Yes - Live At Montreux 2003 DVD

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 This is the one to GET!
This IS The ONE! Four Stars The 2002-2003 tours that celebrated the Return of Rick Wakeman were probably the best shows Yes have done since the “Union” days. And maybe better. This DVD captures the band working hard, we catch them at their most focused. They are not thinking about making a DVD but in getting the audience to become one with the music and performance. When it’s all over you realize that they didn’t do one Trevor Rabin song. That’s right they Don’t Do Owner of a lonely Heart! Thank the heavens! Great news for those of us who know that that song is not necessary for them to be a success. Chris Squire’s Fish solo is pure bass shredding ! Prepare to have your face melted by the fish! Jon also seems very energized since his guitar stopped working, and we even hear Jon drop the “F” bomb because of it, and right before “In the Presence of “ I almost fell out of my seat laughing. And yet all is well. Here’s looking forward to Yes and the 40th anniversary.
Submitted by drew w (jax. fl.) 
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 YESSONGS, YESSHOWS, Yes is YES
This DVD is one of the best live shows that you can buy. Great perfomance, five musicians in a peak of virtuosity. The classic line up with classic songs and some new themes. Great sound, great quality, great all!!!! Don´t lose this chance and you´ll have a really masters of progressive & symphonic rock
Submitted by wjoalh15 (Mérida, Venezuela) 
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 Nicely Played, Excellent Video Quality, But ..
Okay - I endured the wasted time of Jon Anderson's drippy solo-type songs [Save the Whale - how trite, and only 40 years late jumping on THAT bandwagon, lol]. I admired Steve Howe's wonderful fretwork - for an old apparently nearsighted geezer, he can still get it done marvelously. Watching twerpy Anderson, I was struck by how little he has to do instrumentally, and by the obvious fact that he has NO sense of rhythm as he often dance-swayed OUT OF TIME with the beat, lol! And it was also amusing to see Chris Squire, now a bloated pub-crawler type if ever there was one, get his big solo moment on The Fish - good for him. Wakeman's playing has never been better. Alan White - may as well have been invisible. And then came Roundabout, my Yes fave and the tune that hooked me in 1972. And it's ... [ital:] the abbreviated SINGLE version - minus the entire middle part!! Man, was I disappointed and p.o.-ed. Look, 'tour-tired' or not, if they're gonna make me sit thru the Hobbit's self-indulgent drivel, the least they could have done was deliver full versions of ALL of their best older stuff. Sheesh. Guess who strikes again.
Submitted by Nate (Boston, MA)
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 Pure Yes Music
That`s a great show of pure Yes Music, the Steve Howe arrangement for "To Be Over" is wonderful, Rick Wakeman made a great Pipe Organ solo and the "Heart Of Sunrise" is amazing. And the always beautiful voice of Jon Anderson with the vocals and bass of Chris Squire and the unique Alan White beat.
Submitted by João Miguel (Portugal)
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 YES this RULES~!!!
BUY IT & throw your other YES DVD's in the trash. STUNNING!!! BUY IT ... if you want to see STEVE HOWE on FIRE!!!
Submitted by hygrade77 (MARS, COSMOS)
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