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Saturday, July 31, 1971 London, United Kingdom Crystal Palace Bowl 50 years, 9 months and 20 days ago
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zinabre Friday, October 8, 2021 10:12 PM The famous Brazilian singer Rita Lee tells in her autobiography (published in 2016) that she(23 years old at the time) was in London in 1971 and watched this show. In her sincere and joyful words: "I took a dose of LSD during the Elton John concert and watched the Yes concert next to Bill Bruford´s drums. After that I went to their dressing room and woke up disheveled in a bed surrounded by several human beings....." My comment: Ah the good old Seventies..... your_host Thursday, February 18, 2021 1:51 PM Paul Simon's 'America' and their own 'I've Seen All Good People' were the highlights of Yes's grand set. Yes are very direct in their music, they hit the audience where it counts most and forge straight ahead. There is no real star in the sense that any one member of the band seems to deliberately hog the limelight and this makes for a totally combined music and presentation. Once on stage, Yes push music, not egos, and the result is total captivation of the audience. At times, numbers were a bit too near the operative for my taste and the electronic-symphonic, to coin a phrase, may intrude just that little too often, but these criticisms do not detract, on the whole, from the overall effect. Yes are a very tasty band. -- Richard Greene, 'All Peaceful At Rocking Palace", New Musical Express, 1971
before 'Yours Is No Disgrace' transcribed by: Geoff Dunn Jon Anderson:…it’s called ‘Yours Is No Disgrace’. before 'I've Seen All Good People' transcribed by: Geoff Dunn Steve Howe:Thank you very much for welcoming us home, so very nicely. Thank you. Jon Anderson: So, [???] that’s how nice it is to be able to, we’ve just been to America and did a few things, dates over there. It’s nice to be able to come back to such a beautiful looking place and play, fantastic, and see so many people. We're going to do a song, also from the third LP, featuring thrasher Steve over here, on his vachalia. And, ah, this song is in two parts -- the first part is called 'Your Move' the second part 'I've Seen Good People'. Steve Howe: Thank you very much before 'America' transcribed by: Geoff Dunn Jon Anderson:Thank you. Thank you. Bill Bruford: Thank you very much, folks. We only just made it through that one. We’ll take it up. Jon Anderson: Yeah. Here’s a song that we’re going to do, we usually do it at a different place actually, but we’re going to do it this way, this time. It’s a lovely Paul Simon song I’ve always loved, it’s called 'America'. before 'Perpetual Change' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Steve Howe:Thank you very much [???]. Jon Anderson: We're going to do a song..uh [???] walk this way. [???] It's from the album. Steve Howe: Never played in [???]. Jon Anderson: [???]..better come and announce it. Here's a song about nature, uh..the forces of mother earth..nature..the earth. There's this incrediable film [???] If you ever get a chance to see it please do. [???] very very good film. This is called 'Perpetual Change'. before 'It's Love' transcribed by: Geoff Dunn Steve Howe:… but there’s time for a short one, and sometimes we do a kind of, yeah… Jon Anderson: Yeah! We’ve just got time for a shortie, a quickie, while it’s raining. Steve Howe: Maybe this will, like, help keep the rain off you. It’s not… Jon Anderson: A way to keep you shuffling about and boogaloo, and do the twist, or whatever. Here’s a song that’s been with us ever since we started, would you believe, from the Young Rascals. after 'It's Love' transcribed by: Geoff Dunn Jon Anderson:Yeah, Chris on bass, thundering about. Thank you. Chris Squire: Yeah, thank you very much. Jon Anderson: See you soon, beautiful, wow. |
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