shortened their songs and achieved some of their greatest commercial success, yet were able to do so without departing form their Progressive Rock roots. After going through multiple members and watching many other musical styles form and die around them, their culture of proficiency and progression always remained intact. They are another on the list of Progressive Rockers with a shot should the genre get any love from the Hall

 

 
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The Bullet Points:

 

Previous Rank:

2010: #27 

  

 

Eligible Since:

1994 


Country of Origin:

United Kindgom (London, England)

 
Why They Will Get In:

They are as technically proficient as they come.

 
Why They Won’t Get In:

Multiple lineups and the Progressive Rock bias do not help them here.

 
Nominated In:

Never

 
Essential Albums:

Fragile (1971)

Close to the Edge (1972)

Relayer (1974)

90125 (1983)

 
Our Five Favorite Songs as Chosen by Each Member of the NIHOF Committee:

Starship Trooper (From The Yes Album, 1970)

Roundabout (From Fragile, 1971)

South Side of the Sky (From Fragile, 1971)

Siberian Khatru (From Close to the Edge, 1972)

Changes (From 90125, 1983)

 
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Definitely put them in! - 55.6%
Maybe, but others deserve it first. - 22.2%
Probably not, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. - 14.8%
No opinion. - 0%
No way! - 7.4%
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0 #1 Musicologist999 -0001-11-29 19:00
Granted, not everything Yes has done has been brilliant (most of Jon Anderson's lyrics make no sense, "Tales From Topographic Oceans", in it's bloated entirety, is an endurance test, and then there's that marketing gimmick called "Union&quo t;....), but these guys DO have many brilliant albums under their belts, HUGE influence on other bands, and the huge album sales and fanbase besides. Love 'em or hate 'em, Yes ARE one of the most successful bands in Rock. The Prog tag probably hurts them, and also the fact that the Hall would probably have to give awards to a whole football team of band members past and present! Thank you for honoring Pink Floyd and Genesis, but the Hall voters really need to get over their hang-up against the remaining popular Progressive Rock bands and honor the ones who definitely made a difference in Rock. Yes are definitely one of those bands.
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0 #2 Sean -0001-11-29 19:00
I expect they'll be the next prog-rock band inducted because they and Genesis and Pink Floyd were really the only ones who crossed over to pop with major hits, and the other two are in. Moody Blues and Procol Harum did too, but Yes is usually considered more historically important than the Moodies and Procol Harum didn't have enough longevity to get in.Rush, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and King Crimson were big in rock circles, but not really in POP circles. And this does seem to be more about popularity sometimes.Unles s they're being snubbed for having too many members, as some people say about Deep Purple. It's weird that somebody wouldn't be inducted because they have too many members though, and I think only eight members would need to be inducted (Anderson, Bruford, Howe, Kaye, Rabin, Squire, Wakeman, and White). Nobody besides those eight had much impact on the band at all, and eight members isn't TOO many. The Grateful Dead had TWELVE members inducted.
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0 #3 Smokestoomuch -0001-11-29 19:00
Yes rules.
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