Will 2023 be remembered for The Remembering?

[The New Esthe]

I wonder what The Ancients would sound like with modern day Yes. It probably won’t match up to the original, but hey, a man can dream.

[josuev80]

Neither is Steve otherwise they wouldn’t of done even an edited version of on the silent wings of freedom in spite of popular belief yes is still a democracy

This isn’t fiction like Batman or James Bond. Howe likely has the final say on the setlist.

[Homemade Parachute]

I wonder what The Ancients would sound like with modern day Yes. It probably won’t match up to the original, but hey, a man can dream.

That's it, though: if they wanted to re-arrange it, to make it playable by the current band, with their interests and abilities, I'd be all over it. What I don't need is an historical recreation of a 1974 concert; what I would like is, taking a page from King Crimson 2014-2021, to see them play it as if it were new. I don't think it has to "match up" to the original, it has to be inspired by it.

[downbyariver]

Well, it's the Relayer tour and the advertisement clearly says "all of Relayer", so they're not going to drop Gates.

Furthermore the adds says "and classic songs". Which basically means "more well known songs". So all in all I don't see The Remembering added to the setlist for this tour. Perhaps a following tour, but realistically not on the Relayer tour.

I agree. I actually think adding "The Remembering" to a tour where all of Relayer is already being played would be a mistake regardless of how they were advertising the rest of the set. There's got to be some sort of balance between the accessible stuff and the less accessible stuff. Really, nothing on Relayer is particularly accessible (Maybe "To Be Over", but it's kind of a quiet song). If anything is going to turn out the obscure diehard prog fans, it's Relayer in full. You've got them. Now, you've got to use the rest of that concert to keep the more mainstream classic rock listeners who show up at Yes concerts who are not there for Relayer happy as well.

If anything, I would think that 2023 would be a good opportunity to reintroduce "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and some of the other hit songs from that era and other eras (and even some lesser known ones meeting similar criteria as the hits) that connect with the rock/pop crowd either because they know them and love them, or because they are the sort of music that immediately grabs them on a more visceral level, to balance out the setlist.

Maybe "The Remembering" or "The Ancient" could be used as a lengthy prog epic to sort of provide an anchor for the portion of the Yes fan base that really appreciates those on future tours where there isn't anything like that baked into the tour's concept. I have to say, though, I was listening to about 12 minutes of "The Remembering" as I was typing this reply, and it really does seem kind of slow to be devoting 20 minutes plus of each live concert on a tour or on several tours to.

[Yorkshire Square]

If they play this in 2023, it will be an extended bathroom break for me. I'll maybe take Imodium for a couple of days to build up a twenty minute back log.

If they don't play all of Relayer despite promising it (again!) there'll be shit to pay...

[Yorkshire Square]

If anything, I would think that 2023 would be a good opportunity to reintroduce "Owner of a Lonely Heart"...

For Christ's sake, no!

[downbyariver]

For Christ's sake, no!

I have it on good authority that Jesus *loves* "Owner of a Lonely Heart".

[Gilly Goodness]

I have it on good authority that Jesus *loves* "Owner of a Lonely Heart".

"Watch it now. The eagle in the sky. See him dance
one and only."

[Mr. Holland]

If they play this in 2023, it will be an extended bathroom break for me. I'll maybe take Imodium for a couple of days to build up a twenty minute back log.

If they don't play all of Relayer despite promising it (again!) there'll be shit to pay...

For Christ's sake, no!

Has anyone ever mentioned you're very demanding 😉

[josuev80]

I agree. I actually think adding "The Remembering" to a tour where all of Relayer is already being played would be a mistake regardless of how they were advertising the rest of the set. There's got to be some sort of balance between the accessible stuff and the less accessible stuff. Really, nothing on Relayer is particularly accessible (Maybe "To Be Over", but it's kind of a quiet song). If anything is going to turn out the obscure diehard prog fans, it's Relayer in full. You've got them. Now, you've got to use the rest of that concert to keep the more mainstream classic rock listeners who show up at Yes concerts who are not there for Relayer happy as well.

If anything, I would think that 2023 would be a good opportunity to reintroduce "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and some of the other hit songs from that era and other eras (and even some lesser known ones meeting similar criteria as the hits) that connect with the rock/pop crowd either because they know them and love them, or because they are the sort of music that immediately grabs them on a more visceral level, to balance out the setlist.

Maybe "The Remembering" or "The Ancient" could be used as a lengthy prog epic to sort of provide an anchor for the portion of the Yes fan base that really appreciates those on future tours where there isn't anything like that baked into the tour's concept. I have to say, though, I was listening to about 12 minutes of "The Remembering" as I was typing this reply, and it really does seem kind of slow to be devoting 20 minutes plus of each live concert on a tour or on several tours to.

The last Yeswest song attempt was quickly pulled by the band after even they realized how putrid RoL came off sounding.

[Davy]

Steve can't pull off the solo in RoL, but otherwise the band played a great version in Baltimore, as I've said many times. That song got perhaps the biggest applause of the night.

[rabin105]

This isn’t fiction like Batman or James Bond. Howe likely has the final say on the setlist.

Hmm let’s see so Howe agreed to playing owner of a lonely heart a song he doesn’t like several times over the last decade sure and people say I’m crazy

[bondegezou]

Hmm let’s see so Howe agreed to playing owner of a lonely heart a song he doesn’t like several times over the last decade sure and people say I’m crazy

Without White, without any of the YesWest band members, it might be odd to play their music. They do play material from Time and a Word, but Howe did tour that album when he first joined. I'd be happy to hear them play any YesWest song (well, maybe not "I am Waiting" or "Where will You be?"!), but it seems unlikely.

[rabin105]

Without White, without any of the YesWest band members, it might be odd to play their music. They do play material from Time and a Word, but Howe did tour that album when he first joined. I'd be happy to hear them play any YesWest song (well, maybe not "I am Waiting" or "Where will You be?"!), but it seems unlikely.

Well Billy is a yeswest member by extension remember there is a full album with him on lead vocals and yes west as the band

[josuev80]

Well Billy is a yeswest member by extension remember there is a full album with him on lead vocals and yes west as the band

Where can one purchase or listen to said album? What is the title of the album? What was the release date? Do you have the full track list? Is the album cover online?