Yes live in AHOY - by Peter Kistemaker

So we had one more day of Yes Live. This time with my 9-year old son.

The day before the concert we had a meet and greet ( foto's coming soon) with all the band members and I spoke to Rick, telling him I brought my 9 -year old son for the first time to a concert. "Great!!" he said, "you can't start young enough."
So there we were. Waiting....and then the familiar sounds of Stravinskys Firebird Suite starts and the crowd begins to roar.
The started with Siberian Khatru and played almost the complete Fragile Album. The only problem was the level of the soundvolume. It was too soft!! You should rock on your chair, feel it in your spine and in your guts, but it almost never raised above livingroom level. This complaint was heard all around me from other Yesfans.
This aside, the show was perfect. No mistakes heard, good lightshow and an enthousiastic band.
They dropped Yours is no Disgrace indeed but played I've Seen All Good People instead.

For my son it all became to much. Still being enthousiastic in the beginning, he became to crumble down at the end, being very tired of the combination of complex music and staying up late.
When I asked him if he liked it he said: It was OK, but the Backstreet Boys are just a little bit better. For me it was again wonderfull, magical, spiritual. May they be us for long, long times in the future.


Peter Kistemaker/2003