Posted on 07/08/2004 12:18:18 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Sorry, I love both and have every scrap of music ever created by either....including many bootlegs and unreleased material. I'm also a guitarist....so that may account for some of my "mania".
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Go GEDDY!!!
Oh.. Im 35 and Yes and Rush = 2x Awesome!
I think somewhere, I still have the video collection from that album. It's got some behind-the-scenes stuff, as well as a live performance of "Heart of the Sunrise".
That settles it, I'm breaking out all my old video collections tonight...
They were here in Atlanta at the end of April. They are touring Europe now, and will be back in the US for a tour with Dream Theater in the fall. The tour this spring was the 35th anniversary tour ... I remember their 10th anniversary tour (in the round) like it was 2 decades ago ... :)
Was just going to ping you here...
Roll the Bones! :-)
What doesn't need more cowbell? {/Will Ferrell} 8^)
I'd prefer if you not air-drum to YYZ.
My brother and I, also...Rush and Yes are tied for #1.
You'll love it. Be there at show time if you don't want to miss anything because they start promptly. The sets are long, the tunes span their whole career along with some late-60s/early-70s classic rock tunes thrown in for fun! And pay attention to the double Maytag dryer. When they come out for the encore, Geddy and Alex should be throwing out special 30th Anniversary t-shirts that you can't buy. It says on the back that it "came from Geddy's dryer." Get ready to catch one. I had my hand on one but the huge military dude in front of me had a better hold, and I decided not to get all Kung-Fu on him and make him feel bad. ;>)
35.
Rush and Yes were the two favorite bands of myself and 3 high school friends.
Depending on what group of Rush fan you're in, you may not perceive the overlap.
1/2 of the Rush fanbase are pseudo-metalheads who also liked Led Zep, and then perhaps got into the Metallicas of the world, but still liked Rush, but it's the "lightest" stuff they listen to.
The other 1/2 of the Rush fanbase aren't quite metalheads, but like progressive music (Yes, Gabriel, Early Genesis, Floyd, King Crimson, etc.) and tend to be exceedingly intelligent, but slightly, nerdy engineers and such.
Then at Yes concerts 1/2 the fanbase will be the general progressive rock/nerdy engineer guys, and the other 1/2 will be flower children tripping on acid.
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Oh man...that's cool. I'll have to bookmark that, and keep an eye on it to see if they come up to New England.
I have a hard time justifying the expense of concert tickets, so I may just wait for some new DVD to come out.
If anyone has the opportunity to see Rick Wakeman's solo show, DO IT!
I saw him in a tiny theater in Maryland last year. He intersperses playing his keyboard with telling incredibly hilarious stories (In England he's more well known as an MC and Game Show Host than for playing with Yes.)
He has one about Jon Anderson, one about when he had just gone solo and was drinking heavily and a very "Spinal Tap" moment, one about trying to smuggle a Soviet Admiral's uniform out of the Soviet Union, etc.
44, pushing 45. Got my first Yes album when I was 13 (Fragile) and my first Rush album when I was 15 (Fly by Night).
It's not my favorite--2112 and A Farewell to Kings are tops in my book, BUT, it's a fine bit of work.
"The other 1/2 of the Rush fanbase aren't quite metalheads, but like progressive music (Yes, Gabriel, Early Genesis, Floyd, King Crimson, etc.) and tend to be exceedingly intelligent, but slightly, nerdy engineers and such."
LOL! That'd be me, matey! Especially the nerdy engineer part - "Countdown" on signals still gives me chills, me being a space dude and all.
Agreed, but not me.
The other 1/2 of the Rush fanbase aren't quite metalheads, but like progressive music (Yes, Gabriel, Early Genesis, Floyd, King Crimson, etc.) and tend to be exceedingly intelligent, but slightly, nerdy engineers and such.
Ahhh...there we go! Prog-Rock Rules! (Don't forget Emerson, Lake, & Palmer to the list. Kansas, too)
I resemble that remark...except for the "intelligent" part. 8^)
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