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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Tonight Excess With Yes

Posted by on Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:32 AM

(Moore) Holy prog-rock trinity, Batman! British icons Yes perform in their entirety three LPs from their erratically brilliant catalog: The Yes Album (1971), Close to the Edge (1972), and Going for the One (1977). Nothing succeeds like excess with Yes, and this show is geared for the die-hard aficionado... with much disposable income. The Yes Album boasts fan favorites like "Yours Is No Disgrace," "Starship Trooper," and "I've Seen All Good People." You can hear the band revving up to their peak here. Close to the Edge is massive, scarily virtuosic, and as baroque as the inner workings of the stock exchange. Gird your third ear for this one. Going for the One is the least remarkable of the three works (Fragile would've been the better choice), but by this point in the show you'll be so devastated from the previous two classics, you'll need a respite from the soaring artistry. (Jon Davison replaces original singer Jon Anderson; Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White, and Geoff Downes complete the lineup.)

 

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