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Topic: 40th Anniversary of CTTE - interview with Yes
Posted By: cstack3
Subject: 40th Anniversary of CTTE - interview with Yes
Date Posted: November 28 2012 at 07:27
Fascinating comments by Anderson, Wakeman, Howe, and Bruford....but no Squire? 

Listen to Wakeman's comments on the "phenomenal sound change" in the final section of the song CTTE, starting at 5:00 - remarkable!

http://www.inthestudio.net/redbeards-blog/yes-close-edge-40th-anniversary/" rel="nofollow - http://www.inthestudio.net/redbeards-blog/yes-close-edge-40th-anniversary/



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Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: November 28 2012 at 17:05
Thanks for the post, interesting interview.  I will have to listen now for the big sound change that no one knew about or discovered in CTTE.
 
No Squire, one of the band members (cant remember who) said Chris was always late for rehearsal, looks like for interviews too...LOL


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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: November 28 2012 at 18:19
I liked the part when Jon Anderson says that And You And I was "crafted by the heavens and we were just the vehicles to put it together"  Tongue


Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: November 29 2012 at 15:21
Great interview, Charles. Thanks muchClap

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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 29 2012 at 15:37



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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: November 29 2012 at 15:39
Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

I liked the part when Jon Anderson says that And You And I was "crafted by the heavens and we were just the vehicles to put it together"  Tongue


The best piece of music surpass those who have created it. 40 years so soon, i thought the guys of Yes were just in their 50's yesterday!Shocked


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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 29 2012 at 16:08
Thanks for posting.....great stuff!!

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Posted By: acdc7369
Date Posted: November 29 2012 at 23:58
Originally posted by AEProgman AEProgman wrote:

Thanks for the post, interesting interview.  I will have to listen now for the big sound change that no one knew about or discovered in CTTE.
 
No Squire, one of the band members (cant remember who) said Chris was always late for rehearsal, looks like for interviews too...LOL
 
You're thinking of Bill Bruford.  Bruford was always punctual (being a jazz drummer, it's no surprise that he has a good concept of time). He viewed being late to practice as one of the most disrespectful things you could do to your bandmates, and I kind of agree. 
 
I believe he and Squire didn't like each other very much at all.   I think all the guys in that band lived together and used to drink ALOT....and I think after a show one night, Bruford and Squire got into a fistfight, probably a drunken one.  Tensions in bands tend to build up.  Especially if your bandmate is also your roommate.  Been there, done that myself.


Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: November 30 2012 at 00:22
Originally posted by acdc7369 acdc7369 wrote:

Originally posted by AEProgman AEProgman wrote:

Thanks for the post, interesting interview.  I will have to listen now for the big sound change that no one knew about or discovered in CTTE.
 
No Squire, one of the band members (cant remember who) said Chris was always late for rehearsal, looks like for interviews too...LOL
 
You're thinking of Bill Bruford.  Bruford was always punctual (being a jazz drummer, it's no surprise that he has a good concept of time). He viewed being late to practice as one of the most disrespectful things you could do to your bandmates, and I kind of agree. 
 
I believe he and Squire didn't like each other very much at all.   I think all the guys in that band lived together and used to drink ALOT....and I think after a show one night, Bruford and Squire got into a fistfight, probably a drunken one.  Tensions in bands tend to build up.  Especially if your bandmate is also your roommate.  Been there, done that myself.

I'm sure that a book could be written about the many flats shared by the prog musicians in London back in the day!   Peter Banks and Bob Fripp shared a flat, and Chris Squire & Ray Bennett of Flash did as well.  

This is a great interview with Pete Banks where he reminisces about those years:

   http://www.themarqueeclub.net/interview-peter-banks-yes" rel="nofollow - http://www.themarqueeclub.net/interview-peter-banks-yes

And Robert Fripp ended up living with you in the same flat in Fulham where you used to live with Yes before. Is that right?

Yes, when Flash we were rehearsing in '72. That was a strange thing when Robert Fripp moved in because Bill (Bruford) was the last one who moved out and that was a little bit strange because Bill and I we were still sharing this flat along with his girlfriend and my girlfriend, and I actually got fired from  http://www.themarqueeclub.net/yes" rel="nofollow - Yes , and it was a bit of a strange thing.


If you listen closely, you can hear common influences in the styles of flatmates!  Squire and Bennett both used the plectrum/Rotosound/Rickenbacker bass technique, I wonder if they didn't develop it jointly?  And Banks and Fripp share many common guitar traits....jazz, fuzztone, etc.  



Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: November 30 2012 at 17:37
Doesn't sound like Bill is a huge Anderson fan lol

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Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: November 30 2012 at 19:55
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Doesn't sound like Bill is a huge Anderson fan lol
 
Bill Bruford has a very different personnality from Jon's.


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