Like Rick Wakeman said,” he’s the only living person on this planet from another planet “! Beautiful insightful song from a beautiful man! 2 days in April,2023 I will get to see and hear this gentle sole in New Jersey. The voice of an Angel 😇!
Am happy for you, been a fan of Jon’s since 1971, but it seems he has turned his back on his home land. I would like to think he will come over, but I don’t think so.
Jon Anderson left Yes in 1988, and two years later started working on a solo album he originally called “Uzlot.” “Activate” (2020), one of the tracks, features Yes drummer Alan White and bass player Chris Squire. Anderson re-joined his band that year without finishing the LP. But in 2019, producer Michael T. Franklin convinced him to revive it with the help of famous friends. For “Activate,” Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull added flute, Jon recorded new backing vocals, and the song was ultimately completed 30 years after it was first conceived. The album was issued in 2020 with the title “1000 hands” as a nod to the many collaborators who helped get it to the finish line. The lyric was inspired by the political messaging Anderson saw in the Los Angeles area back in 1990, when a major election took place. However, “Activate” isn’t just about ballot measure. “It’s more refined ideas about self-realization that we’ve grown up with over the years,” claimed the musician. “Especially in the ‘60s and ‘70s, there was a self-realization code being presented to the human experience throughout music, famously ‘ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE,’ which was originally thought up by Krishna, and then The Beatles made a great song about it. Everybody needs love, so the song itself is all about self-realization, waking up and activating. WHOEVER’S IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTRICITY THAT KEEPS US GOING, CAN YOU PLUG IT IN A BIT DEEPER AND TWEAK IT UP❓” 💙⚡️💜
Beautiful song Jon! And very timely too I might add, as I shit in front of my picture window and Alaska watching it snow and listen to this beautiful song, perfect!
Lyrics: So the answer to the proposition Thirty-five fourty-two It is deemed to realize everything begins and ends with you In accordance to the dance you dance upon the judgement day You are sanctified, Standing in the light So the answer to the proposition fourty-six seventy-three I believe you will reside within the flame eternally, As a reason we disclose this fact And bring it clear to you, Come home, no question at all That's the way aaah ah it's got to be That's the way aaah ah it's got to be Got to be In accordance with the facts of life we resolve to show the truth How we accept the lives of all the world that's coming through Know you know that all the center of all your godliness creation It's an automatic system Don't get in the way of the light that shines from within your heart And fear and greed the ego mind Try to tear apart Based on imperfection So the answer to the proposition Thirty-five fourty-two It is deemed to realize everything begins and ends with you (Secret of music, soul of emotion) In accordance to the dance you dance upon the judgement day You are sanctified In every way Come home today Come home today Activate me, all you gotta do is just mesmerize my heart and soul this time This time In the answer to the proposition Thirty-three twenty-one We've been waiting here for you since time has begun And the only way we have, of contacting you for sure, is the melody of music, and the harmony of love And the harmony of love That's the way aaah ah it's got to be That's the way to see, it's got to be That's the way to know, it's got to be (They say the waking up to love) That's the way to find, it's got to be (They say the waking up to find) Got to be, got to be Be the river, shine and let it swim as you come together Be this, see this, now is the time To get to the soul and be it So the answer to the proposition thirty-five forty-two, everything within the light begins and ends with you So the answer to the proposition forty-six seventy-three, I believe you will reside within the flame eternally That's the way aaaha it's got to be That's the way aaaha it's got to be (To sing the sacred songs of love, It's all you've got to remember) That's the way aaaha it's got to be (To sing the sacred songs of love, It's all you've got to remember) That's the Way aaaha it's got to be (To sing the sacred songs of love, It's all you've got to remember) Activate me (mesmerize) Let me be the passion Carry it so easy Let the will be open Watch you won't believe it Watch the one receive it (Watch you shall see) All together Moving, seeing See the first born leaders Coming climbing out the sands of time (It's the first born leaders Coming climbing out the sands of time) First, be the first born Be the ovation first (be the first born Climbing out the sands of time) Be the ovation First be the first born Never gonna let you down (Be the first born leaders coming out the sands of time) First be the first born Never gonna let you down That's the way, aaaha It's got to be Taa tao dao, taa tao dao You got to magnify me Taa tao dao, taa tao dao (Magnify my heart and soul) You got to mesmerize my heart and soul (That's the way, aa aha it's got to be). Activate my heart and soul It's got to be, it's got to be Activate it, activate it
Echoes of evermore this planet movement that was set into motion by those ancients our reason to be here in cohesion what is forgotten there is no comparison it's a celebration
Fragmented thoughts on fire First, it blooms. And then consumes. When does light begin to burn? The flame once sought, we seek to spurn? The warmth of heaven, the heat of Hell both draw power from this well.... The heart of Christ, enwreathed in flame trapped in Passion for his claimed, as any sinner lies enchained. Immolation. Candles at the feet of saints adding lift to prayers and plaints, to float them into grace. Yet the torch that lights our way to gain held too long becomes our pain. To light is to see, as to know is to burn. Moths to candle, those that yearn. To touch the fire is to learn; and learning thus dies on the pyre when sacrificed to our Bonfire. Eternal Flame, a heaven or hell - Who's so(u)l, in thrall, can really tell? Fueled by love, fueled by hate ALL in its essence, a dualing fate fire fighting fire.
WOW stunning visuals (Mick?)!! This whole CD is amazing, and this song is exceptionally BRILLIANT. Love the added nod to "First Born Leader ". Bravo Jon. 👏. 🕉️
@@ramseyforest8388 Michael Byrne. Search for him on RUclips. He has a channel + most of the videos on Jons channel are by Him. Brilliant guy for visuals and music.
Is that Ian Anderson on flute? Lovely track Jon, keep the brilliant creativity coming....Close To The Edge changed my life.....will a new Yes reemerge sometime with Rick, Steve and you?🙏❤
The answer to the proposition, thank you. The flute is such a beautiful instrument. This is so cool, love it! Thanks Jon. Please keep going, you are the answer to the proposition
loved hearing this when I first downloaded this whole release from his website- not my usual thing, but when I first heard Ramalama I knew I needed the whole thing.,.. amazing, the best Yes-related recording since he left the band. and Chris squire being on a bunch of the songs is fabulous. jean-luc ponty too!!! nice...
@@martinbamford8315 I find the production on 1000Hands a little cleaner. Invention of Knowledge is surprising in that it's primarily just one guy working with Jon, really talented.
$700 USD for floor seating on May 9th, 2023 out in St. Charles County ( an “exurb” west of St Louis County across the Missouri River due west of downtown St Louis City via I-70 towards #KC ). A relatively new and intimate venue. Certainly better than the acoustics at the then `Kiel Center` during their “War of The Worlds” tour complete with an elevating drum kit for Alan’s crescendo in “Gates”. Are ya bringing the “green lasers” this time, too … #Jon?
I’ve always prayed for music in heaven……. & then I thought the spirit created it & not to worry! If it’s that lovely here can you only imagine what’s to come?????..,,,,….,,
This much much better than anything YES did on their last few albums after the '70s. 90125 and everything after are worthless commercialized trendy pop garbage.
Like Rick Wakeman said,” he’s the only living person on this planet from another planet “! Beautiful insightful song from a beautiful man! 2 days in April,2023 I will get to see and hear this gentle sole in New Jersey. The voice of an Angel 😇!
Rick actually said:”“He’s the only guy I know trying to save this planet while living on another one!!” ❤️
Am happy for you, been a fan of Jon’s since 1971, but it seems he has turned his back on his home land.
I would like to think he will come over, but I don’t think so.
Sole?! Soul, maybe.
@@allanmartin1005 maybe he realized the whole world can be his home
Why would you want to live in England, when you can live in California.
Jon Anderson left Yes in 1988, and two years later started working on a solo album he originally called “Uzlot.” “Activate” (2020), one of the tracks, features Yes drummer Alan White and bass player Chris Squire. Anderson re-joined his band that year without finishing the LP. But in 2019, producer Michael T. Franklin convinced him to revive it with the help of famous friends. For “Activate,” Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull added flute, Jon recorded new backing vocals, and the song was ultimately completed 30 years after it was first conceived. The album was issued in 2020 with the title “1000 hands” as a nod to the many collaborators who helped get it to the finish line.
The lyric was inspired by the political messaging Anderson saw in the Los Angeles area back in 1990, when a major election took place. However, “Activate” isn’t just about ballot measure. “It’s more refined ideas about self-realization that we’ve grown up with over the years,” claimed the musician. “Especially in the ‘60s and ‘70s, there was a self-realization code being presented to the human experience throughout music, famously ‘ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE,’ which was originally thought up by Krishna, and then The Beatles made a great song about it. Everybody needs love, so the song itself is all about self-realization, waking up and activating. WHOEVER’S IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTRICITY THAT KEEPS US GOING, CAN YOU PLUG IT IN A BIT DEEPER AND TWEAK IT UP❓” 💙⚡️💜
Jon Anderson is my spirit guide. Thanks.
Just so good can’t stop listening to this
THANK YOU JON FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC YOU GIVE US ALL!! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS.
I love you Jon
Ian Anderson on flute and Robby Steinhardt of Kansas fame on violin.
I can hear in this song all the best progressive rock'music players and singers ! Yes spirit is still alive ! ! !
Makes me think of "Saturn We Miss You" ...
Still loving 'real' music 🌅
Jon never loses that something he has always had. 🙂👏👏👏
Jon Anderson THE VOICE. THE MASTER. FOREVER YES❗️❗️❗️🎤🎤🎤❤🌅
Wonderful.
Beautiful Song. Stunning video.
🎶❤️🎶
The voice of optimism.
Chris Squire, Alan White, Ian Anderson all on the same song with Jon on vocals. A Yes-Tull blend.
And Steve Howe if I'm not mistaken.
And Robby Steinhardt from Kansas playing the violin, according to wikipedia.
Just phreaking amazing. Lit lyrics, lit vid, lit music. 💚💚💚
Essa música é demais..linda linda 🎉😂❤👏👏👏👏
Magistral
Brilliant !!! Wishing everyone could feel the love this brother has inside...forward Jon ...
🌌🌃✨☮️
The only response I have to this is - YES YES YES !!!
Wow !!! Excellent Job Jon. 😎👍🎶🎵
Beautiful song Jon! And very timely too I might add, as I shit in front of my picture window and Alaska watching it snow and listen to this beautiful song, perfect!
Lyrics:
So the answer to the proposition
Thirty-five fourty-two
It is deemed to realize everything begins and ends with you
In accordance to the dance you dance upon the judgement day
You are sanctified,
Standing in the light
So the answer to the proposition fourty-six seventy-three
I believe you will reside within the flame eternally,
As a reason we disclose this fact
And bring it clear to you,
Come home, no question at all
That's the way aaah ah it's got to be
That's the way aaah ah it's got to be
Got to be
In accordance with the facts of life we resolve to show the truth
How we accept the lives of all the world that's coming through
Know you know that all the center of all your godliness creation
It's an automatic system
Don't get in the way of the light that shines from within your heart
And fear and greed the ego mind
Try to tear apart
Based on imperfection
So the answer to the proposition
Thirty-five fourty-two
It is deemed to realize everything begins and ends with you
(Secret of music, soul of emotion)
In accordance to the dance you dance upon the judgement day
You are sanctified
In every way
Come home today
Come home today
Activate me, all you gotta do is just mesmerize my heart and soul this time
This time
In the answer to the proposition
Thirty-three twenty-one
We've been waiting here for you since time has begun
And the only way we have, of contacting you for sure, is the melody of music, and the harmony of love
And the harmony of love
That's the way aaah ah it's got to be
That's the way to see, it's got to be
That's the way to know, it's got to be
(They say the waking up to love)
That's the way to find, it's got to be
(They say the waking up to find)
Got to be, got to be
Be the river, shine and let it swim as you come together Be this, see this, now is the time
To get to the soul and be it
So the answer to the proposition thirty-five forty-two, everything within the light begins and ends with you
So the answer to the proposition forty-six seventy-three, I believe you will reside within the flame eternally
That's the way aaaha it's got to be
That's the way aaaha it's got to be
(To sing the sacred songs of love,
It's all you've got to remember)
That's the way aaaha it's got to be
(To sing the sacred songs of love,
It's all you've got to remember)
That's the Way aaaha it's got to be
(To sing the sacred songs of love,
It's all you've got to remember)
Activate me (mesmerize)
Let me be the passion
Carry it so easy
Let the will be open
Watch you won't believe it
Watch the one receive it
(Watch you shall see)
All together
Moving, seeing
See the first born leaders
Coming climbing out the sands of time
(It's the first born leaders
Coming climbing out the sands of time)
First, be the first born
Be the ovation first (be the first born
Climbing out the sands of time)
Be the ovation
First be the first born
Never gonna let you down
(Be the first born leaders coming out the sands of time)
First be the first born
Never gonna let you down
That's the way, aaaha
It's got to be
Taa tao dao, taa tao dao
You got to magnify me
Taa tao dao, taa tao dao
(Magnify my heart and soul)
You got to mesmerize my heart and soul
(That's the way, aa aha it's got to be).
Activate my heart and soul
It's got to be, it's got to be
Activate it, activate it
So very nice to be hearing Jon Anderson, and in such a manner, colorful.
Echoes of evermore this planet movement that was set into motion by those ancients our reason to be here in cohesion what is forgotten there is no comparison it's a celebration
Love Jon
Thanks always for putting the inner ineffable wisdom to song, as we do....Big Love Jon & Janee
Dude has a new video! Awesome!
WOW x
SERÁ QUE VOU OUVIR JON É IAN ANDERSON ANTES QUE EU PARTA DESSA VIDA?
Excellent song!! Really like it.
i love this album, I bought 2 copies and CDs for my friends
There is absolutely no one like Jon. The voice, the passion, talent, imagination... meanwhile, Howe plays pretend Yes.
Fragmented thoughts on fire
First, it blooms.
And then consumes.
When does light begin to burn?
The flame once sought, we seek to spurn?
The warmth of heaven, the heat of Hell
both draw power from this well....
The heart of Christ, enwreathed in flame
trapped in Passion for his claimed,
as any sinner lies enchained.
Immolation.
Candles at the feet of saints
adding lift to prayers and plaints,
to float them into grace.
Yet the torch that lights our way to gain
held too long becomes our pain.
To light is to see, as to know is to burn.
Moths to candle, those that yearn.
To touch the fire is to learn;
and learning thus dies on the pyre
when sacrificed to our Bonfire.
Eternal Flame, a heaven or hell -
Who's so(u)l, in thrall, can really tell?
Fueled by love, fueled by hate
ALL in its essence, a dualing fate
fire fighting fire.
WOW stunning visuals (Mick?)!! This whole CD is amazing, and this song is exceptionally BRILLIANT. Love the added nod to "First Born Leader ". Bravo Jon. 👏. 🕉️
Who is Mick? I am constantly amazed by the visuals on Jon's YT videos.
@@ramseyforest8388 Michael Byrne. Search for him on RUclips. He has a channel + most of the videos on Jons channel are by Him. Brilliant guy for visuals and music.
I really like what you've done with this universe! (and the mix!)
Thank you Jon.. consciousness evolving towards unconditional Love 💜
Is that Ian Anderson on flute? Lovely track Jon, keep the brilliant creativity coming....Close To The Edge changed my life.....will a new Yes reemerge sometime with Rick, Steve and you?🙏❤
Of course, who else?
Just breathtaking ❤️
Psrts sound just like "We Agree" (from Magnification) which is another good song. Looking now to see if Jon wrote both of them...
I have ascended! Thanks Jon!
Such a beautiful song and video so special ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL... IS THIS NEW ? AND SUCH GREAT GRAPHICS... MUCH THANKS JON !
Love this song❤
The answer to the proposition, thank you. The flute is such a beautiful instrument. This is so cool, love it! Thanks Jon. Please keep going, you are the answer to the proposition
Lovely song sunk by Jon. …….
God bless Jon!!!
Lovely musical arrangements to introduce this song. wonderful flute, song has a feeling of mystery about it. .
FANTASTIC!
Hermoso!! ❤️❤️😍😍
This is a good song 👍as always.
Beautiful!!!❤
🙏🤗❤️🤗🙏
loved hearing this when I first downloaded this whole release from his website- not my usual thing, but when I first heard Ramalama I knew I needed the whole thing.,.. amazing, the best Yes-related recording since he left the band. and Chris squire being on a bunch of the songs is fabulous. jean-luc ponty too!!! nice...
Personally I liked Invention of Knowledge (2016) even more than this record...I would even say it was the best Yes-related record since 1977.
@@martinbamford8315 I find the production on 1000Hands a little cleaner. Invention of Knowledge is surprising in that it's primarily just one guy working with Jon, really talented.
$700 USD for floor seating on May 9th, 2023 out in St. Charles County ( an “exurb” west of St Louis County across the Missouri River due west of downtown St Louis City via I-70 towards #KC ). A relatively new and intimate venue. Certainly better than the acoustics at the then `Kiel Center` during their “War of The Worlds” tour complete with an elevating drum kit for Alan’s crescendo in “Gates”. Are ya bringing the “green lasers” this time, too … #Jon?
👍👍👌
Awesome ✨🌞🙏🏼
back to deep magic
Ian Anderson on flute?
I think so...
Thought the same. Sounds sublime.
As always,the visuals are superb(some of the best on YT)and this is one of Jon's best songs for a while.Is that Ian Anderson on flute?
Sounds just like Ian Anderson.
It is. I searched Google and checked out the Wikipedia info and there are many guests on this album.
@@bornagainbornagain6697 Hence the name!
Great as always and everywhere …
Wow~ deep conceptualization. Has Roger Dean moved into video graphics? Thank you, Jon!
is it Ian anderson on flute?
And, who is playing flute on this tune by #Jon?
Who is playing the guitar on this tune by #Jon?
I’ve always prayed for music in heaven…….
& then I thought the spirit created it & not to worry!
If it’s that lovely here can you only imagine what’s to come?????..,,,,….,,
Are there any other “Co-Lyricists” on this tune other than #Jon?
Jon should do a Song with KULA SHAKER.
From which album is this tune derived? Or, is this a “single” release?
Album = 1,000 Hands
Sorry, that was supposed to read SIT In front of my picture window. Technology has a way to go with this voice recognition tech.
Probably AI humor.
@@RobJMeronek WHOA!! LOL!!??
The voice of YES
This much much better than anything YES did on their last few albums after the '70s.
90125 and everything after are worthless commercialized trendy pop garbage.
Better be an improvement on the trump-putin thing