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Also on Sting's 1999 song 'Brand New Day"

He knew what he liked .. and liked what he knew

I much prefer their later song, "Paperbag Writer"

aka Early Birds

"These kids just don't know music ...."

Same for me and my wife. Going with my brother and sil who live there.
We saw Yes there in 2010 - Benoit David; Oliver Wakeman

Thus their nickname ... the Huskies
and their mascot, Jonathan the Husky https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/2023/2/10/jonathan-the-husky

Butterflies. Zebras. Unicorns. Candy. Clowns. Long walks on the beach.

Lucky Seven - Chris Squire; Fish Out Of Water. Mel Collins on sax

So basically ... They got too big for their ... bridges

"Quite right ..."

I was the assistant treasurer at my church for years. There was a women's group that would meet once a month and celebrate a members birthday by collecting money to donate to various church projects....

Personal Golden Age
I remember guys 10 years older than me saying that the greatest rock music was produced by the Beach Boys.
I equated them to those who thought Elvis was the be-all end-all....

I think we all agree this is the only progressive we all hate

Only if it is all in 9/8 time ....

RIP Ravens and Lions

I kid, I kid ......

Hey now ... it's the perfect instrument for a drummer like me to come up with 'guide' music for the guitars/keys in the band
"No no, the timing should be more like this ...."

In high school, I...

"Keepin' Hope Alive!"

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“All the lonely people .... Where do they all come from?”

My wife and I went to Arby's for some roast beef. The overhead speakers were halfway through 'Funk #49' - James Gang; then comes ... 'Long Distance Runaround' followed by 'The Fish'! Even with the...

I hear he was the surprise of the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance, celebrating Link Wray:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2T6t5nuE3M

If one were to get traditional Medicare, is it a given that you would need to also get a Medicare D drug plan, and perhaps a Medigap plan as well ?? So two supplemental plans (I know AARP sells 'em)...

My good neighbor told me that he attended his one and only Yes concert back in the day, which happened to be Tales. Only knowing of Yes from what he heard on the radio, and getting the invite/ticket...

Nobody likes to feel 'less than ..' as in "if you like that crap, you're less than .."

"But, but ... it's not crap to me!"

Flea of RHCP is pretty good at it as well.
To me, it's just another technique to pull out of the bag when needed. A 'rudiment' so to speak

Was it Bootsy Collins of Funkedelic who championed it? ...

In order to explain my attempt at humor,

If you are not in a rush, do you ... meander? stroll? stop and smell the roses?

Just go out as 'Meander"

to wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination

No Rush ....

Long rolls with Flam chops

"No clowns ..."

Overused that I love:
Mellotron strings
Mellotron chorus
Ribbon controller 'wars'

Missed this - Musician Joni Mitchell turned 80 yesterday, November 7

What is .... new progressive?

i kid

Joe Walsh - Turn To Stone

With Joe Vitale doing triple duty - drums, flute, and keys.

Quite an enjoyable show. I believe the setlist was the same as listed in post #80.

My wife and I saw Yes a few weeks ago. and so I found myself comparing the two shows ...
Hackett drummer (Craig...

Singer-musician Paul Simon is 82 today

I'll be seeing him and his band for the first time tomorrow night at the Garde Theater in New London, Connecticut.
Looking forward to it!

https://gardearts.org/events/steve-hackett/

On a side...

Procol Harum - Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - 1972

The Nice - Five Bridges - released June of 1970

ELP - Works Vol. 1

Well, the OP did say ...
Compile your list of favorite [prog] rock operas (and even concept albums) created in the past 30 years

After attending the Sunday show in New Haven, Connecticut, I've been listening to the catalog, starting in on Tales, then Drama, then Tormato ...
Also listened to a fan recording from 2010 show in...

It was very nice to see the display and meet the man behind them. He was signing whatever was presented to him; album covers, booklets, etc. I had the two volume book of his works awhile ago but had...

Agnes?

Each two-LP title will be cut at 45 RPM

45 RPM?? Why?

Singer/Musician Roger Waters is 80 today

^^^ Is that a scene for the follow-up to "Cocaine Bear" ??

What can this strange device be? When I wear it, it brings forth not a sound ;)

I saw Yes 'In The Round' twice, but it may have been two separate tours.
The first one was the first time I'd ever seen them; September 3 1978 (Tormato tour?). I was two rows up at the '50 yard...

If you like this, you'd might like Joni Mitchell's Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm; some similarities in personnel (Gabriel; Manu); duets with others. etc.

They looked like world-beaters last pre-season. Then the real season happened. I know I kept favoring them in weekly pools based on their pre-season

I went through all this last year. Elevated PSA (4.6) ; biopsy showed low grade (detected on 4 of 12 samples; Gleason scale of 6) in December of 2020; went on active surveillance (AS); talked to...

Aren't many of the points expressed here simply .... progression?
If you don't progress, you are simply standing still ....

OR
Is it simply .. perpetual change?

If they play some selections from MttS, what will they do with the orchestral parts?
Omit them?
Use tapes?
Have Downes replicate?

Listened to Asia - Phoenix today after a long hiatus - very powerful performance by the whole band. Good songs; good hooks; good vocals.

The only vocal credit is for 'Lead vocals' by Wetton (and...

Strange days, indeed

Third bass


I'll get my coat ...

in the style of .... ELO had a few

Mr. Lodge turned 80 yesterday

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