What Drama song for next tour?

[the'YES'kid]

We all know that with Geoff in the band they WILL keep playing Drama songs live (THANK GOD!!). We've already had Machine Messiah & Tempus Fugit. If for next tour they only played one Drama song, would you like a different one?

It's hard for me to pick between Machine Messiah & Into The Lens but I'd go with Into The Lens because it would be a new one for the present Yes.

And to accompany my vote here's me saying
"I am a camera":

(no especial effects here. I took this pic in the mirror while shooting a short film)

[josuev80]

I would for love for Downes to leave and have Moraz come back so we could obsess over which of the Relayer songs they would be play.

[SunshipVoyager]

"Does It Really Happen?"- for the kickin' bassline alone.

[downbyariver]

"Into the Lens" is my favorite song off that album, so I'm definitely going with that. Having said that, "Man in a White Car" is beautiful and, really, really, short, so they could easily toss that into any playlist as a bonus. Play both.

Actually, if Yes goes forward past Downes' tenure in the band, but Anderson doesn't come back and refuse to sing songs he isn't the original guy on, "Man in a White Car" makes good sense as a staple for decades to come to represent the Drama album during tours and sets where their focus is on other things and they don't want to do full length Drama songs- sort of the way they used to throw "Owner of a Lonely Heart" in as a sop to those of us who like YesWest so we wouldn't feel completely ignored.

I also think the pairing of "Does it Really Happen?" (Drama) and "It Can Happen" (90125) back to back in concert really should happen one day. So if they're willing to do that pairing, I'm willing to change my vote so it can happen (Pun intended).

But, you know, I like Drama, it's hard to go wrong with a song off that album. My dream playlist I posted the other day contained several songs from it. Easily in my top 10 favorite Yes albums.

[pianozach]

Any of 'em except for White Car.

[cjreyes]

I went with Into The Lens. I've been wanting to hear this one for quite a while now.

[cjreyes]

Any of 'em except for White Car.

I heard they were working on extending this one into a 25 minute suite!

[the'YES'kid]

Lol!!!!

[DWStraile]

My thoughts exactly. DW

"Does It Really Happen?"- for the kickin' bassline alone.

[downbyariver]

I heard they were working on extending this one into a 25 minute suite!

"Lots of Men and Women in White Cars and Other Vehicles".

[JaneEyre]

MM

Love that song.

[TOBYSGRAPHICGOKART]

I love MM too, it's my fave off the album and just about makes it into my top dozen best ever Yessongs, but they've played it a fair bit over the past three or four years, so this time I went with Into The Lens or possibly Does It Really Happen.

[gojikranz]

geoff downes could bring back the white car suite for his solo again.

but im for does it really happen so great gotta be played.

[Mr. Holland]

Does it Really Happen? by a landslide. And even if they do not perform another Drama song I still hope they give Tempus Fugit a rest after having played it every tour since 2008.

[Reflections]

I love every song on Drama so I had to narrow it down. I agree that its time to give Tempus Fugit a rest, I would love for Machine Messiah to come back but HOTS is always played in its place, I think Run Through the Light would be difficult to play live hence why it wasn't played in 1980 unless they alter the arrangement but still would be interesting to hear, would love for Geoff to bring back the White Car suite. I narrowed it down between Does It Really Happen? and Into the Lens. Would love to hear both but I chose Does It Really Happen?

[iglooseman]

I guess Does It Really Happen. Its one of my favorite tracks from Drama.

[Mr. Holland]

I guess Does It Really Happen. Its one of my favorite tracks from Drama.

Welcome to the forum! It is not only one of my favorites, but my very favorite track of the Drama album!

[HoweGuitargod]

I would for love for Downes to leave and have Moraz come back so we could obsess over which of the Relayer songs they would be play.

YES!!!! My thoughts exactly---this would be an exciting tour---

[Mr. Holland]

I would for love for Downes to leave and have Moraz come back so we could obsess over which of the Relayer songs they would be play.

YES!!!! My thoughts exactly---this would be an exciting tour---

...and then we could also obsess over which other classic songs Moraz could butcher, just like he did with for instance Siberian Kathru and CTTE during he tenure with Yes.

Don't get me wrong I love Relayer, it changes all time favorite Yes album with CTTE about every other week, but Moraz IMO did not make much of the other Yes stuff live....peeep....squeeeekk....twooonnnggg....
Downes so far, judging from both his live playing during 1980 as over the last year, is far more capable of doing every Yes period justice.