----- Original Message ----- From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:43 AM Subject: Re: Starship Trooper
> Rob wrote: > > >This is what I think of when I hear "Starship Trooper" > [Actual song lyrics by YES snipped] > > I never much liked the version on the Yes album, I think the one from > Yessongs is much superior. I agree. Most of the versions on Yessongs blow away the studio versions. ST was never one of my favorite songs, I liked it a lot, but there were others I liked better. But there was one concert in '78 where the band was playing so perfectly, and everything was just so right, that I felt that I was hearing the most beautiful piece of music imaginable and felt myself uplifted, spirit and soul, to a place (spititual mental whatever) that was pure and purely delightful. I suppose it was some sort of transcendent experience, it was great, I wish it would happen again, but I'm not willing to give myself over to silly theories of how such things occur in order to find it. > The first one completely ignores the concept of > personal responsibility... Just kidding :-) > > I had always thought the song was ok, but then I heard it in concert during > the 9012-Live tour at an outdoor amphitheater her in KC that used to be > called Sandstone (the name changed last year to the name of some corporate > sponsor that I can't remember, but everyone pretty much ignores that name > and still calls it Sandstone). > > It had been overcast for three days before the concert. A few songs before > Starship Trooper, it had started to sprinkle, and then to rain pretty hard. > And then *during* Starship Trooper, the rain trailed off to nothing within > the first minute or so, and as the song went on, the wind picked up, the > clouds suddenly parted, and we had a clear view of the stars in at least > half of the sky by the time it ended. > > That song has had a special place in my heart ever since. > > Reggie Bautista > The Beauty of the Moment Maru > Either I've heard stories about that particular concert many many times, or this has happened at Yes concerts many many times. This is a topic that comes up on alt.music.yes sometimes. xponent Not A Friend To Yes Religioun Types Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
