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Participate in an Amateur Video Production of Yes In Some Words: A Couple Of Ideas "We Agree" And Sebastiao Salgado A Great Achievement That Could Have Been Better The Revealing Science of the Self Offered Participate in an Amateur Video Production of Yes From: Tina Johnson
youyoyo4yes@aol.com If you have an interest in participating in an amateur video production of Yes, please contact me via the email address below. We will be creating a non-commercial Yes video based solely upon non professional, non royalty, fan based materials such as; photos and amateur video of the band in and out of concert, it's individual members, families, friends, fans and gatherings. We will be inserting YES FAN concept imaging to round off the project. This incredible band has been producing and playing music for more than thirty years. We want to express our appreciation for their lifetime of outstanding music and to share those memories throughout the participating fan base. I have always said, "Bring on the music AND bring on the Imagery." Also, consider passing this information on to other YESHEADS. Please send all inquiries, replies and information about
your submission to youyoyo4yes@aol.com. We will keep participants informed as
to the progress. Please note this is a not for profit, fan based, volunteer
project. Be advised that this first FAN production will most likely be in HI-FI
VHS format. Music audio excerpts will be used only by permission. From: Alejandro
alecosentino@hotmail.com Hi from Argentina. This is a message for all those crazy Yes collectors around the world! I'm selling "made in Argentina" vinyl editions of our favourite band. From the very first release (which was Fragile, circa 1973) to the last one (which was UNION, of course), and all the re-releases made through the years. I also got some related bands like ELP, Genesis and Crimso. I think this is the right place to make an offer like
this. If you have any interest, ask me for details. From: Randall Householder
raulster90@hoymail.com How can I find or trade or however it works, a copy of
ANIMATION. I love this album and would love to have a copy of it. From: Malcolm Cumberlidge
malcolm.cumberlidge@btinternet.com Like all those who submit to these pages I am a dedicated Yes fan. I have followed the and through its many changes and have taken some pleasure in all of them. The DRAMA tour in the UK was a disaster because the unfortunate Trevor Horn simply could not cope with Anderson's vocal range, but the album was good. Many fans bought tickets for the UK tour after hearing the album. People knock the Trevor Rabin years but the music was different, refreshing and suited the time. The 90125 album was superb and the tour was a wonderful show. I can remember the faces of the new Yes fans getting their first taste of Starship Troopers live. This band format put Yes back on the map, without it, they may have vanished. I also like BIG GENERATOR and TALK; I would love to see "Endless Dream" performed live. "Onion" was a muddled offering. There were some good tracks but the whole did not gel together. It was a case of "this is a Trevor Rabin track and that's an ABWH track." However, the tour was an unforgettable experience. OPEN YOUR EYES and THE LADDER had something to offer and find their way onto my hi-fi, both tours were good. KEYS TO ASCENSION can drive me mad because the studio tracks are (in my humble opinion) some of the best music that the band has produced. These masterpieces should have been released as an album in their own right and then supported with a tour. This could have put Yes back on top as a classic rock band. What a waste!! The live sets are superb though. Put the headphones on and listen to "Awaken" at volume, then do the same with the "House of blues" version. There is no comparison. So I have enjoyed every variant of Yes music that this wonderful band has produced over the last 30 years but I am sorry, MAGNIFICATION just does not work for me. I have really tried to get into this album. I have played it several times since it came out. There are some good musical ideas here and the guys have put a lot of love and inspiration into the work but I just can't help thinking, "How would this sound with Rick or Igor instead of the orchestra?" I admire the band for trying something new and original; that's what has kept them going for over 30 years. However, by replacing keyboards with the orchestra they have lost the "Yes sound." Combining a band with an orchestra is a tricky thing. ELP did it well (even if it did make them go bust) but they used the orchestra as an addition to Keith Emerson's keyboards, not to replace them. So keep going Guys. Yes is and always will be the finest
band to grace this world, but MAGNIFICATION is not for me. In Some Words: A Couple Of Ideas From: Eddie Lee
Eddie_K_Lee@hotmail.com Looks like we're closer to have another Yes box set with some rare tracks and surprises. According to YesWorld, some of the possible "previously" & "un-officially" un-released tracks might come from the 1979-80 Paris session. While most of the die-hard fans already have tapes or bootleg CDs of this session, this might not make a lot of casual fans pull out $100 +/- $50 (my guess) to buy this new box set unless they really put some thoughts into the content! They can really surprise us if they dig down in their vaults and give us some real gems, how about the 20 minute version of the song "Air" where it's intro is a.k.a. "Cinema". Outtakes/Demos/Alternate Versions of some other era of Yes will be excellent, too. Also for the cover design, there's only one man who
should be doing it - Roger Dean. Roger had been doing Yes' cover designs on and
off since the early days. So for a box set looking back at Yes' career, I think
he's the only qualifying person in this world that should be doing it! "We Agree" And Sebastiao Salgado From: Gustavo Soto-Rosa
gsotorosa@xnrgia.com Last year in August I had the chance to see Migrations, Humanity in Transition: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado at the International Center of Photography in NY. Salgado is one of the world's most recognized art & documentary photographers and a huge hero of mine. His photographs are moving but also incredibly elegant and beautiful. "With nearly 100 million migrants in the world today, an unparalleled level of demographic change is profoundly challenging our most basic notions of community, nation, culture, and citizenship. Migrations, Humanity in Transition: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado, a major traveling exhibition, is the first extensive pictorial study to document the global phenomenon of mass migration." For a view you can go to http://www.icp.org/exhibitions/salgado/index.html. When I listen to "We Agree" pictures of this incredible exhibit come to mind. Perhaps Yes could contact him to use the pictures as
background while they perform this song live. At the exhibit they had a room
where you could sit down, and on a TV screen there was a slide show of these
pictures. Even a tasteful edit of the slide show with We Agree as the
soundtrack could be a very simple yet powerful video. From: John Mixon
john@bnbmusic.com I wanted to make a few quick points and then an invitation. Firstly: Positive and negative comments can be either productive or poisoning. Let's please keep this in mind before railing a particular artist or album. Can you imagine pouring your entire life into a project for a year or more and then read notes from friends as they tell you how stupid it was to waste your time on such a fruitless mess? This happens far too often here. Second: I've been a dedicated fan since the mid seventies and I was in my mid-teens! While I have my favorite Yes albums, there are some I rarely listen to but still own. Every record has at least one gem, one song which speaks to my heart. Most have much more! Either way, I am in great favor of financially supporting a band so that they can continue innovating. Pop music has it's place, but I don't look to Brittney for music which speaks to my heart. Let's keep the boys out of Vegas and in the studio as long as they are able. Third: A message to Yes. Folks, I once believed that Yes was like an orchestra. Conductors, writers, performers, and fans will come and go, but the orchestra remains. It seems that you may be unwittingly creating your epitaph. It kind of reminds me of many churches in the US. Places which thrived intensely for a while but after 60 years, were forced to close their doors forever. Reason: No fresh ideas and a refusal to adapt and change made it a place where younger people did not wish to be. Thus the churches literally died off as the members died off. There was no younger person sticking around to learn from their elders and take the keys to the building. Concerning Yes, it looks as though in 13 years I will be about 50 when your last album hits the stores. And that's too young. DELAWARE: Nestled between Pennsylvania to our north and Maryland
to our south, we are the "Small Wonder". I am obviously a huge Yes
FREAK and reside in the seaside resort area of Lewes/Rehoboth Beach. I manage
a music store and welcome any visitors to our humble state to stop in and say
hello. I would like to gather together with other fans and crank up some pro
PA gear to our favorite Yes tracks, after hours. Anyone interested, e-mail me. From: John George Smith
jg40smith@hotmail.com According to David Watkinson's book "Perpetual Change", Yes are also supposed to have made a TV appearance on this day on the "Magpie" TV show. If you want to know more, then I can add that "Magpie" was a show on the ITV network, broadcast at around 5pm, and aimed at teenagers. (See this link www.tvcream.com for more details of the show, which ran from 1968 to 1980) If the report is correct, then this would have been Yes' TV debut, and the recording probably took place at Thames TV's Teddington Lock TV Studios in Middlesex. (Thames TV also had a studio in London's Euston Road, but that was mainly used for news programmes). If the report is true - and the show was recorded - then it would be well worthwhile tracking down the archive footage. After all, Yes had only been in existence for some four months at this point in time, and this would be the earliest (albeit probably b & W) footage of Yes in existence. Either Yes recorded their "slot" earlier in the
day, or it was done "live" on the show (sometime between 5 and 5:45 pm). It is perfectly possible to drive from Teddington Lock to central London in under
2 hours to appear on stage at the Speakeasy on or after 7:30pm. From: Newton Suwe
newtonsuwe@aol.com This is a response to Graeme Stewart (NFTE #255): As a human on the Planet Earth, as well as a citizen of the United States of America, and as one who lives in a place called The Wonderful World of Yes, I want to apologize on behalf of all Americans for that sickening e-mail you received from one of our deranged lunatics here in the USA. Unfortunately, I can't say that I'm surprised there are Americans with such an attitude. For whatever reasons, many Americans (and I am generalizing) see the U.S. as the center of the world - or worse - they see the rest of the world as being of a lower form of life. I think there is a subconscious view of ourselves as some kind of "chosen" people endowed by God (though we can't agree on which god) to be the masters of the world. And to say that we are shallow and ignorant of the rest of the world would be an understatement. We have such little understanding of anything outside the U.S., and therefore, we really don't even understand ourselves. Unfortunately, our nihilistic egocentricism only grows and festers in this time of "war". While American stupidity generally doesn't surprise me anymore, it still shocks and saddens me that you would get such a response to your inquiry about Yes DVD's. How could anybody who understands the musical and lyrical depths of "Gates of Delirium" or "Close To The Edge" or "The Ancient" possibly hold such views? It is disturbing. OK, maybe I hold a distortedly elevated view of Yes music, Yes fans, and therefore myself. I guess the real bottom line is that Americans are human. And as we've seen throughout history, humans are capable of reaching heights of heroic and uplifting goodness. But we are also capable of slithering through the sewers of depravity. The first challenge for us Americans is to first accept that we are merely human. More important issue, though: I hope those Yes DVD's do
get released over there across the pond. There are some great concert films ("Yessongs",
"Keys to Ascension", "House of Yes") you're missing. From: John Higgs
john.higgs@unilever.com I was listening to the Howard Stern Show on 105.9FM in Chicago on March 29, 2002. Right when I turned it on I caught Howard complaining about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was particularly perturbed how the voting and induction processes were run by corporate "jerks". Howard began to name some bands that should be in the Hall of Fame and the first band he mentioned was Yes. The next band he mentioned was the Moody Blues, which I find particularly interesting because of Patrick Moraz. I recollect Yes Magazine article, I think back in 1996 or 1997, where Yes were guests on the Howard Stern Show. It is great to know even Howard Stern is a fan of Yes. From: Trevor
psychopomp95@yahoo.com I'm writing in response to a submission to the March 26th issue of NFTE: in it, "Greywolf" made the following statement: "'Progressive' in the sense of Progressive Rock means that the music itself makes progressions outside the box of blues-oriented Rock and Roll; it does not mean, necessarily, that such music is always pushing the envelope." While I realize that this is entirely subjective, I would have to COMPLETELY disagree with that assessment! 'Progressive' should be a frame of mind employed by most bands, in that they realize a need to change in order to stay creative and fresh musically! It's not just about 'moving away' from the blues-rock frame of mind (although that is, for sure, a big factor, but only because the blues has such a stranglehold on everything in the rock universe)! The blues is a PERFECTLY legitimate type of music, every bit as much as classical, rap, country, or techno. And before someone out there says "how come a lot of (insert music type) is really bad, then?" Well, don't necessarily blame the performers/artists, blame the music industry and all of the people working in it who feel a need to follow trends! Being a truly creative musician is about breaking down barriers, and in Yes' case they did this in the 70's by infusing a classical approach to rock (or vice versa, depending on your point of view)! That does NOT mean it's the only approach they (or any other 'progressive' rock band) can take! In fact, this is one reason I am weary of the progressive rock label, at least the way some people define it; it HAS to sound like Yes, or Genesis, or (etc)... to be "real" progressive rock, when in actuality there are a lot of bands out there breaking new ground without necessarily mixing rock and classical (or at least, not just that)! I have no problem in calling Yes "classical rock" or something like that, because it fits a bit better, but even then labels are something that shouldn't be used too much! It limits the band, and if they feel limited they might feel like they have to make an album to 'fit in' with what people want to hear. That's not the way to go about making truly great, emotional music. That said, some groups out there (for instance, AC/DC) really do seem happiest when they're repeating themselves. If that is what makes an artist/performer happiest, then that is the route to go; I think, though, that we ALL know the Yes-men are groundbreakers at heart! As for other matters, I would have to say MAGNIFICATION has become my favorite Yes album (alongside Talk)! It shows a willingness to experiment and bring in new sounds to the band's palette while still retaining the one crucial ingredient of Yes: positivity. And that is something that will shine through no matter WHAT type of music they are playing! I also hope that, if the rumors of Rick Wakeman and/or
Trevor Rabin returning are true, that all of the guys put aside any old
conflicts and hard feelings, and make something that truly DOES resonate with
hope! All of them have the talent and right frame of mind to write truly great
Yes music, but the only way they can write harmonious music is if they are
harmonious with each other! From: Ned Nerdin
ned@networld.com I purchased yesterday a CD copy of the remastered TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS and spent the morning listening to it with lyrics spread out before me. I am still astounded at the masterpiece that this work is. It has always been one of my favorite releases. I remember when I first purchased it, I was in a band and we all loved Yes. So, before anyone had heard it, we all listened to it together. I believe at the time we were disappointed, mostly due to the complexity of the project, although it did lead us on to create a one time show that was of the concept album genre. Since that time, TFTO has refreshed my spirit more than once. Again today, I sit in shear awe at the incredible work that was put into this project, I am reminded of the true mastery that Yes was and continues to be. I put on MAGNIFICATION, (which I believe is also a great piece of work) after listening to TFTO and again enjoyed my favorite group of musicians. Jon, Chris, Steve, Alan, and all of the past great musicians that have been a part of Yes, "High the Memory" and thank you all for being in my life. I believe that I have become a better human in a small part due to the influence of Yes' music. Please all, listen to the greatness of Yes. Get over the over-hanging trees of pettiness about who is better or what set should be played. Learn to enjoy the present and "High the Memories". Love you guys, a Veteran rocker and long time Yes fan in Utah. From: Derek Monahan
yesmandroc@yahoo.com In the latest issue of NFTE a man calling himself Craig posted the idea that Yes should think about playing a greater variety of the material in their live shows. I agree completely. Now it goes without saying that none of us would have problem hearing CTTE, AY&I, Roundabout, All good people, etc. every day forever. But it would be excellent to hear some different things before we or Yes isn't around anymore. I am twenty years old and been a Yes fan for only a couple years now, just in time to catch the Masterworks tour and that was certainly a thrill. And the Magnification tour gave us a little more. But they would do well to have more variety. I would love to hear songs from THE LADDER, MAGNIFICATION, BIG GENERATOR, GOING FOR THE ONE, or just about anything really. I start almost every morning listening to "It Will Be A Good Day" As I write this I am listening to UNION. What I also have to say kind of ties in with my previous
statement. There seems to be a disagreement about the best time period or
lineup of Yes. PLEASE don't take this the wrong way, but as a musician, I
understand, probably on a different level (not higher, but different) the
creative and compositional force that goes into almost every Yes song. I love
the '71-'73 era of Yes as much as the Yes fan, but I also love BIG GENERATOR,
TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS, THE LADDER, and MAGNIFICATION. It shouldn't be about
nostalgia or any of that nonsense. This is music and I judge Yes on no
different level that I do Beethoven, Schoenberg, or Miles Davis. This is simply
music that withstands. It would really be something if we could get some sort
of vehicle to provide a greater understanding of this music... From: Les lesyes@hotmail.com I bought 3 Yes DVDs: "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: An Evening Of Yes Music Plus Vol. 1", "Vol. 2", and "Yes Union Tour Live". I love these DVDs but they are coded Region 2. American DVD players play Region 1 DVD's and give you 5 chances to change the region code on your PC-DVD Player. I bought an inexpensive PC-DVD Player just to play these 3 DVD's. What treasured moments and how they bring back memories. Thank you members of Yes for signing my white T shirt with my 45 ticket stubs pasted all over it at Yescapade in Konocti Harbor. If you head to the Texas area, Houston or Dallas please e mail me and let me cook for you. I am a Chef at a private club with Croquet. Macrobiotic, Vegetarian, Meat, Game, Fish or whatever. For every piece of music Yes has created, recorded and
played together and individually of which every note I love dearly and made my
life what it is today, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH as do your many fans. WE ALL THANK
YOU VERY MUCH!!! From: Corrado
Corrado_berloto@nai.com Do you know where there are some web sites where I can receive via SMS Yes songs for my mobile? Thanks for your help, another way to promote yes language. From: Erin K. Bidleman
myfamilybranches@motion.net As I was flipping channels on the old tube today, I stopped briefly on VH1's Hard Rock Countdown. Some band like Smashing Pumpkins was #95 and I was vaguely interested so I did not immediately turn the channel. I thought to myself that there was no way Yes could be in this countdown, they never get on these countdown shows. Right before I turned the channel, #94 came on a you guessed it, it was Yes. I was floored. They had this old footage which looked like a video for Roundabout. Jon, Chris, and the boys were riding in this car and had video of them on the tour bus, circa '72. What was really great was Alice Cooper and a member of
Deep Purple talking about how much they love Yes. They talked about what
excellent musicians they are and what a free-spirit Jon is. The whole thing
didn't last but a couple of minutes and they were on to #93. Just thought I'd
share my Yes moment... A Great Achievement That Could Have Been Better From: Skip Messier
skimess@cox.net Having been a Yes fan since their first album was released (on vinyl!), I've always followed their careers with great interest as most Yes fans have. When I heard that what would eventually become Magnification was going to be recorded with an actual orchestra playing the keyboard parts I did have some reservations. Sure, they were successful with their first orchestral collaboration on their second release, TIME AND A WORD but they also had Tony Kaye to handle all the keyboard parts with the orchestra just supplementing the band. Magnification would be an entirely different story. Upon first hearing their latest release, my initial reaction was to throw it away. After subsequent listenings however, I saw just how wrong I was. The entire idea of the project was brilliant. Some of the participants, in my opinion, hampered what could have been their best recording since CLOSE TO THE EDGE. Larry Groupé's orchestral scores were good but could have been better possibly in someone else's hands. My main complaint is in the production and mixing end of the recording. With all the talented people in the recording industry, where did Yes come across Tim Weidner and Jordan Berliant? What had they done prior to this recording because they dropped the ball on this one. I've read previous postings where some people thought Steve Howe might have been somewhat intimidated (I wholeheartedly disagree) by these surroundings and underplayed his role. His solos for the most part are lost in the mix and some of the other instruments he plays for coloring (acoustic guitar, banjo) are almost inaudible. On the disc that I purchased, the second disc had a horrific recording of "Close To the Edge" engineered by Fred Derby and "Long Distance Runaround" engineered by Biff Dawes and mixed, once again, by Tim Weidner. The running time for both tracks was only 23:56 yet "Long Distance Runaround" ends with a fade. One would think with the storage capability on a standard CD being at least 74 minutes Mr. Dawes and Weidner could have let the track finish at normal levels and then fade the applause at the end. Please Jon, Steve, Chris and Alan....I know Bruce Fairbairn
passed away but surely there's someone else in the industry with similar
talents that could produce your next effort and do you all proud. The Revealing Science of the Self From: Mr. E.A.S. Saleh
PhilstinDartLuvr@aol.com I'm a Palestinian fan of Yes and have been since 1974 when I stumbled across TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS. I'm so happy Yes still to this day making some great music. The concept they've developed to create a unique and magnificent style of songs is such that no matter who is in the line up or what they sound like their compositions are always wholesome and exciting. I'm so lucky and happy to have known Yes and be able to see them play 28 years after I first heard them on a scratchy LP. In fact, the last time I saw them play live was in NYC on Sept. 8th of last year. I flew back to Florida on Sept. 10th. One more day and I would have most probably been in custody for some time, as some people are even to this day, or deported back home. But being this far from home doesn't lessen the deep feeling of depression I've had for a year and a half due to the ongoing conflict in Palestine and Israel. All this time trying to figure out if there is a way out of this mess, if a complete and fair resolution can be achieved before an all out war breaks out between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. I want to believe that there is a way out. A way to see the commonality between different people and cultures as an everyday mindset instead of focusing on our differences. I want to believe that the human consciousness has gone through a wonderful transformation in its slow evolutionary path to World Peace, especially during the last century when that phrase was first used by human civilization. But things seem to keep going in circles from some form of uncomfortable peace to outright war. And I just don't want to believe that after all the wonderful discoveries made around the world about the universe we live in and the creations they helped spurred, people are stuck in a mentality that was first developed some 6 or 7 thousands years ago. Are we progressing or not? Are we going to be stuck in this tribal mentality that separates us all forever? Not long ago I was thinking about how Yes would do if all of its members were alive during the medieval times. I bet they'd come up with some nifty music using the instruments of the time but I just don't think they could write any of the marvelous songs they've done during the last thirty years or so. But why? I asked myself. The answer is simple. The reason Yes can do the type of songs they do today is because of the musical knowledge that has accumulated for at least the last one thousand years and how this knowledge has come together to form one big family of music. Even before I heard Yes for the first time, I knew deep within me there has got to be a different way to express yourself with the use of rock instruments. A grandiose and melodic music that somewhat resembles classical music in its breadth and ambitions. The first time I heard Yes I knew I finally found it. It was such a relief and joy. I knew I found the music that just had to be and I was going to listen with pleasure for the rest of my life. And you know what? That's probably how our collective consciousness works. It's an accumulation of values built upon older values creating a body of knowledge that would eventually help us understand the science of the Self. So instead of going in circles as I have always feared, we are really spiraling upwards. Indeed, the same atrocities are committed time and again but what's different this time around is the acceptance we all have that we are more alike that unlike. This understanding, this revelation, this truth is here to stay no matter how hard the members of the God & Country Club try to deny it. In the same way the spirit of Yes and all good music will always be with us from now on so will the fellowship amongst humans increase until one day we can all play together the melodies and rhythms that have evolved for so long in our souls, and that's pleading with us ever so gently to make it a reality. PS: Well, I mean, of course there'll always be arguments
on how to do it in the same way the members of Yes argue between themselves but
you get the point! From: Gaston Pereira
galpersc@adinet.com.uy Being a Yes fan almost since my childhood in the early seventies, I had the pleasure of hearing yes 9012live tour in Punta del Este, Uruguay South America and enjoying them twice at Mars Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach ,FL in 1998 and 2000. Now I'm looking forward enjoying again yes music during next summer tour. The only way of getting tickets from here the south, is accessing a web page, But last y2k although I connected in the first minute of internet sales, the tickets I found weren't in the first rows. How can I get those kind of tickets in advance? Hoping there's a way thank you for all the notes you always give us from the edge. [Promoters handle front row seats differently, and venues
that are part of a concert season complicate matters. There is no one answer.
-MOT] From: Ted
Tlarabush@hotmail.com Just a note to say how much I enjoyed the interview with
Tom Brislin. I had never heard of him before, because I haven't seen any of the
current tour, but I really dug what he had to say about what he was doing and
how he was going about it. He sounds like a humble person that knows the boots
he is filling. The interview left me with the impression that Tom is bringing a
good solid ear and talent to the table. I wish him well. And thanks for the
good reading guys. From: Jim Hannaford
yesfan4@yahoo.com On a recent business trip over to the London I happened to purchase a CD of KEYSSTUDIO. I eagerly opened it (wanting to finally hear "Mind Drive") and punched into my rental car (Volvo S70) CD player and was shocked at the poor sound quality of the music. Thinking maybe the CD player in the car was faulty I played the CD on my home system (which is just a few months old), and much to my surprise the poor sound quality ensued! I know it is not my stereo system at home, as everything else plays excellently. I can only assume the European disc's use a poor source tape, or a copy of it resulting in bad CDs. Anyone else have this problem? My advice to anyone out
there is to avoid a foreign CD of KEYSSTUDIO, and wait until it is released
here! From: Jim Cronin
cronin4@optonline.net Just a quick note to tell all of my surprise the other
day while waiting on hold to talk to a Home Equity Line of Credit
representative from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (formerly Chase bank)--I was
greeted with a "musak" version of "All Good People". I'm
not sure if I was delighted or horrified, but it did make the wait more
enjoyable (I think). This version made Symphonic Yes seem like heavy metal.
Next time you're in an elevator, keep your ears open. From: Toltec
toltec33@earthlink.net I can't believe all the controversy amongst us fans about the Rick Wakeman debate. I hope the band is sitting back and reading all this stuff, it's actually quite amusing. I have enjoyed all the versions of the band that I have seen through the years, and yes, it has been many years. They all have something different and interesting to bring to the stage. I must confess, however, I wasn't comfortable with watching the "Rabin line-up" playing the old yes songs, (it seemed to me that they weren't comfortable with it either), but I absolutely loved the music they created. All the albums they made are completely different from the line-up with Steve in it. Furthermore, I also enjoy the drama album and I rather enjoyed the vitality of Igor on stage. I also have all the pre-Steve albums. Anyway, to get back to the Wakeman topic, I must say that I would enjoy seeing Wakeman back in the fold again. To me, that is the "classic" Yes line up. I have grown up listening to, as I have read others say, the heavy over mixed layers of analog stylings of Wakeman. To me, that is yes and quite frankly, I would like to see it again. It's not that I'm whining, rather, I'm quite simply, expressing an opinion that I am not alone in having. As I'm sure all of us can agree upon, we'll enjoy whatever these guys do in the future and we'll attend their show and buy their album, but given the opportunity, I would chose to see Rick behind the many stacks of keys that is so him. I wonder, since everyone is so quick to get rid of Rick, why not Steve. Let's get Steve Morse in there. why not Chris, we could get Tony Levin or Stanley Clark for that jazz influence. And on the drums, oh I don't know, can anyone fill in the blank? I read that people are calling themselves true fans, well, it is true that yes has gone through many stages of evolution, but to me the true and classic version of Yes IS... JON ANDERSON, STEVE HOWE, CHRIS SQUIRE, ALAN WHITE, RICK WAKEMAN. This is and forever will be classic Yes to me.
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