Jon Anderson: Thank you very much thank you. It's great to be here in Montreal. Thank you all for coming along this evening from wherever you've come from thank you so much, and, we'd like to play for you a couple of new songs, and uh, we just finished this album, we finished an album about a couple of months ago and uh we heard it about a week ago you know the final thing all nice and shiny you know, and it sounds really cool, it really sounds very good. The album, the album is called Magnification. The idea very simply is that if you magnify everything that is good that is around you, then it shall magnify everything that is good within. So here's a song, the idea is called uh don't go there you know, don't beat yourself up so much you know, and uh don't take love for granted. Here's a song Don't Go.
before 'In The Presence Of'
transcribed by: Paul M
Jon Anderson: Thank you so much thank you. New songs, new songs we gotta sort of juggling with new songs here we go. Mr. Alan White here, look at this guy. I tell ya Mr. Alan White. He played, this guy, he got out of bed today, cause he's been sick for three days, and he got out of bed to play tonight this guy, look at him. He said 'I'm going to sweat, I'm going to sweat all that stuff out', and I said 'Go for it man you know just...' So when we're recording, we have a great time when we're recording cause we never know what we're going to do each day. And one day Mr. Alan White, Mr. Alan White! He uh, he loves to play the piano everyday, and uh, he came up with this beautiful melody, and we started writing a song and within about three hours we wrote this piece of music. It's called In The Presence Of, it's a new song so...
before 'Gates Of Delirium, The'
transcribed by: Paul M
Jon Anderson: ....remembering in those days uh, very much like now but not so uh obvious, the war that is going on all the time, there is always war, for some reason, people just cannot enjoy life so much, they have to go to war it's important there's a, there's a lot of refugee people, you know. So when we were writing this song in those days we thought, we'll never be able to sing this song again you know, after the end of some big war you see. So here we have, similar times going on, especially, in the Middle East, and these crazy ple- people just, having to do with killing people you see. So we're doing this song, and we do it now, and it's called Gates of Delirium.
before 'Classical Gas'
transcribed by: Paul M
Jon Anderson: Thank you so much, thank you, thank you. Thank you so much for listening. ?? Wonderful wonderful. Thank you. I'd like to uh leave you in the capable hands and the fingers and guitar style of the wonderful Mr. Steve Howe.
before 'Wonderous Stories'
transcribed by: Paul M
Steve Howe: Thank you very very much, thank you.
Jon Anderson: Thank you so much, Steve Howe on guitar, beautiful, magique. Like to do a song which uh very simple song about the idea, when you wake up in the morning it is the beginning of your life. Every time you wake up, it's the beginning of everything. It's a song called Wonderous Stories.
before 'And You And I'
transcribed by: Paul M
Jon Anderson: Thank you so much, thank you for listening, thank you. Perpetual Change. That song's 30 years old now, 30 years old, today. (singing) Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to anyone who has a birthday today, happy birthday to you. This next song is a song we've played, many many times and we just love the idea of playing it & hope you enjoy listening.
before 'Ritual'
transcribed by: Paul M
Jon Anderson: ....one of the um, more sort of interesting times for, the band and for the fans and everybody who understands what Yes go through you know. It was the Tales From Topographic Oceans, those years you know. In some ways looking back uh twenty-six years you know you say, you know we will never be playing this music in the year 2000 it is impossible you know. So here we are, together. It is truly truly truly truly amazing. This is a song for my soul mate, my wife Jane, she loves this song, it's called Ritual.
before 'I've Seen All Good People'
transcribed by: Paul M
Jon Anderson: Chris Squire bass guitar, Christopher Squire. On drums the remarkable Alan White on drums. Mr Tom Brislin on keyboards. Mr Steve Howe on guitar. Mr William Stromberg and the orchestra. We'd like to sing a song and please sing along. I think you know this one, it's in the key of...that key, and then half way through you got to get up and dance like uh Montrealians do you know. Wherever you're from get up and boogie half way through. I will gargle in this next song. Ok we can do it.