Where's the Love for Reading?

[padelimike]

wow

[Bobby Dread]

wow

I understand! But you gotta be more descriptive than that when you have time! Wait to hear your wondrous stories!

[padelimike]

I'm afraid to be any more descriptive than that-there's no way for me to be objective. Suffice it to say that any comment I might have would quickly degenerate into an unintelligible torrent of adulation. The "Core Instrument Group" wiLL always have the ability to move me this way.
Oliver Wakeman was wonderful. He seemed to be having a fabulous time, and seemed to me to be a super choice for the band. I thought he did a great job of balancing his "voice" with the old guys. My favorite Live Yes Keys were always from Patrick Moraz, and we haven't seen him in over 30 years. I would consider Oliver a reason to go see 'em again!
Benoit David was also a great fit. He clearly has a great passion for the songs, and that love shone through in his performance. That his vocal quality is very similar to Jon's was sweet, so the songs aLL sounded "right". Must be a chaLLenge to go out there night after night with your entire audience wishing you were someone else.
Great job, Oliver and Benoit!
Get well Jon!
Much love
-Mike

[Bobby Dread]

I'm afraid to be any more descriptive than that-there's no way for me to be objective. Suffice it to say that any comment I might have would quickly degenerate into an unintelligible torrent of adulation. The "Core Instrument Group" wiLL always have the ability to move me this way.
Oliver Wakeman was wonderful. He seemed to be having a fabulous time, and seemed to me to be a super choice for the band. I thought he did a great job of balancing his "voice" with the old guys. My favorite Live Yes Keys were always from Patrick Moraz, and we haven't seen him in over 30 years. I would consider Oliver a reason to go see 'em again!
Benoit David was also a great fit. He clearly has a great passion for the songs, and that love shone through in his performance. That his vocal quality is very similar to Jon's was sweet, so the songs aLL sounded "right". Must be a chaLLenge to go out there night after night with your entire audience wishing you were someone else.
Great job, Oliver and Benoit!
Get well Jon!
Much love
-Mike

So very cool. Thanks for that.

Another Mike

[padelimike]

Forgot to throw some kudos to Alan, who seemed to be recovering nicely from his flu. If not, he hid it weLL and performed like a champ. It was a little hard to hear him, but I think that was more due to my seat location than anything under his control, and likely not the fault of the FOH technician.
(I was kinda close)

[MikeYESfan]

So very cool. Thanks for that.

Another Mike

Another Mike..

What did or didn't they Play?

[ICU]

Very fun time. Thought the new guys worked great. Howe seemed a bit off for the first few minutes of the opening song but that was the only flaw I saw. Just as glad they skipped ****.

Sure seemed like the band was calling itself Yes though. Yes on the marquis, Yes logo on the bass drum, Squire introducing the "newest members of the band" thereby suggesting it was not a new band but was still Yes.

Fine with me for them to do so, but disingenuous to claim they are not.

[joecool]

Great show in Reading;
After seeing so many shows it's always easy to see the warts,but they were very few. I was most impressed with Benoit. He seemed to handle the spotlight with great ease, and his voice was clear and provided strength in some areas where Jon may have been lacking of late.(Still not a replacement tho, by any stretch). Oliver seemed in and out of the mix at times, but played like a pro. Steve was his usual cheerful self.( I'm wondering if he throttled that spotlight operator after the show) Chris and Alan were, well... Chris and Alan. Overall great show, as usual.

[rwhite502]

What a most excellent show - Seeing Steve Howe play up-close was just mesmerizing - especially *****. The man is a god when it comes to playing. Oliver and Benoit were spot-on. Alan and Chris, always a thrill to see and hear Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves onstage. I've seen them on 4 other tours: '94 (Talk), '97 (Open Your Eyes), 2000, and 2002 (Classic) - and after hearing ********* live - it pretty much filled in all the gaps. And in our hometown of Reading, no less.

Just a wonderful evening - even on crutches with a broken ankle. I wouldn't miss these guys - even if I were in a coma ;-)

Rich

[yesanneyes]

This show just seems to be getting better and better!!!!!

[Vic W.]

wow

Exactly what I was going to post last night, lol...

That was amazing. I kept saying "wow: to myself over and over after that concert.

Sorry I missed you guys, if you made it to the Peanut Bar. My plan was to get there early enough to actually have dinner, but what was supposed to be a 1 hour, 50 minute drive from the A.C. area turned into 3 hours. It was a nightmare, the traffic on the back side of Philly. I arrived at the bar at 7:30 and didn't see any Yes t-shirts... so I grabbed a quick beer at the bar and wolfed down some peanuts.

Thank God for the peanuts!

[Scottie]

Another Mike..

What did or didn't they Play?

These reviews are excellent and discreet.

They should be, this is not in the spoilers section.

[Vic W.]

Post deleted because of spoilers

[Scottie]

Thanks for your thoughts Vic and pix!

But you really are obligated to avoid posting specific song titles here. A mod may and should move your post if you don't edit it.

[Vic W.]

Thanks for your thoughts Vic and pix!

But you really are obligated to avoid posting specific song titles here. A mod may and should move your post if you don't edit it.

Thanks, Scottie. I'll look for a place in the spoilers section to repost that post.

[r60man]

I am so glad that went last night after going to Hershey last week. I will be honest the show in Hershey was a disappoinment. There were some real train wrecks and I was really kind of wondering if they had lost it. Well last night proved that the haven't. Oliver and Benoit did a heck of a job. Oliver really seemed to be up in the mix more and he did a really nice job on some of the classic bits that were lacking at Hershey. Benoit did a great job both nights and really impressed me. Steve was killer last night. 4 different solo pieces between the two shows which is great as well to have varity in the acoustic pieces. The crowd was rowdier and annoying at times, but did give a real long ovation at the end of a middle song in the second set that I think stunned the band a bit. They were ready to play the next song but we wouldn't let them!

[Andersonic]

http://www.yesfans.com/showpost.php?...0&postcount=25

for the weed of this show

[padelimike]

[Vic W.]

Great pics, padelmike! I don't know why by 95% of my concert pics come out blurry...

[padelimike]

Great pics, padelmike! I don't know why by 95% of my concert pics come out blurry...

I took 500 photos that night. The 15 here represents 3%.
Most of the Chris shots are blurry because he moves around so much.

I did take MPEG video of him during The Fish.

Not a whole lot of light on 'em. Do you use fast film or a high ASA setting on your digital?