On to Evermore

Post by **FredProgGH** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:01 am

OTE is the most polarizing album. For everyone who loves it another loathes it. There is good stuff on it.

Post by **Bnielsen** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:06 am

Kind of a Smeagol/Gollum type thing?

SuperTed · Post by **SuperTed** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:50 am

MayorOfLongview wrote:For shame! I think I'm totally sold on every single track on that album. I listen to GFTO more than any other album I own. As for Awaken - pure magic (for me).

Well, now I think it's the pinnacle of Yes's work and a real spine-tingler, but then I didn't quite get it, but I'm totally with you on GFTO though (what a pair of sad acts we are

)

It reminds me of the time I saw Yes at the Royal Albert Hall on the Ladder tour. I bought tickets for both nights as I figured I'd travelled far enough. So the first night, Awaken comes on and superb it was and then Jon gets to "Shall we now bid...Farewell...Farewell", Igor goes mental on the keys and then right where it goes into the crescendo (BOM! BOM! - what a description!

) off go the confetti bombs very loudly which I'd read about in reviews but totally forgot about until that moment. The Royal Albert Hall was festooned in shimmering paper falling gently to earth as Jon sang "High Vibration go on..." and I thought "Thank God I've got a change of underwear back in the hotel" 'cos the bloody confetti scared the tripe out of me!!

So the second night comes and I get talking to a French guy in the row in front of me. We'd both been to the signing session that day and I shook Jon's hand and generally acted like a moron

and me and French dude were talking about the show to come. We both knew about the confetti so we sat and eagerly awaited Awaken. The appointed moment came and BOOM went the bombs. French guy and I were very happy but his happiness was short lived as a piece of congealed confetti shrapnel about the size of a football arced its way gracefully across the hall and smacked him four-square in the head where it exploded into little confetti bomblets (which looked lovely by the way)... Once he regained some composure, he told me it was the best thing that had ever happened to him at a concert

Conclusive proof that prog is dangerous to your health

Post by **MayorOfLongview** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:49 pm

That's the funniest thing I've read on this forum in quiet some time!
Steve

Post by **Bnielsen** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:09 pm

Hmm- I'll have to look for something similar to happen at the Democratic convention tonight

maybe the balloons will be filled with nitrous oxide

johnc · Post by **johnc** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:13 pm

SuperTed wrote:congealed confetti shrapnel

And I thought I'd seen every phrase known to man.

johnc

DruidsGlass · Post by **DruidsGlass** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 1:10 am

whoa...never heard of a Yes concert becoming dangerous...hey GH should get some confetti bombs...

King · Post by **King** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:30 pm

MayorOfLongview wrote:That's the funniest thing I've read on this forum in quiet some time!
Steve

haha, ditto