A thorough biography of Yes

[Aragorn]

One of my favorite sites is allmusic.com. If you want to know anything about any group, genre of music, band members, etc. this site will probably have it.

Yes is one of the most accessed groups on this site, and for good reason. The biography is extremely detailed, and you can tell the guy who wrote appreciates the band. Just thought I would pass that on if anyone is inetested in checking it out! :D

An interesting site. One big no-no for me though about this site is that the reviewer speaks of Jon's "falsetto" voice. I guess they never heard him speak. There's nothing falsetto about that voice. That always burns me. How can anyone expect to be considered knowledgeable about Yes if they make comments like that? They need to hire me to review Yes, not guys who make clueless comments like that! He did like Tales a lot though, so he can't be all bad.

[AwakeMan]

Hi Yesiree and Genevive,

You're both right, Jon does not sing falsetto, but happens by nature to have a very highly placed male tenor voice. He has described it himself as an "alto-tenor" voice. This is an accurate description of his range, but it should not be confused with the countertenor voice which is often also called a male alto voice.

The countertenor voice is artificially (i.e. FALSEly, hence the term falsetto) produced when a man deliberately mimics the sound of a female voice. Professional countertenors develop this technique so as to sing early music (such as that by Handel and Bach) which was composed for the castrato voice, now defunct, thank God !

Women, girls, and boys who have not reached puberty, can all naturally sing in the alto and/or soprano range.

Sorry for going on but I hope this clarifies the issue.

[YYY]

Genevive,
For those who don't possess the "YES GENE", it must be very difficult to understand. Whenever there is someone in the room when I am listening to Yes and I think they may not appreciate Yes's music, I become very affected by their indifference. Its a funny thing - I begin to hear what might seem corny to them or indulgent in the music (especially now in this era of cookie cutter band and songs). But as soon as they leave, I once again become completely involved and lost in the music. Its a very funny thing.....does this happen to other YES fans? Should I seek therapy?

[Original_Shifty]

I'm somewhat like that, but when the negative comments fly, I do get rather defensive. Ruined a number of party conversations of my defence of Yes.