ZOLIAS

Saturday, October 26, 2024 6:56 AM

1. Opening
2. Siberian Khatru
3. Heart of the sunrise
4. Future times/Rejoice
5. Circus of Heaven
6. The big Medley
7. Don't kill the whale
8. Clap
9. Starship trooper
10. On the silent wings of freedom
11. Awaken
12. I've seen all good people
13. Roundabout

BRIAN PADLEY

AT THE TENDER AGE OF 16, I VENTURED TO LONDON ON MY OWN TO SEE THE BAND THAT WAS AND HAS REMAINED THE CORNERSTONE OF MY MUSICAL LIFE.
I TRAVELLED FRON SHEFFIELD ON THE TRAIN WITH TWO TICKETS, (MY FRIEND JOHN DIDNT TURN UP) I MET UP WITH SOME GUYS THAT I CANT RECALL THE NAME OF BUT THEY SHARED THEIR CANS OF BEER WITH ME ON THE TRAIN!!
(CHEERS GUYS!!)
WE TRAVELLED TO WEMBLEY AND TOOK UP OUR SEATS,( I WAS JUST SEVEN ROWS FROM THE CIRCULAR STAGE)
I WAS ABSOLUTLEY KNOCKED OUT AND TEARFUL AT THE SAMETIME!!
THEY STARTED WITH SIBERIAN KHATRU I THINK, AND I REMEMBER THINKING THIS WAS HOW IT SHOULD BE (HAVING LISTENED TO 'YESSONGS ' EVERY DAY FOR 3 YEARS!!
I'M SURE THERE ARE SETLISTS AROUND THAT CAN RECALL EXACTLY WHICH SONGS WERE PLAYED AND IN WHICH ORDER, BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A BBC 'IN CONCERT ' OF THE SAT MATINEE GIG THAT DIDNT CONTAIN ALL OF THE SONGS THAT WERE PLAYED ON THE THURS.
THAT NIGHT WAS A MOST MEMORABLE POINT IN MY LIFE AND I'M STILL A DEVOUT 'YESNIK'
I MANAGED TO SHAKE CHRIS'S HAND AS THEY WERE LEAVING THE STAGE
AFTER THEY PLAYED WHAT I THINK WAS THE DEFINITIVE LIVE VERSIONS OF 'GOOD PEOPLE'AND 'ROUNDABOUT' I SET OFF BACK,AND SLEPT IN THE GOODS WAGON OF THE 'MILK TRAIN' BACK TO SHEFFIELD COS THE TRAIN WAS SO FULL!! WE ARRIVED BACK IN SHEFF AT ABOUT 4 IN THE MORN WITH HAMSTERS RUNNING EVERYWHERE ON THE STATION PLATFORM,(SOMEONE HAD FREED THEM FROM THE 'PARCEL VAN!!) THANKS YES !!(FOR THE MUSIC , NOT RELEASING THE HAMSTERS!!)