Jon Anderson: Thank you so much. [something in German]. Manheim. Nice to be with you. The gates like..uh Chris. No. No. Not you. [something in German] and that's about it. And..uh we'd like to carry on with a song. It's really good to be here. Thank you for coming this evening and we'd like to carry on with a song by Paul Simon. This guy wrote some beautiful songs. This is a song from way long ago. It's about how..uh America is growing into the 21st Century and Bill Clinton and all that. It's a song called [something in German].
before 'And You And I'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. [something in German]. Thank you. And this song, this next song..uh we recorded this song long time ago in England in Advision Studio with a guy called Eddie Offord. Eddie Offord was really good, Very good engineer and he helped us with this record and..uh every afternoon at four o'clock, [???] o'clock, four o'clock tea time and we would roll the tea. It's true. [???] Eddie Offord, what a guy, what a guy. Thanks Eddie and then we would record the song and..uh this was a really, this song really changed my my thinking about a lot of things about singing songs and if that didn't, that did a lot as well. So halfway through the afternoon I'm saying 'We got to record this song. C'mon guys what's happening.' I couldn't hear anything then all of the sudden. I still, I still couldn't hear anything and then there it was and I said 'Quick Eddie starting playing, recorder, recording.' As you say in Germany. Start the recorder.
before 'Mood For A Day'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Chris Squire on bass guitar. Thank you so much. [something in German]. Thank you. Woo! Got to the end of that song and I though the whole place was falling apart. I was like 'Wow'. It's great to introduce you to and leave you in the capable hands, fingers and guitar style. The wonderful Mr. Steve Howe.
before 'Clap'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Steve Howe: Thank you. It's nice to be back in Mannheim. Thank you. All right. Thank you very much. That was a lovely side. I wanted to do this sing along with more than..uh clap along with but anyway you got the idea. That was called 'Windy and Warm' Before that a very short 'Gallard' from [???] bits of [???]. uh.. 'Gallard' Yes from Jon Allen. Dated 1650 or something? Anyway before that 'Mood For A Day'. I hope you enjoyed that and now I'm going to finish up now with a piece that I wrote in the Ched Atkins style who originally was one of my biggest inspirations. Ched Atkins. This is call 'Clap'.
before 'From The Balcony'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Steve Howe. Thank you so much. While we were making the album last..uh summer. I walked past..uh Steve's hotel room and he was playing this really beautiful idea on guitar and I starting run in 'I can sing for you on it'. So I wrote some song lyrica ideas and we recording it that afternoon. [???] As you say in German a duet. Is that right? Is that how you say it in German? A duet? Just the two of us. That's right. Duet. Okay. So just for a change he is going to my left. I'm highly confused. That's okay. No please [???]. This is for..uh old group mates I got to say for Joe and Robbie. Are you here? Oh Okay. This is a song called 'From The Balcony'. For my love darling wife too Jane. Are you there? No she's not there. She was there a moment ago. Are you there darling?
Jane Anderson: Yes!
Jon Anderson: Oh. This is sorta a shared moment, you'll see.
before 'Wonderous Stories'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Thank you. [something in German]. This..uh this next song happened when we working in Switzerland. We were in the mountains. We never learned to ski but we played a lot of good music when we were there and..uh this comes from what you say..uh cow? Coo? Moo? Coo? Clanacoo [???] Okay. So I woke up. Oh we've got one. There's some over here. There's one over hear. Oh okay and I woke up in the morning and I heard this note through the window. Very tiny cow running through around. Like tiny. That's not tiny cow. Give us a tiny cow. Okay. It's a song called 'Wondrous Stories'.
before 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Grand master of the bass guitar, Mr. Chris Squire and amazing wonderful drummer. The original action man, Mr. Alan White. Yeah! You guys. Cheer up. There's two guys over there looking 'This is really boring, really boring'. C'mon cheer up.
before 'I've Seen All Good People'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: [something from German]. Thank you so much. That was..uh of course..uh the song 'Revealing' from 'Topographic'. Thank you. Here were are in nearly 21st century still made this music. it's really great to. Thank you for coming along this evening and making it work and enjoying our music so much. Thank you very much. Woo! We'd love you..uh to sing along with this song and..uh thanks to the lighting and sound engineer and everybody in the crew and the production crew for tonight's. Yeah. You're a great road crew. They know what to do and..uh there a great road crew. Yeah. They're a great road crew. They know what to do. Please sing along with this song. Please sing along and halfway through. Up. Standing up and dancing just like you do. You know? Mannheim dance. The Manheim dance. Very important.