Yes [‘Roundabout’}

iowntheworld ^ | August 10, 2013 - 19:00 New_York | Claudia

[virgil283]

"...All I saw were old farts like me. Thousands of them. Some ex-hippies, some corporate bankers and yet others not definable. But rarely – very rarely – younger than 30-40. I was surrounded.

And then the music started. Three of the five ‘original’ members of Yes played for three hours straight. “Close to the Edge” was performed in its entirety, from beginning to end. They then played from “The Yes Album” and their encore was one of my favorites; ‘Roundabout’.

The lead singer was no Jon Anderson, but he did try hard. And the keyboardist was not Rick Wakeman, but still enjoyable. The other three original band members, Steve Howe, Alan White and Chris Squire were fantastic...."

Yes Album;

[virgil283]

The Yes Album

[ClearCase_guy]

Would the Founding Fathers have dug Prog Rock?

[ConservativeStatement]

I have seen the band live a few times though not recently. The early 90s Union tour with eight musicians was a highlight.

[gotribe]

Nah, they would be rap fans.

[jurroppi1]

That was a stellar show indeed!

[bmwcyle]

At college I got to help Rich Wakeman carry his Moog and set it up on stage.

[Olog-hai]

Steve Howe isn’t an original member of Yes. The late Peter Banks (died March 7^th of this year) was the original lead guitarist, playing on the first two albums; he also came up with the band’s name.

[plain talk]

I have seen them quite a few times and saw this recent tour. I was glad to see them again and liked the idea of playing through entire albums. Unfortunately the sound was not mixed very well but can’t fully blame the band for that. I enjoyed it

[virgil283]

I got to help Rich Wakeman carry his Moog ...no kidding... how did that happen ?????

[Yogafist]

Saw them in 1982 at the Long Beach Sports Arena, in the round. Well I only “saw” them a couple times during the ocasional parting of the marijuana cloud. But I definitely heard them. One of the concerts I will never forget. My ears rang for about two weeks.

[Freestate316]

Saw them ages ago. Though I recognized their talent, they were never my cup of tea.

[Moonman62]

Steve Howe isn’t an original member of Yes.

I think he used to post on FR.

[ClearCase_guy]

Peter: I have the name for the band.
Jon: You do?
Peter: Yes.
Jon: Well, are you going to tell us?
Peter: Yes.
Jon: Are you fooling around?
Peter: No, I’m totally serious.
Jon: So, you really have a name picked out?
Peter: Yes.
Jon: What is it?
Peter: The Beatles.

[hirn_man]

The first concert I ever attended was Yes when they were on their “Close to the Edge” tour.
IIRC Rick Wakeman was not an original Yes member. That would I believe be Lenny Kaye on keyboards. I also remember a thread years ago where some Freepers met Lenny and he is a conservative guy.

[Moonman62]

I saw them back in the 90’s with all the original members. I’m not a big fan but my friend was. I liked the show, and remember Squire playing Amazing Grace solo.

[Norm Lenhart]

For synth geeks, that’s like getting to touch the Holy Grail. Few would wash their hands again.

[bmwcyle]

I worked all shows and built the plays.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I saw them in the round in the 80’s. Wasn’t so good. To me Yes are like the Eagles. They sound great on an Album but you would probably fall asleep at their concerts.

[ClearCase_guy]

That’s Tony Kaye, I believe.

Lenny Kaye is the guitarist associated with Patti Smith. Less Prog, more Punk.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— Though I recognized their talent, they were never my cup of tea. -—

Same here. I didn’t appreciate the great variety of music in the late sixties and the seventies. From top 40 to Motown to prog rock to heavy metal, soul, art rock... So much great stuff. We were spoiled.

Now all there is is auto-tuned dance music and rap.