{"id":1440,"date":"2008-05-23T12:32:56","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T17:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2008-05-23T11:54:16","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T16:54:16","slug":"prog-rock-friday-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"Prog Rock Friday, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t plan on making this a repeat feature, but then this came along: Jon Anderson of Yes singing lead while the students of New Jersey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Paul Green School of Rock Omega All-Stars play “Close to the Edge”.<\/p>\n

In my misspent youth, I wanted to play keyboards like Rick Wakeman. When I see the keyboardist getting to play “Close to the Edge” while wearing a Wakeman-like cape<\/i> and while Jon Anderson sings lead<\/i>…. If I ever meet the kid, I’ll be torn between shaking his hand like a madman and killing him out of envy.<\/p>\n

I can’t believe Jon Anderson did this. How unutterably cool.<\/p>\n

Part the first:<\/p>\n

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Part the second:<\/p>\n

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At about 3 minutes into the first video, one of the audience members claps excitedly along with the staccato music, then stands up and cheers. I know how he feels.<\/p>\n

(From Bob Rossney<\/a>, by way of Patrick Nielsen Hayden<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t plan on making this a repeat feature, but then this came along: Jon Anderson of Yes singing lead while the students of New Jersey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Paul Green School of Rock Omega All-Stars play “Close to the Edge”. In my misspent youth, I wanted to play keyboards like Rick Wakeman. When I see the keyboardist … Continue reading Prog Rock Friday, Part 2<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t