Who should write the new album?

[Drone Decipher]

Can someone walk me through the thought process that leads them to think Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks could become Yes in 2025 or beyond? Or is it a fantasy like the Billy Joel song?

[Gilly Goodness]

They chance upon a Lady of the Lake who grants them 3 wishes. Or somesuch...😘

[Drone Decipher]

They chance upon a Lady of the Lake who grants them 3 wishes. Or somesuch...😘

Well I can think of multiple bands with a "Lady of the Lake" song so that's.... Starcastle, Crown Lands, Gnidrolog (arguably), Rick Wakeman himself.... we're up to four ladies, or 12 wishes. That's at least another few decades of line-up changes on demand if you're smart.

[Enlighten]

Can someone walk me through the thought process that leads them to think Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks could become Yes in 2025 or beyond? Or is it a fantasy like the Billy Joel song?

I don’t think anyone is. The whole premise of this thread is ridiculous, so we’re having some fun with it, remember fun?

And the notion that Yes still exists is debatable, so fantasies tend to abound in many corners of the Yes fan universe.

[bondegezou]

Correction, Progeny from the pre Geeks, is a group of 18 year olds making music.

I listened to a big chunk of the album. It's not bad. It's a promising first attempt from a group of 18 year olds. I'm not that certain what it tells us a quarter of a century later about the prospects for a hypothetical Jon/Geeks studio album.

[Enlighten]

I listened to a big chunk of the album. It's not bad. It's a promising first attempt from a group of 18 year olds. I'm not that certain what it tells us a quarter of a century later about the prospects for a hypothetical Jon/Geeks studio album.

The only point I was really making was that it would be nice to have another option for a potential Yes type of release from another principal in the Yes family tree. Steve has his version going and I feel like the Geeks give Jon the best opportunity to create something that he’s been talking about for awhile. Will it happen? Given Jon’s track record, we’d all be foolish to get our hopes up but you never know.

[bondegezou]

The only point I was really making was that it would be nice to have another option for a potential Yes type of release from another principal in the Yes family tree. Steve has his version going and I feel like the Geeks give Jon the best opportunity to create something that he’s been talking about for awhile. Will it happen? Given Jon’s track record, we’d all be foolish to get our hopes up but you never know.

There is, I hope, the potential for a Yes-type release from several branches of the Yes family tree! Sticking to Jon, 1000 Hands: Chapter Two is in the can and due in 5 months. Chapter One was quite Yessy, I thought. Tracks like "First Born Leaders", "Activate" and "1,000 Hands (Come Up)" wouldn't have been too out of place had they appeared on The Ladder.

While the Geeks tour is a success and exciting, I wonder whether it would be better for Jon to finish the four (five?) projects* he's mentioned in interviews rather than starting another! But, at the end of the day, Anderson will do what he wants to do -- it's not up to us. He's got plenty more to give, so I'm interested in anything he has to offer.


* In one interview, he talked about Chagall and "four other musicals". More recently, he said, "I'm finishing four projects for the coming five years." But he's not been clear, at least anywhere I've seen, what these are. I'm guessing Chagall (which is a little bit Yessy), Zamran (might be quite Yessy, certainly in terms of going for longer forms of music, albeit maybe it will be more trance-y and chant-y than prog rock), 1000 Hands (see above) and Opus Opus (which might have the potential to be the most Yes-like, a modern Tales?).

[rabin105]

My fantasy is for me to be free to speculate and enjoy yes

we know Yes is working on a new album (the follow up to mirror to the sky) as we speak and we know that Snowflower Elder says the Hunter is in the southern sky

[Homemade Parachute]

* In one interview, he talked about Chagall and "four other musicals". More recently, he said, "I'm finishing four projects for the coming five years." But he's not been clear, at least anywhere I've seen, what these are. I'm guessing Chagall (which is a little bit Yessy), Zamran (might be quite Yessy, certainly in terms of going for longer forms of music, albeit maybe it will be more trance-y and chant-y than prog rock), 1000 Hands (see above) and Opus Opus (which might have the potential to be the most Yes-like, a modern Tales?).

If that last one turns out to be long form symphonic rock about a penguin, I will lose my effing mind. In a good way, I'm saying.

[bondegezou]

If that last one turns out to be long form symphonic rock about a penguin, I will lose my effing mind. In a good way, I'm saying.

Penguin?

[Homemade Parachute]

Penguin?

Admittedly dating myself here…

[pjt]

Admittedly dating myself here…

There's an inappropriate joke hidden in there...

[Homemade Parachute]

There's an inappropriate joke hidden in there...

It's Canada, like there are many other choices…?

[pianozach]

I'll put it out there again.

They should have a contest where fans can send demos for consideration. They pick one or three or seven, learn 'em, record 'em, and everybody's happy.

[pjt]

I'll put it out there again.

They should have a contest where fans can send demos for consideration. They pick one or three or seven, learn 'em, record 'em, and everybody's happy.

Not if they choose some other fan's idea. 'Cos it's crap!