Yes Union Live - "Long Distance Runaround"

[ksjoyjespeace]

wHERE'S PETER BANKS ?!! HE NAMED YES FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD !!

[astrophysics123]

sey yes to yes. (notice that "sey" is "yes" backward)?

[yookooyoo]

YES,forever!!!

[seltzerman69]

i met Yes in the old Pan Am buiding @ JFK back in The early 70's when they first started out Great guys. Anybody catch them at Port Chester NY back then?

[Thorpe741]

I was there!! In the round!!

[19del69]

God Bless YES

[STOPASMUSIC]

what a fuck

[JohnFordDanceTroupe]

It sounds like I'm listening to Yanni.

[CityslickCaptain]

@JohnFordDanceTroupe You need to get out more.

[MrJeffyh]

They played it last week at House of Blues in Chicago and I loved it

[LukieRawr]

Such an incredible voice

[MrDodstink]

Great music and interesting basslines!

[ApostlesoYahwehUnite]

Yes rocks!  I love Jesus.

[GabrielDhalaman2]

WHERE IS PATRICK MORAZ???TONY FUCKING KAYE?how a band with wakeman called again a guy like that in the 80´s?

ahahah

[kettlezone]

@GabrielDhalaman2 Moraz only played on one Yes album - Kaye played on 5 or 6 - ahahah! ;-)

[GabrielDhalaman2]

@kettlezone Ok,but kaye cannot play keyboard and moraz is better than wakeman...

[kettlezone]

@GabrielDhalaman2 You may be right about Moraz being better than Wakeman, but it's obvious that Kaye CAN play - he was classically trained, but is more of a rock player, while Moraz is a jazzer - Wakeman could use some taste on the sounds he uses, and how to play the occasional 'blue' note - all imo, of course! I'm getting a bit fed up with musical snobs saying that Kaye and White can't play when they clearly CAN. Why not just say you prefer one over the other? :)

[des175d]

Jaysus what is he wearing? Typical genius....brilliant but no jeans and t's in the wardrobe !

[blutocampbell]

@erikdavid5000 Bill and Alan are both awesome drummers,there is no comparison

[greenbeaverfilms]

Yes, I have actually counted to 100!

[Salsablanko]

hahahaha! Da Hört sich ja wie auf dem Kindergeburtstag a!

[arweiss100]

I love Jon's story of how the band first wrote & recorded this and his playful "La La" version of the song to introduce it (BTW, he sounds amazing! & divine..I could listen to Jon singing just La La all day!)..and the crowd goes nuts! I love this song, always one of my favorites and they do a gorgeous & flawless version here!

[kennywowie]

On the other hand, after listening to this, maybe it was good Bill left, if this is how he was going to play, yuk! Ha! Bring on AW. I am a self-reflecting nano-prog-bot.

[kennywowie]

Delgift, and, i never implied White was bad, just that he brought them down from the elevated plateau they had reached. He eventually found his way and shines immensely on Awaken, but Topographic Oceans was a bit sloppy, though, the third side is inspired and wonderful. I also loved his playing on Release, Release, his most concise (Bruford-like?) performance. So, there.

[kennywowie]

Delgift, duh, I was talking about Yessongs, not the studio album. Anyone with half a brain knows Bill played on that LP. What I was saying is: Considering how incredibly free Bill and the band were on his two Yessongs cuts, we are left to only imagine how they were stretching Heart of the Sunrise live at the time. I maintain to this day that Perpetual Change and Long Distance Runaround, live, showcase YES at its all-time best, and showed where they could have gone , had Bill stayed on. Not to be

[floydian1987]

wow that was just magical!

[LittleDrummerBoy234]

what a great song played beautifully here

[EragonFiresword]

I think everyone, and I mean everyone, who has played in YES should all get together and play one last gig. I know Anderson's looking a bit grim, and Wakeman's having trouble with his liver, but just fr one night, and I'd pay all the money I own to see it.

[spercoco]

Bruford is playing this completely different here. I just learned the exact drum part off the original studio recording. He does some of the stuff the same but he is an improvisational drummer anyway. I also like the way Alan White plays. One is not better than the other; two different styles.

[OdysseyIntoOblivion]

Was this on a VHS or something?

[kennywowie]

agreed on the electronic drums. Too bad. Erikdavid 5000 is insane.

The best Yes performances are the two Bruford cuts from Yessongs. Listen to those and you'll hear where Yes could have gone, but NOOO, Fripp had to get on Bill's shoulder and start whispering sweet nothings. I can only barely imagine how great the other Bruford tunes were that didn't make the album. What were they doing with Heart of the Sunrise at that time, or Astral traveler? The imagination goes wild. White brought them down

[Delgift]

@kennywowie Alan isn`t a bad drummer, anyone who says that is just crazy. But I admit that Bill has more craft and dynamics.

By the way, Heart Of The Sunrise is part of the Fragile album. Bill is the drummer on the record, not Alan.

[Yesshows01]

Bruford, Wakeman, Squire, Anderson, Howe. That´s the best Yes lineup. One fo the best Rock lineups without any doubt.

[Delgift]

@Yesshows01 I agree, but Alan White turned out to be Yes main drummer. So I would say the classic line up is White, Anderson, Wakeman, Squire, Howe, therefore, the best, or at least the most important.

Anyway I couldn`t imagine Close To The Edge recorded white Alan on drums. You know, it`s difficult to get a grip on this things. Let`s say everybody has their importance.

[step2fiedler]

@Yesshows01 Da hört ihr den Salat! Ohne White und ohne das er die Band zieht, klingt YES völlig seelenlos!

White ist das Ass, nicht Bill!

[Yesshows01]

@step2fiedler Ich respektiere Ihre Meinung, aber ich bevorzuge Bill Bruford.

[lorenic95]

@Yesshows01

poor alan white

[Yesshows01]

@lorenic95 Alan is a great drummer. Let´s say Alan is an Audi A6, but Bill is a Rolls Royce. Anyway an Audi A6 is a great car. That´s only my opinion. I love how Alan plays the drums too.

[floridashorti]

Fragile & CTTE were the soundtrack to my teenage years....  old friends where ever you are, we had ourselves some TIMES, y'all!

[westrokker]

@floridashorti so true , I listened to "the yes album" in my 8 track player for about 2 years straight. I still listen to it to this day.

[littlegreenjason]

I wish I could've seen this tour. My first and only Yes show was on the Talk tour. Hootie and the Blowfish and Peter Wolf (from the J Geils Band) opened. Weird show.

[txikilin]

Bill Bruford was mad using those electronic drums that sounded like shit.

[amm2911]

i wish they didnt use that stuff. steve howe uses line 6 variaxes from time to time too.

[BobHunter1977]

No shit! Those ridiculous things ruined the ABWH album. A real shame Bill's reunion with Yes couldn't hallmark his great drumming skills. I was at this concert, and Bill was just drowned out in the mix by Alan's "real" drums. Even so, it was great to see these five members of the band together again. They're the ones who made Yes so successful; they were there at the band's peak.

[ussolider123]

Yes is most progressive rock band ever!!! Sounds identical to their YESSONGS tor of 1972

[BobHunter1977]

Agreed! The lineup that produced Fragile and Close To The Edge was THE BEST Yes incarnation. All their fame and fortune flowed from these masterpieces. I love Alan White, but Bill Bruford had that edge to his drumming that made Yes music come alive. This lineup is what made Yes famous; so glad the five of them had a chance to play again. This is how I will always remember Yes.

[fishtrap777]

My favorite incarnation of Yes.

[beboar]

Gli Yes devono esibirsi in concerto SOLO con Jon Anderson: e' lui il cuore e la mente del gruppo.

[RobyFacchinetti]

..senza Wakeman???

[beboar]

Forse mi sono espresso male: intendevo riferirmi all'ultimo tour degli Yes in cui Jon Anderson, che ha problemi di salute, e' stato sostituito da un'altro cantante. Quindi sarebbe stato piu' bello che tutto il gruppo avesse aspettato la guarigione completa di Anderson rinviando i concerti. Gli Yes devono rimanere uniti anche nei momenti di difficolta'. Resto dell'idea che il cantante del gruppo devere restare per sempre il grande Jon Anderson.

[RobyFacchinetti]

Certo, questo sì! ;)

[parikito]

you know , your songs are really amazing and very beautiful... it is also meaningful.......

[killupoo]

Omg, damn 90's with bloody keyboard and bruford electronic drum kit ...

One of my favourite song though ... but original version lol

[segusband]

I just found that out on friday! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGG­HHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How could this have happened??? JA has to rest for a few months, but they can probably tour again if nothing goes wrong with the other guys...

[segusband]

i'm seeing them in july - greatest band ever.

I can't wait to hear heart of the sunrise. they say they'll have 4 new songs to play!

[gsbreath2]

they canceled their tour dude

[JaHaBvideos]

saw them in october. first concert ever.

AMAZING!

[Bruford1989]

maestro bruford domina in the sky

[beaverliqour]

See this is why I love Brufords playing..simple and thoughtful percussion. Its a different type of paintbrush

[TheFantasticAtheist]

Best concert i've ever been to. Fantastic stuff

[randallcraig]

Oh goody! Thanks