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This is the classic Yes lineup of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, and Alan White, captured in concert in California in 1996 (the same concerts spawned no less than two double-CD albums). In a very generous 150 minutes of music making, they give what amounts to a greatest-hits tour of the classic Yes canon from "Time and a Word" through The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, Going for the Once, and Tormato. For enthusiasts, it's a treat to watch Howe swapping from Martin six-string to Gibson semi-acoustic to electric mandolin to 12-string to pedal steel, sometimes all in the same song; or watch Chris Squire's apparently effortless bass technique. Occasionally they drift into Spinal Tap territory (Squire's triple neck in "Awaken"!) and overall there's a polished politeness to proceedings that hints at a band going through the motions, which is hardly surprising given that the latest material here dates from 1978. --Mark Walker
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1996 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Image Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Dolby, Full Screen, Live, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Album Rock, Arena Rock, British Psychedelia, England, Music Video, Music Video - Pop/Rock, Performance, Pop, Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Rock, Rock/Pop |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 014381972825 |
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Customer Reviews of Yes - Keys to Ascension
Can't Watch It! This DVD is simply one of the worst concert productions I have ever had the misfortune to see and pay for. <
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>And yes, I LOVE YES folks, that's why I bought it! <
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>The effects are unwatchable and when you finally realize it's all out of sync and put haphazardly together from at least two different performances...even edits from different performances during the same shot of a rippin solo...(see Steve Howe, steel slide, And You And I)...Well, need I say more? <
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>Stay away from this one folks, even the lowly "Live In Philly" is better than this, and many other Yes DVD's are much better! <
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Keys Of Attention To Keys To Ascension....
I was lucky enough to be right there !!
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>Second row !!
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>Even went to Chris Squire's Birthday Party
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>after the show !!
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>But being the new guy i was stuck watching
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>everybody's coats & stuff while they all
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>were about & minglng.
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>The concert was GREAT !!!
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>Even made the video in the audience !!
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>But when i saw the release i thought,
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>What the heck !!!
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>Its ruined with all that interference on the
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>video !!
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>I want to see the band play !! Not see
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>special effects !! Some of my friends who
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>were lucky enough to video tape the shows
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>have a better example of how a performance
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>should be shot.
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>When i want to view that show at San Luis Obispo
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>i watch the bootleg videos, much better as
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>far as seeing the BAND PLAY !!!
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>No breaking away from the performance .
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>Oh, & by the way, it was told to most people that
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>it was OK to shoot the show on video cams !!
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>It wasn't until the last show & the last few songs
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>that the security people were telling everyone
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>to STOP SHOOTING !!!
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>Too bad, they probley had the best performance
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>shots without special effects in the way !!!
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>Wonder if YES will ever release that show
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>without the special effects !!
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>But being there was so very cOOl !!
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>Come on !! Give us another chance to watch
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>a nice progressive 70's band play live without
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>all that imagination nonsense !!! I mean, its nice, but
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>not for a concert video !!!
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> Hello there !! Keys To Attention !! Give us another new
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>release of SLO !!! With only the BAND !!!
Yes. Of course it's good...(no pun intended).
Until recently, I have resisted purchasing Yes DVD's only because so many of them seem to be so similar and from recent time periods: late 90's-early 2000's although "late 90's" is rapidly becoming old! Now that's darn scary...) Anyway, I feel the cream of the crop is Yessongs and the increasingly hard to find Live at the Q.P.R. from 1975 but only because of the vintage, classic footage and not necessarily the tunes (although the Q.P.R. disc contains the incredible Sound Chaser, albeit with butchered sound quality, alas). What lured me in to KTA was the mind-blowing set list, particularly Siberian Khatru, Awaken, and The Revealing Science of God. I just couldn't resist any longer and I scanned many of the reviews on Amazon trying to decide which one's to get. I chose Symphonic Live which I believe is the superior disc and I tried to ignore the many negative reviews of KTA but the one prevailing criticism that I can't help but agree with is the over abundance of watery, flowery animation imagery that regularly occurs throughout the ENTIRE recording. Too often, the screen is overly cluttered and distracting. Generally speaking, if you're familiar with Yes's music and you've logged countless hours absorbing their incredible sound-works you may as well ignore all the negative comments about the musicians themselves which is why I give this DVD four stars. The performances are incredible. Remember, this is YES PERFORMING LIVE. And of course, in a perfect world the camera would be on every musician at precisely the moment when that incredible lick, or bass run, or keyboard flourish, or drum fill was being executed but NO LIVE CONCERT DVD WORKS THIS WAY. That said, I still thought there were many excellent shots of Wakeman (particularly during The Revealing Science of God). If only he was on the Symphonic Live disc! After weighing the pros and cons of each though, the Symphonic Live disc gets my vote because of the better camera work, better sound quality (only by a little though), and the option to TURN OFF the animation. Bottom line: This is the ALMOST original line up of Yes performing their incredible songs live. You really can't go wrong...
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