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OOALH by the prog rock band Yes was the first track off 1983 album '90125', which was named after it's record label catalog number (90125). This was Yes' 11th studio album, but the first with the new line-up that coalesced after bassist Chris Squire (RIP), drummer Alan White (RIP), and previously-fired keyboardist Tony Kaye teamed up with new guy guitarist Trevor Rabin, the giant from South Africa. They originally called themselves 'Cinema' but when Yes singer and tiny British elf person Jon Anderson decided to join in, they reclaimed the name Yes and started farting around with more a more poppy, commercial sound in contrast with the band's previous trippy, weird songs that lasted entire album sides (other members of Yes, guitarist Steve Howe and Kaye's keyboardist replacement Geoff Downes, co-formed supergroup Asia).
[This also marked a change in album cover art. Yes was formerly known for featuring Roger Dean's dreamy designs... Dean could not stay away from members of Yes, and designed album covers for Asia while Yes went through their eighties phase. Meanwhile, Yes turned to Garry Mouat who designed their new album art on a Apple IIe with a more eighties vibe, which he continued on Yes' next album 'Big Generator'.]
This eighties-only roster would only last for a couple of albums, when Trevor Rabin was chased off by angry prog rock fans and was relegated to a life of writing movie soundtracks like 'Con Air' and 'Armageddon', and sports themes like 'NBA on TNT' and 'MLB on TBS', as well as a set of system software alert sounds for the Apple Power Macintosh. Rabin would rejoin Yes a few more times and continues to do soundtrack and solo work. [Keyboardist Tony Kaye moved to Florida and was never heard from again.] Tiny Jon Anderson would also go on to leave and rejoin several iterations of Yes, and enjoy collaborations with Vangelis of 'Chariots of Fire' fame, and team up with Tangerine Dream on the soundtrack to 'Legend' starring, among others, fellow short king and recent Pancake subject Tom Cruise (RIP).
[This also marked a change in album cover art. Yes was formerly known for featuring Roger Dean's dreamy designs... Dean could not stay away from members of Yes, and designed album covers for Asia while Yes went through their eighties phase. Meanwhile, Yes turned to Garry Mouat who designed their new album art on a Apple IIe with a more eighties vibe, which he continued on Yes' next album 'Big Generator'.]
This eighties-only roster would only last for a couple of albums, when Trevor Rabin was chased off by angry prog rock fans and was relegated to a life of writing movie soundtracks like 'Con Air' and 'Armageddon', and sports themes like 'NBA on TNT' and 'MLB on TBS', as well as a set of system software alert sounds for the Apple Power Macintosh. Rabin would rejoin Yes a few more times and continues to do soundtrack and solo work. [Keyboardist Tony Kaye moved to Florida and was never heard from again.] Tiny Jon Anderson would also go on to leave and rejoin several iterations of Yes, and enjoy collaborations with Vangelis of 'Chariots of Fire' fame, and team up with Tangerine Dream on the soundtrack to 'Legend' starring, among others, fellow short king and recent Pancake subject Tom Cruise (RIP).
