Hi Ross, I agree, it's hard to beat the mid 60s (from Animals, "House of the RIsing Sun" to about the mid to late 70s) for an astounding range of rock music and advanced playing abilities. I say this as one whose formative years were the late 70s to late 80s.
I think it’s because from the mid-‘60s forward, whether by coincidence or whatever, bands with any kind of “progressive” bent at all were realizing that they were free to try new approaches, accentuate different instruments (like, I’m happy to say, the mighty Hammond Organ... the melancholy, haunting & beautiful Mellotron... and the Minimoog) and everything...!
This a RARE classic example of a band being even better LIVE, than the studio track! Yes was one of the very best bands I've ever heard in my 59 years on this earth.
@@keelyhellenekhaos i used to dig Scorpions in the 80's-90's...Still loving You...Rock you like a hurricane...just some great heavy rock and and roll...not quite metal I would say but heavy rock or light metal...nah..light metal can't exist..but what a great sound
A theologian wrote a book about Yes 25 years ago and he called Steve's style "the crossroad of styles". He can play in any genre on master level in his own way. He called this "angularity of the circle", referring to his play and role in the process of the music created.
@@theelectfamilyofgod9934 Guaranteed i'll never be bored when listening to Steve. Can he tire me with his diversity and versatility? Can be too much? Don't think so :) Page and Clapton are really great guitarists though and i also like Beck, Blackmore and Townsend so much.
This song is actually more impressive live than it is on the album. Watching the players literally nail those intricate parts and do those harmonies. It’s phenomenal!
Anyone who thinks that Yes was not heavy just wasn't paying attention and only thinking of tracks like Owner of a Lonely Heart. And if you play an instrument then you understand the level of musicianship these guys had... all of them. Masters. Squire is one of my bass heroes.... RIP
Nothing personal, but Owner of a Lonely Heart was garbage compared to their other stuff. That song turned me off of Yes. Totally contrived pop song. Sorry.
For me, there are a handful of songs that kick ass. “Can’t Get No (Satisfaction) from early 60s, Paperback Writer from mid 60s and Yours is No Disgrace from early 70s. All 3 have unique driving bass and drums with great guitar
@Brian Steven I can't argue with that. Its all personal preference in the end but as a bassist Squire just informed so much of my bass playing in the 90s when his playing style was considered "busy" and uncool. I think that attitude changed as the years went by but who cares. Musical genius is musical genius no matter what era. Squire blew me away just as much as Bruford. I was fortunate enough to catch Bruford at Birdland back in the 90s... incredible!
@@bobcaygeon4533 I agree. I was saying that folks who only associate them with Lonely Heart don't get what they really were in their heyday.... yet that song still gets so much airplay to this day. Yuck! Gimme Heart of the Sunrise any day!
Yeah. It was the basslines in this song that made me aware of yes when i was a little kid in the 70's. My two elder brothers used to play those typical 70's records in the living room. Uriah Heep, Yes, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, etc
I was 15 years old when I first listened to this album. I'm now 64 and still hear something new with every listen. What an amazing and talented group of artists. A very special time.
Scurvy Dog , the cool thing for me is that I am finally able to sit down under a pair of headphones and really listen. To everything! So all of the good music I listened to back in the day is coming back with a whole new perspective. Especially for the engineering. The really good bands always give credit to their production engineers. Hopefully they made some money too.
Steve Howe has invented his own completely unique style and approach to playing that would take and Enigma code to decipher. Guitar players are able to replicate what he plays... but who would ever come up with that stuff to begin with? Steve Howe is.a genious
I learned to play the opening riff of And You and I…easy enough. I listen to it and find all kinds of things I miss…on such a simple riff! Howe is genius
I’m 59 also. I remember when bands had to be good, really good, to gain notoriety and a following. Yes has always had amazing musicianship. Steve Howe’s performance on this song and many others is just something incredible that very very few guitarists could even fathom.
They’ve had plenty of success, but they are still underrated. Not simple enough for the masses. Incredible musicians. A real peak of what music can be.
I feel like the lyrics that don’t really make sense add to that. Maybe it’s so the listener will be less inclined to sing along, and more likely to just listen, which requires some level of attention. Hard for a lot of people.
@@bobthebear1246 not too much of an exaggeration ... Tales From Topographic Oceans Tour ....1973 .... they played entire Tales album and Close to the edge album ....7 songs almost 3 hours :) :)
“Without Yes, there would be no Rush” Geddy Lee. That speaks volumes for people that know anything about either band. Yes gets overlooked way too often.
Without King Crimson who introduced progressive rock in 1969 and inspired many rock musicians,there would be no Yes. There are still witnesses of famous concert in Hyde Park in memory of Brian Jones when King Crimson stole the show from Rolling Stones and shocked fans (including Jimi Hendrix ,who said that it's the best band in the world) with new music.
I was born in 68 and can remember hearing Yes in my house and in our cars by the time I was 7 or 8 and then really paying much more attention by the time I was a Freshman in HS. Never did I consider at that moment in time that I'd be playing this stuff for my grandkids...40 years later. Never did I consider that I'd never grow tired of listening to Yes, and all prog for that matter. But then again, I had no way of knowing that nothing better would ever develop and I had no way of knowing that technology would have effectively squashed the circumstances that allowed humanity to create such incredible and timeless art. But that's OK, we have plenty of epic greatness to enjoy forever.
I was born in 68 also, had an older brother who used to play Yes (ELP, Jethro Tull, so many other great brands) so I well versed as a young kid in the greatness of the 70’s music! And I still listen to them and others, since music lost much of its heart N soul once the 80’s and MTV came into play. 😒
My dad was in the military and we moved to Germany in the summer of 1971 and I turned 13 that September. I look back on those days with real affection. My dad bought me a moped and I'd bomb around on it drinking 'Sprudel' which as I try to recall 50 years later was a sparkling lemon and lime soda that came with a hinged cap you could open and close at your convenience. Of course songs like this filled the airwaves: Yes, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Grand Funk Railroad, T-Rex, Deep Purple and Alice Cooper were all big that year along with other big established acts like Zeppelin The Who, The Stones and the newly disbanded Beatles to name a few. There were so many great bands then that even the acts at the bottom were more than likely very good. Pink Floyd were doing well but Dark Side (out in '73) really put them over the top forever. Man what I wouldn't give for one more ride through the early 70s...
Amen. What puzzles me is HOW after early 70s Brit/Euro progressive and (mostly 'Yank') jazz-rock fusion's peaks- it [music] all seemed to peter out so quickly and has since degenerated steadily from dumbbell disco dance to today's dominant oo-oo-ah-ah chick-pop megadivas and lowlife moronically puerile rap crap. How did collective IQs drop so universally while commercial mind control ads & hype controls the masses "taste" so crushingly? "Tell me what trendo crap I should be listening to because I'm too goddamn stupid AND chickenbleep of not belonging to the mass collective to pick & choose for myself." I'd hate to be where I can't even see my own chains and cell bars.
Their sound hit in my formative years- was a spiritual and cultural moving experience in how it opened up so many sensations and life changing possibilities.
I've said it before, once Steve Howe joined the band, YES exploded musically! He became such a huge part of their sound. And when Wakeman joined a year later, the classic YES line up was born!
I think they also matured as songwriters, but certainly Howe and Wakeman brought completely new possibilities to the band. Much like Andy Summers when he joined The Police - suddenly a lot of things became possible to do and fell into shape.
And then Bruford asked Yes's manager where was the money. They had nothing, Wakeman wasn't paid, or so little there's no need to mention it. Anderson had hired a personnal lawyer, a shark, and was taking minimum 60%, to... 100%. Bruford left. Wakeman left. Moraz wasn't even legally ''member of Yes''... Then Howe left. So, ...Anderson left. He is still taking all Yes money on their first albums, from Yes to Relayer, most of it on Going and Tormato.
@@lemokolyon Sounds like really dodgy info to me, and no, I'm NOT gonna bother to discuss this stuff with you. Just for the record: When Wakeman joined in 1971, he could not be given a writing credit on anything for the Fragile album, because he was still under exclusive license to A&M Records. That's why his solo piece on the album had to be an adaptation of music by Johannes Brahms he wasn't super enthused about the idea, but he could not use stuff that was fully written by himself. When it came to Heart of the Sunrise, he did contribute for sure, and the manager, Brian Lane, told him, "you can't get a writer's credit on that one for now but we'll sort it out later". It never did get sorted out and so Wakeman didn't receive royalty for the song, but it's not like it was a big radio hit, and for the next three albums where he contributed he did get both composer credits and full royalties. Steve Howe has been buying lots of top-flight guitars and other collectable instruments and he seems to have made a great deal of money. The others in the classic lineup have been doing fine too. Moraz failed to get some marginal money out when he exited the band in 1976 (because Wakeman was coming back into the fold) but he was a fully legit member of the band for more than two years, got writing credits for the songs on Relayer and made a serious amount of money from his work with the band. A great deal of the early income of the band in 1971-72 went into getting better sound systems, lighting and sound engineers - the new sound tech vastly improved the quality of their sound on stage, and without it they couldn't have made an impact playing bigger venues (also, they would never have made Close to the Edge or Tales the way they did without their new confidence about sound, both played live and in the studio).
@@louise_rose shorty : as you said, Wakeman had his own management with A&M. Anderson learned from him, took a lawyer and from there, got the lion's share. At least 50% for the words. +10% (1/5) as a musician of the band. On Fragile they all have their personnal compo, and their copyright. Maybe Wakeman didn't, and get screwed. From there, Anderson get the words printed, on the cover, Tales, Relayer, so he gets paid for the publishing, and the editing, and earns on each of the sold copies. He gives the interviews and is ''représentative of the band'', on the promotion budget. Etc etc. As he has his personnal lawyer, he takes as much as he can, everywhere he can. Read Bruford 's Book, he explains that when Brian Lane explained to him, at the Atlanta airport, he decided to leave Yes. There are numerous interviews of Squire about their lawyers and ''endless negociations'' with Anderson. Wakeman's interviews too, saying he wasn't earning his share in Yes, only 5% as a studio musician. Anyway, i will not convince any Yes fan who considers After God there is Jésus Christ, and Jon Anderson. 😉 Think of it, maybe you'll see the link with all those complications with Yes. And why, how, they all left the band. Thanks for your detailed explainations.
Man, this conglomeration of talent is peerless. Steve Howe is one of the great rock guitarists on the planet(Always has been!). Yes' music marries an almost impossibly complex admixture of of chords, tempos and rhythms with wonderful, catchy melodies and lyrics to produce the best progressive music has to offer. Despite its many iterations, this band has maintained the highest standards of excellence in its output and has earned its place in the pantheon of the greatest rock bands. Indeed, this is when Giants walked the earth!
Chris Squires tone here is absolutely amazing especially for a live performance. Very powerful clear and cutting with that trademark Rickenbacker growl.
Squire created that grill he put in a second pick up and he’ll come up separately so that he could change to play one or the other or both Reichenbacher later made a version of it that copied his they gave him one, but it didn’t satisfy him so he went back to using his own
too bad you barely see him in this video. Some great Chris riffs in this song, and that bass walk down when it goes acoustic would have been the place to show the guy, but the camera is on Steve Howe. Its live anyway
And let's not forget to thank the gods for AM radio and the 3-minute version of Roundabout! Led me back to find out: where the fk did this come from??!
The sound of my youth! How dare you, RUclips, pester us with ads!!! That IS a disgrace. Shame on you, RUclips!! The performance of YES is impeccable. One of their best early pieces! Beat-Club is as psychedelic as german television could be in those years! I loved every edition of B-C and it was part of my musical education!!
This album is absolutely formative to my musical tastes. My guitar teacher lent it to me when I was 15 in 2002, and I was immediately enamoured. I still listen to it often and it is one of my top 10 all time. Like you, it never gets old for me. I like it even more than Fragile (and I love Fragile).
And continued to do so. Sadly, they lost me when Topographic Oceans came out. I made the mistake of going to see that album's release concert. One of two concerts I can still remember leaving early on. Great albums, great concerts prior.
Check out their albums Close to the Edge, Fragile, Tales from Topographic Oceans and Relayer. I grew up listening to them in the 70s and saw them live at QPR football stadium in London in 1975 on The Relayer tour.
I saw them at the cow palace, front row, relayer tour. It blew my mind. To this day it’s the most memorable live show I’ve ever seen. As a musician, yes was inspirational, intelligent, emotional, awe inspiring and beautiful.
@yes man Just making a joke about how musicians that produced any sort of "psychedelic" music in the late 60s throughout the 70s and into today, would use hallucinogenic drugs. Whether or not Dr. Bruford has used them, I don't know. No offense intended.
I'm in total denial and trying not to be the mid 40's curmudgeon, but here I am... There's tons of new good stuff going on!! Shut off your top 40 radio and turn on KEXP and other indie sources and there's a ton out there!! For starters, just go check out Claypool Lennon Delerium's South of Reality album!! Tons of Beatleasque melodies twisted with Yes and King Crimson riffs all mixed together with Claypool's Primus tones and silly humor and Sean Lennon's fantastic guitar playing... To me, one of the great records of the past few years!!
Yeah, like music is so good now. Mush. Yes are fine. I don't like it all but there's good & bad albums. So much choice then. For me as I said goodbye to the Beatles & cherished the 60s, I bought Led Zep 1-4, CCR & more. Thank god for Beat Club that they didn't wipe their tapes.
Rush will always be my fave band, but I have been getting back into Genesis lately. The performance of Abacab on the Mama Tour is tremendous and can be found on youtube.
Chris Squire was my idol on bass. I fashioned my bass playing style to emulate him. I played in rock bands of the same ilk as Yes. Years later I tired of the same old pool hall, Foghat t-shirt wearing people yelling out for us to play “Freebird” next. I setup for a gig a few years ago on bass at a wine bar. Easy setup, easy hours, cleaner places. We were playing cheesy (nu pun intended -wine bar) songs while people sip wine. Who walks in and sits at a table in front of me. Chris Squire. I briefly contemplated setting the bar on fire so he couldn’t watch me playing the songs in our set list. Lol
I was 16 when someone chucked me a copy of The Yes Album in '71. Half a century later I'm still absorbed by it. Messing about on the bass with Yours is no Disgrace just reminds me of the genius composition here. Extraordinary band
He said he used to tune his drums for that specific sound just so they'd be heard better on crappy sound systems. I don't blame him, he deserves to be heard. And to think, he referred to himself as a 'gifted amateur'.
He's really not, though. This mix is all guitar/vocals/keys, mostly. The drum sound is mainly ambient, unfortunately--a very live sound. A little more articulation would be nice, considering Bruford's precision.
@*Was harking back to an era during which it was extremely uncool in the UK to promote the fact you were into Prog..Many on here will remember it. You practically had to hide those albums if a mate was coming round!
The concentration, the professionalism of their approach, and their belief in the innovation of their music... The lyrics are so important everything just coalesces perfectly, what a brilliant Live TV studio gig!!!
In this era there were so many great drummers, K.Moon, the Who, Bonzo, Led Zep, Ringo, Beatles with all those riffs, and so many more, too many to mention them all, But Bill Bruford was a absolute Genuine with fills that stayed right in the rock,jazz,funk of the Yes Fusion that made up the majority of their classical Jazz/Rock Prog. songs.. Bill Bruford is one of the best Drummers of all time!! Perfect for early YES songs.
The dude had guts. To know after CTTE that he needed a new challenge. He could have just been comfortable with Yes. But he doubled down and took on a new role with King Crimson. Tons of respect for Bill Bruford.
The first time I saw this performance was on an episode of MTV Closet Classics in the summer of 1987 and as I recall, I was completely mindblown by the incredible musicianship of Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Tony Kaye, Bill Bruford and the angelic voice of Jon Anderson. I was getting ready to start my second year in high school and that was the day that I ended up becoming a huge Yes fan. The first time I saw Yes perform live in concert was in February of 1988 in Austin, Texas during the Big Generator tour. I was a sophomore that year and went on a school night. I even had the Big Generator album on cassette. After that experience, I religiously attended their concerts four more times and luckily they were on a weekend. I saw the Talk tour in 94 in San Antonio, TX at Sea World on the Texas Map and went to that show with a high school buddy of mine. Then saw the Open Your Eyes tour in November of 97 at the Majestic Theater and then in August of 1998 when they toured with the Alan Parsons Project at the Municipal Auditorium and then in November of 2016 when it was Anderson Rabin and Wakeman at the Majestic Theater. I was very lucky to have seen many different Yes lineups. They are just beyond incredible.
You should check out the Yessongs (CD) -- the live version of Yours is absolutely SICK, followed by Starship Trooper. There is a live concert movie called Yessongs that contains recordings from the same tour, unfortunately the sound quality is subpar (to put it mildly).
The Go-Go hostess introducing the band is almost as beautiful as that wall of Fender amps.Also a mind boggling performance by a band light years ahead of the human race
@@GibsonDE You know ,No dis respect was intended to the hostess only refered to her fasion choice which is in the Go Go style in favor with Brit mods at the time certainly not a disgraceful term nor did l intend to imply her contribution was only a pretty face now that l know her name lll use it in future discriptions of the always trailblazing Beat Club.Thanks for the intel.
Like a number of bands in that era, I got hooked on their 2nd album, and then bought their 1st album to REALLY appreciate them. Thank goodness that FM Stereo radio was taking a foothold with album rock. Such music would have gone mostly unheard in the days of 2 to 2 1/2 minute "hit" songs.
The dad of one of my girlfriends loved his sound and used it while looking to make his own bass part by part. But soon he switched for jazzy sound instead and now his girl just think she would have became crazy if she didn't leave home... She used to tell me many times how she had the feeling of hearing the same thing again and again... Well, his daddy should have let the Chris Squire in him dictate coolness to prevent that after-effect LOL.
A great band with some great music. Prog rock at its finest. Chris Squire, in my opinion was the driving force of the band. Not to take anything away from Steve Howe, but the bass has never been played like that before. If you listen to the isolated tracks, you would agree.. He was truly a master at his craft.. RIP Mr. Squire
I love all kinds of music and sooo many great musicians.....but for some reason....CHRIS SQUIRE's bass is the #1 Musician who ever spoke to me. Since age 13 when I heard that bass on the radio and thought "YEAH!! THAT'S HOW BASS GUITAR SHOULD SOUND!! PUNCH ME IN THE FACE WITH IT!!" ....and I'm 54 now and still he is the TOP musician to ever hit my heart.
The photo of Jon on the back sleeve of Time & A Word looks like an 80 year old man. Wrinkles, puckered chapped lips, dark circles around his eyes - barely recognizable. So yeah.
Bruford is amazing in this, as is the rest of the band, but I see Bruford in his prime smiling, and that intro, PERFECT, UNTOPABLE! Jon Anderson is a pure treasure I enjoy him more every time I hear him, and I’ve been listening to this band since 74
Steve Howe even back in '71 was showing the consistent sparks of brilliance. through the 70's he developed into the unmatched rock guitarist of the decade.
Nonsense. There is nothing on The Yes Album that Steve wasn't already doing in Tomorrow and later Bodast! He's different from the rest because he couldn't play 'the blues' if his life depended on it! And he's far more interesting as a player because of it. He has an ability to 'orchestrate' a guitar part. By the beginning of 1969 two thirds of the population of London were Blues Guitarists!!
@@andythomas706 1) Steve himself said his playing and songwriting grew exponentially in his time with YES 2) Steve's actually a very accomplished electric and acoustic blues player - checkout his song "Intersection Blues" or his trading blues licks with Les Paul live as just a couple examples - very good blues however it is well known he prefers NOT to do much blues in his personal music as its (to his mind) so cliche.
Told younger musicians Steve Howe is my favorite guitarist. They don't know him. He is a guitarist dream of being. He never gets the credit he deserves. Every song he is involved in has his signature guitar solos without being a forefront solo. Asia, gtr, yes, abwh. He has solos in backdrop. He makes a solo in a song that doesn't have one. Genius
Another "underrated" comment, this is one of the most trite phrases used in RUclips comments, this guy was never underrated by anyone who appreciates great guitar playing, and anybody who says so is talking bloody nonsense
The magic of YES was that "adults" could enjoy it too. In the early 1970's i'd already gone through a music major program at university, knew my Mahler and Wagner, Debussy etc. Didn't care for post-Beatles rock, generally. But YES blew my mind, after all that other experience. In recent years, The Daily Doug on RUclips confirms the classical music connection.
Steve Howe was such an amazing guitarist and played so many styles terrifically well from Straightward Rock... funk...Psycadelic/prog...to Folk ...and Classical/Flamenco ..does everyone know he plays the Flamenco guitar part in the Queen number one song Innuendo from 1991…???
The beginning of the 70's brought our generation to a new high - combining Classical Rock & Roll with an extraordinary Classical type of music never before heard, with YES, ELP, Moody Blues & many more diversified music forms! I wouldn't have missed all the live performances for all the opportunities available!!! Outstanding!!! YES still is in my heart, with Rick Wakeman still playing as magically as ever! I am blessed to have seen their reunion tour before the loss of Jon Anderson! RIP, my brother!!! God Bless all!!! ❤❤❤ With Greatest Respect! Kathy Lynn Lyons
Yeah, it's bassist Chris Squire, & drummer Alan White who have left us. Steve Howe, Anderson, Wakeman, Kaye, Banks, and (retired PhD) Bruford are still alive AFAIK as of 3/24. Later members such as Moraz, Rabin, etc., I honestly don't know.
Jon Anderson playing bass pedals with his hands, Bill Bruford clearly having a blast at his kit, Steve Howe looking like a teenager (but playing like a pro), Chris Squire walking that Rick safely and Tony Kaye... with a beard! This has to be one of the best Yes videos out there!
Jon was playing those because Tony Kaye hated the Moog synthesizer (as well as the Mellotron) and most likely didn't want to play one onstage, or he couldn't handle doing that while playing the organ. Either way, his days were numbered.
Provided security for YES in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1978 along with, since departed, good friend. We worked with Yes Sound Engineer Nigel Luby, a great guy who has also passed. The stage continuallyrotated during the concert. A great experience and a great after party was enjoyed by all.
@@martinkulkarni3569 Yes and Yes because I'm so tired of Yes, I've been listening and watching these suckers since '69, new converts like you, may find it new and refreshing that all.
It's weird back then how those that filmed bands virtually ignored the bass player. Sometimes you never saw them at all. It was era of the guitar hero for sure. Guys like Squire, Entwistle and JPJ were considered unimportant. It was only after this era and hight if their fame that people began to realize how good they were and in the case of those three, pretty much made the bands so great. There are many more, but those three are simply my favorites. Can anyone imagine those three bands sounding anywhere near the way they did without them? Not likely. Only now are these guys getting the praise they never got much of. Young people these days on some level understand and heard guitar players, but from what I see, they've never he heard the kind of bass work that came out of the 60's and 70's and in so many of those reaction videos; it's the first thing they point out. I feel blessed to have been able to grow up in the generation with the best music all time.
Won tickets and saw them in '84, 3rd row center. Hung out with them before and after the show! I still pinch myself when i look at the photos. The most amazing show I've ever seen!
The Yes Album was the first album I ever bought. I heard Yours is no Disgrace on the radio and that was that. That was the band for me. I followed Bill Bruford to King Crimson and found my next favorite band and favorite album (Larks Tongues in Aspic). To this day they are still my favorite bands and albums. Long live Bill Bruford and may Chris Squire and John Wetton rest in peace.
I said it a millions times, you can't beat the 1970s for some of the most amazing rock music ever created!!
That’s right. 70’s rock was a renaissance period for the best R&R ever created.
Hi Ross, I agree, it's hard to beat the mid 60s (from Animals, "House of the RIsing Sun" to about the mid to late 70s) for an astounding range of rock music and advanced playing abilities. I say this as one whose formative years were the late 70s to late 80s.
True - probably the best decade (but the look was dire)
Say it a million more times it's true!
I think it’s because from the mid-‘60s forward, whether by coincidence or whatever, bands with any kind of “progressive” bent at all were realizing that they were free to try new approaches, accentuate different instruments (like, I’m happy to say, the mighty Hammond Organ... the melancholy, haunting & beautiful Mellotron... and the Minimoog) and everything...!
Steve Howe is from another planet.
His approach to guitar doesn't get enough credit.
He plays unlike anyone else and blows my freaking mind!
and he is very clean to, not much distortion
Indeed. Steve is from other world. Unique !
Yes, he is 😀😀😀🇩🇪
You got that right! Otherworldly playing!
Nothing without that bass. Howe does not come close to it. Squire is the man.
This a RARE classic example of a band being even better LIVE, than the studio track! Yes was one of the very best bands I've ever heard in my 59 years on this earth.
Me too!! Saw them on Tormato Tour; fantastic.
Oh man, you need to go to a Gwar concert. Second to none!
@@Beef5 hahahaha They're touring now!
Scorpion
@@keelyhellenekhaos i used to dig Scorpions in the 80's-90's...Still loving You...Rock you like a hurricane...just some great heavy rock and and roll...not quite metal I would say but heavy rock or light metal...nah..light metal can't exist..but what a great sound
I was 16 yo and saw them play in 1973 in Tucson, Arizona. They filled the arena and no one wanted to go home!
Saw Them in FW Still Amazing
Awesome!
Yes
Anybody that doesn't put Steve Howe up there with the greatest of guitarists hasn't been paying attention.
He was guitar player readers pole guitarist of the year five years in a row- there was never any doubt any where- maybe young people who didn’t read?
I've been paying attention since 1971... you are so right.
Anybody who has listened to the track Clap on The Yes Album knows how amazing he is.
A theologian wrote a book about Yes 25 years ago and he called Steve's style "the crossroad of styles". He can play in any genre on master level in his own way. He called this "angularity of the circle", referring to his play and role in the process of the music created.
@@theelectfamilyofgod9934 Guaranteed i'll never be bored when listening to Steve. Can he tire me with his diversity and versatility? Can be too much? Don't think so :) Page and Clapton are really great guitarists though and i also like Beck, Blackmore and Townsend so much.
I vow to NEVER buy products that interupt a song on youtube.
Pay the bill and no commercials. Don't bitch about the free version, cheapskate.
There's an app called youtu.be vanced no app forever for free
I try to never buy anything that's advertised the way that youtube and commercial TV advertise.
Even if it's toilet paper ? 💩
@@mayankimmortal or newpipe
This song is actually more impressive live than it is on the album. Watching the players literally nail those intricate parts and do those harmonies. It’s phenomenal!
The album version has much more magic and atmosphere especially Steve's faraway driving solo.
Forgot to mention the acid-tripin' effects and background! Perfect 👍 blend (with the music), if you ask me. And the guitar work,...Wow!
@@gaborkovari5093 live music has a magic all it's own.
Granted I'm lazy, but I haven't gotten through a whole Yessong yet.
@@gaborkovari5093 Agreed, but this is raw live TV...no studio tricks
KAYE'S organ gives this song such a distinct sound. Very underrated member of Yes.
The Hammond growl is one of the greatest things about this song. Absolutely essential.
Oh shut up
Absolutely. Tony is awesome. Rick being on Fragile kind of overshadowed Tony, I think. But I love T.K.'s playing.
Doesn't show enough of Chris squire's bad ass bass playing. One the best bass players ever.
You have ears don't you..?
@@mymodel6 he probably meant it more, as a respect?
Dude Chris Squire plus Steve Howe 🤯 plus not to mention every other instrumentalist was so proficient 🎶🙌 Incredible
Agree... a bit more camera time would have been appreciated. What musicians!
It was "my" time then and Chris Squire R.I.P. was the best bass player I ever heard...revolutionary Ideas and opening new spaces to this instrument.
Anyone who thinks that Yes was not heavy just wasn't paying attention and only thinking of tracks like Owner of a Lonely Heart. And if you play an instrument then you understand the level of musicianship these guys had... all of them. Masters. Squire is one of my bass heroes.... RIP
Nothing personal, but Owner of a Lonely Heart was garbage compared to their other stuff. That song turned me off of Yes. Totally contrived pop song. Sorry.
@@bobcaygeon4533 ABHW is better than 90125
For me, there are a handful of songs that kick ass. “Can’t Get No (Satisfaction) from early 60s, Paperback Writer from mid 60s and Yours is No Disgrace from early 70s. All 3 have unique driving bass and drums with great guitar
@Brian Steven I can't argue with that. Its all personal preference in the end but as a bassist Squire just informed so much of my bass playing in the 90s when his playing style was considered "busy" and uncool. I think that attitude changed as the years went by but who cares. Musical genius is musical genius no matter what era. Squire blew me away just as much as Bruford. I was fortunate enough to catch Bruford at Birdland back in the 90s... incredible!
@@bobcaygeon4533 I agree. I was saying that folks who only associate them with Lonely Heart don't get what they really were in their heyday.... yet that song still gets so much airplay to this day. Yuck! Gimme Heart of the Sunrise any day!
Chris Squire's great bass lines are at the heart of this music.
With the mighty Rickenbacher 4000s.
They are at the heart of the sunrise.
His vocals too!
His fur shoes too!
Yeah. It was the basslines in this song that made me aware of yes when i was a little kid in the 70's. My two elder brothers used to play those typical 70's records in the living room. Uriah Heep, Yes, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, etc
YES was a totally new sound! They were so original. Graduated high school in 73.
Me too.
I was 15 years old when I first listened to this album. I'm now 64 and still hear something new with every listen. What an amazing and talented group of artists. A very special time.
John B ditto. Not sure i know anything of importance now, that i didn't know then. I knew what they meant even if i didn't know what they were saying.
Wow. So did I. Bought the Yes Album, blazed a doobie, slapped on the headphones and I haven't woken up since. And yes, I'm also 62.
Scurvy Dog , the cool thing for me is that I am finally able to sit down under a pair of headphones and really listen. To everything! So all of the good music I listened to back in the day is coming back with a whole new perspective. Especially for the engineering. The really good bands always give credit to their production engineers. Hopefully they made some money too.
Me too. Loved The Yes Album. Wish I was still 15 😲
I still feel 15!
Steve Howe has invented his own completely unique style and approach to playing that would take and Enigma code to decipher. Guitar players are able to replicate what he plays... but who would ever come up with that stuff to begin with? Steve Howe is.a genious
Yah, and when he sits down with the classical...
Kind of like some of the Kansas guitar hard to follow. At least Kansas can be figured out with several tries.
Some Chic Corea (sp?) thrown in for good measure, neve thought of it till now.
I learned to play the opening riff of And You and I…easy enough. I listen to it and find all kinds of things I miss…on such a simple riff! Howe is genius
Not all of his own. When he has joined Yes, that guitar style was already in place thanks to the underrated Peter Banks. But he's great in any case.
In my 59 years of life this is one of the most unbelievable live music performances I've ever witnessed by any band.
Right? Seems so practiced. So darn talented!
Agreed!!!!
saw In the round tour stage was in the middle spinning slow...Boston garden "80" I was 20
they are throwing down for sure. And so young
I’m 59 also. I remember when bands had to be good, really good, to gain notoriety and a following. Yes has always had amazing musicianship. Steve Howe’s performance on this song and many others is just something incredible that very very few guitarists could even fathom.
They’ve had plenty of success, but they are still underrated. Not simple enough for the masses. Incredible musicians. A real peak of what music can be.
I feel like the lyrics that don’t really make sense add to that. Maybe it’s so the listener will be less inclined to sing along, and more likely to just listen, which requires some level of attention. Hard for a lot of people.
Omg that “term” again…😛
"Underrated" is the wrong word, un-hip would be more accurate,
Un-hip? Underrated? Another band of geniuses yes, they're not worthy, LOL.
Back in the 90s, a "bro" friend of mine was all excited to tell me he bought a Yes album. My tears of joy were almost real.
I went to a Yes concert in the early seventies that was just over 3 hours long. They played five songs. It was bliss.
"Uhhhhhh... What a Lucky Maaaaannnn...
You Are!"
Okay we all know that's a big exaggeration LOL
@@bobthebear1246 not too much of an exaggeration ... Tales From Topographic Oceans Tour ....1973 .... they played entire Tales album and Close to the edge album ....7 songs almost 3 hours :) :)
@@mariosirius That was Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
@@TheJoaquimdossantos Exactly. Stunning.
“Without Yes, there would be no Rush” Geddy Lee. That speaks volumes for people that know anything about either band. Yes gets overlooked way too often.
Masters of Performances .
Well, don't blame them for that.
Same thing with Focus....
Uh i think they released right about the same time
Without King Crimson who introduced progressive rock in 1969 and inspired many rock musicians,there would be no Yes.
There are still witnesses of famous concert in Hyde Park in memory of Brian Jones when King Crimson stole the show from Rolling Stones and shocked fans (including Jimi Hendrix ,who said that it's the best band in the world)
with new music.
Incredible jamming! What a tone to Steve Howe's guitar.............and Chris Squire is an absolute monster on bass!!
Just fantastic this Is music !!
Bill Bruford on drums, awesome!
Hendrix 67?
And this all in the 70s!
Chris is bass god
I was born in 68 and can remember hearing Yes in my house and in our cars by the time I was 7 or 8 and then really paying much more attention by the time I was a Freshman in HS. Never did I consider at that moment in time that I'd be playing this stuff for my grandkids...40 years later. Never did I consider that I'd never grow tired of listening to Yes, and all prog for that matter. But then again, I had no way of knowing that nothing better would ever develop and I had no way of knowing that technology would have effectively squashed the circumstances that allowed humanity to create such incredible and timeless art. But that's OK, we have plenty of epic greatness to enjoy forever.
I was born in 68 also, had an older brother who used to play Yes (ELP, Jethro Tull, so many other great brands) so I well versed as a young kid in the greatness of the 70’s music! And I still listen to them and others, since music lost much of its heart N soul once the 80’s and MTV came into play. 😒
Precise. Deliberate. Beautiful. Sophisticated. Elevating. Brilliant. Yes.
And, Yes, earthy and soulful...in an English sort of way
Very well put.
That about covers it
Placing ads in this work of art is a disgrace.
Get RUclips Red and you won't have them. It's simple. There's an answer for it, so if you don't like it, fix it.
Click to the end, reload, no ads.
@@J0EYbagaDONUTS there are less intrusive ads that could be used that won't interrupt musical perfection.
Ad Block for youtube. Life changing tool.
Two ads during Steve’s solos and then another to kill the button ending. Sad.
My dad was in the military and we moved to Germany in the summer of 1971 and I turned 13 that September. I look back on those days with real affection. My dad bought me a moped and I'd bomb around on it drinking 'Sprudel' which as I try to recall 50 years later was a sparkling lemon and lime soda that came with a hinged cap you could open and close at your convenience. Of course songs like this filled the airwaves: Yes, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Grand Funk Railroad, T-Rex, Deep Purple and Alice Cooper were all big that year along with other big established acts like Zeppelin The Who, The Stones and the newly disbanded Beatles to name a few. There were so many great bands then that even the acts at the bottom were more than likely very good. Pink Floyd were doing well but Dark Side (out in '73) really put them over the top forever. Man what I wouldn't give for one more ride through the early 70s...
Go for the whole decade mate
Amen. What puzzles me is HOW after early 70s Brit/Euro progressive and (mostly 'Yank') jazz-rock fusion's peaks- it [music] all seemed to peter out so quickly and has since degenerated steadily from dumbbell disco dance to today's dominant oo-oo-ah-ah chick-pop megadivas and lowlife moronically puerile rap crap. How did collective IQs drop so universally while commercial mind control ads & hype controls the masses "taste" so crushingly? "Tell me what trendo crap I should be listening to because I'm too goddamn stupid AND chickenbleep of not belonging to the mass collective to pick & choose for myself." I'd hate to be where I can't even see my own chains and cell bars.
Chris Squire what a monster bassist and groove master he was. RIP
One of my favorite bassists
This song is pure genius. I've been listening to it for nearly 50 years and it still amazes me. Superb.
I know, right? Still hear stuff in there I've never listened for before.
I loved it on first hear - when it came out and STILL am amazed by it.
50 yrs hard to believe its been that long 16 back then we'res the time gone
I have have listened to this since 1971, but to see it live is a revelation.
Me too!
Never seen Bruford at that age, what an incredible player..
He comes from a jazz background
He looks like he to get a permission slip from his mom! Unbelievable talent and creativity.
Such a great drummer.He has a young dave mustaine look going on.
Never seen Bruford with that hair.
Yah, this wasn't his first, or last, gig
So lucky to have grown up with YES, and their amazing artistry! Long live YES!
Their sound hit in my formative years- was a spiritual and cultural moving experience
in how it opened up so many sensations and life changing possibilities.
I've said it before, once Steve Howe joined the band, YES exploded musically! He became such a huge part of their sound. And when Wakeman joined a year later, the classic YES line up was born!
I don't remembering you saying that, but no doubt you did. Steve was the first non-original member, and yes he and Rick Wakeman were serious upgrades.
I think they also matured as songwriters, but certainly Howe and Wakeman brought completely new possibilities to the band. Much like Andy Summers when he joined The Police - suddenly a lot of things became possible to do and fell into shape.
And then Bruford asked Yes's manager where was the money.
They had nothing, Wakeman wasn't paid, or so little there's no need to mention it.
Anderson had hired a personnal lawyer, a shark, and was taking minimum 60%, to... 100%.
Bruford left. Wakeman left. Moraz wasn't even legally ''member of Yes''...
Then Howe left.
So, ...Anderson left.
He is still taking all Yes money on their first albums, from Yes to Relayer, most of it on Going and Tormato.
@@lemokolyon Sounds like really dodgy info to me, and no, I'm NOT gonna bother to discuss this stuff with you. Just for the record: When Wakeman joined in 1971, he could not be given a writing credit on anything for the Fragile album, because he was still under exclusive license to A&M Records. That's why his solo piece on the album had to be an adaptation of music by Johannes Brahms he wasn't super enthused about the idea, but he could not use stuff that was fully written by himself.
When it came to Heart of the Sunrise, he did contribute for sure, and the manager, Brian Lane, told him, "you can't get a writer's credit on that one for now but we'll sort it out later". It never did get sorted out and so Wakeman didn't receive royalty for the song, but it's not like it was a big radio hit, and for the next three albums where he contributed he did get both composer credits and full royalties.
Steve Howe has been buying lots of top-flight guitars and other collectable instruments and he seems to have made a great deal of money. The others in the classic lineup have been doing fine too. Moraz failed to get some marginal money out when he exited the band in 1976 (because Wakeman was coming back into the fold) but he was a fully legit member of the band for more than two years, got writing credits for the songs on Relayer and made a serious amount of money from his work with the band.
A great deal of the early income of the band in 1971-72 went into getting better sound systems, lighting and sound engineers - the new sound tech vastly improved the quality of their sound on stage, and without it they couldn't have made an impact playing bigger venues (also, they would never have made Close to the Edge or Tales the way they did without their new confidence about sound, both played live and in the studio).
@@louise_rose shorty : as you said, Wakeman had his own management with A&M. Anderson learned from him, took a lawyer and from there, got the lion's share. At least 50% for the words. +10% (1/5) as a musician of the band.
On Fragile they all have their personnal compo, and their copyright.
Maybe Wakeman didn't, and get screwed.
From there, Anderson get the words printed, on the cover, Tales, Relayer, so he gets paid for the publishing, and the editing, and earns on each of the sold copies. He gives the interviews and is ''représentative of the band'', on the promotion budget. Etc etc.
As he has his personnal lawyer, he takes as much as he can, everywhere he can.
Read Bruford 's Book, he explains that when Brian Lane explained to him, at the Atlanta airport, he decided to leave Yes.
There are numerous interviews of Squire about their lawyers and ''endless negociations'' with Anderson.
Wakeman's interviews too, saying he wasn't earning his share in Yes, only 5% as a studio musician.
Anyway, i will not convince any Yes fan who considers After God there is Jésus Christ, and Jon Anderson.
😉
Think of it, maybe you'll see the link with all those complications with Yes.
And why, how, they all left the band.
Thanks for your detailed explainations.
Not only my favorite Yes song, but one of my favorite all-time songs! Powerful performance, Steve Howe is a beast!
They play with the intricately woven and moving soundscape I hear and love in Baroque.
Man, this conglomeration of talent is peerless. Steve Howe is one of the great rock guitarists on the planet(Always has been!). Yes' music marries an almost impossibly complex admixture of of chords, tempos and rhythms with wonderful, catchy melodies and lyrics to produce the best progressive music has to offer. Despite its many iterations, this band has maintained the highest standards of excellence in its output and has earned its place in the pantheon of the greatest rock bands. Indeed, this is when Giants walked the earth!
This isn’t Steve Howe
?
Yes it is
Sure looks and sounds like him?
Chris Squires tone here is absolutely amazing especially for a live performance. Very powerful clear and cutting with that trademark Rickenbacker growl.
Squire created that grill he put in a second pick up and he’ll come up separately so that he could change to play one or the other or both Reichenbacher later made a version of it that copied his they gave him one, but it didn’t satisfy him so he went back to using his own
He changed his bass strings every day! Labor intensive but so worth it
Wrong. Squire makes every YES song stand out and Howe gets too much credit.
@@gadgetcoderhis bass always had two pickups, he just altered the wiring to split the output.
too bad you barely see him in this video. Some great Chris riffs in this song, and that bass walk down when it goes acoustic would have been the place to show the guy, but the camera is on Steve Howe. Its live anyway
Holy shit, this is probably the first time I've seen this live. Literally the peak of musicianship right here.
The Yes Album is a sonic delight. 1971 with headphones something I had never experienced before. Progressive rock pioneers.
You're a pioneer yourself. 4 yrs later for me: Dark Side😎
I think this is the album and reason my tinnitus started
@@akaalanb Oh no. Should be warnings on headphones.
@@allenf.5907 right, do not fall asleep with these on @ 'high' volume
And let's not forget to thank the gods for AM radio and the 3-minute version of Roundabout! Led me back to find out: where the fk did this come from??!
The sound of my youth! How dare you, RUclips, pester us with ads!!!
That IS a disgrace. Shame on you, RUclips!!
The performance of YES is impeccable. One of their best early pieces!
Beat-Club is as psychedelic as german television could be in those years! I loved every edition of B-C and it was part of my musical education!!
Hey mate, get Adblock installed. I wouldn't bother with YT without it. Free, works.
This music is other-worldly and still gives me the chills.
I listen to this album once or twice a week. For the last fifty years it never gets old. Long live rock and roll
This album is absolutely formative to my musical tastes. My guitar teacher lent it to me when I was 15 in 2002, and I was immediately enamoured. I still listen to it often and it is one of my top 10 all time. Like you, it never gets old for me. I like it even more than Fragile (and I love Fragile).
I bought the LP of this and the three LP set of Yessongs today at a flea market near me for $20! I also got Tales From Topographic Oceans last week!
Sign of a great band when they can replicate such a complex number live.
The absolute truth.
It is not particularly complex. That said complexity is not a good measure of a group of musicians.
@@martin.baldock9719
I meant sound-wise mostly. Obviously your skills are immeasurable.
@@ChafflivesHe plays a mean skin flute.
And continued to do so. Sadly, they lost me when Topographic Oceans came out. I made the mistake of going to see that album's release concert. One of two concerts I can still remember leaving early on. Great albums, great concerts prior.
Steve Howe plays with an incredible attack.
Never listened to Yes before. That was totally captivating. Excellent.
Check out their albums Close to the Edge, Fragile, Tales from Topographic Oceans and Relayer.
I grew up listening to them in the 70s and saw them live at QPR football stadium in London in 1975 on The Relayer tour.
I saw them at the cow palace, front row, relayer tour. It blew my mind. To this day it’s the most memorable live show I’ve ever seen. As a musician, yes was inspirational, intelligent, emotional, awe inspiring and beautiful.
welcome to the family. Yes is by far one of the best bands to ever grace music
Better late than never...😉👍
you should have done!!
Bill Bruford seems to be looking at his drum kit in amazement at the sounds it is producing......
He's totally zoned IN!
@@richvautour1815 check those pupils
@yes man Just making a joke about how musicians that produced any sort of "psychedelic" music in the late 60s throughout the 70s and into today, would use hallucinogenic drugs. Whether or not Dr. Bruford has used them, I don't know. No offense intended.
Sounds he is procuring?
I've been listening to a lot of YES and Genesis lately which makes me remember how great things were back then and how much they suck now.
I'm in total denial and trying not to be the mid 40's curmudgeon, but here I am... There's tons of new good stuff going on!! Shut off your top 40 radio and turn on KEXP and other indie sources and there's a ton out there!! For starters, just go check out Claypool Lennon Delerium's South of Reality album!! Tons of Beatleasque melodies twisted with Yes and King Crimson riffs all mixed together with Claypool's Primus tones and silly humor and Sean Lennon's fantastic guitar playing... To me, one of the great records of the past few years!!
Frank...me too.. especially live performances..
Yeah, like music is so good now. Mush. Yes are fine. I don't like it all but there's good & bad albums. So much choice then. For me as I said goodbye to the Beatles & cherished the 60s, I bought Led Zep 1-4, CCR & more. Thank god for Beat Club that they didn't wipe their tapes.
Rush will always be my fave band, but I have been getting back into Genesis lately. The performance of Abacab on the Mama Tour is tremendous and can be found on youtube.
Trick of the Tail was the last good Genesis album, though they had some good singles after.
Chris Squire was my idol on bass. I fashioned my bass playing style to emulate him. I played in rock bands of the same ilk as Yes. Years later I tired of the same old pool hall, Foghat t-shirt wearing people yelling out for us to play “Freebird” next. I setup for a gig a few years ago on bass at a wine bar. Easy setup, easy hours, cleaner places. We were playing cheesy (nu pun intended -wine bar) songs while people sip wine. Who walks in and sits at a table in front of me. Chris Squire. I briefly contemplated setting the bar on fire so he couldn’t watch me playing the songs in our set list. Lol
So....how did it go? Did you get to talk to him?
@DanielGreen-gi3ts - Tell us more!
WHAT A GREAT SONG. NEVER GET TIRED OF THE GREAT GROUPS AND THEIR SONGS. STILL SOUNDS GREAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
I was 16 when someone chucked me a copy of The Yes Album in '71. Half a century later I'm still absorbed by it. Messing about on the bass with Yours is no Disgrace just reminds me of the genius composition here. Extraordinary band
I love that Bruford is so high up in the mix.
haha around 4:15 he goes reptilian🦎🦎
He said he used to tune his drums for that specific sound just so they'd be heard better on crappy sound systems. I don't blame him, he deserves to be heard. And to think, he referred to himself as a 'gifted amateur'.
@@yngvebalmsteen9174 And now he's Dr William Of House Bruford! 😁❤️
That snare drum is so distinctive...
He's really not, though. This mix is all guitar/vocals/keys, mostly. The drum sound is mainly ambient, unfortunately--a very live sound. A little more articulation would be nice, considering Bruford's precision.
1970's Steve Howe is a gift to all musicians and music lovers!
THIS IS AMAZING.. No lip-sync and they are actually playing the instruments!
no doubt a great performance.
The standard in the tv shows ....in 70's.
That's change. Even a lot of the 70s TV shows the bands faked it.
Yeah beat club had backing tracks on most performances if the band didn't play long songs
Nothing better than live 🎸
Okay that has just convinced me - I'm going to buy a 'Yes' t-shirt online and wear it in 2021and I don't care what anyone thinks.
Yours will be no disgrace.
Let me know if you find one.
Got mine 2 years ago! It's my favorite!
@*Was harking back to an era during which it was extremely uncool in the UK to promote the fact you were into Prog..Many on here will remember it. You practically had to hide those albums if a mate was coming round!
@@stevieG. right, like when had to hide the Bowie records when the Skynyrd crowd came 'round 😎
This song is so good that it makes me want to be a better person
Very insightful!
Bill Bruford is a master. I love this song and how it changes the tempo. I have goose bumps. Thanks 😊 haha
Yes ! I've seen him twice with King Crimson and once with Gong . He's fascinating
Gotta love him.
And with only a four piece drum kit - a nascent career in the making.
My all time favorite drummer!
He's fantastic!
Saw them in NYC, Madison Square in mid '70s. Roundabout, I can still see them in my head. It was a great show! Lots of energy!
God, Bruford is having so much fun. It’s infectious
Oh Hell Yes!!!
Every time I see him either with Yes or Genesis he's having a blast! Happy Drummer..I love it!
@@dana_brooke_27 Don’t forget King Crimson🥁
@@Ojb_1959 Absolutely!
He said that was why he left Yes. It quit being fun.
The Phil Collins head spinning was icing on the cake
lmao
I thought it was Duncan Goodhew??!
Explain please?
@@masoncc9535 there's a mannequin head spinning in parts of the video lol, really shouldn't need explaining though.
@@Eleventhearlofmars Yeah but what does Phil Collins have to do with it
Can't believe after nearly 50 years this is still giving me goosebumps - the album that started my love affair with this band
The concentration, the professionalism of their approach, and their belief in the innovation of their music... The lyrics are so important everything just coalesces perfectly, what a brilliant Live TV studio gig!!!
In this era there were so many great drummers, K.Moon, the Who, Bonzo, Led Zep, Ringo, Beatles with all those riffs, and so many more, too many to mention them all,
But Bill Bruford was a absolute Genuine with fills that stayed right in the rock,jazz,funk of the Yes Fusion that made up the majority of their classical Jazz/Rock Prog. songs..
Bill Bruford is one of the best Drummers of all time!! Perfect for early YES songs.
Also Perfect for the Second Incarnation of King Crimson
The dude had guts. To know after CTTE that he needed a new challenge. He could have just been comfortable with Yes. But he doubled down and took on a new role with King Crimson. Tons of respect for Bill Bruford.
One of the finest tracks ever recorded by one manifestation of one of the greatest bands of all time. The quality shines through.....outstanding!
an incredible performance of one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. they all look so young! LOVE YES
The first time I saw this performance was on an episode of MTV Closet Classics in the summer of 1987 and as I recall, I was completely mindblown by the incredible musicianship of Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Tony Kaye, Bill Bruford and the angelic voice of Jon Anderson. I was getting ready to start my second year in high school and that was the day that I ended up becoming a huge Yes fan. The first time I saw Yes perform live in concert was in February of 1988 in Austin, Texas during the Big Generator tour. I was a sophomore that year and went on a school night. I even had the Big Generator album on cassette. After that experience, I religiously attended their concerts four more times and luckily they were on a weekend. I saw the Talk tour in 94 in San Antonio, TX at Sea World on the Texas Map and went to that show with a high school buddy of mine. Then saw the Open Your Eyes tour in November of 97 at the Majestic Theater and then in August of 1998 when they toured with the Alan Parsons Project at the Municipal Auditorium and then in November of 2016 when it was Anderson Rabin and Wakeman at the Majestic Theater. I was very lucky to have seen many different Yes lineups. They are just beyond incredible.
You should check out the Yessongs (CD) -- the live version of Yours is absolutely SICK, followed by Starship Trooper. There is a live concert movie called Yessongs that contains recordings from the same tour, unfortunately the sound quality is subpar (to put it mildly).
The Go-Go hostess introducing the band is almost as beautiful as that wall of Fender amps.Also a mind boggling performance by a band light years ahead of the human race
That would be Uschi Nerke and yes, that is quite the intro.
Referring to Uschi as a Go-Go hostess really is a disgrace! She was the face of new music in the sixties / seventies on German TV and my secret love.
@@GibsonDE You know ,No dis respect was intended to the hostess only refered to her fasion choice which is in the Go Go style in favor with Brit mods at the time certainly not a disgraceful term nor did l intend to imply her contribution was only a pretty face now that l know her name lll use it in future discriptions of the always trailblazing Beat Club.Thanks for the intel.
@@GibsonDE She is stunning!!
Light year, is a measure of distance not time. The sound was dated in the 1970s.
The YES album is my fav. I like this band more and more as the years go by. Brilliant work.
Like a number of bands in that era, I got hooked on their 2nd album, and then bought their 1st album to REALLY appreciate them. Thank goodness that FM Stereo radio was taking a foothold with album rock. Such music would have gone mostly unheard in the days of 2 to 2 1/2 minute "hit" songs.
one of the hardest guitarrists to copy is Steve Howe, this guy is amazing
Saw them twice in the early 70's. No band recreated their studio albums as flawlessly as Yes. Absolutely amazing live performances.
Man, that tone on Chris Squires bass ... I've always loved it!
Agreed.
The Rickenbacker tone is inimitable.
The dad of one of my girlfriends loved his sound and used it while looking to make his own bass part by part. But soon he switched for jazzy sound instead and now his girl just think she would have became crazy if she didn't leave home... She used to tell me many times how she had the feeling of hearing the same thing again and again... Well, his daddy should have let the Chris Squire in him dictate coolness to prevent that after-effect LOL.
insanely good. there is NOTHING in modern music that even approaches this. nothing.
Thank god for that
How about you look before you say this. You and I both know you don’t.
@@ihadabadday7709 - Found the Belieber.
give king gizzard and the lizard wizard’s “polygondwanaland” a whirl! closest thing i’ve found that almost matches yes’ composition and musicality
Maybe Tool?
Song still kicks my ass almost fifty years later.
Yes is a band of technicians! I've loved Chris Squire's bass playing and Bill Bruford's drumming from 45 years ago.
A great band with some great music. Prog rock at its finest. Chris Squire, in my opinion was the driving force of the band. Not to take anything away from Steve Howe, but the bass has never been played like that before. If you listen to the isolated tracks, you would agree.. He was truly a master at his craft.. RIP Mr. Squire
Squire is so underrated
I love all kinds of music and sooo many great musicians.....but for some reason....CHRIS SQUIRE's bass is the #1 Musician who ever spoke to me. Since age 13 when I heard that bass on the radio and thought "YEAH!! THAT'S HOW BASS GUITAR SHOULD SOUND!! PUNCH ME IN THE FACE WITH IT!!" ....and I'm 54 now and still he is the TOP musician to ever hit my heart.
@@Golf4-65 Not by those of us here!
Bruford's face at the beginning...like he's a six-year-old who just discovered a drum set in the basement.
Absolutely
and the rest of the song too kkkk
Buy the premium
look at Howe's during solos,he looks like he is exorcising something out of his guitar!
@@terryjackson9055 kkkkkkkkkk
The bar was set so high in the 70’s and these guys and this music are the reasons why.
As the years passed Jon Anderson got younger.
The photo of Jon on the back sleeve of Time & A Word looks like an 80 year old man. Wrinkles, puckered chapped lips, dark circles around his eyes - barely recognizable. So yeah.
He's aged well. Steve unfortunately not.
@Brain Drain Probably the revitalizing effects of speaking in metaphors and iambic pentameter.
Jon is Pippin, Tony is Merry. Bill is Frodo and Chris is Sam. Steve is Elrond. Soon, Rick will join as Gandalf.
@@ThaiThom If Bill is Frodo what does that make Robert Fripp? 🤣
Bruford is amazing in this, as is the rest of the band, but I see Bruford in his prime smiling, and that intro, PERFECT, UNTOPABLE! Jon Anderson is a pure treasure I enjoy him more every time I hear him, and I’ve been listening to this band since 74
Steve Howe even back in '71 was showing the consistent sparks of brilliance. through the 70's he developed into the unmatched rock guitarist of the decade.
Steve was a remarkable talent. In his day there was none better.
the what??
Nonsense. There is nothing on The Yes Album that Steve wasn't already doing in Tomorrow and later Bodast! He's different from the rest because he couldn't play 'the blues' if his life depended on it! And he's far more interesting as a player because of it. He has an ability to 'orchestrate' a guitar part. By the beginning of 1969 two thirds of the population of London were Blues Guitarists!!
@@andythomas706 1) Steve himself said his playing and songwriting grew exponentially in his time with YES 2) Steve's actually a very accomplished electric and acoustic blues player - checkout his song "Intersection Blues" or his trading blues licks with Les Paul live as just a couple examples - very good blues however it is well known he prefers NOT to do much blues in his personal music as its (to his mind) so cliche.
YES YES YES ... YES AT ITS BEST ... ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRACK FROM YES 🎵🔝💯✌🏿🥁🎸
The YES ALBUM .. MY FAVORITE YES ALBUM
Told younger musicians Steve Howe is my favorite guitarist. They don't know him. He is a guitarist dream of being. He never gets the credit he deserves. Every song he is involved in has his signature guitar solos without being a forefront solo. Asia, gtr, yes, abwh. He has solos in backdrop. He makes a solo in a song that doesn't have one. Genius
Oh we know man. Howe is one the greatest!
I got to meet him,nice personable guy
Steve Howe, one of the most underrated guitar players ever. He was amazing.
@Ramona Rael i think you're talking about Chris Squire the bassist
Yeah, but nobody played the amplifiers like Jon. 😉
Whaaat..? Where did you hear that..? Notorious and respected guitarist he’s always been... a Jedi Master... Yesss
Another "underrated" comment, this is one of the most trite phrases used in RUclips comments, this guy was never underrated by anyone who appreciates great guitar playing, and anybody who says so is talking bloody nonsense
Totalmente de acuerdo!!! No puede estar fuera de un “top five” como mínimo!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You tube, why the heck are there ads in the middle of the song? Stupid.
Exactly!🤨
Damn I hate that shit!
get an ad blocker fool
Finally someone who gets it , ads in the song , the epitome of bad taste .
Depending on your browser,there are ways to block ads. If you feel that is "Cheating",try You Tube Red.
At 73 I am overjoyed that the awesome music I enjoyed on the way to being 'adult' is being enjoyed by younger enthusiasts today.
The magic of YES was that "adults" could enjoy it too. In the early 1970's i'd already gone through a music major program at university, knew my Mahler and Wagner, Debussy etc. Didn't care for post-Beatles rock, generally. But YES blew my mind, after all that other experience. In recent years, The Daily Doug on RUclips confirms the classical music connection.
In my opinion best singer best guitar best bass and best drummer in the history of rock
Steve Howe was such an amazing guitarist and played so many styles terrifically well from Straightward Rock... funk...Psycadelic/prog...to Folk ...and Classical/Flamenco ..does everyone know he plays the Flamenco guitar part in the Queen number one song Innuendo from 1991…???
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I didn't know thanks
I didn’t know that either! Thanks for bringing it up!
That part makes thesong
I did not know that.weird,wild stuff.thanks for that sweet tidbit of trivia
The beginning of the 70's brought our generation to a new high - combining Classical Rock & Roll with an extraordinary Classical type of music never before heard, with YES, ELP, Moody Blues & many more diversified music forms! I wouldn't have missed all the live performances for all the opportunities available!!! Outstanding!!! YES still is in my heart, with Rick Wakeman still playing as magically as ever! I am blessed to have seen their reunion tour before the loss of Jon Anderson! RIP, my brother!!! God Bless all!!! ❤❤❤ With Greatest Respect! Kathy Lynn Lyons
(Jon's still very much alive)
Yeah, it's bassist Chris Squire, & drummer Alan White who have left us. Steve Howe, Anderson, Wakeman, Kaye, Banks, and (retired PhD) Bruford are still alive AFAIK as of 3/24. Later members such as Moraz, Rabin, etc., I honestly don't know.
The Beat Club sound and production was light years ahead of anything else.
Made in Germany, just saying
Too bad it is in mono
@@thankyoupagemagic8484 . It wasn't recorded in mono
@@doktoruzo this version sure seems like mono :)
@@doktoruzo The entire setup would've been engineered with mono in mind because it was specifically for TV
And the rest is history. FOREVER YES!!! R.I.P. CHRIS🌹🌹🌹
This was the video that introduced me to Yes!
Jon Anderson playing bass pedals with his hands, Bill Bruford clearly having a blast at his kit, Steve Howe looking like a teenager (but playing like a pro), Chris Squire walking that Rick safely and Tony Kaye... with a beard! This has to be one of the best Yes videos out there!
Jon was playing those because Tony Kaye hated the Moog synthesizer (as well as the Mellotron) and most likely didn't want to play one onstage, or he couldn't handle doing that while playing the organ. Either way, his days were numbered.
Not to mention all those Fenders!
Steve How was a pro. At this point he was 8 years into his career!
Pete Best ?
sounds like the reedy stylophone sound to me, that Jon played.
there is no bass pedals on this song. only Chris..
Provided security for YES in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1978 along with, since departed, good friend. We worked with Yes Sound Engineer Nigel Luby, a great guy who has also passed. The stage continuallyrotated during the concert. A great experience and a great after party was enjoyed by all.
That percussion from Bruford! Amazing!
Bill Bruford the real YES drummer!!
I LOVE THIS BAND .ONCE IN A LIFE TIME BAND,HOW THEY HAD THE TALENT TO INVENT THIS SONG IS BEYOND WORDS
Well this certainly brought a smile upon my face. Wow... brings back so many memories.. priceless.
These guys are in a class of Their Own absolutely awesome music from the '70s and a great vintage video
You know it's great when a 10 minute song you just wish won't end......
That 11 min (!) Song flew by!
Always a favourite Yes track. Brilliant footage of some of the greatest musicians of all time captured for all time, a true gem.
This is such a wonderful composition. Can't love this song enough
This band is utterly phenomenal.
Bill Bruford's Drumming only reason I continue watching this, His drum sound was impeccable and influenced a guy like me!
Really, that’s the only reason? Good grief!
@@martinkulkarni3569 Yes and Yes because I'm so tired of Yes, I've been listening and watching these suckers since '69, new converts like you, may find it new and refreshing that all.
@@hudentdw2 I’m not a new convert. Been a huge fan since 1971, and still am.
So 50 years ago... wow. Rockin'. Smooth and intricate, and the Wah pedal (and Hammond organ) ruled the day.
Oh yah, the wah
It's weird back then how those that filmed bands virtually ignored the bass player.
Sometimes you never saw them at all.
It was era of the guitar hero for sure.
Guys like Squire, Entwistle and JPJ were considered unimportant.
It was only after this era and hight if their fame that people began to realize how good they were and in the case of those three, pretty much made the bands so great.
There are many more, but those three are simply my favorites.
Can anyone imagine those three bands sounding anywhere near the way they did without them?
Not likely.
Only now are these guys getting the praise they never got much of.
Young people these days on some level understand and heard guitar players, but from what I see, they've never he heard the kind of bass work that came out of the 60's and 70's and in so many of those reaction videos; it's the first thing they point out.
I feel blessed to have been able to grow up in the generation with the best music all time.
I'm a bass player and I agree with you, thank you for mentioning it! Those men you mentioned were my influences as well.
They were busy watching Howe destroy his guitar.haha
John Entwhistle, Jach Cassidy and Pete Sears unimportant? Ahhhh.....
Stop talking like bassists are people. They're not.
Won tickets and saw them in '84, 3rd row center. Hung out with them before and after the show! I still pinch myself when i look at the photos. The most amazing show I've ever seen!
The Yes Album was the first album I ever bought. I heard Yours is no Disgrace on the radio and that was that. That was the band for me. I followed Bill Bruford to King Crimson and found my next favorite band and favorite album (Larks Tongues in Aspic). To this day they are still my favorite bands and albums. Long live Bill Bruford and may Chris Squire and John Wetton rest in peace.