why late at night in the u.s. does ilm get all yessed out

xpost Drunken upstate NY redneck audience ( seemed to be a big part of the turnout) booing Jon Anderson’s guru when she came out to give NYC a blessing. Just a nasty loutish crowd when they weren’t getting that glorious music. And it *was* glorious. I think the show is on YT.

I say “Upstate NY” but those hicks probably came from all over the Tri-State ( NY, NJ, Connecticut).

Yeah I saw them around 2005 and it was really good. I remember Jon talking about a new Tales-type album coming out. Sucks it never happened. I think after Magnification they could’ve mounted a nice late career comeback but as always interband drama derailed it

I think I'm gonna get Yessed out right now

the record store in Green Bay that I bought a lot of shit from was a total Yeshead. one day I walked in and he was playing "Yours is No Disgrace" at max volume and that was the moment I decided I needed an expensive soundsystem

also the first and only time I've bought a record directly off the turntable. just put it on in fact

wow I never noticed the instrumental part 5 minutes into "Perpetual Change" coalesces into all parts of the song playing at once

:D

YES epiphanies are always a pleasure to read!

My show was 2004, actually. And here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez07S8hoE3g

Jump to “South Side Of The Sky” on that video for a good sample of what was in store for the audience that night. That’s when it really took off.

Serious Yes confessions: I saw them twice on the Union tour (the only times I've seen them).

another thing I noticed last night - Howe sneaks that weird up n' down riff in a few places on "Yours is no Disgrace"...I don't know how to describe this exactly but it's close to the riff that kicks off "Close to the Edge"

so I think the middle section in "Sound Chaser" and the ending of "Gates of Delirium" (the part before "Soon") are probably the two greatest prog instrumental jams of all time

not sure i agree but i love that you are thinking about it

**taps on wristwatch**

been jamming "heart of the sunrise" lately

been drinking water lately

to have been in the audience for that close to the edge tour on mushrooms must have been a peak aesthetic experience, Was not on shrooms just then alas but a security guard opened the side door and motioned Tall Paul and me in---down a little hallway to the wings, where we heard bass & drums up front, though no prob w guitar, keys, helium vocals. Pretty great, and not to be anywhere near-replicated at home unless somebody trusted me w the EQ, and it would have to be a really good EQ. Even then, still not an impact equiv to live of course: nobody had speakers that good at home.

so I think the middle section in "Sound Chaser" and the ending of "Gates of Delirium" (the part before "Soon") are probably the two greatest prog instrumental jams of all time

I tend to agree, even though some shorter Van der Graaf Generator passages might come close. (I'm not counting post '72 King Crimson, as their instrumental jams, which are the greatest, don't register to me as "proggy".

Gates of Delirium maybe, I find the middle of Sound Chaser a little too oblique. Don't know whether you would consider the ending of Starless a "jam".

Just saw this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLMoLoGfjyQ

That is very well done as these things go.

Yes on stage at the Crystal Palace Bowl, London, UK, 1971 pic.twitter.com/Am0fDvUGS5

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What is that keyboard pedalboard Squire is playing? It's too early to be a Taurus, I think.

He looks like a dr Seuss character

Big fan of Squire's foofy boots here.

I suspect the pedalboard doesn't actually work, he's just miming so that people pay more attention to the footwear.

What is that keyboard pedalboard Squire is playing? It's too early to be a Taurus, I think.

My keyboard guru got back in touch to tell me they seem to be a set of Dewtron Mr.Bassman pedals: https://www.matrixsynth.com/2013/10/early-1970s-dewtron-mister-bassman-bass.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppLsvpwZchA

Ah, thanks. Why did Squire need a bass synth pedalboard? I get that Geddy Lee used them when he played keyboards.

They had a deep, well-rounded tonality, so good for punctuation in parallel with his handful-of-gravel-hitting-a-tin-bath bass sound, I imagine he probably didn't really need it once Wakeman moved in.

End of Starship Trooper for a start!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2DQua8h82M why is howe in the video?

Silly human race

that '71 concert includes the Paul Simon tune 'america' - love hearing little Jon sing about the New Jersey turnpike

the studio version of "America" is fantastic

did i dream that they once did a live version where they mashed up simon & garfunkel's "america" with west side story's "america"?

Maybe you're thinking about The Nice?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLVEIGsG1Og

yeah i think i mashed those two up in my mind. but there's a free idea for any enterprising band that wants it.

finally listening to Yesshows, I don't think I've ever actually heard this before. you know how copies of Yessongs & ELP's Welcome Back My Friends are always beat to shit? with Yesshows and ELP's In Concert it's the opposite, every copy I see looks pristine, which to me is a signal that the people who bought these listened to it once or twice before filing it away forever.

still, it's pretty good! "Gates", much like "Close to the Edge" on Yessongs, seems like something it would be impossible to do live. and despite being 10 minutes longer than the studio version I think "Ritual" absolves itself quite well, though it's pretty fucking endless ain't it?

"Ritual" is my least favourite side of Tales, the first side is wonderful and each subsequent one a little less so. I don't really want to hear extended bass solos even from Squire, never mind percussion improvisations.
I do appreciate that they didn't include any of the pieces they had already done on Yessongs, I'm glad they took pride in their more recent material (and "Time and a Word").

the percussion bit is pretty cool I think, even if only because it's something they'd never really done before. I think the live take injects far more energy. But it's not exactly Close to Close to the Edge

imo sides 1 & 4 of Tales are the best, though my favorite section is the amazing funky riff on side 2. side 3 I never remember a thing about other than it has a lot of Steve Howe licking the strings

guess what album turned 50 today. i'll give you a hint it has 5 guys standing around a chair and the first song is Yours Is No Disgrace

Oh nice, getting Yessed out to "Starship Trooper" rn. I'll be putting the LP on when cleaning the apartment tomorrow.

I just got my new turntable today I guess this is the first record I'm playing

Oh Yes. The Yes Album: possibly the most uplifting album I know of. So full of unbridled positive energy. I don't have it on vinyl and this is something I need to remedy ASAP

caesars' palace, frogbs' phono

shining flying purple bullfrogbs

Steve Howe is so good. he plays the guitar the way i would imagine a spider playing a guitar

Yes!

Currently wearing my XXL black Relayer sweatshirt