November 04, 2009
Teatro Tenda Strisce
Rome, Italyreturn to tour page |
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A great show |
Antonio Machera |
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| Hi, many thanks for the yesterday's show. Great setlist(machine messiah live is awful!!)2 words for Steve...INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE! professional as usual,a man of worth.Please come back soon! |
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Yes..great as ever !! |
Marco Imperatori |
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| It was an amazing show ! Steve Howe it's in an incredible moment,his guitar playing it's wonderful and greater than previous tours...!!! Chris is the "monster bass" , the driving force of all the Yes team, a warm musician and a great man ! Alan the solid rock ,as usual, and Mr.Benoit is a very nice person and a very talented singer. Machine Messiah and South Side of the Sky were really fabulous !!!! Long Live Yes !!! |
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Dignitosi e disciplinati |
Emilio Di Donato |
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Lo show di ieri sera a Roma è stato molto onesto, non perfetto ma penso che occorra giudicare gli Yes anche per quello che oggi sono: ottimi musicisti che hanno fatto la storia del rock, veri e propri inventori di un sound originalissimo e solare, ma oggettivamente non sono più dei giovananotti ed appaiono molto affaticati, pur se sempre molto dignitosi e disciplinati. Sono comunque loro grato di calcare ancora il palco, permettendo alle nuove generazioni di poterli ascoltare e a noi più "vecchiarelli" di poterci commuovere sulle note di "And you and I".
La scaletta non mi soddisfa molto, penso che anche gli ultimi lavori degli Yes (ed in particolare Magnification) siano davvero dei capolavori; mi dispiace quindi che vadano a pescare sempre nei loro primissimi lavori, stendendo un colpo di spugna ai pur pregevoli brani degli ultimi 20 anni. La mancanza di "Close to the Edge" in scaletta è però un colpo al cuore...
Il cantante non è niente male, e penso comunque che sia meglio ascoltare gli Yes con una nuova voce che non ascoltarli affatto!!!
emilio |
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a lot of thanks |
Andrea Gresta |
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What can i say? Thanks to exist!!Yes music is music for body and soul,it's a style that never ends, three or five it's the same;Benoit is not John,but is a very good singer and the plays of voices with Chris and Steve were really wonderful.Oliver was a little bit serious, but the fusion of the sound was incredible.I agree for "South side", but also "Heart of the sunrise" and "Machine Messiah":what a delight!!! Class is class, forever YES!!!
Andrea |
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silvio dipietro |
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| Great show. Percise clean sound and very professional. Thanks for the wonderful set. |
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A nice evening |
CLAUDIO LEPRI |
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It was a pleasure to attend to the concert in Rome the 4th of November ! Great energy, Steve is always a sounds machine, Chris and Alan are always a perfect rythmic section, and many compliment also to the new elements, Benoit and Oliver.
Hope to see you again in Rome in the future !
Regards
Claudio |
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6/10 - I've seen them before, unfortunately. |
DamienTheOmen |
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If you've never seen Yes live before, then consider yourself lucky; this modern line-up holds up pretty decent live and puts up an enjoyable show.
Unfortunately I saw them during the fantastic tour back in 2002 with Rick and Jon, so, bad luck there Olivier and David.
Steve Howe by himself could carry the entire show, it shows he's having fun doing what he likes. Excellent solo on Siberian, probably the best I've heard on that song so far.
Chris Squire carries himself along and he sang quite a lot, never saw Chris sang so much on a Yes concert, but I think I know why (to cover up for Benoit's missteps).
Alan White did a pretty decent show, I actually expected worse from him. His short solo was enjoyable too.
David Benoit has a voice strikingly similar to Anderson's. Too bad he's NOT Anderson, and that showed up in more than one track, especially on a horrible misstep during Siberian Khatru. He then seemed to warm up on subsequent tracks, like the nice performance on Owner went to show. For sure he can sing with a cover band of Yes, but he hasn't got the vocal skils for a tour with the band.
Olivier Wakeman seems a pretty nice guy doing a bad Rick Wakeman interpretation. I mean, if it weren't for the generational link, he really could be anyone, he hasn't got a distinct style of playing anyway. Fits the role. I guess.
I appreciated the setlist, Machine Messiah was a nice choice for a revisit (while I didn't like Tempus Fugit at all), the rest is standard Yes fare.
They didn't play Starship Troopers in Rome either, maybe they were too tired after the long stretch of Yours is no Disgrace.
As said before: 6/10. |
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