What's the name of that too long horrible piece of shit prog-rock song you sometimes hear

[DS1]

on classic rock stations. I'm thinking it's Yes.

After the third or forth complete sound change, there's an interlude with the singer going

da da da da daaaaah daaaaaah daht! da da da da daaaaah daaaaaah daht!



It's one of those songs that's so bad you lay there in bed listening to it on your alarm clock just hoping that the DJ says the name of the should-have-been-executed conspirators who released it into the wild.

Yeah, that one.

[PeaceNikki]

1. Sounds like "Smooooke on the Waaaater"

Just a guess.

[DS1]

2. No. Wrong. Fail.

Don't be knocking the Purple.

Good day, ma'am!

[PeaceNikki]

4. Those lyrics: "da da da da daaaaah daaaaaah daht! da da da da daaaaah daaaaaah daht"

Are definitely from that song. You've misled me.

[DS1]

6. Smoke on the Water . No.

First, it's an instrument doing it, second, there's only da da daaaaah


This song is not Smoke on the Water, it's different. Very different. It's a human, white, probably male singing da da da da daaaaah daaaaaah daht! in a high-pitched voice

[terrya]

3. "Stairway to Heaven"?

:shrug:

[Tikki]

52. Even more 'Kashmir'.......

for me it is 8:48 minutes too long.



Tikki

[Blue-Jay]

5. Leave It?

[DS1]

9. That's definitely the singer

but that's not it. That's actually quite good compared to this catastrophuck I heard earlier.

The song I'm talking about has to be at least 7 minutes, it felt like a solid half hour though.

[Blue-Jay]

15. Roundabout? Changes?

[mainegreen]

7. What, Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam?

It's crap.

'Course I don't like prog rock. Tried to like it, but just couldn't do it.

[DS1]

11. Fascinating

but not it

[JVS]

8. da da da

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAEauAKaed8

[DS1]

10. No

[Iggo]

12. Is it about a chess game?

"Move me onto any black square..."

Oh, wait. That one goes doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-daht.

But it is Yes. It is annoying. And it's prog as fuck.

EDIT: This one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvPyT-YGUIg

[Fran Kubelik]

13. I hate prog-rock. All prog-rock conspirators should be executed.

Not really. Well, the first part anyway. I have found ways of avoiding prog-rock, so I suppose the conspirators can live.

[mitchum]

14. "Would You Like To Pet My Unicorn?"

[LeftyFingerPop]

16. Roundabout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVi7KY_WJ8

[DS1]

18. No, that's not it

I was hoping it was, just to end this nightmare.

[DS1]

31. Wait. That's it. I found a different version on youtube

and it's definitely it.

[Dr. Strange]

34. Woohoo!

philboy wins!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[PassingFair]

17. I hope you don't mean THIS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV7KzUdC4tc&feature=related

..because I very much LIKE it.

[DS1]

19. Not even close

[LeftyFingerPop]

20. All Good People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYdbvi7b6qY

[DS1]

21. Nope, not Starship Trooper either

[Pendrench]

22. Could it be "Hocus Pocus" by Focus?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U

[DS1]

24. So far, no. But that's the first autistic singer I've seen in action

He does suffer from autism, doesn't he?

:)

[Blue-Jay]

26. He's just tweaking like a motherfucker.

[KamaAina]

56. Most people with autism do not have weird facial tics

not that I ever heard of. Next you'll be telling me Joe Cocker has autism. :-)

Actually you probably have seen a singer who has autism, or Asperger's at any rate, in action -- none other than David Byrne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29#Recent_activity

Byrne was profiled in the New York Times in January, 2007. The article refers to his April 15, 2006 journal entry, in which he wrote: “I was a peculiar young man — borderline Asperger's, I would guess.”

Score one for our team!

edit: oh right, we do not "suffer" from autism. We merely "have" it.

[MissMillie]

23. I love Yes

please don't diss Yes.


The only Yes song I can think of that has that interlude is "Sound Chaser" but I doubt you'd hear it on any Classic Rock station. It's just too obscure.

[DS1]

25. Maybe it wasn't them

I've just been through a dozen youtube Yes links, and they were hughly better than what I heard this morning.

[MissMillie]

28. Maybe it's Jon Anderson solo

but then again, that would be obscure enough to not get played on Classic Rock radio too.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

30. I still think it's "Roundabout"

The "da da da da daaaaah daaaaaah daht! da da da da daaaaah daaaaaah daht!" is in the song, but it's really close to the end.
And the song's insufferably long, too. Over eight minutes.

[DS1]

33. You're right

I had to go back to youtube, found a live version. Definitely it. Ugh.

[MissMillie]

41. They actually did a jazzy/swing version of this for the 35 year anniversary tour

it was an interesting take.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

44. I don't mind that song much, but by the time it gets to that part...

I'm banging my head against the wall. It's too damn long.

[Shell Beau]

27. But you hate some of my faves such as Tom Petty and Bob Seger!

Such a shame! :P

[MissMillie]

29. yep, those two are definite catalysts to get me to change the radio station

The Eagles would be on that list too

And The Who.

I'm not big into all prog rock, but I enjoy Yes. I think Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, and Chris Squire are tops in their fields (guitar, keyboards, and bass).

[DS1]

32. It's Roundabout

And it sucks

[redqueen]

36. You're a sucks!

[DS1]

38. No YOU suck!

[redqueen]

40. I bet you liked Wham.

[DS1]

42. Oddly, hairy men in short shorts never did anything for me.

Which is why I much preferred The Bangles

[redqueen]

45. Oh yeah... cause the Bangles' music was SO much better.

:rofl:

Yes = good.

[DS1]

46. Music?

I just like looking


Admit it. Roundabout is crap, and you know it.

[redqueen]

47. Is not!

Okay, maybe it has something to do with listening to their stuff played on two casettes slightly off time while on acid... but I luff Yes. :)

[DS1]

48. Now I'm mad I bothered to PM you the turd monster

Have some more big hair

[redqueen]

50. She's purdy.

Too bad about the eye rolling. :P

[cemaphonic]

55. Well, at least the Prince song was.

Prince > Yes

[MissMillie]

58. I'm w/ you redqueen

I like Yes very much

[MissMillie]

43. lol

:spray:

[Richardo]

35. You're going to have to narrow that down a bit.

You've just described the 70s.

[dropkickpa]

37. Tom Sawyer? I fucking hate Rush!

[Sheets of Easter]

39. Sounds like "Long Distance Runaround."

Is there a bass solo at the end of the song?

[Midlodemocrat]

49. Yours is no disgrace?

If it's Yes, that may be it.

[B3Nut]

51. Yes "Roundabout."

And you need to be beaten with a wet noodle for calling it a piece of shit. :D

The "Fragile" album is genius...Yes's first with Wakeman on keys. :)

[BarenakedLady]

53. All of them.

[Elidor]

54. Roundabout is a good song

Great bass and keyboards. Anderson is another story. I wouldn't miss him if he went away.

[GOPisEvil]

57. That's a "DJ bathroom break" song.

[GirlinContempt]

59. Just one?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

60. Is it "Roundabout"? Or "Your Move/I've Seen All Good People"?

"Your Move" begins with a distinctive extended chess metaphor...

[DS1]

61. Roundabout