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    Posted: July 05 2015 at 11:04
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2015 at 00:20
I love those first 2 Yes albums. Nothing inherently wrong with them, just, perhaps amateur in nature, but still beyond capabilities of many around that time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 23:08
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How to listen in to our Chris Squire radio tribute

We are in the 2nd hour of program 1429, our 20th anniversary of bringing you progressive rock on the airwaves on Saturday nights! Join us on our in-studio Ustre...am.tv channel at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gagliarchives Want to listen online? You can check us out on the new Z889 The Pulse of South Jersey app you can get from the z889 website at http://z889.org/ or you can also check us out through the Tune In Radio app as well. You can listen through Windows Media at http://staff.bcc.edu/z889/stream/z889.asx Quicktime at http://staff.bcc.edu/z889/stream/z889.qtl and through Shoutcast at http://staff.bcc.edu/z889/stream/z889-stream.pls and through Aural Moon both live tonight and replayed Tuesday morning at 11AM at http://auralmoon.com/playlinks/auralmoon56kmp3.pls or locally in the Philadelphia/South Jersey/Jersey shore area at 88.9/95.1/100.7FM



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 22:38
Originally posted by ProgressiveHypocrite ProgressiveHypocrite wrote:

I know - I hate to think of who is next :,(. I discovered Yes last year, almost a year after Peter Banks had died. I was originally dismissive of his time with Yes (the first two tracks off the debut album were so boring I shut it off.), but after listening to the first two again, there were latents hints of what was to come, like that big f@ing bassline from Survival, or the songs Astral Traveller, Then and Time and a Word. It's sad, but ultimately Steve Howe was better for the band; still death is hard to deal with, even if you didn't know the guy. When I heard the news about Squire, I was GUTTED. I had heard he was ill, but like many fans, I was convinced that with prayer, love, hope, and treatment he would get better and come back after the tour. Now he's touring in heaven with Pete Banks and all the other musicians who passed away too soon. RIP Chris, and I'm so sorry I never got to see you live.


If you have been doubtful about the two Yes albums with Peter Banks because they sound boring... well, of course, first I would say you should give it a chance. But mainly, perhaps you would want to give Flash a chance... at least the first album, that one besides having Peter Banks, also has Tony Kaye, and it's anything but boring.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 20:23
gawd I suggest we change this topic to Chris Squire will live on...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 19:05
this will cheer anyone up really, it's funny! Chris Squire of Yes - Meeting Jimi Hendrix   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo-lBnTc3So
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 19:04
awwww saw this again on forum latest topics and still makes me very sad. It hits a nerve every time, all feels very surreal
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 18:54
Keith Richard will outlive everyone!Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 18:53
Jon had a brush with death a few years ago
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 04:20
I know - I hate to think of who is next :,(. I discovered Yes last year, almost a year after Peter Banks had died. I was originally dismissive of his time with Yes (the first two tracks off the debut album were so boring I shut it off.), but after listening to the first two again, there were latents hints of what was to come, like that big f@ing bassline from Survival, or the songs Astral Traveller, Then and Time and a Word. It's sad, but ultimately Steve Howe was better for the band; still death is hard to deal with, even if you didn't know the guy. When I heard the news about Squire, I was GUTTED. I had heard he was ill, but like many fans, I was convinced that with prayer, love, hope, and treatment he would get better and come back after the tour. Now he's touring in heaven with Pete Banks and all the other musicians who passed away too soon. RIP Chris, and I'm so sorry I never got to see you live.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2015 at 09:04
Peter Banks died two years ago, Chris Squire died this year... two Yes musicians in three years time Shocked
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2015 at 08:56
R.I.P. Chris. You were an inspiration to many and gave great pleasure to millions. You live on in our hearts and souls through your music. Been playing Fish out of Water and early Yes all week.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2015 at 07:49
Just to add to the thread. Chris was a fantastic bassist and a massive influence on me, musically. Most of my early years - from about 1974 onwards - were spent listening to him. The great thing about music is that your legacy lives on, you're not 100% dead if someone remembers you. Thanks, Chris. Sadly missed. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2015 at 05:52
Thank you for the Music, dear Sir Big smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2015 at 12:08
Very sad news and easily by several country miles the best prog bassist imo and one of the founding fathers of prog creating a style and sound that was and still is his very own. Love you Chris and happy progging in the afterlife. There is some amazing stuff going on there no doubt!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2015 at 22:48
Squire is among those I will miss the most.  Also among them are Jon Lord, Richard Wright, and B.B. King.  I am also with Mickey about George Harrison.  More will come, of course, and we can only honor our favorites by maintaining their musical legacy.  Great video clip, Cemego! 
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2015 at 21:04
Very sad news. In honour of the great man I am listening to the last Yes live releases. I am so glad I saw them in Melbourne recently as Squire was fantastic. Here's to the big Fish. Never to be forgotten as one of the great bassists.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2015 at 18:57
R.I.P fish
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2015 at 18:48
^  none hurt more than George Harrison that hurt on more than just a musical fan level but on a spiritual level as I was quite inspired by him to take up my own spritual path.  Raff still can not believe I actually lasted 6 weeks as a vegetarian.. my ex-wife (the spawn of Satan herself) finally broke me after 5 weeks of feeding me canned vegetables.

She was f**king hot... but damn..  not the most emphatic or supportive of spouses LOL

Bob Welch.. that one really hurt as well as I am a huge fan of his and his work with Fleetwood Mac.

Squire would be on the Welch's level.. a musician I admired so completely and so tragically taken too soon. However few in my mind reach Harrison's level... a much deeper connection transcending mere music... .really only Willie Nelson would do that.

The day we lose him, a living piece of Americana..  I will be in mourning for a week.


Edited by micky - June 29 2015 at 18:50
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2015 at 18:33
I don't know what to say...  Cry  these musician deaths in the past 5 years have really affected me... (bob welch, daevid allen, kevin ayers, george duke, just to name a few...)

I watched this yesterday and cried my eyes out, then banged my head a bit, then smiled.  This is how I want to remember...Such precision, such power, such tenderness and soulfulness in playing and singing.  Just amazing.

listen to streaming stuff! no commercials!

http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls
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