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verslibre
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 17:43 |
questionsneverknown wrote:
This isn't the most pertinent thing to raise here, but was anyone else genuinely surprised to learn that Geddy Lee and Chris Squire never met? |
Yes, I was. I was certain their paths had crossed at least once, somewhere, sometime. I guess not.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 17:45 |
cstack3 wrote:
RIP, Christopher Squire, and thanks for the many bass lessons you gave to me!
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Well put...I can't count how many hours I spent learning little bits and pieces of Gates of Delirium, Tales side 1, and On the Silent Wings of Freedom...and all Chris charged me was the price of the album
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Guillermo
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 17:45 |
As some written tributes by Wakeman, Rabin and others that I have read in Facebook said, "this is the end of an era", maybe the end of YES ,with Chris Squire being the only original member of the band that still was in the band since 1968. Maybe they are going to carry on for a time without Squire to fill the previously contracted tour dates. Who knows? I can`t imagine a YES band without Squire lasting more than these planned tours for 2015-2016. Or maybe they are finally going to cancel them. Anyway, the band could never be the same without him.
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 22:11 |
I've lost a friend who has been there for nearly all of my life.
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Chris S
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 23:50 |
ghost_of_morphy wrote:
I've lost a friend who has been there for nearly all of my life. |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 00:48 |
......I still can't believe it....... Now what do folks think of Heaven And Earth ?? It was great when released, now even more of a treasure..... I still remember when I first heard the 'real' Chris (with his Rickenbacker) - I had 90125 and Big Generator - then I got FRAGILE (this was during 1987). That bass in South Side Of The Sky infused me with the obsession of purchasing a Ricky, and Squire has meant the world to me since. I do have many bass heroes (Geddy, Beggs, Wetton, Lake, Rutherford, Top, Berlin, Sinclair, Waters........the list goes on.......) but none more important than Master Squire. The (inevitable) end is so sad. Time to put Yes to bed, but we will have dedications no doubt - lest we not EVER forget one of Prog-Rock's most esteemed performers. I will miss having him 'with us'.
Edited by Tom Ozric - June 30 2015 at 00:49
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Kazza3
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 01:43 |
Well, there you go. Always thought Fish Out Of Water was just okay, solid, nothing to write home about it. Listening to it again now and genuinely taken aback by how good it actually is.
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Cactus Choir
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 03:55 |
ghost_of_morphy wrote:
I've lost a friend who has been there for nearly all of my life. |
Wonderfully put, I think a huge number of us feel like that. RIP Chris.
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PrognosticMind
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 05:13 |
ghost_of_morphy wrote:
I've lost a friend who has been there for nearly all of my life. |
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Svetonio
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 07:21 |
John was good buddies with Chris Squire, bassist from Yes...We hung out with him a lot at NAMM shows. |
RIP both of great bassists.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 07:35 |
PrognosticMind wrote:
ghost_of_morphy wrote:
I've lost a friend who has been there for nearly all of my life. |
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Wow, beautifully said
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chopper
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 08:47 |
Kazza3 wrote:
Well, there you go. Always thought Fish Out Of Water was just okay, solid, nothing to write home about it. Listening to it again now and genuinely taken aback by how good it actually is. |
Yes, it is definitely good. If it were a Yes album I suspect it would scrape into the Top 10.
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january4mn
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 09:27 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
......I still can't believe it....... Now what do folks think of Heaven And Earth ?? It was great when released, now even more of a treasure..... I still remember when I first heard the 'real' Chris (with his Rickenbacker) - I had 90125 and Big Generator - then I got FRAGILE (this was during 1987). That bass in South Side Of The Sky infused me with the obsession of purchasing a Ricky, and Squire has meant the world to me since. I do have many bass heroes (Geddy, Beggs, Wetton, Lake, Rutherford, Top, Berlin, Sinclair, Waters........the list goes on.......) but none more important than Master Squire. The (inevitable) end is so sad. Time to put Yes to bed, but we will have dedications no doubt - lest we not EVER forget one of Prog-Rock's most esteemed performers. I will miss having him 'with us'. |
Hi Tom, although I'm a keyboard player, bass is often the instrument I zone in on when listening, and none more than Chris Squire. And the backing vocals too were, and are, always so interesting and creative as well. I'm also glad Yes did H and E which has some great tracks, but "Fly From Here" is even better--I put it on the other night and I think it really holds up as a great album in the second half of their career. I can barely put into words how much Chris Squire's work has meant to me over the years as a musician and very much wish we had many more years of him around! But, thankful for the legacy of course.
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brainstormer
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 13:39 |
We should all do something glorious in his honor.
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lazland
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 15:14 |
brainstormer wrote:
We should all do something glorious in his honor.
| Well, I am listening to Yes Live At House of Blues as I type this. I trust this is sufficiently glorious, unless, of course, you could make some glorious suggestions adequately glorious for this glorious purpose
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brainstormer
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 15:25 |
Sounds good to me.
Edited by brainstormer - June 30 2015 at 15:33
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lazland
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 15:34 |
Ar goll yn cyfieithu.
Edited by lazland - June 30 2015 at 15:34
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questionsneverknown
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 16:17 |
lazland wrote:
Ar goll yn cyfieithu. |
Mae'n ddrwg 'da fi. Dw i ddim yn deall.
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The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong we call it love
The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough.
--Robyn Hitchcock
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Icarium
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 16:38 |
Ile throw a party :D
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lazland
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 16:43 |
questionsneverknown wrote:
lazland wrote:
Ar goll yn cyfieithu. |
Mae'n ddrwg 'da fi. Dw i ddim yn deall. | Ni wnaeth efe.
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