Where do you prefer to see Yes?

[1yesfan]

Your fav. venue to see Yes in?

[Original_Shifty]

I totally agree.

Yes experiences seem better when you feel like you are sharing them with a bunch of your closest friends.

[Robert Shupe]

I voted for the small indoor venue even though I have never seen Yes this way.

I did see GTR this way and it was so intimate. A great way to enjoy a show.

Six Yes Shows - One Indoor Basketball Arena and
Five Outdoor amplitheatres.

Robert Shupe

[Yes Oz]

If your a fan in Australia.............................anywhere. Just get them out here.

[ronw]

Good on Yes Oz. I perfer the small indoor venues, but performing art centers like Artpark and Saratoga are great too. They are designed for orchestra sound.

[Rogo]

This side of the grave is good enough for me, up here in Yes-starved Norway...

:popcorn:

[OzTales]

Originally posted by Yes Oz
If your a fan in Australia.............................anywhere. Just get them out here.

from http://yesworld.com

" ... Yes are also looking into touring Australia and Asia in the coming year though there are no firm details at this time."

We can hardly contain ourselves with excitement. It has been 29 years since they were in Australia. Please come back, soon.

I am interested also in the demand for such a tour. Who would travel to Australia for this. You may be interested in other reasons to visit the great "down under" as well. We have a lot to offer, not the least a cheap currency. We have the original Topographic Oceans (great barrier reef) etc. we have a meet and greet in the planning similar to the "yescapade" . Please email me and leave a contact.

[upbgirl]

I would see them anywhere. In a box, with a fox, on a train in the rain.. wherever [even in kindergarten!] We saw two shows last summer in Michigan and the first was huge outdoor ampitheater-seats 30,000. Bad views, but great dancing singing crowd. Much fun and comradeship. The next show was small outdoor ampitheater at small school for the performing arts-seats 3000. stuffy, too cool to be excited crowd-much better show as far as precision from band and orchestra, but dud's as far as dancing partners!! So i suppose i will have to say i would see them anywhere, but would have more fun if all the dancers and singers-true fans- were there with me!

[yesskater]

In 16 shows, the best sound quality I experienced was in 12/97, when they played the small Buell Theatre in Denver. Incredible power and clarity in a very intimate setting.
Maybe Yesfans around the orb have had better outdoor experiences, but artists tend to play at pathetically low volumes in Colorado outdoor venues. I'm sure many of you have heard of Red Rocks Ampitheatre (made famous by U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" video). The TALK tour played there in 1994, and the acoustics were subpar.
If there was anyway Yes could tour in the round again in a SMALL indoor arena, that would be the ideal concert for me.

I saw them at the Arie Crown Theatre in Chicago last year and it was the best of the 3 shows I saw them perform last year. Something about that small, intimate setting felt so wonderful. The sound was great too. So, if I can't have them in my living room, I'll go see them--really anywhere but would prefer to see them in a small theatre or symphony/opera house. Those guys are so great. Yes Oz, I really feel for you. You too Rogo.

[grasshopper]

I opted for the smaller in-house theatre type of place because it's more intimate than a big civic center or collosium type of venue. I do like the out doors thing but it usually means that alot of visual and sometimes sound effects are scaled down a bit. Red Rocks is probably one of my favorite venues though and would prefer seeing them there than just about anywhere else on the planet. I enjoy the outdoor ampitheatres the best though like The Meadows in Hartford,CT or for an In-House place -The Oakdale in Wallingdord,CT. With places like the Meadows you have the best of both(In-House and Outdoor) The Oakdale has a large stage and good sized house. Places Like the Beacon Theatre on the other hand are way too small to really enjoy the atmosphere because of being too cramped for space although it is a nice little theatre. I work as a stagehand at all kinds of venues and have to say that the best place to see a show is at a place where they took into consideration all the needs(mainly sound and lighting) of producing the best performance and saw it's design to be made with that in mind. It also helps having for the band to have a comfortable place(good star suites) to chill out in. If the band doesn't feel at home then neither will you.
Places like Irvine Meadows, Red Rocks, Ives Concert Park are cool as long as weather permits, but that's a 50/50 chance and all too often you get a soaking wet audience and alot of speaker cabinets that have to be drained out of water when it doesn't.

[RobAdams]

I was surprised at the clarity of the sound at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, which is an outdoor ampitheatre. I was in the lawn section, but the sound was great, and could at least watch the band on the giant video screen. The worst sound I heard at a Yes show was on the TALK tour at the New Haven Coliseum. Jon's vocals were so loud compared to the instruments. I actually left with a throbbing headache. When they played ROUNDABOUT I tried to hang in there till the end. Suddenly ROUNDABOUT transformed into PURPLE HAZE, with Jon sounding absolutely out of key and even out of character. I'd love to hear a properly mixed recording of that show, because I'm sure it was the sound system and not the band that performed poorly that night. May have even been my seat location.

I'd love to see Yes in a more intimate, nightclub, small theater type venue. The Bushnell in Hartford CT is a nice cozy place with decent sound. Someone mentioned The Meadows in Hartford. I was there once to see ELP and Jethro Tull, perhaps in 1995(?).
Talk about lousey sound! The ELP set was somewhat listenable, but Jethro Tull kept losing their vocals in the mix. MY GOD was a rare moment when it all sounded okay, which was great to see.
I still haven't returned to the Meadows.

[grasshopper]

I agree with your dissapointment with the Tull/ ELP show the at the Meadows because everyone said the same thing as to being upset with Ian Andersons voice that night and the sound system they were using wasn't the greatest. But on the other hand when a band comes there with a good sound system it's pretty good there. YES even did much of their rehearsals there as many other bands regularly do. I work there and know that they did take some considerations when building it to design a place that made sound design into consideration when building it. They did cut back on some of what was proposed but It has great potential for good sound. I've set up everything from the cheasiest sound systems there to some of the best, Like the original wall of sound there. It depends on what ever the band is lucky enough to get their hands on for their tour. Some have lower budgets than others or bigger acts have already rented out the best systems with better budgets in hand. I can't say that the lawn will give you great sound since they usually rely on the house's sound for that, but others have set up mega sound in your face tours where they didn't forget about the lawn people and set up an extra 3 or 4 full sound systems just for those in the lawn area to get nothing less than what people in the good sized house experienced.
Working with Tull several times made me lose some respect for them( especially Ian Anderson's oversized Ego). They have improved and have worked on making up for that the last time I worked with them. I loved working with their crew who some of wanted me to join with them and go on tour with them. I still have a long list of contacts with them If I ever feel like joining them but I'm not sure that I could handle Ian's ego for too long. The only one who's really stuck it out with him all these years is Martin Barr, a really great guy. Their drummer is also a great and real down to earth person who I admire because he really wants everything to sound perfect on his part.
Anyhow I had no complaints with Yes doing their Masterworks there with Kansas. and did some readjustments to their set to help Steve Howes complaints of getting too much of Alans drums overpowering his soundto the point Steve couldn't really hear himself playing as he need to in order to sychronize the complicated music parts correctly. In all Steve was very pleased when we fixed that problem for him thanks to the works and knowledge of problem solving of former Stage Manager, Tom, and my helping him construct his cure for the problem. I thought it sounded very well but then again I was right up there in the first few rows where sight and sound are the best in any case. So don't let that one show fool you, I heard some of the best sounding shows there and although there could have been some better designs made for sound presence there, it still can be accomplished there.
New Haven Collasium like you said sucks. The place is old and has been on the brink of being shut down for decades now. They are still planning on tearing the place down since it was never designed for rock shows and only rarely get concerts there anymore since better places have recently been constructed. It's just that the place has a good history of many acts performing there in the past that still keeps it alive because in the days of old(YESterdays) some of the best shows at the time occured there and I was lucky enough to catch a lot of them and work some of them. I can tell you the place has always had flaws from the start and don't be suprised if they tear it down and construct a much better Collasium in it's place. It's onlt costing New Haven more $$ to keep it there as is than it's really worth.
I think Saratoga is too big for lawn space and the bridge to get into the house is a total pain to get through and pretty much impossible to see the band other than by video screen when on the huge spread out lawn.
The Bushnell with all it's long history of shows I still feel is too small of a place for them. Although it may not be as cramped or have as steep seeting where having to look down at such a narrow degree of angle to see the stage if in the balcony section as the Beacon Theatre in NYC, Places like The Oakdale took alot of design into account as to not having sound echoing or being directed where it'll bounce of walls to send signals in wrond directions and my only complaint there is I wish the house were a little bit bigger and there are some weak spots in the far corners where sight and sound don't match if seated say 15' more towards center stage. They don't usually even sell those seats unless the show was such a sell out that they said we'll let some more in hust to fill the house, why not?
I'd say for outdoor amphitheatres that Cayahoga Falls in OH would be Ideal for YES to play. It's of great size and in a beatuiful region in the great outdoors. The seating in the house up front are sectioned off into little private sections with huge , wide , and comfy chairs that actually have peoples names on them. I was lucky enough to get one of those sections(2nd row center stage) that are normally for sponsors for myself and just got others to hang out in those great seats who would have normally been somewhere in the background somewhere. I've chosen this place as the Ideal place for a YES show since it's probably the nicest outdoor amphitheatre in the country but they don't appreciate having rock shows there to often because of it's high class status that can be destroyed by huge rick shows. So if they ever make it there don't be suprized at an overload of police and security presence. I don't see a YES crowd causing problems anywhere but who knows how the people who run the places feelings?
What I'd like to see happen is YES adopt the booking of multiple nights in each city visited to expand the huge amount of material they could cover by doing a different show on different nights. YES is the only band I can honestly say that I never get sick of hearing the same songs over and over again but it'd be great if each show wasn't a duplicate of the show before. They can leave a few songs that everybody wants to hear on the list from night to night but I'm a firm beleiver in that a different show each night will only make the show more interesting and insure YESfans of not letting themselves miss a show on a fallowing night. Even if there were just a few floating tunes it would add an extra element and make each show more unique. Even if they tried to pull something out of the bag at last minute that was not rehearsed to death and played it with a little improvisation(even if it didn't amount to what they wished it to sound like) noone would complain, and share a different feeling of moods and consciousness more than what a same set setlist would do night after night.
What do you think?

[jcostello]

The two Yesshows I've enjoyed the most were both outdoors -- Moondance Ranch, in Walker Minnesota, on the Open Your Eyes summer tour, and the Masterworks show at Taste of Chicago. If they come here on the 2002 summer tour, though, I'd like to see them play one of two places closer to home (as well as Close to the Edge): The Minnesota Zoo, in Apple Valley (a Minneapolis suburb) has a great outdoor amphitheater for concerts, and I think Jon would groove on playing a show at a zoo (he could make all sorts of animal/environment-related comments/jokes, and Yes could play "Don't Kill the Whale"). Also, Yes could do a show at Canterbury Downs, a racetrack in Shakopee (a western Mpls. suburb), which had Styx and Kansas last year. Other than that, if they ever want to play in the backyard of the apartment complex (it has a waterfall and woods), they're welcome anytime.

Peace, Love, and I Would Say Yes to the Zoo,

John C.

[brismike]

Wow Grasshopper ... Do you know what paragraphs are? I tried to read your post but i fell asleep before i got to the middle..:))


Mike

[grasshopper]

Sorry about the long paragraphs. I am in realization of it but I guess it's just been rebbing off on me from books I study where some paragraphs are up to 2 pages long(in small text). Sorry about typos too.
On the other hand, Alpine Valley in Wisconsin is great for them too. I've just been lucky enough to have never had to be stuck in a rain storm there during showtime though. I did get caught in one of the worst hail storms there in the month of July(I beleive) hanging out the night before a show there. It would have been a catastrophy if it happened while a performance was going on and people would have been hurt. Stevie Ray Vaughn also died leaving there.

That gave me a chill grasshopper.

[Flo]

I prefer small venues of course, more intimacy... Out of the five concerts I've attended two were in venues of about 15 000 people and the last ones were in small halls (kinds of theater). I found it much better. The only problem with small venues is that it means Yes is less popular thant it used to be...

Boy do I agree with that Flo!

[jcostello]

Originally posted by Flo
I prefer small venues of course, more intimacy...

I just thought of something: I think it was the sessions for "Tales" where Jon Anderson had the studio help erect bathroom walls in the studio because he wanted to get that great bathroom/singing in the shower sound quality. How 'bout if Yes did a concert in a bathroom! It could be a pay-per-view deal (it would have to be a big bathroom to fit the band and the camera crew, but hey, this is rock 'n' roll), and almost 30 years later, Jon could finally have what he wanted.

Peace, Love, and If You've Never Thought of a Toilet as a Musical Instrument, Now Might Be the Time,

John C.

[grasshopper]

Makes sense to me. If Yes is in town then of coarse urine town as well! Just some bathroom humor. Sorry.

Hey, where ever they want to play is ok by me.

[Jackaranda]

I voted for outdoors, as my best experience at a Yes concert (though not neccesrily the best concert) was at Riverbend in Cincinnati--provided I'm sitting in the seats and not on the lawn!!

[brotherofmine]

I would see them anywhere. In a box, with a fox, on a train in the rain.. wherever in a coat reading their keynotes, In a boat with a new song Jon wrote, In the sky singing "And You And I", In a flat it's much better than 'Take That', In a tree with a view of the sea (and the Topographic Oceans) , In a castle without too much hassle, In a groove listening to "Your Move", In a car that's going so far (but not a "White Car"!), In a hedge while playing Close To The Edge, In a rage with special guest Jimmy Page, On a "Ladder" "Face to Face", Even "Survival" at Bill Bruford's place, On the floor listening to Igor, On an album sleeve featuring Trevor and Steve, YES ......anywher, anytime I would see them.......EVEN eating "Green Eggs and Ham"!!!!!!!!!!!!

[custom55]

Outdoors, but mother natural is so unpredictable. I'm seeing them at two outdoor venues this month....PNC and Atlantic City, NJ.

[Timmo]

My first choice of venue would be the Greek Theater here in LA. It's an outdoor venue, but it's nestled in a canyon in Griffith Park, so the accoustics are wonderful.

The big negative to the Greek is that the parking SUCKS. It's stacked on a field, so if you're surrounded by cars, say if you have to leave a show early, you can't leave.

Universal Amphitheater is, however, my close second choice! YAY!

TIM
Venice, CA

[cinderella]

Indoors, at a small place, and up as close as possible.

The only Yes concerts I've gone to have been in large arenas.

I saw them at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia Maryland (near Washington D.C.) and it was outside. That was very cool lying on the lawn looking up at the stars listening to Yes.

I saw Trevor Rabin at a small place, when he did his solo tour. Nice and intimate. That was very good. Definitely the way to go. :valintine

[Silent_wings]

Universal Amphitheater is, however, my close second choice! YAY!

Universal is a great place to see Yes

But I love the Santa Barbabra County Bowl
better parking than the Greek and surrounded by trees.
We saw ABWH there.

[Scooty]

I would see Yes in a shed
I would see Yes in a bed
I would see Yes at a fair
I would see Yes in the air
I would see Yes in an arena
I would see Yes in a....damn ran outta rhymin' skills


Scoot

[the'YES'kid]

I voted for "House of Blues" type of place. That way you don't have to worry about getting great seat, you just go earlier than everybody else.

About "my backyard". I don't have one and they wouldn't fit in my living room.

[Earl Grey]

I am thrilling to the fact that I just got 8th row center for the Universal Ampitheatre for September!

This is my favorite 'large' venue for YES. The acoustics are quite good, and it's just a great venue for the band... Not to large, not too small. And it's 'home' for Jon and Chris, so there are usually 'luminaries' in the audience (Rabin, Emerson, family and friends!).

I am really excited now!

Good tix, great venue, the best of friends and family to boot.

EG:yesbird:

[BrianD]

So long as they are in the same building or same outdoor amphitheatre I am content.

[Earl Grey]

So long as they are in the same building or same outdoor amphitheatre I am content.

Brian: You would fall under the 'family and friends' category in my last post!

SO glad you will be there! Fantastic, and you will LOVE the venue!

The future is sweet!

EGG

[BrianD]

Fantastic - well I am definitely content!

[Earl Grey]

Fantastic - well I am definitely content!

The sound at UA is the best I've heard in a large arena. And they have a big projection-screen over the stage, so every seat is a good seat...

And you will be among those who love you, and I'm counting the days!

There is no such thing as 'too much fun'!

EG:yesbird:

[BrianD]

I just told my wife Debbie - who unfortunately can't make it for this trip - her response was 'What continent won't you be seeing Yes play this year?' Now her dream is to visit Antarctica (not something that I am too fussed about myself but I'm resigned to the idea that we'll do it one day) and she said after that - 'I just want to go to Antarctica and I'll be content'. I replied 'When do Yes play there?' At that point I ducked....

[Gabriel]

I prefer to see Yes [and other bands] in small, indoor venues simply because of the intamicy with the fans and band.

Best way to enjoy a concert and take in the music I think.

[cinderella]

I would see Yes in a shed
I would see Yes in a bed
I would see Yes at a fair
I would see Yes in the air
I would see Yes in an arena
I would see Yes in a....damn ran outta rhymin' skills


Scoot

http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev2/files/Cinderella/lmaosmiley.gif I'm sorry that just slays me!!!

[brotherofmine]

If you liked Scoot's Cinder's go to post #24.

[Scooty]

If you liked Scoot's Cinder's go to post #24.


Show off ;) :lmao:

Scoot

[cinderella]

If you liked Scoot's Cinder's go to post #24.

How could I have missed that one!! Gawd Tony, you're worse than Scoot!!

http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev2/files/Cinderella/lmaosmiley.gif

[Timmo]

Universal was great. It is my favorite indoor hall in LA. The Wiltern is OK if you have good seats, but the accoustics aren't as good.

There's just something magical about seeing Yes outside on a warm summer night. Next time it HAS to be the Greek Theater! One of the few "sheds" with good accoustics, because it's set into a canyon and thus gets reverberation.

Would have loved to see them at Red Rocks, I've always wanted to see a concert there. So dramatic!

[Yes Lover]

Where do I prefer to see Yes.........hmmm, let me think.......

Why is there no option in the poll saying "In my bedroom"?

lol

[pixiedave]

My first choice of venue would be the Greek Theater here in LA. It's an outdoor venue, but it's nestled in a canyon in Griffith Park, so the accoustics are wonderful.

The big negative to the Greek is that the parking SUCKS. It's stacked on a field, so if you're surrounded by cars, say if you have to leave a show early, you can't leave.

Universal Amphitheater is, however, my close second choice! YAY!

TIM
Venice, CA
I peaked at the Greek!

sorry old grateful dead shirt
84 Darkstar Encore! Yeeeah baby!

[sissywoods]

Anywhere they are playing. Small venues are more personable though.

[justyes]

Yes I'd love to have Yes at home.

[jcostello]

The two Yesshows I've enjoyed the most were both outdoors -- Moondance Ranch, in Walker Minnesota, on the Open Your Eyes summer tour, and the Masterworks show at Taste of Chicago. If they come here on the 2002 summer tour, though, I'd like to see them play one of two places closer to home (as well as Close to the Edge): The Minnesota Zoo, in Apple Valley (a Minneapolis suburb) has a great outdoor amphitheater for concerts, and I think Jon would groove on playing a show at a zoo (he could make all sorts of animal/environment-related comments/jokes, and Yes could play "Don't Kill the Whale"). Also, Yes could do a show at Canterbury Downs, a racetrack in Shakopee (a western Mpls. suburb), which had Styx and Kansas last year. Other than that, if they ever want to play in the backyard of the apartment complex (it has a waterfall and woods), they're welcome anytime.

Peace, Love, and I Would Say Yes to the Zoo,

John C.

Wow, hard to believe that this is 3 1/2 years old!

Last time Yes was here, they played the Target Center. Big mistake! Sound there isn't that good. Yes should stick with the State Theatre in Minneapolis, where they played for the last few tours before that. The Target Center may offer the opportunity to fill a few more seats and maybe make a little bit more money, but I still prefer the State Theatre. Gone are the days when Yes can fill the big arenas (in most cities, anyway), and they'll just have to accept the fact that there are only about 2,000-4,000 of us per city who are willing to pay the higher ticket prices to see them.

John Super Mega Yesfan

[allpurechance]

...something about Yes playing into the gathering gloaming,the evening,as the light is changing...mmm,yeah...there be Magic there...oh,& by the way...lmaoOOOOOOOOOOooooooo @ "in my backyard"(this is a recurring fantasy of mine-ask anyone who knows me!...).So I voted for 'outdoors',but how about an 'intimate outdoor setting'?(...ya know,like...uhm...my backyard!....!...you're all invited!)...!

[rickweber]

A House of Blues kind of show would be cool. I'm not to picky. They've taken away all the good places in Maryland. The Capital Center is gone. (Near Washington) Merriweather is on it's way to demolishion, Yes fans in Maryland are running out of options. There's always my back yard.......

[True Believer]

If your a fan in Australia.............................anywhere. Just get them out here.
I second that Yes Oz!

[Hill St.]

I saw them twice on the last tour.Once inside,once outside.I preferred the outside concert.It was late summer in Alpine,Ca.(approx.30 miles east of San Diego)4th row seat in a 1,000 seat venue.Nothing beats Yes under the stars

[raz]

The best Yes Show I saw was in The Royal Albert Hall.
Excellent venue.
I chose hockey Stadium tho.

[jcostello]

...something about Yes playing into the gathering gloaming,the evening,as the light is changing...mmm,yeah...there be Magic there...oh,& by the way...lmaoOOOOOOOOOOooooooo @ "in my backyard"(this is a recurring fantasy of mine-ask anyone who knows me!...).So I voted for 'outdoors',but how about an 'intimate outdoor setting'?(...ya know,like...uhm...my backyard!....!...you're all invited!)...!

Performing the complete "Tales" in my bathroom. Originally, Jon was going to have them construct bathroom-type walls around him while they were recording the album to get those enhanced acoustics. We can put Alan's drum kit in the tub, Rick can sit on the toilet seat with his keyboard (he's limited to one) in front of him, Steve can sit in the sink, and Jon and Chris can stand in front of the tub. It might be uncomfortable, but great suffering produces great art, right?

John Super Mega Silly Yesfan

[Dances w/PURPLE]

In my house. ha ha. YES party to be sure!

[allgoodyes]

The music of Yes is full of power, drama, nuance and complexity. It needs to be heard in a theatre to be truly appreciated.

[cactus jon]

Hey, I'm twenty minutes awas from Red Rocks. As long as the weather is good, this is the most magical place to see any band..

I wouldn't mind them playing where my avatar is at either.