Yes at 50 - Warning: Prog and Spector content

[ead]

Just come home from seeing Yes at the Liverpool Philharmonic.  Excellent set which I think I can regurgitate if anybody is interested.

Chris Squire's replacement Billy Sherwood was using a selection of v nice Spector basses includingwhat I think was one of the 30th Anniversay models with the fish on the fretboard. 

Forgot to add that the Spectors sounded awesome and just as good as Chris's Ric.  Closed eyes I was hard-pressed to tell the difference.

Dodgy phone pic follows:

Edited March 24, 2018 by ead

[josie]

Lucky you! I missed the Mcr gig as it clashed with Scarborough Blues Festival :-(

Edited March 24, 2018 by josie

[visog]

Hmmm. Yes without Chris Squire, Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman? Possibly Alan White too at this show?

Nah not for me. Love Steve Howe but Yes was all about the interplay of all those great musical voices.

[steve-bbb]

1 hour ago, visog said:

Hmmm. Yes without Chris Squire, Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman? Possibly Alan White too at this show?

Nah not for me. Love Steve Howe but Yes was all about the interplay of all those great musical voices.

indeed this - not knocking them but its not really yes is it - i was struggling with seeing them in their buggles phase but was an enjoyable gig nonetheless but still not a patch on the classic line up imho/ymmv/mcton/etc/etc

[ead]

Alan White was playing but too frail to do the whole set.  I would gently suggest giving them a listen before dismissing the new line up.  Steve Howe was not an original member, nor was Alan White, and it has always been the band policy to evolve.  Chris Squire urged Billy Sherwood to take over his role and to keep Yes going.

[prowla]

Without Squire and Anderson there is no Yes; it's just a tribute act, albeit a very good one.

[spectoremg]

This isn't Yes, and as daft as it sounds it isn't about the listening experience - I've no doubt that five people from BC could sound as good but wouldn't be charging Yes prices. 

IT ISN'T YES!

And I hate this Chris wanted Billy crap - if he'd wanted Glen Matlock would it have been ok?

Edited March 24, 2018 by spectoremg

[ead]

Couldn't disagree more. But let's leave it there shall we?

[prowla]

That said, if Steve Howe turned up at my door and asked if I fancied playing bass in his new band and he was going to call it "Yes", I'd be in there!

[Bassman Sam]

I saw Steve Howe smoking a roll up outside the Malmaison Hotel at Brighton Marina on Wednesday. Annoyed  that he didn't ask me to play in his Yes covers band.

 

Edited due to profanity filter making nonsense of my post.

Edited March 24, 2018 by Bassman Sam

[Woodinblack]

To me it is a tribute act, but I am sure they are very good, as many tribute acts are. I briefly considered the ARW gig until I saw the prices!

 

[ead]

Interesting.  In which case, any considering the comments above, the so-called classic Yes line-up of Anderson/Howe/Wakeman/Squire/White must also be no more than a classy tribute to the original band?

[prowla]

3 hours ago, ead said:

Interesting.  In which case, any considering the comments above, the so-called classic Yes line-up of Anderson/Howe/Wakeman/Squire/White must also be no more than a classy tribute to the original band?

Squire and Anderson formed the band - they are (were) the core and they are in your list there.

However, the classic lineup was with Bruford on drums. :-)

 

[spectoremg]

3 hours ago, ead said:

Interesting.  In which case, any considering the comments above, the so-called classic Yes line-up of Anderson/Howe/Wakeman/Squire/White must also be no more than a classy tribute to the original band?

Now you're really talking giant un-processed sewage units. And splitting hairs to boot.

[Woodinblack]

No, Anderson / Squire and any other combination of people were Yes.

[KingPrawn]

I saw them recently in Birmingham and really enjoyed the gig. Having watched a recent documentary on sky Arts. What came through for me is that Yes As a band created a concept to musically develop more complex and inventive songs. So each member had to be on their game. If you weren’t you were asked to move on or just replaced. There was clearly some bad blood between particular reincarnations. Regardless it was great to see such interesting and indulgent playing. Can’t think of/ know any current bands doing that type of music. 

[ead]

14 hours ago, spectoremg said:

Now you're really talking giant un-processed sewage units.

And yet you're then one that said Yes wasn't about the listening experience, it's certainly what I go to gigs to do.

[spectoremg]

5 hours ago, ead said:

And yet you're then one that said Yes wasn't about the listening experience, it's certainly what I go to gigs to do.

It's widely accepted that the line up you posted including Bill Bruford is classic. Basically you've just paid to watch a tribute act.

[ead]

Next time I speak to the Yes boys I'll let them know your views

[spectoremg]

8 hours ago, ead said:

Next time I speak to the Yes boys I'll let them know your views

Feel free - they're extracting the urine. 

[KevB]

Haven't quite been able to bring myself to go see them since CS passed away, maybe eventually if they keep going. Perhaps if they record a new album of original material instead of these tours playing entire old albums that they have got into the habit of it might persuade me.

[TrevorR]

On 25/03/2018 at 20:07, spectoremg said:

It's widely accepted that the line up you posted including Bill Bruford is classic. Basically you've just paid to watch a tribute act.

I’d better throw away my copies of Yessongs, Going For The One and 90125 then... I never realised they didn’t count as they’re just by some tribute band.

[ead]

Better start going through all my Pink Floyd albums too and binning anything with imposter David Gilmour playing.

[wateroftyne]

28 minutes ago, ead said:

Better start going through all my Pink Floyd albums too and binning anything with imposter David Gilmour playing.

To be fair, as great a live band Floyd were post-Roger, the albums have been pretty weak.

[TrevorR]

39 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

To be fair, as great a live band Floyd were post-Roger, the albums have been pretty weak.

One could also say the same of Roger’s post-Roger albums...