Yes blows out another vocalist....again!!
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Topic: Yes blows out another vocalist....again!!
Posted By: cstack3
Subject: Yes blows out another vocalist....again!!
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 19:28
Yeesh!!  Davison reports on some type of vocal chord problems (throat infection?)....
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 19:36
Uh oh!  Are they on tour at the moment? I'm assuming yes from the `inconvenience' he talks about. Well, hopefully he's back up and running before the new album hits! ALthough I prefer Benoit, I'd like to see more than one album with Jon D on lead before he's shipped off! 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 19:47
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I stopped caring after they ditched Jon. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 19:54
Which Jon?! Sounds like this one is history now too!
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Horizons wrote:Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 20:01
The singer one. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 20:09
he meant either Jon Davison or Jon Anderson, dude. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 20:10
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I stopped caring after Going For The One, so there Horizons! Chew on that! ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 20:11
Another one. Only one more reason to bring back Jon  . Yeah that Anderson dude------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 20:36
Yea.. Jon.. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: 1970sgenesisfan
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 20:52
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Notice that the quote the OP posted is from May 29th. Yes had to abort a concert in Leipzig on that date because Jon Davison had a throat infection and was unable to continue. After a day to recover (the band had a day off planned into their tour anyway), Yes was ready to go in Prague and judging by reviews JD did just fine. This is a minor (and very normal) problem compared to the serious respiratory issues which plagued JA and BD in recent years. These things happen. One truncated show in nearly three years is no big deal. I think JD is just fine.
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Posted By: samdelrussi
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 21:26
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Jon Davison is recovering from a throat infection. He's been doing a stellar job with Yes and judging from the first piece of music briefly released from the forthcoming album They are sounding like a refreshed reinvigorated band. JD has his own voice and his own individual vibe both of which just happen to be a fit for Yes. It's going to be very interesting to see the reaction to this new album. Some may be very pleasantly surprised.There could never be another Jon Anderson but that does not necessarily mean that the band cannot continue to produce valid music without this great man. There are also other incredibly talented figures who have their own artistic voice which may be different but equally as considerable. ------------- Sam Del Russi |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 22:02
When I read this news yesterday I was like here we go again Gave me new respect for JA and his pipes--lol guess he really is a god on some level----this should teach the boys a lesson---more power instrumentals and less singing!! |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 23:21
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Kein Nachholtermin für abgebrochenes Yes-Konzert in Leipzig Trotz intensiver Bemühungen aller Beteiligten konnte für das wegen Stimmproblemen von Sänger Jon Davison abgebrochene Yes-Konzert am 28. Mai kein zeitnaher Nachholtermin gefunden werden. Yes und der Veranstalter bedauern sehr daß es zu keiner Neuansetzung des Auftrittes der Progrock-Urgesteine in Leipzig kommen wird. Gekaufte Tickets können an den Vorverkaufsstellen zurückgegeben werden, der Eintrittspreis wird erstattet. Google translation: No alternative dates for Comprehensive Yes concert in Leipzig Despite intensive efforts of all involved could be found for this because of voice problems of singers Jon Davison broken Yes concert on May 28 no timely alternative date. Yes, and the organizers are very sorry that there will be no replayed the presence of progressive rock stalwarts in Leipzig. Purchased tickets can be returned to the ticket offices, the ticket price will be refunded. ----------- I dunno....I think Davison may be pushing his range. I think they should have recruited a woman vocalist, personally, and renamed the band something else. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: June 03 2014 at 00:29
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Whilst I love most of what Yes does, this vocalist business is a bit of a tired joke. Either bite the bullet and get Jon Anderson back, or pack it in....... .........stop trying (and inevitably failing........) |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 03 2014 at 05:46
Maybe Yes vocalists should try singing in a lower register... 
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 03 2014 at 06:02
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Hmm, he didn't seem to be having any problems with the range at the recent Southend gig, I was quite impressed with how well he reached the higher notes, but some of these songs must be a strain on a vocalist. Having said that, it could just be a throat infection that a lot of people get.
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Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: June 03 2014 at 07:20
| Yes have become a business machine who only care about the money. I saw them last summer and it was one of the worst show I ever saw. The only member worth focusing on was Jon Davison. At 100+ $ per tickets you could at least expect them to play their songs (which they slowed down as hell) without errors. That was not the case. White can't handle a beat and Downes cannot play something if it's not in 4/4. And do not even think to buy a tshirt from the tour, they sell it at 40+$ so it's ridiculous. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 03 2014 at 07:40
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^ endorsed wholeheartedly and it's been the case for a very long time. If this gang of new age pensioners had a vestige of integrity in their fossilized hippy souls they would change their name to "what was the question again?' ------------- 
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Posted By: altaeria
Date Posted: June 03 2014 at 08:34
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meh. In the pre-internet world, we wouldn't even know about any of this stuff until we showed up at Madison Square Garden and the Buggles were on stage. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: June 03 2014 at 08:37
Yes ! No ?........Maybe 
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: June 03 2014 at 09:36
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this is all Squire's fault for getting married so many times and having so much alimony and child support to pay At least they are refunding tickets---thought maybe Squire would have found a way to pocket some of the money.
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Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: June 04 2014 at 07:07
Haha you are right. That must have been quite a shock at the time.
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: June 06 2014 at 11:08
Not at all. It was duly reported in printed media and the radio at the time. I was too young to see the Drama line-up on stage but I was well-informed about it. It's not like the Tull fans found out about the A line-up at the first gig of the 80-81 tour, either! |
Posted By: SMSM
Date Posted: June 11 2014 at 11:42
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Hilarious, but accurate for a lot of bands.
However, the sad fact is if they brought in a non Jon Anderson sound alike vocalist, and even made a great recording on par with their classic period, but with different sounding vocals, you would have the typical whining and complaints from the same element that hypocritically complains about a band sounding the same all time, then bitches more if they do start sounding different
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 11 2014 at 12:02
I remember reading that on the front page of Melody Maker at the time. Yes and Buggles, wtf?
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Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 13:08
"made a great recording on par with their classic period, but with different sounding vocals" Um, not even close to any of their classic material, let alone on par. Certainly not a "fact", as you state here. |