Friday 24 June 2011

What should Yes play live in July?

Results to a quickie poll on the main site, I asked what should be the focus for the forthcoming Yes tour, and your answers (82 votes in total) were:

Play songs from the new album, Fly from Here: 46.3 votes
Play more from Drama: 12.3
Play neglected pieces from the late 1990s/2000s: 8.5
Play neglected pieces from the 1970s: 6.8
Play neglected pieces from the YesWest era: 4
Play neglected pieces from the Banks era: 1
Play the 'greatest hits': 1
More solo spots for each band member: 1

So, that's pretty conclusive. Some reports have suggested a focus on Fly from Here and Drama, which will please fans. However, in a recent Billboard interview, Squire described the tour with Styx as, "more of a summer shed, rock 'n' roll-y tour and we'll have to obviously play Yes songs people are familiar with and squeeze it all into 90 minutes." He did add, "Later on [referring to the European leg] we'll hopefully go into a format where we have a longer playing time, so we'll be presenting more of the new album."

2 comments:

  1. Man In A White Car27 June 2011 at 18:43

    Punish the naysayers and just play Drama/Fly From Here. Like they did for the Topographic Oceans tour. Play the album in it's entirety with one or two encore songs, get someone to eat a curry live on stage and voila! Instant success!

    Seriously though, They should open with 'Beyond And Before' and close with 'Into The Storm'.

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  2. Fly from Here on Japan official charts (oricon):
    first week #56
    second week #86
    total sales on japan: 3542

    links:
    http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/40673/products/music/920519/1/

    http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?p=6279450#6279450

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