Re: The Yes Thread
Well, I saw Yes the other night and I gotta say ti was a pretty awesome show. We had general admission (standing room only) tickets and it was a pretty full house ( House Of Blues - Dallas) but once we got settled in to a spot our sightlines were good and we weren't that far from the stage. The first thing - the sound was amazing - you could hear every note that Steve Howe played as clear as a bell...same thing with Chris Squire. And I know it's a hot topic for discussion and a real sore spot with alot of Yes fans, but strictly from a musical standpoint there was no real fall off from Jon Anderson to his replacement Benoit David. Benoit did a really fine job and the vocals didn't suffer at all. And Oliver Wakeman did a bangup job filling his dad's shoes on keys. The only problem I had with the overall sound was Alan White's drums could have been a little beefier in the mix.
They played for a little over two hours ( roughly 2:15). They played mostly the big ones and being a Yes fan, I can think of several songs they didn't play that I would like to have heard but can't complain much. I can't recreate the song order but I think I can remember all the songs...
Siberian Khatru
I've Seen All Good People
Onward
Tempus Fugit
Yours Is No Disgrace
Starship Trooper
Roundabout
Heart Of The Sunrise
Machine Messiah
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Astral Traveller
And You & I
...I think that's it. So you can see there's alot of great stuff they didn't play but , hey, not a bad setlist for a Tuesday night. I was hoping they would play Long Distance Runaround, South Side Of The Sky, Awaken, maybe Sweet Dreams...not enough time for everything. I was a little surprised that there was nothing from the Topographic Oceans/Relayer/Going For The One period at all...so much music - so little time.
Anyway, they put on a great show. It wasn't as epic as when I saw them in 2002 with Rick Wakeman and they played for three hours but I don't really have any complaints. These veterans have still got it and the young guys delivered.
