------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 7, 1973 ------------------------------------------------------- Source: Forgotten Yesterdays http://forgottenyesterdays.com/tour_listing.asp/?s=5&tname=4&SortBy=tDate&so=asc&navb=4 YES...GODSENT By Darel Nugent Contributed by: Andrew Munro Vocalist, Jon Anderson, gives us a close to the edge account of Yes Q: Have you been happy with this tour? Jon. Yeah. especially since we just came from Japan which was interesting to play. Australia's been really fantastic, just being able to play here for a start and to be able to turn round to myself and say that it's not all like what they said it was going to be. It's just a tremendous place. Q: Did you have preconceived ideas of what Australian audiences would be like? Jon: Yeah, well. We were told everybody is all kind of thick and that it is just a silly place. When we first got here we sensed that it was a bit silly. Q: With record receptions and things like that? Jon: Yeah. We had a hard time with that. Guys came up to me and said. "What's your name?" and I told him. "Jon who?" things like "What our last record was?" I enjoy doing my job right but I wish some of these guys would ask me the right questions. There was a guy from television and the first thing he hit us with was drugs. The first thing they started talking about was whether we were a bit paranoid about what happened with Joe Cocker and the Stones. It was incredible! There was a guy who was supposed to be an interviewer from a local radio station in Sydney yet he asked the most stupid questions "Why isn't your group the same as every other group?" "What makes you so different?" A guy on telly asked Steve why people in bands are thin. What an idiot! Yet. this was live television, so Steve told him that he knew of fat people in bands. Close Window YesInThePress.com For site comments, inquiries, corrections, or additions, contact yitp@yesservices.com