Yes inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame ... Kronos/ModelD

Hooked On Sonics · Post by **Hooked On Sonics** » Tue May 02, 2017 1:54 am

Kronos and ModelD sound awesome as Yes is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1-NsnlPc54

GregC · Post by **GregC** » Tue May 02, 2017 12:14 pm

Thank you for that.

Jon Anderson is tremendous. I admire him completely.

I like Ricks additional parts on the tune. Love it.

and that Kronos... YEAH BABY ! YEAH !

Derek Cook · Post by **Derek Cook** » Tue May 02, 2017 4:29 pm

About time they were inducted!

I saw it a few weeks ago and it was interesting that they had Geddy Lee playing bass (probably side stepped the issue of which bass player from the two factions should have appeared).

I saw ARW on their recent tour. Not bad, but not classic Yes. Trevor Rabin is a brilliant rock guitarist, but he just does not have the same style as Steve Howe, so I felt a lot was missing on the guitar front. Wakeman was brilliant, and Anderson was still singing as high as ever. Kudos to to the excellent Lee Pomery on bass duties. Replacing Squire is a hard act to follow.

And Wakeman of course had not one, but two Kronos in amongst everything else. He also had a Montage, Fantom X8 and two MiniMoogs.

BobTheDog · Post by **BobTheDog** » Tue May 02, 2017 6:22 pm

They still seem to be able to knock out a tune

Derek Cook · Post by **Derek Cook** » Tue May 02, 2017 7:42 pm

Yeah, they are still pretty tidy. ARW put on a good show, and on a scale of 0-10 where 10 is great musicianship then they would have scored 10, but as I said, IMO, they missed Howe's unique style.

We need a Union again.

Hooked On Sonics · Post by **Hooked On Sonics** » Tue May 02, 2017 11:19 pm

We had NO idea that Rick Wakeman was a natural stand-up, his acceptance speech was HILARIOUS!!! Check it out here at 13:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyOm8WVJIRA

karmathanever · Post by **karmathanever** » Wed May 03, 2017 12:46 am

We had NO idea that Rick Wakeman was a natural stand-up, his acceptance speech was HILARIOUS!!! Check it out here at 13:50

Rick was featured on a comedy show called "Grumpy Old Men" quite a while ago - hilarious - he is a funny guy!!!

Here's one episode of the series.... https://youtu.be/NyByBORmtH0

Pete

Derek Cook · Post by **Derek Cook** » Wed May 03, 2017 8:49 pm

Hooked On Sonics wrote:We had NO idea that Rick Wakeman was a natural stand-up, his acceptance speech was HILARIOUS!!! Check it out here at 13:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyOm8WVJIRA

Rick is a natural comedian. I like the last surgical procedure quip the best

On his "Journey..." 40th anniversary tour he did a small stand up section and solo piano before the main album rendition and had us in stitches with statements like "my third wife divorced me as I wouldn't open the car door for her.......... well, I was swimming for the surface at the time...."

In the ARW tour guide, he was obviously a hand in gems such as

From the "fun quiz" section

If Jon has had half the number of wives that Rick has had, but twice as many as Trevor.... then how much has Rick had to pay out in alimony over the past 40 years?

In our drummer's name, Louie Morino III... the third (III) actually means:
a) his father (Louise) and Grandfather (Louie II) [SIC] were too lazy to give him his own name
b) He has three of something that most men only have two of
c) He has never come first or second in anything.

From the "Management" section:

Brian "Deal a Day" Lane, has a phenomenal memory and even claims he can remember the first time he had sex, which apparently wasn't very good at all as he was on his own....

(hmmm - seems like the last one was recycled in the speech!)

Grumpy old men was a hoot and he is regularly on panel quiz shows over here.

And he has a column in prog magazine.

All round genius....

Kevin Nolan · Post by **Kevin Nolan** » Fri May 05, 2017 12:19 am

Didn't Rick Wakeman own a Stand Up Comedy club at one stage (seriously!).

I've never been into Yes - no reason - just he way the dice rolled when I was getting into music - but I hugely admire them. And love Rick Wakeman's music (check out his album White Rock - it's a masterpiece of Moog performance based composition).

I equally like Jon Anderson from his Jon and Vangelis work.

I genuinely believe Jon Anderson is one of the most sophisticated musicians of our generations - (including musicians across all genres in that comparison). What I find utterly incomprehensible is the scale of his thinking - some how, verbally, he works on truly "symphonic" scales. He interconnects and develops ideas through words in a very similar manner to a symphonist. I believe that the form, structure and coherence of Yes's and Jon & Vangelis's longest works are largely due to Jon Anderson's abilities in this regard. I genuinely believe that had been a classical composer he'd be one to the most influential symphonists of our time. His capacity for imaginative and abstract though are equally far-reaching. A truly astounding musician.

Derek Cook · Post by **Derek Cook** » Fri May 05, 2017 6:07 pm

Kevin Nolan wrote:Didn't Rick Wakeman own a Stand Up Comedy club at one stage (seriously!).

I've never been into Yes - no reason - just he way the dice rolled when I was getting into music - but I hugely admire them. And love Rick Wakeman's music (check out his album White Rock - it's a masterpiece of Moog performance based composition).

I equally like Jon Anderson from his Jon and Vangelis work.

I genuinely believe Jon Anderson is one of the most sophisticated musicians of our generations - (including musicians across all genres in that comparison). What I find utterly incomprehensible is the scale of his thinking - some how, verbally, he works on truly "symphonic" scales. He interconnects and develops ideas through words in a very similar manner to a symphonist. I believe that the form, structure and coherence of Yes's and Jon & Vangelis's longest works are largely due to Jon Anderson's abilities in this regard. I genuinely believe that had been a classical composer he'd be one to the most influential symphonists of our time. His capacity for imaginative and abstract though are equally far-reaching. A truly astounding musician.

Quite true. I can't be interested in Yes without Jon Anderson..... or Chris Squire or Steve Howe or Rik Wakeman (Alan White or Bill Bruford as drummer, I don't mind), but Jon had the vision and his approach to music and words is quite unique - Olias of Sunhillow is a classic example.

Also I would recommend anybody to check out the recent Anderson/Stolt (Rhoine Stolt) collaboration. This is how Yes should sound today.