Yes tour 2013 (Any "influence in The Police?")

[roddswett]

I wonder if there are any Yes fans out there.
Yes is playing all three The Yes Album; Close to the Edge and Going for the One in their entirety!
Already bought my ticket.

Regarding the second issue, it is clear that Police was trying to run away from the prog rock music (specially Stewart being in Curved Air) and jumping into the punk area. However:

- Sting's early voice was a clear rendition to Jon Anderson's. In fact, I saw one Andy's interview that he reveals that Sting was trying to sound like him in the first three records.

- Andy Summers had the very same influences and jazz roots of Steve Howe. He happens to own one of his guitars (Gibson ES-175)

- Stewart was clearly trying to scape from Bonham big sound. Bill Bruford was the alternative: tight pop snare, cutting through hi hat presence in the mix, Ginger Baker tom tom work and, of course, close miking.

[sockii]

I am a Yes fan, but it depends on what version of Yes you're talking about.

To me it's not Yes without Jon Anderson for sure (saw them a couple years ago with Benoît on vocals and thought it was awful). I see right now the line-up is Chris Squire (yay), Steve Howe (yay), Alan White, Geoff Downes and "new singer" Jon Davison...eh, I think I'll pass. I had a much better time seeing Anderson & Wakeman do a low-key show together in Philly not long ago. It felt much more like the spirit of Yes that I admire.

[roddswett]

Got your point. Still, there are bands that due to their common background such as Rush or U2 will always stay together. Others like Yes or The Police come from such different past histories that is difficult to picture them together forever. However, Yes has always being a rotation band in the sense that the entire cast of Dallas have been a member of the band, from the very beginning (2 drummers;3 guitarists; 4 singers; 6 keyboard players and 2 bass player (if you consider Tony Levin in ABWH). But I agree that the classic incarnation will always include Jon Anderson, although now Yes is becoming like the New York Philharmonic or the Platters.
On the other hand the mighty Police will NEVER fall in that category: in Sting's words: I can't fire anyone in this band! So be it.

[giovanni]

Someone told me years ago that Sting, for a while, had the same vocal trainer of Jon Anderson, but I don't remember his name.