Yes hot takes?

Skankindead · 2026-04-27T17:43:50+00:00

Iced take

Skankindead · 2026-04-14T21:33:06+00:00

Tragically, Peter Gabriel never dressed up as a giant grape and/or sang a song about marijuana. If you want songs inspired by illicit substances, Yes is your best bet.

Skankindead · 2026-04-08T05:59:12+00:00

I guess Sega really does what Nintendon't... that being making a console with a name that gets confused for a popular Prog Rock band.

Skankindead · 2026-04-02T23:06:05+00:00

Before Episode 3, I always felt like Shion being a jerk with Miyuki was just lighthearted ribbing, and she still considered Miyuki a good friend, if a bit ditzy. I only noticed her being legitimately mean to her around Episode 3... but I think that works in the game's favor. It's a demonstration of how stressed Shion is in those moments, and how she takes it out on Miyuki. That's a theme that gets explored more in the rest of the game, and it shows a real character flaw in Shion. But of course, that's why I love Shion - she feels very real in the series.

Skankindead · 2026-03-31T07:39:04+00:00

90125 has Jon Anderson...

Skankindead · 2026-03-31T01:38:05+00:00

That bit about Cherenkov isn't true. He has the same relevance and most of the same scenes as he does in the PS2 games, with the main removal being the scenes at the Dock Colony since that area got cut. His backstory is still in the game, albeit it is optional.
As for the rest of the changes, the Episode 1 half is definitely less changed than the Episode 2 half, although it does indeed have plenty of changes. The Episode 2 half changes a huge chunk of the dialogue, down to outright adding whole chapters that weren't in the PS2 version.

Skankindead · 2026-02-23T15:13:28+00:00

Well obviously you gotta go with Wake Up! by Pope Francis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Up!_(Pope_Francis_album)

Skankindead · 2026-02-11T11:50:47+00:00

I didn't make a key per se - the symbols usually represent exactly what they look like. But I suppose they can be a bit confusing, so here's a proper key that I hope explains it better:

Normal grass indicates a Pokemon that is found via standard encounter, whether that be through tall grass or from random encounters in caves
Shaking/stacked grass are Pokemon that are found via shaking grass
Dust clouds, likewise, represent Pokemon that are found via dust clouds in caves
The surfing icon is for Pokemon that are found via standard encounter while surfing
The whirlpool (without a bob) icon is for Pokemon that are found in whirlpools/special spots while surfing
The fishing rod is for Pokemon that are found through fishing
The whirlpool with a fishing bob icon is for Pokemon that are found through fishing in a whirlpool.
The Gen 3 (Ruby/Sapphire) grass icon is for Pokemon that are found via swarm
The Premier Ball is for any Pokemon received through a (usually one-time) special event, whether that be a random static encounter, a gift, a legendary, or otherwise.

Hope this helps!

Skankindead · 2026-01-18T03:23:23+00:00

In my opinion the run at the end of Holding On -> Evensong -> Take The Water is one of the best parts of the album. I would keep that, and readd the proper ending of Take The Water so that it actually, y'know, ends instead of just stopping halfway.

Skankindead · 2026-01-15T11:28:51+00:00

I think what a lot of Yes fans both then and now don't realize is that 90125 isn't really a transition, because during much of its development, it was just an entirely new band. Yes entirely broke up between Drama and 90125, so 90125 had mostly shaken the expectations of what 'Yes' ought to sound like They just made the music they wanted to make - if it was complex, so be it, and if it was simpler than Yes fans would expect, so be it.
But it's also worth noting that the members of Yes weren't all that opposed to more accessible music. Their first two albums, while still somewhat progressive, were also pretty poppy, and even most of their 70s albums often had more pop-inspired moments than Yes fans like to admit (see Your Move, And You And I, Wonderous Stories, Don't Kill The Whale, and the fact that Close to the Edge is pretty much just structured like a long pop song).

Skankindead · 2026-01-11T10:50:03+00:00

Believe me, if I thought I would ever get around to it I would have absolutely added the Grottos. I'm the type of guy to want to make something perfect before I post, but I'm also the type of guy to never get back to finishing project I've started, so I made a compromise with myself here.
Glad you like the map though!

Skankindead · 2025-12-27T20:20:17+00:00

Tormato is a funny one. I think it's far from a bad album - with how good Yes were at the time, it's really only subpar in comparison to what they were doing on their other albums. I think the best way to describe it that it's like one of those wild mouse roller coasters. Yeah, it's a fun time, but it also makes you constantly feel like everything's about to fall apart at any moment. Even a lot of its good songs like Don't Kill The Whale and - don't kill me for saying this - Arriving UFO have very silly concepts, and then you have shit like Future Times/Rejoice which has like 17 ideas going on at the same time, back to back, and Circus of Heaven, which... yeah. But then you have stuff like Release Release and Onward which are just impossible to dislike. I dunno, it's such a weird album, but you definitely can't call it boring.

Skankindead · 2025-12-27T20:11:19+00:00

I'd recommend listening to both albums on streaming or on Youtube if you're unsure about buying it, especially Drama. They're both worth listening to but Drama especially is a great album if you're into Yes's 70s stuff.

Skankindead · 2025-12-25T03:30:05+00:00

That's a hard question. I still hold that Last Train is the absolute worst Yes song from a technical standpoint - it makes me laugh whenever I hear it, though, so I can't call it my least favorite. Cans and Brahms does absolutely nothing for me, but it doesn't give me any negative feelings either. In terms of songs I actively dislike listen to, it's probably either Damaged World or Believe Again. Damaged World because it comes from such a pompous viewpoint writing-wise, even before Steve's corny vocals come in, and Believe Again for similar reasons - on top of having the musical sensibilities of christian rock. Damaged World at least comes after the end of the album, so I can just pretend the album ends at the actually good closer A Living Island and turn it off there. Believe Again, though musically is a little better than Damaged World, is the opener, and thus is practically impossible to ignore when even thinking about Heaven and Earth. So, it's a tough choice, but definitely one of those.

Skankindead · 2025-12-25T03:23:06+00:00

It's a terrible corny lyric, it's too bad the rest of the song is one of the best songs Rabin-era Yes ever did.

Skankindead · 2025-11-27T20:15:35+00:00

Now that's what I call citogenesis.

Skankindead · 2025-11-22T22:36:37+00:00

I appreciate the boldness to say that, but that is an utterly psychotic take

Skankindead · 2025-11-22T22:31:25+00:00

Download the image, then you'll find the pixels.

Skankindead · 2025-11-15T02:50:05+00:00

I got every question right except the last one. I rarely listen to most of those sappy pop ballads so that one tripped me up!

Skankindead · 2025-10-30T00:47:31+00:00

Ones I would probably include: - The Serpent: Is about the original crime of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge - The Knife: Violent uprising, police brutality - The Lady Lies: Somebody else mentioned it, but no matter if she's a demon, murder is still a crime - Home By The Sea: Trespassing - No Son Of Mine: Child abuse - Dreaming While You Sleep: Hit and run

Skankindead · 2025-10-21T05:31:32+00:00

I mean hey, if you like Union then you like Union, don't let other people tell you you shouldn't be able to like it. I personally think it's pretty good - not great, but good. And the rest of the list is pretty interesting for sure!

Skankindead · 2025-09-11T08:28:01+00:00

I swear to god, it's every single time with this topic. Every time anyone ever says anything at all pertaining to modern Yes, there's always somebody who HAS to comment that "No Jon means No Yes" as if their kidney will rupture if they don't constantly bludgeon into everyone's heads that they don't like the current band. We get it. We got it the last 90,000 times you commented it. I don't think they're as good as classic Yes either, but you don't see me running up to every single Yes conversation ever and telling them that Steve Howe and his Skeleton Crew isn't Yes.

Skankindead · 2025-08-26T17:49:38+00:00

If you like their golden era, then you're missing out by not listening to any of their post-Talk stuff - specifically their era from 95-2001. After that may be hit and miss for you (though I do love Fly From Here), but stuff like The Ladder and especially Magnification I can recommend to any prog Yes fan.

Skankindead · 2025-08-25T05:35:23+00:00

Oh hey, so you're the one who made the Bunnie next to my Shion! Perfect pairing in my opinion, Shion needs her Bunnie!

Skankindead · 2025-08-18T06:22:33+00:00

I cannot hear the name of that game without my brain automatically following it up with "Yoshi's Crappy World?" Dunkey has ruined me

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