> The period 1966-77 was in my opinion the most creative years of rock
> music. Several innovative bands came out and made several interesting
> rock albums. They were mostly original and not derivative at all. By
> 1978 the two faced monster of punk (mindless 3 chord garbage) and disco
> (unimaginative and repetitive synth crap) had truly TAKEN OVER and
> ruined all creative music and shoved them into the underground and by
> 1981 MTV put the final nail in the coffin.
>
> Ever since MTV came out rock bands became more interested in making
> music videos than making real music. Some bands which made good music
> were derivative and not original. Other original bands went
> underground. The 80s did have some decent METAL music but we are not
> talking about metal here.
>
> Anyway these are IMO the most creative albums of those 12 years. Note
> that some of these albums are in NO way the BEST of the year. I see
> them as terribly creative but NOT PERFECT. But this is a list about
> creativeness not perfection. I also made it a point that I would
> include mostly the debut albums (even if they may not be the best album ...

>the two faced monster of punk (mindless 3 chord garbage)
>disco (unimaginative and repetitive synth crap)
> the final nail in the coffin...

> 1974: Yes - Relayer
> - The noisiest and one of the most melodic album as well. How could
> they achieve it? This follows the same pattern as Close to the Edge but
> sounds completely different. Soundchaser has some of the fastest
> playing ever. Gates of Delerium is another epic masterpiece.

>clueidiota@yahoo.com wrote:

>> 1974: Yes - Relayer
>> - The noisiest and one of the most melodic album as well. How could
>> they achieve it? This follows the same pattern as Close to the Edge but
>> sounds completely different. Soundchaser has some of the fastest
>> playing ever. Gates of Delerium is another epic masterpiece.

>Can anyone listen to Relayer without getting a headache?
>I guess the clueless idiot's constant exposure to this album
>has ruined his brain as well as his spelling.

> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:39:48 +0100, Eiron hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>

>>clueidiota@yahoo.com wrote:

>
>

>>>1974: Yes - Relayer
>>>- The noisiest and one of the most melodic album as well. How...

>capolk@hotmail.com wrote:

>> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:39:48 +0100, Eiron hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>clueidiota@yahoo.com wrote:

>>>>1974: Yes - Relayer
>>>>- The noisiest and one of the most melodic album as well. How could
>>>>they achieve it? This follows the same pattern as Close to the Edge but
>>>>sounds completely different. Soundchaser has some of the fastest
>>>>playing ever. Gates of Delerium is another epic masterpiece.

>>>Can anyone listen to Relayer without getting a headache?
>>>I guess the clueless idiot's constant exposure to this album
>>>has ruined his brain as well as his spelling.

>> Or his ability to follow a timeline. Not that I give a shit about this
>> - or am even much of a Yes fan to begin with - but even I'm wondering
>> how exactly Relayer "follows" a pattern from Close To The Edge...

>The pattern is that it has one track on side 1 and two on side 2.

>On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:47:51 +0100, Eiron hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>>capolk@hotmail.com wrote:

>

>>> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:39:48 +0100, Eiron hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>>>>clueidiota@yahoo.com...

> The period 1966-77 was in my opinion the most creative years of rock
> music.