ABWH - Birthright (Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 1989)

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  • @InnerLightDimension
    @InnerLightDimension Год назад +27

    I flew to California from Texas to see this show.I still remember siting on the lawn with some ladies from Seattle enjoying the fantastic music.Then catching a 2am flight back to Houston.Working for an airline and being a Yes fan was a good combination!

  • @helmiabdullah2271
    @helmiabdullah2271 Год назад +62

    ABWH was criminally underrated ...❤🇮🇩

    • @steverickenbacher7110
      @steverickenbacher7110 Год назад

      Yet nobody went to prison. My perspective is that they were clearly overrated by Yes fanboys looking to relive their youths.

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Год назад +1

      Excellent band!

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Год назад +7

      @@steverickenbacher7110
      They were a fantastic band! If you don't like them go do something more constructive with your time than trolling Bill Bruford's RUclips channel.

    • @steverickenbacher7110
      @steverickenbacher7110 Год назад

      @@ericsierra-franco7802 Learn the meaning of 'trolling'. It is not disagreement. If my comments hurt you so much, convince me otherwise.

    • @PaypaPl8
      @PaypaPl8 Год назад +4

      @@steverickenbacher7110 ok troll
      If you don’t understand how ABWH were not merely some throwback Yes but were in fact an evolution of the concept, with four guys who had grown as musicians taking things in a new direction (as this track proves), then nobody can help you - by which I mean nobody can help you keep from accidentally jabbing yourself in the eye with a fork when you try and eat.
      Explain to us and Prof. Bruford what part of this track constitutes mere harkening on the past. What Yes album does this sound like? YOU ARE UNDER OATH.

  • @F21012013R
    @F21012013R Год назад +26

    This was an evening of magic. Saw them 3 times in one week in 3 countries.😊 Just amazing.

    • @lymangreen5020
      @lymangreen5020 Год назад

      Where did you see them? That sounds like a great trips!!

    • @F21012013R
      @F21012013R Год назад +2

      @@lymangreen5020 Brussels, Rotterdam and Cologne.

    • @lymangreen5020
      @lymangreen5020 Год назад +2

      That sounds like a wonderful week indeed! I flew across the USA to see them one last time at Madison Square Garden!!

  • @stargalaad
    @stargalaad 9 месяцев назад +3

    Beautiful song!! What a gem!!

  • @PrairieMidwester
    @PrairieMidwester Год назад +5

    Jon’s voice at its peak.

  • @stargalaad
    @stargalaad 9 месяцев назад +2

    This is the evolution of early 70s Yes. I just love this too much.

  • @craigchapman8220
    @craigchapman8220 Год назад +7

    This song is timeless.

  • @Yanto-Bardic
    @Yanto-Bardic Год назад +3

    The ABW&H album and line-up are so underrated and in the context of Yes' history, next to what for me was the best Yes line-up (on Fragile & Close To The Edge) this is a very, very close contender. It is no co-incidence that "Close To The Edge" is regarded as Yes' finest musical moment and that the ABW&H album & Line-up sits very closely just behind it in terms of Invention, music composed and created with imagination and daring. ❤🏴‍☠

  • @drummadave
    @drummadave Год назад +46

    Bruford's drumming on this CD is just stupendous. He's one of a handful of drummers that correctly understood the creative potential for electric drums. His sound-patch choices were always so musically spot-on

    • @ADKMPTN
      @ADKMPTN Год назад +9

      Neil Peart did a great job with those electric drums in the mid 80’s, too.

    • @JohnnyNation
      @JohnnyNation Год назад +7

      Bruford's so good that it took 3 drummer's to replace him in King Crimson !!!###

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Год назад +3

      @@ADKMPTN
      Bruford was using them before Peart.

    • @ADKMPTN
      @ADKMPTN Год назад +3

      @@ericsierra-franco7802 I understand. The early 80’s saw some great drummers using electronic kits. Both drummers were among the best ever (Bonham, Moon, Palmer, Peart, Bruford).

    • @mellowpeach8026
      @mellowpeach8026 Год назад

      this era was a golden age for electronic drums between rototoms, simmon’s and electronic percussion/sequencers
      bruford, collins, peart, it an integral part of the rock sound at the time

  • @bencarter6702
    @bencarter6702 Год назад +9

    So lovely to hear Bill talk up 80s YES...

  • @Pieriv
    @Pieriv Год назад +11

    wow, I remeber when I used to listen the studio album; this song made me travel in fantastic places, a mesterpiece for me 💙

  • @zachleary108
    @zachleary108 Год назад +14

    An "unusually coherent lyric"! That is the funniest reflection on Jon's lyrics ever written. Of course it came from you, Bill. Love it. I was at this show only because I was a young Deadhead and it was close to GD shows at Shoreline, so I went. It introduced me to YES music and I was never the same after. While I never stopped being a Dead fan, my world got so much bigger.

  • @TheMrSlyxx
    @TheMrSlyxx 9 месяцев назад +1

    Supremely awesome melody. It resonates through the ages.

  • @guilleromosuarez
    @guilleromosuarez Месяц назад

    ABWH, they are Virtuossity in person, brillant, ligthing spirits

  • @frankswarbrick7562
    @frankswarbrick7562 Год назад +11

    Thanks for sharing, Bill! I didn't really appreciate the ABWH album when it was released. But I enjoyed this very much.
    Steve must have a magical guitar fairy watching over him, handing him a new guitar for each shot.

  • @ALIASZARDOZ
    @ALIASZARDOZ Год назад +9

    E X C E L L E N T
    Magnifique ! ! Un des meilleurs morceaux de ce Grand Groupe !
    Des immenses souvenirs très chaleureux !
    Bravo Bill... Bravo à Tous ❤

  • @jimmycampbell78
    @jimmycampbell78 Год назад +14

    I love hearing and seeing your ABWH performances. Just truly wonderful music.

  • @robertnobody
    @robertnobody Год назад +5

    Bill is in electronic drum heaven here, playing the outrageously expensive Simmon SDX drums, they worked perfectly for the ABWH material.

    • @francescov.3610
      @francescov.3610 Год назад

      Nowadays the brains alone can cost upwards of five grand. A whole Simmons kit with the brain and pads could easily go into the five figure range in 2023.

  • @MrZorret
    @MrZorret Год назад +1

    this piece made me cry of joy. music can be this magical

  • @Mexnexus
    @Mexnexus Год назад +2

    This record is one of the top 50 of all time...simply stunning musicianship

  • @FFlyDDrum1
    @FFlyDDrum1 Год назад +7

    I forgot how good a song and performance this was.

  • @bélalugrisi
    @bélalugrisi Год назад +8

    Thanks Bill, such a great time and stellar album! Saw many of the shows on this tour, and have very fond memories.
    This is a story that must not be forgotten, and brings to mind two quotes. "Silly human Silly human race" - YES
    and "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. " - Jimi Hendrix 🎼🥁

  • @Dave_B33
    @Dave_B33 Год назад

    Saw ABWH when they were on tour in Syracuse, and it was one of the best live shows I have ever seen. For those that didn't get to see them live on tour, I can tell you the videos of the shows do not remotely do justice to the actual atmosphere of the live performance. Incredible musicians, great music, and outstanding sound engineering. Hadn't heard this in a long time, and it brought back memories, love it.

  • @TeslaPlaidChannel
    @TeslaPlaidChannel Год назад +13

    ❤️ Love love love this rare gem! 💎

  • @gershatzer7156
    @gershatzer7156 Год назад +4

    WOW truly astonishing!!! Even better live I would say so...Thank you Bruford for this timeless music!!! :)

  • @mindfulclarity169
    @mindfulclarity169 Год назад +4

    This guy is better than any music today.

  • @scivalesmusicbooks1977
    @scivalesmusicbooks1977 Год назад +2

    An absolute masterpiece.

    • @tomschmidt4355
      @tomschmidt4355 4 месяца назад +1

      Brilliant from the first note until Steve's last chord.

  • @Pieriv
    @Pieriv 4 месяца назад +1

    great masterpiece of music 🙏🏽

  • @Dave-Gear32
    @Dave-Gear32 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for all the great decades Bill.Every project you worked on is a great escape.

  • @chrisbergmanniii59
    @chrisbergmanniii59 Год назад +2

    Saw ABWH 3 times-Mansfield Ma, Old Orchard Beach Me and Wang Center Boston. Amazing shows.

  • @couchcamperTM
    @couchcamperTM Год назад +4

    I remember when I was a child and this was on the radio and I tried to imagine how the singer looked, if she was cute. well...

  • @norahdenovan8658
    @norahdenovan8658 Год назад +2

    This is a true masterpiece, a pure gem 🙏❤️💕

  • @JeraldMYates
    @JeraldMYates Год назад +1

    Birthrights. Now were talking. Thanks, Bill, for a lot of great memories. 🧡✌️🌎

  • @ericbrunel8933
    @ericbrunel8933 Год назад +9

    I've always found too bad that so few recordings of ABWH live are featuring Tony Levin on bass. I mean, I love Jeff Berlin, and he's done an awesome job here - especially considering I've read somewhere that he had to jump in in a very short time without knowing any of the material. But this tune just screams for the sound of the Chapman Stick...

  • @davidwatkinson1226
    @davidwatkinson1226 29 дней назад

    Magical music❤

  • @rosanacianciosi1226
    @rosanacianciosi1226 Год назад +3

    Gracias Bill por regalarnos esta joya de la,super banda ABWH,un verdadero dream team(95%Yes,solo falta Cris Square),con los aportes de ese gran bajista,que es Jeff Berlin,gracias por la buena musica que tocan y crearon,saludos

  • @papunAlicea
    @papunAlicea Год назад +1

    Great as always… Amazing song and performance. Jeff Berlin… virtuosos.
    Nice mix. Blessings
    🥁🎹🎙🎸🎙🎸

  • @ericsierra-franco7802
    @ericsierra-franco7802 Год назад +1

    Best "YES" show I ever saw!

  • @keepthemetalflowing
    @keepthemetalflowing Год назад +1

    I only had a (brief) chance to ever play Simmons electronic drum pads similar to what Bill is playing (though when I had said opportunity, it was in the 90s). I remember being almost unable to play them properly as I was so used to accoustic drums. They were "hard" when you hit them, there wasn't the give that real (accoustic) drums have. It felt like I was hitting concrete. Maybe my memory is a bit faded now but watching Bill play the in the videos he shares here and others I've seen, regardless of the band he's in, helps me have even more respect for him. I remember reading that Neil Peart stated it was like watching the tendonitis develop while he played on them on his 80s kits.

  • @modsl.i.l.e.2047
    @modsl.i.l.e.2047 Год назад

    I beLieve they did this one Later on in the 90's UNION Tour aLso! Too nice 😊 and 🎵 once again BiLL
    Thank you so very much...Memories
    cya ❤️🤍💙 take care 🙂 michaeL

  • @douglasanderson8636
    @douglasanderson8636 Год назад

    I did two gigs the night before seeing them, followed by 'partying'...I felt rough at their concert but I loved it.

  • @timothydillow3160
    @timothydillow3160 Год назад

    "Musicians seek camaraderie.Camaraderie makes chemistry. Chemistry creates Beauty." td

  • @saracinesca9864
    @saracinesca9864 Год назад

    Thank you very much. WonderfulL! Special Piece.

  • @sdcllc8727
    @sdcllc8727 Год назад +1

    it's really great to be able to read your takes on individual songs. I find your writing as engaging as your playing. I fully enjoyed your autobiography and these bits are like reading an ongoing addendum to that very entertaining work.

  • @billyz5088
    @billyz5088 Год назад

    Saw the tour in August in Hartford - Tony Levin on bass - was great fun to see & hear the two KC bandmates doing all the classic YES - and the new material ..

  • @mannygrossman
    @mannygrossman Год назад

    Saw this tour in MSG. Amazing night. Music was on a great trajectory with this band.
    Then grunge came in a year or so later..........................

  • @Cortez77fr
    @Cortez77fr Год назад +9

    Great song, great performance !

  • @juliomartinez-pg5pu
    @juliomartinez-pg5pu Год назад

    I love this Album

  • @leovinusadams4657
    @leovinusadams4657 Год назад

    Was lucky to catch this tour in Memphis with Tony Levin. ABWH and part of King Crimson!

  • @kevinsmith5202
    @kevinsmith5202 19 дней назад

    I wonder what it must’ve been like for Wakeman, Howe & Anderson to get back will Bill after he left originally to go to the ultimate Prog dojo that is King Crimson. Talk about leveling up!

  • @dennisc9680
    @dennisc9680 Год назад +1

    This cut is particularly good

  • @BobRoss-gr9px
    @BobRoss-gr9px Год назад

    ^^^This is quite possibly the *best* use of Simmons electronic drums I've ever heard anywhere! (And I've heard all Bill's work with Earthworks and King Crimson.)

  • @RadagastBrown420
    @RadagastBrown420 Год назад

    If I had a time machine this would be my first stop.

  • @josephnaja
    @josephnaja Год назад

    Some of their best work 🌴🌴

  • @gerardleveque3568
    @gerardleveque3568 Год назад

    I love the way Jon does tripplets on the clave when everybody is in 4/4

  • @evanjazzista
    @evanjazzista Год назад +17

    Milton McDonald - rhythm guitar
    Julian Colbeck - additional keyboards
    Jeff Berlin - bass
    Three amazing musicians who deserve much more credit.

  • @LeviGarryRoberts
    @LeviGarryRoberts Год назад

    The best Yes album that wasn’t actually a Yes album - ABWH!! 🔥

  • @marshallross3373
    @marshallross3373 Год назад

    Good point about the thematic kinship with Midnight Oil's music. Ya, I really love the ABWH disc. Wish they'd gone on to create more music as that band. Union was cool in the sense that it was a gathering of heroes, but I think ABWH could have continued on their own path awhile longer and generated some more compelling pieces from these guys in their prime.

  • @OliverPereira-tl2qv
    @OliverPereira-tl2qv Год назад

    Amazing concert

  • @PeterJVogel
    @PeterJVogel Год назад

    Awesome. Love this tune...love this album...

  • @SALFARFAN
    @SALFARFAN Год назад

    These musicians sound as magnificent as in the recording itself

  • @arieldariosanchez3038
    @arieldariosanchez3038 Год назад

    Yes !!! 😎

  • @NutiGuitar
    @NutiGuitar Год назад

    YES!

  • @TimJackson-eq6iy
    @TimJackson-eq6iy Год назад

    I remember when this album came out. Yes with Tony Levin. Brilliant. The seasoned musicianship, and Bill bringing the solid bound he had forged with Tony over the years. 'tis a pity we got the hodpodge that was Union after this.

  • @edgargonzalez1648
    @edgargonzalez1648 Год назад +1

    Can't wait 😬

  • @IR-fl2tl
    @IR-fl2tl Год назад +1

    Sick!

  • @lorcazola
    @lorcazola Год назад +1

    I WAS THERE. 777 on the Thumbs Up.........

  • @nathanhyatt
    @nathanhyatt Год назад +1

    Is this the show where Levin was unable to play, and Jeff Berlin was flown in to fill-in and literally sight-read the gig on bass?

    • @adeneven-ezra1711
      @adeneven-ezra1711 Год назад

      yes, most of the film you see of ABWH and iirc all of the ABWH on Bill's channel is from the gig with mr berlin.

  • @larrybethune3909
    @larrybethune3909 Год назад

    Most excellent!

  • @GravyDaveNewson
    @GravyDaveNewson Год назад

    this song has grown on me over the years. I always assumed it was about Native Americans. Definitely a high spot on that album.

  • @Latexhandske
    @Latexhandske Год назад

    I loved the version of Sweet things on the tour

  • @tommyrawlings3046
    @tommyrawlings3046 6 месяцев назад

    Bruford: Best prog rock percussionist by far!

  • @julianalima7364
    @julianalima7364 Год назад

    Bruford é um dos melhores bateristas da história!!!

  • @timbrown2971
    @timbrown2971 8 месяцев назад

    It was such a shame that we never got an ABWH 2 from these guys. Instead we got the Union nonsense. I recall Bill Bruford talking about how enjoyable this time was. And he thought it was a new band just beginning to find its way (the ABWH tracks on Union were very promising). But then the almighty dollar took over and we got Union.

  • @fiberman1
    @fiberman1 Год назад

    Wow! What could have been.

  • @duncanparsons
    @duncanparsons Год назад

    "..an unusually coherent lyric.."

  • @daviddevilliers2828
    @daviddevilliers2828 Год назад

    Excellent

  • @fadhilarief1537
    @fadhilarief1537 Год назад

    Good job 💥💫🤞

  • @billstrohler
    @billstrohler Год назад

    "unusually coherent lyric" Hahaha. Great performance. I enjoyed that tour. The album was ironically my into to Yes.

  • @BasicDrumming
    @BasicDrumming Год назад

    Great video.

  • @hippisteve8505
    @hippisteve8505 Год назад

    Why couldn't you call it Yes? ... Just wondering Thanx again Billy and Thanx for sharing your thoughts as well

  • @andygolborne5747
    @andygolborne5747 Год назад

    Fabulous stuff. Have to admit to being somewhat dismissive of the AWBH stuff, but I stand corrected. An amazing band, Jon A's voice really is on great form throughout these clips.

    • @glennwallis7714
      @glennwallis7714 Год назад +1

      Some of the best Yes work ever, just look at who they have to bring in to replace Chris Squire basically some of the best players in history

    • @andygolborne5747
      @andygolborne5747 Год назад

      @@glennwallis7714 Would have been interesting to hear what Tony Levin sounded like, but yeah, Jeff Berlin is a great bassist.

  • @luisareco3753
    @luisareco3753 Год назад

  • @philipkennedy8692
    @philipkennedy8692 Год назад +1

    Does anyone remember Madonna being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? Didn't think so, but I remember Yes being inducted, eventually. I'm not bitter, honest.

  • @elbosco8715
    @elbosco8715 Год назад

    Grande ABWH.

  • @lizcenterfield1963
    @lizcenterfield1963 5 месяцев назад

    I thought Tony Levin was on this tour? I'm sure of it, at least the one I saw.

  • @robertglisson6319
    @robertglisson6319 Год назад +1

    IMO, more Yes than Yes since Close To The Edge...

  • @BobRoss-gr9px
    @BobRoss-gr9px Год назад

    Okay, total instrument geek question: What bass is Jeff Berlin playing in this video? It's not his Peavey Palladium, that's visible on a stand behind him. Doesn't look like any of his older Fender/Quan hybrids either.

  • @chrisgale5634
    @chrisgale5634 Год назад +2

    Wish ABWH had carried on.

  • @gitaaa7740
    @gitaaa7740 Год назад

    Who are the other musicians?

  • @BertusMartial
    @BertusMartial Год назад +1

    "unusually coherent lyric" : pas faux !
    "We never discussed his percussion choices or performance skills - maybe we should have done" : en effet, de même pour Phil Collins et le tambourin de Peter Gabriel.

  • @Azabaxe80
    @Azabaxe80 Год назад

    This is the best Yes song by a band not called Yes.

  • @ephil105
    @ephil105 Год назад +1

    "unusually coherent lyric" 🤣

  • @firebird7479
    @firebird7479 Год назад

    IMO, this is the weakest song on an otherwise great album. I've just never been able to warm up to it.

    • @nimrodery
      @nimrodery Год назад

      You think "Quartet" is better? I thought this was pretty decent live.

    • @firebird7479
      @firebird7479 Год назад

      @@nimrodery Infinitely better.

    • @RadagastBrown420
      @RadagastBrown420 Год назад +3

      Bill Bruford disagrees with you..

    • @LaMúsicaaEsLoMejoor
      @LaMúsicaaEsLoMejoor Год назад +1

      Ha ha. IMO, this is the very Best song in one of the good albums post 70s classic years. And this a Great live rendition

  • @davidallmond5598
    @davidallmond5598 Год назад +2

    Brilliant live version from a brilliant collection of top of the heap musicians at a higher level than most. Seen them live at Jones Beach in LI. too bad they didn't stay together longer.