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probably rehashed stuff above, but this article speaks of another a new one in "Rock" magazine.
probably rehashed stuff above, but this article speaks of another a new one in "Rock" magazine.
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I totally get this. “I'm not going to take a sudden load on my back that I either don't need or want.” I mean, no one is going to begrudge the guy for feeling this way.
This however, “My music’s always guided me, and it’s not telling me to do those things. It's telling me to go forwards. If it keeps steering me where it is now, then it's great to have this live and vibrant Yes.“ Live and vibrant, sorry, I really feel like he has delusions of grandeur regarding the current state of Yes. -
Steve's Yes Experience is a cozy, warm, happy place, for Steve. We can't have the last remaining founding member and actual voice of Yes creating a sudden load. What a load.... It's all now a karmaclambake MysterTour.... I'll grab my slippers, some coco, and an electric blanket. lol
And I agree with Yesola re Chris. Well, it;s Steve's Yes now............Last edited by Somis Sound; 06-26-2023, 03:53 PM.Comment
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Why is he calling the Union tour "a fiasco"? (My guess: because he had to share the stage with Rabin...)
And why does the writer describe it as "notoriously difficult"?Comment
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I think Steve makes several good points, implicitly and explicitly.
Yes is successfully touring and releasing new albums that resonate with the niche within which the band sits in 2023. They have a good solid group of musicians who have really found their voice as a unit and improve with each new album they issue, albums which are starting to come out more frequently again.
Moreover, this seems to be a group that at worst doesn't seem to mind being around each other and at best respects each other as colleagues and friends. That's always important from a quality of life standpoint, but I think it's especially important when you realize these are the people who you're going to spend a lot of what could be your final years with in various capacities- recording, rehearsing, touring, traveling, etc..
I also think this current iteration of Yes and its successors are the only real sustainable avenue towards regular new Yes music going forward.
Even if you forced Anderson and Howe together to tour, I see them spending as little time together as possible. I don't see them wanting to record a new Yes album together, and, even if they did, both are now used to being the lead creative forces in the music they make, and aren't likely to have similar visions at this point. Anderson couldn't even get an album done with Rabin and Wakeman, both prolific composers (Albeit of soundtracks and instrumental keyboard albums) who he's friends wirh, and started a band explicitly with the main purpose being to birth such an album. What reason would there be to think he could do it with Howe, who is now producing albums and much less willing to take a back seat than might have once been the case, at this point in their lives?
It's also worth noting that as part of a deal to bring him back in, Anderson would likely reacquire enough of the elements of the corporations and holdings that comprise Yes as we know it that he could (and likely would, based on comments he's made through the years) bring an end to Yes when his career concludes, which is a scenario fans of the ongoing band should be keen to want to avoid.Last edited by downbyariver; 06-26-2023, 10:00 PM."A lot of the heavier conversations I was having with Chris toward the end were about his desire for this thing to go forward. He kept reiterating that to me. [...] He kept telling me, 'No matter what happens, Yes needs to continue moving forward and make great music. So promise me that that's something you want to do.'. And I have to keep making music. It's just what I do. [...] I'm a fan of the band and I want to see it thrive and that means new music." -Billy SherwoodComment
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I get where he is coming from. I mean, I absolutely love Trevor and all the YesWest stuff but even I think that his playing in YIND is over the top on that tour. I completely get that hearing your own song played like that every night would be very frustrating. Add in all the baggage of the personality clashes and years of infighting and well, it isn't going to make for a happy working atmosphere is it?
Then compare that to now - a band he is leading that has got three people in it who are probably still pinching themselves in disbelief that they are actually in the band that they grew up absolutely loving. No infighting, just harmony - and a desire to keep the band going on whatever terms its elder statesman wants. And you know what? I don't begrudge him that one bit. He's earned it.Comment
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“Hellish”? Really? Playing two songs you’ve played zillions of time with people you’ve played them with zillions of times counts as “ hellish”? I’m sure there are lots of people around the world who would be interested in that.
“Well ain’t life grand when you finally hit it?”-David Lee RothComment
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I think the term I’m looking for is “rock star problems”.“Well ain’t life grand when you finally hit it?”-David Lee RothComment
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