Trevor or Benoit?

[progdirjim(Admin)]

I haven't even heard Benoit with Yes, but all he's done is tour with Yes, doing existing material - of course you haven't heard anything unique from him. Use your collective head. Until there's an album recorded with his influence, calling him a Jon clone and Trevor "his own sound" is grossly unfair. On Drama, Trevor kind of sounds like Jon, and a skeptic/critic could call him a clone. Granted, Trevor Horn has had a significant career as an artist, and especially a producer, so I readily grant he has more cred than Benoit. But he was with the friggin' Buggles when Drama was recorded, and the same criticisms were leveled at him at the time (actually, worse - most Yes fans at the time that I heard didn't even credit him as a clone). Give Benoit a chance.

That said, I have two Yes albums on my iPod - Close To The Edge and Drama. I like Drama a LOT, but we've all had 30+ years to digest that album - let's see what Benoit does before he gets kicked too hard. If I had to predict, I'd guess that the Horn lineup would work better, but it's WAY too early to conclude.

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by progdirjim

I haven't even heard Benoit with Yes, but all he's done is tour with Yes, doing existing material - of course you haven't heard anything unique from him. Until there's an album recorded with his influence, calling him a Jon clone and Trevor "his own sound" is grossly unfair.

First, I'll quote my original post.

Originally Posted by Spaz

Obviously, we can't judge it's quality because it's not released yet. But based on what we know right now, I was wondering which one you Moonies would prefer?

Second, we have literally hundreds of youtube videos of that lineup to judge him on, again, "based on what we know." The new album may be so amazing we fall in love with Benoit. I'm just asking, as a purely academic excersize, which is preferred as of right now.