Benoit David has left Yes...says Squire

sturoc wrote: Is there a curse for lead vocalists in Yes ? The curse of respiratory illnesses ? Isn't there a Jazz pianist named David Benoit ?

Yes there is!

Cycles2 wrote: My brother and I saw 'Yes' last week in Hollywood, FL and I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought we were listening to and watching Jon Anderson on vocals. It wasn't until reading this site that I realized it was Jon Davison on vocals. The voice was exactly the same and all the phrasings were the same. He even does some of the quirky movements Jon Anderson did on stage. The final touch was when Jon Davison played the useless percussion instruments on stage such that no one can hear such as the 'bar chimes'. This has Jon Anderson's signature all over it. My seat wasn't too close so I couldn't tell if Davison and Anderson look completely different, but I noticed Davison was thin as I remember Anderson. I've been calling friends all week and telling them that I've never heard 'Yes' sound this good in the last 20 years and I attributed it to Jon Anderson's renewed vocal qualities. Oh well, embarrassing but who cares as we were treated to an amazing concert. If the 'Yes' tour is coming to a city near you, you need to see them. They open with the complete 'Close to the Edge' album (without the optional America track). They play all the classics and refrain from the more recent pop hits such as 'Owners of a Lonely Heart' t make room for the great stuff.

Haha, this is rather amusing.
Anyway, your sound must have been bad, as I could hear Davison play the "bar chimes" quite clearly!

My brother and I saw 'Yes' last week in Hollywood, FL and I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought we were listening to and watching Jon Anderson on vocals. It wasn't until reading this site that I realized it was Jon Davison on vocals. The voice was exactly the same and all the phrasings were the same. He even does some of the quirky movements Jon Anderson did on stage. The final touch was when Jon Davison played the useless percussion instruments on stage such that no one can hear such as the 'bar chimes'. This has Jon Anderson's signature all over it. My seat wasn't too close so I couldn't tell if Davison and Anderson look completely different, but I noticed Davison was thin as I remember Anderson.

I've been calling friends all week and telling them that I've never heard 'Yes' sound this good in the last 20 years and I attributed it to Jon Anderson's renewed vocal qualities. Oh well, embarrassing but who cares as we were treated to an amazing concert.

If the 'Yes' tour is coming to a city near you, you need to see them. They open with the complete 'Close to the Edge' album (without the optional America track). They play all the classics and refrain from the more recent pop hits such as 'Owners of a Lonely Heart' t make room for the great stuff.

   

DanProgMusic wrote:   I'm a big fan of 1970's Progressive Rock but I wish the bands from that era and beyond would stop these horrible reunions or at least try something new and out of their comfort zone because it's boring.... . As for YES please stop now your a total parody of yourself.  Wow I can't believe I'm saying this these guys are my idols but come on it's time to do something else.

  I'm a big fan of 1970's Progressive Rock but I wish the bands from that era and beyond

Epignosis wrote: Snow Dog wrote: T. Rabin is an excellent musician Indeed. If we judged Howe by GTR, what would we think?

Snow Dog wrote: T. Rabin is an excellent musician

Indeed.

If we judged Howe by GTR, what would we think?

dennismoore wrote:   Where did Laz & Epignosis go?  I think we scared them away.

I didn't realize anyone was this opinionated about it, but if you are...

dennismoore wrote:   Hi  Epignosis,   You came down pretty hard on 2Steves, who I (as a YES fan who has seen every tour since 1977) condsider is absolutely spot on in his assessment of Billy. S.

I didn't come down pretty hard on him; you disagree with me and agree with him.

dennismoore wrote: Billy S. is nowhere near the class of musicians that YES have had over the years.Can Billy S. play an instrument?, Sure, just like most people in this forum. Yes, I have heard his records.  They are over processed and what he plays is a rip off from YES past and prog in general.

For every Billy Sherwood project that is "over processed," I can show you twelve dozen others from this same time period that are "over processed."

dennismoore wrote: As far as him in YES, the little fart sounds he makes with his guitar on stage actually ruined the YES classics. If you recall, in the Dark Days of Billy-YES, YES sold a recording of an LA Universal Amphitheatre Show.  Billy S. did a guitar solo during Wurm.  It was pathetic beyond belief and was an utter embarassment. Please track that down, listen to it, and then tell us how great a musician Billy S. is.

I think one of Yes's best DVDs is The House of Blues. 

If you wish to judge a musician based on one performance, then I can safely say that any musician who has toured is garbage.  I've seen all good people; I've seen some terrible performances from those good people too. 

Wow DennisMoore I am speechless---

^ I think you need to realise that Open Your Eyes was originally a Squire & Sherwood project, which morphed into a Yes one once they had all stopped arguing about it.