YES fans...

[ZetaNine]

if you have Direct TV..do yourself a favor...and DO NOT watch their concert on the 101 this month.

Good Lord...the mighty have fallen

[Yeager]

That is NOT Yes.  That is a Yes Tribute band that is lucky enough to have three of the original Yes men (and a son of a fourth original) in the line up.

As far as Yes tribute bands go they are pretty decent.

[bj229r]

Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman?

[Yeager]

Anderson went to lightweight solo performing after a very serious health problem.  Since he no longer wanted to deal with the heavyweight stresses of a large touring band he was replaced by a younger singer from French Canada who auditioned via a Youtube video.  Wakeman had a similar desire to hang it up on the frenzied grueling pre-retirement touring schedule, so he substituted himself with his younger (and far less skilled) son Adam Wakeman.

So what you have today without Jon Anderson's unique vocals and post 60s persona, and without Rick Wakeman's flash and grandiose two handed keyboard symphony, is a really good Yes tribute band.

With the tribute band are Squire, Howe, and White.  

[ZetaNine]

it was Howe that I really had an issue with.



....squire still had balls..as did alan white...anderson was anderson light..and the kids dancing almost made me lose my dinner. (reminded me of spinal tap)

I've most likely seen yes 10 or more times going waaay back.. this one was just hard to watch.

can't wait to hear adam's solo album..Journey to the Center of the Mirth.

here's to the good old days:

http://s0.ilike.com/play#Yes:Heart+Of+The+Sunrise:60837:s33673613.9491683.689.0.2.43%2Cstd_1304c61a6d1348889980e012da3b9273

[sluggish]

What did you guys think of the stuff Yes did back in the eighties?  Isn't it funny how so many reputable artists seemed to lose their way in the eighties?  Hall and Oats, ZZ TOP, Yes...

90125 was alright... "Changes" is awesome...  It just seemed like they were trying to make pop muzac...

[bj229r]

What did you guys think of the stuff Yes did back in the eighties?  Isn't it funny how so many reputable artists seemed to lose their way in the eighties?  Hall and Oats, ZZ TOP, Yes...

90125 was alright... "Changes" is awesome...  It just seemed like they were trying to make pop muzac...

'Owner of a Lonely Heart', etc...pure tripe

[Yeager]

My first Yes Album was "Tales from Topographic Oceans".  The year was 1978 and I was 14 years old and just started playing bass in a band.  That album figuratively blew me away.  In the next two years I discovered all the older Yes albums and have been a Yes aficionado ever since.  

90125 was a great album.  Bear in mind it wasn't even supposed to be a Yes album but an album from a band called "Cinema" with Tony Kaye, Alan White, Chris Squire and Trevor Rabin.  The producer felt there was something missing from the album and one thing led to another allowing Jon Anderson to come in to the studio and add his vocals to some tracks.  Sounded so good they laid his vox down as lead on all the songs and there it was.  wala! Yes.

"Drama" from 1980 was another great Yes album in my humble opinion. minus Anderson and Wakeman, plus Horn and Downes,

This new guy they have, Benoit David, deserves a chance to be heard on new material.  If they make it into the studio and put out a disc then I will give them another chance at being Yes.  If they decide not to, or cannot pull it off then I will always think of this current line up as the best Yes tribute band going.  Good, just not great.

[ZetaNine]

The year was 1978 and I was 14 years old and just started playing bass in a band.  

I'm gonna guess you played a Rickenbacker (sit down people..this is not an aces high reference)

[Yeager]

Back then I owned a 4003 maple glow.  Today my Ric of choice is a 4001CS Chris Squire limited edition signature series.  I love my Ric 

[ZetaNine]

they gotta sound all their own..love 'em

can't imagine what bands like Yes..or Rush would have sounded like without them

[Yeager]

Agree completely.