Don't play it live any more!
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Topic: Don't play it live any more!
Posted By: Tommydouglas
Subject: Don't play it live any more!
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 01:56
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Yes is my favourite band, but how many times can they play "Roundabout." I haven't been able to listen to the song for years because they've over-played it along with "I've seen all good people."
Tommy |
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 02:21
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King Crimson should retire "Red" and "Larks II", but I believe they already have. It would be nice to hear them revisit some underplayed classics like "Larks I" and "One More Red Nightmare". David Gilmour and Pink Floyd need to retire "Comfortably Numb". That song has been played to death. At least Water's solo band added some new ideas and improvisation.
And Mike Oldfield needs to retire Tubular Bells. He's been beating that dead horse for so long, there's nothing left to beat anymore. ------------- 
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Posted By: russellk
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 02:31
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Yeah! Don't give people what they want to hear!
Sorry, I know you're making a serious point. But I don't know of any songs I'm tired of. I tend to be careful in my listening habits. |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 02:39
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you should consider yourselves lucky for having seen these acts so many time - if that's what you mean- and not bitch about the playlist... here in Greece things are far worse... 
prog gigs are very few... unless you are a die-hard Maiden fan...  ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 06:24
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Can you imagine a Rolling Stones' show without "Satisfaction"?
Well, I can't figure out how I would feel if Yes do not play "Roundabout" in a concert! Of course it would be better if they add something new (e.g., a different keyboard solo), but I still find this song one of Yes's trademarks. ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 07:53
Would you rather hear Owner of a Lonely Heart? I know what I'd prefer!  ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Tommydouglas wrote:Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 08:29
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I know Smoke on the Water is basicaly the origin of Deep Purple's populartity, but I can't hear it anymore ------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 08:50
| Roundabout is not that bad, I am more fed up with All good people... but I thoroughly agree about Smoke |
Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 09:31
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No matter how overplayed you might find a song I think in a "live" environment it doesn't/wouldn't matter. I'd love to see/hear Smoke On The Water being played. It's overplayed because it's a popular tune, and a good one at that. ------------- 
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 09:36
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I never seen YES, KC, PURPLE or ex-FLOYDians live. I hope I'll do it some day. And if they don't play the songs you've mentioned it won't make me happier
I haven't been to VDGG's live show in 2005 in Moscow, but I know they started from "Darkness". I'd love to see at least this one played live by them. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 10:56
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taggadaggadah....Sitting on a park bench... ------------- |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 11:01
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I pray to God Rush won't play 'Roll the Bones' this tour... they played it every tour since the album came out, enough already, leave room for songs like The Camera Eye !!! ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 11:22
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Some bands should just take up basket weaving anyway. Russelk made a good point though, be careful in your listening habits. There are thousands of artists out there to listen to and discover.Bands have never been so accessable with Mp3s and all kinds of specialized sites om the web.
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Posted By: Yito
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 12:05
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Dream Theater - Pull Me Under
You can find this song with the three keyboardist of DT and i really don't enjoy that song. ------------- Psalm 96 1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. |
Posted By: Balthe
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 12:13
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Generally, the de facto Marillion should stay far, far away from most, if not all of the songs from the Fish era, as it just sounds... wrong, with Hogarth on the vocals. It's almost like hearing [insert high school band here] does 80s Marillion. The only exception would be Garden Party, which they play quite nicely. Spock's Beard - no more "Waste Away" please... It's possibly the most overplayed SB song of them all, although it's still way better than what they've been able to offer recently =P |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 14:45
| If I never hear "Smoke On The Water" or "Black Night" again it'll be too soon. I must have 30 different versions of "Smoke..." and I absolutely hate it now. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 14:50
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lol I'm still wondering if Harry Hood's comment about Red was a joke or not I'm pretty sure Fripp retired all KC material from previous eras, and almost everything from Thrak too - I think they only play One Time on the Eyes Wide Open live thingy ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: kiligian
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 14:53
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i saw led zepp while back i was pissed no stairway to heaven first time me seeing them they didnt do song i wanted to hear.... how hell can u not do this song it essential song in all zepp fans vocab... |
Posted By: Froth
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 16:59
depends what you want from Yes. if you want them to be a nostalgia show (which they are) then they should carry on pumping out their highly sterile live takes of their classic reportois for drunken rockers, but i feel sorry for Yes fans these days. Yes are now such a lifless band with no soul and i think it is highly unlikley that they will do anything surprising, daring, origional and more to the point, progressive ever again.
they should open with 'No oppertunity neccessary'. i deffinately go to see that.
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 17:12
I think they also played Sex, sleep...blah... and Dinosaur.
When i last saw them in Mexico (2004) they played Red  ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 19:48
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I plan on seeing Rush this summer, and if I don't hear "Tom Sawyer", then I won't be disappointed. I know they'll play it as it's one of their most popular tunes, but I'd rather hear something else. As a previous poster said, I'd rather hear "The Camera Eye".
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Posted By: Unix
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 20:04
heh, The Camera Eye is the most requested song for their concerts, I would personally love to see it played this summer as well. ------------- |
Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 20:41
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Some bands play the favorites, but change the arrangement. I really liked the "Roundabout" version they played live on a tour a few years ago; it was an acoustic version done with a 6/8-time, jazzy rhythm. I also have a version of Tull's "Living In The Past" with a different arrangement (Ian even mentions in the introduction that they had to change it because they were sick of playing it the same old way). There are many ways to keep the old chestnuts fresh in concert (play it slower, play it faster, use different instruments, add harmonies that weren't on the original, make it quieter, make it louder); I don't understand why more bands don't do this, for the sake of their own sanity, if for no other reason...... |
Posted By: KeleCableII
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 22:45
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Limelight, Roll the Bones, and The Big Money.
I want The Camera Eye, Xanadu and Cygnus X-1 (the entire thing). :/ |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: March 27 2007 at 23:54
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I'm not saying I wouldn't want to hear these songs. I just feel bands should do it as a favor to themselves. Playing the same two or three songs every night has to be extremely tedious. Eventually it gets to a point where they play through the song without any passion at all.
Another good example would be Kansas. Those poor guys have to play "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust In The Wind" every single night. -------------
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Posted By: Revan
Date Posted: March 28 2007 at 06:18
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be happy at least you saw them live ------------- 
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 30 2007 at 03:03
I'd rather hear that than "Closer To The Heart" or anything from the first two albums like "In The Mood" or "Fly By Night"! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: March 31 2007 at 08:21
| Saw 'Gates of Delirium' on Yes Symphonic Live DVD, and it was just as good as when I saw them play it in Los Angeles, circa mid-1970s. Steve Howe is definitely the king of the non-country-music slide guitar! |
Posted By: pogoowner
Date Posted: March 31 2007 at 11:30
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Well, I could say the same thing about my favorite band, Kansas, playing Carry on Wayward Son and Dust in the Wind at their concerts. But the fact is, lots of people go to shows because they want to hear the hits, so you have to play them. You can't blame the band, because they do need to make a living.
------------- And it might as well be raining, 'cause the sunlight hurts his eyes, And his ears will never hear the children's cries |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 03 2007 at 22:08
Well, Tommydouglas, music, like medicine, must be socialized.  The band plays, the audience listens, the compromise is determined by neither, as either could simply quit playing their part, leaving the other without the one.  |
Posted By: Prog Serpent
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 00:08
They can retire Roundabout after I get to see them play it live. It is one of my favourite Yes songs.
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Posted By: jalas
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 11:38
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I don't agree about Roundabout, but I do agree that I've Seen all Good People should be retired.
Pink Floyd (including Waters) should retire Money. it's always been a buzz kill right in the middle of the Dark Side of the Moon. Unfortunately, it can't be skipped for this upcoming Roger Waters tour where they will play the entire DSOTM.
Rick Wakeman has to retire Catherine Parr already. Every single DVD that I have of him has him playing that song. Even compilation DVDs which only have one Rick Wakeman song, for some reason, always have Catherine Parr. It's a great song, but I would prefer to see something else right now.
No doubt, Smoke on the Water has to stop. ------------- 
JOIN THE COMMUNIST PARTY! |
Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 17:23
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Can't agree with you Froth live they are as outstanding as ever.Material wise they have grossly dissapointed for two decades.For me Magnification could have been a very good Yes album had they given Steve much more scope.In my dreams i am hoping the time off they have taken will deliver a new audacious studio album.As for starting with oldies I'm all for that 'Astral traveller and Then would do me. |