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hezekiah jones · 06-01-2003, 01:23 PM

Originally posted by Jimmy Higgins
Still think CTTE is the best composition of all-time still.

Yeah but it's 87-1/2 minutes long! That's no fair!

Anyway, I'm waiting for your Patrick Moraz / Refugee thread.

Cofffee · 06-01-2003, 02:08 PM

Yeah, sometimes sentamental and new-agey, but it's so beautifully melodic.

I think it would be such a blast to see them live.

Jimmy Higgins · 06-01-2003, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by hezekiah jones
Originally posted by Jimmy Higgins
Still think CTTE is the best composition of all-time still.

Yeah but it's 87-1/2 minutes long! That's no fair!

Come on, it's only 19 minutes long.

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Anyway, I'm waiting for your Patrick Moraz / Refugee thread.

I know nothing about Moraz except that he is Swiss.

I still like the idea of Yes doing the National Anthem for the Super Bowl, the whole group including Wakeman. The thing lasts 20 minutes with a couple guitar and keyboard solos. Everyone in the crowd starts looking at each other after the first five minutes, when they still haven't started the words yet.

paul30 · 06-02-2003, 08:37 AM

This was a hard one, because I am the ultimate Yes fanboy.

I even like Tormato.

I even like Rabin!!~!~

Yes, I am shameless.

Overall, I think Tales from Topographic Oceans their best, but I also love Close to the Edge (whole album) and Relayer (even "cha cha cha cha cha").

Too bad you didn't have "Mind Drive" on the poll.

Mageth · 06-02-2003, 09:04 AM

I think it would be such a blast to see them live.

I did, in 1974!!! In the Houston Astrodome, though, so the acoustics weren't the greatest. I sat on the floor (literally on the floor - there were no chairs on the floor) maybe 20 yards in front of the monster bank of speakers on the left of the stage. I couldn't hear for three days.

Gryphon opened, and John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra were also on the ticket.

Here's the Yes set:

Dec 2 1974 - Houston Astrodome, Houston TX
1 Firebird Suite
2 Sound Chaser
3 Close To The Edge
- The Solid Time of Change
- Total Mass Retain
- I Get Up I Get Down
- Seasons of Man
4 To Be Over
5 Gates of Delirium
6 And You And I
- Cord of Life
- Eclipse
- The Preacher the Teacher
- Apocalypse
7 Ritual - Nous Sommes Du Soleil
8 Roundabout

I'd have a hard time picking a favorite, but I've Seen All Good People/Your Move, and The Solid Time of Change/Total Mass Retain are right up there.

Jimmy Higgins · 06-02-2003, 09:11 AM

Yes's Masterworks tour stop in Boston was the best concert ever. I mean Kansas was pretty good, performing as well as they did when I saw the Masterworks tour in Columbus. But Yes in Boston was so on the spot, performing much greater than in Columbus (even though they kicked ass in Columbus). I swear, they could have ended the show after the second song of Starship Trooper and I would have left so elated and pleased.

The only turn off was that the crowd was so damn old. Here I am, 24 or 25, full of energy, the music is powerful, standing up during the entire performance of Close to the Edge, meanwhile after the first five minutes of that opener, they started to sit down. People were getting angry at me, so I had to sit during most of the other stuff. But they were so on that night that people weren't appreciating, get some darn stamina, will ya?

mike_decock · 06-02-2003, 09:34 AM

I voted for Awaken but Close To The Edge could have won on a different day. If Tempus Fugit was on the list, it would be even harder to choose.

-Mike...

LeftCoast · 06-02-2003, 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by Mageth
I think it would be such a blast to see them live.

I did, in 1974!!! In the Houston Astrodome, though, so the acoustics weren't the greatest. I sat on the floor (literally on the floor - there were no chairs on the floor) maybe 20 yards in front of the monster bank of speakers on the left of the stage. I couldn't hear for three days.

Gryphon opened, and John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra were also on the ticket.

Here's the Yes set:

Dec 2 1974 - Houston Astrodome, Houston TX
<snip>

I saw them on the same tour in Tulsa Oklahoma. I think I might still have the ticket stub somewhere but I'd have no idea where to look.

I don't recall who opened in Tulsa (thought the name Gryphon does sound familiar), however I do know that the Mahavishnu Orchestra was not on the program.

I saw them several more times over the remainder of the 70's - the last couple of times they used a rotating circular stage in the middle of the venue.

As for favorite - I voted for "Close to the Edge" in the list above, but I'd have to say that most of my favorites are on the 1973 - "YesSongs" album. Pretty much any number where Steve Howe got to run-wild on the Guitar (He was always one of my "Guitar Hero's"). "Yours is no Disgrace", "And You and I" and "Starship Trooper" are ones that I go back and listen to on a regular basis.

Equal_Mark · 06-02-2003, 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by Jimmy Higgins
The only turn off was that the crowd was so damn old. Here I am, 24 or 25, full of energy, the music is powerful, standing up during the entire performance of Close to the Edge, meanwhile after the first five minutes of that opener, they started to sit down. People were getting angry at me, so I had to sit during most of the other stuff. But they were so on that night that people weren't appreciating, get some darn stamina, will ya?

Wait till you're 50, whippersnapper! :boohoo:

I saw them back in 91 at NJ Meadowlands when they toured with all 3 keyboardests.

hezekiah jones · 06-02-2003, 12:22 PM

Originally posted by Mageth
... John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra were also on the ticket.

Awesome. Birds of Fire is one of my favorite records of all time.

As for Patrick Moraz, he made at least one record with "Refugee," along with two former members of The Nice, Keith Emerson's old band. I don't have Refugee's album anymore. As I recall, it was pretty masturbatory. Moraz was pretty good though.

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06-01-2003, 01:23 PM	#11
hezekiah jones Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: WI Posts: 4,357	Re: Best Yessong? Originally posted by Jimmy Higgins Still think CTTE is the best composition of all-time still. Yeah but it's 87-1/2 minutes long! That's no fair! Anyway, I'm waiting for your Patrick Moraz / Refugee thread.

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06-01-2003, 02:08 PM	#12
Cofffee Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pickering, ON, CA Posts: 447	Yeah, sometimes sentamental and new-agey, but it's so beautifully melodic. I think it would be such a blast to see them live.

06-02-2003, 08:37 AM	#14
paul30 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 870	This was a hard one, because I am the ultimate Yes fanboy. I even like Tormato. I even like Rabin!!~!~ Yes, I am shameless. Overall, I think Tales from Topographic Oceans their best, but I also love Close to the Edge (whole album) and Relayer (even "cha cha cha cha cha"). Too bad you didn't have "Mind Drive" on the poll.

06-02-2003, 09:04 AM	#15
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	I think it would be such a blast to see them live. I did, in 1974!!! In the Houston Astrodome, though, so the acoustics weren't the greatest. I sat on the floor (literally on the floor - there were no chairs on the floor) maybe 20 yards in front of the monster bank of speakers on the left of the stage. I couldn't hear for three days. Gryphon opened, and John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra were also on the ticket. Here's the Yes set: Dec 2 1974 - Houston Astrodome, Houston TX 1 Firebird Suite 2 Sound Chaser 3 Close To The Edge - The Solid Time of Change - Total Mass Retain - I Get Up I Get Down - Seasons of Man 4 To Be Over 5 Gates of Delirium 6 And You And I - Cord of Life - Eclipse - The Preacher the Teacher - Apocalypse 7 Ritual - Nous Sommes Du Soleil 8 Roundabout I'd have a hard time picking a favorite, but I've Seen All Good People/Your Move, and The Solid Time of Change/Total Mass Retain are right up there.

06-02-2003, 09:11 AM	#16
Jimmy Higgins Contributor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Proud Citizen of Freedonia Posts: 42,473	Yes's Masterworks tour stop in Boston was the best concert ever. I mean Kansas was pretty good, performing as well as they did when I saw the Masterworks tour in Columbus. But Yes in Boston was so on the spot, performing much greater than in Columbus (even though they kicked ass in Columbus). I swear, they could have ended the show after the second song of Starship Trooper and I would have left so elated and pleased. The only turn off was that the crowd was so damn old. Here I am, 24 or 25, full of energy, the music is powerful, standing up during the entire performance of Close to the Edge, meanwhile after the first five minutes of that opener, they started to sit down. People were getting angry at me, so I had to sit during most of the other stuff. But they were so on that night that people weren't appreciating, get some darn stamina, will ya?

06-02-2003, 09:34 AM	#17
mike_decock Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,505	I voted for Awaken but Close To The Edge could have won on a different day. If Tempus Fugit was on the list, it would be even harder to choose. -Mike...

06-02-2003, 12:22 PM	#20
hezekiah jones Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: WI Posts: 4,357	Originally posted by Mageth ... John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra were also on the ticket. Awesome. Birds of Fire is one of my favorite records of all time. As for Patrick Moraz, he made at least one record with "Refugee," along with two former members of The Nice, Keith Emerson's old band. I don't have Refugee's album anymore. As I recall, it was pretty masturbatory. Moraz was pretty good though.

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