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Tom Rudd Feb 17 2011 at 10:31 AM |
Has anybody seen the reincarnation of this band. How does the New Yes compare with the Old Yes. More importantly are they worth seeing.? The reviews are very good. Just wondering, I am a huge Yes fan and they are playing in Boston at the House of Blues. |
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radpiano May 05 2011 at 12:33 PM |
If you have the opportunity to see an Acoustic Evening with Jon Anderson don’t miss him ! The solo show in Bethlehem on May 2 was just mesmerizing ! Sings all the old Yes Songs and music from Olias & Vangelis projects and new material. His voice is crystal clear, full of life and passion and his outlook on life is full of light & love. The stories are great too ! A simple and pure evening of his music and art. |
bluepno Apr 12 2011 at 5:56 PM |
Just listened to "The Living Tree" twice through. It was exactly what I had hoped for. The master at the grand piano accented with orchestral synths. Jon sounds (kind of) like a latter day Billie Holiday. Full of emotion, small range and fine tunes to boot. A quality piece of work. |
harn Apr 03 2011 at 2:53 PM |
Having severely written off the current line-up earlier in this thread, today I was curious to read that their new album is called "Fly From Here" presumably because they have resurrected the excellent track "We Can Fly From Here" as performed on the Drama Tour of 1980. Recently I bought the new reissue of the second (and overlooked) album by The Buggles "Adventures In Modern Recording" and what a sublime piece of sophisticated electro-pop it is too. We Can Fly From Here is on it as an extra track, originally written by Trevor Horn and intended as a Buggles track before Yes hijacked it prior to Horn returning to The Buggles in 1981 to finish the second album (Also on the album is "I Am A Camera" the original version of "Into The Lens" ). I’m now intrigued enough to give it a listen when it comes out although I don’t quite know how I’m going to do that because I’m not parting with money for it! |
barley Apr 01 2011 at 1:11 PM |
I get up, I get down. Life. |
tiny_tim Apr 01 2011 at 9:32 AM |
And you and I climb, crossing the shapes of the morning And you and I reach over the sun for the river And you and I climb, clearer towards the movement And you and I called over valleys of endless seas.... ahhhh, the end of a great Yes song. |
bluepno Apr 01 2011 at 8:35 AM |
I remember receiving Fragile in one of those cardboard boxes the Columbia music club used to mail lp’s out in. That was the "first" time I signed up for those free platters of black lacquer. The music was truly amazing and fulfilling. I stopped the purchases of Yes albums after Relayer. Pat, Bill Evans, Miles, Chick and Coltrane showed up. |
barley Mar 31 2011 at 3:45 PM |
Back on track. Listening to Fragile and Close to the Edge surely confirms that 71/72 was the time this group was at the summit. I know I’m old and biased, but Bruford took something huge when he left. |
Tom Rudd Mar 30 2011 at 12:23 PM |
On another note, I think Lemmy w/Motorhead has still got it. ;-) |
HAMBONE Mar 29 2011 at 12:00 PM |
Steely Dan is a perfect example,tokeyozi.I thought they were starting to show their age when I saw them in 05. But then they bounced back in 09 with a great show, both Don and Walt on top of their game. I’d pay to see them again, if the price was right. But then again, it’s hard to let go of the ones you like the most. |
tokeyozi Mar 27 2011 at 1:00 PM |
barley, Keef’s quote was, at least imho, an appropriate response to remarks made by garagistas with respect to the aging of rock artists. I feel what Richards says is universal and the same statement could have been made by Sting, Gabriel, Springsteen, Neil, Becker and Fagen, Jon Anderson, Ian Anderson, you name them (and I’m forgetting a few ladies here). Most of them are 60+ now. And some of them now probably do sound “dreadful”. Arguably, both Yes and the Stones should have called it quits many years ago. But (reading Tom Rudd’s account on the Glimmer Twins) that’s all a matter of taste. Example, in 2009 I went to see Steely Dan; it was a SSSuperb concert, one of the best I’d seen in years. Above all, Fagen was in remarkably good shape vocally, the band was groovin’. I spoke to this friend of a friend only recently, and he thought it was a very very disappointing show, references to "old men" and all. So there you go. |
barley Mar 25 2011 at 2:20 PM |
Ah, Keef. Good for him, he’s in the Rolling Stones not Yes. Watched a few clips on YouTube of the current Yes tour. Dreadfully sad. |
tokeyozi Mar 25 2011 at 4:21 AM |
Finished Keith Richards’ autobiography ‘Life’ only recently. 67-year old Keef explains it fairly well in the very last chapter. “I can’t retire until I croak. Here’s carping about us being old men. The fact is, I’ve always said, if we were black and our name was Count Basie or Duke Ellington, everybody would be going, yeah yeah yeah. White rock and rollers apparently are not supposed to do this at our age. But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?”” |
HAMBONE Mar 24 2011 at 12:12 PM |
I have seen many older musicians in concert throughout the years, and my spin on it is it depends on the musician. For example, another posting that was I recently reading and responded to was about Roy Haynes and his excellant condition at his current age(84?) I have seen Buddy Guy several times in recent years at his age and he is still in great form. And I am psyched because I have tickets to see Brubeck tomorrow night perform and he is still in very good shape at 90. Some musicians, like everybody else, age and can perfrom well into their lives better than other-- maybe rock musicians not as well because of the lifestyle that goes with the territory. But there are still some that are worth seeing. |
Tom Rudd Mar 24 2011 at 10:31 AM |
Also in the defense of The Stones. I was fortunate to attend their last tour at Gillette Stadium. It was excellent. Crack side men, Jagger was totally on, Richards may look like a burnt out geezer, but he still has his signature sound that is his forever. In fact given the Sound & Technology of the equipment today they probably sounded better than they did years ago. |
Dazedcat Mar 24 2011 at 9:00 AM |
The Rolling Stones get beat up because of their collective age, not because they can’t still play. The concept of being a "brand name" seems to be the norm now for most bands from the past era. Townshend/Daltrey drag a bunch of guys around with them and still refer to themselves as "The Who". That pains me beyond words, so Yes isn’t the only band doing this. Older folks won’t give up their past heroes easily so checks continue to be cashed I guess. I don’t know when this will finally stop either....maybe when my generation gets to nursing home age. |
Matseriksson Mar 22 2011 at 1:52 AM |
The thing is when watching the "classic" lineup of Yes with Wakeman in it, on several dvd’s, even the old film of "Yessongs". It does seem that Wakeman seems the one to have the easiest time. Though much of their music are quite challeging to play at places, it seems that for each year it turns out harder for messr Howe, Squire and White. They do start to sound very trite, and contrived, and seems to have to fight each note a little bit more for each time. Not with Wakeman though. I can very well understand that Jon Anderson may not be able to reach them highest notes anymore, but hands to my heart, I’ve heard this too in his younger days. At the end of the live album that AWBH put out ages ago, JA’s voice is out of tune at several places at the end of Starship Trooper. I wouldn’t mind this in a live setting when poor monitoring can cause you to miss some notes, but to let it pass out on a official release is a little bit, well, to me at least...out. It has started to get a nostalgic act, and where the audience, sort of, goes "Well, isn’t it fun, and remarkable that they’re still at it..." like that they’ve turned into something of a show, that to prove that they still cut it at that age, and expect us to go wow! Like the opposite of a child prodigy. That you’re very impressed that a three year old kid can play like that. But only in this case, totally opposite, you’re impressed that such senior citizens can still do the same and you get impressed. That’s the only view and thing I can have left for Yes, but granted, it’s the same with the Stones, and everybody else really. And of course, such things should be allowed to exist, as long as there are people appreciating it. But I think the reason for appreciating it has shifted. It has gone from one thing to a completely different thing. But by my means, and views, it clearly is a cultural decline. I really side with Peter Gabriel when he reclined to do the Genesis full reunion back in 2004. He said "There are tribute bands who does it better today..." |
Matseriksson Mar 21 2011 at 7:09 AM |
I agree that they’ve become a tribute band to themselves. Most people agree that the Stones should really call it a day. The thing is, when they eventually start to forget their parts, on more and more shows, and even no matter hwo much they rehearse, they start to forget it, no matter how uch they try. Now, this has happened to Chuck Berry, who still at 85 years old, just manages to play 20 minute sets, and forgets that he just had played a tune, and starts to play it again. And often forgets lyrics. I am not sure though, that Benoit David will forget any lyrics any soon, but I think the other ones will as well as parts. Each tune they play gets slower and slower on each tour, and they’re just resting on their laurels and haven’t made anything new in the last - 10 (?) years. Even if they will release something properly new by this summer, called "fly from here" I think I bail out. Yes has gone by its past date. |
barley Mar 19 2011 at 11:10 AM |
I think Wakeman referred to it as "Toby’s Graphic Go-Cart". |
Bob Meyrick Mar 19 2011 at 4:52 AM |
Dazedcat, your post prompted me to Google the "eating-curry-on-stgae" story. I found this from an interview on getreadytorock.com - "Manchester Free Trade Hall, ‘Tales from the Topographic Ocean’ tour, in the days when my roadie used to hide under my Hammond. Two good reasons, if anything went wrong he could fix it and he could also hand me up me beer and Scotch. Certain bits of ‘Topographic Ocean’ where I had little to do, just ‘plink plink’. We used to have these conversations and he said ‘Fancy a curry?’ but with all the noise I thought he said after the show. So, I said yeah, chicken vindaloo, bombay aloo, popadom. Ten minutes later I could smell curry and he’d only gone and got my order! So I was eating away whilst Chris (Squire) and Steve (Howe) did some intricate parts. Jon (Anderson) starts sniffing the air and comes over, ‘You’re eating a curry!’ So yeah it was true, but I didn’t leave the show as I have heard sometimes!" |
john Mar 18 2011 at 4:16 PM |
Ah - mystical. Wasn’t her first name Tess? |
Dazedcat Mar 18 2011 at 11:42 AM |
I don’t think Wakeman ever did mystical, did he? I remember way back during the Close To The Edge era he’d be drinking beer out of the can and smoking cigarettes while the rest of them were....doing other things. |
tiny_tim Mar 18 2011 at 3:58 AM |
Hi John, very funny!!LoL Best, Tiny |
john Mar 17 2011 at 6:15 PM |
Being married to a Sun Page 3 lovely went a long way to redressing the balance. Cheers John. |
barley Mar 17 2011 at 4:12 AM |
Rick never subscribed to that nonsense anyway. He’s very entertaining on Just a Minute. |
yossarian Mar 16 2011 at 7:11 PM |
Do you think that Rick Wakeman’s appearance on so many popular TV programmes (Grumpy Old Men etc) has damaged Yes’s mystical, fantastical aura? |
dspollen Mar 16 2011 at 3:00 PM |
I’ve posted here before- I’m a huge Yes and Metheny fan. I’m currently collaborating on music with Jon Anderson and trying to turn him on to a bunch of Metheny stuff! I’ve done solo guitar arrangements of pieces from both YES and Metheny on my YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/dspollen And check out Jon’s Facebook page to hear a Metheny- inspired acoustic medley of tunes from "Going For The One". Hope you enjoy them. |
barley Mar 14 2011 at 11:28 AM |
Harn hits the spot again. |
harn Mar 12 2011 at 2:36 PM |
tspallone, agreed about Anderson and Squire. However, although the very best material features Wakeman, they also managed some incredible work without him; The Yes Album and Relayer. The Symphonic tour was also one of the most moving Yes concerts I’ve attended and good old Rick wasn’t involved. |
tspallone Mar 11 2011 at 10:49 PM |
Not buying the "New Yes". But, what IS the "New Yes". Im MY opinion, if the band is without either Anderson, Squire, or Wakeman, it doesn’t exist. |
barley Mar 08 2011 at 9:17 AM |
Search "Yes Looking Around" on YouTube. A track from their first album in ’69. Groovy, late 60s pop. Mmmmm, nice! |
tokeyozi Mar 07 2011 at 3:38 PM |
So, finally this turns out to be, uhm, a Yes/No contest. I can only say that up their fifth album (Close to the Edge) they were a superior symphonic rock band, imho. I do have Topographic Oceans and Relayer, but somehow I’ve always thought they were a little over the top. Can’t judge the records after that, as I simply stopped listening, time to move to different musical sources, like e.g. PMG. |
thehague Mar 06 2011 at 5:50 AM |
Yossarian, what? You don’t like them?? Shame on you!!! LOL |
yossarian Mar 04 2011 at 5:50 PM |
I’ve spent 35 years trying to get into Yes. It’s great that they are still trying to crack me. It’s got to the point where my brother went to their gig last year. He said it was great. But I’m still not getting it. I shall admit however that they are excellent. Although I don’t like them. |
barley Mar 03 2011 at 1:18 PM |
dgaw, I think what my friend hague is saying is that you’re quite entitled to your opinion, thanks for the input, we get what you’re saying. Moving on now, there is a song on "Big Generator" circa 1987, called "I’m Running". It’s really very good, and pure Yes albeit updated from the 70s. |
barley Mar 03 2011 at 7:46 AM |
I think he means Benoit David. Very confusing. |
thehague Mar 03 2011 at 2:49 AM |
Dichtenwalner, David Benoit is a (smooth jazz) piano player, not a bandmember of Yes. |
thehague Mar 03 2011 at 2:48 AM |
Dgaw, "unlistenable", "silly", "pretentious", "boring", these are all words by which you happen to qualify the music of Yes. Please understand others (like me) still like the old Yes music. Btw I repeat: haven’t heard anything new by Mozart and Bach lately (I know: they are not among us anymore) but I still listen with great pleasure and admiration to many of their compositions. "Old" is in the mind, not in the art. |
hman01 Mar 02 2011 at 7:28 PM |
I highly recommend "The Six Wives of Henry the Eighth" by Rick Wakeman. And as for Yes being boring,how could that possibly be? Different strokes for different folks I suppose.But,some folks are probably more into seeing Charlie Sheen unravel.To paraphrase-I’m on a drug-It’s called Hman01. |
transcendentman Mar 02 2011 at 6:21 PM |
anyone listen to brad meldhau, does a nod to yes on one of his releases |
dlichtenwalner Mar 02 2011 at 6:14 PM |
I rank YES in my top five rock bands ever, with Close to the Edge being one of my top three rock albums all time. Thehague is right-on! Guitar-wise Steve Howe is as game-changing as Pat Metheny; completely unique player that has many followers including Steve Morse, Alex Lifeson, and countless others. I have not seen the new group, and it is hard to imagine the group without Jon, but David Benoit is probably a great and innovative chice I would think. |
dgaw59 Mar 02 2011 at 4:20 PM |
OK: Let’s have an adult conversation: Yes played some fine music 40 years ago- but what have they done of merit since say "Close To The Edge?" Tales of Topographic "Sleepiness", the 1980’s (which the fine keyboardist Wakeman even rejected.) The 1980’s disco version? Their efforts have been reviving and maintaining the Yes "brand" as opposed to writing or playing anything interesting or daring beyond retreads. Jon Anderson had a nice voice once, but the tunes are lyrically silly, Howe has talent but that trebly tone is unlistenable-Squire is a great bass player-has he played w/other folks or done other solo projects-Alan White? Heavy-handed w/no imagination unlike Bruford. Wakeman is talented and was smart enough to retire. If they are going to tour as a "cover band" at least try/write something different-like our hero PM. I appreciate your right to disagree but name-calling is beneath your potential... |
thehague Mar 02 2011 at 1:35 PM |
I’d say one word for who said that: ignoramus. |
dgaw59 Mar 02 2011 at 11:13 AM |
Thank you for the correction. Allow me to try again. How about: "pretentious melodies" or "nothing new" or "simply boring." |
Pete_Vancouver Mar 01 2011 at 1:39 PM |
someone here said ,’two words , has-beens’ . I think you will find that that is in fact one word . hyphenation leads to reduction . in the realm of two words to describe these guys I would select ’timeless tunes’ or ’peerless players’ . Their music brings out the alliterative in me ! Here endeth the lesson . |
barley Mar 01 2011 at 9:34 AM |
Chris Squire’s solo album from 1975 "Fish Out Of Water" is pretty good too. Classic prog with Moraz on organ and Bruford on drums and a small chamber orchestra!! |
harn Mar 01 2011 at 7:31 AM |
Jazziz22, none of the artists you mention have been replaced by an impersonator in the way that Jon has in Yes. |
jazziz22 Feb 28 2011 at 5:02 AM |
Yes a tribute to themselves? Maybe so, but then I guess the Stones, Paul McCartney, even Frank Sinatra was, and many other artist that have been around awhile could be thought of that way ... well, if so, so what - more power to them for still being able to play for people/fans that still want to hear them ... Now I agree Yes without Anderson may take some time to get used too and it may end up not working, but I trust these guys figure something out or at least I hope so ... |
bluepno Feb 27 2011 at 7:58 PM |
Thanks for the followup barley...an outstanding effort in Olias of Sinhollow. |
barley Feb 27 2011 at 1:03 PM |
Blue, as far as I know Jon played all the synths, percussion and guitar. Vangelis helped with synth programming. Pretty much a "solo" effort. |
bluepno Feb 26 2011 at 4:44 PM |
Olias...a fine little piece of music. There are no musician credits on the album or at allmusic. Did Jon play all the instruments except for the orchestrations? |
harn Feb 26 2011 at 2:30 PM |
Band names seem to mean nothing anymore, as long as there is some loose connection with the former band then it’s ok to use the name, stand out culprits who spring to mind are Thin Lizzy without Phil Lynott, Deep Purple without Blackmore or Lord and now Yes without JA. Sooner or later I think the Jimi Hendrix Experience will end up getting back together, why let the fact that all three are dead spoil a nice money spinner?........... |
Bob Meyrick Feb 26 2011 at 10:04 AM |
For some different interpretations of Yes tunes, check out the Steve Howe Trio, with his son Dylan on drums and Ross Stanley on organ. |
bluepno Feb 25 2011 at 7:55 PM |
I’m going to spin Olias and I will check back...I’ll be picking up The Living Tree soon. It is in limited availability for some reason. Rick Wakemans "Grunpy Old Man" series is fun. Check out his youtube solo piano renditions of Life On Mars and And You and I. |
Dazedcat Feb 25 2011 at 4:47 PM |
No, I don’t believe he was thinking Mozart. I wasn’t either actually. |
thehague Feb 25 2011 at 3:25 PM |
dgaw59, you mean: like - say - Mozart and Bach? |
dgaw59 Feb 25 2011 at 1:53 PM |
2 Words: Has-beens... |
Bob Meyrick Feb 25 2011 at 12:49 PM |
John, a few weeks after the Crystal Palace event BBC2 had an In Concert programme featuring Mahavishnu. Seeing McLaughlin up close was a revelation, and Cobham had those transparent Fibes drums. A fortnight after the Crystal Palace I was at the Rock at the Oval concert, which had Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats Grand Wazoo Orchestra headlining, with Jeff Beck, Hawkwind, Man... happy days! |
barley Feb 25 2011 at 12:35 PM |
Tom, "Olias" is lovely. Well, it was lovely in ’76! A bit dated now obviously, but I enjoy a trip down memory lane when all the lights are green. |
tiny_tim Feb 25 2011 at 7:56 AM |
JA’s voice - I adore all octaves of it... |
Tom Rudd Feb 25 2011 at 7:50 AM |
I have heard Jon Anderson’s solo recording "Olias of Sunhillow" is a Masterpiece. Can anyone vouch for that? |
thehague Feb 25 2011 at 1:06 AM |
I guess many of us have fond memories of Yes gigs in the past. I know I do! Yes is no Yes without Jon imo. His voice (whether you like it or not) is unique and an essential part of the Yes sound. |
john Feb 24 2011 at 4:14 PM |
Ah Bob. Yes at the Garden Party changed my life completely in musical terms. I’d gone of course to see Yes and it was the Mahavishnu Orchestra that had such an impact on me. I couldn’t quite get my head around what was happening on stage but hearing Inner Mounting Flame a few months later, it all made complete wonderful sense. Cheers John |
Pete_Vancouver Feb 24 2011 at 1:23 PM |
I may have posted this once before but i still get a kick out of thinking about it : i recall their Topographics Oceans tour when Rick Wakeman was so bored during one of the non- keyboard instrumental solos that he ordered out for a chicken curry and proceeded to consume as the dry ice machine wafted the smell over to (vegetarian) Anderson’s part of the stage . Rumour has it that the great keyboardsman proferred a poppadom to placate him later . Legends in their own lunchtime indeed . |
barley Feb 24 2011 at 10:58 AM |
"Yes have become a tribute to themselves." Harn, a brilliant phrase. So true. And rather sad. |
mksone Feb 24 2011 at 10:24 AM |
I consider myself lucky to have witnessed the ’77 touring version in the round, and the ’94 touring version of Yes and both were superb in their own ways. I give them credit for trying to create new music if music making is not possible with John, for whatever reasons, at this point. If you want the old, there are always the recordings. Though the Yessongs lineup my be my favorite, a new CD is in the works, let’s see what comes together I say. What IS surprising is Steve Howe going the Line 6 route for his sounds. To my ears it’s still more of a snapshot of a tone, though they are getting closer with modeling. |
harn Feb 24 2011 at 7:29 AM |
No matter how good they are, Yes have become a tribute to themselves. Yes without Jon is unthinkable. Drama was good but not a Yes record to my ears. |
barley Feb 23 2011 at 3:30 PM |
For the record: Vocals- Anderson, Horn, David. Guitar- Banks, Howe, Rabin, Sherwood. Keyboards- Kaye, Wakeman, Moraz, Downes, Khoroshev, Brislin, Wakeman (Oliver). Drummers- Bruford, White. |
barley Feb 23 2011 at 3:07 AM |
Original Yes line up: Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Bill Bruford, Tony Kaye, Peter Banks. |
HAMBONE Feb 22 2011 at 12:29 PM |
While we reminisce, I recall a blazing hot outdoor fest at the old JFK stadium in Philly , summer of 76.Pousette-Dart Band, Gary Wright and Frampton all played before the sun set. Once the sun went down, Yes came onstage and it cooled off. From my view atop the stadium I could see trash cans being lit and the fire department outside the gates. The show had to be stopped until order was restored. Ah, the good old days!! |
Tom Rudd Feb 22 2011 at 10:41 AM |
I was under the impression Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Alan White were on this 2011 tour. and the poster is correct you really can’t compare. Since I missed Yes with the original line up, I’m sure I would enjoy this facsimile. |
bluepno Feb 21 2011 at 7:28 PM |
One of my first concerts in New Haven Connecticut....The Firebird Suite....the giant plastic mushrooms and one great music event...Yes back in the mid ’70’s. |
Bob Meyrick Feb 21 2011 at 3:29 AM |
While we’re in nostalgia mode... The first large scale outdoor music event I attended was the Crystal Palace Garden Party #5, 2nd September 1972. Yes were the headliners and were premiering Close to the Edge, with new drummer Alan White. Geordie folk-rockers Lindisfarne were second on the bill, and third in the batting order were the Mahavishnu Orchestra! Seeing them was a "road to Damascus" moment and the start of my ongoing infatuation with jazz and jazz rock. The also-rans were Gary Wright’s Wonderwheel and Capability Brown. http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/Garden-party-72.html |
barley Feb 20 2011 at 4:11 AM |
Ah Pete! New Bingley Hall? Lovely. Interestingly Yes only have one founder member still in their ranks, Chris Squire. They have had 6 or 7 keyboard players through the years, 3 guitarists, 3 singers, 2 drummers. The personnel changes have been constant but the live music has always been good. The symphonic concerts were really impressive. I still maintain they peaked in 1972 with "Close to the Edge", a few gems after that but never matched overall. Yes without Anderson’s voice isn’t really Yes. Squire knows this and has employed an impressionist. Seems to work. |
jazziz22 Feb 20 2011 at 2:56 AM |
Pete I couldn’t agree more with you concerning the Symphonic concert - one of the best live concerts on DVD I’ve ever seen ... take care |
Pete_Vancouver Feb 19 2011 at 11:43 AM |
Yes in the affirmative by the look of it ! Its so refreshing to see an act of this longevity and stature continue to deliver music of such high quality ( messers Jagger and Richards take note please ) . I lost my ( gig- attending) virginity to these guys in a converted barn in Stafford England , and despite creeping up on fifty this year i can recall the occasion with the clarity of those laser beams that accompanied Parallels and Close to the Edge , over the heads of those in attendance . On a slightly unkind note , i have often thought that Steve Howe and Lyle mays would make a fine core to a new supergroup called Rock Cadavers , but who am I to talk . I heartily recommend Yes’ 2000 symphonic collaboration with the Dutch to anyone interested . These guys must be closing in on 45 years together without serious personnel implosion . Maybe there’s hope for all of us . Grand stuff , musically and anthropologically . |
webtrotter1958 Feb 18 2011 at 7:11 PM |
folks...recently they ve been in Buenos Aires and other cities of Argentina.I attended one show at BA, with my three boys (19yo, 15yo,10yo):the setlist was great, the playing was great, the singing was ok.I know that Jon is THE VOICE OF YES, but...I thought before the show that, having seem them once in ´85 -another lineup once again- this was a great chance of bring my memories to life! so, that was my spirit there.My son León (15) did the rest.he was so excited about hearing Steve Howe playing live! and he put me right on focus: One Yes show beginning with Siberian Kathru is a very thrilling moment! he said. And when the show begun, the guitar of Steve playing the intro of Siberian..., I looked at León face: it was happiness.so, my humble opinion is: you don t need to compare, just enjoy the presence of these old friends, and the beatiful music they play.(sorry for the sure made mistakes, long time far from english reading and writing is the cause...).Regards from far south! |
tiny_tim Feb 18 2011 at 2:38 AM |
I a with Tom on this one too. They are playing this Fall 2011 in the Hammersmith, although I have never seen them live. Well, tickets were bought for a an Oklahoma City gig in around 1976, after a long camp out the night before to get the front seats, but the show was canceled. I can understand the new Canadian singer, replacing Jon Anderson, is right on the money for voice, but I just got to think that JA’s presence is about as much would except for a real Yes line up. His presence and song writing skills and lyrics in the group was colossal. Standing angelic on stage in front of the followers... |
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