I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year´s 2.nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP:  Clannad, "Hourglass"

On Oct 30, 4:45�am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:





I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year�s 2..nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP: �Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

But thanks for your thoughts on the matter.

On Oct 30, 4:45 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:



I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year´s 2.nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP:  Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

On Oct 29, 2:39 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:





On Oct 30, 4:45 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year s 2.nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP: Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

apparently they think like you.

Please note that the funny part is that they took any time at all to
prepare for the tour.

But thanks for your thoughts on the matter.

that thanks doesn't sound very sincere, Paul.

Rob Allen
NP:  Bob Dylan, "Not Dark Yet"

On 29 oct, 17:39, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:





On Oct 30, 4:45 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year´s 2.nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP:  Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

Yep, because we all know that Yes always *fully rehearses* its live
show before going on tour, as numerous live recordings from previous
tours (especially 2000 and 2004) indicate...

On Oct 30, 11:46 am, Michel Forest <fore... at (no spam) sympatico.ca> wrote:



On 29 oct, 17:39, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:

On Oct 30, 4:45 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year´s 2.nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP:  Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

Yep, because we all know that Yes always *fully rehearses* its live
show before going on tour, as numerous live recordings from previous
tours (especially 2000 and 2004) indicate...

blame Jon for that

p""

On Oct 30, 11:42�am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

On Oct 29, 2:39 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:

On Oct 30, 4:45 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year s 2.nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP: Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

apparently they think like you.

Please note that the funny part is that they took any time at all to
prepare for the tour.

Oh, I thought the funny was that that quote appears to be from the
begining of September?

But thanks for your thoughts on the matter.

that thanks doesn't sound very sincere, Paul.

Geez. Tough room. Would it have sounded any more sincere if I'd
capitalized that statement Rob?

On Oct 29, 4:40 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:





On Oct 30, 11:42 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

On Oct 29, 2:39 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:

On Oct 30, 4:45 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year s 2.nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP: Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

apparently they think like you.

Please note that the funny part is that they took any time at all to
prepare for the tour.

Oh, I thought the funny was that that quote appears to be from the
begining of September?

er...that part is *hilarious*, I'm sure.



But thanks for your thoughts on the matter.

that thanks doesn't sound very sincere, Paul.

Geez. Tough room. Would it have sounded any more sincere if I'd
capitalized that statement Rob?

I'm not sure that would have helped at all...no.

Rob Allen
NP: �Yes, "The Calling"- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

On Oct 30, 7:19 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

On Oct 29, 4:40 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:

On Oct 30, 11:42 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

On Oct 29, 2:39 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:

On Oct 30, 4:45 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year s 2..nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP: Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

apparently they think like you.

Please note that the funny part is that they took any time at all to
prepare for the tour.

Oh, I thought the funny was that that quote appears to be from the
begining of September?

er...that part is *hilarious*, I'm sure.

But thanks for your thoughts on the matter.

that thanks doesn't sound very sincere, Paul.

Geez. Tough room. Would it have sounded any more sincere if I'd
capitalized that statement Rob?

I'm not sure that would have helped at all...no.

Rob Allen
NP: Yes, "The Calling"- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I dont know. I'm 50. For the stuff I've been doing over and over and
over �again for 40 years, I usually don't need 3 days to
prepare....

It's not like they are doing anything new, a statement in
itself.

It probably takes takes them 3 days to change strings now days
anyway

But still, I won't see them w/o Anderson

I dont know. I'm 50. For the stuff I've been doing over and over and
over  again for 40 years, I usually don't need 3 days to
prepare....It's not like they are doing anything new, a statement in
itself. It probably takes takes them 3 days to change strings now days
anyway

Relayer <relayer... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:
I dont know. I'm 50. For the stuff I've been doing over and over and
over �again for 40 years, I usually don't need 3 days to
prepare....It's not like they are doing anything new, a statement in
itself. It probably takes takes them 3 days to change strings now days
anyway

We know Howe, Squire and O. Wakeman got together some weeks ago, and
all the band members practice alone before the band as a whole meets
up, so this "3 days" stuff is misleading at best.

On Oct 30, 11:16 am, Relayer <relayer... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:





On Oct 30, 7:19 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

On Oct 29, 4:40 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:

On Oct 30, 11:42 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

On Oct 29, 2:39 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:

On Oct 30, 4:45 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year s 2.nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP: Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

apparently they think like you.

Please note that the funny part is that they took any time at all to
prepare for the tour.

Oh, I thought the funny was that that quote appears to be from the
begining of September?

er...that part is *hilarious*, I'm sure.

But thanks for your thoughts on the matter.

that thanks doesn't sound very sincere, Paul.

Geez. Tough room. Would it have sounded any more sincere if I'd
capitalized that statement Rob?

I'm not sure that would have helped at all...no.

Rob Allen
NP: Yes, "The Calling"- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I dont know. I'm 50. For the stuff I've been doing over and over and
over again for 40 years, I usually don't need 3 days to
prepare....

I'm like you...only older...and yeah, things I've done over and
again...it's just like riding a bike. �Of course most of what I do
doesn't involve a lot of playing in time with others. �It does involve
coordination with others, but that's not at all the same thing.

There's a reason why sports teams practice constantly and why dancers,
actors and musicians rehearse. �They look to be sure they've got it
right *as a unit*, when the lights go on. �Yes has a history of kind
of preparing as they go...the first few shows of a tour, being the
rehearsal shows. �A "won't work unless I'm getting paid right now"
kind of attitude.

This "Yes" clearly had some performance issues on previous outings.
One should think they'd be fully in to get it nailed down...and so
they were, for *three whole days*.

Brilliant stuff, really.

It's not like they are doing anything new, a statement in
itself.

waitaminnit...I'm pretty sure they put _one_ different song in the
set...so they really are stretching for the European Tour!

It probably takes takes them 3 days to change strings now days
anyway

their techs should be able to do that in their sleep.

But still, I won't see them w/o Anderson

as I understand it, all you have to do is _close your eyes_.

Rob Allen
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- Show quoted text -

On Oct 30, 12:38 pm, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:


On Oct 30, 11:16 am, Relayer <relayer... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

On Oct 30, 7:19 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

On Oct 29, 4:40 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:

On Oct 30, 11:42 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

On Oct 29, 2:39 pm, paul <redmooncreat... at (no spam) xtra.co.nz> wrote:

On Oct 30, 4:45 am, "robm... at (no spam) aol.com" <robm... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

I found the following to be just as funny as can be...it's the
"legendary" YES...and they are spending *three whole days* to prepare
for the European Tour.

Too fucking funny.

4.9.2009
Just confirmed! Brittish art-rock legend YES starts the world tour in
OLOMOUC!

Yes, legendary brittish art-rock band YES starts at the end of
October, exactly 29.10., the new world tour in hall of Palacky
University in OLOMOUC! YES will be a headliner of this year s 2.nd
volume of music festival Rock Olomouc! Famous band will come to
Olomouc three days earlier to prepare the whole tour there. Olomouc
can look forward to see a concert of the year!

Rob Allen
NP: Clannad, "Hourglass"

Considering that the band are well in the groove after the recent tour
with Asia I'd suggest that three days is quite enough for
acclimatisation and some decent practise time.

apparently they think like you.

Please note that the funny part is that they took any time at all to
prepare for the tour.

Oh, I thought the funny was that that quote appears to be from the
begining of September?

er...that part is *hilarious*, I'm sure.

But thanks for your thoughts on the matter.

that thanks doesn't sound very sincere, Paul.

Geez. Tough room. Would it have sounded any more sincere if I'd
capitalized that statement Rob?

I'm not sure that would have helped at all...no.

Rob Allen
NP: Yes, "The Calling"- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I dont know. I'm 50. For the stuff I've been doing over and over and
over again for 40 years, I usually don't need 3 days to
prepare....

I'm like you...only older...and yeah, things I've done over and
again...it's just like riding a bike. Of course most of what I do
doesn't involve a lot of playing in time with others. It does involve
coordination with others, but that's not at all the same thing.

There's a reason why sports teams practice constantly and why dancers,
actors and musicians rehearse. They look to be sure they've got it
right *as a unit*, when the lights go on. Yes has a history of kind
of preparing as they go...the first few shows of a tour, being the
rehearsal shows. A "won't work unless I'm getting paid right now"
kind of attitude.

This "Yes" clearly had some performance issues on previous outings.
One should think they'd be fully in to get it nailed down...and so
they were, for *three whole days*.

Brilliant stuff, really.

It's not like they are doing anything new, a statement in
itself.

waitaminnit...I'm pretty sure they put _one_ different song in the
set...so they really are stretching for the European Tour!

It probably takes takes them 3 days to change strings now days
anyway

their techs should be able to do that in their sleep.

But still, I won't see them w/o Anderson

as I understand it, all you have to do is _close your eyes_.

Rob Allen
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At least with Drama, they put out a new album (telling people is
another issue). I can close my eyes and listen in my living room I
suppose and pretend they are all there, but that would be weird. I'd
just like to see one more album with Jon and Rick and maybe a short
tour and then they hang it up and retire Yes with dignity and do their
Christmas albums or Squires solo album that had been 35 years in the
making...or whatever..

Now, an Anderson/Wakeman show I would go to.

That's an album I would
buy too.

I doubt I would buy an album from this version of Yes out of
pure principle

Geez, that would be ironic