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HHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA...that was awesome Alan.

Huh?

Alan, do you have a personal experience with Neil that you care to share?

Ummmm... no?

I still don't get it . . .

Neil might be a really nice guy, who knows...he sure over-compensated for a lack of drums in the beginning by playing way too many once he made his pile...but to each his own, like they say. Personally, I'd be gratified if he'd put away the Thesaurus when he's writing lyrics...

The Peart-As-Street-Person story reminds me of Trilok Gurtu, John McLaughlin's drummer/tabla player. Trilok was a street person in Hamburg for a few years, where he apparently lived for a time under a bridge...

Once again, I'm still lost. Did someone have a bad experience meeting with Neil or something?

I have to throw my support behind "Close to the Edge" too. Absolutely fantastic album. And the Yes Album would come a close second. Despite years of trying, I'm still struggling with "The Clap" (ahem, ahem).

A few mentions of Rick Wakeman in this thread and I am, by the way, still reeling that so few people on this forum are aware of his work with The Strawbs. You've got to hear some of the key work on "Witchwood (especially "Hangman and the Papist") and the Strawbs at the Royal Albert Hall (the album is called Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios). Not "Yes" kind of material but sublime in a folkier kind of way. Wakeman left the Strawbs directly to join Yes.

I always wondered about "Clap" on "The Yes Album". Everyone calls it "The Clap", which implies something *very* unpleasant, but, on the album, it just says "2. Clap". Which is it?

As an old librarian (actually an archivist but trained through library school-but that too is old news-as if you care), I've been aware more than the average Joe about the use of "the." After years of (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) serious "professional" inquiry, I've come to the conclusion that "the" is the (argh, there it is again!) most abused, most inconsequential word in the (hmph) English language. So, it doesn't really matter. If you were trying to search it in most library catalogues, it'd be just "Clap." But, do you think Steve Howe and the boys worried about library catalogues? And so the dialogue continues....

Actually, Steve Howe's been miffed for years about the misnaming of that track on The Yes Album. He's specifically said that it's called Clap (it was written for the birth of his first son, Dylan, I think).

Regarding Wakeman - some unfortunate news lately is that he's apparently going to be retiring from live performances (can't remember if that's effective 2005 or 2006) - from what I recall, it stemmed from a bunch of hate mail he got from "fans" after playing in Cuba, or something like that. Don't know how or if that'll affect Yes live gigs in the future.

Peart - love his lyrics if only for the sound poetry (I don't often bother with analysing lyrics). It's nice to have an alternative to the "typical" rock lyrics, that's for sure.

edit - given that this is a Yes/Pete Banks thread, I saw the Syn package reference earlier, but I don't think I saw any mention of Banks' compilation called Can I Play You Something? It's a collection of, obviously, Banks rarities that's pretty interesting.

Robert, I thought you were a Rush fan.

Neil is famous for being uh, less than enthusiastic about meeting his fans. Some people describe him as downright hostile, even.

There ya go.

I'm a huge Rush fan, but I've never heard anything about Neil's behavior regarding fans. Hmmm, maybe I'm out of the loop. Then again, I've never tried to meet the band either . . . whatever, he's still the best rock drummer ever.

The song's called "Clap".

Wakeman: He's said he won't perform solo after 2006. Sounds like he's still a member of Yes thou..

http://www.yesworld.com/

(see the news section)

best rock drummer? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

Sorry. Couldn't resist.