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Old 22-12-2010, 21:43
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Wot a fabulous voice
Lead singer with 'Yes' but then he had another career with Vangellis the songwriter.

wot an awesome, classic song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e68lhGF-D-0&feature=fvw

did Vangellis ever write anything better ?



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Old 22-12-2010, 22:32
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I like this one too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcrTK...eature=related
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Old 22-12-2010, 23:04
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At one point Vangelis was going to replace Rick Wakeman as keyboards for Yes... but it never happened.
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Old 22-12-2010, 23:10
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Jon is one of my very favourite vocalists, along with Paul Rodgers, Barry Hay and Robert Plant.

Yes are set to do some shows soon, with Steve Howe, but without Jon. That's like Queen without Freddie, to me.

Amazing, beautiful, heart-rending voice.
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Old 23-12-2010, 05:56
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This has always been one of my favourite Yes songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLRKuS1AdXg
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Old 23-12-2010, 14:20
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Wot a fabulous voice
Lead singer with 'Yes' but then he had another career with Vangellis the songwriter.

wot an awesome, classic song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e68lhGF-D-0&feature=fvw

did Vangellis ever write anything better ?



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Bladerunner soundtrack is no doubt one of the best film soundstrack's of all time.
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Old 23-12-2010, 22:19
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Met Jon at one of his shows a couple of years back. A really humble guy. I got him to sign a not so well know Jon and Vangelis cd. As I handed it to him he looked quite sad, but he said that it was one of his favourites he did with Vangelis. The album is Private Collection and is almost worth the price alone for the last track.........True Horizons.

Their earlier stuff was actually improvised. It was refered to at the time "Spont-Rock"

They did have a falling out with regards to a J&V cd re-release called Page Of Life and have never done anything together since..........shame.
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Old 23-12-2010, 23:26
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Amongst all these guitars, organs, and other musical instruments we sometimes forget that the greatest of all is the human voice.

But trying to do it on tour night after night, must take a great toll.
Luckily Jon does nt have to strain his voice
but for the harder rock guys.... it must take some doing
go here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIoBo...eature=related

( whos that guy who sang.... Run to the Hills ? )
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Old 24-12-2010, 11:30
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Amongst all these guitars, organs, and other musical instruments we sometimes forget that the greatest of all is the human voice.

But trying to do it on tour night after night, must take a great toll.
Luckily Jon does nt have to strain his voice
but for the harder rock guys.... it must take some doing
go here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIoBo...eature=related

( whos that guy who sang.... Run to the Hills ? )
Bruce Dickinson
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Old 24-12-2010, 11:49
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I`ve always like Yes his vocals on"Close To The Edge" is brilliant..
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Old 17-04-2011, 22:45
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Agree about Jon, brilliant voice. I saw YES live 6 times in the 70s. I wonder why you don't hear anything from Jon now?
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Old 18-04-2011, 01:18
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Jon is one of my very favourite vocalists, along with Paul Rodgers, Barry Hay and Robert Plant.

Yes are set to do some shows soon, with Steve Howe, but without Jon. That's like Queen without Freddie, to me.

Amazing, beautiful, heart-rending voice.
Agreed. Yes without Jon Anderson, just doesn't really woirk, they tried it a number of times over the years and it just isn't the same.

It's the same when Genesis tried replace Phil Collins with Ray Wilson, it just didn't work. (Some would argue that replacing Peter Gabriel with Phil didn't work - but they are wrong.. )
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