gulley@stolaf.UUCP (William T. Gulley) (03/04/84)
Does anybody know what's happened to former-Yes-keyboardist
Rick Wakeman in the last few years since "Rhapsodies"? I've
heard he did an album on George Orwell's "1984" a couple of
years back, but other than that- nothing! What's happened
to the guy? Four years is a long time to wait for a new fix
from my teenage musical demigod . . -snif!- .
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UM YA YAAA!!
(With apologies to the Net.Mind Games Major of the U. of Maryland. .)
William Gulley - St. Olaf College - Northfield, MN 55057
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gmk@uicsg.UUCP (03/07/84)
#R:stolaf:-153100:uicsg:8300015:000:1396 uicsg!gmk Mar 6 09:33:00 1984 I saw an import album by Rick last year, but I don't recall its title. By the way, I saw YES in concert last night and it was an excellent show except for the fact that they concentrated too much on the new material and not enough on the old. Also, I was totally unimpressed by Tony Kaye on "90125" and his performance last night hasn't changed my mind. He was very hyper--frequently banging on his keyboards and jumping around--even though he wasn't playing anything interesting. I got the impression that the band didn't have much confidence in him either, since the keyboards had a very low status in the mix, Jon Anderson frequently helped out on synthesizer, and his "solo" was really a duet with Trevor Rabin. If Rick Wakeman is still out there I wish YES would look him up. I was impressed by Trevor Rabin's performance. His duet with Tony really showed his skill and versatility. On the other hand, he is no Steve Howe, and his style on the older YES songs was too heavy metal for me. He did manage a credible performance, however, on "And you and I" *without* a pedal steel! Chris Squire was in top form, as usual, and mesmerized the audience with his bass solo on "The Fish". He is a bit of a ham, though, and played to the audience every step of the way. If YES hasn't reached your area yet, I would highly recommend seeing them. Gary Koob ...!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsg!gmk
grs@iwslc.UUCP (grs) (03/15/84)
Since the "1984" album (which is pretty good), I know of two other Wakeman albums that have come out. The first, put out in 1982, called "rock and roll prophet" and the second, put out in 1983, called "cost of living". Listen for yourself. . .