What is your rating of the DVD/Video Symphonic Live?

[BrianD]

Well we have done the albums, now the DVD/videos. Lets see what we think about the quality of all these Yes visual offerings. Just give it your rating out of ten and eventually we'll be able to give our Yesfans combined opinion.

[BrianD]

Only 5 votes!! average 9.6

[Andersonic]

my vote is predictable: 10 points from the Dutch jury!

[Joe]

PURE EXCELLENCE!

My God! What quality! I love the orchestra. They didn't
over do it. Like I said in other posts about Symphonic....
It's YES in 3D

[Yes2Yes]

I want to buy this one. I think I'll go shopping on Monday.

[pedro skychaser]

it has "gates of delirium",played differently from QPR,the orchestra surges,tom bangs,jon declaims,the chick flautists nod their heads,some guy dances up the aisles like nureyev...................


petermcguiness.tripod.com

[gathernear]

Performance and recorded quality are super! A 10 from me.


Larry

[allpurechance]

it has "gates of delirium",played differently from QPR,the orchestra surges,tom bangs,jon declaims,the chick flautists nod their heads,some guy dances up the aisles like nureyev...................


petermcguiness.tripod.com

...and Alan, as required, bangs up The Proverbial Storm!As the song transitions into Soon, those luscious chords float up into the air, on towards heaven, there is a shot of Alan White dripping sweat.It is coming off his nose.It is all over his face.He takes a towel and wipes it off.It is at this moment that we see that he is the great shoulders upon which the foundation of the band rests.And rightfully so.He has just spent the last 16 or so minutes playing some of the most amazing live drums I have ever seen, or will likely ever see again.An amazing performance.

And they are all over this dvd.Every member of the band gets a chance to shine.Close To The Edge is marvellous and magnificent.Ritual is fantastic.And, here is probably the best version available of In The Presence Of.Also here is a great Long Distance Runaround, with Alan again positively electrifying as he splashes those cymbals with no remorse whatsoever.

There isn't a wasted or a bad moment in this entire show.

This is a 10.As fine a document of Live Yes as there is.In Future Times, this may be the one that is referred to as definitive(Tsongas is pretty close, and has the advantage of Rick Wakeman onboard).

Frank

:O)

[astro pud]

This was good. There were a couple of pieces where the orchestration didn't really match up, but overall it was good. I especially like the keyboard player. Nice too see someone putting effort into it (which Wakeman hasn't in about 15 years). And the orchestra dancing during Roundabout is really funny.

[Teacher travelling]

One of the best music DVDs I've seen. Certainly the best Yes one. Great performance, great sound, great visuals, nice oboe player. Animations and extras a bit useless, but easily avoided. Overall superb.

[tommc]

Love it. 10. I run on my treadmill with it blasting on my tv all the time!

[CETACEI]

My son loves it he gives it a 25-30, that about how many times he has watched it. Still great to sit with him and watch it. (10 for me)

[Balrog]

IMHO "Symphonic" is still the highwater mark of Yes video. A very well-executed production of the group during a nearly flawless performance. I especially enjoy "In the Presence Of" (which I think is the finest song the boys have written in many a year).

[soundchaser77]

It is amazing, Its to bad that that was made here a yr before I came here! I love it and the local fish guy here in Ijsselstein was there and he loved it live, can you belive he dosnt even own the dvd of the concert he was at? hahha! but he love my back stage pics i showed him< wish I new how to put them on here, took them with a reg 35mm thow away camara but good pics even so! anyway love this dvd to death! ok doei all!

[RealAir]

just got it. love it to bits!

[MrZuLu]

absolutely priceless...

Brislin's molten rendition of Gates...

that little girl with the Orchestral Cymbals and Tympanis

the two chicks with the clarinets!

oh yeah and YES
HOLY CHIT and Chinaola!


whew

wow
yeah

definitely 11! (only goes to 10 so i said 10)


and did I mention Steve Howe

man!


whew!

[YesJen357]

I want more DVD's like this one....Lots more!
10/10

[True Believer]

Yep, it's a doozy!

[Andersonic]

and what about that incredibly handsome guy in the first row! He peeps under a banner at the end of Starship Trooper...

;)

all kidding (?) aside, the memories of this show are so special. We couldn't believe our eyes when we first saw the DVD. I'm so glad that this one is the best Yes ever did even when it was without Wakeman (who was asked to come in as a special guest!)

'Nice' anekdote; I still kick myself when we went for a late night dinner with Chris S. and Jordan B. instead of joining Tom B. who was in a club with a lot of the Symphonic girls (who were celebrating their last gig with Yes)...ouch...

[YesJen357]

Wow, Andersonic,....I'm jealous!
Well done. I can imagine that the DVD would be very special to you.

[fish62858]

just got it this week. have watched it numerous times. it is really a special moment in Yes history.

sound and video production is the best, and as stated above, performance is nearly flawless. ah, to have had this level of production on earlier shows... "sigh"

if you don't have this one, you don't have Yes at its finest!

PS - i'm in love with the dark haired girl on clarinet!! "sigh" again!

[GatesOfDelirium]

It's possibly the best Yes DVD in terms of quality and capturing a special event. Although I play 'Keys' more despite its sound issues, this is still a stunning show. I don't find the 'Magnification' stuff all that great myself though (particularly 'Don't Go'- yuck), and the bizarre choreography the orchestra performs with their instruments in Yes' solo bits is a bit odd! However, the latter hardly detracts from the music- it's a joy to hear 'Gates Of Delirium' again and in such a good version, whilst 'Ritual' is almost up there with the astonishing version on 'Yesshows'. A definite 8.5.

[jeff]

It is a stunner. Best dvd of Yes, the music selction is brill and the orchestra is total mass retain. It's a toss up between the dark haired cellist or the blonde violinist. What the heck the dvd is so good I'll take bothA1++++ :appl[1]:

[relayerjim]

Up until "Song from Tsongas" I thought "Symphonic" was the best.
I think they are equally the best.
Plus the documentary part was filmed in Philly and I was at that show...

[HarmonicKev]

It is a stunner. Best dvd of Yes, the music selction is brill and the orchestra is total mass retain. It's a toss up between the dark haired cellist or the blonde violinist. What the heck the dvd is so good I'll take bothA1++++ :appl[1]:

Dont forget the brunette percussionist; you know, the one that shakes those egg-shaped things? :angel:

Not too bad for (as Chris so eloquently put it) a bunch of Polish people! :)

[YESYOUANDI]

I don't blinkin know, I was there for the Brum show, I must buy it some day.
"Soon oh soon" I suppose, I think so, well maybe.

Cheers fans.

[Steve Mahoney]

Its Brilliant!

Steve

[CybrKhatru]

Other than Yessongs, it's my favorite Yes DVD.

[Senor Mono]

Great set list, performance, sound, and energy.

My fav Yes dvd by far.

10