A Hypothetical "Yes Weekend"

[Homemade Parachute]

While things are a bit slow on the official news/activities front, here's a hypothetical game for you: Marillion, as you probably know, have been doing "Weekends" for, what, twenty years now? Two or three shows over a (very long) weekend, often including some unique setlists constructed just for the event. Some of the best are:

Mirrors - the chill out set
Smoke - the high energy set
Family - the "ultimate" (c. 2007) setlist
Friends - the curveball rarities/covers setlist (I still can't quite believe they pulled this one off…)
Size Matters - the epics
Tumbling Down the Years - newest to oldest
A-Z - alphabetical, with a few cheats
The Glow Must Go On - real time voting between choices

What, if any of those, would work or would you like to see for our favourite three-letter proggy seniors, regardless of likelihood? (Marillion have the advantage here of an unchanged lineup for over thirty years, and other than H's reluctance to play Fugazi-era songs, almost anything is in play.)

There are a few gaps, but I think this A-Z might actually work as a setlist, balancing both what I think the band could want to play with overall length and hopefully a flow:

A Living Island
Be the One
Cinema
Damaged World
Every Little Thing
Fly from Here, Part I: We Can Fly
Going for the One
Hour of Need
Into the Storm
Leave Well Alone
Madrigal
New Language
Onward
Perpetual Change
Quartet
Run Through the Light
South Side of the Sky
Take the Water to the Mountain
Universal Garden
We Agree
Yours Is No Disgrace

[luna65]

Interesting, similar to Phish's festival-type events, though those are usually over three days.

[Mr. Holland]

Tumbling down the years:

- The Ice Bridge
- Into the Storm
- Spirit of Survival
- Face to Face
- Footprints
- Steve Solo: Masquerade
- Owner of a Lonely Heart
- Machine Messiah
- Don't Kill the Whale
- Parallels
- To Be Over
- Siberian Kathru
- Southside of the Sky
- Perpetual Change

Encores:

- Sweet Dreams
- Looking Around

I went with the premise that 'Tumbling down the years' doesn't necessarily mean including something from every album.

[Soundwaveseeker]

While things are a bit slow on the official news/activities front, here's a hypothetical game for you: Marillion, as you probably know, have been doing "Weekends" for, what, twenty years now? Two or three shows over a (very long) weekend, often including some unique setlists constructed just for the event. Some of the best are:

Mirrors - the chill out set
Smoke - the high energy set
Family - the "ultimate" (c. 2007) setlist
Friends - the curveball rarities/covers setlist (I still can't quite believe they pulled this one off…)
Size Matters - the epics
Tumbling Down the Years - newest to oldest
A-Z - alphabetical, with a few cheats
The Glow Must Go On - real time voting between choices

What, if any of those, would work or would you like to see for our favourite three-letter proggy seniors, regardless of likelihood? (Marillion have the advantage here of an unchanged lineup for over thirty years, and other than H's reluctance to play Fugazi-era songs, almost anything is in play.)

There are a few gaps, but I think this A-Z might actually work as a setlist, balancing both what I think the band could want to play with overall length and hopefully a flow:

A Living Island
Be the One
Cinema
Damaged World
Every Little Thing
Fly from Here, Part I: We Can Fly
Going for the One
Hour of Need
Into the Storm
Leave Well Alone
Madrigal
New Language
Onward
Perpetual Change
Quartet
Run Through the Light
South Side of the Sky
Take the Water to the Mountain
Universal Garden
We Agree
Yours Is No Disgrace

Interesting to note is that H has performed 'Cinderella Search', a Fugazi-era B-side.

Hmmm, I'll have to think about the 'Yes Weekend' set. Thing is, most of what Yes would play at such an event is what they play (and what people want) anyway (Starship Trooper, etc.), Marillion on the other hand - well, I'm sure there are many who would love them to whip out Grendel or She Chameleon just for giggles, but they ain't gonna go there. Marillion fans are pretty ardent, and the band are pretty interactive with their fans (crowdfunding, anyone?). Yes fans - well, loyal too, but like you said - Marillion have an unchanged lineup since 1989, so they are like family to a lot of their fans. But Yes on the other hand have so many twists and turns with some fans loyal to one era/album or another, one member/ex-member or another, who should or shoulden't be in the band etc. I'm not sure Yes weekend would appeal to everyone.

I suppose I could see something like:

Friday Night - unearthed gems (like Universal Garden, A Venture, Mind Drive, 90125 tracks, etc.) This evening may not appeal to the 'CTTE-and-Nothing-Else' set. But this is the show I would be the most interested in

Saturday Night: All of Tales in its entirety

Sunday Night: Classic Yes faves (a standard Yes concert - All Good People, CTTE, Trooper, Roundabout, Wondrous Stories, HOTS, etc, something to send you home on a tried-and-true but happy note).

Of course there could be meet & greet, Roger Dean exhibit, guitar workshop, Downes synthesizer workshop/tech stuff, maybe guests like Tony Kaye & Tom Brislin, Yes trivia, even 'Cape Night' - bring your best cape for the cape night fashion show. Winner gets a Yes box set or something.
Could be fun.

[soundchaser09]

Yes I do like Marillion's adventurous setlists. As for Yes I think we need more of the later material so how about a down the years until Union? (A yes show without 70s and 80s material? Yep)

Yes: 2022-1991

The Ice Bridge
The Western Edge
Words on a Page
The Game
Fly From Here Suite
Into the Storm
In the Presence Of
The Messenger
Finally
Open Your Eyes
Footprints
The Calling
Real Love
Shock to the System
The More we Live Let Go

Encore

Endless Dream

[Enlighten]

The REHASH Weekend. The set includes songs from any album that included musical or production involvement from Rabin, Eddie Offord, Howe, Anderson, Squire and Horn.

A Venture
South Side of the Sky
Close to the Edge
Parallels
On the Silent Wings of Freedom
Does It Really Happen
Machine Messiah
Hearts
I'm Running
Endless Dream
Life on a Film Set
Into the Storm

[josuev80]

The REHASH Weekend. The set includes songs from any album that included musical or production involvement from Rabin, Eddie Offord, Howe, Anderson, Squire and Horn.

A Venture
South Side of the Sky
Close to the Edge
Parallels
On the Silent Wings of Freedom
Does It Really Happen
Machine Messiah
Hearts
I'm Running
Endless Dream
Life on a Film Set
Into the Storm

Wouldn't that be every Yes (non solo) song?

[Enlighten]

Wouldn't that be every Yes (non solo) song?

Yes, of course, I just needed the letters for REHASH.

[Ash Armstrong]

Yes, of course, I just needed the letters for REHASH.

Mmm hash...