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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Dec 2, 2016 23:40:35 GMT -8
That was a good show. I'd say my favorite Yes concert was their Union tour; it was in the round at Oakland Coliseum - seeing Howe and Rabin trading guitar licks, and Wakeman and Kaye on keyboards and Bruford and White on drums - just a fantastic show. Anderson hit every note, what a great voice. Yes is a favorite band of mine; you have great taste! Very cool! My wife and I were also at that show. We drove down 5.5 hours from Klamath Falls and arrived many hours early, but went straight to the Coliseum. Nobody was there. We figured something resembling a line would have started by then. Not being very familiar with the grounds we drove around and found an open gate leading to one of the parking lots. There was a definite "are we allowed in here right now?" vibe, but parked anyway. We walked to the Coliseum and there was even an open door leading inside!! Awesome security, guys! We walked through the hall until we found ANOTHER open door leading to the seats and stage. There was some activity, but no band yet. We really considered finding our seats and bypassing all the line nonsense, but knew we probably wouldn't get away with it (looking back, I wonder). We got back to our car and sat there wondering what to do next. Suddenly a limo shows up about a couple hundred yards away parking next to the building near the back (I assume it was the back). I really wish I had the gonads to have gone back and chance watching the sound checks. I imagine security finally pulling their heads out of their asses and noticing us sitting in the darkened seats. The band notices the commotion and invites us down A possible missed opportunity We were young and were barely able to afford the trip and tickets, so we couldn't afford a motel. So when the show was over we turned around and went home. I took a wrong turn and we wound up crossing the Bay Bridge to San Fran. Obviously it was too late to turn around once realizing my error so that was that. It took a while to navigate my way out of this and finally found our road home. I'm getting pretty tired, but soon the sun started rising as we neared Shasta. Suddenly a few snow flakes started falling . Kinda weird since, if you recall, this was August in California. Soon it starts getting heavier, but I'm not too worried. It's August in California. Then it's sticking to the roads. No big deal, it'll melt soon once the sun gets a little higher. Because it's August in California. Next thing I know, semi trucks and cars are pulling over to the side. We should have stopped, but didn't because we really wanted to get back home and really did think the snow would let up because it was August in California. It didn't. It never stopped all the way home, adding 2 white knuckled hours to the drive. We didn't bring chains and didn't have studded tires because it was AUGUST IN CALIFORNIA!!! That sucked, but the show WAS great!!! We traveled down for their return that same tour (the last show of the tour at Shoreline). If you've seen it (it's on DVD now) you may recall Trevor Rabin had guitar troubles during the solo section for one of his Union songs, and Steve Howe had to take over. The DVD doesn't show it, but from the angle we had in our seats (that year we got seats rather than lawn tickets) we tracked Rabin as left the stage in a huff. Suddenly a fold up chair came flying into view (but still backstage) from the area he walked to. I saw in an interview that early in his career he had similar problems with his guitar and threw it to his instrument man off stage. He missed and the neck snapped in half. He does strike me as a short tempered person. You could really feel it was the last show. Mistakes were made during Howe's and Wakeman's solos (but they're allowed). Fond memories Thanks for bringing them out
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2016 2:17:03 GMT -8
That was a good show. I'd say my favorite Yes concert was their Union tour; it was in the round at Oakland Coliseum - seeing Howe and Rabin trading guitar licks, and Wakeman and Kaye on keyboards and Bruford and White on drums - just a fantastic show. Anderson hit every note, what a great voice. Yes is a favorite band of mine; you have great taste! Very cool! My wife and I were also at that show. We drove down 5.5 hours from Klamath Falls and arrived many hours early, but went straight to the Coliseum. Nobody was there. We figured something resembling a line would have started by then. Not being very familiar with the grounds we drove around and found an open gate leading to one of the parking lots. There was a definite "are we allowed in here right now?" vibe, but parked anyway. We walked to the Coliseum and there was even an open door leading inside!! Awesome security, guys! We walked through the hall until we found ANOTHER open door leading to the seats and stage. There was some activity, but no band yet. We really considered finding our seats and bypassing all the line nonsense, but knew we probably wouldn't get away with it (looking back, I wonder). We got back to our car and sat there wondering what to do next. Suddenly a limo shows up about a couple hundred yards away parking next to the building near the back (I assume it was the back). I really wish I had the gonads to have gone back and chance watching the sound checks. I imagine security finally pulling their heads out of their asses and noticing us sitting in the darkened seats. The band notices the commotion and invites us down A possible missed opportunity We were young and were barely able to afford the trip and tickets, so we couldn't afford a motel. So when the show was over we turned around and went home. I took a wrong turn and we wound up crossing the Bay Bridge to San Fran. Obviously it was too late to turn around once realizing my error so that was that. It took a while to navigate my way out of this and finally found our road home. I'm getting pretty tired, but soon the sun started rising as we neared Shasta. Suddenly a few snow flakes started falling . Kinda weird since, if you recall, this was August in California. Soon it starts getting heavier, but I'm not too worried. It's August in California. Then it's sticking to the roads. No big deal, it'll melt soon once the sun gets a little higher. Because it's August in California. Next thing I know, semi trucks and cars are pulling over to the side. We should have stopped, but didn't because we really wanted to get back home and really did think the snow would let up because it was August in California. It didn't. It never stopped all the way home, adding 2 white knuckled hours to the drive. We didn't bring chains and didn't have studded tires because it was AUGUST IN CALIFORNIA!!! That sucked, but the show WAS great!!! We traveled down for their return that same tour (the last show of the tour at Shoreline). If you've seen it (it's on DVD now) you may recall Trevor Rabin had guitar troubles during the solo section for one of his Union songs, and Steve Howe had to take over. The DVD doesn't show it, but from the angle we had in our seats (that year we got seats rather than lawn tickets) we tracked Rabin as left the stage in a huff. Suddenly a fold up chair came flying into view (but still backstage) from the area he walked to. I saw in an interview that early in his career he had similar problems with his guitar and threw it to his instrument man off stage. He missed and the neck snapped in half. He does strike me as a short tempered person. You could really feel it was the last show. Mistakes were made during Howe's and Wakeman's solos (but they're allowed). Fond memories Thanks for bringing them out That sounds like quite the adventure! Good times! I was there with my wife (now ex) and a friend, as well. Before the show I took a walk around the lower concourse and found myself near the back, off from the stage. There were a few people hanging around and there was a blocked off corridor toward the arena/stage side of the concourse. I lit a smoke (back when tobacco wasn't such a no no) and stood there when just then Rick Wakeman comes out of a door in the corridor behind the barricade, all dressed in his stage outfit, pacing around the hall a bit. This was about 10-15 min before show time. He looked nervous. Pre-show jitters, I supposed. I kinda couldn't believe it; on stage he's such a virtuoso on the keyboards and he exudes such confidence in his playing. Yet there he was, showing a very human anxiety despite his enormous talent. I believe a few other people recognized him as well, but we all left him be - no one called out to him or anything, that I recall. We just respectfully watched a great musician doing what he needed to do in preparation to perform. Minutes later, when he was on stage, you could never tell the nervousness that seemed so apparent a short time before. That's a professional, alright. We didn't catch the second leg of the tour, like you guys we were younger (well, my wife was younger anyway - she was still in college and we were a single income family in expensive Silicon Valley) and money was tight. Good times, though ! I've seen Yes a few times, first time way back in the day in Fla during the mid-seventies, it may have been the Relayer tour (or sometime around that)- they didn't play Florida that often I don't think. It may have been at the Lakeland Civic Center, or maybe Orlando - I'm not sure; some of those shows are a pretty hazy memory, if ya know what I mean.
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Dec 3, 2016 9:45:32 GMT -8
Very cool! My wife and I were also at that show. We drove down 5.5 hours from Klamath Falls and arrived many hours early, but went straight to the Coliseum. Nobody was there. We figured something resembling a line would have started by then. Not being very familiar with the grounds we drove around and found an open gate leading to one of the parking lots. There was a definite "are we allowed in here right now?" vibe, but parked anyway. We walked to the Coliseum and there was even an open door leading inside!! Awesome security, guys! We walked through the hall until we found ANOTHER open door leading to the seats and stage. There was some activity, but no band yet. We really considered finding our seats and bypassing all the line nonsense, but knew we probably wouldn't get away with it (looking back, I wonder). We got back to our car and sat there wondering what to do next. Suddenly a limo shows up about a couple hundred yards away parking next to the building near the back (I assume it was the back). I really wish I had the gonads to have gone back and chance watching the sound checks. I imagine security finally pulling their heads out of their asses and noticing us sitting in the darkened seats. The band notices the commotion and invites us down A possible missed opportunity We were young and were barely able to afford the trip and tickets, so we couldn't afford a motel. So when the show was over we turned around and went home. I took a wrong turn and we wound up crossing the Bay Bridge to San Fran. Obviously it was too late to turn around once realizing my error so that was that. It took a while to navigate my way out of this and finally found our road home. I'm getting pretty tired, but soon the sun started rising as we neared Shasta. Suddenly a few snow flakes started falling . Kinda weird since, if you recall, this was August in California. Soon it starts getting heavier, but I'm not too worried. It's August in California. Then it's sticking to the roads. No big deal, it'll melt soon once the sun gets a little higher. Because it's August in California. Next thing I know, semi trucks and cars are pulling over to the side. We should have stopped, but didn't because we really wanted to get back home and really did think the snow would let up because it was August in California. It didn't. It never stopped all the way home, adding 2 white knuckled hours to the drive. We didn't bring chains and didn't have studded tires because it was AUGUST IN CALIFORNIA!!! That sucked, but the show WAS great!!! We traveled down for their return that same tour (the last show of the tour at Shoreline). If you've seen it (it's on DVD now) you may recall Trevor Rabin had guitar troubles during the solo section for one of his Union songs, and Steve Howe had to take over. The DVD doesn't show it, but from the angle we had in our seats (that year we got seats rather than lawn tickets) we tracked Rabin as left the stage in a huff. Suddenly a fold up chair came flying into view (but still backstage) from the area he walked to. I saw in an interview that early in his career he had similar problems with his guitar and threw it to his instrument man off stage. He missed and the neck snapped in half. He does strike me as a short tempered person. You could really feel it was the last show. Mistakes were made during Howe's and Wakeman's solos (but they're allowed). Fond memories Thanks for bringing them out That sounds like quite the adventure! Good times! I was there with my wife (now ex) and a friend, as well. Before the show I took a walk around the lower concourse and found myself near the back, off from the stage. There were a few people hanging around and there was a blocked off corridor toward the arena/stage side of the concourse. I lit a smoke (back when tobacco wasn't such a no no) and stood there when just then Rick Wakeman comes out of a door in the corridor behind the barricade, all dressed in his stage outfit, pacing around the hall a bit. This was about 10-15 min before show time. He looked nervous. Pre-show jitters, I supposed. I kinda couldn't believe it; on stage he's such a virtuoso on the keyboards and he exudes such confidence in his playing. Yet there he was, showing a very human anxiety despite his enormous talent. I believe a few other people recognized him as well, but we all left him be - no one called out to him or anything, that I recall. We just respectfully watched a great musician doing what he needed to do in preparation to perform. Minutes later, when he was on stage, you could never tell the nervousness that seemed so apparent a short time before. That's a professional, alright. We didn't catch the second leg of the tour, like you guys we were younger (well, my wife was younger anyway - she was still in college and we were a single income family in expensive Silicon Valley) and money was tight. Good times, though ! I've seen Yes a few times, first time way back in the day in Fla during the mid-seventies, it may have been the Relayer tour (or sometime around that)- they didn't play Florida that often I don't think. It may have been at the Lakeland Civic Center, or maybe Orlando - I'm not sure; some of those shows are a pretty hazy memory, if ya know what I mean. Good story, that would have been great seeing him in such a candid moment. It's nice to hear how some people will leave the famous alone when said famous aren't in "greet the fans" mode. A few years ago we were in line up here in Jacksonville, Or. to see Bela Fleck and the Flecktones ( ). Fleck and Victor Lamont Wooten ( ) arrived and entered the building from the front. We could have got out of line to meet them, but you could tell, while they had smiles for us, that they had things to do.
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Dec 28, 2016 12:45:49 GMT -8
I finally upgraded my YESYEARS vhs to a dvd from ebay. Listed as Region 1 when in fact it's Region 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. Region 1 is what it won't play
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Post by Jeffro on Jan 3, 2017 15:50:05 GMT -8
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Jan 10, 2017 15:15:27 GMT -8
Much like I never felt the name, 'Led Zeppelin' should ever be used by any of the surviving members after Bonzo died, I don't feel 'YES' should ever again be used by a Squire-less line-up. He was the only member to be in every incarnation.
What say you?
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Post by Jeffro on Jan 10, 2017 15:27:25 GMT -8
I agree. Call it something else but not Yes.
Even worse for a band like The Who when it's only 2 of the original 4.
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Jan 10, 2017 15:29:30 GMT -8
That's right, that's an even better example than Zepp.
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Jan 10, 2017 15:35:13 GMT -8
I agree. Call it something else but not Yes. They could honor him by calling it 'Cinema', I suppose. (the 'band' he made with White, Kaye, and Rabin).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2017 17:50:40 GMT -8
I agree. Call it something else but not Yes. Even worse for a band like The Who when it's only 2 of the original 4. Or Skynyrd. One left in the band from the original seven.
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jan 10, 2017 18:08:18 GMT -8
Much like I never felt the name, 'Led Zeppelin' should ever be used by any of the surviving members after Bonzo died, I don't feel 'YES' should ever again be used by a Squire-less line-up. He was the only member to be in every incarnation. What say you? I agree. I don't even think they should have used the name 'YES' on the 90125 album. I liked it, but it wasn't 'YES' to me.
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Jan 10, 2017 19:31:01 GMT -8
Much like I never felt the name, 'Led Zeppelin' should ever be used by any of the surviving members after Bonzo died, I don't feel 'YES' should ever again be used by a Squire-less line-up. He was the only member to be in every incarnation. What say you? I agree. I don't even think they should have used the name 'YES' on the 90125 album. I liked it, but it wasn't 'YES' to me. IMO that was a marketing move. Squire, White, and Rabin were playing in the studio, pumping out stuff that sounded "bad" (says Rabin), but felt good. They were pretty much planning to call the band Cinema when they met up with Anderson in L.A., and played some of their demos for him. He liked what he heard, and soon they were agreeing that there were some vocal arrangements he could improve. Kaye was brought back in and they claim the logical thing to do would be to call themselves YES. I disagree as well, but the 3 founding members obviously have the right. Wakeman even said they gave the 90's its version of 'Roundabout' with 'Owner of a Lonely Heart'. meh Rabin said he came up with the bass rhythm while sitting on the toilet. I guess it just... came out.
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Post by Jeffro on Jan 11, 2017 3:36:04 GMT -8
I enjoyed 90215 back in the day and still like some of the songs but yeah, it's not Yes in a classic sense.
It's ironic that the album that "sounds bad but feels good" turns out to be their most successful studio album.
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Jan 11, 2017 8:58:21 GMT -8
I think much of what "sounded bad" made it to Big Generator rather than 90125. Some was on the YesYears collection.
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