Fragile

Not me. 

The album.

The most recent version of Yes recently came to St. Louis, highlighting their Fragile album. Fragile is the album that features Roundabout, probably their best-known song.

I’m not the biggest Yes fan, and I saw a version about 10 years at a different venue. Seeing Yes was also my very first concert, 49 years ago, in the arena that used to be attached to the concert hall where I saw this concert.

However, 49 years ago I wasn’t wearing boots and a cute dress. It was the middle of summer, so I’m guessing shorts and a t-shirt back in the day.

I found the dress at a Plato’s Closet in Milwaukee about two weeks before the concert. I was the Uber driver for my wife for her one-day tennis clinic; she met with a coach, while boy me went shopping. Saw the dress, boy me tried it on (why not?) and the price was right.

The dress color kind of sorta matched the album cover of Fragile (remember those? Albums?), and I decided I wanted to wear it anyway. At intermission a GG told me she loved the dress.

The concert was good, as they are all very good musicians. I knew most the songs. The venue was about two-thirds full, so not too crowded. Probably my eighth or ninth concert dressed; I’m beginning to lose count. 

With the year coming to a close, only a few more chances to get out, so I hope to make the most of my chances.

Editorial comment: For you youngins, Owner of a Lonely Heart, Billboard No. 1, January 15, 1984, for two weeks. Dee knows she wandered into our mutually beloved passion: music. Love it! Not many bands had such a bifurcated existence, early ’70’s great prog rock album music. ’80’s a rebirth with more radio-friendly songs and their best commercial success. Great and deserving Rock Hall of Famers! (BTW, I Googled none of this except the date they hit No. 1, all off the top of my head.)