It's NEVER too early to have an "endless" dream set list. This being the 40th year tour, why not touch on every album in order to get the true PROGRESSION of these progressive kings? I will be at the July 18 show in Chicago. First row, half way between Jon and Chris, wearing my Stellar Attraction baseball shirt. Send me a message if you are attending.

The list is a stretch, but it is always good to have goals in your life!  LOL

Looking Around  
Astral Traveller
Perpetual Change
Heart of the Sunrise
And You and I
Live Tales Medley -- like what Howe did, but for 20 minutes and with much better vocals
Sound Chaser
Awaken
INTERMISSION
Release, Release
Machine Messiah
Changes
I'm Running
Shock to the System
Endless Dream
Be the One
Open Your Eyes
New Languages
Give Love Each Day

encore

Close to the Edge    (what a way to finish a show!

Granted, it would be a 3-hour show. But isn't that what Endless Dreams are all about?


Anyway, just my wishful thinking.

Jeff from Illinois

Superb list Jeff!


I wish *Yes* would play some more different songs to.Especially something from TAAW and *Endless Dream* from *Talk*.

Also I am still wondering when the dates are for when they come to Europe.

I will be patient Jeff!I have never had this chance to see one of my favorite groups *live*.I cannot wait to see *Yes*!


I agree.It must be the last times that they would tour again.


Number 49!!!Amazing!

JaneEyre wrote on 11^th Sep, 2008 at 9:56pm:

Sweet, I'll wait to get the dates and location! I wish they come to Ottawa , Montreal or Quebec City!

Any more news??

Is jabyes "Jeff from Illonois"??

jabyes wrote on 11^th Sep, 2008 at 10:25pm:

SWEETNESS!!!!

Good, thank you for the info. Well one thing for sure, I'm going!!!!!!!!!

PS its Illinois! LOL

Hey Jeff, I wish the band members took a look a the dream list, because if the lineup is the same, I'll be in paradise!

Surely, they will do tunes from Drama.. after all, it's not we have ever heard them with Jon anyway and the new guy sounds more like Jon than Trevor Horn. So we can close our eyes and pretend.

You can hear him here:  http://www.ctte.net/en/


And yes, it is "THE" Jeff...  the antichrist of Eno/TD/The Orb; I guess I stopped dropping acid 30 years too early.  LOL

ps I dont go for that ambient crap music either!!!!

Thanks for the info., Jeff. Good to hear that they're getting something together, even if it is without Jon.

How fitting that I am able to post the first review and set list as I started this thread!    

That being said, here is a a review from last night's opening show. I was not quite sure where the author was heading based on how the article started, but LOVED the finish. I highlighted my favorite part.... Below that is the setlist. for those who do not want the spoilers, please turn away!


Jeff


Graham Rockingham
The Hamilton Spectator

This one had problems for me from the outset.

First there were the personal ones. I mean, was Yes really that impressive back in 1971? Or was I just an impressionable kid?

Back then we were looking for something different. The Beatles were long gone and the Haight-Ashbury hippies were turning back to their musical roots.

We wanted something new, our own, something bigger, that would turn rock into an art form, something of which we could be proud.

Yes filled the bill. The music was grand in scope. The lyrics were indecipherable. (Were those really "marmots coming out of the sky" in Roundabout?). It may not have been better, but it was certainly different from Crosby, Stills And Nash. But maybe, just maybe, Yes was overblown pretentious rubbish?

There was also the baggage that Yes brought themselves. We had Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White were more than old. They had wanted this year to be Yes's 40th anniversary tour, but vocalist Jon Anderson's health wasn't up to it. They decided, over his protestations, to carry on with it anyway.

They did the unthinkable and hired an unknown Montreal tribute artist, Benoit David, to take his place. Anderson squawked. They wrote him off, nonetheless, and did it without him. Legendary keyboard player Rick Wakeman wasn't up to it, either. So they picked up his son, Oliver. Oh, the humanity!

Last night, however, Squire, Howe and White proved this had nothing to do with betrayal, pretention, sentimentality or even money. These guys had to perform the music they were born to play. There was no plus in waiting for Anderson to heal. The music was too good and so were they.

Why not take up a guy like David who last night proved he could sing the contralto vocals as well as Anderson could in his prime? Why not pick up a kid who looked exactly like his dad? He has the music in his blood.

Howe and Squire are amazing musicians, as good, if not better , than we thought back in 1971. They're simply one of the greatest guitar-bass teams in the history of rock 'n' roll. They proved it time and again last night.

They opened with Siberian Khatru, for Pete's sake, a showcase for Howe's needlepoint guitar and Squire's precision thunder on bass.

They dared to turn it into I've Seen All Good People, deftly pulling off its ragtime break, before heading into Heart Of The Sunrise. By the time they had finished off the opening set with the Close To The Edge suite, the audience was simply dumbfounded. The vocal harmonies were fantastic. There was a White drum solo that made us understand why he was John Lennon's favourite.

Back in 1971, we had nothing to be ashamed of. Last night, Yes stood the test of time.


SET LIST:


Firebird Suite
Siberian Khatru
I've Seen All Good People
Heart Of The Sunrise
Tempus Fugit
Onward
Astral Traveller
Close To The Edge
Parallels
And You And I
Mood For A Day/Clap
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
Aliens (Are Only Us From The Future)
Machine Messiah
Soon
South Side Of The Sky
Roundabout

Here you go, Max


http://www.thespec.com/Entertainment/article/461397

 I will keep posting reviews during the tour (with links for Max!).

Chicago, 4 weeks from today!  


Just received this reply from the Ontario review about his column...


The harmonies between David, Howe and Squire were remarkable. And You And I was early in the second set. Thanks for reading. Cheers, Graham
--
Graham Rockingham
Music Editor
The Hamilton Spectator

Thank you for this information jabyes!

Thanks for the info.

Great to see a song from Drama which JA would never do.

Was Aliens any good?

JT  

You are very lucky Jeff!


Please report to us how the concert was!

In the meantime, enjoy the 11/4 show!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xszcS2m4kPs

Not sure why it did no"t work, it works for me...   anyway, just go to YouTube and type in "Yes Slideshow"

jabyes wrote on 5^th Nov, 2008 at 10:06pm:



I'm only saying that Darran put a feature in the forum for us to use. With the media button, no need to go out of the forum, the video is in the forum. And this isn't restricted to the "Media Center" thread.  See here :http://www.stellar-attraction.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?virboard=news;num=122323...

To pay respect to the hard work Darran went through to give us this option, we should use it. And I think its nicer than text URLs. Its true that its the exact same thing...

That said, I only wanted to help you. If you don't like the media button, that's ok. I don't uderstand why, but it's still at your discretion.

Max

Now I know.  even at my age, I learn something new everyday.  Looks great with the media filter!

Thank you so much for these vids Jeff!!! Absolutely amazing stuff.


Personally I think that Benoit has done a great job and considering this was their first gig even better!!!!!

Thx

Superb videos!


Thanks Jeff!

Your welcome Jeff. Nice job!

some articles from Canada...

http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2008/11/03/7286351-sun.html

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/532323


and for some reason, the media filer would not capture this (reverted to parallels), but here is a taste of Siberian.

http://www.thespec.com/videogallery/461556




Edited:

Max,

check it again. I noticed that and modified the post....


Jeff

For those of you wondering what might sound like with Jon rather than Trevor Horn......



Jeff

Good one. But I was careful to say "what Jon might sound like", not "what Jon sounds like".  

We all know there is only one Jon. Just happy Chris found a vocalist for the 2008 Chris Squire Tour.

jabyes wrote on 9^th Nov, 2008 at 1:08am:



Ooops. I should have put a smiley on that, i was just kidding with that one.

I do appreciate the clips.

Now please, how was that new Aliens song?

JT  

( liked the CST quip).

Thank you so much for this video and information Jeff!


Do you know if Yes will be coming to Europe (France ?) soon?

JestersTear wrote on 7^th Nov, 2008 at 3:28pm:



The "scoop" is, they may have been best served doing A Venture! LOL  

You be your own judge.




Jeff

Thank you for this Jeff!

jabyes wrote on 9^th Nov, 2008 at 6:49pm:


what site is that, Jeff?

Dan Joy wrote on 15^th Nov, 2008 at 6:59am:



LOL    

ProgMaster wrote on 15^th Nov, 2008 at 7:28pm:


handsome devils!

Wow, the reviewer said Benoit David had "great stage presence". That's excellent news.

I agree!

Superb video!Thanks Jeff!

Here is a nice review from the 11/24 Albany show......


Yes @ Times Union Center, 11/23/08
November 24, 2008 at 10:52 am

As good as the real deal? Yes

By Michael Eck

Special to the Times Union

ALBANY — Is it Yes? Is it In The Present? Is it In The Present featuring members of Yes?

The marketing of the current, well, let’s just call it Yes tour has been a bit confusing.

Perhaps that’s the reason fewer than 2,000 fans turned out for the classic British progressive rock band’s performance at the Times Union Center on Sunday.

Those that did, however, were treated to a brilliant show that touched on almost all of the important phases of the band’s 40 year career.

Some longtime fans were surely doubtful that without under-the-weather vocalist Jon Anderson in tow the group would sound considerably different.

Pshaw! Vocalist Benoit David – snagged from a Canadian Yes tribute band – effortlessly recreated Anderson’s trademark sound. And he did so with a confidence that suggested he was born for the job.

Rick Wakeman’s son Oliver similarly handled dad’s old gig behind the keyboards, ricocheting snaky lines back and forth with guitarist Steve Howe.

With Anderson at home convalescing, this Yes was free to tackle material from 1980’s “Drama,” the only group album not to feature the founding singer.

“Tempus Fugit” and “Machine Messiah” were actually among the night’s highlights, with the former suggesting that “Drama” may have influenced Rush as that band moved from its own progressive suites into=2 0a punchier, poppier sound.

1970’s “Astral Traveler,” which was recorded even before Howe had joined the band, also reflected elements of other prog pioneers, with a distinctly fractured King Crimson-like opening chord sequence releasing into a Focus-like middle section, which highlighted Wakeman’s keyboards.

Drummer Alan White was featured on a brief and terrific drum solo, too.

Bassist Chris Squire pointed out that many of the evening’s selections, like “Traveler” and “Messiah” were coming out of mothballs for the first time in many years.

“Parallels,” from 1977’s “Going For The One,” for example, is being given its first airing in 30 years on the tour, and David, 42, sang “Onward,” from 1978’s “Tormato (CQ),” which he explained was his own request to the band.

Howe played some of his best – though gentlest – guitar on the latter, leading the tune in with a muted, tick-tocking ballad figure.

All of 1972’s perennial “Close to the Edge” was show-cased, including the crowd-pleasing title track, a swirling 20-minute excursion into harmony vocals, hippie wisdom and instrumental machismo.

“And You and I” and the trippy opener “Siberian Khatru” also came from “Edge,” with “I’ve Seen All Good People” and a sterling rip through “Starship Trooper” being culled from 1971’s “The Yes Album.”

Yes encored with a one-two punch of the band’s best known songs, the 1983 mega-hit “Owner of a Lonely Heart” and the FM radio staple, “Roundabout.”

And David sang them both like he owned them.

I agree!!!!!!


gr8 review....thanks jabyes!!!!!

ino_100 wrote on 24^th Nov, 2008 at 7:54pm:


Quote:


No confusion for me Maxime!

Here is all of Siberian from Columbus (Nov. 12th).  Whatever your feeling is on Benoit versus Jon, it is safe to say that Chris and Steve would not be touring without him.  So I for one am THANKFUL for that!

It's all about the music. And if you want proof of this, check this band out from the 7:44 mark on.. Go ahead, crank it loud. Let it rip!




Jeff

Thx Jeff!

Astral Traveller?Wow!


Thx again Jeff!