This video is from the Deluxe Edition of the "Songs from Tsongas" bluray / CD package. It includes the bonus show of the Lugano Jazz Festival played on July 8th, 2004 that was originally a TV / Satellite Swiss/Italian TV broadcast from Lugano, Switzerland. The full Lugano show is only available on the Japanese version of the Deluxe Edition, which this video was taken from. The international version is missing eight songs from the concert, many of which were some of the best of the show. The Japanese version is very difficult to find and can be quite expensive. I was lucky enough to find a dealer in Japan that had it and shipped it to me. The complete show is full on electric without the acoustic versions of some songs on the "Songs from Tsongas" bluray, which pleased me greatly!
The Lugano concert was recorded in standard definition with 720x480 resolution. I have upscaled the video to be in 1920x1080 resolution for a better viewing experience.
Yes were on their 35th anniversary tour in 2004, which was the last time they played with original singer Jon Anderson and classic-era keyboardist Rick Wakeman. They played their final show with Anderson and Wakeman in Monterrey, Mexico three months later.
"The Fish" was Chris Squire's nickname. He earned it primarily due to his very long baths he would take, back when several members lived in the same flat and had to share the bathroom. Bill (Bruford) especially was not amused. He also happens to be a Pisces.
The subtitle for this song is "Schindleria Praematurus," which is an obscure, neotenic marine fish from the Pacific ocean. "Neotenic" means the adult fish exhibits no adult characteristics, only juvenile characteristics. The story is that Chris Squire had the melody and wanted to sing the name of a fish that had eight syllables, and dispatched a roadie (Maybe Michael Tait) to find one. The best he could find had nine, which is why the last syllable kind of trails off.
Squire's solo also incorporates much of the bass lines from the song "Tempus Fugit", which is a Latin phrase usually translated into English as "Time Flies".
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