Playing new music

Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 23:17:39 -0400
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A number of people have mentioned that Yes should play more of the album
they're supporting. I'm all for it, but I think the problem (in part) is
that they tried playing the whole new album on a tour. Remember the _Talk_
tour? The band really believed in the music on the album, so they played
almost the whole album. Unfortunately, the audience wasn't into the new
stuff as much (if not at all) as the band had hoped.
I remember at the _Talk_ tour, as soon as Jon said "Here's a new song..."
people began to sit down, leave their seats to go to the bathroom, or
whatever. I can't believe that Yes didn't notice any of that kind of
reaction to their new material.
Now, I know that _Talk_ is ranked pretty low on people's favorite Yes
albums, but perhaps one or more of the band does not want to push the new
material because the fans seem to react better to the "classics," and maybe
a couple of rarely played older songs, than they do to the new music.
--Jeremy