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Saturday, November 21, 1987 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena 19,275 capacity 35 years, 2 months and 6 days ago
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Vic Roger The live recording of this show is done from the audience and would be quite good if not for the almost crazed screaming of a fan nearby the recorder. I have never heard a guy yell louder on a concert recording than this guy does throughout the show. He literally sounds like he is about to explode. Scott R. Fabirkiewicz I can't say I remember I'm Running. I do remember Final Eyes though. I really didn't appreciate the song at the time. If I remember correctly, the guitar sounded really good though. Very loud, and very clear. It was the first time I saw Yes live. I was on the main floor, 58th row of 60. I remember feeling the rumble of Chris' solo (Amazing Grace). I could feel it in my chest! Now that was bass! I figured the ice cracked below us after he was done. Our seats were very close to the sound board. We had the seats on the inside aisle. I noticed the setlist taped to one of the boards. I ran over to peek at it. When I got back, my friend Jeff asked what they were going to play. I rattled off what I could remember, then a woman from the row in front turned around an said, "So in other words you are saying it's going to be a kick ass concert, right?" Then there were the two guys in front of us. They had a joint that looked as big as a Churchill size cigar! The two were both hitting it, but the one that was sitting in the aisle seat, was hitting it more. Then at some point (I think during And You And I) while standing on his seat and swaying with the music, he fell into the aisle. His buddy rushed over the see if he was alright. His reply was "Yeah, I'm ok, just let me lay here for a minute man." The whole time, he continued to smoke his joint. I was in total awe of the show! Being my their first show that I had seen. I was so excited, it was hard to concentrate in school for about a week. I remember being disappointed that Jon didn't do the "Magical Guitar" bit before I've Seen All Good People. I had watched 9012Live a couple of months before the show. I vividly remember then ripping through Heart of the Sunrise and Roundabout! I absolutely loved it. Especially considering I was young, and was more into the fact that they were performing before my very eyes, and not worrying about how they sounded. Unfortunately it was quite a while ago, the memories of that show have faded.
before 'Big Generator' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Thank you Detroit. Welcome to the big generator. Welcome to the big generator. We are the eyes of all the world. We are all the eyes of all the stars. We are the eyes of all the earth. We are the voice of every big generator. before 'Heart Of The Sunrise' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:It's great to be here in Detroit. [???] good time. This is our first real city gig. It's really fantastic to be here. We're going to carry on with a song that relates to the sun. The sun, when you think about it, the sun is everything. Everything and everything the sun. We get our energy from the sun. The most beautiful sunrises. A song called 'Heart Of The Sunrise'. before 'Final Eyes' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Thank you very much. [???]. [???] song wrote maybe sixteen years ago, sixteen. [???] because we seem to reflecting a lot of what I feeling these days about the big cities and there's some, some real energy in the big cities these days. We're going to continue with a song which is on the 'Big Generator' album. A song [???] about writing a pop song. [???]. Your going to write a song about a loved one and a love lost and then love won again. This is a song called 'Final Eyes'. before 'Shoot High Aim Low' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:[???]. [???] song on an album sometimes the lyrics are the last thing [???] especially this song. Here one of the lyrics, it relates about the blue fields. It's about the blue fields of Nicaragua. There will be a time very very soon when we will live beyond war. Very soon. Very, very soon. The song is called 'Shoot High, Aim Low'. before 'Holy Lamb' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Woo! Just, just before we start really rocking and rolling. We're just going to do one more very, very, very gentle song. A song that I was..uh writing about a year ago. I was thinking very very heavily about this incredible earth that we live on. Mother earth. It's an incredible place. It's really is a starship that floats through space. It's just incredible. before 'Solly's Beard' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:On keyboards Mr. Tony Kaye and on acoustic guitar Mr. Trevor Rabin. before 'Amazing Grace' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:On bass guitar, Mr. Chris Squire. |