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Old 04-18-2009, 03:49 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SATCHMO View Post
Well Yes was always the epitome of self indulgence, and I mean that in a good way.
There's a very good part in the recent BBC doc 'Prog Britannia' (it's on youtube) where Bill Bruford compares the two opposing creative practices of Yes and King Crimson...
Yes were a hippy-style democracy, always cutting each other off, debating and taking hours to decide over a chord sequence; Crimson was Fripp's ruthless autocracy where there was no method... other than bring your talent but leave your musical past at the door.
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