Unlike most books on rock music, Music of Yes does not focus on personalities, but instead on musical structures, lyrical vision, and cultural and historical context. The author situates Yes within the utopian ideals of the sixties and the experimental trend in rock music initiated by the Beatles and also taken up by groups such as King Crimson. Martin demonstrates the power of Yes's romantic, utopian, "Blakean," ecological, multicultural, and feminist perspective, showing how this vision is developed through

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 12/30/1998
ISBN: 9780812693331
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.40w x 0.74d

Review Citations: Library Journal 11/15/1996 pg. 64
Booklist 11/15/1996 pg. 564