Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart - Live `88

[eddiott1]

that is what you get in a live performance, chill out dockraiser

[dockaiser]

Ups ... Trevor fucked that opening riff big time

[wardpike]

Fantastic. Wonderful live performance showcasing monsters talents, unlike the YES of today which ... makes me very sad.

[musicphan1]

good band, but this song is kinda sucky. This performance is even lamer. It should be called, "Owner of a Lonely Fart." Ugh. At least their early stuff is pretty good.

[Gilmourinski]

the entire performance sucks, sorry

[simonlinton123]

Have to agree with the posters who found that Yes did not age well - like Jethro Tull, the early albums are the best.

Anyone remember Focus? Exploded on the UK scene after Hocus Pocus was performed on The Old Gray Whistle Test with "Whispering" Bob Harris.

I got the last copy of that album and it was one of the few albums I had my kids liked...

[NaYarB04]

what the fuck happen? 20 years later every thing becomes shit...

[arweiss100]

@NaYarB04 Tell ya what happened..C.rap...oops did I mean Rap! Lip synching Britney, grunge. Corporate manufactured BS.

[kingpengvin]

boo this band rocked with fragile, nough said

[Algore2509]

good

[Tengent]

Damn this sucks. Listen to Close to the Edge for the most immerse music listening experiences.

[Satiaraha]

The Progressive-pop era from YES

[1234drwu]

I used to love Changes,that was a Trevor song.

[greggerf]

Definitely one of the best records ever produced. The whole record almost plays like a rock opera...awesome!

[Rastanoise]

8 people don't know whats a penis

[755hp]

Legendary

[arweiss100]

Oops, I already said that folks!..my bad...Oh what the he**, great things are worth repeating. LOL! :D

[Danieldangaw]

trevor rabin ftw! also steve howe but rabin realy know how to play guitar!

YES!!!!

[arweiss100]

@Danieldangaw Indeed! That Trevor does know how to do! And most spectacularly & amazing! Yes!!!!

[TheMKPolice]

The main guitar riff is awesome ! Sounds like 80's an nothing else to add !!

[arweiss100]

I love this..and you know what, at 1:08..you know it's live & in the moment, not Autotune or pre-recorded lypsynching Jonas Bros/Justin Bieber cr*p!..but real genius..and at live shows, you're going to have occasional sound or gear technical glitches..and (Starship..LOL) trooper that Trevor is..he sails on with grace and then sounds amazing, as does the band! BTW, love Trevor's smile at 0:55 when he & Chris DO nail the end of "Make It Easy"!

[pelusaesfeo]

an old era! good enough yes stuff for the 80s to survive!

[sweetnothing1977]

Rabin >> Howe..with all due respect.

[palmcoast100]

Steve Howe can not play this song, too new...Steve likes to play old songs

[mjw9363]

@palmcoast100 that's because Howe is WAY over rated...I've seen both play in Yes and Trevor blows him away...at least he did in concert

[arweiss100]

Thanks ver much for posting this! Great document of Yes at this special event. BTW, Trevor's kerfluffle at 1:08..check out all their other live stuff on YT, and all those who've been to their live shows, Trevor always nails that.probably just bad monitors, the cranky cable. Anyways This is great stuff!

[arweiss100]

For all those inquiring minds who want to know "is that Steve"..uh..no..that is the phenomenal, writer of this song,....who gave Yes their only #1 song and rejuvenated & brought new creative fires to the band! The one, the only...ta da! Trevor Rabin, the most bada** guitarhero ever! I adore Trevor..such an otherworldy gifted artist.

[jamirosmajicrocks]

@arweiss100 the reason this is a number 1 must be because it is really commercial, compared to early yes.

[arweiss100]

0:55 Trevor & Chris, the dynamic duo!

[PSYKOPUNK666]

Great song, i absolutely love it!

can anyone tell me what kind of bass they are using?

[EddieG1888]

@PSYKOPUNK666 Mouradian CS-74

[PSYKOPUNK666]

@EddieG1888 Thank you very much

[EddieG1888]

@PSYKOPUNK666 You're welcome. ;-)

[gorillabelly1]

Cracking sounds at outset of song are ironic considering this show was to celebrate a MUSIC RECORDING LABEL!!!

[2simontemplar]

fine to see this here - but where´s the great end?!

[bradley3141]

So glad my Dad played these guys to me none stop in the car when I was a kid, love em! :)

[Mr8bitgamer]

Sucha a briljant song.

[Cgolfsoccerguy]

is this rabin on guitar?

[OzoneReviews]

@Cgolfsoccerguy

yep.

[spidercentz]

"Owner of a loaner car (much better than a) owner of my normal car!"

[DoCxHoLLiDAY45]

i was 6 years old back in 88

[MrFlyingbird6]

@DoCxHoLLiDAY45 i was -7 lol

[fperdomo]

i wonder ith Tony Kaye's keyboards inspired Korg for the trinity and triton..

[MrPIMpon13]

I like men that soooooo goood

[Mitsy1212]

Isn't Trevor a hunk? Love him and Jon.

[TheWolvie450]

At 1:09 we might have the most embarrassing bum note ever played to an audience. On the other hand it might be deliberate, most bands can't really cut the mustard live. We end up hearing a completely different tune to the one we were expecting. Vocally this performance is not great.

[Mitsy1212]

@TheWolvie450 I listened to it again and heard it. It was off, but I agree it's hard to duplicate what the song sounds via the record/CD. I still love this song. Too bad the bad amp was causing some of the distortion.

[knuffibestever]

@TheWolvie450

i think 1:09 was on purpose as a more freely played intro ... but i agree with you that the vocals were aweful in some parts , let alone the front man's ability to dance

[OverlordRulerOfAll]

@TheWolvie450 omg that's not a bum note he's just pitch-bending you fucking idiot. guitar much?

[4001XBASS]

@OverlordRulerOfAll That's a pretty harsh reaction, totally uncalled for. He didn't pitch bend, it was a D sharp instead of D. One-half note off, wavering between the two. If you want to get into it, I play the song live, played in a Yes tribute band, so please, be a little less critical. It's sometimes not easy to hear yourself onstage.

[isonu84]

He's prancing around like a school girl! Haha, you can tell he's reaching for notes, needed to gather some support! Hahaha, I don't mean to be laughing it's just the dancing..... Lol, and he waves "at someone" up high as if they waved to him first, haha no one could see that far... Check it out again, I'm tellin' ya.. it'll get to you I swear!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, great song though, love it!!!

[JoeyFudd]

The singer just goes through the motions, very half-hearted performance.

[myownservant]

Well impressed with Anderson

[callie1981101]

i love this stuff man. where are they now!!

owner of a lonely

[woodie62]

Their music seems strange but wonderful. This was the alblum (CD) that introduced me to them. Really love the harmony as well as the themes on the 90125 recording. I always look for new strange but wonderful stuff to listen to

[manohman101]

yes woulda been a good band to see live

[vivelavidarocka]

@manohman101 They were. I saw them in the late 80's when I was 13 years old with the Big Generator tour. And there was this cool combination in the audience of ex hippies (no offense intended) in their forties and youngsters following their later material (not me , my older bro had introduced me to the band since I was 7 yrs) Was an awesome party. In one of their concerts, me and my buddy were picked up by this two older chicks and having a great after concert party. That was his/mine 1st time

[charliebell01]

why Jon anderson separated from the band?

[1Vurgas1]

this after making unearthly godly music with close to the edge tales and relayer, ... its hard to be something like a music fascist, and its nothing that you really want to be ... but after listening to those records ... its just tears of joy and grief about what the whole music thing came down to today

[ATinyStormInYourTeaC]

Just wonderful

[johnnybeane]

Yeah that crackling sounds like it's coming from a bad wire on stage.

This was on live tv right?

[ggeilian]

Correct.

[Mrjablles69]

@johnnybeane maybe there's a bunch of synthesizers back there but roadies get tired and confuse them for couches

[SyrtakiVampir]

This mikrophone is so fucking cool xD It's like the tiniest one I've ever seen x)

[receng50]

@SyrtakiVampir

They used the case from a MagLite flashlight and put a small condenser microphone in it, with a switch on it.

[luffythepirateking]

even though i wasn't born in the 80's, i think Yes is awesome, both the old Yes and the trevor rabin revived Yes

[Kinjutsuu]

Fantastic voice..

[inthecresents]

rabin rules

[TATER1971]

I was about 11 or 12 when 90125 came out....I know the purists will say the earlier material was better...and I can't say I am familiar with much of it. All I can tell you is that as a kid...hearing 90125....I loved it.....beginning to end....and still do.

[jaxmikey59]

That beginning peice is "Make It Easy"

It's on "Yesyears"

[asianwannabeamerican]

what was that first song that was playing right before "Owner of A Lonely Heart"?

[pryt86]

make it easy

[stevezane]

Its an intro to owner of a lonely heart called cinema

[MDPDRM]

Actually, the intro to Owner when done live is from a demo song called Make It Easy. It's a full length song done without Anderson when they were call Cinema. It never made 90125.

[Xroadsliveclub]

Anyone knows the complete setlist for that? I remember watching that on tv at the time and they broadcasted the following songs: Make it Easy/Owner - Seen All Good People - Hold On and Roundabout...

[MikeOxlong1234]

Yes is not Yes at this point. During those times I had completely given up on them. The "lonely heart" is mine longing for their original music which words cannot describe.

[tygersflowerz]

You should be happy they evolved and continued their success. It's not "selling out" that artists to today. This is a quality song. I was just watching vids of Grammy nominees from the 1985 Grammys, which this song would've qualified for, having come out in 1984. I think it should've been a Record Of The Year nominee or even Song Of The Year.. it was not.

[luffythepirateking]

well, if you given up on them during those times, then i guess you can move on to other things, which if you did, then good, because bands do change their style

[ETericET]

I like the song .. buts not the real Yes .. you need steve for that.

[m9v13]

i think it sounds cooler at 1:08 even if he messed up

[FutureKubrick]

That's not Steve Howe on guitar!

[igorfocus]

That is Travor Rabin, the one that played original version of the song

[FutureKubrick]

Oh fair enough lol

[luffythepirateking]

nope, that is the trevor rabin playing for Yes during that time

[cbarrett34]

@FutureKubrick trevor rabin

[merrimad]

@FutureKubrick Trevor Rabin



[cavedudenuts]

...the smallest mic in rock....

[TheREDROSE1976]

who cares, it was great to hear this.

[patton303]

BTW I remember reading somewhere, maybe Mix magazine, that the background noise in the first 2 minutes of this was a bad XLR cable on the hi hat microphone so they swapped cables.

You can hear the hats get louder and more present after it's fixed.

[ggeilian]

Cheers for that.

[patton303]

I can't really tell if he bonked that chord on purpose from the way he bent it or just by accident.

I'll say chord fail.

[stevezane]

Sounds like an accident and he then tried to make it natural...lol He's one of my favorite Axe player.

[Pawor9]

Poeple think they can caption the experience on a phone?

[kungfutongue]

1:09 OMG...what joke.....are you deaf?

[lorenzodeep87]

....1:08... ahahahahhahaha

[jcm8002204]

Sound dies at about 0:38...not sure what their technical problem was....Trev's great player, but clearly miss a couple chords early on.....even w/o monitors, he missed fret positions....probably laughed it off. Probably a Bradshaw system.....hard to get service when overseas or someplace CAI doesn't want to fly in....

[akilahakilah]

ok. criticism. is ther anythign yo u did like

[jcm8002204]

I like Rabin's tone and playing ability.....CAI was plagued with customer service issues....are you familiar with their equipment ?

[TheGeeWhy]

that is kinda funny..

[beagleguitar]

Yeah ... yikes! They must have had no monitors or something. This is BAD!

[Mineav]

Trevor did great on the solo and the bridge right after, but what was with that intro to the song? Yikes. Pretty good, overall.

[ingkung55]

thank for this man!

[kworld01]

TR hit a wrong note at 1:08 oops!!

[jaliscoftas]

YES -->  LIVE AT CHIHUAHUA MEXICO CITY AUGUST 14th 09

[bds1167]

I saw this on the Atlantic 25th Anniverserary performance in '88. Not a great performance, but who gives a shit!!

[laurajm25]

terrible performance...

[ybrix101]

1:08 - F*&%! maybe this is why they didn't put this on the HBO or ABC broadcasts. HO, ISAGP, and R sound much better than this one!

[PrimericanIdol]

Where's Steve Howe?

[whopper1209]

live always sucks, the original is better...

like at 1:08 wrong note....

1:51 "shake,wa, shake yourself!"

it needs to be:

"shake,WHOW, shake yourself!"

[ElvenDane]

Think wrong note 1:08 is on purpose -

to sort of give a hint what is coming :-)

[wilsonbertolo44]

O Trevor, deu uma BELA ERRADA no começinho da frase da música... e tentou consertar mas ficou pior ainda... mas isso faz parte!

[turfguy87]

1:46 he missed the lyric!!!!! omg he sang the wrong lyrics

[latengocomoburro]

What are those weird sounds???? Disturbing!

[bds1167]

I saw this on Atlantic Records 25h anniversary celebration in '88!!! I love YES and always will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[camelbobcb8]

Haha what an outfit. I wish I would have grown up in the 80's.

[bds1167]

Dude, I was there!!!

[rednut2000]

Wow, wrong note at 1:08 then he tries to cover it up with the whammy lol, nice try....

[MOSKII58]

wrong chord he was 1/2 step sharp wow

how embaraassing, for such a great player

[latengocomoburro]

Don't you realize he did it on purpose to embellish the song, you retards!!!!

[stevezane]

How do you embellish a song by going off key? The thing is he made a mistake and so what...I fucked up live too and it happens.

[anirudhdats]

u dumbass it was deliberate improvisation...how the hell do you think a guitarist like that could get an entire chord wrong?

[beagleguitar]

lol .... you're obviously not a musician.

"a deliberate improvisation" .... that's funny!

[stevezane]

MOSKII58, shit happens to all of us musicians..I'm sure if you are a musician you must have screwed up in a gig at one point.

[0scarsill0]

you didn't see Chris Squire doing something similar during a quiet part of Heart of the Sunrise a couple of days ago in Seattle. Even the best players have mental breakdowns

[rednut2000]

1. I dont live in seattle

2. I dont even live in america

3. I never said they dont, i was just pointing it out...

[beagleguitar]

Trevor doesn't have a whammy bar on that strat

[jcm8002204]

It does have a tremolo system, just not a bar attached to the bridge. See 1:04-1:08 and you can clearly see the white tremolo cover when he holds his guitar up,,,,still doesn't explain his missed fret positions....human error..big deal....killer tone and Great Flange/Chorus effects and tone....

[northernstudio]

Digg the funk! SSSick! much more alive than the later performances

[jwh1999]

Awsome!!

[0zzyfan44]

Best riff on a 80s song  !!!

[0zzyfan44]

Best intro on a song ever !!!

[anoekih]

Second best......the best is the intro on Get Down Tonight by KC & the Sunshine Band!

[bds1167]

I remember watching this... Atlantic Record's 25th anniversary extravaganza...

[Obelisk2290]

i think its the 40th anniversary

[BeccaBoo56]

I like to eat gum off the sidewalks in public.

[nucleardude11]

is that steve, i can't tell

[over50years]

No it's not Steve!

[nucleardude11]

are you sure, that guy with the long hair looks like him

[over50years]

Yes, It's Trevor Rabin!

[nucleardude11]

really, oh yeah, steve lefr in the 70s

[arweiss100]

@over50years No, it's not! Thank goodness it's actually, the amazing, incredible, phenomenal, writer of this song who put Yes back on the map in the 1980's & early 90's rejuvenating the band with fresh & exciting creative fires, energy, & innovation...the one, the only Trevor Rabin!!!! Ta Da!!!!

[dawnninjawolf]

I miss this music.

[francochile36]

esta gira podria salir en dvd

[attherateofarobase]

Fabulous.

Check out Trevor Rabin at 1:09..he fluffs the D chord in the opening riff to "Owner" and hits an Eb, but then twists it to try and mask it..Awesome!!

[francismori7]

Yeah true :D